131 The Company You Can't Escape From (Part 9)

◎Is she really going to jump?◎

Zhu Ning felt like she was trapped by something. She opened her eyes and saw a deep black darkness above her head.

Layers of pressure trapped her, making it impossible for her to stand up. What kind of place is this?

Zhu Ning saw two huge dark shadows, like the reflections of icebergs floating on the sea. The reflections pressed down layer by layer, covering people and making them feel instinctive fear.

"Paper, come and sign the employment agreement." She heard someone say.

Zhu Ning took a while to react and finally realized where he was. This was the place where he was expected to join the company.

The two black shadows were the faces of Xiwang and Zhu Ning, and a huge contract was placed on the glass table.

She was pinned under the glass table.

Zhu Ning had heard before that some people fell into the lake in winter and were unable to push away the ice above their heads when they struggled. Zhu Ning felt the same way now.

She felt like she was sunk to the bottom of the sea, covered with thick black glass, and no matter how she resisted, she could not find a way out.

Bang!

She slammed the black glass hard, trying to attract her attention above, but the other Zhu Ning knew nothing about it.

Bang!

She felt like she was about to suffocate. When a person is on the verge of death, he or she will want to ask for help from himself or herself, and also want the other self to escape quickly.

She slapped the glass and propped herself up with her shoulders, like a dying fish.

"If there are no problems, just sign below." Xiwang looked at Zhu Ning with a smile.

Zhu Ning had experienced this scenario herself and knew that she was about to sign her name. As long as she started working, she would have to follow the logic of the polluted area and would be polluted in the process.

The mental pollution happened earlier than she thought, silently and without any warning.

She was contaminated very early.

"Zhu Ning!" She banged on the glass and shouted, "Run!"

Zhu Ning, run!

Don't sign, don't do anything that looks normal in this contaminated area.

New employee Zhu Ning took the pen, hesitated for a moment, and signed a string of scribbles.

"Okay," Hope said. "Go back to your workstation."

Immediately afterwards, Xiwang and Zhu Ning stood up and left the office. Xiwang even considerately closed the door, completely isolating Zhu Ning from all sounds.

She dropped her hands weakly, and Zhu Ning couldn't hear her.

She knows what's going to happen next. She will go to work, attend performance appraisal meetings, and find ways to get outstanding employees.

It was too late for her to stop it.

After Zhu Ning relaxed, her body began to sink, as if she had reached the bottom of a real sea. She watched the glass table getting farther and farther away from her.

Her consciousness was becoming increasingly blurred, and even her efforts to control it were in vain.

Wake up.

Zhu Ning suddenly opened his eyes and saw the ceiling. There was a smell of disinfectant all around and flowers were placed all around.

What was that just now? An illusion?

She was covered in bandages, with traces of blood showing through the bandages. The strange thing was that she couldn't even lift her arms.

Her limbs were trapped in the four corners of the bed, like a mental patient finally tied back to a mental hospital.

This was the first time she had entered so many contaminated areas and reached this point. She had actually lost consciousness. What on earth was that substance they had just given her?

The system in her brain seemed to be paralyzed, not even a hint of danger was detected.

The leader looked over eagerly: "The paper roll has woken up."

"Don't worry, Toilet Paper, we will definitely save you," they said.

One of the most disgusting scenes in the world is when a criminal who hurts someone says with a smile that he will heal you.

The flash lights were flashing wildly as Zhu Ning took photos with different leaders and doctors. They smiled with satisfaction and asked Zhu Ning to recuperate here.

After the leader left, only one person stayed behind, with his hands on his knees and his shy eyes hidden behind black-framed glasses.

The cardboard box said in a low voice: "If you need anything, you can tell me."

Zhu Ning remembered what was written on the bulletin board: employees’ mutual assistance reflects that this is a harmonious and friendly family.

The person who came to take care of Zhu Ning was Cardboard Box. Zhu Ning remembered that he even kicked the cardboard box against the wall.

Cardboard Box: "Guangming forgives you. The company doesn't care about that matter."

Zhu Ning is like a former black sheep who just deviated from the track for a moment and has now been forced back on track.

They even have to be merciful and forgive themselves? Is that so ridiculous?

The cardboard box said quietly, "Thank you."

At the performance appraisal meeting that day, Zhixiang already knew that she was last in line. If Zhu Ning hadn't suddenly gone crazy, she might have been eliminated.

Carton: "So I really want to take care of you."

Zhu Ning didn't say anything. Her limbs were tied and she stared at the ceiling.

The cardboard box said, "The doctor said you are ill and it will affect your brain. You may be a little unstable."

Zhu Ning thought that her mind was not only unstable, she now felt like she was going crazy in the contaminated area.

She can no longer distinguish between truth and falsehood, and reality, having been mentally polluted from an early age.

What is true and what is false? Is what she is experiencing now really happening?

Not only that, she had no strength, her mind was not clear, and she had two of the most annoying things.

Unable to find the source of the pollution, she couldn't even use the system props, because resistance was meaningless and would only waste her health in vain.

Zhu Ning was silent, and she looked like she had completely given up hope.

Cardboard comforted her: "They said you are immune to radiation and they will treat you for free. They will figure out what's wrong with you."

Zhu Ning was not interested in anything and still did not reply.

Cardboard handed her a document containing an internal company briefing. "We're really close to success."

Zhu Ning was tied up, and Cardboard Box could only read to her. The briefing said that Hengsheng Machinery Company had accidentally discovered a new substance that had more powerful kinetic energy than the contaminated spores. As long as it was successfully developed, the wealth of Hengsheng Machinery Company would exceed that of any existing chaebol.

However, the energy source is extremely unstable and the radiation is too strong, causing employees who are exposed for a long time to suffer from internal organ corrosion and broken bones and die.

Energy that cannot be developed stably is like a rich mine. People know there is gold underneath, but they can't find a way to dig it out.

The company clearly knew that energy has radiation, but it still allowed batch after batch of outstanding employees to come into contact with it.

Driven by profit, greedy humans can do anything you can think of.

Cardboard Box: "You are the only survivor now. They suspect you have some kind of antibodies. Don't worry, they will take good care of you and treat you."

Zhu Ning sneered. She could guess what the company would do. If she were a capitalist and encountered such an employee, they would definitely find another way to exploit him.

Employees long to be cured, but companies are trying every possible way to squeeze more value out of them.

Nowadays, mechanical prostheses are so advanced. If you really want to cure an employee, you can just buy her full-body mechanization, like Chu Ling.

This company is stalling for time and will probably deliberately deprive you of your ability to move, preferably making you unable to even speak, so that you can neither speak nor ask for help.

Eventually becoming a puppet completely controlled by the company.

She was experiencing what Wang Qinqian had experienced, and now she was the unlucky survivor.

Cardboard Box: "The other employees are very optimistic about you. The company invested all its funds in this project, but later ran out of money. He raised funds from us, and many employees subscribed to shares."

Zhu Ning frowned and began to recall the gossip he had found.

Hang Seng Machinery Company was apparently operating well, but it suddenly went bankrupt. There were many different opinions from the outside world. It turned out that they had started an extremely money-burning project.

The company drew a great blueprint, but not only did it drain the company's capital chain, it also drained the employees' money.

As long as the project is successful, everything will be fine, but if it fails, the hard work of the company and all the employees will be wasted.

And the key to the project turned out to be a survivor?

Zhu Ning looked down at herself. She was already wearing a hospital gown. As long as the antibodies developed on her body could be successful.

They can then use new energy sources safely.

Such a person is probably in a dilemma. If Zhu Ning tries to escape, everyone in the company will come to arrest her.

If anyone is given the opportunity to become a capitalist, they will choose exploitation without hesitation.

The cost of doing evil was very low. Other colleagues neither participated in tying up Zhu Ning nor came over to directly harm her.

They just invest in themselves.

How can investing be harmful? It can even be a validation of your personal worth.

With the gathering of spiritual power and people going crazy to the extreme, it would be strange if it didn't become a polluted area.

So this is what happened to Wang Qinqian.

Zhu Ning was trapped here to death, her cleaning backpack disappeared, and she didn't even have a gun in her hand.

Zhu Ning closed her eyes and didn't even bother to struggle. Seeing that she was in a really bad mood, Zhixiang closed the door and left.

At first the doctors thought Zhu Ning would resist violently because she looked like a troublemaker, but Zhu Ning was quiet over the next few days.

It was like an exhausted beast that finally stopped struggling, realized the fact that it was locked in a zoo, and had completely lost the will to survive.

Zhu Ning rarely spoke. She just read books and newspapers here, and occasionally chatted with Cardboard.

She had never lived in a polluted area for so many days, so long that she had completely lost the concept of time and had become one with the polluted area.

Zhu Ning's physical strength was rapidly depleting. During the process of their treatment, Zhu Ning went from being able to barely lift his hand to being able to only lift one finger.

She is decaying, and the hallucinations she saw before will become real. Her internal organs are rotting, and sooner or later they will be completely swallowed up by the contaminated area.

That day, Cardboard Box came to see her as usual. If Zhu Ning hadn't known in advance that Cardboard Box was just a pollutant, she always thought that they would become good friends.

Zhu Ning: "I want to go to the rooftop."

This was the first time in so many days that Zhu Ning made a request to Cardboard, and Cardboard was a little surprised.

Zhu Ning originally thought that Zhixiang was so timid that he would not come to help her. After dinner that day, around 7:30 in the evening, Zhixiang pushed the wheelchair over.

Zhu Ning was carried into the wheelchair in a cardboard box. As an athlete, this was the first time she lost her mobility and had to be carried by someone to move. It was so humiliating.

The cardboard box was considerately placed over her knees with a blanket.

They avoided the doctor, took the freight elevator, and dodged layers of checkpoints, just like two female students in school going on an adventure to avoid their teacher.

Finally, they reached the rooftop without any danger.

This was Zhu Ning's first time on the rooftop. The previous employee manual warned people not to enter the rooftop without permission, and she really wanted to know what would happen when she went up to the rooftop.

The rooftop was very close to the sky, and there was a rotating vortex above it. Zhu Ning stared at it closely and felt his thoughts becoming more and more chaotic.

The building with more than 200 floors is like a mountain, with clouds below, and people on the top of the building look extremely small.

I really want to jump down, an inexplicable urge surged in Zhu Ning's heart.

When Zhu Ning was enjoying the fresh air on the rooftop, Cardboard was just watching from the side. The guardrail here was very low and anyone could fall down if they were not careful.

Zhu Ning looked down intently. Her helmet view was turned on and she could see the movements downstairs.

Suddenly, Zhu Ning frowned. There was a figure downstairs.

The other Zhu Ning stepped out of the office building door carefully. Zhu Ning remembered this day. It was her first day at work in the company. After a day of pressure, she felt a sense of relief when she walked to the door of the company.

Zhu Ning lay on the edge of the rooftop, still very weak, as if he was experiencing this all over again.

Zhu Ning has been corrupted. If everything happened again, would she have a chance to change reality?

Is it necessary to jump off a building and commit suicide to leave this polluted area?

Zhu Ning held a piece of paper in her hand. She had always kept the paper with her. It said: Find the future.

She seemed to be back on track.

Was it really me who jumped off the building that day? Zhu Ning's other figure on the rooftop was a cardboard box, so that makes sense.

She actually jumped off a building.

Zhu Ning held the note tightly in her hand. Another version of herself was about to emerge from downstairs, and she should jump down according to the procedure.

She should sacrifice her incomplete self to remind her other self and help her avoid risks in advance.

She looked down. If she didn't turn on the helmet view, everything would look like an ant on the two hundred floors.

Is she really going to jump?

After she jumped, she was free. She didn't have to clean up the mess and just had to leave the rest to another self.

She will do it instead.

When Zhu Ning jumped down, she heard a crackling sound, which was the sound of the wind. Her body was falling, but her soul was rising.

She would hit the ground, her helmet would shatter into pieces, and the fragments of the helmet would pierce her eye sockets. She would warn her other self to run away before she died.

This completes the baton passing process.

If she jumped, if she killed herself, if she completed the ritual, it would all be over.

It would be better if I died.

Zhu Ning kept thinking about this scene over and over again in her mind, and the fragments of the helmet would pierce into her eye sockets.

The strong wind was whistling in his ears. Zhu Ning was already lying on the edge of the rooftop with half of his body sticking out.

But she paused.

No, no, nothing is right.

She sat back in her wheelchair, having almost walked into the trap of the contaminated area.

Zhu Ning could feel someone holding the armrest of her wheelchair from behind. She stood very carefully and frowned when she saw Zhu Ning sit back down.

Zhu Ning only left his back to the cardboard box. The wind on the rooftop was very strong, making a whistling sound.

Zhu Ning was laughing, her voice was very low, and it looked very strange combined with the bloody smiling face on her helmet.

She looked like a real crazy woman, or a perverted murderer. It had nothing to do with whether she had the ability to act. As expected, no matter what the situation was, Zhu Ning was the most terrifying person in this polluted area.

"Cardboard box," Zhu Ning said after laughing enough, "Are you Wang Qinqian?"

The cardboard box behind him gripped the handle of the wheelchair tightly, "What?"

Zhu Ning did not look back, but looked forward. She remembered that when she collected the body from Cardboard Box with her own hands, she had asked Cardboard Box's original name, and hoped that she would not ask.

But this prohibition was not written in the employee handbook at all, hoping to prevent Zhu Ning from knowing the real name of the cardboard box.

Zhu Ning: "Your real name is Wang Qinqian."

There was a strong wind on the rooftop, and after Zhu Ning said this, the vortex in the sky began to spin.

Zhu Ning looked at the spinning vortex. It seemed like a hint, telling you that everything is in a cycle.

Zhu Ning: "There's no cycle at all, right?"

The goat-headed figure behind him wore a pair of black-framed glasses. Her attire and personality were unremarkable. After a long moment, Zhu Ning heard her say, "Why?"

Why? What's wrong with her?

Zhu Ning turned around and saw a bloody smiling face on her helmet, as if smiling at Wang Qinqian.

Zhu Ning: "Because there is no blood on the helmet."

She thought about the key issue, the helmet. She drew a bloody smile on her helmet. It was not to look cool, it was a mark.

The smile drawn by Zhu Ning has a very large arc, stretching from the leftmost side of the helmet to the rightmost side.

If the self Zhu Ning saw jumping off the building was really her future self, then she should have had a bloody smile on her face.

Although Zhu Ning's helmet was broken when he jumped from the building on the first day, there were only blood spots on the fragments, and no traces of human painting.

And the "Zhu Ning" who jumped off the building the next day had a broken corner of his helmet, and there was also a bloodless smile on it.

Not twice.

Zhu Ning seemed to be trapped in a strange world and couldn't extricate himself. At this time, he suddenly found a suspicious point. From then on, he dug deeper and found that the whole world was fake.

There is no reincarnation at all.

The polluted area was deceiving her, and the spiritual pollution began very early.

Perhaps just before Zhu Ning entered the contaminated area, the rooster used for sacrifice at the door was hung upside down at the door, and blood was dripping from it.

The rooster swings in the air like a pendulum.

As long as you enter a company, you must accept the company's logic and you will inevitably be contaminated.

This kind of pollution is silent, even difficult for you to detect, and Zhu Ning's system has never reported it.

This is a mentally polluted area.

The polluted area wanted to induce Zhu Ning to commit suicide. Instead of killing people directly, it used this roundabout method to kill people who entered the polluted area.

Zhu Ning: "I accepted a task to post a tombstone in this contaminated area. The poster said that since coming to work, he always suspects that he is trapped on the same day. The evidence he provided is that his workstation returns to its original state every day and he encounters the same suicide every day."

Zhu Ning spoke as if he was talking to himself, not caring at all whether the cardboard box behind him could understand him or not.

Language has power, and she gradually found her thoughts by listening to the sound of her own voice.

Zhu Ning looked at his bandaged hands and asked, "What if it's not reincarnation? What if this is just mental pollution?"

The key to so-called spiritual pollution lies in repetition. It is necessary to repeat it constantly to imprint a certain impression in people's minds.

In this polluted area, there are many repeated things, such as pens and reincarnation Monday.

But the most recurring behavior is jumping from a building.

The owner of that grave post was a victim.

These are all tricks of the polluted area. When the poster of the grave post entered the company, the company had already been polluted, but he didn't know it.

The poster thought this was a normal company and came to work as usual, but the desks were returned to their original state every day.

Every day when he got off work, he would see an employee committing suicide by jumping off a building. At first, he would avoid him because no one likes to see a dead body.

So at first he didn't know who the person was who jumped off the building, but the repeated suicide by jumping off the building every day was a form of spiritual pollution.

In the end, he really thought that he was trapped in the same day and thought that jumping off the building would be the way to escape.

The last recording left for the grave is the sound of the corpse hitting the ground.

After Zhu Ning entered the polluted area, it used the same method on Zhu Ning, allowing her to constantly see the "future" and making her think that there was something wrong with the time and space here.

Let Zhu Ning pick up the same pen, let her experience the job introduction, and see the dead cardboard box under the table.

Zhu Ning saw herself committing suicide on the first night after get off work, which made her suspect that this was related to reincarnation.

After Zhu Ning violently obtained an outstanding employee, she killed her competitor, and the entire office area was shrouded in bloody terror.

When Zhu Ning saw the cardboard box in the corner for the second time, he thought he had really seen another time and space.

At this point, the mental suggestion has been completed.

Next, Zhu Ning will follow the established track, because these things are like key clues that have been deeply buried in her mind.

She was trapped under a black glass table and her first reaction was to hit the glass.

When she found herself on the rooftop, her first reaction was to jump off the building.

These are like programs implanted in the mind, everything is repeated, and once the mental suggestion is completed, it is difficult for people to resist.

No wonder the sheep-headed men had no killing power, and no wonder the security team did not kill her. Even when seeing countless frozen corpses of sheep-headed men in the basement, Zhu Ning's danger foresight had not taken any action, and they did not really cause any harm.

Because the harm it wants to achieve is not physical, but mental.

Its pollution pattern is to induce you to jump off the building.

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