What will be the end of 107?
◎Similar rooms◎
The moment they heard the word "death", the two men's expressions suddenly changed.
They hurriedly looked at the two route maps on the ground. Indeed, after entering the administrative building, the routes drawn by the two were completely different.
This made them confused and sweaty, and they had no idea what was going on.
After a brief silence, the two began to point fingers at each other: "It was him! He must have drawn it wrong on purpose. I swear, what I drew must be correct!"
"You're talking nonsense! There's no way I could have drawn it wrong! It must be you, it must be you who's wrong!"
"Do you want me to die with you?" The red-haired man raised his hand and grabbed the blond man's collar, gritting his teeth and pushing him to the ground, "Why are you doing this?!"
"I want to ask you something!" The blond man punched him back, which completely aroused the red-haired man's anger. The two men immediately started fighting, tearing each other apart like dogs biting dogs.
Until Qi Qiuxue raised the bone knife in her hand and stabbed one of the men in the back of his hand without mercy.
“…” The scene instantly became quiet, followed by painful wails.
"I don't have the patience to waste time with you here," Qi Qiuxue said coldly, scanning the two men's faces. "I'll give you three minutes to think carefully about which is the correct route."
"If you try to do anything unnecessary, I will really kill you."
Her gaze and tone were extremely cold. The two men lowered their heads in horror, sensing very clearly that Qi Qiuxue was not lying and she was serious.
"Okay, okay..." Neither of them spoke anymore. They stared at the circuit diagram in their hands and tried hard to recall. The three minutes were over quickly. Wu Shanyue and Li Yiqing did not give them any more chance to hesitate and collected the two diagrams.
Qi Qiuxue looked at the two pictures again, her expression changing from gloomy to bright.
After a moment, she put the diagram away and gestured to Li Yiqing and Wu Shanyue to hand them two new sheets of white paper. "Are you sure you drew the correct route?"
"Yes, yes." The two said in unison nervously and horrifiedly.
"Have you ever been in the room where Simon is? How many times have you been there?"
"Yes, I've been there twice." The red-haired man said hurriedly.
"I've only been there once." The blond man said a little awkwardly, "People of our level rarely have the opportunity to meet Mr. Simon."
Qi Qiuxue: "Do you remember the structure and furnishings of his room?"
The two men said in unison: "Remember."
"Draw it for me." Qi Qiuxue responded with a smile.
Draw again.
The two men felt genuine fear at the faint smile on Qi Qiuxue's face. They didn't dare to refute, nor could they resist. They had no choice but to disperse and write down the memories in their minds on paper. Li Yiqing and Wu Shanyue would then collect them and hand them over to Qi Qiuxue on the side.
This time, the two people drew the same content.
Qi Qiuxue did not announce the result this time. She glanced at the two men's faces again, observing their expressions. The fear and tension on their faces were very real, without any disguise.
A low-level subordinate who is hired for money, has no chip implanted in his brain, and rarely has the opportunity to contact Simon is unlikely to try to sacrifice himself to protect the leader at such a life-and-death moment, especially when these two are the kind of people who blame each other and backstab their teammates at the slightest disagreement.
Qi Qiuxue believed that none of them were lying. If someone really tried to sacrifice themselves and deliberately gave wrong information to disrupt their thinking, it would be impossible for the situation to be different the first time and the same the second time.
Unless they had discussed it in advance and deliberately took such actions to confuse each other, but they appeared suddenly and controlled the other party throughout the whole process without giving them the opportunity to talk to each other, so the two had no time to discuss measures at all.
To sum up, the problem is not them, but Simon himself.
As the two said, decision makers are suspicious and sensitive. From this, it can be seen that they will not only be wary of new and old humans outside, but will also be suspicious of their own people at any time, especially those ordinary subordinates who are of low status and are only employed for money.
In fact, he could have treated his subordinates the same way he treated the new humans, tempting them with money, status, fame and fortune, so that they would voluntarily implant chips and completely control their behavior and thoughts. But why didn't he do this? There must be other reasons behind it.
Unconsciously, Qi Qiuxue once again recalled the production date of the first chip.
——Twelve years ago.
From the time the first chip came out to the time they began research in the town of Eglit, nearly eleven years passed. Simon probably conducted many experiments on different people at different times and places.
The suspicious Simon might have chosen to implant the chip into his subordinates, but perhaps something uncontrollable happened, so he would rather take the risk of betrayal than choose to give up this extreme approach.
It seems that the initial chip should not be on anyone's body, but was kept by Simon in some extremely secret place, such as his room.
“…”
Qi Qiuxue looked through the route map in her hand again. The administrative district was very large, and there was more than one route leading to Simon's room. The crooked lines on the two maps turned left and right, and finally stopped at two areas very close to each other.
The fifth room from the left on the 17th floor and the sixth room from the left on the 18th floor.
Adjacent floors, similar locations, identical furnishings and structures in the rooms... Qi Qiuxue gradually understood Simon's thoughts.
——He was always on guard against these ordinary subordinates who rarely had the chance to see him, and deliberately created several identical rooms in similar locations so that others could not figure out where he lived, thereby achieving the effect of ensuring safety.
Even if these subordinates occasionally discuss this matter and have disputes with each other, it doesn't matter. In the end, they will only think that it is because they have a bad memory and have learned too little, so their memory is biased.
It seems that we should focus on exploring the area from the 16th to the 19th floors. After all, going too far down or up will not achieve the effect Simon wants.
Qi Qiuxue stopped thinking and raised her head again: "Take off your uniforms."
"Oh, okay, okay!" The two men obeyed and quickly took off their uniforms and handed them to Qi Qiuxue along with the door card to enter the administrative area.
"Can we go now?" they asked tearfully. "Please, since we've cooperated so well, spare our lives. We swear we won't tell anyone about what happened tonight!"
"Okay." Qi Qiuxue nodded gently. "As long as you cooperate with me and finish this last thing, I will let you go."
Wu Shanyue felt a little worried after hearing this. It was obvious that these two people were not trustworthy: "Axue..."
"It doesn't matter." Qi Qiuxue shook her head, picked up the red-haired man's communication device that fell on the ground, and fiddled with it casually.
Then she pulled out her camera and pointed it at the two people in front of her: "Do you promise not to betray me?"
"Yes!" The man didn't know what she was going to do, but he cooperated anyway.
"Thank you." Qi Qiuxue smiled behind the camera. "Thank you for telling me everything about the decision-makers, and thank you for your willingness to cooperate with me. When this is over, I will reward you handsomely."
"..." The man's face changed drastically after hearing this. "What do you want?"
Qi Qiuxue didn't answer and immediately stopped filming. She fiddled with the device in her hand again, then turned the screen around and placed it in front of the two men.
She actually sent the video out, and the recipient was [Captain]!
"You probably can't go back now." Qi Qiuxue quickly put her phone away, the smile on her lips becoming more and more obvious. "What kind of punishment will the two people who betrayed the organization receive in the end? I'm so excited."
"Madmen! You're all crazy!" the man screamed hysterically, his whole body shaking as he thought about what might happen.
Qi Qiuxue signaled Li Yiqing and Wu Shanyue to let them go. Under the gaze of the three, the two men crawled away.
"Axue, did you really send the video to their captain?" Wu Shanyue asked with some confusion.
"Of course not. That would undoubtedly increase our own risk," Qi Qiuxue said. "I simply browsed his contact list, added a random number, modified the note, and disguised it as the captain's number."
"Letting them go will definitely lead to reports. Imprisoning them increases the risk, and we'll have to keep someone guarding them, which wastes both time and energy. Even if we kill them, disposing of their bodies will be inconvenient."
"In that case, why not divert the conflict and let them bear the risk as well? We should firmly etch in their minds the fact that they will die if exposed."
"That way they'll keep their mouths shut. Even if they run into one of our own people again, it'll be too late to hide."
【Author’s words】
Here we come!
Special thanks to Xiaoyu for the deep-water torpedo. It cost you money again, and I'm really crying. Thanks also to the other treasures for the overlord tickets and nutrient solution. Thank you for leaving a comment and reading. Love you all! Mumumumumumumu!
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