Global Examination

When the ship arrived at the deserted island, Qin Chen followed Examiner A to the deck, and inevitably noticed the belt around the other's waist.

At that time, a week had passed since the math test. According to Wen Yuan, the thin piece stuck to the belt should self-destruct. Faint traces.

but.

Qin Chen carefully confirmed that there was no trace left where he pasted the sheet.

Then there is only one possibility. Examiner A discovered the sheet before it self-destructed and took it off.

For the first time, Qin Chen genuinely doubted Examiner A's position, not just because of eyes and facial expressions, which are too subjective to interpret.

Undeniably, he was delighted.

Those few days on the deserted island were a stage in which the relationship between them was extremely relaxed and relaxed, and some moments even gave people the illusion that "they are fighting side by side".

But after all, it's just some moments...

After leaving the examination room, many things happened one after another——

Examiner A and Chu Yue, who was called Examiner Z at the time, were called into the main control center and stayed there for several days.After coming out, Examiner A became that "system spokesperson" who was difficult to provoke.

And Qin Chen discovered that the members of the Death Squad were losing news one by one.

Then, in the next round of exams, he met Wen Yuan again.

The examination room that time was set at a certain military base, and the sky in early winter was always gloomy, gray and cold.

They have no weapons at hand, no suitable equipment, and are more dangerous than ever.

Qin Chen was thrown into a war zone by a helicopter, and it was a fight when he landed, he didn't even care about greetings.

When he hijacked a firearms carrier and turned it into the body, leaning against the cover to change magazines, Wen Yuan sneaked over from the side.

He climbed into the car, threw a set of equipment to Qin Chen and said, "You are so awesome, you dare to do something to this kind of car without wearing some equipment. I just came over there, and I didn't dare to breathe. I was stunned for a moment."

Wen Yuan pointed to a certain unloading area in the distance, and said: "There is a lot of equipment over there, and I brought you a set. It is not easy to meet in such a large examination room, and you can be regarded as friends. What's your name?"

Qin Chen loaded two sets of guns and was handing one of them to him, when he heard this, he was taken aback.

"What did you say?" he asked, frowning.

Wen Yuan questioned "Ah", thinking that he had said something wrong and offended this person: "I didn't say anything, I just said that you are awesome, make friends and ask what your name is."

The desire to survive made him praise Qin Chen again, which made Qin Chen's expression even darker.

Wen Yuan: "?"

He held the gun in one hand, and he didn't pick it up, and he didn't pick it up.

"You don't know me?" Qin Chen asked.

"I... should know you?" Wen Yuan said hesitantly.

It's hard to describe Qin Chen's mood when he heard this.

Above the examination room, the system is everywhere.He couldn't even ask the other party directly, what happened, what happened, whether he still remembered the purpose of coming here, and whether he remembered the death squad called "d-to-d".

It took him a while to understand what had happened by insinuating.

It turned out that Wen Yuan also violated the rules in the previous exam. He was taken to the Twin Towers in the proctoring area for three days of bug cleaning punishment, but encountered an accident when the cleaning was almost over.

It's hard to say if this is an injury in a pure sense, or if the system did something else in the name of his injury.

In short, the result is that Wen Yuan's hands are no longer as steady as before, and he also forgets who he is.

Qin Chen remembered the information he received before entering the system, which reminded that people entering the system would be disturbed to varying degrees, and gradually forget the connection between themselves and reality.

But he didn't expect to interfere so thoroughly.

He has lived for more than 20 years. If he wants to say who can be counted as friends, there must be the names of those in the Death Squad.

With the same purpose, they are scattered in a situation where life and death are unpredictable. They are both independent and can be considered as a whole.Under normal circumstances, such entanglements can even develop into best friends.

But they are different.

In fact, this group of people had never gotten along with each other in private, so they were not familiar with each other.And because of the special tasks, a lot of information between each other is even kept confidential.The only relevant things are missions and life and death.

So Qin Chen regards them as special friends, and Wen Yuan is the one he is most familiar with.

Now, this friend has also "disappeared".

……

All kinds of things continued to aggravate the conflict between candidates and the system. This smell of gunpowder inevitably spread between candidates and invigilators, and also inevitably affected Qin Chen and examiner A.

There are many relationships between them, opposing, conflicting, attractive, and ambiguous.

Every relationship is deepening and becoming more and more intense amidst the strong smell of gunpowder.

In such a dangerous relationship, it is actually the most peaceful way to stay away.But none of them are peaceful people, they are just as crazy in their bones.The more dangerous it is, the closer it is.

The relaxed and peaceful get-together on the deserted island became a fleeting image, fleeting.

They began a long period of probing and dealing with each other, with every word and every contact with a sharp edge.

However, these temptations will never get the desired results, because in the whole system, there is no place where one can speak seriously.

They hate bondage, but they cannot be free.

Until one day, Qin Chen uttered words from another invigilator, and learned that the confinement room had become the most special existence in the examination room.

Because the original design concept of the system is not "deprivation of freedom" and "monitoring without dead ends".The confinement room involves too many people's hearts and privacy, so according to the original design intention and fundamental rules, this is a place that the system cannot monitor, and it is a safe haven under the rules.

But the system ignores this on purpose.

Until recently, someone forcefully opened up this haven.

This person is examiner A.

This was the reason why he and Chu Yue stayed in the main control center for a long time.

The sudden opening of the haven became a turning point for many things——

After more than 20 years of being spied on, two proctors have finally been given a respite.

And the probing and dealing between examiner A and Qin Chen finally got a frank result.

Strangely enough, for the two of them, being open and honest about their positions and showing their cards didn't lead to a calmer relationship.Because the things between them are too intense, and it cannot be smoothed out with a few simple words, and the sharpness disappears suddenly.

Qin Chen once felt that there would never be "peace" between them.Every meeting, every contact is at a certain threshold, just a little bit more, and something will happen.

It's not something as tragic as "you die and I die". After all, they are companions, far from that.

What should that be?

For a long time before that, Qin Chen still couldn't figure out the answer.

Until the night when they openly and honestly stated their position.

Examiner A stood in front of the door and was about to leave, while he stood behind Examiner A, his thumb retracted from the side of the other's neck, with a trace of body temperature and touch.

He twirled his fingertips and said, "Your neckline is a bit damp, is it raining outside?"

Examiner A's Adam's apple twitched, and after a while he said, "No, it's snowing."

Qin Chen nodded.

The confinement room became very quiet for a moment.

After a few more seconds, examiner A said: "I still have something to do, so I'm leaving first."

When he turned the doorknob, he heard Qin Chen give a soft "ah" to show that he knew.But the protracted and deep ending also reveals a touch of subtle regret that cannot be described.

Examiner A paused with his fingers.

After a while, he suddenly let go of the doorknob.

At that moment, the critical line that had always been tense between them also loosened.

Qin Chen moved his eyes from examiner A's finger to the other's thin neck.

He lowered his head and kissed the back of examiner A's neck.

……

Calculated according to the time in the invigilation area, that day was the beginning of the new year.

There are no windows underground, but Qin Chen knew that it was snowing heavily outside.The cold wind in the night travels through the buildings, chilling and biting.

They kissed in the brig, which is where those intense relationships end up.

The exam on the desert island was probably the closest they were to being "teammates" in their lives.

For a longer period of time after that, whether they remember or not, whether they are against each other or walk together, love is always intertwined between them.

It's like there can never be "peace" between them.

If there is, it must exist only in old age and death.

Chapter 146 Reunion┃Because he was just halfway through speaking, and suddenly he couldn't remember why he asked this question.

As for dealing with the system, examiner A has a plan, and Qin Chen knows this.

He always thought that he would be pulled into the planning center by A as a matter of course, but he didn't.

For a long time, Examiner A never mentioned his plan.It seems that for him, as long as he knows that Qin Chen is a fellow traveler and they are not really opposed, that's enough.

They have the closest relationship, do the most private things, face the same direction, help each other, but still walk on two paths.

This is the nature of a lone wolf, and Qin Chen knows it all too well.

He thought he was already the best of the bunch, but he didn't expect anyone to be more serious than him—examiner A was not only alone, but also mixed with something else...

At first, Qin Chen didn't know what it was until he learned the real relationship between the system and examiner A.

When he saw those beautiful eyes that had been borrowed by the system again, he suddenly understood that it was a habit developed through long-term experience, and it was a special kind of closure.

The closure of others is for self-protection, but examiner A is different, his protection is outward.

He always draws a circle of danger around him, habitually sits in the middle of the danger, and then forcefully pushes everyone else out of the circle.It's like he has been trying to persuade Qin Chen to leave the system once he passes the exam and never come back.

For this matter, examiner A purposely said a lot of cold words, and Qin Chen also said a lot of nonsense.

He will even coax the other party to let go in every possible way during the most intimate moments.

While looking at the light red on the back of the other person's shoulders, neck or chest, with his forehead firmly pressed against the back of his hand, he frowned and couldn't speak, and thought to himself that he was such a jerk.

Sometimes examiner A would look at him impatiently with half-opened eyes while panting.

If it wasn't for the physical entanglement, Qin Chen suspected that he would even snort coldly in the next second, but unfortunately the effect would always be greatly reduced in this situation.

So he often looked at Qin Chen for a while, and said in a hoarse voice: "Now you are like an undercover agent from the opposite side."

"Then can I succeed this time, chief examiner?" Qin Chen would always ask teasingly.

Then he'd say, "No."

This negative answer continued for a while.In fact, it wasn't too long, but in Qin Chen's impression, it seemed like a long, long time.In retrospect, the reason for the illusion was that they had so few opportunities to be alone.

He kept retaking the exam again and again.

As the numbers add up, Qin Chen can clearly feel the emotions of examiner A at a certain moment.That should represent reluctance and softening, but in the next second he will return to coldness.

But in the end, Qin Chen succeeded.

During the confession, the examiner Z Chuyue was also there.

She was the one talking most of the time, and the other two were listening.And whenever A opened his mouth to make supplements, she always looked at Qin Chen curiously, looked him up and down countless times, and was even a little too enthusiastic.

One day later, she told Qin Chen that it was not polite to look at him that day, but she was really surprised and curious.Because before that, she never thought that one day, A would bring someone here and know everything about them.

She said: "For me and for him, this is the biggest forbidden zone.

***

The plan of the two examiners had been prepared for a long time, and it was the best plan under the circumstances at that time - the people involved were the simplest, and the scope of casualties could be controlled to the minimum.

"This plan actually only involves one thing, which is the master control authority." Chu Yue explained at the time, "The master control authority is the authority to control the entire system. Usually, it is said that A and I have the highest authority, which is also compared to others. As far as the proctors are concerned, the real highest level is this master control authority. To put it bluntly, if you hold this authority in your hands, you can control the entire system. Then you can do whatever you want."

"So who has this authority?" Qin Chen said, "Let's not talk about the system itself, there must be some other alternatives."

"Excellent." Chu Yue gave him a thumbs up.

"Under normal circumstances, this master control authority is of course controlled by the system itself, which is beyond doubt. But as long as the original intention of the designer is not malicious, there must be a contingency plan. We considered this at the time, so we have been watching Check this direction."

After the system got out of control, they hid these contents in a very "tactful" way, but as long as it is still bound by rules, they will always have a way to reveal the hidden contents.

"How many emergency plans have you found?" Qin Chen asked.

"Two," A said, "one in an emergency state and one in a frozen state. The two are in order."

If 70% of the main control center of the system is paralyzed, it will enter an emergency state.In this state, the system will enter the next highest level of self-repair, and the master control authority will be transferred to the "emergency control unit".

If the "emergency control unit" fails to stop the decline, and the main control center of the system continues to have problems, eventually reaching a complete paralysis, the system will enter a frozen state, and the main control authority will be transferred to the examiner.

It's like if the automatic mode doesn't work, you can switch to semi-automatic mode, or if it doesn't work, you have to switch to manual mode.

Chu Yue said: "Currently the chief examiner is referring to me and A, so there are very few people involved, as long as the two of us don't lose the chain."

Qin Chen asked: "What is the emergency control unit in front of you?"

"We don't know about this, and it hasn't been triggered before." Chu Yue said, "The rules refer to this thing as Group S for short. It feels like an emergency team, but where does this team get people? We have discussed it many times. I think this S group should still refer to the evolution of the system, such as emergency procedures."

Qin Chen thought about it and thought it made sense.

According to this ranking, the authority of group S should theoretically be higher than that of examiners A and Z, but they are already the top among the invigilators.Higher than them, probably only the system itself remains.

"So, our plan is actually very simple. It is to wait for a suitable time, paralyze the entire master control center in the shortest possible time, and get the master control authority. First issue an order to release everyone , and then the next command will be permanently closed."

Qin Chen asked: "When is the right time?"

Examiner A said: "When the system density declines, when Plan B is completed."

Chu Yue smiled and said, "Speaking of meticulousness, you are considered a hero."

Qin Chen raised his eyebrows and asked, "Really?"

Chu Yue pointed to Examiner A and said: "He and I have more restrictions, because we must ensure that we appear to be consistent with the system, so that it will not take back the master control authority in the frozen state. In order to keep this, We must act in a proper manner, and we must not really anger the system, even if we do things, we must restrain ourselves. The whole progress is relatively slow."

"But you are different. Do you know how many patches you have forced to apply to the system during the time you have been here?" Chu Yue gloated, "Oh, you may not know, wait until you go to the main control center one day, call out The records can be counted at a glance. Anyway, I am in a good mood. Patches are rushed and many, and there is inevitably a logical hedging, and there are more and more bugs. Superficial and potential, these will reduce the performance of the system. Sophistication. The main control center has a self-test. If the precision is lower than 70%, the system will adjust itself. We plan to wait for it to drop to 75%. This way, the success rate of rebellion is relatively high. As for plan B—”

Once there is a problem with this plan, there will be casualties if it is not handled properly. If the casualties are larger, the consequences will be disastrous.It is impossible for them to risk too many lives, so it is best to have a planB.

Examiner A said: "I'm trying to find a way to do a correction procedure, it may take a while."

"Then during this period of time, I'll help you continue to lower the level of precision of the system." Qin Chen said.

But this plan was disrupted halfway.

For examiner A, he suddenly received a red warning from the system, saying that he had a close relationship with examinee Qin Chen.

For Qin Chen, he had reached the upper limit of the re-examination and was directly asked out of the system.

This result was not unexpected by Qin after all.Before that, he had secretly approached the examiner Z Chuyue and asked her to do him a favor - if he was sent out of the system, ask her to leave a vacancy for the invigilator.

He will definitely go back.

At the moment when he was sent out of the system, Qin Chen suddenly remembered something——

When the system collapses and they return to their lives smoothly, they need to find a suitable doctor to help Examiner A have a careful eye examination.

I don't really want to find out anything, but a result.

In this way, from now on, his great examiner can completely relax and never have to lower his eyes again.

……

When he left the system, the end of summer had just passed, and the beginning of autumn had begun.

In the first few days, he should have been in a coma, and when he woke up, he found himself in the hospital.

It was a hospital associated with the military, and the room layout was always pure white with sporadic military green mixed in.He stared at the border between plain white and military green for a long time, until a nurse came over and asked him, "What are you looking at?"

He squinted his eyes and remained silent for a while, then said, "It's nothing."

It's just that the two colors put together inexplicably attracted his attention.

He asked the nurse in a trance: "Your ophthalmologist here—"

As he was talking, his voice suddenly disappeared, because he was just halfway through speaking, and suddenly he couldn't remember why he asked this question.

***

What happened during that time was actually more blurred than ever.

Later, Qin Chen wondered whether he had really returned to reality, or was he still spinning around in a certain corner of the system?

He didn't stay in that environment for long.

One morning, he was pulled into the system again under the name of the proctor.

He heard that among his colleagues, A and Z had the highest authority and were called the chief examiners.The others are ranked by strength, and the single letters have all been used up.Therefore, the code names of their new batch of examiners have to use a combination of letters, and his code name is Gin.

That afternoon, the old and new invigilators were called together for a meeting.

He met the examiner A whom his colleagues called in the corridor of the conference room.

He was wearing a plain white shirt and army green trousers, and was talking to examiner Z next to him.Most of the time it is the examiner Z who is talking, he rarely speaks, and occasionally nods his head.

He always lowered his eyes slightly when listening to people talking.

The early autumn sunlight shone through the glass, casting light and shadow on his face.

Obviously those eyes were falling in the shadows, but Qin Chen felt that he had seen them look transparent under the light.

Examiner A stopped a few steps away and looked up.

Qin Chen suddenly asked out of nowhere, "Did I meet you somewhere?"

Examiner A did not speak.

It's strange, he looks very calm, but inexplicably gives people the illusion for a moment... as if he is actually very sad.

After a few seconds, examiner A withdrew his gaze and said, "No."