"Is something wrong?"
Lu Xin was startled for a moment, then cheered up, reached out to lift Kid's little face that was resting on his lap, and slowly sat up straight.
But as soon as he got up, he saw Kid sitting upright with a satisfied smile on his face.
It turned out that she had woken up just now, but she was just pillowing on his lap and not opening her eyes.
Lu Xin shook his head and walked out of the room. Under the guidance of the service staff, he came to a room on the left side of the first floor of the small villa. There was an old copper-colored telephone there. At this time, the microphone had been taken off and put aside. Where Kid lives, the trees are too lush, the location is remote, and the signal is very poor, so communication is often through this landline.
Lu Xin picked up the phone. "Crooked?"
"Soldier, how are you getting along with Kid?"
Chen Jing's voice came through the microphone, still calm and powerful.
Lu Xin answered honestly. After all, accompanying Kid was part of the mission: "It's good. Let's sleep together for a while."
"Huh?"
Chen Jing was obviously a little surprised.
"On the sofa, on the sofa..."
Lu Xin hurriedly explained, "I was tired from reading the information and took a nap."
Chen Jing breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "There was a problem with the investigation team that collected Happy Town's basic data."
"Yeah."
Lu Xin nodded in agreement without interrupting and listened to Chen Jing continue his story.
"The news came half an hour ago."
Chen Jing spoke faster and spoke, "After you submitted the preliminary information about Happy Town last time, Qinggang sent a team of seven people to establish an observation station ten miles away from the radiation edge of Happy Town."
"The purpose is to prevent any sudden changes in the restricted area, and at the same time record the changes in radiation in the restricted area."
"We have always been very cautious about this kind of observation station in S-level pollution areas. In addition to a series of alarm devices for abnormal phenomena, the personnel of this observation station will also have regular contact with the Special Purity Department every three hours to avoid not knowing that there is a problem."
"That's where the problem lies."
"The first step for the investigation team we sent out this time is to contact the staff of this observation station, and then expand that observation station into a general observation center, establish several observation points, and collect the overall basic data of Happy Town."
"However, when our people sent out today arrived at the observation point, they discovered that there was a serious problem."
Hearing this, Lu Xin was also a little curious. "What's the problem?"
At this time, Kid had been following Lu Xin, standing there obediently, listening to the conversation between Lu Xin and Chen Jing. She could see the change in the expression on Lu Xin's face, and her expression became slightly curious. She glanced at the phone again, thoughtfully, suddenly turned around, and walked straight upstairs. This is her home anyway, Lu Xin didn't notice her actions and changes.
"Staff at the observation point."
Chen Jing paused and said, "... already dead."
"Huh?"
Lu Xin was a little surprised and subconsciously asked, "What do you mean?"
"To put it simply, it is..."
Chen Jing tried his best to explain clearly, "An hour ago, the observation point clearly had regular contact with the Special Purity Department headquarters, showing that everything was normal. And half an hour before Information Gathering Unit rushed to the observation point, he also contacted them and got the message that everything was normal, and was waiting for their preparations. However, when the collection team rushed to the observation point, they found..."
She paused and said, "The work at the observation point is going as usual. All the staff are here and handling their work in an orderly manner. They are even preparing to welcome Information Gathering Unit, but the problem is..."
After a pause, she whispered, "They are already dead."
"There are already large patches of corpses on their bodies, their hearts have stopped beating, and some have even rotted..."
"But they themselves didn't notice it at all and were still working hard."
"..."
Lu Xin suddenly realized something was wrong. "Then this..."
Chen Jing nodded and said:
"This shows that the people who have been in regular contact with us all this time are simply dead people."
"The last time this observation station had face-to-face contact with Qinggang was three weeks ago. Now that such an accident has occurred, it means that we have no idea when the observation station went wrong in the past twenty days, and..."
"What's wrong!"
"..."
Lu Xin thought about this matter carefully and couldn't help but feel a little surprised, "This is a bit strange..."
Chen Jing listened to Lu Xin's words and sighed helplessly.
She wanted to say that this must be more than just strange, but she was used to Lu Xin's slow response.
Lu Xin himself didn't notice anything, he frowned and asked, "Are there any other abnormalities at the observation station?"
"Yes."
Chen Jing said softly, "For example, some electronic components of unknown origin were found around the observation station."
"For example, Information Gathering Unit collected an unknown spiritual radiation in the observation station..."
"The Information Gathering Unit we sent over has undergone rigorous training and knows not to act rashly at this time."
"They have withdrawn from the observation station and are waiting for professionals to go over and investigate."
"..."
Lu Xin nodded quickly and said, "What do you mean, team leader?"
Chen Jing said, "According to our process, we must either send an investigation team to investigate the cause first, or select suitable ability users from Qinggang to investigate. However, because it is too close to Happy Town, the best choice is..."
Lu Xin understood and said, "Then I'll go over."
Chen Jing breathed a sigh of relief, seemed a little moved, paused, and then said, "Thank you for your hard work."
"Now you can come to the Special Purity Department to meet me first."
"..."
Lu Xin agreed, and then prepared to go upstairs to get his bag.
But at this moment, he saw Kid coming down the stairs.
She once again put on a black Gothic dress, a pair of brand new black Roman lace-up boots, a smiling fox mask on her face, an umbrella in one hand, and her own black bag in the other.
He looked like he was ready to go out.
"This..."
Lu Xin suddenly understood what Kid meant, and had to explain to her, "I can't take you with me when I go out this time. I'm going to work. It's too dangerous for you to go out of the city. So, you should wait for me here. After work is done, I'll come over to see you, okay?"
Kid lowered his head and continued walking forward.
Lu Xin reached out and held her wrist, Kid stopped.
Lu Xin looked at her and smiled softly.
He pulled her wrist, took his black bag, and then smiled, "Go back!"
He waved his hand to Kid, put his bag on his back and walked out of the door.
Kid held an umbrella and stood quietly in the hall watching him, watching his back disappear without moving.
There is a mask on his face, and I don't know what his expression is.
But the service team members next to him were already extremely distressed.
The car was waiting at the door, Lu Xin got on directly.
Five minutes later, we arrived in front of a three-story white building to the west of the Special Purity Department.
Someone was waiting below and led Lu Xin quickly through the long corridor and arrived at an office at the end. As soon as he entered, he found that it was quiet inside. All the staff, Chen Jing, and several professors were listening to an external audio broadcast.
"Information Gathering Unit has arrived, right? Have you found any other problems?"
"Haha, there's no problem. We only care about whether the collection team brought us the latest magazines and Erguotou this time. But these guys just showed up and ran out, saying that there are regulations above and they can't contact us for the time being. I said, when did this broken regulation come out? Are they a little too careful..."
"... Well, understand, you also know that our rule is to be more careful, the better."
"Okay, okay, that doesn't mean anything. By the way, can we withdraw as soon as they come?"
"In this broken testing site, we can't call home directly. My child is three years old and misses me so much..."
"..."
After Lu Xin walked in, he nodded to Chen Jing and listened.
This seemed like a normal, routine call.
Various contact points, large and small, established by Qinggang in the surrounding areas will make such routine contacts every three hours.
Some are long, some are short, and sometimes the operator and observer will chat for a while on a whim.
The purpose of doing this is to judge whether something happened at the observation point through various details and communication.
Now this call is a very normal-sounding call.
"Okay, please stay calm for now, I will tell the boss."
At this time, a researcher in a white coat spoke softly and hung up the phone.
Lu Xin Then he realized that what he heard just now was not a recording, but a normal contact phone call.
"Until now, they didn't know something was wrong with them."
When the researcher turned around, his face looked a little solemn, even a little scared.
Completely different from the calm and cordial tone during the phone call, his voice seemed to be trembling slightly:
"The data reports and mental test reports they handed over during this period are all very normal."
"Even the contact number just now was called in full compliance with the rules."
"The only thing that's abnormal is..."
He paused and whispered, "... We all know that this phone call was made to us by a dead person."
In the conference room, the temperature seemed to have dropped a bit.
No one among the staff present rushed to speak because they didn't know what to say.
The calmest one was a young man wearing a black suit, with a crew cut, and a somewhat tender appearance.
He stood up and said, "So, our problems now are mainly two."
"One is to investigate why they became like this."
"The other one is..."
He paused. "How should I tell them that they are actually dead?"