Chapter 138 The Real Security Department
"I don't think the Security Department has that many rules. Otherwise, how could Xiao Wuli have come all the way to the Ring Center Service Area with me just by hiding in my car?
"The 'only cleaners and guards can enter safely' rule doesn't exist. It doesn't make sense, she was just teasing us. Without the uniforms, we might be able to see more.
"...Indeed, this is my guess. You don't have to believe it. It won't hurt you who are wearing the guard uniforms anyway.
"I'm mainly talking to you, seniors. We should be entering the same space. Would you mind meeting me inside before taking further action? Help me figure out a way to leave this layer of bricks?
"Of course, if Xiao Wuli is willing... If you are not willing, then forget it."
"Anyway, after entering, if the scene you see is the same as before, those of you wearing guard uniforms should walk in the corridor according to the previous instructions.
"Note that this is only for the short corridor. If you turn into a long corridor, go back and repeat what you did in the new corridor. But do not open the door. Never open the door.
"After I meet up with my senior, I will come to find you. Please pay attention to the secret code then."
Bai Jiuyue’s words are still ringing in my ears.
In a white corridor that was completely different from the previous one and could be considered lively, Ji Weihang glanced at the people coming and going, confirming that they didn't care about her presence at all. She thought: Bai Jiuyue does have some talent to be an adventurer, he is bold but careful.
There were many people coming and going in the corridor, some of them even said hello to each other when passing by, and there was obviously no rule that they could not retreat. From time to time, someone flashed in the white light, looked left and right, and then moved in a direction.
In addition, the rest of the corridor was also very different from before. On the white walls between the gray doors, there were picture frames with various contents.
The oil painting texture in the frame is extremely artistic, with exquisite composition, and the most mysterious thing is that the people in the painting are moving.
There was a young man tied to a cross, screaming silently with his mouth wide open in the sea of fire, a male adventurer walking in the woods was suddenly swallowed by a giant plant that emerged, and a young boy walking in the darkness with a lantern, and suddenly the lantern went out and he disappeared...
They seem to be a freeze frame of a certain period of time, which "plays" to the end and then starts again.
Ji Weihang scanned the frames that recorded various ways of death, thinking. This was the first time since she entered the game that she saw so many real and clear faces at once. And they were all men.
Is this just a decorative painting? Or is it used to warn other building blocks of their dangers? Or both?
While Ji Weihang was looking at the painting, a cloud of fog passed through her body and went straight forward.
She was slightly startled and subconsciously checked her body to make sure there was nothing wrong and she didn't feel any pain. Then she looked up at the person who had passed through her body silently.
The man didn't notice her at all, or rather, didn't notice anyone.
It went straight through the bodies of several people. The others seemed to be used to it and didn't even glance at it. The people further ahead noticed it and some of those in its path gave way to it.
One of the people who gave way complained casually, "These guys on the 23rd floor are so annoying. Why can they walk around without even looking at the road? Guards are fine, but what about cleaners?"
Someone nearby said, "What do you mean by 'forget about the guards'? You are discriminating against cleaners by occupation."
The man muttered, "If we really want to talk about occupational discrimination, then we are the ones being discriminated against, right? They enjoy this special power and can come and go freely, which is much better than us."
"These guys on the 23rd floor" took themselves out, and they obviously didn't consider themselves as people on the 23rd floor. It seems that this is the real security department that connects all the building blocks.
But if that is the case, why does the corridor still have a shape similar to the ∞ highway?
His eyes swept over the NPC in front of him who kept passing through other people. Ji Weihang knew that these NPCs could see the clothes and appearance of their "kind".
——Since these people do fit the concept of NPC, she used NPC instead of the term "faceless people" that Bai Jiuyue had proposed at the beginning.
Judging from what they said, the person who passed through her body was a guard or a cleaner.
Here, guards and cleaners have special permissions and can come and go freely.
Although she wanted to know more, those people had stopped talking. She remembered that it was best not to talk to NPCs, so she did not go up to talk to them. Instead, she looked around and chose to walk back.
Since she and Bai Jiyue were the only two people not wearing uniforms, they should be in the same space. If Bai Jiyue was not seen here, she could go to other corridors to have a look. By the way, she could learn more about this place.
On the wall near the turn, there are three gray doors with signs hanging on them indicating the corresponding areas: Northeast Area Front Section, Northeast Area Middle Section, and Northeast Area Back Section.
The other doors, as well as the door on the opposite wall, had signs representing different offices—"Passport Office," "Fire Control Office," "Growth Factor Suppression Office"...
Apart from the familiar words "Northeast District", many things obviously have nothing to do with the 23rd floor.
Ji Weihang glanced across and turned around the short corridor.
This time, I didn't feel like I was passing through a barrier. Looking back, I saw the same corridor I came from.
The short corridor was followed by a long corridor, the same as before.
As soon as she turned the corner, she saw Bai Jiuyue's clear face among the NPCs. He was standing in front of a door, and it was unknown what he was looking at.
Ji Weihang didn't rush forward. She waited until Bai Jiuyue shifted his attention, saw her, and walked over. Then she also walked over and asked, "What are you looking at?"
Walking up to her, Bai Jiuyue said, "The sign on that door says "Best Work Related Matters Handling Office."
The best work again? Ji Weihang walked over to take a look, and then set his eyes on the painting next to it.
The man in the painting was looking down through the glass of his office on the top floor of a high-rise building. Suddenly, a missile fell from the sky and destroyed both the man and the building.
Bai Jiyue also followed her gaze towards the painting and expressed her guess: "These paintings should be hints related to other building blocks, and perhaps related to the players."
Ji Weihang said: "How can you tell it is related to other players?" She is now more confident in Bai Jiuyue's abilities.
Bai Jiyue pointed to the replayed footage, and pointed to the building opposite the man: "I don't know if you have noticed that most of the paintings only have one person, but in the corners of a few paintings, there are women hiding and watching the show. For example, here, there is a person."
Because the man is looking down, the viewer's attention is inevitably shifted to the traffic passing downstairs, ignoring other details.
If Bai Jiuyue hadn't pointed it out, it might have taken Ji Weihang a long time to see that there was a person standing behind the glass in the building opposite the man, several floors higher than where he was.
The person raised her hand and gestured to the man, then put her hand to her mouth and seemed to blow it. When she turned and walked away, the missile shattered the screen.
Ji Weihang was silent for two seconds, without defining it. Instead, he looked at the street in the painting and said, "This place looks a little familiar."
Bai Jiuyue said: "I used to go to the best boss' office at work, and it was exactly the same as this one." He clicked on the screen.
So, it was the thirty-three-story building they first encountered, and the tall building opposite was the Regular Building?
Ji Weihang looked at Bai Jiuyue, waiting for him to give a conclusion.
Seeing that she was looking at him without saying anything, Bai Jiyue said, "I guess these pictures are taken by the Security Department for the players. But I don't know why they kept them."
Ji Weihang nodded: "Which other pictures have you seen with a second person besides the male protagonist? Take me to see them."
Bai Jiuyue took her to see the criminal in a peaked cap who quietly slipped away before the security station was bombed, the parachutist who jumped from a tall building across the river after the giant fell down after the dark clouds dispersed, and the little man who jumped on the distant cliff after the tide receded.
"I only saw three paintings." Bai Jiuyue said.
She looked at them one by one and turned the topic back to business: "You said that after the meeting, we will take further action to determine a way to leave this layer of bricks. What are we going to do?"
Bai Jiuyue looked at the people coming and going around and said in a low voice: "I think we were able to reach the service area by opening the door before because the God of Highway directly converted our space to the corresponding service area. After entering, I am more certain of this guess. After all, many of the doors behind them are not places related to highways."
Speaking of this, Ji Weihang interrupted the other party and told him the information he had heard that "the guards and cleaners on the 23rd floor can come and go freely."
Bai Jiyue immediately sorted out the existing information after hearing this: "If that's the case, we can skip the test. I'm basically sure that the Security Department should be an independent organization that is even opposed to her. She doesn't have enough control over the Security Department. We can just find the other people and then leave."
Ji Weihang was doubtful: "Have you found the doors leading to the other building blocks?" Apart from the various departments and the doors marking different sections of the highway, she did not see any door with a sign indicating which floor.
Bai Jiyue leaned in and whispered a few words. Ji Weihang thought for a moment, nodded in agreement, and then said, "Then let's find the other people first."
It was not difficult to find Xiao Wuli. After all, she should be in the security department like them. The two of them went to look for her separately, and soon Ji Weihang brought Xiao Wuli back from another long corridor.
The three of them squatted at the door of the best work processing office and agreed on the next plan. Then Xiao Wuli followed Ji Weihang to squat in the nearest short corridor, while Bai Jiuyue went to another short corridor alone.
The others should still be in that multi-space corridor, entering a new corridor every time they turn a corner.
Therefore, if you go to wait for them separately, you will always see them "refresh".
This is really stupid and time-consuming.
Ji Weihang looked at Xiao Wuli who was following her and asked, "Why did you choose to follow me?"
Xiao Wuli said: "I don't like her, she is too smart and annoying."
Ji Weihang glanced at the child and said, "Only people who have done something wrong or have secrets hate smart people. Which one are you?"
The child glared at her and said, "I am a smart person."
Ji Weihang said: "You never seemed to like me very much."
Xiao Wuli said, "It's good that you know."
The two walked to the middle of the short corridor, where they could see both sides clearly, and their view would not be easily blocked even by people coming and going.
After standing for a while, Ji Weihang brought up the topic again:
"Can you tell me how you survived the bombing of the Huanxi service area a month ago, and how you left the service area?"
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