Chapter 17 Chapter 17 "006"
River City.
It’s the ninth day since the novel “Bell City” was discontinued.
Early in the morning, in an office of the RIDT Special Investigation Team in Jiangcheng, several investigators were already waiting in a room that was visible upon entering.
The people sitting on the sofa at this moment are the three people in the copy "Freak House No. 104" with player codes 141, 854 and 3947.
After the copy was settled yesterday, the code names of the three people changed.
'141', real name: Zhou Zhong, upgraded to '139' after the copy was settled.
He was the deputy captain of Squad 09, part of the RIDT Investigations Unit. He was a sturdy, capable officer with a buzz cut and a square face, sharp features. He was 27 years old.
'854', real name: Cen Xian, was promoted to '771' after the copy was settled.
Cen Xian's features are unremarkable at first glance, making him easily invisible in a crowd. He has short, sparsely groomed hair. He is 26 years old and currently a member of RIDT Investigation Team 09. Prior to joining RIDT, he worked as an intelligence officer for the security services.
'3947', real name: Zhong Siyan, upgraded to '2658' after the copy was settled.
Zhong Siyan is the long-haired man with a ponytail who briefly spoke with Jiang Shizao in the dungeon. He's 29 years old and a new member of Team 09, part of the RIDT Investigation Team. Before joining RIDT, he was a special recruit for the Academy of Sciences.
"It's true that the higher up the ranking, the harder it is to move up." Cen Xian glanced at Vice Captain Zhou Zhong's current codename. After the dungeon ended, Zhou Zhong's ranking only rose by two places. He sighed. In comparison, another teammate, Zhong Siyan, had risen over a thousand places after the dungeon was concluded.
Zhong Siyan seemed uninterested in this topic. He talked about the reason why they gathered here so early in the morning: "I heard from the captain that the newcomer had contact with Abyss...last night."
The information that the captain disclosed to He Xianhao last night is basically known to all members of the investigation team.
The three of them are waiting for their new teammates here.
"Investigator 119." Cen Xian mentioned his new teammate's previous number in the investigation team. He glanced at the time and couldn't help but feel curious about his new colleague. Otherwise, he wouldn't have come here so early to wait for someone.
Cen Xian shared the known information again: "Name: He Xianhao, contacted IDT through a special military department, participated in a total of 3 copies, current ranking: 1795... There is nothing special about the resume. Of course, there is no problem." At the end, this person also attached some personal comments.
The IDT that came out of his mouth naturally is the abbreviation of Inter-Dimentional Travel.
The RIDT they are in, the full name of which is Research on Inter-Dimentional Travel, was originally a research project on the multidimensional hypothesis theory by the Center's Zeroth Academy of Sciences, a special academy of sciences.
Later it evolved into a special investigation bureau jointly supervised and composed by three major departments: the military special department, the special intelligence bureau of the Central Security Department, and the Academy of Sciences.
Up to now, there is a special investigation team RIDT, to which several people belong, which is conducting a comprehensive investigation into the multi-dimensional travel infinite game space.
In the bright and spacious living room, Cen Xian had just finished reading the information of the new member when the door of the office disguised as an ordinary apartment opened from the outside.
The three members of Investigation Team 09 immediately stood up from the sofa when they saw the newcomer. They stood straight and shouted, "Captain!"
The person who came was Song Chenyue, the captain of all the teams in Investigation Group 1 and the commander-in-chief of the RIDT Special Investigation Team.
Song Chenyue was followed by another person, who closed the door after entering. It was their new teammate, He Xianhao.
He Xianhao recognized the three people in the living room. When his superiors passed his information to the members of Team 09, a group of investigators, He Xianhao also received basic information about two teammates and the vice-captain of Team 09. Thus, he had a preliminary understanding of these three people.
The officer who spoke with He Xianhao last night was Song Chenyue.
The RIDT Special Investigation Team, the most confidential investigation team, is composed of different teams. Each team is assigned a deputy captain, who usually leads the team on missions.
When necessary, all teams will obey the orders of a captain, who is Song Chenyue.
It can be said that Song Chenyue is the highest-ranking officer in the investigation team.
Generally speaking, it is difficult for team members to see the captain.
However, the members of Team 09 knew very well why Song Chenyue came today.
After they safely left the copy yesterday, they reported the information of "001" to their superiors.
Song Chenyue should have come here for this matter.
"Captain... please sit down?" Cen Xian offered the sofa to the captain and then said hello to He Xianhao, "New colleague, you sit down too. Please sit down. Everyone sit down."
In offices like their 09 team, which were disguised as ordinary apartments, there was no need to be too particular about the software environment when discussing matters. In short, any space in this apartment was absolutely safe.
The necessary anti-eavesdropping and anti-leakage equipment is fully equipped, and a high-intensity, strict monitoring and explosion-proof system is also installed outside.
"Please sit down." Song Chenyue spoke.
He had indeed come this time to discuss the appearance of "001" in the dungeon. Reports in writing were never as detailed as face-to-face discussions.
Coincidentally, he brought He Xianhao, who had had contact with Wen Zhi, with him.
However, before the conversation officially began, a prompt sounded in Song Chenyue's ears:
[Player Song Chenyue, player code 006, welcome back to the Inter-Dimentional Travel infinite game space.]
"Captain, what's wrong?" Zhong Siyan was the first to notice the officer's pause.
Song Chenyue's expression didn't change much. He said, "I've temporarily activated a copy. Sorry, this meeting may have to be postponed."
"Temporarily activated a copy?" Cen Xian repeated the sentence in surprise.
The other people in the living room also looked at Song Chenyue at this time.
Deputy Captain Zhou Zhong had heard of this situation, but he did not interrupt.
Song Chenyue thought for a moment and said, "Normally, the IDT system will inform players in advance of the time interval for the next dungeon to open when one dungeon ends. This interval is not very long, so players can prepare in advance."
This is a general situation that is clear to everyone.
Song Chenyue continued, "The opening times of temporarily activated copies are irregular. Anyone can temporarily enter these copy spaces at any time."
Hearing this, Cen Xian said, "I understand..." He looked at Vice Captain Zhou Zhong and teammate Zhong Siyan, "It seems our team has never encountered a temporarily activated dungeon before."
Song Chenyue nodded and said, "This kind of situation only started to occur after my code entered the top 100."
In short, this situation is likely to occur only among the top 100 players in the code.
Everyone immediately understood. For the top 100, perhaps no matter when the dungeon opened, they would be able to handle it with ease.
For example, the officer in front of you.
He Xianhao, who had remained silent, glanced at the officer. Although he didn't know Song Chenyue's in-game codename, he knew that the officer's rank was very high. And he looked very young.
"Captain, what type of dungeon are you about to enter? Do you need anything?" Zhou Zhong asked. Although their office looked plain and simple, it actually had everything you needed.
Whether it was easily concealed small arms or sniper rifles and ammunition, Zhou Zhong could now provide them to their captain. He had already stood up from the sofa, waiting for the captain to speak.
Song Chenyue did not continue to dwell on this question. Instead, after a few seconds of contemplation, he said, "The participants in this instance are: 209999 and 210001."
When Song Chenyue said these two code names, his gaze also turned to the three members of Team 09, and finally met the gaze of the stunned Zhou Zhong.
Zhong Siyan was the first to speak, but his voice was clearly hesitant: "...How is that possible?"
209999? Was that the 209999 from the previous dungeon? But the other person in the previous dungeon had the codename 210000, and the second codename the captain just read out was 210001... It's impossible for 210000 to have moved down one place after the dungeon ended. And according to the promotion rules, they should have risen by at least tens of thousands of places after the dungeon ended.
"Familiar code names, right?" Song Chenyue said, standing up from the sofa. "It seems there are indeed some problems with these code names."
Immediately afterwards, the captain disappeared in front of the members of Team 09.
After Song Chenyue entered the dungeon, the living room was silent for several seconds before Cen Xian broke the silence and said, "Captain, are you okay?"
The next second, the man answered his own question: "The captain will definitely be fine."
Zhong Siyan asked, "Is 209999 a new person, or is the code name of the previous person unchanged?"
Zhou Zhong said, "209999... The probability of encountering this code repeatedly in such a short period of time is too low. Temporary dungeons are special dungeons. The captain also said that we only encountered this type of dungeon after we entered the top 100. So the problem must be this code."
Cen Xian also stood up at this time, "By the way! Since 209999 appeared, is 001 also in this copy!" I forgot to ask the captain just now.
On the long sofa in the living room, He Xianhao observed his new teammates. Although he didn't say anything, his thoughts were revolving around the conversation information of these people.
By the way, the “001” they are talking about is most likely Wen Zhi.
"Ah." Cen Xian sighed and walked over to He Xianhao. "I was supposed to prepare a welcome ceremony for you today, but suddenly this happened..." Cen Xian looked at Zhou Zhong and said, "Deputy Captain, it's your turn to write the report this time, right?"
Zhou Zhong was silent for half a second, then replied, "Okay."
Zhong Siyan added, "This is not a trivial matter. Deputy Captain, please let me have a look after you finish writing it."
After all, the captain entered the dungeon from their office.
Zhou Zhong said, "Okay."
Cen Xian added, "Then again, the captain is only 25, younger than me. Why do I always feel like I'm looking at an elder when I look at him?"
Should I say he is worthy of being the captain? His aura is quite intimidating.
As Cen Xian spoke, he had already sat down next to He Xianhao, and the two of them put their arms around each other's shoulders like good brothers.
"Brother, I heard that you met Wen Zhi in person? Tell me quickly, what kind of person is he?"
This is probably the real reason why Cen Xian came here early in the morning to wait for someone.
Whether "001" is Wen Zhi remains to be investigated, but no matter what the results of the investigation are, Wen Zhi has a special connection with IDT Infinite Game Space.
Besides, Cen Xian looked at Zhong Siyan: "Brother Zhong, you think that high school student yesterday was more like "001", right?"
Zhong Siyan nodded.
"High school student?" He Xianhao moved his shoulders uncomfortably.
Cen Xian was very understanding and let the other person go, but he was still waiting expectantly for his new teammate to share information.
Everyone in the living room looked at He Xianhao at this time.
He Xianhao frowned awkwardly. What kind of person was Wen Zhi? Before yesterday, he probably never imagined that he would one day need to answer such a question.
After going through all the memories related to Wen Zhi—which were actually very few, and all of them were related to Shi Zao—He Xianhao finally managed to utter a few words with some difficulty:
"He's a lunatic."
Hearing this description, the three people in the room were stunned.
Cen Xian was the first to accept the label. Crazy, after all, it was incredibly common, especially among those who entered the IDT gaming space. Those who weren't crazy were the minority. Ordinary players were all a bit crazy.
So Cen Xian just looked at He Xianhao and encouraged him, "Brother, tell me in detail?"
Since Wen Zhi might be "001", this person must be very crazy. After all, he is not an ordinary person.
But before answering, He Xianhao had a question: "How come you couldn't catch him?" He Xianhao frowned and said, "Although the author Abyss is not often active in the public eye, he has not disappeared."
"Brother, I know what you want to say." Cen Xian patted He Xianhao's shoulder and sighed, "But we really can't find him now."
On the other side, Zhong Siyan looked at He Xianhao, who was puzzled. He answered his doubts: "You probably don't know yet, but Wen Zhi is very likely to have the ability to influence reality."
"I think we can remove the word 'maybe'." Cen Xian shrugged, but his eyes were fixed on He Xianhao, watching for his reaction. "We've seen the surveillance footage from last night. Wen Zhi walked right past you, but you didn't seem to notice at all. You just let him go."
He Xianhao was stunned for a moment after hearing this. Not only because of the information his teammate had revealed, but also because... he felt like his new teammate seemed to be doubting him.
Because of Wen Zhi!
After figuring it out, He Xianhao almost sneered inwardly. He was sure that this was intentional again.
And if even his teammates had doubts about him and expressed them...their superiors were sure to have the same thoughts. Perhaps all this was a test for him.
Did they suspect he had some private connection with Wen Zhi? Or, even worse, that he was someone Wen Zhian had inserted into the investigation team?
Haha, of course not.
But thinking about the whole thing...
Damn... He Xianhao himself knew why his situation had become so passive.
…………
Bell City.
On bus No. 444.
Before the third notification appeared, Jiang Shizao quickly spoke to Wen Qianchuan beside him, "There are six players. Besides you and me, we'll meet four more people in the dungeon later. They're participants just like us. Brother, the world we're about to enter is very likely where the story in this book takes place."
Jiang Shizao raised the book in his hand and explained to Wen Qianchuan the information such as "copy world", "game participants", "plot", "possible tasks", "novel", and "clearance" as quickly as possible.
"Zao Zao, Zao Zao." Wen Qianchuan shook Jiang Shizao's hand, "Don't panic... I understand everything."
Jiang Shizao finally took a breath, "Huh~"
His summary and narration just now should have surpassed his reaction during the graduation defense that year.
Wen Qianchuan seemed to really understand what they were about to face.
At this time, the third message sounded:
[The following are the players participating in this game copy:]
[“Codename 006”]
[“Codename 014”]
[“Codename 055”]
[“Codename 091”]
[“Code 209999”, “Code 210001”]
…
"..." Hearing the huge difference in code names, Jiang Shi was no longer surprised. He was also an experienced player.
Jiang Shizao took a deep breath and comforted his new companion: "They all sound very impressive."
Especially "006"...
"Maybe we can pass the dungeon soon after entering it." Jiang Shizao said optimistically.
Just like the previous copy.
"001" passed the level very quickly.
What's more, they are readers who have read the novel "Skadino-via"!
Wen Qianchuan nodded in agreement, although he really wanted to stay with Zao Zao a little longer...but the short time on the bus was far from enough for Wen Qianchuan.
At this moment, both people in the car heard the mechanical voice announcement:
[Entering the dungeon "Skadino-via"]
[I wish all players a happy journey]
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