Chapter 161 The Five Illusion Gods in the Secret Chamber
As soon as he entered the residential building, a pungent smell hit Yu Hui – a mixture of sweat, cheap tobacco, and rotten odor.
If you smell it carefully, you can detect a faint smell of blood.
Climbing along the dark wall, you can see the entire structure of the telecom fraud syndicate through the courtyard.
The first floor is the office area, divided into four huge rooms, each containing dozens of worn-out computer desks and chairs. Each desk has a computer and a telephone; some people are making calls, others are typing, and everyone's expression is the same: indifference and numbness.
In the corner of each room, there were piles of documents and materials, all of which were information they had collected about their victims, including names, phone numbers, addresses, and financial information. This information was organized in an orderly manner, becoming a powerful tool for them to commit fraud.
The walls of the room were covered with various inspirational Chinese slogans, such as "If you don't work hard today, you won't have anything to eat tomorrow."
It's an incentive, but also a threat.
As Yu Hui quietly approached, their voices were transmitted to the group chat via Bluetooth headsets.
"We have detected that your phone is infected with a virus. In order to avoid loss of your funds, please transfer all your funds to the secure account we provide for verification. The funds will be returned to you after the investigation is completed."
"I am customer service from XX shopping platform. The clothes you purchased on our platform have been found to have quality problems after testing. We are now processing your refund."
"You have won the first prize in our company's lucky draw. You need to pay 5,000 yuan in personal income tax and handling fees before you can receive the prize."
"I am a customs officer. You have a package from abroad. Upon inspection, we found a large quantity of rare millet. The declared value does not match the actual value, and you need to pay additional customs duties."
If the demons could barely understand the first part, the last part was completely beyond their comprehension.
To avoid arousing suspicion, they have now split into groups and are just wandering around the area, some shopping and some looking for food, but they are still keeping in touch via group chat.
Only Jiu Xuan and Jiang Rong stayed with Zhang Mo at the shaved ice shop, where the Thai kid was squatting at their feet playing with his fingers. Anyway, there was only an elderly woman who didn't understand Chinese working leisurely in the shop, so there was no need to worry about leaks.
Lang Ri, who was waiting for his mango sticky rice, exclaimed: "Millet? What's that? Rice? Can this stuff really be discontinued?"
Li Yue, who was selecting handmade wood carvings for the children at the orphanage, said: "I heard that China's grain production is already very high? Why do we still need to secretly buy them from abroad?"
Zhang Mo: "......"
"谷子" is an internet slang term, a homophone for "goods," and usually refers to peripheral products related to cultural works such as animation, games, and movies.
Scams these days are constantly evolving, even targeting the world of anime and manga!
Zhang Mo: "...Never mind that. If any of you see a clothing store, please buy me a hat and a sun-protective shirt."
Wu Yun: "I'll go buy it!"
The second floor is the technical support area, where various advanced network equipment and servers are located. Programmers busily move around, their tasks including maintaining network stability, obtaining personal information, and creating fake websites as quickly as possible.
The third floor was divided into two parts.
Half of it is a dormitory, a messy and unsanitary large communal sleeping area.
Half of the room was filled with cells, dark and damp, filled with a pungent stench. Several iron cages were haphazardly placed in the room, holding those who had resisted or failed to complete their missions. The people in the cages were haggard, with empty eyes, and covered in wounds. Their groans and cries echoed in the room, sending chills down one's spine.
The fourth floor houses the office of the head of the telecom fraud ring, where the decor contrasts sharply with the other floors. Luxurious carpets, leather sofas, a huge desk, a wall-to-wall surveillance screen, and a massive floor-to-ceiling window allow one to see the movements of everyone in the building at a glance.
Of course, that wasn't enough; burly men with rifles stood guard at every door. It was virtually impossible for an ordinary person to escape.
After circling around, Yu Hui finally found his target, Su Yutang, at a computer desk on the first floor.
Like everyone else, Su Yutang was thin and numb, sitting intently in front of her computer, her fingers flying across the keyboard. The only difference was that Su Yutang and the few people around her had a metal ring around their necks, which gleamed coldly in the dim light.
Yu Hui hid his small, round figure behind a cardboard box and whispered, "Found the target. There's something around his neck; it looks like a bomb."
Zhang Mo's expression tightened; it seemed a swift resolution was needed: "Have you found the brat yet?"
Yu Hui: "No."
Zhang Mo breathed a sigh of relief: "That makes things easier. There should be a restroom on the first floor, right?"
Yu Hui: "Yes, it's on the first floor, in the northeast corner, and it's a shared space for both men and women. But there are security cameras."
Jiang Mian asked in confusion, "Why is there a security camera in the restroom?"
Wu Yun: "This is such a violation of human rights."
That's true. Here, you're hardly treated like a human being.
Without time to explain, Zhang Mo quickly assigned tasks: "If I'm not mistaken, that bomb should have two layers of protection. The first layer is based on location restrictions; it will explode if the user leaves the building. The second layer is remote control."
Considering their own safety, they are unlikely to use particularly powerful bombs, otherwise pressing the wrong button would wipe them out.
Zhang Yiming, tell your sister to be possessed by a ghost and have her type "Go to the first-floor toilet, Qin" on the screen with her finger to guide Su Yutang to the toilet.
Li Yue, take Jiang Mian with you and dig a tunnel directly underground to wait for us under the toilet.
After Su Yutang entered, Jiang Mian first froze the metal ring with ice. She then took her underground, quickly tore it off, and brought her out through the tunnel exit.
Also, remember to restore the toilet tiles to their original condition.
Zhang Yiming answered without hesitation, "Okay, no problem!"
Li Yue exclaimed excitedly, "Wow, great idea!"
Jiang Mian: "Okay."
Jiu Xuan rested her chin on her hand and savored the strawberry smoothie in front of her: "But a living person just disappears like that. Even if they don't leave any trace, it will still alert them, right?"
Zhang Mo smiled slightly, a sly glint in her eyes, and said, "So, I'm planning to add some more scenes for them."
Jiu Xuan asked with great interest, "What?"
"Have you ever heard of the 'Four Illusory Gods of the Secret Chamber'?" Zhang Mo asked mysteriously.
Jiu Xuan looked puzzled and shook her head: "?"
Other employees also asked, bewildered, "What is that?"
"Fishing line, ice, magnets, and duct tape—these are four common tools used to create locked-room mysteries. But I think there's an even more foolproof explanation, and that is—"
Zhang Mo paused deliberately, keeping everyone in suspense, and then took out her phone, which displayed a photo she had just taken of a terrifying little ghost without a tongue.
Zhang Mo smiled and said, enunciating each word clearly, "That is, being...taken...away...by...a...ghost." She seemed full of anticipation for what was about to happen.
Jiu Xuan: "Wow!" She was also full of anticipation.
Zhang Mo: "Xiao Tian, classmate."
Xiao Tian: "Yes, Master."
Zhang Mo said methodically, "Adjust the color tone, enhance the contrast of light and shadow, add bloodstains and dirt, add disease effects such as wounds, rotting, and swelling, add eerie eye effects, distort limbs, modify this photo to the most terrifying effect, and create a dynamic video."
Xiao Tian: "Generating..."
All employees: "..." Just hearing it is terrifying.
A moment later, Xiao Tian said, "It's done."
Zhang Mo looked at the final result and was very satisfied: "Very good."
In Thailand, it is the Thai ghosts that are more dangerous.
Jiu Xuan glanced at it and then fell silent: "..."
The Thai kid only looked at it for half a second before he was so scared that he burst into tears.
Jiang Rong's expression was complicated: "...For the first time, I feel like I'm just right at being blind."
"Start now, scan all electronic devices in the building, whether they are computers, mobile phones, or projectors. Obtain permission for all devices that have playback functionality."
I'm going to take them to the movies.
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