"Boom"——
There was a loud bang.
The fences on each floor were filled with people, stretching their heads to look down.
A corpse.
A body that had been smashed into the mud.
He was thrown from the fifth floor. The nameplate read 902. The metal skull and the original skull were perfectly sewn together and did not break under the high-speed impact. It's just that he was knocked to the ground sideways, and all the native skulls on the right side that were on the ground were shattered, and the brain and blood gradually turned into a ball behind him, like red paint accidentally poured on the canvas.
Anyone who has been to the playground knows that this is a Tiger man.
The tiger man was killed, who could be the murderer?
After killing someone, people often choose to dump the body in the wild. They don't want to be the subject of suspicion, at least on that day.
Fighting requires physical strength. Few people can escape unscathed, and sometimes both sides suffer losses.
You may win by luck, but once your wounds are exposed, sharks in the sea will come smelling blood.
On this day, everyone is more like a killer.
A killer needs to be stealthy, low-key, and avoid crowds.
Throwing the body from the fifth floor, where everyone lived, was more like a warning.
She is too arrogant.
She must be declaring war on the Tigers.
Someone who saw a tiger in the corridor ran out to inform 888 on the playground - free activity day. Apart from sleeping in, everyone didn't like staying in the dormitory.
"Hold!"
"082! Fuck!"
"Hold!"
888 rushed back to the dormitory, and the shouting and cursing spread throughout the dormitory building.
***
The culprit Zhang Chi had already left the dormitory building when he dumped the body.
She didn't know where 888 was, and she wasn't sure if there was any theory within the Tigers that if someone who took over the task within a few hours didn't come back, they would have to send someone again. All in all, the dormitory was no longer safe, and she wasn't going to sit back and wait for death. So he threw the body away and went downstairs. While everyone's attention was attracted by the body, he quickly slipped down the corridor and reached the third underground floor.
library.
This is usually the least crowded place. Not many people like reading. And many stupid people have a kind of reading syndrome, which is not only annoying to read, but also annoying to watch.
But unexpectedly, there are many people in the library today.
At least twice as much as usual.
There are also two more vending machines in the left corner of the library, which are much larger than the vending machines in the cafeteria.
One mainly sells daily necessities.
There are dish soap, shampoo, shower gel, soap, hand cream...
It is similar to the shelves in a supermarket, but there are not many brand choices.
All daily necessities are produced by a company called Dewen.
The other also sells daily necessities.
There are shoes, socks, underwear, and even prison uniforms.
This time there is not even a brand logo.
They are all products of prison.
Same style and material. Shoes cost 5 points, socks 2 points, and underwear 1 point. Prison uniforms are the most expensive, costing 20 points a set.
Hand it out when you come in.
Only a fool buys it.
There is an additional place called a cinema on the right side of the library hall——
This is the main reason why there are so many people today.
What was originally a metal wall became a pull-up gate. Although the floors on the lower floors are narrower due to load-bearing walls, the library is indeed much narrower than other floors, including the canteens on the first and second floors.
It turns out there is a different world.
The stools in the library were placed at the entrance of the cinema, and they were filled with waiting prisoners. The film is very scarce, and you can tell from the name that it’s not good to watch——
"Edward's Redemption"
"Transformation"
"Falling in Love with Labor"
"go to school"
Look again at the poster scrolling on the electronic screen.
The protagonists are in factories and workshops, smiling happily.
It feels even worse.
There is a sign at the entrance that reads: "Movie tickets are 1 cent each, holographic movie tickets are 3 cents each, popcorn is 2 cents each, chocolate bars are 2 cents each, soda is 1 cent a cup, and extensions are 0.5 cents a cup. .”
I don’t know why, but in this situation, the first thought that came to Zhang Chi’s mind was: “The Engel coefficient here is too high.”
During a working day, you can watch a holographic movie and buy popcorn at most once.
She originally wanted to come to the library to check out information about alien blood, but now, by some strange combination of circumstances, she decided to go watch a movie.
It's similar to a poor man suddenly getting rich. If you have money in your pocket, you will feel bad if you don't spend it.
She bought holographic movie tickets, popcorn, chocolate bars, and soda, and walked into the viewing room with great fanfare.
There are two viewing rooms in the cinema, room 305 for regular movies and room 306 for holographic movies. After entering, you will be given a wristband, put it on, and when you click, the movie will start automatically - according to the instructions on the movie ticket.
Zhang Chi waited quietly.
On the wall on the left side of Room 306 is an overview of holographic movies - non-implanted neural interfaces. When the movie starts, neural signals are simulated simultaneously. All the same-frequency equipment in the cinema will start to turn on, and will automatically turn off when the movie ends. Please do not disassemble the equipment. Violators will be punished with 10 points.
On the wall on the right is "Instructions for Audiences"——
1. Cinema seats do not affect the viewing experience, please do not occupy seats.
2. In case of equipment failure, please go out and replace the equipment without alerting the management personnel.
3. Please do not make noises, stand up, or wave in the cinema - nothing you do can change the ending of the movie.
4. A very small number of people will experience dizziness and vomiting when watching movies. Once you feel unwell, please take off your bracelet immediately and leave the viewing room.
5. Please keep the theater clean and tidy. If food residue is not taken away, 10 points will be deducted; if food residue is vomited into the viewing room, 20 points will be deducted; if food residue is vomited into the viewing room but food residue is not taken away, 100 points will be deducted.
There were not many people watching the holographic movie, and they were scattered in the middle seats. Zhang Chi sat in the last row. The movie started 10 minutes later.
The film is called "Edward's Redemption". The first scene is a production workshop. The protagonist Edward is working in the workshop. The workshop director comes to talk to him and says that due to limited budget, he may be included in the next batch of layoffs.
Every time a scene shot is changed, Zhang Chi's position in the movie will change, but most of the time, the main perspective follows the protagonist and can be adjusted 360 degrees, but it is limited to within one meter of the protagonist.
After watching it for about 30 minutes, Zhang Chi took off the bracelet.
This is a very "positive" movie, with distinct characters and villains, and every line is crafted so carefully that it just makes you sick to your stomach.
I didn’t expect that no matter how crooked the technology tree is, the bad movie will still be so hopeless.
Less than a third of the movie was played. In order to avoid affecting other people's viewing experience, Zhang Chi could only enter and not exit during the movie. Zhang Chi sat on the chair bored, wondering whether he should finish watching this bad movie. , and suddenly there was a "squeak" sound.
The door was opened.
The footsteps were neither fast nor slow, very light, and seemed very polite.
- Avoid disturbing other viewers.
Suddenly, the footsteps stopped.
The man just walked up to Zhang Chi.
The lights are not turned off in the movie theater - the lights are never turned off in the holographic theater. The aisle here is very spacious, because there is no big screen or the like, so everyone does not need to crowd together to shorten the distance. When people walk over, they don’t even touch the corner of Zhang Chi’s clothes.
He just stopped here. The two rows of big lights on the left and right of the theater illuminated his furry claws that were more than three times larger than the normal palms. Two fangs protruded from the side of his tongue, almost longer than his chin, and his hair exploded. , as if there was a strong electrode somewhere on the ceiling, burning him inside and out.
He hooked his waist, stretched out his tongue and licked the two fleshy palms again and again, laughing at Zhang Chi.
Zhang Chi: "..."
A fleshy palm stretched out and waved tentatively in front of her eyes twice.
Seeing Zhang Chi's unresponsiveness, his beast-like dark gray vertical pupils dilated in an instant. He rubbed his palms and blew his hair. He hooked his back, opened his mouth, and exposed his fangs. The sharp blade on his fleshy palm suddenly extended and he raised it towards the ceiling. His posture was like a tiger in the jungle. He squatted down with all his strength and his sharp claws popped out——
Zhang Chi ducked down, took out a metal blade from the sole of his foot, and stabbed him in the neck.
Blood poured all over Zhang Chi's face.
piping hot.
The howl stuck in his throat was put to rest out of nowhere, and he stared blankly at Zhang Chi. He fell to the ground with a plop, and the last words out of his mouth were——
"You, you are... cheating..."
The theater was as quiet as before.
The audience was immersed in the holographic projection and did not notice any noise here.
Even if you hear something, you may think it is just the background sound in a movie.
A stream of heat rose from the soles of the feet, spread through the spinal cord, and gradually led to the limbs and bones.
Zhang Chi closed his eyes and opened them.
Like a long-distance bus that has just been filled with gasoline, every joint and part is ready to go.
Very... full of energy.
She bent down and picked up the sign on the body's chest.
113.
There is a red seal on the back of the hand.
It's peeling off the carcass, losing its stickiness little by little.
"Crack". A very, very soft landing sound.
Zhang Chi picked up the red seal and put it on the bracelet.
Sparks spread from the center of the red chapter - very quickly, it turned into ashes.
"Beep" - the prompt sound sounds.
The bracelet starts to scroll with the green words "+1000".
Scrolled three times, just like before.
Now she has close to two thousand points.
Very unreal.
It feels like winning the lottery.
Come one, get one free.
Zhang Chi wanted to laugh again.
She tried to force a smile, but this time even she could feel it, her smile was uglier than her cry.
So she didn't bother to laugh.
She turned her eyes and saw another black six-pointed star just above the red seal and inside her wrist.
Zhang Chi frowned.
She recalled the palm that 113 stretched out just now - that moment was infinitely stretched and enlarged in her memory. She clearly remembered that there was no six-pointed star on his wrist.
Zhang Chi stretched out her hand and pressed on the six-pointed star. There was a slight dent. The next moment, she felt a very slight electric shock in her brain, which was fleeting. It's similar to the indicator light that flashes by after the TV is turned on.
A connection.
She was almost sure immediately that this mark had something to do with her.
She tried to connect a few more times - at a certain moment, the sensation was so strong that she could clearly see 113's body structure. It's the same as a fluoroscopic examination. The arms, thighs, cheeks, back, blood, muscles, bones, and flesh are examined to every detail.
His left calf is a little shorter than his right calf.
My left arm had been seriously injured and the bones had grown severely.
He... also had nose bridge augmentation surgery?
Zhang Chi knelt down and took off 113's shoes.
The degree of wear on the heels of the left and right shoes is completely different.
Open the sleeve of your left arm.
hyperplasia.
Zhang Chi touched the bridge of his nose - actually without touching it, he could already feel very intuitively that the connection between the brow bone and the bridge of the nose was not smooth. His face is not folded very well, but his nose is unusually straight, as if a hill has risen from the green grassland. It lacks the broad and smooth beauty of the grassland, and the majesty of the cascading hills.
It's so beautiful that it's so ugly.
Zhang Chi took back his hand.
Lost in thought.
What kind of monster is she?
The movie was still going on. Unable to think, Zhang Chi put on the bracelet and continued watching the movie.
The story progresses to the point where Edward loses his job, is kicked out of his house by his landlord, and is robbed while walking at night. Everything has reached rock bottom. He is recalling his past thirty years of life.
A complete loser.
When he was in school, he was playful, had fights, fell in love early, and was a poor student. Finally, he worked hard to get admitted to an unknown university in the last semester of his senior year of high school. The whole family pooled money to pay his tuition. He vowed to study hard and change his destiny, but as soon as school started , he merged into the playful atmosphere again.
He barely passed the exam and found a job making neural components. The workshop director said he valued him very much and gave him a job for several years. He lived in the dream that he was about to get a promotion and a salary increase every day, and he had no savings. , he used the money to gamble, and ended up in debt, his girlfriend ran away, and his parents cut off contact with him.
He walked onto the rooftop.
The neon lights flashed, and the rows of high-rise buildings once housed his dreams - he remembered passing by the Hain Technology building one year and vowed to work here in the future.
He felt that he was extremely ridiculous and took a step forward——
A little scared again.
Then stepped back.
He decided to work hard.
Shit.
Zhang Chi cursed secretly in his heart.
At this moment, the robot security guard caught up with the rooftop. Edward was taken to the security room for questioning. This is a very humane company. I heard that he decided to jump off the building because he was unemployed. The security guard immediately contacted the logistics, and the logistics contacted them again. HR confirmed that Hain Technology was recruiting recently and made an exception and asked him to submit his resume to HR.
HR believes that although he is a professional counterpart, his academic qualifications and skills are obviously insufficient, so he cannot be accepted - a classic difficult turn for the protagonist to overcome.
Edward said that he would not need any salary, but only asked for food and accommodation, and a one-year probationary period.
HR discussed with personnel and agreed to Edward's proposal.
During this year, Edward worked hard without complaint. He got up earlier than a chicken and went to bed later than a dog. He strictly implemented the core concept that the company is his home and care depends on him. He collapsed at work many times from exhaustion, and finally one day , the general manager of Hain Technology saw his efforts and promoted him to a regular employee.
Edward completed one project after another. He was promoted and paid more, and he was radiant. One time when he was discussing business, he unexpectedly met a colleague in the workshop who had made things difficult for him and looked down on him. He was surprised by Edward's change and shouted that Edward was a liar. As a result, Colleagues were kicked out of the Hain Technology Building by security guards, and were fired from their original company for being disrespectful to Edward, and have been living on the streets ever since.
That's bullshit.
Zhang Chi couldn't help but take off the bracelet again.
She lay down behind the chair and kicked the dead 113.
His fleshy palms became stiff, and the two fangs on the outside looked like a mighty cat. Cats are cute, and people can be good-looking, but cats and people are ugly no matter how they are combined.
Zhang Chi raised his head and his eyes fell on the "Movie Viewing Instructions" on the wall.
"...Article 5, please be sure to keep the theater clean and tidy. If you do not take away food residues, you will be deducted 10 points; if you spit into the viewing room, you will be deducted 20 points; if you spit into the viewing room without taking away food residues, you will be deducted 100 points."
How many points will be deducted for leaving a dead body in the viewing room?
After debating for a long time whether leaving the movie in the middle would result in more points or leaving the body in the viewing room, the balance of choice finally tipped towards the latter.
Zhang Chi dragged 113 towards the door of the viewing room.
She opened the door carefully.
No alarms went off.
He breathed a sigh of relief.
The cinema was filled with waiting audiences. There were no prison guards here to maintain order. Everything relied on the prisoners' self-consciousness - on average, prisoners who had at least a dozen illegal charges outside were unexpectedly very self-conscious here.
They waited quietly on their seats, looking up from time to time to look at movie advertisements. The sound of shuffling first reached their ears, and everyone gradually turned their heads.
Tiger's 113.
A different blood red seal.
Like a rag doll, someone picked it up by its ankles and held it upside down in its hand. Its huge, tarnished eyes were staring blankly at the ceiling. Its arms fell stiffly on both sides of its body, and it swayed left and right as it slid on the ground. Swinging to the right, two symmetrical and uneven bloodstains are outlined.
The woman with her face covered in blood walked forward expressionlessly, turned a corner, and looked coldly at all the waiting prisoners.
Everyone: "..."
The crowd dispersed with a roar.
Some of the reformers were almost out of their shadows.
