Chapter 52
Shen Yunzhe couldn't sleep well.
Codename Hope has been lonely for too long. His mind is full of thoughts of looking at it for a while longer, and his mind is full of fireworks exploding, just like a confession scene. Shen Yunzhe is also upset and excited, and he can't sleep because of the excitement.
When Shen Yunzhe woke up, he was yawning. He felt that he was in a bad mood and wanted to lose his temper.
Ding Dong, the doorbell rang at this moment.
Shen Yunzhe stared at the door, then realized that it was Qiao Dong who came. He clicked his tongue and got up from the bed to open the door for Qiao Dong.
Qiao Dong stood at the door with a smile on his face. After Shen Yunzhe invited him in, he went straight into the bathroom. When he came out after washing up, he saw Qiao Dong admiring the dolls on his wall. The beautiful and exquisite dolls sat quietly in the cabinet, and countless glass eyes seemed to be looking at him.
Only a guy with a strong mentality like Shen Yunzhe is not afraid. Players from ordinary game fields would have smashed the doll as soon as they saw it.
As an insider and a police officer, Shen Xinlu provided them with some information about Shen Yunzhe, including that Shen Yunzhe loved dolls. But Shen Xinlu also told them that Shen Yunzhe had made arrangements for his funeral arrangements, and if anything happened to him, the cabinet full of dolls should be donated to an orphanage.
Rather than saying that he really likes dolls and has this collecting habit, it is better to say that he is satisfying the dissatisfaction of his childhood and wants to accumulate some things that he does not have for children in the same situation as him, so that they do not have the same lack as himself.
Not many players who have entered the game field still have this kind of mentality.
"Sorry." Qiao Dong apologized politely, "I was just mesmerized."
"Few people aren't afraid." Shen Yunzhe yawned, looking at his wall of dolls. "The landlord came once and he doesn't dare come again."
Qiao Dong smiled and said, "It's very delicate. I can see that you really like it."
"Hurry up and finish recording. I'm going out for breakfast." Shen Yunzhe sat on the sofa on the coffee table in the living room.
Qiao Dong followed him. He glanced at the lights in the living room which were still on, then looked at the other rooms to make sure that all the lights were on, even though it was broad daylight.
It seems that he is not as calm as imagined. It seems that he is afraid of the dark.
Qiao Dong raised Shen Yunzhe a little bit to the level of ordinary people.
"So what kind of playground did you experience this time?"
"Sparrows," Shen Yunzhe said, "The rules of the playground are based on a campus horror story. The original medium is the sparrow. The mission is to escape from the school, but you must find the sparrows that haven't arrived and send them back to the school gate before you can open it. All other methods are useless without exception."
Qiao Dong nodded. He tapped on the keyboard, taking notes as he spoke, "Actually, most game venues are like this."
"most?"
"We've analyzed many game fields and found that most of them are missing one thing. The player's task is the same in all fields, which is to replace the missing item. This includes the novice game fields, where most of the tasks are to find and return the phone."
Shen Yunzhe yawned again.
Qiao Dong was sure that he really didn't sleep well.
Leaving the game field and lacking sleep showed that he was nervous. Most players would have this kind of nervous symptom. In addition, he left the lights on and didn't dare to turn them off. Qiao Dong breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. It was obvious that Shen Yunzhe did not need to be closely observed.
Yes, these official people are not only here to record the game venues, but also to judge the mental state of the players.
Too many players are driven crazy by the game and do things that harm others and themselves. They must ensure the safety of other players and ordinary people.
Shen Yunzhe, who had no idea that he didn't sleep well because of his code name Hope, and was instead judged to be a normal person, yawned again.
"Then tell me how you completed the game. Tell me in detail. If possible, tell me about your fellow players who are still alive."
Shen Yunzhe gave a general talk and also talked about Teacher Wang’s ending.
"Send Teacher Wang's sparrow back to No. 2 Middle School. The gate will open after the school song competition ends." Qiao Dong murmured, "So, what should we do if this playground appears in real life?"
"It may not appear in reality." Shen Yunzhe said.
Qiao Dong was stunned for a moment, "What?"
"I threw the Lushun sparrow into the cage." Shen Yunzhe said: "Oh yes, after the door was opened, I also caught a sparrow and threw it out. I don't know if it worked."
Qiao Dong couldn't hear what Shen Yunzhe said next at all, his mind was full of "Lushun Sparrow".
"What did you just say?" Qiao Dong repeated tremblingly.
"Before I went to No. 1 Middle School, I encountered the sparrow after Lu Shun died, so I took it with me. After I arrived at No. 1 Middle School, I threw it into the birdcage." Shen Yunzhe repeated carefully and added details.
"Aren't you scared?" Qiao Dong asked, "That's a human transformed into a sparrow! Even if it's dead, it's still dead."
"But I'm a forensic doctor." Shen Yunzhe said as a matter of course, "Why would a forensic doctor be afraid of corpses?"
Qiao Dong was stunned. After a moment, he spoke, "Are you a forensic doctor?"
"Isn't that me?" Shen Yunzhe thought for a few seconds, and finally he suddenly realized, "Oh, right, I'm not a forensic doctor. I'm a fired person who can't find a job. How about I apply for a forensic doctor position? No, that's not right. I don't have any ID..."
"I haven't slept for a few days, and my mind is confused."
Qiao Dong's fingers pressed on the keyboard, typing out a long string of spaces. He deleted these spaces expressionlessly, then opened Shen Yunzhe's file.
One word to put on the mental condition: unknown.
He seemed to really think of himself as a forensic doctor. He was not even afraid of corpses because of his forensic doctor status. He took actions that were beneficial to the players and also posed a certain threat to the game field. Qiao Dong looked at Shen Yunzhe's information, his eyes lingering on the degree of danger.
"I want to get a cat," Shen Yunzhe suddenly said. "Before, I didn't have any money and thought cats were too expensive, and I didn't have time to take care of them. Now that I don't have to work and have money, I'd like to get one. But who would take care of the cat if I died? Can I donate it to an orphanage along with my baby?"
Following Shen Yunzhe's words, Qiao Dong's eyes turned to the wall full of dolls.
A person who keeps buying dolls and wants to donate them to an orphanage after satisfying himself excessively.
Qiao Dong sighed and typed on the keyboard behind Shen Yunzhe's danger level.
Risk level: Very low.
"By the way, have you seen the new easter egg in that announcement?" Shen Yunzhe thought of this in his sleepless daze.
Qiao Dong thought of that scene and frowned instantly, "I've seen it."
"Did you see the entrance to the complex when you came? It's exactly the same background as in the live broadcast," Shen Yunzhe said as he opened his phone album, enlarged a photo, and pushed it in front of Qiao Dong. "I've seen that little girl before. She went missing, and I was the one who sent a message to the homeowners group to find her parents. Later, I noticed that the photo I took of her on my phone had changed."
Qiao Dong stared at the pink cat in the photo, his eyes narrowed subtly. "Can you send me this photo?"
"certainly."
"The notice was released this morning, and we immediately took action to find the location of the incident. I didn't expect it to be right here." Qiao Dong sighed, "I'll go to the police station to find out. If this is true, there should be a murder record."
"There are so many natural human deaths and homicides that it's sometimes difficult for us to distinguish between homicides and the effects of playgrounds on reality."
Shen Yunzhe leaned back on the sofa. "Then let me ask another question. Aren't all the surprise Easter eggs currently happening in real life?"
Qiao Dong neither admitted nor denied it, but just left a very meaningful sentence.
"Since the establishment of the Special Unit, we have been fighting against 'surprise Easter eggs' and nipping the source of them to prevent more innocent people from entering that world."
"Thank you for your cooperation, Mr. Shen. I have to go now. I have to take notes for another player."
Shen Yunzhe nodded, "Goodbye."
"I really hope we can see each other again." Qiao Dong sighed, "I'm going to the game field the day after tomorrow."
Shen Yunzhe was silent for a moment, "Do you need me to call you to express my condolences?"
Qiao Dong smiled and said, "Shen Yunzhe, you are such an interesting person."
Watching Qiao Dong leave, Shen Yunzhe curled up on the sofa and looked at the ceiling. There was a light on the ceiling, but it was daytime and the light was not obvious at all.
Shen Yunzhe thought to himself: He is not interesting.
An orphan who came out of an orphanage developed a series of bad habits in the orphanage, such as egalitarianism, liking dolls, and not wanting to make close friends with others, because he deeply felt that the relationship between people is a cold one and no one can always accompany another person.
They desire stable social relationships, but also reject this kind of social emotions.
A conflicted, apathetic bastard.
The reason he was considered interesting was simply that he was now under the influence of Codename Sleeper and Codename Hope, and was behaving differently from his original self.
After all, people like things that are contradictory and contrasting.
When it comes to love, the more contradictory and contrasting it is, the more inconsistent it is, and even the more biased it is, the more people like it.
But he really likes his hope doll, a hope doll whose heart and eyes are filled with him and no one else's.
Thinking of this, Shen Yunzhe became happy again. He first tidied up his doll cabinet, carefully sorted and cleaned all the dolls, and then left the community before he was starving. He didn't want to order takeout, but rather wanted to go out for a walk and breathe some fresh air.
Just then, Shen Yunzhe's cell phone rang. He took it out and found that it was a message from Li Yuluan.
Didn’t we have an appointment?
Shen Yunzhe raised his eyebrows, [Are you really coming? ]
【？ 】
Shen Yunzhe replied with a question mark.
[Were you kidding me?]
[Players rarely meet each other, right? This isn't a game, it's the real world.]
Li Yilun was silent for a while. [Which city are you in?]
【White table. 】
【What a coincidence, I’m here too. 】
Seeing Li Yulun so persistent, Shen Yunzhe agreed to meet, but Li Yulun wanted to meet in a coffee shop, while Shen Yunzhe insisted on going to a hot pot restaurant. Finally, Li Yulun compromised. He asked Shen Yunzhe to go eat hot pot by himself and meet him in the coffee shop after eating. He would wait.
How refreshing! Someone will be waiting for him.
Shen Yunzhe clicked his tongue twice and took a taxi to a hot pot restaurant that he thought was good.
The hot pot restaurant served the food very quickly. Since it was not the best time for hot pot, there were not many people in the restaurant. Shen Yunzhe watched the boiling water at the bottom of the pot.
"Would you like to come and eat something?"
"You can eat it after synchronization."
"What's there to worry about? I won't ignore you anyway."
The young couple at the next table who came to eat hotpot early in the morning looked at Shen Yunzhe cautiously. After a while, the girl sent a message to the boy on her mobile phone.
What's that guy at the next table mumbling to himself? It's weird.
[Maybe a phone call, wireless headphones, or something.]
What? I didn't see him wearing headphones.
Shen Yunzhe suddenly turned around and looked at them. The girl was startled and almost dropped her phone.
"Is someone calling you outside?"
"Ah?" The young couple who were on guard were stunned for a moment.
Shen Yunzhe pointed to the door. They looked over and saw their friends laughing outside the glass wall. They quickly stood up and ran out. Several young people were talking and smiling.
Just then, one of the girls whispered, "I have something good here, do you want to see it?"
"What good stuff?"
The girl smiled and said, "It's said to be a scary video, very frightening, and can be used to play a prank on people. Do you want to see it?"
"This kind of thing is too scary. I won't watch it."
"Come and take a look." The girl said quickly, "I promise it's really good."
"Well, let's take a look."
The girl smiled and quickly opened her phone, trying to click on a live broadcast. At this moment, a hand snatched her phone away from above. She was stunned for a moment, and the people around her were also startled.
Shen Yunzhe held the phone in one hand with a smile on his face, "What's that good stuff? Can I take a look?"
"No, give it back to me!" the girl panicked.
Her friends immediately rushed to grab the phone, "What are you doing? Give the phone back to Lili! We're calling the police!"
"Call the police now." Shen Yunzhe swiped the screen and saw the familiar app. "Wow, I really saved your life."
The girl's face turned pale, and she finally realized something.
The person in front of me must also be a player, and he knows what I was about to do.
No longer wanting the phone, the girl turned and ran. Her companion was stunned for a moment and wanted to chase after her, but was stopped by Shen Yunzhe, "Stop, stay here and wait for the police to come."
"What did you say? What do you mean? You suddenly snatched our phones."
"I'm a forensic doctor on leave, a police officer. I didn't bring my ID with me, believe it or not." Shen Yunzhe pretended to be a forensic doctor. "I've already called the police. Wait here obediently for them to come. They'll tell you what happened."
Several people looked grim, they didn't quite understand what was going on.
But this person called the police and said so many terrible things... Lili ran away again.
Nothing really happened, right?
…
Qiao Dong happened to be at the Public Security Bureau, so he took in several young people who almost watched the live broadcast, and also got a mobile phone, through which he could perfectly determine the location of a player.
Players who try to show their live broadcasts to others are all key surveillance targets of special departments. Shen Yunzhe is simply increasing his working hours.
"Saying I'm a forensic doctor was just a tactic to keep them on their toes. That's how I managed to keep them on their toes." Shen Yunzhe explained his role as a forensic doctor with ease. "Why don't you explain mine while you're explaining yourself?"
Qiao Dong looked at him for a moment before speaking, "Can you really perform an autopsy?"
Shen Yunzhe looked at him strangely, "No."
"Say it again?" Qiao Dong said, "Has anyone ever been to the same playground with you?"
"Won't."
"Okay." Qiao Dong sighed, "Thank you very much for helping us. I wanted to invite you to join the special department, but it seems that you are not very interested. I hope to meet you again."
"Thank you. Can I go now? I have an appointment." Shen Yunzhe checked the time. "The transcript is complete. I'm already two hours late."
Qiao Dong waved his hand and told him to leave quickly.
Unfortunately, the weather was not good. When he came out, it was snowing outside. He couldn't get a taxi, so he had to walk to the subway station. After taking the subway, he found that the buses had stopped, so he had to walk to the agreed place. When Shen Yunzhe arrived at the coffee shop, he was three hours late.
He pushed open the door of the coffee shop and saw Li Yuluan sitting at the back, looking at him expressionlessly.
Shen Yunzhe hurried over.
Li Yiluan looked him up and down, and finally said, "Why don't you come back tomorrow?"
"Something delayed me."
"I've been sitting here for five hours, drinking seven cups of coffee and going to the restroom three times. The waiter kept reminding me not to be sad, saying being stood up is a common occurrence," Li Yiluan complained bitterly. "How many orders can I take in five hours? Seven cups of coffee would keep me up for two days and three nights, costing me a whole day's income."
Shen Yunzhe raised his hand and asked the waiter to bring him a cup of coffee. It was obvious that he didn't take Li Yuluan's complaint to heart.
"That's eight cups now. Do you want more? Or do you want to make it an even number?"
"So cold-blooded and heartless." Li Yiluan shook his head. "I almost vomited when I saw the coffee."
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