Liangfeng Community
Ding Can carefully observed the water birds by the lake and found that their movement paths were all along the four sides of the lawn. In addition to those circling in the sky, there were also those landing on branches and lawns. All angles were just enough to see them completely.
There are speakers at the concert, and the high-decibel sounds can sometimes make people's heart beat faster, let alone birds whose hearing is more sensitive.
Thinking about it, since they entered the community yesterday, it seemed that they could occasionally see birds flying in the sky. At that time, everyone looked at the greenery in the community and chatted about it.
I thought that this place paid special attention to the environmental atmosphere and was overall close to the natural environment, but now it seems that this is not the case.
She turned and walked towards the lawn audience seats. Shi Yan was still there chatting with people and trying to find out information.
The singer on the stage had just changed, and now it was a piano solo. The melodious tune came into the ears, and some people were gently swaying their bodies to the melody.
"Let's go back." Ding Can picked up his bag, and the two of them left the lawn and crossed the park again.
The chirping of sparrows in the trees in the park echoed overhead, and a few were jumping on the ground.
The two walked on the road for a while, and Ding Can confirmed that his guess was correct. Once these details in life began to be noticed by others, more obvious flaws would be revealed.
Although the birds we encountered along the way were not the same, they all flew very low without exception. Some even landed directly on the power lines, lowering their heads and silently staring at the humans walking below.
When she returned to the small building, she noticed a gray pigeon crawling on the edge of the eaves of the second floor of her house, and it seemed that it was paying attention to the image in the house opposite.
During the day, without drawing the curtains, you can clearly see what the residents in the house are doing.
"Do me a favor." Ding Can knocked on Xia Jialian's door. He was the only one there at the time, searching for something related to the community on his computer.
Liangfeng Community is well-known to the outside world and there are many related reports. Of course, all of them are positive without exception.
This place is really regarded as a paradise and has become a place that everyone flocks to, but it is too perfect and gives people a sense of unreality at first glance.
Xia Jialian raised her head: "What's wrong?"
The southernmost end of the corridor on the second floor is connected to a small terrace, and the eaves outside the terrace are where the gray pigeons are located.
Xia Jialian carried the computer to the terrace, operated it for a while, and then turned on the signal exploration system, which displayed hundreds of signal sources nearby.
Under normal circumstances, all kinds of smart home appliances and electronic products will be detected, so it is not surprising that there are so many signal sources. However, the way the signals are stored and retained is different, so the location of the small building can be accurately located. That is, there is a special signal source on the eaves in front of them.
"It must be that bird."
Shi Yan quietly approached the window and saw the back of the pigeon: "You cut off its signal transmission, and then I will catch this bird."
The weather was good, and she didn't know who had opened the window since morning. The timing was perfect, and no sound would alarm it. When she saw Xia Jialian nod, she quickly threw the prepared net bag outside, and then half of her body was hanging outside.
The gray pigeon struggled in the net for a while, flapping its wings and making panicked cries, and then it lay down on the eaves and could not move due to exhaustion.
Shi Yan pinched the pigeon's wings in her hand and found that the touch was somewhat different from what she had imagined. They originally thought that the birds in the community were fake and were made using some high-tech means.
But now, holding it in his hand and looking at it at such a close distance, he couldn't find even the slightest problem. If Ding Can hadn't just noticed that there was something wrong with his vision, even if someone had caught it and kept it at home, he wouldn't have noticed anything wrong.
Its body feels very soft and warm, especially the hair on its belly which is particularly soft.
Anyway, the signal is cut off now, so no matter what we do, it will not be discovered by the snoopers behind us.
The pigeon flapped in her hand again. Shi Yan picked it up and looked into its dark brown round eyes. For a moment, she seemed to really see a flash of red light in them.
But he didn't pay attention to controlling the strength and hit it a little too hard. He found that the eyeball had already bulged out, so he quickly let go, fearing that the pigeon would really die under his hold.
"Isn't it really a bird? It looks very real." She handed the pigeon to the two people next to her.
Xia Jialian took out a small scanner. Thanks to the ideal room of Liangfeng Community, he had a lot of electronic technology-related items after arriving here, so it was natural for him to handle this simple monitoring equipment.
After passing the handheld device over the pigeon, it was immediately detected that there were many receiving and transmitting devices in its body, and they were not on the surface, but injected into the body.
There is more than one place to ensure that the visual animation and external sounds recorded through the eyes of birds can be transmitted to a certain place synchronously.
"Can we find out where the signal source is feeding back?" Ding Can looked at the images that frequently flashed on his computer.
Xia Jialian nodded: "Yes, I'm already trying."
His hands flew across the keyboard quickly, a series of characters popped up, and then multiple programs started running. First, the community's full-server map appeared, and then he approached the map, locked onto a certain aiming point, and zoomed in infinitely.
Shi Yan looked at the blue sign above and asked, "Isn't this the location of the community service center?"
Since the service center itself is densely populated with people and has a large number of equipment affecting it, the signal source is not very accurate.
This positioning will have a deviation of dozens of meters, but it can be determined that the approximate range is within the service center. The investigation direction is correct, but more time is needed to explore the service center.
In addition, Ding Can wanted to know something more. She put the pigeon on her legs and searched every part of its body. Sure enough, she found the same chain-shaped data mark at the base of its wings. It was the same as those she saw on the lawn, but it was relatively smaller.
Gray Pigeon looked a little listless at this time, probably in a bad mood due to the torture. He simply rested his head on her arm, completely unaware of what was happening.
These birds are programmed while they are still in their shells before hatching, and from the moment they break out of their shells, they are distributed throughout the community.
In addition, since they are living beings after all, they still need to eat and rest regularly, so they should be divided into different batches.
Although they do not need to hunt to obtain the nutrients they need for life, their movements are controlled by others, and they do not have the freedom that many humans envy of wild animals.
All the birds in the community are in the same situation, and none of them thinks there is anything wrong, so they are naturally under control for a long time.
She took a photo with her phone and posted it on the training camp forum, explaining to Xia Jialian, "This is something I discovered among the community residents. I suspect it's not due to the NPC rules in this instance, but rather an external reaction to the partial integration with the system itself."
"Do you have any connection with them, like you and Yu Fu?"
Ding Can shook his head. "We two are different from them. Strictly speaking, we are a complete piece of data, and we existed in the early stages of the system's formation. At best, these are created by our eyes."
Shi Yan interrupted, "If you say that, does that mean you can actually control the creatures in the community through marking?"
In this way, the initiative is in the hands of the students.
Ding Can paused before speaking: "That's a solution. We can act accordingly when the time comes."
After all, it is not time to reveal all your cards yet.
Shi Yan looked at the pigeon and still didn't quite understand why they did this: "Since we are in the community in every move, then why do they do this? To use such good living conditions to attract people from outside."
Not only that, there is also a strict screening mechanism, and you can't just enter if you want to.
"Are they conducting some kind of human observation experiment again? I don't understand. We are all the same people, why do we have to study others all the time?" Shi Yan held up her chin, caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of her eye, and quickly covered the pigeon in her arms.
At this time, a white bird flew past the window with its head tilted.
Qia Qia Hao was just looking at her, and must have recorded this scene. Fortunately, she discovered it early and prevented the bird from taking pictures of them holding the gray pigeon hostage.
"That's certainly possible," Xia Jialian said, looking away from the computer. "You said Liangfeng Community frequently recruits new residents. How do they manage to achieve such a rapid turnover?"
After all, the community has existed for more than ten years, and I heard from people at the concert today that tattoo artists come to the community once a month. In a sense, this proves that there are residents coming in at least every month.
It's not just young people, it happens to people of all ages. So how can it be replaced so quickly? Is it because of illness and death, or some other reason?
Shi Yan put the pigeon in a cardboard box, poked a few holes on the side for air holes, and prepared to find a cage for it when she had time.
"Tomorrow I'll go outside and observe where these birds usually go and see if I can find any clues."
As just guessed, since these are all live birds, they need to be fed every day. In order to ensure that there are always birds at the monitoring posts and to save manpower, they must be rotated in large quantities.
Considering the routine repair and maintenance of the surveillance equipment, it is estimated that it is not too far from the community service center.
After discussing what to do tomorrow, everyone took a rest.
Ding Can couldn't sleep at night, so he went back to the second-floor terrace. At his feet he could hear the cooing of pigeons, which was muffled by a layer of cardboard boxes.
The starry sky here at night is indeed very beautiful. Under the dark blue sky, the silver highlights fall into beautiful shapes.
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