Absurd deduction game

"Da da."

In the rain curtain, the short boots stepped on the standing water on the ground, causing a shallow splash, which quickly merged into the dense raindrops without causing a single ripple.

Not far away, a lonely abandoned factory showed its outline, standing quietly in the dark night, like a huge low-lying devil, waiting for the arrival of prey.

Yu Xing held a black umbrella in one hand and a flashlight in the other. He wiped the thin layer of mist that had drifted onto his face with his sleeve and stopped at the factory gate.

There seemed to be voices of conversation behind the door.

"Has anyone else arrived yet?" He murmured, feeling a chill coming from behind. In any case, heading alone to an abandoned factory in an industrial area on the outskirts of the city near midnight sounds a bit weird and daring.

After getting off the taxi and walking all the way, he had been frightened for a long time, his legs were a little weak, and he always felt as if something was following him behind him.

The wind mixed with the rain, emitting a hollow whistling that disappeared and appeared, easily reminiscent of something creepy. Yu Xing felt as if he was on the set of a horror movie. The knuckles holding the umbrella handle turned white, and he was as pale as a ghost. The faces are the same.

He is not in good health and is timid!

This place made him feel very uncomfortable, but he had to come.

Because when I just graduated from college, I was really lucky to find a job with a monthly salary of more than 6,000, even though the requirements of this job were a bit strange.

Yu Xing took a deep breath and suddenly regretted that he should not have participated in the interview with that company before! The more I think about it, the weirder it gets...

Three days ago, on the recommendation of a friend, he went to participate in the recruitment of a company called Deduction Company. The human resources manager was very satisfied after seeing him and proposed a series of attractive salary packages, provided that Three days later, at midnight, he went to the Qingyuan Pharmaceutical Factory on the outskirts of the city to conduct a test.

The business of this company is biased towards entertainment, including horror short film production, online horror film investment, horror experience live broadcast, etc. In general, it is all kinds of suicide, which requires employees to have a strong and stable heart, as well as a rational mind. .

So tonight's test can actually be regarded as a courage and reaction assessment. Only those who pass the test can enter the company to work.

Yu Xing's appearance was too good. Although her health was not good, her heart was fine, so she was spotted by the manager of the human resources department and wanted to recruit her as an anchor.

"I don't know if this company is reliable... the reviews online are quite good." Yu Xing muttered to encourage himself. It's too late to regret it now. He's already here, so why not take a look at the so-called assessment? what does it look like.

There seemed to be people in the factory already, so he felt much safer than if he were alone.

Putting away the umbrella and leaning against the door, Yu Xing adjusted his black T-shirt and khaki overalls, took a deep breath, and pushed open the rusty heavy iron door.

Crunch——

The harsh sound was drowned out by the heavy rain. The factory had been abandoned for more than half a year and the power was naturally cut off. Several flashlight lights in different directions emerged from the crack in the door. Yu Xing's arrival was noticed by several people not far from the door. , stopped talking and looked at him.

"You guys... okay." Yu Xing finally saw the person and was half relieved.

He glanced over and found that the assistant to the human resources manager was also there. His surname seemed to be Hao. In addition to Assistant Hao and himself, there were five other people present, three men and two women. They were all good-looking and seemed to be similar to him. I applied for the same position.

"Hello, hello!" A brown-haired guy waved him over enthusiastically. He jogged a few steps closer and said hello to Assistant Hao again.

"Good evening, Assistant Hao."

Assistant Hao was a fat man in his early thirties who looked very friendly. Hearing this, he nodded to Yu Xing: "Good evening, everyone is here now."

The girl with long curly hair standing next to the assistant saw Yu Xing's face by the light of the flashlight, and sighed: "Wow, handsome boy, you're already late in five minutes~"

Isn't this... I'm not late yet... Yu Xing laughed in his heart and said sheepishly: "Well, I was a little cautious on the road and the car couldn't come in, so I was delayed for a while."

"Why don't you come to this company to apply for a job if you're timid? You're awesome, buddy!" The brown-haired guy laughed. He didn't mean any harm, he was just straightforward.

Assistant Hao smiled and said: "The anchors in our company are divided into many styles. The calm style is popular, but we also need the style of being startled to make the audience feel the same."

Yu Xing forced a smile: Yes, if I was frightened, it would definitely be a sudden one, and the sound would be scarier than the existence of a ghost...

Helpless, timid, born.

Seeing that the time was almost up and everyone had arrived, Assistant Hao got down to business: "I called you here today for testing. Let me ask you, how much do you know about Qingyuan Pharmaceutical Factory?"

The handsome man wearing glasses next to Yu Xing replied unhurriedly: "More than six months ago, a murder occurred in Qingyuan Pharmaceutical Factory. The media reported that the owner of the pharmaceutical factory hanged himself at night, and all production in the factory came to a standstill. It wasn’t long before it was closed.”

The girl with long curly hair answered immediately: "They say that since the first person died in the factory, weird things have been happening, and almost another life has happened, and it didn't stop until it was abandoned. Later, the demolition team came for construction, and the workers said they saw ghosts at night. The ghosts refused to let them demolish the factory, and the workers were frightened. They changed several batches and it kept doing the same thing, and finally nothing happened until now.”

The cliche process is like a low-quality horror novel, as well as nonsense urban rumors - usually written by marketing accounts for the sake of traffic, with extremely low credibility.

So even though these two people inquired about this, they didn't take it seriously and regarded it as just rumors spread from one person to another.

"Are there any more?" Assistant Hao seemed quite satisfied and looked at the few people who had not spoken.

"This... I know about the same as them. After all, this is what the media reported." The brown-haired guy scratched his hair. Among the remaining people, a short-haired girl and a young man wearing a mask nodded to indicate that the situation was the same.

"I do know something else." Yu Xing hesitated, thinking that since he was the last one to arrive, he should save his image in the minds of his "future boss" and "future colleagues". "Qingyuan Pharmaceutical Factory secretly produces counterfeit drugs. Making huge profits has harmed many people. I heard that the owner of the pharmaceutical factory may not have committed suicide, but he may have been..."

He didn't say anything, but the others understood what he meant.

"The media didn't report this, how did you know about it?" The man wearing glasses glanced over indifferently, with a hint of curiosity in his eyes.

"Yeah, wasn't it classified as a suicide case at that time?" The short-haired girl also wondered.

Yu Xing said: "I have a friend who participated in the investigation. He told me, but due to confidentiality rules, he couldn't say too much, and what he disclosed was ambiguous, but it is better than nothing."

"If that's true," the girl with long curly hair said excitedly, "then the logic of the rumor will be smoother! Otherwise, why commit suicide and become a ghost?"

Yu Xing laughed dryly: I can tell, this girl is really courageous, at least she is stronger than him.

Assistant Hao clapped his hands and praised: "It is a good habit to collect information before work. No matter what, we must continue to maintain this habit in the future."

As he spoke, he suddenly lowered his voice: "However, these rumors are partly true and partly false, and they can scare so many people away. There must be something unusual in this factory. Your test tonight is to stay in the factory. Four hours.”

"I will give each of you a portable camera later. You turn on the camera function and carry the camera around the factory for the next four hours. You cannot stop recording except when you go to the toilet. After four hours, you did not run out of the factory and If the recording interval does not exceed five minutes, it will be considered qualified.”

"So simple?" The brown-haired boy was stunned.

Simple? Yu Xing looked at the dark and empty first floor, which was almost a few meters away, and once again despised his own courage.

"Of course it's not that simple." Assistant Hao laughed, with a few shallow wrinkles on his face. He took out the camera from his backpack and distributed it to the six applicants, "Take it first. "

Yu Xing reached out to take it, and his fingertips accidentally touched the back of Assistant Hao's hand.

A cold touch came from the back of Assistant Hao's hand, making him shiver involuntarily.

Why is it so cold? Like a dead thing without temperature.

As soon as this thought came out, Yu Xing was startled by himself at first. It was because this environment always made people think scary. He shook his head to get rid of unnecessary thoughts.

"The battery power in the camera is very low. You have to find the batteries that I have scattered and hidden in the factory. The batteries are all used and there is only one layer of floating charge left. If you want to ensure uninterrupted power for four hours, you will need about eight batteries." Assistant Hao announced the supplementary rules with a smile.

The applicants expressed their understanding one after another, and Assistant Hao patted his clothes and prepared to leave: "Remember to turn on the camera during the operation. I will come back in four hours and judge whether you passed the test based on the recorded content of the camera. Okay, come on! "

"Okay!" Everyone responded. Regardless of whether the job is beautiful or not, the leader must feel motivated to work.

Yu Xing saw that the assistant had already walked to the door and was about to go out. He stared at the ground for a while and suddenly asked: "Assistant Hao, it's cold. Your jacket seems to be a little thin. Will it be cold?"

It was mid-September, and the weather was originally very hot, but rain had continued for the past two days, pushing the temperature to a point where people had to wear long sleeves.

The short-haired girl's eyes widened, and she thought to herself that this script of caring for her boss shouldn't be taken by a man, why should he take her job?

Assistant Hao stopped when he heard Yu Xing's question.

After a few seconds, he turned his head and a standard smile appeared on his fat face: "It's not cold."

After a pause, he stared into Yu Xing's eyes and added: "It's not cold at all. This temperature is very good."

That calm tone made people shiver inexplicably.

Intuitively, Yu Xing swallowed the words "Why are your hands so cold when they're not cold?"

Assistant Hao still smiled, waved to the five people, and left from the gate.

When leaving, he closed the door very "kindly", leaving only six applicants looking at each other in the flashlight light.

Yu Xing touched the goosebumps on his arms. He didn't want to be the first to speak, so he lowered his head and tinkered with the camera, and soon figured out how to use it.

After turning on the camera, only one-fifth of the battery power was left in the upper right corner of the camera. He adjusted it casually and found that the camera had a night vision mode, which made it easier for them to move in the dark, but it was a bit energy-consuming.

Come to think of it, the rules for finding batteries are to urge them to be active in the factory. They can't just huddle in a corner for four hours and still pass.

But, why is there something sticky on the camera?

He didn't know where he touched it, but there was a strange feeling on his index and middle fingers. While the flashlight was still on, he put down the camera temporarily and put his hand under the light.

Under the pale yellow beam of light, the bright red on his fingers was as conspicuous as a ruby ​​on a white porcelain plate.

Yu Xing immediately realized that it was blood.

The camera Assistant Hao gave him was stained with blood.

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