66 Chapter 66 (Two in One)
◎【Yucai College】：Question X Question Failure√◎
"The God of Wealth has arrived, the God of Wealth has arrived~"
The phone rang. Ye Pingan glanced at it and saw it was an unfamiliar number. He turned on the radio while cooking. "Hello? Welcome to Xile Restaurant. Who is this?"
On the other end of the line, a familiar voice sounded almost crying with anger, "Boss Ye! Boss Ye, can you help me explain? I'm Lin Yu, and I'm really here arranged by the group to sample the group meal. Of course, I'm in a hurry to make it to the appointed time!"
The traffic police insisted that I was driving under the influence and was driving dangerously. I don’t understand. How is a bicycle dangerous? Please, let me pass. I still have work to do. If I fail the assessment, I will lose all my attendance bonus and performance bonus this month!!!”
Lin Yu spoke rapidly, his voice trembling and hoarse at the end, as if he was crazy. "No, no, I can't do that. I can't fail the assessment and leave the work to others. It would be too irresponsible. I have to complete the work on time and pass the assessment!"
"Xiao Lin? Xing Kui arranged for you to come over to pick up the food. Don't worry, there's still some time until the agreed time. If you're so excited, I'd be worried about you getting into a car accident too."
Ye Ping'an clicked his tongue and shook his head.
Working in a big company is miserable. The work pressure is so great, and there are performance appraisals and deadlines.
Look how hard people are pushed. If there is any problem with a task, they will become so anxious that they almost go crazy.
Fortunately, she runs her own shop and does not have to work for others, and she is not a black-hearted boss who exploits her employees.
Ye Pingan glanced at the last dish in the pot and asked, "Where are you? How about I pick you up after I finish cooking?"
A cough came from the other end of the receiver. "Since this is true, Ms. Lin can leave now. Please drive safely on the road in the future."
After calling Ye Ping'an to confirm her willingness to contact the other party, the investigators, who had temporarily produced their "traffic police" credentials, remained on guard. However, they put away their restraints and guns and briefly bandaged Lin Yu's palm. "Let's go, we'll take you there."
"Thank you. Actually, don't worry about it. I guarantee that the assessment time will be delayed...but thank you anyway." Lin Yu looked at the time on his phone anxiously. He still had the remaining sanity to remember to say thank you, but it sounded strange.
As soon as he was released, Lin Yu immediately rode his bike towards the Xile Hotel, with the investigator's car following beside him.
"The law of strangeness states that after encountering strange events, you will frequently encounter ghosts. But Boss Ye's frequency of attracting strange things is a bit high..."
Zhou Xing looked at Lin Yu's back and tapped his headphones. "I don't know what Boss Ye is planning to do, so it's best not to interfere. Let's wait for her to come out and arrest her. This will give us a good opportunity to observe the strange patterns. I feel like she's been acting like this before. She must be a ghost slave created by some strange creature. Has the information department compared them?"
Bai Xian could identify the presence of strange auras and their location, but he couldn't pinpoint the specific nature of the strangeness. For those who used strange objects to determine strangeness, it was even more difficult to match strangeness they had never seen with the data.
Fortunately, there is another way to search, and the front-line investigators always have the support of the information department.
Rhythmic keyboard sounds came from the headphones, and columns of screening results were given in an orderly manner.
"The similarity to the ghost slaves released by the B-level [Yucai Academy] is 83%. Further confirmation is needed to determine whether they are carrying relevant answer sheets, test papers, teaching materials, and other items, as well as whether there are any micro ghost dens formed by overflow from [Yucai Academy] within their activity range.
"65% similarity to the C-rank [Slave Mill] Ghost Slave. You need to confirm whether a bell rings after completing the goal. Note that the Ghost Slave has a high probability of dying after completing the goal..."
"【Yucai College】ah..." Zhou Xing frowned.
In their plan to collaborate with Ye Ping'an to resolve the mystery, Yucai College was prioritized, though the General Administration was still analyzing whether there were more suitable mystery candidates. Zhou Xing had also been specifically looking through the Yucai College files over the past couple of days.
Even among the B-level ghost dens, [Yucai Academy] is a very special one.
As a senior investigator, Zhou Xing still remembers what happened before the fall of Restricted Area No. 3, and he also remembers the restricted area restriction plan that the bureau continued after Director Chang Geng's death.
Most B-ranks would be immediately assigned to teams to crack upon their appearance. For those that were truly difficult to crack, such as the Heart Devourer, the predecessor of the Hungry Ghost, they would attempt to restrict and seal them.
——[Yucai College] is a restricted den of resurrected ghosts.
[Yucai College] is a rare and strange thing that originally came from the forbidden area. When it revives to a certain extent, it is destined to bring about the arrival of the forbidden area.
But when it revived, the introduction of another restricted area force restricted it.
After the mutual restriction, the expansion of [Yucai Academy] stopped, and the danger was much lower than before. There were always teams trying to crack [Yucai Academy], but the progress was slow.
But the most troublesome thing about [Yucai Academy] is that in addition to the main body in a fixed position, the overflow power of [Yucai Academy] randomly appears in areas with schools, learning, examinations, etc., forming weaker miniature ghost caves to "study" and answer questions.
Tracking is useless, but fortunately there are ways to monitor it in all schools.
If a similar location disappears, the ghost den will be quickly discovered and personnel will be dispatched to crack it. The micro ghost den formed by the overflow is much easier to crack than the main ghost den of [Yucai Academy].
Of course, there is also an idea, which is to set up an induction area around the main body of [Yucai College], and rely on the continuous appearance of micro ghosts to find a way to crack the main body's ghost.
However, the spillover from [Yucai Academy] proved completely random. The resulting miniature ghost dens had different rules, making them of little use as a reference. Only the rules for dragging into the ghost dens remained consistent.
"It's finals week in University City, and some primary and secondary schools have already closed for the holidays. If there's a problem at any school, the police will immediately notice it, so it shouldn't be here. The registered education and training institutions didn't report any incidents to the police, and the various companies involved in training didn't report any incidents..."
Zhou Xing rolled his eyes. "Well, maybe someone's secretly giving extra lessons again. Let's notify the surrounding cities and start a check."
The investigators passed on the information quickly, and Zhou Xing followed Lin Yu slowly.
Lin Yu rode all the way to the store entrance and almost hit a van before he suddenly braked to a stop.
She hurriedly jumped out of the car and rushed into the store with a closed sign hanging on it like a whirlwind. "Boss Ye, I'm here! Am I not too late?"
"It's not too late."
Ye Ping'an handed her a glass of water and said, "Keep your voice down. We haven't officially opened for business yet. Don't let people think I opened early. It's so hot in the sun. Did you ride your bike all the way from the development zone? Your throat must be hoarse from the heat. Come, drink some water and sit down for a rest."
Lin Yu was pressed down on the shoulders and sat down, holding a cup of ice water. He smiled dazedly, "Boss Ye, I'm fine... This is work, and it affects my salary assessment. Is the food for the tasting ready? I'll take it away now."
Lin Yu had mentioned the group meal order from Xingkui Group a long time ago. The order was officially promoted after Ye Ping'an went to Jiangxin Restaurant to participate in the commendation of Jiang City Police last time.
Typically, food tastings are done on-site. However, considering the Xingkui Group's remote location, it makes sense for them to offer to have the food delivered to us for tasting. After all, there's always a difference between takeout and dining in.
The superior has to work hard for the employees.
When booking, the group's management thoughtfully considered the Xile Restaurant's business schedule and scheduled the meal before lunchtime. But the employee who arrived to pick up the food was in trouble. He was so anxious and anxious, no wonder the traffic police, worried about a potential incident, stopped him on the street.
Ye Ping'an pointed to the lunch box on the table and said, "Here, two meat dishes, two vegetable dishes, and a soup. I've made 20 servings of this combination. You can take it away after paying. Remember to give me feedback when you try it when you get home."
After taking a few sips of ice water, Lin Yu calmed down and took out a stack of money from his bag. "This is what the finance department asked me to bring. Boss Ye, please count it."
There were both small and large amounts of money, a thin stack tied together with a paper tape with the words "Xingkui Finance" printed on it.
Ye Ping'an shook the banknotes and knew the number was correct. He put them away with satisfaction and said, "Okay, you can have your meal now."
Look at the lunch box wrapped in three layers inside and three layers outside, and then look at Lin Yu’s little arms and legs.
Ye Ping'an frowned, "Your company didn't ask you to drive here? You can't deliver so much food on your bike. We're opening soon, so I can't take you there. Will you take a taxi yourself?"
"Yes. I'll deliver it!" Lin Yu nodded and rummaged through the small bag. "By the way, I also have the company's score sheet for you."
She started taking things out, and the investigators who followed her immediately became nervous.
Lin Yu pulled out a piece of paper, looked at it closely to make sure it was correct, and handed it to Ye Pingan with both hands. "The company will rate this meal trial within 24 hours. Please also rate our cooperation, Boss Ye."
The investigators who were paying attention to the store captured the above text immediately.
It's more like a test paper than a score sheet.
The characters "Yucai Education" were printed in large letters in the upper left corner. The blanks for the candidate's name and number on the left were unfilled. Questions floated across the paper. Only the format of the multiple-choice and essay questions could be discerned, but the specific questions were a blur, as if still shrouded in shadow.
"It's indeed [Yucai College]!"
Zhou Xing, who always claimed to be an old man, rushed out of the car and said, "Boss Ye, don't answer the questions... huh?"
Ye Ping'an had already taken the "test paper" and shook it doubtfully, "Officer Zhou? What's the question?"
The paper was almost blank, the handwriting was all blurred and blurred, leaving only the four big words "Yucai Education" at the top.
Zhou Xing was stunned.
[Yucai College] The rules for the micro ghost dens formed by overflow are different, but one rule is consistent:
After a round of answering questions is over, the ghost slave will temporarily leave the ghost den, taking with him everything that can contain questions, such as test papers, teaching aids, etc., to lure new prey for [Yucai College].
During this period, the number of victims at Yucai Academy will increase rapidly. However, this period is also the best time to crack and find these micro ghost dens.
The questions given by [Yucai Academy] will change according to the prey's appearance, attracting their attention. After answering the questions or being tempted by the thought of answering the questions, the victim will disappear, swallowed by the ghost.
But... no matter how you look at it, this paper is definitely from [Yucai College], and there are no new questions displayed on it.
"Officer, do you want this?" Ye Ping'an looked at it over and over again, but couldn't see the fifth word on it.
I rubbed the blurred black and white part with my fingers, but couldn't scratch it off like a scratch-off lottery ticket, so I made sure there was really no writing underneath.
"Big companies usually don't print their names on their draft paper, but your score sheet has the name of a specialized training institution printed on it. Did your group invite them to collaborate? This print... well, it's quite unique."
Ye Ping'an has always respected and blessed his customers' aesthetic tastes and swallowed his complaints.
Ye Ping'an had a good impression of Yucai, an institution where he had raised a young child. He hadn't expected the institution to be so extensive, even caring for adults.
“…”
Lin Yu looked at the "white paper" she was holding, opened her mouth, and after a long while she finally spoke, "Should, should be, right? I should go now."
"I'm sorry, I stopped the wrong person just now." Zhou Xing walked towards Lin Yu enthusiastically, "I'm sorry to have wasted your time. Come on, let's take you away. Boss Ye, you're busy."
Without waiting for Lin Yu to refuse, Zhou Xing put his arm around her shoulders and walked away.
"No, the work is not finished yet, I need to get my meal! Otherwise, if I fail the assessment, I can go back by myself..." Lin Yu muttered, and burst out with brute force, pushed Zhou Xing aside, and picked up two large bags of lunch boxes.
The palm of his hand, which had just been bandaged, broke open, and the gauze was stained red. Lin Yu was completely unaware of it and walked out panting as he carried the food.
Lin Yu tried to get on her bike, but couldn't carry her food. Before she could walk, the Investigation Bureau's car opened the door for her and, with a little tug and some deception, pushed her inside.
The car door slammed shut, and the unconscious Lin Yu lay on a modified emergency bed, tied up with layer upon layer of restraints. Her personal belongings were quickly searched.
“There are no other questions.”
"The victim insisted on completing her work assessment and delivering food while unconscious. This incident is suspected to be a 'test question' she experienced."
"Prepare the medicine, start the first aid..."
Watching the people around him busying around, Zhou Xing found a random place to sit. "I'm going to start first aid. But it's a little strange. The ghost slaves who came out after a round of questions at [Yucai College] were all severely transformed into ghost slaves. They couldn't be saved and had to be detained. But Lin Yu's ghost slavery seems to have just started, so there's still time."
Yan Mingyue said, "I've looked at Lin Yu's profile. He's very motivated and has good grades. Maybe he answers questions quickly and comes out early?"
"The questions are tailored to the individual. It's not like we haven't sent geniuses in to answer questions before... but I haven't seen them come in much earlier. Maybe the demon den has changed again."
Zhou Xing changed the subject, "How's the investigation into Xingkui Group going?"
Yan Mingyue's voice came from the headset, "I just talked to Lao Li. Several strange incidents in Jiang City are related to Xingkui Group. Similar incidents have been reported in other cities in Southern Province. However, an in-depth investigation has found no abnormalities. Analysis and judgment have shown that it is more likely that the employees accidentally encountered ghosts."
"Xingkui Group has now been passed to the third generation of management. It has developed very well in Southern Province. It mainly operates in the real estate industry, and also has some supporting factories. It has created many jobs, has a large employee base, and has a higher probability of accidents."
Zhou Xing sneered at the information, "There's definitely something wrong with Xingkui. Their chairman was reportedly ill a few years ago, and his son died unexpectedly, so he's been grooming his grandchildren to take over. Chairman Xiao is at least eighty now, and he's been ill for a few years, staying at the resort they developed. And yet, his son died, and his employees are constantly having accidents. Take a look, doesn't he look a bit like Pu Cun, who was just arrested?"
Yan Mingyue was helpless. "You're presuming guilt. Don't say that next time. We can't just close the investigation without obtaining important evidence. Otherwise, social panic will only cause more trouble. We should arrange spot checks from time to time to at least ensure the safety of most people."
"We've already arranged for someone to investigate Lin Yu's recent movements and the situation of his contacts within Xingkui Company. The information department is also investigating whether there are any undiscovered private tutoring activities. We hope to narrow down the area as soon as possible."
Yan Mingyue was more concerned about something else: "By the way, Boss Ye got the exam papers from Yucai College. Is everything okay?"
Zhou Xing's mouth twitched. "It's okay. I can't even give her a test paper... This is the first time I've seen this. Now I believe that the [Hell Scroll] was probably created by Boss Hua Ye."
Zhou Xing urged, "If Xiaobai can't find the source of the strange aura he just captured, come here quickly. Before Lin Yu wakes up, we can follow her reaction and find a direction closer to the ghost den."
"Assessment—my assessment isn't over yet!" A scream erupted from the bed, and the restraints made a sound of tightening and struggling.
Both the medical staff and the investigators were accustomed to this. "Stay calm! The third electrical stimulation of the No. 9 head patch has begun. Her hallucinations are still continuing. We have to get her back!"
Lin Yu's eyeballs trembled rapidly under his eyelids, and he uttered confused mumblings under the increasing stimulation, "It's time to run out... The new assessment is about to begin... I can't lose my job, let me go, let me participate in the assessment! Teacher, teacher, I want to be assessed, I want to stay on as an intern! The assessor is Lin Yu, the business ability assessment is starting--"
Lin Yu's voice stopped abruptly.
Black slime oozes from the girl's skin, transforming into options and blanks, as if she herself has become a set of test questions. With her as the center, a chill instantly erupts in the carriage.
The instrument signal in the car completely failed, and a shrill alarm sounded. Zhou Xing's shadow covered the bed first.
The coldness was restrained to the bed and did not engulf anyone else.
But as the shadow receded, Lin Yu on the hospital bed had disappeared, along with the two bags of rice in her hands that she had always refused to put down.
Even though it is a ghost den formed by overflowing power and is much weaker than the original body, its essence is still a B-level ghost den from the restricted area.
"I can't catch up..."
Zhou Xing's face turned grim. "Report this to the police. Even without the scroll, the ghost slaves can be swallowed up by the ghost den again. What are the teams attacking the ghost den doing recently? They haven't updated on such obvious changes?"
Yan Mingyue sighed, "Calm down, don't let the [Ghost] distort you."
Zhou Xing held the mahjong and took a deep breath. "Did Xiaobai get any results?"
"Xiaobai is still looking. But [Yucai College] came to the food court and has some good news."
Yan Mingyue didn't keep the secret. "The consultant was also in the food court and noticed the strange aura that just appeared. The target is southeast, estimated to be within five to ten kilometers. The target has shrunk very small, and I have notified them to search."
Zhou Xing exhaled, her ugly expression improving slightly. She patted the now empty bed and said, "What a shame! We were so close to saving the patient."
"The exam papers from [Yucai College] remain in Boss Ye's hands. I will continue to stay at the Xile Restaurant to prevent her or any other guests from coming into contact with the papers and being suddenly taken away by the demonic den."
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Lin Yu struggled to open his eyes, and saw a classroom in front of him.
She didn't realize that something was suddenly wrong in the classroom, and just ran to the podium in a panic with her bag.
Lin Yu said anxiously, "Teacher! I've completed my mission. This is the meal I brought back according to the mission requirements. Please give me your score! The new round of assessment hasn't started yet, right? I shouldn't have exceeded the time limit."
Lin Yu looked up expectantly, but the podium was empty, with only the red blackboard writing "Improve one point and kill a thousand people".
The classroom was only half full, with students of all ages. They paid no attention to Lin Yu's sudden appearance, and answered the questions with dazed expressions. Some wrote on their desks, some on paper, and some even on their bodies.
Lin Yu also didn't even glance at them. She stared intently at the podium, almost crying anxiously, "Teacher! I'm sorry, I'm sorry. It's all the fault of those traffic police for not letting me go! Answer the question, yes, I'll answer it now, please give me a grade!"
Lin Yu stared at the lines of text appearing on his skin and struggled to write down the answers.
The tip of the pen felt like it had cut flesh, and blood immediately gushed out. The answer to the black question was written in blood. The intense pain made his body instinctively break out in a cold sweat, but Lin Yu was completely unaware.
"Teacher! Teacher, I am willing to take the test!"
Lin Yu looked up again, and suddenly a circle of strange figures appeared on the podium.
One figure after another stood there quietly, their shoulders linked, staring at her.
The podium was not big enough for them to stand on, so they stood from the podium to the classroom door, and everyone outside the classroom window was staring at the figures in the classroom.
Their faces were pale, and they had already died. Their skin was covered with dense handwriting, so deep that the bones were visible.
The figure in the front stared at Lin Yu with cloudy eyes, held the pen and made a mark at her, then slowly handed her a new test paper.
Lin Yu let out a long sigh, "I'll write it now!"
Lin Yu consciously found his previous seat and sat down. The "teachers" stared at the students who were desperately answering questions in the classroom for a while, and then disappeared one after another.
A voice came from the classroom loudspeaker, "Scores, scores, the lifeblood of students! Improve one point, and we'll kill a thousand!"
The students became excited, and the rustling sound of writing suddenly accelerated.
Gulu——
Empty stomachs protested hunger, and stomachs throughout the classroom roared loudly. However, most people seemed unaware of their physical weakness and continued to work furiously on the seemingly endless tasks.
Lin Yu covered his stomach while answering the questions quickly, and his eyes couldn't help but drift to the lunch box he brought back.
The last round of assessment has been completed, but the food is still here.
This is……
Lin Yu thought hard and it took him a long time to remember.
By the way, this is the group meal that we want to try out.
I'm just hungry. When you're hungry, you need to eat. Yes, that's right, when you're hungry, you need to eat.
Lin Yu held the pen in one hand without lifting it from the test paper, and quickly opened the bag with the other hand.
As soon as I opened the lid of the lunch box, I saw four dishes and a soup neatly packed together, with great color, aroma and flavor. The fragrance made my stomach growl even louder.
Lin Yu couldn't wait to grab a handful and stuffed it into his mouth without chewing. He just wolfed it down to fill his stomach.
After swallowing a few mouthfuls of food, Lin Yu took a sip of the soup to soothe his throat, and suddenly felt something was wrong.
...Wait, what is she doing?
Lin Yu looked up, saw the blood-red blackboard and the "classmates" who were answering questions frantically, and shuddered.
His memory was still confused and Lin Yu didn't remember how he got here.
But she remembered the strange appearance of the "teacher", and she also remembered that those who failed to finish answering the questions had been turned into one of them.
Damn it, she only cares about whether it's an offer from a big company or a sales position that requires making 3,000 phone calls just to get in. How come the company changed positions and she ran into a ghost again?
I feel like dying.
But it feels like someone else is to blame.
No matter how much she wants to earn her salary or complete the assessment, she can't work so hard. But for no reason, she was replaced by answering questions for her high-paying job. Damn it!
Lin Yu was trying hard to think about how to survive, and his eyes couldn't help but stop on the lunch box.
She hadn't even realized she was supposed to use chopsticks, and her lunch box was a mess. But the food still smelled delicious, a stark contrast to the classroom's musty, bloody odor.
Lin Yu couldn't help but think of the last peeping incident. Boss Ye said not to be superstitious and that it wasn't a ghost, but the fear was real.
This time, was it Boss Ye who saved her?
Lin Yu wasn't sure whether it was Boss Ye who woke her up when she came into contact with him when she went out, or those strange traffic policemen, or the food.
Lin Yu took out the soup spoon, and quickly scooped up the rice with the roll in one hand and the spoon in the other.
Even if it wasn't the food, at least I had enough energy to run out of the classroom. I haven't eaten since I started answering questions. I'm so hungry!
Someone poked her in the back.
!!!
Lin Yu was covered in cold sweat and didn't dare to look back.
A weak voice came from behind, "Are you awake? What are you eating? Is it useful? Is it edible? Let me have a bite too! I can't control myself and continue answering the questions!"
Lin Yu saw out of the corner of her eye that the short woman came behind the table. She was holding an unfinished test paper in her hand, her eyes shining as she stared at the lunch box.
Lin Yu hesitated for a moment, scooped a spoonful of food and handed it to her, "You've been awake all this time? Do you know what's going on here?"
"Oh, delicious!" The short woman devoured her food. "I don't know. Don't even think about escaping. I tried to run away before, but my 'classmates' stopped me and brought me back. I thought you were still the same as before, almost like those ghosts, but I didn't expect you to wake up..."
The quiet classroom was filled with noise, and the food street was bustling with activity.
A small blackboard with the three big words "crayfish" written on it was placed directly outside the door of Xile Restaurant, ensuring that every diner could see it.
Even without putting up today’s menu, the familiar and overbearing aroma alone would attract diners to the end of the street.
A new day begins, bright sunshine pours in through the glass windows, the store is air-conditioned, taking a sip of an ice drink and peeling a bright red crayfish is a unique summer enjoyment.
The white and tender shrimp meat is fully packed with the hard shell. As soon as the shell is torn off, it jumps out elastically. The shrimp meat, still covered with yellow paste, shakes, and the spices seep into the meat from the shell. It is spicy and fragrant, tempting people to swallow it in one gulp.
If you can’t handle the most spicy and overbearing flavor, there are also thirteen-spice and garlic flavors.
After eating the shrimp, the rice cakes, lettuce and cucumber strips buried in the soup have already absorbed the flavor. One bite is no less delicious than eating meat.
As we were eating, someone at a nearby table poked their head out and asked, "What does this taste like? Come on, let's try something else."
The Xile Hotel was still bustling as always, but the "white paper" casually thrown into the counter drawer exuded a hint of coldness, but not even a new word could appear on the paper.
The crumpled red nightlight rolled into the drawer.
The coldness seemed to be swallowed up and disappeared instantly.
The rustling sound of rustling papers quickly stopped, and the lights of a van outside the door flashed.
Deep inside the carriage, a wet paper that had been swallowed up along with all the garbage unfolded, with the following written on it:
"Talent Education".
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