Chapter 47 Perfect New World (XVII)
As the system prompted, the heavy iron door opened like a huge magnet.
Nan Huan and Bei Xi were both sucked in, and the two living people in the packaging workshop suddenly disappeared before their eyes.
Over there, Mu Xin had just said a few words to the Ripper, and when he turned back, he could no longer see him.
"Where are they?"
He hit the silver metal operating table hard, and it rubbed against the ground, making a loud noise.
This attracted the attention of other people.
"He was there just now, how come he disappeared all of a sudden?"
The Ripper was also a little puzzled. Although the workshop was large, apart from the twenty-one interns, the rest were senior employees, and the operating table was very high, which easily blocked the view.
But in the entire workshop, everyone was working, and only the two of them were wandering around, so it was very obvious.
But now, as he looked around the workshop, the two living people suddenly disappeared.
"Come with me and look for it over there. The others continue to work."
Mu Xin gave an order. Even though they were far ahead at their current speed, he still didn't dare to be careless.
He was afraid that it was a trap set by the president, so he only brought the Ripper with him.
"They just stayed here for a long time."
Before finding the stone pillar, the Ripper carefully felt around it, "There's nothing on it. Could they have left the packaging area?"
The space here is so small that it is obvious that the two of them are not here.
Mu Xin felt that this possibility was unlikely. After all, the NPC had said before that it was not allowed to leave the packaging area at will.
But the person really disappeared just like that, so he didn't dare to take it lightly, "I'll go to the NPC to find out what's going on, you keep an eye on the people in their group."
Twelve's Packing Team 3, which they were in, naturally also noticed the commotion just now.
Chenyu and Luoyan also noticed that Nanhuan and Beixi had disappeared, as well as the malicious looks of some people.
“Do your own thing and don’t get distracted.”
Although Hongfen was also very curious about why the two people suddenly disappeared, Twelve seemed puzzled as well. Coupled with what Nan Huan had just said, she had to come out at this time to stabilize the morale of the troops.
At least don't get into conflict with other teams when the situation is unclear.
Nan Huan thought that by following this familiar door and entering, he would reach the mysterious operating room in the mirror.
But when the darkness in front of her eyes disappeared, she was surprised to find that
The two were standing in front of a small building, and the door behind them had long disappeared.
There was no sign on the small building and no one knew what kind of place it was. There were people in white uniforms coming in and out all the time.
They all turned a blind eye to Beixi and Nanhuan.
Looking around, there are several low buildings of different styles, and people coming in and out are in a hurry.
The environment here is nice. There are bushes between the buildings, and the distances between them are very far, as if each area was deliberately separated.
Just when the two of them hadn't figured out where to go.
A shrill alarm suddenly sounded.
All of a sudden, the people passing by seemed to become nervous, taking two steps at a time and hiding in nearby buildings.
About two or three minutes later, some people came out from the small building behind them. They were wearing full protective suits. Their faces were almost invisible and it was impossible to tell whether they were men or women. They stood in several rows, looking in the same direction.
In addition to anticipation, there was also a bit of curiosity in their eyes.
Following their gaze, the two realized that they seemed to be in a park.
After the alarm sounded for a full five minutes, there were no more people wandering around in the park, and the park's tightly closed iron gate opened.
Several medical vehicles drove in one after another, and behind each vehicle was a black security vehicle with some government department-like pattern painted on the body.
"It's not the flying car we ride, it has four wheels on the ground."
Although he knew that others could neither hear nor see him, Nan Huan still spoke in a low voice, but his eyes were always on the cars.
"The timeline here is different from the time in the copy we are in."
Bei Xi understood what she meant, and the system prompt also said it.
The place they entered was a failed replica that retained a certain aura and influence of the past.
Although this place doesn't seem to have anything to do with the company at the moment, she feels that the system would not let them in here for no reason.
As they were talking, the cars had already stopped in front of the small building, right opposite the two of them.
There was anti-peep film on the windows of the medical vehicle, so the situation inside could not be seen. After the vehicle stopped for a while, there was no movement.
Instead, there was movement at the door of the security vehicle, and dozens of people in black uniforms came down from it, holding some weapons that Nanhuan couldn't name.
Five people formed a small team and surrounded a medical vehicle, as if they were guarding against something inside.
After everything was ready, the door of the medical vehicle slowly opened.
A few strange-looking people got out of the first car, which made Nan Huan gasp. Even Bei Xi, who usually did not show his emotions on his face, frowned subconsciously.
The reason why they are called humans is because their limbs can be barely discerned and they walk upright.
The reason why they are said to be strange in shape is that some of them have strange horns on their foreheads, some have red skin, and some have fingers that have turned into strange and sharp thorns, etc.
It was not until the last car that Nan Huan could barely see two people who looked the most normal, but also seemed a little abnormal.
Based on the characteristics of their long hair, Nan Huan could confirm that they were two women.
I say normal because they are the only two of them who look no different from normal people.
It is said to be abnormal because one of the people was being held horizontally and looked very weak and had a very pale face.
But the one who was holding the person could hardly see the other person's face. Her hair was very long, covering most of her face, and only the thin lines of her chin could be seen clearly.
However, the moment Nan Huan and Bei Xi looked at her, she seemed to sense something, because she slightly turned her head and looked in their direction.
But the amplitude was very small, and the faces were covered by hair, so Nan Huan and Bei Xi were not sure whether they had been exposed.
But soon, the group of people were all received by the staff in white uniforms who had been on standby and were sent into the small building.
"There are 32 people in total."
Bei Xi's voice brought Nan Huan back to his senses.
The two looked at each other. Although they didn't say anything, they both thought of the number on their wrists that concealed their identities.
Now both of them knew where to go next.
But just as the two of them raised their feet and were about to follow the crowd to the small building in front of them.
The scene before their eyes suddenly changed.
It was like a movie that was suddenly sped up, with the accelerated special effects turned on. All the people and things passed by in front of my eyes at a very fast speed, and even the light dimmed and then brightened again.
Until the surrounding environment stabilizes again.
The vehicles just now disappeared, but the crowd in front of the small building, which had been hiding because of the alarm, had resumed walking back and forth.
However, there were two more security guards wearing full protective gear at the entrance of the small building. Anyone entering or leaving here had to have their identity strictly verified and show their work credentials.
Nanhuan and Beixi were like two bystanders to the past scene, so it was natural for them to enter the building easily.
This place looks like a filming base in some science fiction movie or outer space.
This was Nan Huan’s first impression after entering the small building. Although the environment here looked similar to a university laboratory, everyone inside was wearing protective clothing from head to toe.
Their movements are extremely clumsy, and they can only recognize each other through the translucent masks on their faces.
The small building has five floors in total. The first floor seems to be specially used to handle some paper-related work, and there are several windows in the center.
There were many chairs in the hall, with many people sitting on them. Some were holding transparent file bags, some were holding suitcases, and some even had documents delivered directly by truck. It looked very complicated.
Nan Huan's attention was attracted by the patterns and words on the transparent glass of the window.
It was a pattern similar to a clover shape, with only leaves but no stems. There was a circle of white ripple-like pattern near the end of the three leaves, which just formed a connected circle.
And behind this pattern, there are these three simple big characters written - Research Institute.
There is no special prefix and no modification. It is simple and clear, yet it feels confusing.
"Does this pattern look familiar?"
"It's exactly the same as the sign at the entrance of the raw material pretreatment area that Director Wang took us to visit this morning."
Nan Huan nodded, it was indeed not just him who was dazzled.
This means that Perfect Company must have some relationship with this research institute.
Otherwise, why would there be a research institute logo inside a company?
Bei Xi led Nan Huan and continued to walk inside. As they got closer, the noise gradually became clearer.
"Eh? Such a big thing happened yesterday, but there's still no news in the news reports. If I hadn't received a notice from my boss this morning, I wouldn't have known about it at all."
The man sitting on the bench was holding a number paper in his hand. Maybe because there were still many people queuing in front of him, he began to chat leisurely with the person next to him.
"Don't you know? When the incident happened yesterday, the dean happened to be nearby, so he contacted all departments immediately and asked the institute to make preparations. This reduced the harm to a minimum. The media had no chance to get the news. Otherwise, our leader would not have sent me here so early in the morning to distribute confidentiality agreements."
The person next to him seemed to be still asleep, but he obviously lowered his voice when he spoke. On the one hand, he wanted to show off how much he knew, but on the other hand, he was afraid that others might hear him and have ulterior motives.
"Do you think the pollution is that serious? This is the first time I've seen such a big scene at a research institute. Didn't they say that only 32 people were contaminated, and a few of them were fine?"
The two of them were probably too bored waiting, so they started chatting.
"I told you that you were out of date, but you still didn't believe me," the person who knew the accurate information raised his eyebrows and said mysteriously, "It was said that only 32 people were brought back from the scene yesterday, but later when the institute conducted a unified inspection, one more person turned up out of nowhere, so the latest news is that there are 33 people."
"How could there be one more person out of nowhere? The security guards sent to the scene are all the best. It's impossible that they made a mistake in the number of people."
This aroused the man's curiosity.
"Yesterday's situation was special. We were ordered to shut down all electronic equipment to prevent it from leaking the scene. So we didn't record any footage along the way. It wasn't until the evening when the institute counted the number of people that we realized something was wrong. Now the two sides are arguing. The institute said that the security was careless, but there was indeed one extra person. And because the incident happened in a slum, the population flow was very large, so we couldn't find accurate information about everyone, so we couldn't confirm which one was the extra person."
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The two people behind made some guesses about this extra person, but Nan Huan and Bei Xi did not listen carefully.
They all looked at Bei Xi's wrist at the same time, and the number 33 suddenly became a little weird.
After hanging around on the first floor for a while, they did not get any more clues except that the people who were sent in yesterday were temporarily placed in the basement.
The elevator has six floors, from the underground first floor to the fifth floor, and its structure is similar to the elevator that Nan Huan had been in the mirror.
They didn't have an access card, so they went up and down the elevator several times before finally meeting a staff member who was going down to the basement.
It was almost the same as my impression of Nanhuan. The underground floor was very damp and dark, but under the bright incandescent light it revealed an indescribable weirdness.
However, unlike the empty space in her memory, the underground floor was very crowded at this moment.
There were several staff members wearing protective clothing standing inside each iron door and even at the door.
They held thick stacks of various reports in their hands and spoke professional terms that Nan Huan could not understand.
But without exception, there was a kind of almost pious and terrifying concentration and love flashing in their eyes.
Passing by these people along the way, Nan Huan couldn't help but shudder even though he knew they were just influences from the past.
Bei Xi seemed to be able to sense Nan Huan's psychological changes, and she put her arms around his waist.
The warm touch penetrated into her body along the skin on her waist, driving away the coldness in her heart.
Nan Huan relied on his memory to find the ward where he had stayed.
At the very end, the temperature seems to be a little lower than other places.
Compared with the overcrowded entrances to other rooms, this room was almost deserted. Not only was there no one at the entrance, but even the ward was eerily quiet.
The facilities in the ward were not exactly the same as what Nan Huan remembered.
At least the bed was just an ordinary bed, and it wasn't covered with that weird big cover.
Because we had just moved in, there were very few medical devices and supplies inside.
Of the three beds, the ones on the left and right were empty, with only one person lying on the bed in the middle.
Bei Xi and Nan Huan entered the room cautiously and saw a number on the card at the end of the bed - 32.
The person on the bed was not restrained or receiving an IV.
She leaned against the hospital bed, seemingly bored, holding a cotton swab in her hand, tossing it up and then catching it.
Her hair was very long, and Nan Huan recognized her as the woman who had hugged someone just now.
At this time, her long hair was tied behind her head, revealing a plain face that was a little too pale.
Under the incandescent light, it is almost transparent and reflective, and you can even see the blood vessels on the neck.
Logically speaking, Nan Huan should not recognize this face.
But for some reason, she always had the illusion that she couldn't take her eyes off that face.
Bei Xi did not have this illusion, nor did she think there was anything wrong with the face of the person in front of her.
But as soon as she entered the ward, she had a strange feeling, as if she was facing some great danger, but when she looked carefully, the feeling disappeared, leaving her confused for a moment.
So far, the two have only seen the card at the end of the bed.
Obviously, this might be the place where they hide their identities, so they both turned their eyes to the cabinet with drawers on the left side of the front of the bed.
It seemed that he was still a little hesitant about the other party turning his head and glancing at the two of them, so Nan Huan did not act immediately.
"First, turn over the two numbers that correspond to us."
Just standing here is not a solution. Although people here can't see them, Bei Xi is not sure whether she will be seen by others if she pulls the drawer.
So this can only be attempted when there are few people around.
Nan Huan nodded, and the two of them, one on the left and one on the right, moved closer to the front of the bed.
This was Nanhuan's first time to have the experience of stealing things in front of other people, and it was quite exciting.
Although she knew mentally that the other person couldn't see, it was hard for her not to care when there was such a living person in front of her.
After finally approaching No. 31's bedside table, Nan Huan took a glance and found No. 32 still playing with the cotton swab.
After making sure that the other party didn't notice anything, she carefully opened the drawer, while observing No. 32's reaction, trying to determine whether the other party would see the open drawer.
But to her disappointment, the drawer was empty. Not only was there no report or other personal items, there was not even a piece of paper.
She couldn't help but sigh, and then her body suddenly stopped.
Because she seemed to feel that the sidelong gaze was looking at her.
Nan Huan held on to his last hope and raised his eyes carefully, only to find that the cotton swab in No. 32's hand had been pinched by her at some point.
Her entire gaze was not on the open drawer, but on herself.
Because the room is not large, the bedside table for No. 32 is right next to the bed for No. 32.
At such a close distance, Nan Huan could even see that the other person's pupils seemed to be a little blue, and his own figure was reflected in her bright eyes.
Those pupils glowing with blue light are like a blue ocean, making people unable to help but be obsessed.
In just a moment, Nan Huan seemed to have forgotten why he appeared here, the contents of this copy, the strange assembly line, and the strange clover.
She even forgot that she did not come here alone, and forgot that the most important reminder from the system was to remind her not to forget her true identity.
"Don't look her in the eyes."
Bei Xi's anxious voice came out in the blur, and then Nan Huan could feel nothing.
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