Global Examination

Thanks to the almighty 154 for turning on the water and electricity in this broken building, the two hustlers can take a good hot bath.

Youzhao's wet hair was combed back by his long thin fingers.Eyebrows and eyes soaked in water are clear and clean. The darker the eyelashes, the lighter the color of the eyeballs, as if covered with a layer of inorganic glass.

"Did 154 pick you back then, or did you pick him?" You Huo blinked away the drops of water on his eyelashes, and turned to ask Qin Chen.

"I picked him, but his intentions are also very clear, it's a coincidence." Qin Chen leaned against the glass door with his arms folded, his shoulders, arms, waist and abdomen were sharp and sharp.

"What about 922?"

"I also picked it." Qin Chen curled two fingers and pointed to his eyes: "The first one in the database was selected, because it looks pleasing to the eye."

He thought for a while, and added another sentence: "After you leave, there will be no backup invigilator. They are all selected by the system and put into the database."

In fact, during the period before their rebellion, the system was already considering recruiting new invigilators, and some people were mentioned as spares. They were still candidates in name, but they were in contact with the affairs of the invigilators.

021 is inside, You Huo is the contact with her at that time.

Later, because of the rebellion, the system was worried, and the group of backup personnel was "returned to their original form", and they were all screened before the qualified ones were brought up again, and they were directly transferred to invigilators.

It took a lot of acting skills for 021 to pass the screening smoothly.

"Everyone in my family has been selected as a confidant, and their vision is not bad." You Huo commented lightly.

Qin Chen snorted and accepted the compliment: "It's pretty accurate in 99% of the cases."

"99%——" You Huo said without raising his eyes, "So the 1% is with me?"

Qin Chen stopped laughing for a moment, said "uh" and said vaguely, "Not all of them."

"Have you ever fought against others?" You You said.

Qin Chen: "...No."

"That's fine." You Huo looked at him with a towel in his hand, tilted his head and said, "Get out of the way, I'll go out first."

Qin Chen squinted at him, then suddenly leaned over and kissed him, and said, "No, whatever."

You Huo: "?"

The bathroom here is very narrow, and this tall gentleman relied on the advantage of the terrain to make You Huo "retreat steadily".

"I'm done washing, let me go out." You Huo raised his face and said with a frown.

does nothing.

Qin Chen gave a low laugh, continued to kiss and tease him, and teased him back to the innermost part.

"I haven't done it yet." Qin Chen said, "It's a bit boring to take a bath alone, this boyfriend, would you mind doing it again with me?"

"mind."

Qin Chen kissed again: "Think again."

You Huo: "..."

He confronted Qin Chen for a long time with a sullen face, and then turned on the shower.

***

All in all, when 154 finally came to knock on the door, they basically maintained a well-dressed state.

"What's wrong?" Qin Chen asked him.

"It's okay, don't worry." 154 said: "I just estimated and detected it. The proctors and examinees at the Twin Towers should be out soon, and there will be about two hours. So I'll take a vaccination first."

"What vaccination?"

"About the initial proctor's vaccinations. They cooperated with me so much before, firstly because the time was urgent, and they knew that it was not appropriate to be entangled in doubts under that situation. Secondly, it was because you two were in charge, mainly you."

154 said to You Huo: "After all, they are old subordinates, and they are willing to give their trust. This trust is for you, not for me. So when they come later, I'm afraid I have to explain it."

Qin Chen said: "Don't worry, those gangs are all smart people, and they should have already figured out most of it."

"I know, but there may be some doubts." 154 said.

You Huo nodded: "I'll talk about it when someone comes."

"What about 922?" Qin Chen asked.

"His memory was erased in an accident." 154 pointed to his head and said: "So the recovery process is a little more uncomfortable than ordinary people. I said before that I was dizzy and fell asleep on the sofa. I guess it will come when I wake up." Looking for you."

A gust of night wind gushed in, blowing 154's face sorely.

He covered his face and said puzzledly, "Boss, what are you doing with the windows open at night?"

With a cold face, You Huo sat on the sofa with his earrings twisted, listening to Qin Chen open his eyes and talk nonsense: "It's a bit hot, it's a bit hot."

hot? ? ?

154 silently took out his mobile phone and glanced at the local temperature, then stuffed it back silently.

"One more thing—"

"Say."

"Now that you've all remembered, I think it's necessary to ask. That time when you rebelled against me at the rest place, you don't know the specifics. So why did you fail in the end?" 154 said: "It's best to avoid this time if you can. Right, boss?"

Qin Chen frowned. Of course, this was not aimed at 154, but he was still a little uneasy when he remembered what happened on the ruins, because those things happened to You Huo.

On the contrary, the person involved was much calmer. He patted Qin Chen on the shoulder and said to 154, "Because of my eyes."

"Eyes?" 154 is very clear about the situation between him and Chu Yue, "but the things in the eyes should have been abolished at that time? I remember that when I was stripped out, it was already abolished. Generally speaking, this operation is irreversible. , anyway, according to the rules, the system itself cannot restore it to use automatically.”

"Yes." You Huo said: "This is something we always find strange. Chu Yue and I specifically confirmed before that that it is indeed in a state of disabling and deactivating. But it was opened halfway."

154's face was a little dark.

Qin Chen said: "If I'm not mistaken, someone with higher authority should have operated at that time. But who has higher authority than the chief invigilator?"

154 said: "There must be none among the candidates and invigilators."

Qin Chen and You Huo looked at each other, and instantly grasped the point of his words: "You mean...not a proctor?"

You Huo didn't know what to think of, and suddenly raised his head and asked 154: "Is there anyone from the original batch of researchers staying in the proctoring area? Not in the examination room, not the kind of NPC."

154 pondered for a moment: "Actually, there is one."

"Who?"

"The original designer, that is, the original leader of the research team." 154 said: "But there is a problem, I am a part that was stripped out, and my part did not carry those core materials at first. Later, I can occasionally link to the ontology , I also tried to copy some core information, but the part of the designer is not included in it.”

"Then how did you know he stayed in the system?"

"Because when there was a problem with the system in the past, I could feel that someone was overhauling it. It wasn't the self-overhaul of the system, but someone was helping."

154 thought about it for a while and then said: "But that was a long time ago, when the system first started to run officially. I suspect that he stayed in the system just to make some corrections and adjustments from time to time. It never happened again. This kind of thing, I once wondered if he... died? Or turned into an NPC? Or he was also disturbed by the system, so that he even forgot who he was. He was only activated at critical moments to help the system What."

Wandering and thinking for a moment.

154 Although there is no information about the main creator, what he said still provides some clues.

At least it is certain that this person should be in the proctoring area. He may have some other identity, and he can get in touch with the core of the system at a critical moment.

who could it be...

Chapter 151 Before the end┃Their mission is to disintegrate the system, and their belief is to let everyone here be free.

154 began to count with his fingers: "I can list some data for you. Excluding the proctors in the proctoring area, there are a total of 1721 people."

He curled up a finger: "Of course, it includes many types. It is difficult for the operation and service personnel of stores, restaurants, bars, etc. to get in touch with the core area of ​​the system, so the first step is to exclude 1144 people. 577 left."

He bent his second finger again: "These 577 are all information management offices, monitoring centers and other places. Theoretically speaking, there is a certain probability that they can get in touch with the core of the system, but there are old and young. There are men and women. The main designers are not young people, so the second step excludes the wrong age and gender, and there are 187 people left.”

154 bends the third one: "There are a small group of people whose experience is so clear and detailed that it is almost impossible to hide their identities, so after excluding this group of people, there are still 131 people left."

When calculating probabilities with data like this, 154 will show a trace of the system.But this feeling will always be broken, because he will show his temper in the next second——

"131 people doesn't sound like a lot at first glance, but it's very troublesome when you expand it. In theory, no one can rule out suspicion, but I can't analyze and compare them from head to toe right now. Even if I have time to analyze, you will I don't have time to watch it. It's pure blindness to pick someone out in this situation." 154 complained, wagging those three fingers.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the words fell, the "blind" person came.

"There's someone who fits the bill."

"I thought of someone."

You Huo and Qin Chen spoke almost at the same time.

154 put his finger away silently with a wooden face: "Who?"

"The gatekeeper of the penalty passage of the Twin Towers." You Huo said.

After hearing this, Qin Chen laughed: "Thought about going together."

"The gatekeeper old man?" 154 said: "He is indeed among the 131 people. The information is relatively vague, only the name and age, and these two things in the system may not be true."

The old man guarded the entrance of the punishment passage all the year round, and rarely came out. Whether it was the proctors, candidates, or other people living in the proctoring area, they didn't often go to the Twin Towers, and most of them were not familiar with him.

It is said that his memory is not very good, he can't remember when he entered the system, and he can't remember many things he has done over the years. He only has a little impression of some special people.

And the punishment channel where he stayed was indeed not far from the core area.

154 thought for a while and said: "He is indeed a very suitable candidate, but he is not the only one like this."

He also listed some people who had a similar situation to this old man.

Qin Chen said: "Just looking at the conditions you mentioned, of course he is not the only one listed. But adding another screening condition will make it different."

154 asked: "What conditions?"

"He should be someone I often contact." Qin Chen emphasized: "When I was an examinee, I often contacted people in the proctoring area."

154 showed a trace of doubt, but suddenly realized again.

"That's right!" he said, "I'm only thinking about the last one that fell short, and I almost forgot that you were interrupted when you joined forces for the first time."

At that time, Qin Chen was still an examinee, and You Huo was examiner A. The reason for the interruption was that the system found that they were too close to each other.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with their relationship on the surface.To sum up, it is a foul all day long, and one is responsible for punishment. All the intersections are here.

What can a machine detect?Only people.

Only a man could see those undercurrents, only a man could, with a sort of intuition, be too keenly aware of their union, of what they might want to do.

Once this condition is added, other people will be crossed off the list, and after counting, there is really only one left—the old man at the entrance of the punishment channel.

Every punishment Qin Chen performed in the proctor's office had to pass before his eyes.Every time examiner A comes to pick up someone, he also has to face him.

He has seen the appearance of two people at war, and heard the conversation between them, even more times than most of the invigilators.

It's just because the old man looks so harmless, so when they first considered "blocking stone", they would always subconsciously ignore him.

Thinking of the old man's appearance, You Huo fell silent again.

why?He was really puzzled.In his impression, the old man was not only harmless, he had seen him chatting with Qin Chen, and he was even kind.

If he was really the chief designer, why did he still help the system when it was out of control?Just because he created it?Out of affection for "Masterpiece"?

Only a lunatic would help the evil one without reason and logic, but the old man didn't look crazy.

This is where it gets weird-

Something went wrong with what he created, and he could obviously stop everything and destroy the out-of-control system.After going out, modify and adjust on the basis of the original research to create a "masterpiece" that is more in line with the original intention, and train and screen military talents within a controllable range.

But he did not choose to jump out, but stayed in the system for a long time.Under the influence of the system, reality is slowly forgotten.

What is he drawing?

You Huo can't understand.Just like he couldn't understand why the person who gave birth to him was so sincere and obsessed with the system.

"By the way." Qin Chen suddenly asked 154: "Do you have a picture of that gatekeeper?"

"Why should I keep a photo of the old man?" 154 sullenly said, paused and added: "But... if you want to see it, I can have it too."

Qin Chen: "Then you can."

154:"……"

He took out his mobile phone and asked wonderingly: "Haven't you all seen it, why do you still want to look at the photos?"

Qin Chen watched him operate, and explained: "We saw a photo in the last exam, which showed the leader of the research team, but unfortunately, his face was burned off by a cigarette. Fortunately, Dr. Wu said that she once I’ve seen the team leader before, and I’ll definitely recognize her if I see her again. Let’s check with her again.”

154 nodded: "Oh, yes, just make sure to avoid wronging good people."

A few minutes later, they knocked on the door of Wu Li and Yang Shu's room and explained their purpose.

154 handed the phone to Wu Li.On the screen, the old man was sitting behind the punishment tunnel, his shoulders were a little bent, his silver-gray hair was slightly disheveled by the wind, he was staring at a certain point in the air, and there were deep nasolabial folds on his pursed lips.

Maybe it's a static relationship, most of his kindness and kindness have faded, and he does look like a "researcher".

The photo of 154 is very complete, one on the left side, one on the right side, one from the front, and one from the back, presenting the old man in all directions.

Wu Li frowned, flicking four photos back and forth.

Everyone stared at her intently, and saw her turn over three times carefully, then raised her head and said, "It's not this person."

The answer was unexpected, You Huo, Qin Chen and 154 were all taken aback.

"Are you sure?" You Huo pointed at the screen, "Could it be that the photo is distorted, or the reason is a little difference in age?"

They had already ruled out the others, and what was left was simply the standard answer. Unexpectedly, it was rejected by Wu Li.

Wu Li shook her head: "The degree of distortion in the photo is limited, and a person's age is younger, older, slightly fatter or thinner, which does not hinder the recognition of people, and the bone direction is there."

skeleton……

They couldn't intuitively understand the doctor's way of identifying people, but they knew Wu Li's personality, and they wouldn't draw conclusions without repeated confirmation.

She handed the phone back to 154 and said, "It's really not the one I've seen."

"Ok."

The clues that were originally promising were cut in half, and things became a headache again.

154 glanced at the time and said: "The big team will arrive in a while, and there will be about a thousand people. I will continue to process the admission tickets, at least let your public display show that the fourth course has been completed. .Otherwise you won’t be able to use the cards, and you won’t be able to buy medicines or get weapons.”

As he spoke, he was about to open his own door, but before his fingers touched the lock, the door was opened with a "bang".

154 almost jumped up, but forcibly stabilized his image again.

Just as he was about to say what was going on, he saw a figure rushing out with the head of the bird's nest on his head.

"922?" He stared, "What are you doing to scare me!"

The person who rushed out was 922, or... one of the members of the Death Squad, Wen Yuan.

"I'm looking for the boss." 922 probably just woke up, and his footsteps were still a little wobbly.

"I'm here." Qin Chen stood behind him and patted his shoulder.

922 turn around.

It can be seen that he seems to have something to say.He must have remembered something and woke up from his lethargy.

But the moment he saw Qin Chen, his lips opened and closed several times, and suddenly he forgot the words.

Qin Chen looked at him and said, "Are you awake?"

922 nodded: "Well, I'm awake."

He has lived in the system in a daze for so long, he doesn't remember who he is, what he came here for, he just subconsciously thinks... he should stay for a few more years and get in touch with more people.If possible, move to the upper circle of the invigilator, so that you can be closer to the core.

and then?

Then he didn't know what to do.

He didn't know where he came from, and he didn't know where he was going after so many years, and finally woke up.

922 stretched out his fist, and knocked Qin Chen gently.

This is the gesture that every member would do when greeting each other back then. He hasn't done it for a long, long time. Until today, he finally remembered it.

He finally remembered himself.

His name is Wen Yuan, he is from the Death Squad, he is in charge of information collection and processing and small equipment design, and his direct contact is Qin Chen.

Their mission is to bring down the system, and their belief is to set everyone here free at last.

They once swore that if the members of the Expendables stop hiding and face each other frankly, it must be the day when everything will end, before the end.