Chapter 193

"That's great! We can continue to look for a housekeeper assistant!" This made a lot of sense, and Mo Xiaotian immediately cheered.

As soon as he said this, everyone looked at him with strange expressions. This was a matter involving a life. Wasn't Mo Xiaotian's behavior a bit too strange?

Su Bei accepted it well. He had discovered long ago that Mo Xiaotian had a weak sense of good and evil and did not care much about human life. This was consistent with his experience of living in a villain organization since he was a child.

Facing the strange looks from everyone, Mo Xiaotian smiled as if he didn't notice anything, lowered his head and continued to eat the meat bun in his hand. Seeing this, the others also withdrew their gazes, thinking that he was too stupid to realize the seriousness of the problem.

Director Zhang suddenly came in the middle of the meal. He had a polite smile on his face: "Our people have gone with Teacher Meng to invite the people from the supernatural government. Your mission is suspended. Please come with me to the cafeteria to rest for a while. We have prepared a lot of snacks for everyone there."

In this situation, it is obviously impossible to make lunch, so I can only prepare some snacks to deal with it.

Arriving at the cafeteria, Su Bei habitually activated his supernatural power and glanced at the destiny compass above everyone's head. However, this glance made him show a strange expression.

You don’t know until you see it, and you’ll be shocked when you see it. Everyone’s pointers have quietly changed positions. A few people are at the “eating” point, while most people are at the “poisoning” point.

At the same time, everyone's little finger is further to the right than before, which shows that their luck is not very good.

Something must be wrong in the cafeteria, Su Bei nodded in understanding. But he didn't know whether it was the housekeeper's assistant or the staff here who did it.

Su Bei suspected it was the latter. After all, Director Zhang's arrival was a coincidence. It happened to be when they had no teacher to watch over them and most of the people were gathered together. And there was a doubt. As a teacher, Meng Huai was still very reliable. Would he really leave the processing factory without saying anything to them?

Shaking his head slightly, Su Bei took a bite of the bread in his hand. Bringing things with you is a peace of mind.

Since he suspected that something had happened to Meng Huai, he used his mental power to check the first floor again. Meng Huai was indeed gone, but Jiang Tianming and the other four disappeared with him.

According to the perception of spiritual power, the first floor was empty at this moment, without a single person.

Whether they were locked up together or disappeared for different reasons, whatever the case, it indicated that the first floor was extraordinary. After collecting his mental strength, Su Bei continued to move forward with the team.

Just as Director Zhang said, the cafeteria had already prepared a rich variety of food. Plates of potato chips, French fries, chocolate, candy, egg yolk pies... and a variety of drinks, as if they were having a snack party.

Because he had guessed some inside information in advance, Su Bei could see the problem with these snacks better - none of them were fully packaged, they were all placed in plates or cups.

Such food is naturally easy to be drugged. "Life Technology Machinery Co., Ltd." specially prepares such food for them. In the eyes of those who are interested, their intentions are obvious.

Su Bei is now very curious about what "Life Science and Technology Machinery Co., Ltd." is thinking. If they all get into trouble here, "Endless Ability Academy" will definitely investigate. With so many people in trouble, the supernatural government will definitely participate in the investigation. How will "Life Science and Technology Machinery Co., Ltd." clear itself of suspicion then?

Moreover, even if they could clear their suspicion, after this incident, I'm afraid no one with superpowers would dare to buy their products. If they did it just to avoid exposing the fact that people died in the processing plant, it would be a loss.

So Su Bei guessed that the so-called poison was not a lethal poison, but had other uses. Perhaps it was something like the one produced by the "Black Flash" organization before, which could make the user addicted and control the opponent's red liquid. Or maybe it was something else.

However, since Feng Lan's ability did not give any warning, the poison should not take effect soon. It seemed that most of the people present would be infected.

Mo Xiaotian devoured the food without any scruples. While eating, he said curiously: "Why do these snacks seem a little green?"

This child is really naive. He clearly noticed the problem with the food with his keen observation skills, but he didn't think much about it and ate more happily than others who didn't notice it.

If he hadn't said it, no one would have noticed it, but once he said it, they realized it was indeed the case. Although it doesn't look noticeable on the surface, if you look closely, you will find that these snacks are all faintly green.

Under the dim light, the green color was not noticeable, not to mention that it was only such a thin layer. If it wasn't for Mo Xiaotian's words, I'm afraid no one else would have noticed it.

Green Subei immediately thought of the life essence he had seen before. Could it be that "Life Technology Machinery Co., Ltd." wanted to absorb their vitality through these foods contaminated with the life essence?

Life force is something that you can't really feel at ordinary times. Even if it is pulled away a little, most people will feel cold, but there will be no obvious manifestations in a short period of time.

But if Life Science Machinery Co., Ltd. really intends to do so, then they have miscalculated. With Ai Baozhu around, she can easily find out if anyone gets a little older. By then, they will surely discover their conspiracy.

"These snacks are sprinkled with a variant of the [Life Essence], a liquid that can increase vitality in small amounts." Director Zhang said with a smile, as if he was very proud. "Our boss saw that the students were unable to carry out the activities smoothly, so he made special compensation."

Everyone was shocked to hear that it could increase vitality. This was a big deal. You know, any item that increases vitality is in great demand. Even if it can only increase vitality a little, it is enough to attract those old and powerful psychics.

Director Zhang was very satisfied with the surprised expressions on everyone's faces. He continued, "The more you eat, the more of the essence will be absorbed into your body, and it will be easier for it to work."

This sentence is easy to understand, no one doubted it, everyone found a seat, and then started eating. It is a rare opportunity to enhance vitality. You are a fool if you don't seize it.

"Fool" Su Bei was slowly putting snacks on his plate, and it seemed that he wanted to put some on his plate before eating. However, when he piled the snacks on his plate into a small tower, he suddenly stood up and said, "I'm going to the toilet."

As soon as he said this, everyone looked at him in surprise. This was like saying "I'll take a look around first before buying anything" during a limited-time sale. It was really a waste of opportunity.

But seeing the pile of snacks on his plate, everyone understood his thoughts. They thought Su Bei must be able to eat only these, so he took such a large plate according to his appetite. He had already taken all the food he wanted, so he was naturally in no hurry to eat. It was also reasonable for him to go to the toilet to empty his stomach.

Thinking of this, Li Shu had a bad idea. He pretended to be kind and said, "Go to the toilet. What if the snacks on your plate get cold? Why don't I help you empty it out and you can put it back when you come back."

If there are still snacks on the table when he comes back, they lose!

High school students are already at an age where they can eat a cow when they are hungry, not to mention that they are supernatural beings with physical fitness far superior to that of ordinary people. Even though these snacks are a lot and are divided equally among nine people, each person does not get much.

"You can try." Su Bei looked at him with a smile, turned around and left the cafeteria.

He had no intention of reminding others. While picking up snacks just now, he was observing everyone. Mo Xiaotian, who was the first to eat, had already finished half of the plate, and there was no problem. Feng Lan, who could see what happened five seconds later, did not react at all. It was obvious that just as he said before, this poison would not take effect in a short time.

If that's the case, what can he use to warn people? There is no evidence, no phenomenon, and Director Zhang gave a very sufficient reason for the food to glow green.

Although Su Bei was sure that Feng Lan and the others would believe him as long as he said it. It was not uncommon for him to have maintained his character for so long. His predictions were highly authoritative in the class, and this was the same for both him and Feng Lan.

But please, is he a kind-hearted person? In the situation just now, if Su Bei reminded them, I'm afraid he would fight with Director Zhang on the spot. How can he slack off then?

As soon as he entered the toilet cubicle, Su Bei used the invisibility charm to turn invisible. He then climbed to the top of the toilet door in two steps and jumped out from it as lightly as a cat, making almost no sound when he landed.

After coming out of the toilet, Su Bei went straight to somewhere other than the cafeteria. Apart from the cafeteria, the first floor was empty. Jiang Tianming and the others seemed to have disappeared from the world. The extremely familiar scene made Su Bei fall into silence. He suddenly realized that in this comic world, space-based psychics are really popular.

He had already encountered several incidents where everyone was locked up in one space alone. This method of division was indeed convenient and could easily divide the battlefield, forcing the opponent to split into two groups.

After searching around for a while, Su Bei quickly found the place where the incident happened. It was in the last carriage. A chair had fallen over and scattered, lifeless pieces were scattered on the ground. It was obvious at a glance that something must have happened.

After searching for a while, Su Bei did not find the entrance to other spaces. After thinking for a while, he went to the second floor and went straight to Director Zhang's office. This office was not difficult to find. The other offices were multi-person offices, but this one was a single-person office. It was easy to tell who it belonged to.

Director Zhang's office looked very neat and tidy, with no unnecessary decorations. Lan Subing must have been here before, and it was obvious that other places had been searched.

However, there were not many signs of searching near the desk. She must have been worried about seeing some secrets of "Life Technology Machinery Co., Ltd.", so she deliberately avoided this place.

She would avoid it, but Su Bei would not. In fact, Su Bei came to this office for the secrets of "Life Technology Machinery Co., Ltd." If he could find some information about the housekeeper's assistant, it might be of great help to him in judging the whole matter.

Su Bei first used the gear to stick to the wall, blocking the blind spot of the surveillance, and smashed the surveillance in the office in one move. Then he swung open the drawer, took out all the information inside, and looked through it one by one.

There was nothing particularly important in the data, mainly some customer information and employee information. The customer information had nothing to do with Su Bei, and he mainly looked at the employee information, or in other words, the information of the deceased.

The deceased, Li Jinhui, was a 31-year-old male with the ability to "torture the mind". As the name suggests, this ability can cause mental torture. Su Bei estimated that it was probably the feeling of having a needle pierced through the brain.

This kind of supernatural power should be very useful, so why would he come to be an ordinary employee? You should know that although the treatment of "Life Technology Machinery Co., Ltd." is very good, it is only for ordinary people and low-level supernatural people with relatively poor supernatural powers.

For a person with excellent superpowers, going to the next space can earn much more than working seriously.

It seems that this so-called "mental torture" has no effect on nightmare beasts. If it only works on humans, then it is indeed useless in today's society. After all, even when treating prisoners, people do not support torture.

Perhaps some big families who like to set up their own torture chambers would hire him, but in the end, Li Jinhui came to "Life Technology Machinery Co., Ltd." Is it just for the treatment here, intending to be an ordinary employee, or is there some secret that Su Bei doesn't know?

In fact, it was hard for him not to associate Li Jinhui's death with his special ability. Once this special ability is used, it will definitely offend the user, so it is reasonable for someone to take advantage of the chaos to retaliate and kill.

Su Bei was not sure whether this incident had anything to do with the housekeeper's assistant. He did not know whether the author wanted to portray two things in this incident or just tell one story.

However, it is unlikely that the cartoonist would mix an unrelated minor incident into this major event, so even if Li Jinhui was not killed by the housekeeper's assistant, but was an ordinary revenge killing, it must be related to the major event.

There was nothing useful in the drawer, so Su Bei turned his attention to the computer. He knew without a doubt that there must be some clues in Director Zhang's computer, but - he turned on the computer and saw the password input interface as expected.

Setting a password for a computer has almost become a norm. Even if it is not the norm for ordinary people, it must be the norm for characters in movies, TV shows, novels, and comics. And if nothing unexpected happens, there must be a setting that only allows two incorrect entries, and the third incorrect entry will probably trigger an alarm.

No, the supernatural world will only be more dangerous, and the price of losing may even be death.

Sitting at the computer desk, Su Bei held his chin with one hand and began to think about what the password was. As for Director Zhang, he could only get his birthday and employment date from the various messages he had just received.

Logically speaking, the four-digit computer password should be between these two dates, but based on Su Bei's many years of experience reading comics, there is no way the answer can be found so easily.

But if it's not one of these two strings of numbers, what would the password be?

Su Bei picked up the pile of materials he had already read and read them carefully again. He had listed all the information about Director Zhang on another piece of paper, but it seemed that there was no useful content.

If the computer password has nothing to do with Director Zhang, then who does it have to do with? Almost instantly, an answer flashed through Su Bei's mind - the boss!

The company's computers have unified passwords. Isn't it normal for the boss to have certain days?

Realizing this, Su Bei immediately began to look for information about his boss. Soon he found a thank-you letter next to a house purchase contract that Director Zhang had placed in a drawer.

The letter thanked the boss for his training and offered to give him the house as a birthday present.

The letter mentioned the boss' birthday, which was July 21st.

072!

Su Bei returned to the computer and entered the password. The next second, the computer was unlocked and the wallpaper showed the logo of "Life Technology Machinery Co., Ltd."

I logged into the chat app I usually use. This should be a work account. The contact avatars are all very official. The person at the top is marked as "boss". It is obvious that this is the target Su Bei is looking for.

Clicking on the chat history, the most recent record was Director Zhang anxiously telling his boss Jiang Tianming that they had disappeared. The boss comforted him by saying that he had sent these people away and asked him to just entertain the people on the second floor.

Further up, the boss told Director Zhang that he would serve the Life Essence variant he had given him mixed with snacks to the guests as compensation for the incidents that happened during the trip. Director Zhang praised the boss for being so generous.

This conversation was surprisingly normal, without any conspiracy, which surprised Su Bei. He thought they must be telling the truth about this matter, but who knew they would use high-sounding excuses in the chat records. Could it be that they were afraid that the current technology could restore the chat records?

But this is too contradictory. Is this really a problem that would be considered in a comic book world dominated by superpowers?

Su Bei always felt that something was wrong, so he continued to look up the chat records. This matter was actually a message from the boss, who told Director Zhang that he would personally receive Meng Huai and told him not to worry about it.

Seeing this, Su Bei raised his eyebrows, as if he understood something.

Su Bei had always had a doubt before, that is, Wu Jin didn't seem to sense that Director Zhang was lying. If he had sensed it, he would have told him.

You have to know that Wu Jin's [Succubus] ability makes him very sensitive to emotions, and lying, which involves relatively large emotional fluctuations, is unlikely to escape his eyes.

However, as the director of a large company, it would make sense if Director Zhang had some props that could block this kind of telepathic skill.

But now it seems that it is not that Director Zhang has props on him, but that he did not lie, or he really thinks he did not lie. The boss not only deceived these big innocent people, but also deceived his own people.

Director Zhang probably really felt that there was nothing wrong with his company. At most, he might know some inside information about product manufacturing, but he was completely unaware of his boss's arrangements and conspiracy in this matter.

But even though he didn't know the truth, there were still many things worth noting in this chat record. The boss had been using various seemingly reasonable reasons to arrange for Director Zhang to do corrupt work. But no matter how reasonable his reasons seemed, as long as we simply summarize what he asked Director Zhang to do, we can infer his purpose.

For example, he asked him to get a variant of the life essence for them to eat. When Director Zhang reported that the housekeeper's assistant had escaped, he immediately asked him to seal off the processing plant and agreed to his request to tell the students for help.

There is also an interesting conversation in the beginning, where the boss asked Director Zhang to agree to any request from the tourists of "Endless Ability Academy". At first glance, there is nothing wrong with this conversation, at most it makes people feel that he is too permissive to tourists.

But combined with the following things, it makes people think carefully and terrified. Su Bei believed that if it weren't for the boss's words, when they asked for help, Director Zhang would probably have directly refused.

After all, in his eyes, the butler's assistant's escape was a major event that had to be kept secret from the outside world. How could he possibly agree to their help?

It seems that the butler's assistant's escape is closely related to the boss, but I don't know whether it really wants to escape and the boss secretly assisted it. Or it was the boss's man from the beginning, and this escape was a fishing act against the "Endless Superpower Academy".

Then he looked through Director Zhang's chat records. After scrolling for a long time, Su Bei finally found useful content again. This time it was related to Li Jinhui.

The boss sent Li Jinhui's information to Director Zhang and told him that this person would be assigned to the workshop. He didn't need to be assigned work on weekdays, and as long as he didn't cause any trouble, he didn't need to be bothered with. The boss was free to make arrangements for this person.

Just looking at this passage, anyone would think that Li Jinhui was a relative or friend of the boss. Feeling and Li Jinhui's own supernatural powers, Su Bei was keenly aware of the abnormality.

The boss arranged Li Jinhui to work in the processing plant, but did not give him any normal job. Was there another plan for him behind the scenes?

Su Bei searched for the names "boss" and "Li Jinhui" in the search column of the chat interface. Director Zhang always had a respectful attitude towards the former and rarely talked about the boss with others in private.

As for the latter related client, Director Zhang has complained twice. He said that he really does nothing here, stays in his room every day, and only comes out to eat. He has been more active recently, but he is often absent.

Li Jinhui's recent changes have slightly attracted Su Bei's attention, but he couldn't figure out the reason for the change.

After finding nothing useful, Su Bei closed the chat software and began to check the files stored in his computer. But this was obviously in vain. There were too many files in Director Zhang's computer. Without any clues, he could not find any useful content by searching one by one.

Giving up this plan, Su Bei quickly packed up and put everything back in place. After feeling that everything was fine, he quickly left Director Zhang's office and returned to the first floor.

Previously in the office, Su Bei did not use the invisibility charm because the surveillance had been destroyed by him. Now that he was leaving the office, he reapplied another invisibility charm and went straight to the cafeteria.

At this time, the cafeteria was empty. Su Bei had just used his mental power to cover the entire processing plant, and unexpectedly discovered that there was not a single student in the processing plant. Except for the few employees who stayed in their rooms, there was no one else.

Well, it's not surprising to say it's unexpected. Since they are planning to attack everyone, it will be difficult to move if they all stay in the processing plant. Now that the two parties are taken away in batches, it will definitely make it easier for the people behind the scenes to act.

But the interesting thing is that his mental power collided with another mental power. The other party wanted to find him along his mental power, but Su Bei's mental power retreated very quickly, leaving him no chance.

Who in this processing plant could possess the same high-level mental power as him? Su Bei knew it all. It was most likely the boss of "Life Technology Machinery Co., Ltd."

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