Right on Target

The sudden appearance of the inspector disrupted Su Heting's work plan. He opened the inner page of the black panther and entered the three words "inspector". He wanted to find the detailed information of the other party, but he only found a line of introduction.

[The inspector, 189cm tall, is working in the Kotong Prison, responsible for supervising the mental state of Shi Yanyan in 01AE86. 】

Gone.

Su Heting raised his hand and covered his ears, pretending nothing happened. He quickly replied to the other party: "Okay, 1.8 million, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"Everything," said the inspector.

Su Heting said: "...Huh?"

The inspector asked considerately, "Do you need to increase the price?"

In the room, besides the sound of "thrilling" monitoring current, there was also the sound of Su Heting's heartbeat. In his limited memory, he has never met such a simple rich man, which made him confused for a while, so he said: "No, I will give you a discount. But what does 'everything' mean? Do you want me to report my details to you first?"

The inspector said, "Yes."

Su Heting suppressed his doubts, thought for a moment, and said: "My name is...7-006, I am 179cm tall, and I weigh...I haven't weighed myself recently."

His tone was relaxed, and he was very good at fooling people. Apart from the information that the Black Panther had released, he didn't mention anything about himself.

After this short self-introduction, he began to take the initiative to talk, asking: "Have we met before?"

The inspector didn't answer, as if it was a secret.

Su Heting's thoughts turned, and he said, "It's okay if you don't feel comfortable answering, you treat me—"

The inspector continued: "I'm curious about you."

He spoke this sentence very slowly, as if he was stating a fact. Because they didn't face each other, Su Heting couldn't see his expression, and could only guess his emotional changes through the sound of his breathing. He bit every word in this sentence very hard, as if if he relaxed a bit, he would reveal his emotions.

interesting.

Su Heting slipped his fingertips and rubbed his ears. He weighed his tone so as not to sound so youthful. He raised his voice slightly, provocatively: "What are you curious about me?"

The inspector replied: "Everything."

Everything again.

It was the second time the Inspector said "everything" tonight, and even though his tone was so cold, both "everythings" showed a little greed. He seemed to really want to hear what Su Heting had to say, and he could say anything.

Su Heting's throat was slightly slippery, he had to do something else to distract himself, so as not to think about it. He opened the map conveniently, locked the location of Guangtong Prison, and said, "...you, cough, will you come to the light track area? This mission will continue for a few months. If you come...we can meet."

He is testing the other party.

Except for the sniper, the Black Panther is a lone wolf. 7-006 seldom met with team members when performing undercover missions. In order to avoid future ranking struggles, they were very cautious.

The inspector, however, neither answered yes nor no, saying, "I'm far away."

far away?

Su Heting stared at the screen. The distance between him and Guangtong Prison was displayed on it. It only took two hours from him, which is not too far.

Su Heting thought to himself: Is he perfunctory me? Or is he not in Guangtong Detention Center at the moment?

7-006 said: "So we can only cooperate online? That's fine, I can send you the news of 01AE86... Then do you want to meet him?"

The inspector said: "I will meet you when necessary."

Su Heting said, "No."

His "uh" was meaningful, and he was a little bit dissatisfied, as if he was accusing the inspectors of discriminatory treatment.

The inspector was silent for a while, and said: "01AE86 is good at lying, if he calls you, remember to hang up, and then tell me. Also..."

It was almost dawn, and the volume on the phone gradually decreased.

"I'm very…"

Su Heting said: "What? Your voice is so low, is the communicator out of battery?"

Without warning, the call was cut off.

Su Heting stared at the busy tone in a daze. He took off his earphones, turned his head, and found that the sky was pale.

Talking about talking until dawn, the boss is really punctual.

Su Heting lay down on the sofa in doubt, thinking over and over what the inspector said until he fell asleep. He spent the next few months on monitoring missions, occasionally helping out in the berthing area.

It is worth noting that he worked with a system called "Jue" when communicating with the berthing area.

Jue is an auxiliary system of the Supervision Bureau. It has no outstanding performance in the records and files, and is very ordinary. Su Heting noticed it because it spoke like a human.

Not only that, Su Heting also felt that it was very similar to... who was it? I don't remember exactly. In short, it is different from a system that can only execute instructions. It often has amazing words in cooperation, and its curiosity is very strong.

However, the inspector has not called in the past few months. Su Heting tried to find some news about him, but there was nothing. This person is too mysterious.

On this day, Su Heting submitted the monitoring report as usual, and while playing games, he heard the intercom ring. He connected and said, "Hello?"

The inspector said, "It's me."

Su Heting said, "Oh."

The inspector said: "... How are you?"

Su Heting paused the game and said, "It's okay, come to chat with me again?"

The inspector was silent for a moment, and said, "Yes."

Su Heting joked: "Do I need to introduce myself tonight?"

The inspector said, "Yes."

Su Heting said: "Wow, your hobbies are really special...Okay, Mr. Inspector, my name is 7-006..."

He repeated his self-introduction last time.

Unlike last time, when he finished speaking, the inspector immediately said: "Age? You forgot to say your age."

Su Heting said: "2..."

and many more.

How much is 20?

His answer suddenly faltered, as if he hadn't thought about this question for a long time, but he was obviously looking forward to his birthday the most. Immediately afterwards, he had an even more absurd question: How many years is it now?

The atmosphere became strange, Su Heting pushed aside the instant noodle bowl and tapped the keyboard twice. The display shows minutes and seconds, but no date. He could only recall by himself, but his memory of the date was like a stirred paste, all confused and disorderly.

The inspector heard him typing on the keyboard, lowered his voice, and said in an almost coaxing tone: "Your birthday is Children's Day, right?"

Su Heting came back to his senses and said, "Hmm... have you investigated?"

"I know," said the inspector.

Su Heting said: "What?"

The inspector spoke clearly: "I know, Su Heting is 22 years old this year."

Su Heting called up the task list and found the time in it. It says that this year is 2166, and he should be 24 years old. So, he said, "You miscalculated."

But the inspector said: "There is nothing wrong."

He tried his best to restrain certain emotions and speed up his speech.

"Please listen to me, I can't get close to you, the time here is wrong, Su Heting, once Yan Junxun is in danger, you have to—"

The call was cut off at this moment, and the surroundings suddenly fell into darkness.

What do I want?

Su Heting took off the earphones, got up and walked to the window, only to find that the entire light track area was cut off. He took his coat and wanted to go downstairs to have a look, but when he was about to reach the door, the communicator rang again.

don't go out.

A strong uneasiness forced Su Heting to stop. He felt uncomfortable in his heart in the dark, as if something bad would happen if he walked out of this door.

The communicator kept ringing, Su Heting stepped back and connected it. This time, the caller was from the Supervision Bureau of the Parking Area. Su Heting asked the caller, "How many years is it now?"

The other party said: "2166."

Su Heting hung up the phone with mixed emotions. He called the inspector back and wanted to tell the inspector about it. However, a strange thing happened, the inspector's number was empty.

— Empty number?

Su Heting couldn't believe it.

He quickly returned to the computer, restarted it, logged into his Black Panther account, and searched for "inspector" on the Black Panther's internal page.

Nothing this time.

There is no information, no introduction, and no such person.

Su Heting found the number of Guangtong Prison and dialed it directly. He asked, "Who is your partner with me?"

The other party said: "Sorry, we haven't received any notice about cooperation..."

Su Heting felt cold, and said, "Who is the inspector in charge of 01AE86's mental state?"

The other party said: "We have seven people responsible for his mental state."

Su Heting immediately browsed the information of these seven people and listened to their audio, but none of them were inspectors.

what happened?

One person disappeared out of thin air within half an hour of hanging up the phone.

Su Heting kept calling back that number, but it was always empty. He thought in shock: This is not a **** urban ghost story, the inspector must exist, he...

Who is he?

"It's the wrong time here."

These words lingered in Su Heting's head, he hugged his head, and found that he couldn't remember the year and month before looking at the task list. The strangest thing is that even though everyone tells him that this year is 2166, his heart is still shaken by the inspector.

I believe him without reason, but who is he?

Su Heting looked around the room. Everything in the room is normal, as if it has been preset countless times, and there is nothing wrong with it.

The monitoring device was still working, and Yan Junxun seemed to be in a gunfight with someone. At this time, it began to rain again outside the window.

again.

When the word "again" appeared in his mind, Su Heting felt familiar. He raised his head and looked at the screen. It also started to rain on the screen, and the sound of rain surrounded him.

He said, "What year is this year?"

No one answered.

Su Heting got up and turned off the listening device. He wanted to get away from—get rid of the mission and the sound of the rain, so he turned off all his devices. Immediately afterwards, he pushed away the chair, took the communicator, and opened the door amidst the anxiety.

It was pitch black outside the door.

Su Heting went downstairs and walked into the rainy night. Drenched in the rain, he called back the inspector.

answer the phone.

inspector.

Hurry up and answer the phone!

But the number displayed was always empty, and Su Heting had already walked onto the street. Surrounded by passers-by holding umbrellas, his heart was beating wildly, he held a person in a state of extreme depression, and asked, "How many years is it now?"

"2166."

Su Heting staggered away from the other party and asked the next person: "How many years is it now?"

"2166."

Everyone was answering him, and the voices drowned him like a wave. He stood in the middle of the umbrella men and looked around to see the same faces repeating the same lines.

"2166!"

Su Heting said: "No, it's not...the inspector said..."

He was soaking wet, looking like a mistake in an out-of-place white T-shirt in the colorful lights. The heavy rain poured down, Su Heting continued to walk, he searched among the crowd, trying to find the missing inspector.

The communicator in his hand rang again, and Su Heting connected.

"Go back, go back to your room!"

The sharp electronic voice ordered so.

Su Heting said: "Shut up!"

He hung up the phone and the phone continued to ring. Su Heting turned a deaf ear, he heard sirens behind him, and everyone screaming.

"Go back! 7-006, go back to your room!"

Everyone is saying that.

Su Heting wiped the rain off his face, and said, "Shut up, don't talk, don't order me!"

He's out of control, but he's normal again, and he's back on track.

"Where are you?" Su Heting pushed away the umbrellas and shouted, "Inspector!"

The electronic voice of the communicator said: "There is no inspector at all! It's all your imagination. You were abandoned as early as the moment the world was destroyed. Think about the one who used to be, 7-006, you were always abandoned. Wake up! There are no inspectors here, and no—"

there is no one?

The electronic voice said in a vicious tone: "There is no X."

The sound of rain rumbling, Su Heting remembered amidst the noise. On that day in 2162, he entered District 14. Since then, he never went out again.

The inspector is X.

The communicator could not be hung up, and the electronic voice babbled endlessly. Su Heting raised his hand and slammed the communicator towards the phone booth. The glass of the telephone booth was broken, so he picked up the receiver and dialed out. The moment the call was connected, he said to Yan Junxun, "Run out of the glass!"

—Run out the glass!

The electronic voice said: "How dare you disrupt order!"

Su Heting hung up the phone and exited the phone booth, the rain hit him head and face. The rain ran down his cheeks, and his eyes were dark.

"give me back."

Give him everything in the heavy snow, the tears in the war, and the letter of thanks left on the southern front!

"Boom!"

Su Heting opened his eyes, and in front of him were the electrode wires of the mechanical box. With his hands bound in belts, he could only bang his head forward.

The signal acquisition was forced to stop, and the mechanical box sounded a "beep" alarm.

Robot 3366 slid over, opened the box, and said, "What are you doing!"

It was its voice, the electronic voice that ordered Su Heting to return to the room in District 14 just now.

3366 wanted to hold Su Heting down, but its electronic eyes flickered, and said, "Lie back! The experiment is not over yet!"

Su Heting kicked 3366 in the chest, pulled out a hand, and sat up from the mechanical box. He was very dizzy, and his body's reaction speed was also very slow, which were the sequelae of staying in the virtual world for a long time.

3366 yelled like a clown, Su Heting punched it, hitting its electronic eye. It slid out, hugged its electronic eyes and jumped into a rage: "Catch him!"

Su Heting pulled out the spare pliers on the side of the mechanical box, and cut off the belt on the other hand. He rolled over, stepped on the ground, and nearly fell.

— Damn the system!

3366 raised the robotic arm to pull Su Heting. With all his strength, Su Heting swung the pliers and hit 3366's mechanical arm.

This robotic arm has been in disrepair for years, and the wrist flicked off parts and broke.

3366 panicked, dragged his broken arm back again and again, and raised his voice: "Don't let him run away!"

Su Heting staggered and bumped into the glass jar, which contained the experimental subject Yan Junxun. He picked up the pliers and smashed it on the glass jar.

"Wow-"

The glass jar shattered, and the nutrient solution was sprayed out. Su Heting grabbed the experimental subject that slid out, and said, "Yan Junxun, wake up, run quickly!"

But this Yan Junxun is dead. Not only him, but also all the "Yan Junxun" in this laboratory, they are all dead.

The light in the laboratory was dim, shining on the young face of the subject. He may only be a teenager, never really arrived in this world, living in a deception from birth to death.

Su Heting raised his head and looked at those densely packed glass jars. The robot came to chase him, and he walked forward holding on to the glass jars, not knowing who he was crying for.

Artemis.

Su Heting shouted: "Artemis! You liar who is always sacrificing others!"

The robot grabbed Su Heting with its mechanical arms, and they worked together to drag him backwards. He struggled, looking ahead, it was a huge glass window.

3366 said: "Shh, shh! There is no Artemis here, it has been canceled, this is the new world ruled by the main god! You have to go back, 7-006, District 14 can't do without you. Oh, I forgot to tell you Well, this experiment is no longer called Area 14, we call it time-limited hunting."

Su Heting's arms were bound tightly and he hit the ground.

3366 said: "It didn't take long for you to lie in the mechanical box, and the old world was destroyed! Oh, speaking of it, Artemis also listened to your opinion and wanted to make the virtual space more realistic, so it put you in Got in. We optimized the experiment by resetting you and observing you."

It tilted its head and looked at Su Heting with its broken electronic eyes.

"How about the time-limited hunting now? Is it perfect? ​​We have cleaned up all the little tricks you hid. It's just a pity that Artemis betrayed the Alliance of Gods and wanted to monopolize the experimental subject. It stole it when we were not prepared. The only remaining experimental subject was taken away and hid in the ruins. In order to find the experimental subject, we had to continue to follow up the experiment.

"Fortunately, there is you, 7-006, Artemis gave you a fixed role in the time-limited hunt, we rely on writing your script to contact the experimental subjects...

"Of course, I also played."

3366 made a strange salute, very funny. But it was high-spirited and proudly said: "I'm playing a clown in it. Didn't you just ask what year it is now? It's 2164 now, and it's been two years since you went online."

The robots put Su Heting back into the mechanical box, just like putting in parts. They adjust the electrodes, ready to be picked up by a computer.

3366 probed over, and the red light of the electronic eyes was slightly bright. It is more human-like than other robots and seems to be full of bad emotions. It clicked on the edge of the mechanical box and said, "We read your memory, ah, there is an amazing Mr. X inside."

Su Heting struggled violently, but they closed the lid and shut him back. He stuck the electrodes and said, "Thank you for the pillow book—"

3366 said: "He doesn't exist, he died in the war."

The mechanical box was running, Su Heting's wrists tightened, and he fell into a dizzy feeling in the huge sense of separation, but he didn't believe 3366's words.

"Ding-"

The transfer is over.

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