116 Intuition
◎You want me to trust you based on my intuition?◎
Zhu Ning has to make a mission report, and theoretically he should report to Haibo, the mission leader.
He had been waiting for Zhu Ning to wake up and was making preparations in the conference room in advance, with Yue Kaiyuan following him.
Yue Kaiyuan's last interrogation yielded no results, so he was eager to try again. "She's definitely the metal-type mutant. She lied last time."
Zhu Ning escaped last time, but Yue Kaiyuan will not let her escape this time.
Haibo, who has been so busy lately that he's even growing a beard, frowned when he heard this: "She's not a criminal."
All the procedures now are out of fear that she will be infected. This is a necessary consideration for the safety of the residents of District 103, but Zhu Ning herself is the hero who completed the mission.
It is commendable that one person leads a team of cleaners to break through the contaminated area.
As for whether she hides her special abilities, that is her personal choice. Many people are unwilling to reveal their special abilities.
Yue Kaiyuan: "But she really is different. I've also considered it seriously. Don't you think her missions are too unusual?"
Yue Kaiyuan thought Haibo didn't believe him. "Look, we encountered contamination on our first mission. The contaminated area should have been flattened after the demon hunters left. There's a one in a thousand chance she'd come across it."
"The second time," Yue Kaiyuan opened a folder filled with information. "Invisible people appeared in the Mechanical Oceanarium. The Center still hasn't figured out their origins."
"The third time is now. I was clearly out to contain the contaminated spores and was accidentally involved. Since I got out, there's still no video footage. Don't you think it's too much of a coincidence?"
Haibo: "It's normal to encounter accidents during a mission."
Haibo is from the mission center and knows that strange things often happen during missions. No one can stand up to scrutiny based on this analysis, and who knows when an accident will happen.
Look at everyone with suspicion, everyone is a criminal.
Haibo: "I repeat, she is here to report on her mission, not to investigate a criminal. You are only here to assist in the interrogation. Please stop interrogating her."
Yue Kaiyuan wanted to say more but was interrupted by a knock on the door.
Fang Ying pushed the door open and came in. "Zhu Ning is willing to report on the mission."
Zhu Ning actually agreed. Yue Kaiyuan stood up suddenly. He had made sufficient preparations before coming here, and he dared to guarantee that Zhu Ning would not be able to escape this time.
Fang Ying added, "But she specifically stated that she would only report to Team Leader Huo."
Yue Kaiyuan was stunned, thinking she had misheard. Why? Why did she, a cleaner, choose Huo Wenxi as her reporter?
The original process should have been for Zhu Ning to report to Haibo, with Yue Kaiyuan assisting and asking questions, and Huo Wenxi either watching from the outside or just looking at the report results.
Why would anyone proactively provoke the leader of the Abnormal Events Team?
Fang Ying: "Team Leader Huo agreed. Thank you for your patience."
Fang Ying spoke very tactfully, meaning that they were no longer needed.
Yue Kaiyuan's face was gloomy. All his hard work and preparations had gone to waste. He asked in a deep voice, "What's the reason?"
Fang Ying glanced at Yue Kaiyuan and wanted to choose her words, but she couldn't embellish them. She had no choice but to directly convey her words, "She said she wanted to see someone with real power."
Yue Kaiyuan: “…”
Haibo was not angry. He chuckled and thought Zhu Ning was quite funny.
Yue Kaiyuan's face was particularly dark. Was Zhu Ning dissatisfied with his low position?
…
Zhu Ning was taken into a closed room.
What meets the eye is a vast expanse of green. There are no windows here, but the vegetation inside the house is very lush, as if you have entered a botanical garden. In the middle there is a tree of unknown species. The tree is more than five meters high and extends to the ceiling. There are two sofas under the tree, and there are lush flowers and plants all around.
Zhu Ning was not a criminal, so there was no equipment to restrict her movements. The cleaning center was wary of her while respecting her.
When Zhu Ning entered, Huo Wenxi had already arrived. She was still wearing the shirt she wore when Zhu Ning met her that day. Her long braids were a little disheveled, and she looked a little under the weather.
It seems that Zhu Ning made her work a lot of overtime.
Huo Wenxi was smoking. Zhu Ning guessed that her job was stressful and she smoked to stay awake. When she heard Zhu Ning's movement, she didn't even turn her head and said, "Please sit down."
Zhu Ning sat opposite her. She was still wearing a hospital gown, with her long hair loose, looking like a mentally ill patient who came for a consultation. Huo Wenxi was her attending physician.
Huo Wenxi: "According to your request, there will be no surveillance, no recording, no eavesdropping, and a completely confidential environment. I will not make any records either. You can relax completely."
Zhu Ning: "I believe you."
As a team leader, Huo Wenxi should have this kind of vision.
Huo Wenxi looked at her steadily: "I'm surprised you would ask to see me."
From her understanding, no one wanted to deal with the Abnormal Events Team.
"I want to see someone with real power," Zhu Ning asked without avoiding Huo Wenxi's gaze, "How much power do you have?"
"You are also very straightforward. You only want to meet with senior executives?" Huo Wenxi smiled. Zhu Ning looked down on Yue Kaiyuan.
Huo Wenxi: "On the surface, I am on the same level as Xuan Qing, Lu Qiqin, and Xie Jiazu. We have the same job title and the same salary."
In other words, they are very rich. Xuan Qing has the ability to approve a twenty-fold bonus, and so can Huo Wenxi.
Huo Wenxi continued, "But I have the right to investigate the three of them."
Although they are on the same level, Huo Wenxi has the right to investigate all employees of the cleaning center, including Xuanqing. If Xuanqing has any evidence in Huo Wenxi's hands, she can easily force the leader of the demon hunters to step down.
Huo Wenxi: "I can bypass these ministers and directly dispatch their staff."
In other words, if Huo Wenxi wanted to order Zhu Ning around, he didn't have to deal with Xie Jiazu, and he didn't even have to notify him.
This is what makes the investigation team special and also what makes them scary. They are independent of other departments, do not get involved in departmental disputes, and are directly responsible to the chief director.
Huo Wenxi asked, "Is this enough?"
Zhu Ning: "It's barely enough."
Huh? Huo Wenxi smiled. Zhu Ning was truly interesting. Did she specifically ask to see Huo Wenxi because she was the highest-ranking person she could currently contact?
Zhu Ning asked, "Is your ability some kind of intuition?"
Huo Wenxi said conservatively: "I guess so."
She has a terrible intuition, which is why Zhu Ning wants to meet her.
Zhu Ning looked around, and Huo Wenxi turned off the surveillance. Because Zhu Ning was locked up inside, the room was completely sealed and there were guards at the door.
If Zhu Ning wanted to attack Huo Wenxi, this team leader would not live long. Zhu Ning: "You are so confident in being in the same room with me, not afraid that I will harm you. Do you feel that I have no ill will towards you?"
Huo Wenxi glanced at Zhu Ning for a moment longer. "You're quite perceptive. I can't explain the exact reason, but it's pretty much what you said. My intuition tells me that you really don't have any ill intentions towards me."
Zhu Ning: "Am I a bad person?"
Huo Wenxi: "People shouldn't be simply divided into good and bad."
This is a topic that is difficult to explain in a few words. Huo Wenxi only knows that Zhu Ning has a secret, but she should have no harm to humans.
Huo Wenxi dusted off his cigarette ash and asked, "So, is there something you want to tell me?"
Zhu Ning: "Am I the first one to report the mission?"
Huo Wenxi: “Yes.”
Xu Meng hasn't spoken yet.
Zhu Ning: "I will tell you what happened during this mission. You don't need to ask anyone else. I can report the entire incident alone because no one else knows the full story."
Zhu Ning is really a bit arrogant. She can report it herself. Is she protecting Xu Meng?
Zhu Ning added, "But I can't write this report. You might need to write it because I don't have the authority."
Huo Wenxi frowned, and his first reaction was that Zhu Ning's next words would be very troublesome.
What exactly happened on this mission outside the wall?
Zhu Ning said directly: "The source of the pollution this time is not humans, but insects."
Huo Wenxi was stunned. Zhu Ning rarely saw her with such a surprised expression, and even felt a little pleased.
Zhu Ning only said one sentence, but the amount of information was too much for people to digest at once. Zhu Ning found it hard to believe when he first learned the information.
Can insects actually become a source of pollution?
Especially for those who have worked in cleaning centers for many years, they need to abandon their common sense in order to digest information.
Zhu Ning narrated the whole incident as if she was telling a story. She skipped over the alien species and the final devouring, but restored the conversation between her and the insect.
Zhu Ning observed Huo Wenxi's expression as she spoke. The more she spoke, the worse Huo Wenxi's face looked. She hadn't smoked the cigarette between her fingers. When Zhu Ning finished speaking, the long ash accumulated into a string, broke with a snap, and fell on Huo Wenxi's thigh.
Huo Wenxi finally reacted and used a tissue to brush away the cigarette ash.
Zhu Ning couldn't guess what Huo Wenxi was thinking, but Huo Wenxi didn't interrupt her, so Zhu Ning continued.
"Next I will report the intelligence I have learned."
Zhu Ning: "I haven't seen the videos of Jiang Ping's past missions, and I have too few reference cases to understand them. I still don't know exactly how they work, but it's clear that they are different from the pollution sources inside the wall."
Zhu Ning thought about the worm and carefully considered his words, "First, the source of the pollution is non-human."
This is the biggest difference. The source of pollution inside the wall is crazy humans. The fishmen and pig-headed people are out of control and have lost their minds.
Many ordinary people cannot become a source of pollution even if they collapse. They will only be attracted by more powerful pollution and become walking corpses.
“Second, they can open up the contaminated area anytime, anywhere.”
Zhu Ning had no other information in his hand. Recalling this mission, the cleaners passed by a deserted village when entering the back mountain. At that time, the deserted village had not been burned down, which meant that they had entered the contaminated area when they passed by for the first time.
But the contaminated area was not closed at that time. They entered the contaminated area for the second time on their return journey, and the insects closed in and trapped them.
Zhu Ning had never seen this form of control before. The contaminated areas inside the wall were closed most of the time, and the demon hunters even had to spend time looking for the entrance.
If this is true, almost all the rules related to polluted areas explored by humans will be overturned.
"Third," Zhu Ning said calmly, "it admitted that it has its own kind. I'll tentatively call these people unnatural humans. I don't know how many there are within the wall."
If a worm gets a chance to evolve, what about other creatures? What if they also evolve?
Imagine that there are many insects of the same species inside the wall. They may have been flowers, plants, trees, insects, and birds in the past. Their genes are constantly merging and regenerating with those of humans.
In the end, they look like ordinary people, blend completely into the crowd, can avoid inspection mechanisms, and can even join cleaning centers.
From the insect's words, Zhu Ning felt that this insect seemed to have never had contact with other insects of the same kind.
But that doesn’t mean that other species haven’t united, and Zhu Ning isn’t sure what Chongzi said is true.
Zhu Ning had dealt with the queen insect before. In the insect's concept, it was a more advanced species and it called itself a god.
It looks down on humans from a superior position. Even if it has the same appearance as humans, it still looks down on you deep down. Just like no matter how well humans play with cats and dogs, they are just pets.
That worm can walk freely in nature and can survive even if the whole world is polluted.
From a certain perspective, they, as "advanced species", are more suited to survival.
Huo Wenxi remained silent from beginning to end. Zhu Ning said, "The above is my mission report. I am Zhu Ning."
She even wrote a summary. The report was organized and logical, analyzing the intelligence obtained outside the wall.
This is what investigators outside the wall do. Investigators are responsible for looking for clues and relics of the old world to supplement human understanding of pollutants and nature.
But Zhu Ning's investigation report is not a supplement, it is almost a overthrow and reconstruction.
Her meaning was simple. There was currently a non-human pollution source that could release contaminated areas and could be hidden among the crowd, and human bases might have it.
If such a person releases his own contaminated area within the wall and walks into the crowd to detonate it, a disaster will immediately occur.
This is a mobile bomb, and you never know when it will explode.
Huo Wenxi was silent for a long time. What Zhu Ning said was too advanced. If someone else heard it, they would think she was lying.
There is no evidence or surveillance, and it is all based on the mouth, which can easily be misunderstood as a lie made up to get away.
Huo Wenxi put out his cigarette and finally spoke: "You don't have any evidence to prove that what you just said is true."
This was the first sentence Huo Wenxi said.
It is impossible to produce a written report for this mission. There is no video assistance, no documentary material, only oral accounts from the survivors.
Everyone has suffered such severe mental pollution that it is not certain how many people still remember it, and how many people remember it accurately.
Zhu Ning could even tell part of the truth, add some exaggeration and mix in some lies, and Huo Wenxi would not be able to disprove it.
Moreover, once the report is released, it will cause panic and alert the enemy.
Zhu Ning was right, she was the only one who needed to report this matter.
Zhu Ning: "Yes."
Huo Wenxi: "You also don't have any evidence that non-natural humans really exist within the wall."
Zhu Ning: "Yes."
Huo Wenxi: "So you're just talking about a potential danger?"
Nothing that has happened so far can support Zhu Ning's theory. Zhu Ning is telling her a castle in the air.
Zhu Ning remained calm in the face of the inquiry: "Perhaps this danger has happened countless times, but we just don't know it."
Non-natural humans can enter the Cleansing Center, Eternal Life Pharmaceuticals, and Genesis Technology. They can enter anywhere without being discovered.
How long have they existed? How do they reproduce? Have they infiltrated the Federation? What are their future plans?
Zhu Ning had no evidence to prove that this hypothesis was true, and Huo Wenxi had no evidence to prove that it was false.
Zhu Ning: "That's why I want to see you."
Huo Wenxi is an intuitive person. She doesn't need evidence, she only needs her own intuition.
The person most suitable to accept this matter in the entire cleaning center is Huo Wenxi, who is independent of other departments.
She has the power to resolve this matter, which is exactly what Zhu Ning needs.
Huo Wenxi rubbed her eyebrows. Her intuition was right. Zhu Ning was really troublesome, and all the events centered around her were troublesome.
Huo Wenxi: "You're only willing to report to me so that I can help you clean up the mess?"
Zhu Ning: "I've received such shocking information. If I talk nonsense, I'll probably die early. I should always cling to someone bigger than myself."
Huo Wenxi: “…”
Zhu Ning: "If unnatural humans have already invaded the human base, I think you can use this intelligence to gain an advantage."
Huo Wenxi: "What if not?"
Zhu Ning: "Then consider it just a reminder. I'm just a low-level employee, simply reporting on the mission at your request. The rest is your job to find clues, determine their authenticity, and decide how to act."
Huo Wenxi: “…”
Such an innocent tone.
Zhu Ning is a rare talent, and he calls himself a small employee?
Zhu Ning: "I know I have no evidence. If you didn't have to report on the mission, I would definitely choose to go home and sleep. I will keep it to myself for the rest of my life and will never speak out without evidence."
It seems that there is something wrong with the cleaning center's regulations.
Zhu Ning: "If you want to pretend you know nothing, that's fine. I can cooperate."
Zhu Ning showed an expression that said "I understand everything". Huo Wenxi laughed. Zhu Ning was really... she didn't know how to describe it.
Weird and magical?
Zhu Ning is like a startup boss who can only paint a rosy picture, using a concept to create a grand enterprise. Huo Wenxi is the angel investor who was fooled by her. She tells a story vividly, and Huo Wenxi is the unlucky guy who invested the money.
Huo Wenxi: "Who else knows about this?"
Zhu Ning: "Xu Meng and Li Nianchuan have a rough idea. They should be safe. The others are unaware."
There are currently four people aware of the situation, and the situation can be controlled.
Huo Wenxi: "How did you kill the source of pollution?"
This part of Zhu Ning's story is skipped.
Zhu Ning: "I don't want to say."
Zhu Ning didn't trust Huo Wenxi that much, but Huo Wenxi was the best candidate at the moment.
Huo Wenxi could understand that if it was really as Zhu Ning said, basically no one would believe it, so it was normal for her to choose to keep her cards to herself.
It was quite wise. Instead of lying to her, he just said he didn't want to tell her.
Huo Wenxi asked: "Why choose me? Aren't you afraid that I'm one of them?"
Zhu Ning: "It's just my intuition. I really don't have much choice."
Zhu Ning had to make a mission report, and she chose Huo Wenxi, it was that simple.
Huo Wenxi leaned back on the sofa and looked up at the tree above his head. After hearing Zhu Ning's story, he always felt that the tree was a living person.
Huo Wenxi was silent for a moment and asked, "So you want me to trust you based on my intuition?"
Huo Wenxi is called the little witch, which is a somewhat sarcastic name, meaning that she is weird and often inexplicable.
Some people find her intuition simply unreliable.
Zhu Ning: "No, I'm not asking you to trust me."
Zhu Ning paused for a moment, "I want you to trust your own abilities."
Zhu Ning is not that shameless. Huo Wenxi's ability to survive is intuition, so just trust your intuition.
Huo Wenxi smiled bitterly. He was really good at talking. He could talk and make big promises. Zhu Ning should start his own business. It was a waste of his talent to sweep up garbage.
Huo Wenxi didn't reply. She lit a cigarette, exhaled a puff of smoke, and looked at Zhu Ning carefully through the smoke.
Zhu Ning is the subject of his investigation, and there are many suspicious points about her. Xuan Qing is also very interested in her. Zhu Ning seems to be related to many events, and is even the core figure in many strange events.
This strange information, coupled with Zhu Ning's own "dark history", made it difficult for Huo Wenxi to trust her.
And it sounded like Zhu Ning had done something in this contaminated area, but she didn't want to be exposed, and she couldn't completely avoid the cleaning center, so she used this information to attract her attention and reduce suspicion about her as a whole.
She directly clung to the top management and created a common and powerful enemy. As long as Zhu Ning was used by her and loyal to her, the problems with Zhu Ning suddenly became "small problems".
It’s a very effective technique, Huo Wenxi has to pay attention to it.
Zhu Ning accepted Huo Wenxi's scrutiny calmly. She felt that the other party already had the answer.
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