When we got off the train, it was just 12:10, just in time for dinner.
Cheng Ye parked the car and prepared to quickly enter the company.
At this time, he suddenly stopped.
There was actually a newsstand on the roadside. This was rare in his time, but there was such a place here.
It looks very abrupt, like a small rural mud house suddenly appearing in a place full of technology.
Cheng Ye thought for a while and stepped forward.
Don’t miss any place that feels out of place.
This might be where the clue is.
This is what he has learned from his experience after playing so many games.
There was an older lady in the newsstand. She was very excited when she saw Cheng Ye and suddenly walked out of it: "Come on, young man, please help me take a look. I'm in a hurry to go to the toilet."
Cheng Ye was slightly startled.
The eldest sister put something into his hand without any explanation and ran out in a hurry.
Cheng Ye looked at the eldest sister's leaving figure and slowly opened his palms.
It was a key, and it seemed to be the key to this small newsstand.
Cheng Ye was a little confused, but it wasn't a big deal to look at the newsstand, so he walked slowly into the newsstand.
Speaking of which, he still has some nostalgia for newsstands. When he was very young, his grandmother once opened a newsstand, although it was later converted into a small grocery store.
No one buys magazines or newspapers anymore, so newsstands have naturally followed the development of the times and become small grocery stores.
Cheng Ye smiled, stood in the middle of the newsstand, and raised his head.
The expression on his face changed.
He looked around.
His expression became more and more nervous and anxious. He looked around and then looked at the Ruskin Building not far away.
Suddenly, a guess slowly emerged.
He was a little anxious and wanted to leave immediately, but then he remembered that his eldest sister asked him to help look at the newsstand.
I just wanted to look at the newsstand and use the restroom. I should be back soon.
Cheng Ye suppressed his anxiety and waited patiently.
Finally, the eldest sister appeared in his field of vision.
Cheng Ye ran out quickly, thrust the key into the eldest sister's hand, and immediately drove a speed car again.
He wanted to go back to the woman just now to verify his guess.
ten minutes later.
Cheng Ye returned to the door of the woman's house.
He knocked quickly on the door.
The woman still walked over slowly, and after just a few steps, she was out of breath again.
She was surprised when she saw Cheng Ye and her eyes widened.
Cheng Ye didn't have time to explain anything and said directly: "Can I borrow the key to your house?"
The woman was confused, but her good qualities made her just tilt her head: "Is this also related to the production of new drugs?"
Cheng Ye said very seriously: "I will try my best to save you."
Copies cannot be fragmented.
All the clues that have happened so far should be related.
His mission is to find the missing secret, but that doesn't mean that the others in their team have the same mission.
So it can be understood that they may have to complete their respective tasks before they have the opportunity to come together.
But that's not important. What's important is that he discovered a new and interesting thing.
The woman blinked, then smiled: "I don't know what you want to do, but I guess no one would play tricks on a dying person."
Cheng Ye replied with a smile: "Of course, please believe that I sincerely want to save you."
The woman seemed to be moved by Cheng Ye, or maybe she just wanted another possibility. She said, "Wait for me a moment. I haven't used keys like this for a long time."
Cheng Ye sat on the sofa obediently, waiting for the woman.
Take a look at the decoration of your home.
When he came here just now, he was only focused on asking questions and did not pay attention to the decoration of the home. Now he looked around and found that it was deserted and there were no decorations at all.
It's like an empty house with just some necessary furniture installed.
It's like a cold hotel.
Everything is cold and without temperature.
He sighed, withdrew his gaze, and waited patiently for the woman to bring the key.
After a while, the woman found the key.
She handed it to Cheng Ye.
It is an inconspicuous key, but it can be seen that it has not been used for a long time.
After Cheng Ye took the key, he looked around again.
It’s different, it’s really different.
Now when he looked at the scene around him, it was different from just now.
Sure enough, the key is the key to changing perspective.
Perspective must occupy an extremely important position in this copy.
When he was at the newsstand just now, after the landlady gave him the key, when he looked at Ruskin, it was completely different.
When the red employee card is displayed.
Ruskin is high and unattainable. It is like a high mountain, towering into the clouds, which is shocking and yearning.
And when the white employee card.
There was no longer any shock. I just felt that it was just a tall building and everything was normal. It was no different from the tall buildings next to it.
Moreover, the security guards with white employee badges looked so thin and shrunken, as if they should take care of them themselves.
But when he saw the red employee card, the security guards in his eyes were extremely tall. Everyone stood up straight, as if they had undergone special training and were royal guards.
That's when holding the newsstand key.
Looking at the Ruskin in front of him, it seemed like it was just a plain and simple building. He couldn't even tell the difference between it and the building next to it. The security guard was just the most ordinary person, no different from the passers-by.
And at that moment, he suddenly realized something.
The employee badge is your key when commuting to and from get off work.
Use it to enter the building.
The key given by the landlady is the key to this newsstand. It represents the identity of another person.
Different identities will see different things, representing different perspectives.
The key to this perspective switch is the key, the key that represents one's own identity.
So he had a bold guess: the missing employee might not be missing, but just...cannot be seen.
People who only belong to their employees' perspective will never see them again.
They disappear into the building and are trapped there forever.
Maybe his sister didn't go anywhere, she was still in the office building and just couldn't get out.
It's possible that the reason they disappeared and couldn't leave was because they lost their identity.
[Rule 8: Please guard your employee card well and ensure that it is always with you during working hours. Remember: you need to show your employee card when going to and from get off work. 】
Follow the prompts given at the beginning of the rules.
There is no way to leave the office building without swiping the employee card.
The employee card is very, very important and must not be lost.
Just like the manager whose employee card he took away, he seemed to disappear in front of everyone, with no news and no one paying attention to his whereabouts.
So he hurried back to the woman because he wanted to see her perspective, a rich man's perspective, and he wanted to know what Ruskin would be like from her perspective.
Cheng Ye looked around.
He found that the perspective was different again. The room that had just seemed extremely deserted and empty suddenly came to life.
There is a pot of flowers on the windowsill.
Maybe it was always there, but as an outsider, I couldn't see it.
It is inconspicuous, but the sunlight shines on it, making it look so vibrant.
In this cold villa, he actually saw many traces of life.
The coffee on the open kitchen counter, the half-knitted scarf left on the sofa, the cookbook that looks brand new but has obvious signs of being turned...
Everything feels warm.
At this time, a cat meowed from upstairs.
A white kitten came down from upstairs at some point. It was jumping around and was particularly energetic.
A pair of bright eyes are like amber, shining brightly.
When the woman saw it, her eyes became gentle and she shouted softly: "Xiao Bai."
The cat heard her call and became even more excited.
He twisted his butt and jumped up and down and ran over.
The tail is raised high, like a feather duster.
It fell into a soft ball and fell into the woman's arms.
Cheng Ye's mood also improved.
He suddenly got a clue in the copy, which he felt would help him in the future.
Red employee card, perspective of lower-level employees.
White employee cards, perspective of middle-level employees.
Newsstand key, from the perspective of an ordinary passerby.
The key to women, the patient...or the perspective of a truly wealthy person.
Cheng Ye wanted to take the key back to the company to have a look, but he didn't know how to ask.
The woman had been paying attention to Cheng Ye's reaction, and she always found it a bit strange to see his reaction.
Whether it was the initial questioning or the sudden need for the key, he seemed a bit crazy.
However, she still held a faint hope in her heart that she could still survive.
After all, "gods" have indeed helped many people.
"Do you need this key?" the woman asked proactively.
Cheng Ye showed an expression that he didn't know how to explain. He laughed at himself: "I don't know how to tell you, but..."
"But this key will allow you to help me survive?" the woman asked.
Cheng Ye stared at the woman.
The woman looked tired, perhaps the infection was consuming her mental energy all the time.
But she did not admit defeat. She was still working hard to live, love life, and live hard.
She wanted to live and was even willing to believe his outrageous excuse.
"I can't promise you that I will be able to save you." Cheng Ye said sincerely, and he continued: "But I can definitely promise you that I will do my best!"
The woman smiled.
She looks pretty when she smiles.
The sunlight poured on her back through the large floor-to-ceiling windows, giving her coiled hair a faint golden glow.
"I believe in you. If you have a chance, please let me live."
Cheng Ye nodded: "Although it is outrageous, I will try my best."
The woman smiled slightly: "The inexplicable infection, Mo Min's strange fish scales, and the inexplicable death... are even more outrageous."
She touched the cat in her arms and said, "Go ahead, I'll wait for you to come with life-saving medicine next time."
Cheng Ye nodded again.
He didn't say anything more, there was a vague guess in his heart.
With the key, patients will definitely see a different world.
The previous switching of perspectives was all to tell him this.
This time, Cheng Ye walked even more hastily.
He checked the time and saw that he still had a chance to go back to eat.
I don’t know what he will see when he holds the patient’s key.
Is it food... or... something else?
Cheng Ye entered the destination and the flying car started driving automatically.
When he returned to Ruskin again, Cheng Ye did not take a look at the building for the first time.
He was a little... nervous.
He didn't know why, but he always felt that he would see a different world.
Taking a deep breath, he held the woman's key.
Suddenly, the world was completely different.
The whole world became gray, as if covered with a layer of gray fog.
Everyone also looked very sinister, as if revealing their malice towards themselves.
Cheng Ye looked at Ruskin.
This building has become completely different, like a monster that can devour humans, with its mouth wide open and staring at everyone eagerly.
Cheng Ye frowned and looked at the security guard at the door.
But at this moment, he frowned.
What's this?
In his field of vision, the security guards were covered in black energy, lifeless, as if they were already dead, but their bodies were still moving.
What's this……
Cheng Ye felt surprised for a moment, and walked forward unknowingly.
Soon, he was stopped by security guards.
By this time, he had walked into Ruskin.
The magnificent hall in his memory was still lifeless at this moment, as if there was a black breath flowing in the air, making people feel depressed and uncomfortable.
"No one is allowed to enter." The security guard said coldly.
Cheng Ye suddenly remembered something, and he quickly took out the white employee badge from his pocket and put it on.
In an instant, the world became that ordinary world again.
It seemed like he was just going to a small supermarket in town to buy something.
When the security guard saw the employee badge around his neck, he immediately respected him and his voice became a little more polite.
"It turns out he's one of our employees. This way, please swipe your card."
Cheng Ye swiped his card according to the procedure and then entered the exclusive elevator.
All employees are in the building now, there are only security guards on the first floor, and nothing more can be seen.
He decided to go to the cafeteria on the third floor to investigate.
He remembered that all he had to do was keep his employee card on his body. During dinner this morning, four people did not have their employee cards hanging on them, indicating that this was not against the rules.
So after he entered the elevator, he took off his employee card again and put it in his pocket.
The left hand holds the key belonging to the woman tightly.
Ding--
The elevator arrived and the door slowly opened.
The cafeteria that should have been bustling now seemed so weird.
Cheng Ye almost couldn't help but take a step back.
what is this……
What on earth are these?
His eyes widened uncontrollably, and his heart began to beat wildly.
His eyes slowly moved from left to right.
The scenery in the cafeteria came into his eyes one by one.
He saw a different world.
Belonging to the world of patients.
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PS: I am very, very tired. I don’t know if you are the same as me. The sequelae of COVID-19 is drowsiness. I feel so tired that I can’t open my eyes and just want to sleep.
