SHEEP

Yi Heye thought that this night would be difficult for him, but he was so tired that he fell asleep on the bed without having time to think about it.

He still had a dream, and the protagonists in the dream were of course him and Jian Yunxian, who parted ways standing in the middle of the crossroads.

But unlike what he had imagined, this parting didn't seem to be too much unbearable pain.

They seemed to have reached an astonishing tacit understanding. When Yi Heye raised his gun, the dark muzzle of the opposite gun was pointed at the center of his eyebrows.

The final outcome of this life and death must be a farewell, but when he saw his relieved smile in Jian Yunxian's gentle eyes, he realized belatedly that he seemed to have already I am mentally prepared for this.

The alarm clock and the gunshot rang at the same time, and Yi Heye opened his eyes calmly, not at all as if he had just experienced a tense gun battle.

He got up and stood in front of the window, looked at the bright sunshine, took a breath of fresh air in Area B, and felt refreshed and radiant——

The fever has also subsided, and the headache is gone. Except for some shallow discomfort somewhere, everything yesterday is like a passing cloud, which was completely erased by the gunshot.

Although Yi Heye didn't know whose gunshot it was until he woke up, but he knew that after one of them fell down, the sky would light up.

He stood back in front of the bed, quickly changed his clothes, and tested the left hand that had just started working.

Yesterday's experience told him that at least the pain perception is very qualified.

Right now, buttoning the buttons, folding the quilt, pulling the sleeve, inspecting the gun... A series of actions were completed smoothly, and Yi Heye was very satisfied in terms of precision and strength.

So he simply went directly to the training room for a set of grip strength plus arm strength training, and instantly felt that every muscle in his body came alive.

After taking a quick shower, Yi Heye ran to the restaurant for breakfast feeling refreshed, and Ju Li was taken aback by his energetic appearance.

"Are you okay?" Director Li asked in surprise.

Yi Heye laughed: "It never happened."

Director Li looked at this guy suspiciously—he could clearly feel that Yi Heye's character was becoming more and more cheerful, and his emotions were becoming more and more vivid, which made him a little relieved, but he still did not dare to share the latest news tell him.

Yi Heye didn't expect so much, he had already poured milk for himself in minutes, and while happily slicing the half-cooked poached egg in front of him, he raised his head and asked, "Ju Li, is there any progress in the case during this time?"

"If this case is further investigated, it must involve the internal affairs of District A." Director Li sighed, "We have sent a letter there to apply for assistance in the investigation, but we have not received a reply so far. I feel that the hope is very slim. The probability is that it will be shelved."

When Yi Heye heard this, he frowned, feeling extremely upset: "Why is their District A so awesome? Can they directly override the law?"

Director Li smiled wryly: "Actually, you are right in saying that. District A is a completely autonomous region, and it does not use the same legal system as ours."

Of course Yi Heye understands this truth, but the more he thinks about it, the more he gets angry—maybe it’s because District A and them have always been inseparable, so that he has an illusion that the two sides have never been in touch with each other until now. The occurrence of this cross-district case made him realize that the huge wall in front of him only blocked the steps of outsiders going in one way, but it couldn't stop the evil penetrating from the inside out at all.

People within the "bull's eye" can kill people outside their own territory at will, and then hide in that side's lair, using the high wall as an excuse to escape all sanctions and punishments.

——Why?

As if he had seen through Yi Heye's mind, Director Li explained: "After all, our other four districts are all under the leadership of District A, and accept the technology and culture brought by District A. From these aspects, these so-called His 'special behavior' is understandable."

Yi Heye was feeling aggrieved, so Li Ju continued to say:

"For the families of the victims, the Security Section is mainly in charge of mediation, because most of the victims have been confirmed to have been killed but there is no way to find the bodies, causing some family members of the victims to be very emotionally unstable. Some of them even wanted to forcefully break into the restricted area, but in the end They were all stopped by the security department—we were lucky to be stopped by our own family members, if we were caught by the guards in Area A, we would inevitably go to jail."

This topic made Yi Heye feel deeply powerless, his appetite was so bad that he couldn't even eat breakfast.

He hastily finished the glass of milk, got up and wanted to leave, but as soon as he turned his head, he saw the display screen floating above the restaurant.

The president's good morning video was played there as usual. He was dressed in a well-knit suit, showing a perfect standard smile, standing in front of the podium and saying good morning to the citizens.

"Good morning, fellow citizens, another day full of hope..."

This kind of good morning video will be unshakably broadcast on all major TV stations across the country at [-]:[-] a.m. every day. It seems to have become a part of everyone's life. It is a good morning from an approachable president from a distant District A.

Perhaps because of his emotions, Yi Heye always felt an indescribable weirdness when looking at this dedicated president.

Director Li is right. Although a high wall has been built between Area A and the outside world, the outside world is influenced by Area A everywhere——

Mr. President who protects the peace and harmony for everyone, the famous scientist who brought major breakthroughs in scientific and technological change, the idol superstar who attracts thousands of boys and girls, and the literary master who keeps outputting high-quality works...

Area A is the absolute tip of the pyramid in this world, so it should enjoy the awe and admiration of people outside the wall.

After Mr. President said good morning, the TV cut into an advertisement. The advertisement is a technological product endorsed by the most famous movie star. It is said that because of visa issues, this movie star never attends offline activities outside of Area A. Because of his superb acting skills, he can gain a large number of loyal fans across the screen.

In the restaurant, the young girls looked back at the idol's advertisement, and the men who didn't care about entertainment stars took it as the background sound of their breakfast every day.

Everyone is used to all this, so used to it that Yi Heye doubts his inexplicable intuition.

He hesitated to speak and glanced at Director Li. The old leader had already got up and made a phone call. This feeling of being alone made him feel very uncomfortable.

Forget it, Yi Heye snorted from the back of his nose, raised his wrist and swiped the reward net.

During this period of time, he was on duty for this one, and was helping that case with that one, Yi Heye almost forgot that he still had his job as a hunter.

It's been about half a year since I earned points. Thinking of this, Yi Heye's scalp suddenly tightened, for fear that someone would rob him of the No.1 throne.

But when he opened the rankings, he found that he was still firmly at the top of the rankings. Although the distance between No.2 and him was quite a bit, it seemed that he was still far away from threatening his status.

He breathed a sigh of relief, and glanced at No.2's ID again, feeling a little strange for a moment.It wasn't until he scrolled down a few more names that he saw Moon, who had already been pushed down to [-] people, and his scrolling fingers suddenly stopped.

It turned out that the position of No.2 had always belonged to Chen Mu. Although he used a similar cheating method, Yi Heye was already familiar with her name.

It has been a long time since Chen Mu was killed. Yi Heye doesn't know where the investigation has progressed. He only knows that the murderer has not been found, and the truth is getting more and more confusing.

Yi Heye was already overwhelmed by a lot of bad things, and Yi Heye was so annoyed that he called Pei Xiangjin while walking out.

Listening to Mr. Li saying that this guy has had a lot of bad luck recently, one accident after another almost made him unable to keep his job, but his superiors were reluctant to bear his ability to work, so they could only put pressure on him and ask him to take the blame and make up for his mistakes. Therefore, he has been so busy recently that he is about to ascend directly to heaven.

At this time, Pei Xiangjin who answered his phone was exhausted, and he didn't even have the strength to lose his temper at Yi Heye's sloppy attitude, apparently he hadn't closed his eyes all night.

"Please tell me." Pei Xiangjin haggardly said.

Yi Heye: "Nothing else, just remember to ask if there is any progress in Chen Mu's matter."

Pei Xiangjin sighed tiredly, and it seemed that it took him a long time to turn his head, remembering which of the many big cases Chen Mu was in his hands.

This time, he no longer had the strength to play tricks or detours with Yi Heye, and replied obediently: "First of all, it is basically certain that the Sanwu robot was hired to commit the murder, but the clues are interrupted, and the instigator behind it cannot be deduced .”

Yi Heye was not surprised by this, or in other words, when they first guessed that the robot killed the man, this result was already in his expectation.

"Then, with regard to the coin found in her body, our investigators can basically conclude that it belongs to his sister Chen Sang by obtaining a large amount of video surveillance data of the two sisters before she was alive. Before that, she had always regarded it as a pendant Hang it around your neck."

That coin was the goat's head coin distributed to the "trainees" by ISSAC later, and Yi Heye was also issued one.

Judging from their later behavior, this goat's head coin is likely to symbolize religious meaning, such as being selected as a "sacrifice" mark.

Although Chen Sang's personal quality is far from that of the five good young people in the company in an objective sense, it doesn't mean that she doesn't have the qualifications to be a "sacrifice"——

After all, from what Yi Heye saw with his own eyes, the functions of sacrifices are diverse. In addition to Yi Heye's one-of-a-kind, high-quality "blood sacrifice" in front of the goat statue, there are also offerings such as body shells and organs. , even emotions and thoughts.

And thinking about it carefully, Chen Sang was dragged to undergo consciousness transplant surgery before his death, and he continued to repair it all his life. Perhaps such human experimentation was also an act of "sacrifice" they made.

"Finally, there is one more thing worth savoring." Pei Xiangjin said, "Do you still remember the manager who dragged Chen Sang to take drugs?"

This manager can be said to be the beginning of Chen Sang's tragic life. Yi Heye was stunned for a moment, and his voice tensed: "Who did you find out?"

"Yeah." Pei Xiangjin said, "His name is Awei."

Yi Heye's eyes slowly widened: "Is that...?"

"Yes, it was the scout who discovered Ke Yu." Pei Xiangjin said, "It's just that at that time, this Ah Wei was still a human being."

I was still human back then.Yi Heye finally understood, this is another half-human, half-AI who has undergone consciousness transplantation.

"After closing the team, we collected some chat content between Ke Yu and Ah Wei in the last period of his life." Pei Xiangjin said, "It can be inferred that Ah Wei was transplanted into a new body with a relatively obvious degree of mechanization. , So at the beginning, Ke Yu didn't treat him as a human being, until later, Ah Wei also had the rejection reaction like Chen Sang's later stage, and finally passed away due to serious complications."

Because of this, Ke Yu, who witnessed all this, said to his wife that "Awei is dead" that they couldn't understand.

Judging from these cases, consciousness transplant surgery is obviously still an extremely immature method. Whether it is directly embezzling one's body like Chen Sang, or starting a new one like Awei, the final result will not end well.

"The matter of Lost Lamb is not yet settled." Pei Xiangjin said, "Now there are signs that the same group of people may be behind these two cases."

Not just these two cases.Yi Heye couldn't help thinking, although Fang Chunyang was definitely the one who committed the crime at the beginning, he was the first case of consciousness transplantation they came into contact with.

Different from the previous two cases, Fang Chunyang directly broke away from the shackles of his body, directly transformed his personal consciousness into a touch of data, and hid it in the game world he built before his death. It can be seen that although this technology is immature, the form The diversity and breadth of coverage make it a bit creepy to think about.

And even though Yi Heye didn't want to think too much about it, Fang Chunyang's image in the game was also a sheep. It's hard not to doubt whether Fang Chunyang's seemingly subjective behavior was guided by other forces behind it.

"...Damn it." Pei Xiangjin was obviously very irritable, "All the clues are very clear, but I just can't fucking check it...Why can't I check it?! Just rely on that wall?!"

Yi Heye fell silent - this was also something that bothered him.

If the case happened outside the wall, with the strength of the security department's handling of the case, it could almost solve the case on the spot, but there is that fucking wall, making them stand helplessly with clues and helpless.

I don't know if it was a joke, but Pei Xiangjin sneered: "Sooner or later, the wall will be bombarded, and we have to see what monsters and ghosts are hidden inside."

"It's rare to be able to agree with Captain Pei." Yi Heye laughed, "If it really hits the wall, don't forget to bring me."

The author has something to say:

Pei Xiangjin: Don't come here, you unlucky bastard!