166 Investigation
◎I'm super harmless◎
Zhu Ning went to work at the cleaning center. Most demon hunters and cleaners did not need to work in the office, and those who stayed in the company were all clerical workers. But the atmosphere was different today. As soon as Zhu Ning entered the company, he felt that everyone was whispering.
What happened at the cleaning center?
Zhu Ning swiped her card and went to report to the Abnormal Events Team.
The elevator rose higher and higher. The highest floor she had been to so far was the 250th floor. The more than 100 floors above it were still unfamiliar to Zhu Ning.
Pushing open the door of the messy office, it was filled with folders, instant food packaging bags and used nutritional supplements. All employees were working overtime, and the office was no different from a battlefield.
There was coffee and injectable stimulants on the conference room table. The members of the investigation team were breathing heavily and nodded to her. This was not the cleaning department, and Zhu Ning was theoretically still an outsider.
Zhu Ning was outgoing and greeted everyone. Huo Wenxi's long braid hung down behind her, like a tail resting on the chair. She lifted up her suit sleeves, and a powerful awakening needle was stuck in her arm.
This thing is quite harmful to the body. No wonder Huo Wenxi doesn't need to sleep and relies entirely on external forces for support.
Zhu Ning placed the dry-cleaned clothes on the empty seat next to Huo Wenxi and asked, "How long have you not slept?"
Huo Wenxi instinctively reached for his cigarette, but then found it was empty. He replied, "It started when you knocked on my door."
Zhu Ning: “…”
Zhu Ning was released and slept all night, but Huo Wenxi didn't close his eyes at all.
Zhu Ning found an empty seat and sat down, then asked, "Team Leader, did you evolve your sleep?"
Does Huo Wenxi's ability not require sleep? This is the real King of Volumes. Compared to Xu Meng and Huo Wenxi, Zhu Ning is no different from a salted fish.
Huo Wenxi: "Don't be so rude, come and see the results of the investigation."
Zhu Ning provided Huo Wenxi with a lot of information. She originally thought that it would take a long time to get the results of the investigation, but she didn't expect that Huo Wenxi's efficiency was more than three times higher than she imagined.
Huo Wenxi would not report the progress to Zhu Ning in person, so Zhuang Lin was the reporter. Huo Wenxi opened another pack of cigarettes and listened with his eyes narrowed.
Zhuang Lin clicked on the projector, and a photo appeared in the middle of the conference room. It was the photo "downloaded" from Zhu Ning's mind.
It was a short-haired woman wearing a red windbreaker.
Zhuang Lin: "We searched through photos, covering a large area. This person seems to have some special abilities. Every time the camera captures a portrait of him, there are subtle differences."
Zhu Ning nodded. She knew this characteristic, so she thought it would be difficult to find someone.
Zhuang Lin continued, "We found a professional appraiser with data analysis skills. He spent an entire night sifting through a massive database and finally found her true identity."
Zhuang Lin swiped the projection and another photo appeared on it.
It was a formal one-inch photo. The short-haired woman was wearing a black suit. Even through the screen, one could see that her eyes were determined. She looked like a senior executive of an organization, no, like a senior executive of a certain military unit.
Zhuang Lin needed to confirm with Zhu Ning and asked, "Is it her?"
Zhu Ning nodded: "It's her."
"Okay," Zhuang Lin continued, pulling up all her information. "Her name is Su He, and she was once a first-class officer in the First Military Region's garrison."
Zhu Ning frowned. Her intuition was right. He was actually a high-ranking official in the federal army.
Zhuang Lin: "Su He's registered ability is Death Silence, which can destroy anything indiscriminately. Its current maximum range is seven kilometers in diameter. She can destroy an entire street with a snap of her fingers."
This is simply a natural disaster-type ability. In comparison, Zhu Ning's control of metal seems not good enough, because once Su He launches an attack, it may cause the consequences of world destruction.
Zhuang Lin: "Su He has always been guarding the First Military Region. The region was in awe of her. Many people thought she could rise to the rank of marshal if she continued serving. Until fifteen years ago, she defected. She is now a Level 1 wanted criminal."
The gap between going from a marshal candidate to a first-level wanted criminal is too big.
Zhu Ning could guess the reason for her rebellion. Either Su He was disappointed with the existing system, or she had gone astray and believed in something.
She remembered that the people who assassinated Xu Meng were all top-notch psychics. They might have come from the garrison or demon hunters.
Zhuang Lin: "I don't know when she came to District 103. She hasn't shown up in public for a long time."
Because her appearance always changes slightly, she can deceive camera tracking, and the federal wanted list for her has had no substantial effect over the years.
Zhuang Lin: "We've only found her so far. It will take some time to find the others."
It had only been one day since they got the clue, so it was good enough that they could find out the real identity in one day.
Zhu Ning: "I have a new clue."
She added the information about the people with special abilities that Bobcat had encountered, and explained each and every ability in detail. Zhuang Lin originally wanted to ask where she got the information about these people, but he glanced at Huo Wenxi's eyes and didn't ask.
Zhuang Lin wrote down the characteristics and thanked Zhu Ning for providing them.
Zhu Ning asked, "Are there any clues in the church?"
Zhuang Lin: "Under Su He's special ability, no clues were left. We guess that the church only has symbolic significance and no real meaning."
They just need something to unite their team.
Zhuang Lin: "I will continue to track Su He's situation. We found another clue you provided."
Zhuang Lin: "You said that someone in their team has special abilities that allow them to track people. He must get your DNA samples."
Zhu Ning: "Yes."
Zhuang Lin: "There must be someone inside the company. The cleaning center has your DNA, but there aren't many people who can reach you."
Zhu Ning: "I guess it's the Research Department, Observation Room, and Medical Department?"
She has to undergo data collection after each mission, and these places should contain her personal information.
Zhuang Lin: "It should be a wider scope, including the research department, medical department, center assistant Fang Ying, and logistics department."
Every time a mission is carried out, helmets and protective clothing need to be recovered, and there is a high possibility of residual DN information inside. If the people in the logistics department are interested, they can collect the DN information of all employees.
Zhuang Lin: "The Medical Department and the like are strictly controlled. The team leader thinks the Logistics Department is the most likely to start."
Because the logistics department looks the least noticeable and is a low-level job, people don't usually take much precautions.
Zhuang Lin: "After you provide the information, the team leader will immediately notify the logistics department to accept the investigation."
During overtime work that day, the abnormal incident team directly blocked the logistics department office and notified all employees to return to the center to cooperate with the investigation.
Zhuang Lin played the video of that day for Zhu Ning. The Abnormal Event Team had applied for firearms and could work with guns. At the moment the Abnormal Event Team raided, everyone had to put down their work, and any unnecessary actions would be treated as traitors.
No wonder most people don't want to deal with the Abnormal Events Team. Once you're targeted, you're just out to be eaten.
After they went in, most people raised their hands, actively cooperated, and handed over all their information.
But in the corner there was a man in his forties who began to move one hand secretly, which quickly attracted the attention of the anomaly team.
"What are you doing? Put your hands down." The team members shouted loudly: "Don't move!"
But before he could do so, the man quickly pressed a button.
With a bang——!
The bomb in his heart suddenly exploded, and the miniature bomb blasted six meters away, starting from the chest, and blood and flesh sprayed onto the ceiling and surrounding workstations.
In the blink of an eye, he was turned into pieces, and the unlucky guy standing next to him was also blown to death.
There was a commotion and screaming, and the Abnormal Events Squad was responsible for maintaining order.
Zhu Ning seemed to be able to smell the blood through the video. She understood the atmosphere of the employees when she entered the cleaning center today. It turned out that such a big thing happened yesterday.
If an employee exposes himself in the company, it will probably become the top news on the forum.
Zhuang Lin played the video in reverse, pausing it to the second before the man detonated the miniature bomb.
Zhuang Lin enlarged this frame, and it was a little blurry, but the professional player kept adjusting the resolution, and the picture became clear again.
The man is laughing.
At the moment of detonation, he smiled, as if he had seen God taking him to heaven.
Zhu Ning frowned, totally unable to understand the train of thought of these lunatics.
Zhuang Lin: "He committed suicide not long after we went in. The explosion killed two people and injured six. They are currently receiving treatment in the medical department."
The others were just ordinary workers who inexplicably lived with a madman and were suddenly killed in a bomb one day.
What kind of antisocial personality is this?
In his eyes, could it be that he had done a good deed and taken his colleagues to heaven before he died?
Zhuang Lin: "This man is Feng Yinhe, a third-class citizen, a clone, and his lifespan is almost over."
Zhu Ning asked, "Is there anything special about him?"
Zhuang Lin pulled up his biographical information. "It doesn't appear so. He's been working at the cleaning center for eighteen years. His work abilities aren't particularly outstanding. His colleagues describe him as seeming quite honest."
Zhuang Lin: "He had a pretty decent private life. He'd drink and play cards after get off work. He liked to go to a bar on Xinxi Street. We're still investigating the bar, but before he died, he blew up his workstation, destroying most of the information."
Zhu Ning: "The clue is broken?"
Zhuang Lin: "No, we speculate that he chose the method of explosion to destroy the information, which means there are clues on the table, and he thought it would expose the organization."
Zhuang Lin enlarged the picture, and Zhu Ning only saw a charred ruin, with nothing to see at all.
Zhuang Lin: "We have a restorer in our team. His special ability is to repair items. We have got the real clue."
As expected of an abnormal event investigation team, there are many talented people among the team members.
Zhuang Lin: "We found a pen among the recovered items. Feng Yinhe would often look at this pen while working, as if praying, but he would always use his back to block the camera. Also, the pen is relatively small, so it had never been photographed."
A close-up of a pen appeared on the screen, with a line of words so small that they were almost invisible on the edge of the pen cap: Recovery Society.
That's the name of their organization.
This is the bad thing about the organization. They need a special symbol to unite the members. Feng Yinhe must destroy this pen before he dies.
This further proves that this is the key clue.
Zhu Ning had only been in for fifteen minutes, and every piece of information Zhuang Lin provided was of high quality. They had even found the most critical point.
The investigative capabilities of this professional team are far superior to Zhu Ning's. Zhu Ning suspected that if he had directly asked Huo Wenxi to investigate the truth of his death, would he have already solved it now?
Zhu Ning couldn't help but say: "Amazing."
It’s amazing. It’s only been a short time, but Zhu Ning is already impressed by the efficiency and quality.
Zhuang Lin shook his head: "No, we still haven't gained anything."
Zhuang Lin said with a hint of melancholy, "We currently have no idea what they are up to, what kind of organization the Revival Society is, or what the divine descent in eight days will mean."
Huo Wenxi: "The clues are converging and there will be an intersection soon. You are doing a great job."
Huo Wenxi had been listening silently just now, and only spoke the first sentence at this time.
Zhuang Lin breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this comment, and so did all the team members, feeling that all the overtime work had not been in vain.
Zhu Ning understood Huo Wenxi's charm as a leader, grasped the overall situation, affirmed the results of work, did not lose his temper, and became the best leader.
Everyone would respect such a person as a leader.
Zhuang Lin: "I will continue to follow up on Su He's situation."
Huo Wenxi nodded, and another team member said, "The investigation team outside the wall has decided to return. They have sent a return signal and should arrive in the next two days."
Someone else said, "I'll follow you to the bar."
Huo Wenxi: "Very good."
She felt that she had touched the truth, she was just one step away, just like a person fishing, the prey was already swimming near the bait, at this time there was no need to panic, just need to wait quietly and at a leisurely pace.
Huo Wenxi is very sure about this.
Zhu Ning: "I feel there is no need for me to exist?"
She didn't understand why Huo Wenxi asked her to come over. The entire team was made up of professional investigators with very strong professional skills.
Zhu Ning is just a garbage collector. She is like a cleaner who came here to listen to the boss's game. Now she would rather ask the cleaning department for a task to contain the contaminated spores to increase her health.
Huo Wenxi lowered his head to operate the employee bracelet without looking up: "I have something for you to do."
Zhu Ning: "You raise it."
Huo Wenxi: "I'll need your help to control the situation later."
Take control of the situation? What does that mean?
Zhu Ning was just thinking this when he suddenly heard a ding-dong from his employee's wristband and a message popped up on it.
[We are hereby notified that all employees in Area 103 have entered a pending investigation status. Employees who have received notification numbers are to gather urgently in the first-floor lobby and be investigated by the abnormal incident team in an orderly manner.]
Ding Dong Ding Dong, all employees in the office received breaking news.
Zhu Ning was stunned when he saw the message, and it took him a long time to understand the meaning of the message. The subjects of Huo Wenxi's investigation this time were all employees in District 103?
Was Huo Wenxi's move a bit too big? Zhu Ning knew that the Abnormal Events Team had the power to investigate everyone, but he never expected that such an outrageous power would be used by Huo Wenxi one day.
Huo Wenxi just sent a group message, saying: "There are still people lurking in the company, I want to catch the mole."
Zhu Ning: "How do you want to catch it?"
Shouldn't the normal way to catch a mole be to conduct a careful investigation, collect evidence from multiple sources, avoid alerting the perpetrator, and then make a surprise arrest?
Why is it so grand?
Wait, Zhu Ning suddenly understood what Huo Wenxi meant. Feng Yinhe from the logistics team just now committed suicide just after seeing the investigation team.
Huo Wenxi informed everyone that there was a traitor in the company and some people would be unable to sit still. They would either take extreme actions or self-destruct.
No one knows how to use Huo Wenxi's special abilities. People will magnify their fear of the unknown and begin to imagine that they cannot escape Huo Wenxi's eyes.
Once they get scared, they will panic. They cannot guarantee that they are perfect performers who can deceive Huo Wenxi.
So Huo Wenxi said he needed Zhu Ning's help to control the situation. Was he using her as a thug?
Zhu Ning figured it out, "I thought you wanted to... keep a low profile?"
Huo Wenxi: "There are only eight days left. How do you want to keep a low profile?"
If what Bao Ruiming said is true, then that damn god's arrival will be the end of the world, and they only have a limited amount of time.
With little time, Huo Wenxi had to take drastic measures.
There will be gains if you startle the snake. As long as you can control the situation, the startled snake will jump into the trap.
Zhu Ning thought to herself that Huo Wenxi was indeed a big shot, and his solution was completely beyond the ability of a small person like her.
Making this decision requires judgment and even more so, psychological quality. Huo Wenxi has to bear the consequences of mission failure and the pressure from his superiors.
Regardless of the outcome, Huo Wenxi must give an explanation to all employees afterwards. How should she stabilize the situation and avoid causing chaos in the company?
Zhu Ning didn't believe that she didn't need to be responsible to her superiors for doing such a thing. Huo Wenxi was really... very strong.
All team members received the order and stood up one after another to organize this most massive investigation operation.
Huo Wenxi handed the clothes that Zhu Ning returned to her to Zhuang Lin, and a team member hung a piece of paper on the wall.
It says countdown day eight.
Although no one knows whether the end of the world will come in eight days, everyone is doing their work in an orderly manner.
The atmosphere in the investigation team was surprisingly good.
Zhu Ning coughed lightly and asked Huo Wenxi carefully, "If I ask you for a human-machine combined device, will you give it to me?"
Zhu Ning asked Xu Meng to help her find the device, which required borrowing Xie Jiazu's ability. Now it seems that it won't be that troublesome, Huo Wenxi should be able to give it to her directly.
Huo Wenxi looked back at Zhu Ning, cigarette in hand, and said, "Don't push your luck."
She wondered if she was too nice to Zhu Ning, daring to make such a request. Having a private contact with Prometheus was a serious mistake. Huo Wenxi could not predict what the consequences would be, and giving her the opportunity would mean the situation was out of control.
Huo Wenxi prefers to take matters into his own hands.
Zhu Ning laughed it off: "I'm just asking casually."
"Zhu Ning," Huo Wenxi exhaled smoke and asked, "Are you going to betray humanity?"
Zhu Ning has many secrets that she hasn't shared with others. Huo Wenxi doesn't trust her that much, but she hasn't given up her suspicion of Zhu Ning either. They are only cooperating temporarily based on their common interests.
"How is that possible?" Zhu Ning met Huo Wenxi's questioning gaze with a kind smile, "I'm completely harmless."
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