sunk in yesterday

The jellyfish area occupies a small area, without the decoration of aquatic organisms, it looks no different from other places.

Xia Zhuo chose this place not to see the scenery, but because there is a tourist entrance and exit next to the E area on the map, and the duty room is often near here.

It was already afternoon, but it was not yet dark, but the ticket gate in Zone E was very dim, with extremely low visibility.There was a viscous liquid mixed on the ground, and the air was filled with a strong rancid smell. You could even pull out silk when you stepped on it. Even people with no cleanliness would feel stomach discomfort at this time.

Guan Yuzhou turned on the flashlight, and the glass door leading to the outside was covered with thick fog, making it difficult to see what the outside looked like. There was a door on the left and right walls, with "Ticket Office" written on the right, and I don't know what it was on the left. Room.

The two went over the turnstile to the ticket office first, and found several unchecked tickets and coins in the drawer.After finding nothing else, he went to the opposite side. Xia Zhuo looked in through the window, and he could see the empty space as big as a palm, like an empty room that had not had time to decorate and only painted the walls.

He grabbed the doorknob and tried to push it in, but found that the door was not locked, and opened a crack easily.

"Go in and have a look?" He turned his head and asked Guan Yuzhou's opinion.

Guan Yuzhou nodded in agreement, "Okay."

Because of the damp, the wall below was covered with patches of mildew.After a careful search, there were no clues whether it was the floor tiles or the ceiling. Xia Zhuo was a little disappointed. , why is this place so clean?"

He mumbled and walked out, and just as he took a step, he almost bumped into Guan Yuzhou's back.

During their search, several automatic turnstiles at the ticket gate had been activated at some point, a row of red lights were like pairs of eyes piercing the darkness, and a green safe exit sign hung crookedly above, vaguely illuminating the people standing below. silhouette.

They passed by here just now, but they didn't see anyone there. It was obvious that they only appeared after the lights were turned on.

The figure's back was facing the two of them, the clothes on his body were wet, and he was as motionless as a sculpture, not knowing whether he was alive or dead.

Xia Zhuo subconsciously slowed down his breathing, waited for two seconds, and saw Guan Yuzhou greet him with his usual face, only then did he realize that they were still safe now.

The figure didn't respond to their approach. Guan Yuzhou approached and clearly saw who it was, it was just a piece of human skin.

There were no eyes on that piece of skin, only two dimples looking in the direction of the exit, and black tendons coiled on the paper-white skin.As soon as you get close, you can smell its strong stench, as if it just crawled out of a stagnant pool, only the metal name tag on its chest is still new.

Xia Zhuo covered his nose and took a look. The name tag read "Head of Security in Area E".

After a strong psychological struggle, he took off the name tag with his hands, and there was nothing unusual on the reverse side.

"Put it in the warehouse and have a look." Guan Yuzhou reminded.

Xia Zhuo did as he did, and put the name tag into the warehouse, only to find that it turned out to be a prop with an explanation.

Item name: [Aquarium security nameplate]

Instructions for use: Special identities may be able to enter special places.

Special note: Excerpted from "Shuishan Aquarium Security Post Responsibilities": stick to the post, do a good job in inspection, defense, night watch and other work.Check tourist documents, prevent citizens who have not purchased tickets and do not meet national requirements from entering and leaving the museum, and maintain public order in the responsible area.

Props attribute: Dream exclusive not for sale.

"A special identity enters a special place..." Xia Zhuo returned to the door of the empty room, pinned the name tag on his chest, and opened the door again to enter.

But he couldn't avoid being disappointed again, maybe it was used incorrectly, and there was no change in this room.

After confirming that there is nothing more here, Xia Zhuo glanced at his mouth in frustration, "What is a special place? It doesn't mean that I, a man, can still enter the women's toilet."

"Look up." Guan Yuzhou pointed upwards, and Xia Zhuo looked up, only to notice that there were two nails on the left and right hanging on the wall above the door. There seemed to be something hanging here, but now it is missing.

What can be hung on the door?When Xia Zhuo thought about it, he had an answer in his heart - of course it was the house number.

But where should this house number be found?

Xia Zhuo cast her eyes on the human skin again.The human skin is dressed in clothes, and it stands firmly on the ground without a wire hanging. It is not like an ordinary decoration, but more like an evil NPC lurking and waiting for an opportunity to move.It's just that they are not in the plot line now, so they can't attract any NPC's attention or attack, and can't trigger the plot. Avoiding danger also means missing many opportunities.

He pondered on the spot for a while, and discussed with Guan Yuzhou: "Since we are determined to intervene in this dream, is it okay if we don't join the plot?"

Just like why Jian Ran and the others disappeared from the mirror, they will never know the reason until they get in touch with them personally.

Guan Yuzhou did not answer this question, but said, "Madam Bai has already joined."

"Ma'am? When did it happen?" Xia Zhuo activated the screen, and sure enough, the number of participants became 6/8.

Guan Yuzhou looked at the light watch during his absence, could it be...

"You already knew he would join?"

Guan Yuzhou smiled without saying a word.

Xia Zhuo looked at the familiar smile on his face, "Aren't you guys planning something behind my back again?"

"What do you think?" Guan Yuzhou looked at him with some deep meaning in his eyes: "Did he feel sorry for the little wolf dog and decided to join, or did we arrange this in our plan to let him take this opportunity to join?"

Xia Zhuo decisively chose the latter.

"We will join sooner or later, but not now." Guan Yuzhou took out the ticket and pointed it at the QR code scanning port on the gate.

After a beep, the red light that prohibits passing through turned into a green light.Instead, the exit signs went out.The human skin, which is as light as a piece of paper, turned around and approached the only open entrance. The moment it stepped over the gate, something fell to the ground.

They took away Renpi's security status, so now Renpi is just an ordinary evil aborigine.There was no target to attack, and it drifted towards the depths of the aquarium.

Xia Zhuo watched it leave, "...just put it in like this, Madam Bai won't blame us."

Now that Mrs. Bai was on the brink of crisis, not only could they not help, but they stabbed in the back. If they were found out, they would probably be nagging.

"Who knows that this human skin was not a handsome guy before he was alive? Mrs. Bai will thank you." Guan Yuzhou didn't take it seriously. He bent down and picked up the thing that fell from under the gate. It was a long piece with "duty room" written on it. wood.Hanging the wooden doorplate on nails, he patted Xia Zhuo's waist, "Okay Xiao Xia, security guard, let's try again."

Comrade Xia, the newly appointed security guard, took a deep breath. He grabbed the doorknob for the third time and felt that something was different at this moment.He smelled the faint aroma of coffee, saw a gleam of milky white light leaking from the crack of the door, and the warmth from the palm of his hand was not as bitingly cold as before.

After opening the door, he saw the crowded pattern inside.

There is a monitor screen hanging on the wall, a computer on the table, and stacks of papers in the cabinet.The electric kettle was soaked with water droplets, and the coffee smell he could smell came from the thermos cup beside the kettle.

"That's right!" Xia Zhuo was excited, he slid in and waved to Guan Yuzhou excitedly: "Come on, come on, there must be clues on this shelf!"

Guan Yuzhou shook his head at the door, showing no intention of entering.

Xia Zhuo wondered: "What's wrong?"

Guan Yuzhou opened his mouth to say something, but he couldn't hear it.Seeing his weird face, Guan Yuzhou made a simple demonstration - he took a step forward, but the air rippled, and there was an invisible air wall separating him from the room.

"Can you come in?" Xia Zhuo made up his mind.

Guan Yuzhou mouth-shaped: I'll wait for you outside.

When things come to this, you can only work by yourself.

There are a total of more than [-] messy drawers on the cabinet, which contain related records of employee attendance, passenger flow and other related records of the aquarium in the four seasons of each year.Xia Zhuo recalled for a moment, the date was written on the report he got from the toy's stomach, it was April of [-], and the next day happened to be a weekend.He rummaged through the cabinets one by one, found the stack of files with a similar timeline, and took them out.

"Sure enough, this guy was on duty that day..." Seeing the familiar face of the man in the windbreaker on the duty list, Xia Zhuo showed a clear expression, and read: "From April 08160709th to April [-]th, I will be responsible for diving and feeding in C area, the staff No. [-]..."

employee ID?Will the employee number be useful?Why is it marked out separately, even in bold text?

After thinking for a while, Xia Zhuo sat down at the desk and pressed the power button of the computer.

The computer was of an old model, and the bulky chassis made a humming sound, like a protest to continue working when I was too old to retire.He waited for a long time, and the desktop finally appeared on the black screen. Apart from some basic function icons, a software with a dolphin icon attracted his attention. He put the mouse on it. This software is called "Shuishan City Ocean library staff management system”.

He double-clicked to open the software, and the camera on the side started to operate to authenticate his face.

Xia Zhuo was unprepared when his own face appeared on the screen.He originally thought he was just guessing the password with the employee number, but he didn't expect that the aquarium system at that time had already used higher-end technology.

The scanned fluorescent blue horizontal line moved up and down from his forehead to his chin, and soon the green check mark indicated that the authentication was successful, and he entered as the person in charge of the security of Area E.

After entering the employee number in the search bar and pressing the Enter key, the detailed personal information appeared.