Chapter 322: Inhuman (130) (1st + 2nd) [VIP]
It was around eight o'clock in the evening when the program crew finished recording.
In the last ten minutes or so, Bai Jinshu showed his face, reported safety in front of the camera, and explained to the audience again why he had a headache, finally putting an end to all the messy speculations.
The staff turned off the fill light, and the large screen used for the live broadcast suddenly went dark, reflecting the several people sitting in front of the screen on the black screen.
There were a lot of unfinished snacks and drinks on the table. Huangmao shook the Coca-Cola in the can and found that there was not much left. He simply raised his head and drank it all in one gulp: "What time is it? Why is it dark outside?"
"Eight forty-three," Xiaoying glanced at her phone, "It's still early."
It is indeed too early for ordinary people.
It’s past eight o’clock. In most cities, let alone the 996 office workers who are still working overtime in the company, even for those who are off work, it is not time for the nightlife to start.
But for the guests who are likely to have trouble sleeping tonight...
Hong Conghua yawned honestly, called out to Director Qiao and asked, "Director Qiao? Can we go back to the hotel first? I'm so sleepy."
Director Qiao was surrounded by a group of staff members. He raised his head when he heard Hong Conghua's question: "Ah? Oh, you go back first, you go back first! Xiaofeng! Has the driver arrived yet?"
"Brother Qiao, let me ask," the assistant director agreed and hurried over. "If the teachers are sleepy, why don't they take a rest here for a while?"
"I'm not that sleepy," Hong Conghua waved his hand and stretched, "But I've been broadcasting all day today, I'm a little tired..."
"I understand, I understand," the assistant director nodded repeatedly, "I'll urge the driver. Teachers, you guys wait here on the sofa. They'll be here soon."
Although it’s called rest, it’s actually impossible to sleep in this place.
After the shoot, there were a lot of things that needed to be cleaned up on the set. There were people coming and going, dismantling the set, pushing the equipment, and the staff talking. It was so noisy that even closing your eyes to rest would be a bit noisy, let alone sleeping. It was impossible to order all the staff to keep quiet just to let the six of them rest.
Seeing the assistant director go to urge the driver, Hong Conghua simply sat down, leaned on the sofa and yawned again, raised his chin to Bai Jinshu: "Have you thought about it? What should I do tonight?"
Bai Jinshu leaned on the sofa and looked at Hong Conghua: "Don't you have any other plans?"
Just now, taking advantage of the opportunity to appear on camera, Hong Conghua and Xiaoying went to find him. Originally, they wanted to split into two teams. She and Xiaoying, who had not yet killed the replica, would be the team to lure the snake out of its hole. He and the other three would be the team to report a false alarm to prove that there was something wrong with N119.
But this proposal was rejected by him, and the reason for the rejection was very reasonable. She and Nian Yu might not be able to defeat their own copies, and there was a high possibility that they would be killed by the other side.
But the problem is that the two of them now suspect that the replicas have learned their lesson. After the death of four companions, they have begun to hide from Bai Jinshu, who tried to kill them. If the two of them do not appear alone, it is very likely that their replicas will also remain hidden in the dark and not come out.
"Please, big brother..." Hong Conghua said in a long tone, "We are all live streaming at night, and our brains are too busy to use. You are the only one resting in the room. You rejected our solution, so don't you think of a new one?"
Not really.
After the two people left the room, Bai Jinshu began to think about the identities of the others.
If Cen Bingqi and the others had not suddenly appeared, he would hardly have doubted his identity.
According to Cen Bingqi's experience, when they thought they were experimenters, everything around them was trying to deceive their cognition, but what made Cen Bingqi realize that something was wrong in the end was the sense of mismatch in identity.
As a relative who was excluded by everyone, he should not be the focus of everyone's attention. As a formal researcher, it is impossible for him to not have access to any experimental information. He even stayed here for nearly a year and had no idea what experiments his group was doing.
So the first thing Bai Jinshu doubted was his own identity.
As an "actor", it is very normal for him to be paid attention to. There are always people paying attention to him. We cannot just judge that there is something wrong with his identity.
But at the same time, the identity of an actor is like a double-edged sword. He will leave more footprints on the Internet than ordinary people. If he wants to forge it, it will undoubtedly be a big project.
But the strange thing is that he checked everything he could remember and didn't find any loopholes. He could find related reports on all the movies he had starred in on the Internet, including his stills, photos of fans visiting the set, and even behind-the-scenes videos.
On the shopping platform, the products he endorses are promoted using his photos, his photos are also printed on the packaging, and the pictures in the comment section are exactly the same as the pictures in the link.
If these are all forged, it would be too exaggerated to achieve this level. It is far from being achieved in a short period of time. It requires long-term planning.
Since there was no problem with his identity, Bai Jinshu immediately turned his attention to Hong Conghua's identity.
Bai Jinshu found the comic strip serialized by Hong Conghua and read it through from beginning to end. There were too many pages to finish, but he could find that the content of this comic strip was basically connected, without any trace of shoddy work, and it was definitely not something that could be produced in a short period of time.
Then there is Huangmao’s identity.
All the competitions he has participated in, all the awards he has won, and various interviews from his early years are available, from text to photos to videos.
All the other contestants who appeared in all the related awards can also find relevant reports or information, and even photos of Huangmao with them, and even photos of him and his family in his early years. If it is a forgery, it must have been forged at least seven or eight years ago.
The same is true for most of the people who followed.
The information related to Nian Yu includes reports about her being the top scorer in the middle school entrance examination when she was in junior high and high school, and interviews with her after she graduated from the college entrance examination. Since her workplace is a government organization, we can even find her photos and name during the public announcement period before she joined the company.
The identity information during the public disclosure period is all government documents and is unlikely to be falsified. The information in this document must be true.
There isn't much information about Xiaoying, but in recent years you may have seen quite a few photos of her with her works.
The hardest person to find was probably Herbisk. There was no trace of him on the Internet. Bai Jinshu even searched the Internet but could not find any information about his identity. However, considering his professional identity, it would be strange if a lot of photos and information about him could be found.
At this point, the identities of all six people have been verified, and except for Herbisk, the remaining five people seem to have no problems.
But Bai Jinshu still felt that something was wrong.
"Cen Bingqi," he looked around the room but couldn't find a mirror, so he simply turned on the front camera of his phone and pulled Cen Bingqi, who was still sitting in the living room eating an apple, to the front desk. He frowned and asked, "This face is not our face, right?"
"Yes," Cen Bingqi answered quickly, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing..." Bai Jinshu remained silent, seeming to be lost in thought.
That's the problem.
If it weren't for this bunch of inexplicable personalities, he might have put aside his suspicions and stopped after finding out that there was no problem with everyone's identity, but it happened that this bunch of Cen Bingqi with the same face had completely different appearances from his current one.
So is there a possibility that...
Bai Jinshu's fingers tapped rhythmically on the table unconsciously. This was a little habit he had when thinking.
Is it possible that the identities he found, or the people he found, "Er Si", "Hong Conghua", "Xiao Ying" and "Nian Yu", do exist in reality, and they are indeed public figures whose identities are very easy to verify, just as he found out?
It's just that they aren't.
They just think they are these people and think they are this person.
From this perspective, they are actually no different from the imitations.
*
"Ersi?" Herbisk's voice suddenly interrupted his recollection. "If you still feel uncomfortable, why don't you rest tonight?"
"Hmm?" Bai Jinshu suddenly came back to his senses, realizing that he had been distracted for too long. "Didn't Hong Conghua ask what to do tonight? I'm trying to think of a solution."
He tactfully passed the blame on to others, and in a moment of desperation, he actually came up with a plan.
If his previous speculation was correct and there was no difference between them and these imitations, then calling the police was not a good option.
It is currently unknown what the mastermind behind the scenes wants to use them for, but no matter what, the existence of the imitations poses a great threat to them. Even if they want to find out the truth, it is better to kill the imitations of Hong Conghua and Nian Yu before looking for it. At least after that, they don’t have to worry about being replaced by the other party when they wake up.
Bai Jinshu looked around and lowered his voice: "We definitely can't let you act alone at night. Since these things are hiding from me, we can just let them think I'm not here."
"Thought you were not here? Why did you think that?" The yellow-haired man didn't react.
"You pretend to go out at night and then come back? Let them think you're not in the hotel, so they come to find us alone?" Hong Conghua got a little bit of Bai Jin's thoughts, "But if they don't come tonight, won't you be unable to return to the hotel all night? This won't work."
As long as they are not killed, everyone will have to be on guard against their arrival every night. If they never come, then it is no different from keeping an eagle on the alert.
Herbiskus shook his head and put a little more pressure on Bai Jinshu's shoulder: "No, you had a headache during the day."
"No," Bai Jinshu paused, "If the two of you stay in the hotel, there is no guarantee that the other party will come."
The hotel was too crowded.
As long as Hong Conghua and Nian Yu shouted a little, the existence of the imitation would soon be made public.
They certainly wouldn't choose to launch an attack inside a hotel again.
These imitations not only need to hide from him, but more importantly, they need to hide from people.
They must kill Hong Conghua and Nian Yu in a deserted place before they can take their place naturally.
"So what you mean is..." Xiaoying began.
"Here," Bai Jinshu pointed at the sofa, "It's in the villa. When you two go back, pretend that you have lost something and come back to get it overnight."
"Before you left, the four of us disguised ourselves as staff members and hid in the villa in advance."
"Isn't this too obvious?" Hong Conghua frowned. "What can't we come back to get the next day? Can't we ask the staff to come and get it?"
"Cellphone," Bai Jinshu answered immediately, "What if you two lost your cellphones?"
In modern society, it is basically impossible to get around without a mobile phone, not to mention that now the only way for six people to confirm each other’s identities is through group chat.
If counterfeiters get their phones, the consequences will be disastrous.
"In that case, it makes sense that you came to pick up the phone in person," Xiaoying added. "You were afraid that if you asked an employee to pick it up, the staff would be deceived by the counterfeit product, and the phone, the only thing that can prove your identity, would not be returned."
"Hiss... it's possible," Hong Conghua thought for a while, "but like this..."
Without the cell phone, how could she prove that she and Nian Yu were actually the same people?
Huangmao's eyes swept around the room and fell on the props prepared by the props team in the corner of the villa for tomorrow's recording.
"How about making a mark?" He looked around the two people and finally fixed his eyes on their wrists. "I see the props team has fluorescent powder. You two can make a circle of marks on your wrists later. This thing will only show color when it is illuminated by ultraviolet light. It is transparent under other light."
If imitations really appear at that time, they can just shine a UV light around them to tell whether they are real or fake.
"I think it's okay..." Hong Conghua thought for a moment and looked at Nianyu, "What about you?"
"Okay," Nian Yu lowered his head and thought for a moment, "This is the safest way. If they don't show up when the two of us go out alone, then they may not show up when we return to the hotel."
The most urgent task is to lure them out and solve the problem together to eliminate the problem once and for all. This sounds like the safest solution.
"Then I'll go get a marker," Xiaoying stood up from the sofa and glanced towards the props group, "If the phone is lost, they should be able to react quickly. We have to leave later, at least after all the staff have left."
"That's easy. It's just a matter of delaying time," Hong Conghua immediately pressed Huangmao rudely, "Huangmao was sleepy and fell asleep here. We are embarrassed to wake him up."
"Ersi also has a headache," she added, "and it's inconvenient to move."
Xiaoying went to get the fluorescent powder. In order to prevent the other party from getting the phone, Hong Conghua and Nian Yu were deleting all the fingerprint unlocking information in the phone and replacing them with new passwords.
Bai Jinshu pretended to have a headache and watched Xiaoying apply a circle of fluorescent powder on the left wrists of Hong Conghua and Nian Yu under the worried looks of other staff members.
[Try taking a picture.] Nian Yu typed a line of words on the phone.
"No problem." Xiaoying turned on the ultraviolet lamp and shone it on herself. After confirming that it was effective, she made an OK gesture.
The other staff members in the villa had almost packed up, and the driver was waiting at the door. Bai Jin acted out his headache easily, and was sent to the car by the remaining five guests pretending to be nervous.
Hong Conghua and Nian Yu "forgot" their cell phones in the gap of the sofa. Before leaving, Herbisk even knocked over the pillow to cover the gap where the phone fell.
The driver dropped the guests off at the hotel. As soon as he drove away, Bai Jinshu and the other three returned to their rooms, changed their clothes, and headed back towards the villa.
At this point, most of the staff had already come out of the villa. Logically, there were a lot of filming equipment in the room, so a few people should have been left to watch it. However, due to the well-known homicide problem, Director Qiao didn't dare to leave anyone here for fear that something might happen to those who stayed behind one day. He could only ask the last staff member to leave to lock the door tightly.
No matter how big of a villa it is, to put it bluntly, it is just a room in a resort hotel, and the door is still opened and closed with a room card. The original plan of the show was to stay here for thirteen days, and backup copies of the villa's room cards were also given to the six guests. The staff's locking of the door did not affect their entry and exit at all.
Nianyu and Hong Conghua didn't have cell phones so it was inconvenient for them to contact each other. Before leaving, Xiaoying simply left her cell phone with them and said that she would not act alone and there was no need to worry.
It was already past nine o'clock in the evening, and the sky had basically become completely dark. When the few of them returned to the villa, the last of the staff had almost left. Huangmao opened the door of the villa, and the room was pitch black.
"Don't turn on the lights or the flashlight," Bai Jinshu lowered his voice, tiptoed around the tables piled by the staff at the door, and walked in from the side, "Let's go directly to Herbisk's room."
Herbisk's room was closest to the recording location in the living room. If the two encountered anything on the way here, that location would be the most convenient for them to get out.
Huangmao nodded, put away his hand that was about to turn on the flashlight, and carefully helped Xiaoying step over the pile of props.
No one told him that they were here to kill someone tonight. He still thought that everyone just wanted to lure the snakes out of their holes and catch those imitations. He never expected that the five people except him were planning to get rid of the imitations right here.
Although Hong Conghua looks careless at ordinary times, he is very careful when it comes to being careful.
Xiaoying wanted to say something, but before she could open her mouth, she was stopped by her.
"You can only know a person's face but not his heart," she pulled Xiaoying over and whispered, "Tell Huangmao now that he may not come tonight and he may tell others about it."
Although the bodies of the replicas disappear after death and all surveillance records are deleted, even if one wants to find evidence of their murder one cannot find it, but if this news gets out, it will undoubtedly be a huge blow to their reputation.
"What should we do then?" Xiaoying also lowered her voice.
[Hide it,] Nian Yu typed two words coldly beside him, [If possible, let him do the final blow, he must be involved in order to keep this matter secret.]
Watching a murder and actually doing it are two completely different things. If you want to hide something, the best way is to get the other party involved.
Fortunately, there were no lights on at night, otherwise Bai Jinshu would have suspected that the guilt on Xiaoying's face would have immediately made him realize something was going on tonight.
"Conghua said they are ready to leave," Xiaoying's phone vibrated. She took Huangmao's phone, took a look at it and said softly, "The two of them called."
"Answer it." Herbiskus said.
Among tonight's arrangements, the two people who lure the snake out of its hole are the most dangerous. Although the imitations may be afraid of other pedestrians on the road and dare not take action, who knows if there will be any accidents this time.
So before leaving, everyone agreed that Hong Conghua and Nian Yu would make a phone call when they were about to leave, so that even if something happened on the way, they would have time to react.
And if something really happens, the two people should not have a head-on conflict, just run away.
After the call was connected, Bai Jinshu and the others successfully passed through the shooting area in the living room and entered Herbisk's room.
Herbisk was the last one to come in. In order to prevent any accidents during the day, he directly unplugged the wire connected to the camera.
The only sounds coming from the microphone were the footsteps of the two girls on the other side and Hong Conghua's one-sided chat.
She sounded a little absent-minded and talked about some meaningless topics, mainly to keep her voice on the microphone to report that she was safe.
"They are here," Xiaoying lowered her voice, "the two of them are at the door."
On the other end of the phone, there was the sound of the room card opening the door.
Bai Jinshu carefully muted the call and cautiously pushed the door open a crack.
There was the sound of two girls coming in from outside the door.
Nian Yu turned on the lights in the villa and walked around the living room pretending to be looking for her cell phone. Hong Conghua ignored the location of the sofa several times and pretended that he couldn't find it.
The two of them walked around the living room on the first floor for more than ten minutes, but no one who looked exactly like them appeared. Through a thin crack in the door, Bai Jinshu waved slightly upwards at Hong Conghua who was looking over.
"Let's go upstairs," Hong Conghua immediately understood, gestured to Nian Yu, and muttered casually, "Maybe he put the phone and other things in the room upstairs when he was sorting out the logistics."
That thing is pretty smart.
Knowing that the entire first floor is filled with cameras from the crew, are you afraid that the process of you killing someone will be caught on camera?
The two went up to the second floor, but the lights on the first floor were still on. Bai Jinshu and the others waited for a few minutes until the footsteps of the two disappeared upstairs. At this time, Hong Conghua on the second floor suddenly shouted, "Who!"
There was a sound of something heavy falling to the ground, and it sounded like something was hit.
The yellow-haired man who had been squatting at the door suddenly pushed the door open and ran upstairs quickly. Bai Jinshu followed closely behind him, ready to call Cen Bingqi out at any time.
The ultraviolet lamp in Xiaoying's hand was an important clue to determine her identity. She ran slowly and quickly put it into Herbisk's hands.
The three of them ran up to the second floor. Without waiting to see the situation clearly, the yellow-haired man who arrived first turned off the lights.
Herbiske's UV lamp followed closely behind.
Just as the purple light shone in front of them, the last person who ran up the stairs suddenly stopped and exclaimed.
An idea flashed through everyone's mind.
broken.
In the darkness, under the illumination of ultraviolet light, the four people present all had a ring on their left wrists.
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