Right on Target

For the next few months, Xie Zhenshu observed the cement building every day. Those Aoyin settled here, they took turns to find out the recyclable waste from the garbage dump, and knocked on the door day and night. Gradually, they built a simple wall around the concrete building, and made three mechanical dogs for patrolling.

Comparing the route map in the old notes, Xie Zhenshu can confirm that the C-type console is in the basement of the cement building, which is the former residence of 36810.

36810 said that people can enter the 14th area through the monitoring circuit of the C-type console, so Xie Zhenshu must first enter the basement before entering the 14th area.

Meanwhile, the weather is getting hotter. The ghost car bird seemed to be heat-resistant, and smoked after being exposed to the sun, and was dragged by Aoyin to the back of the building for maintenance. There are only three mechanical dogs left in the yard. They go on patrol every day, and they are slightly mentally retarded. However, they have built-in tracking devices. Once humans are detected within the range, they will chase after humans.

Xie Zhenshu perfected the road map during this month. He marked "C" on the position of the cement building, and drew a "↓" next to it, indicating that the console is in the basement. Then, he nailed this road map to the broken wall with a combat dagger, and exchanged it with 7-001 for information.

In the middle of the night two days later, they stormed the cement building. The big sniper hiding in the dark sniped and exploded two Aoyin one after another, and then Xie Zhenshu hit the gap in the back of the ghost car bird with three bullets, detonating it.

The courtyard wall was blown down, and Ao Yin became a piece of **** scattered all over the place. When Xie Zhenshu stepped into the courtyard, he deliberately checked Ao Yin's body.

Due to repeated dismantling, Ao Yin's chest was no longer as hard as it was in the urban area. The design inside is getting more and more complicated, and the parts are getting more and more refined. Unfortunately, they "die" too quickly.

Xie Zhenshu got up and opened the door of the cement building. The fragments fell to the ground, and he frowned slightly, suspecting that 7-001 was waiting for him to explore the way without any movement.

He entered the cement building and descended the steps. Aoyin left in such a hurry that the basement door was not even locked. Xie Zhenshu pushed open the half-covered door and saw the dots of light inside.

The basement has been cleaned by Aoyin. They deliberately kept the appearance of 36810 when it was still there, and no major changes have been made here. Two C-shaped operating tables are placed side by side, and the old notes of 36810 are scattered on the side table.

Strangely, these notes were removed by Ao Yin and placed on the desktop in the form of paper.

Xie Zhenshu approached, read it in order, and found that this was the origin of Ao Yin's experiment in sorting out the 14th district. They even know how to sort the notes according to the timeline. Under 36810's notes, Ao Yin wrote his thoughts with an old pen.

These so-called "feelings" are a kind of horizontal lines, they are of different lengths, and they are broken rhythmically, which shows that Ao Yin no longer uses human characters, but uses these horizontal lines as his own characters.

Xie Zhenshu couldn't understand the meaning of these horizontal lines. At the end of the old notes, he saw Ao Yin's clumsy imitation of handwriting. It crossed out "District 14", and wrote the words "Limited Time Hunting" in Chinese characters next to it.

Timed hunting.

What's the meaning?

Xie Zhenshu picked up the piece of paper, turned it over, and saw something like a row of bottles drawn on the back, which reminded him of something.

"We implant the system-on-a-chip in children and grow them like plants in glass jars."

These are the original words of 36810. Xie Zhenshu speculates from this that Ao Yin may want to record that the 14th district is a time-limited hunt. What does time-limited hunting mean? Could it be that this experiment is like a hunt?

Why did Aoyin study this?

The C-type consoles were all lit up. Xie Zhenshu approached and found that one of them was running. He glanced past the tangle of wires and saw them stretching further into the depths, like snakes entangled in the gloom.

The officer picked up the small lamp by the table and followed the wires to the end of the basement. A glass jar was parked at the end, through the light, Xie Zhenshu saw a bone in the jar.

Experimental body.

Xie Zhenshu carefully inspected the glass jar, and the number on it was no longer clearly visible. The only certainty is that this experimental body should be left over from the 36810 period.

Aoyin pasted the connected electrodes all over the bone's head. Not only did it understand the meaning of the experiment in Area 14, it even wanted to participate in it. This thing is not evolving rapidly, but evolving extremely rapidly.

Don't know what stimulated it.

Xie Zhenshu didn't connect immediately, in order to avoid alarming others, he continued to exchange information with 7-001. The communication between the two people was on the blackboard in the basement, but a week later, Xie Zhenshu discovered that the two people's understanding of District 14 was based on various clues. In other words, none of them knew what it was like inside.

Must connect and try it out.

Because of his experience, Xie Zhenshu took the lead in using the C-type console. But without success, they kept trying, and finally in July, Xie Zhenshu entered District 14.

It was raining in District 14 that day.

Xie Zhenshu opened his eyes and found himself wearing a uniform, sitting on the side of the street. The fine rain shrouded him. He lowered his head and saw the puddles under his feet. In the puddles was his reflection.

[Monitor No. 719, identity - Inspector of Guangtong District Prison. Please abide by the experimental rules, play the current role with your heart, and leave quietly after the monitoring is over. The monitoring time is four hours. 】

[Please pay attention to the three prohibitions of hunting: do not interfere with the experimental subject, do not wake the experimental subject, and do not approach the experimental subject. 】

"Guangchuan No. 77 is about to depart," a gentle voice prompts on the side, and a robot lights up the screen, saying to Xie Zhenshu, "Mr. Inspector, please hurry up and get on the bus."

Xie Zhenshu got up and got into the car. He didn't sit down, but watched the world through the window glass.

—It was completely different from what he had imagined, and more real than he had imagined.

Xie Zhenshu touched his pocket, which contained his ID card here. He needs to adapt here quickly, without showing surprise or eagerness. He must use the authority of this identity to find Su Heting within four hours.

The Guangchuan bus arrived at the station a few minutes later, Xie Zhenshu observed the others and got off the bus smoothly. He passed the test and arrived at Guangtong Detention Center.

Because of the rainy weather, the others hadn't arrived yet, so Xie Zhenshu made a record at the registration office.

[Play the current role with your heart. 】

Xie Zhenshu recalled the jailer on the southern line, raised his head, and said to the window floating nearby: "What shift am I on today?"

He has no expression, and his tone is cold, but the system in the window seems to have gotten used to it, and replied cheerfully: "The prisoner in cell 03, he needs your psychological counseling."

—Psychological counseling.

This may be a way of observation of the monitor. Xie Zhenshu guessed that he didn't have to do anything, just listen to the complaints of the prisoners.

Xie Zhenshu said "OK" and asked, "Is it the Black Panther?"

The window system replied: "Yes."

Xie Zhenshu bit the "7-006" that almost blurted out, and said, "Is it a collar dog?"

The window system replied: "Yes."

Xie Zhenshu squeezed his pen tightly and said, "It's Su Heting—"

【warn! You have violated the rules! 】

At this moment, consciousness was poured back into the body as if being hit by a flood. Xie Zhenshu suddenly opened his eyes and was rushed back to reality.

Damn.

He didn't hold back!

Xie Zhenshu sat up and reflected in the long silence. Then, he began to record forbidden words on the blackboard.

Su Heting.

The cat's name was a forbidden word, and he couldn't say it—because, according to his role, he wasn't supposed to know 7-006's real name.

He has to be more patient.

Xie Zhenshu entered District 14 for the second time. His status here is fixed and he is responsible for guarding the prisoners in the prison. He gradually understood the identity of the inspector, and at the same time, he began to induce the prisoners to mention the Black Panther, unlocking the word "7-006" from the prisoners.

But it didn't take long for him to discover that the unlockable information was limited. In other words, the authority of the inspector is not high enough. For example, he couldn't unlock the three characters "Su Heting", because 7-006's real name is a secret of the Black Panther, and he will never know it as an inspector.

Therefore, Xie Zhenshu and 7-001 switched places, and 7-001 connected to District 14. However, something unexpected happened, the connection of 7-001 will alarm Artemis who controls the 14th area, he was discovered. But soon, he persuaded Artemis to enter District 14 as a "tyrant" with his lies, but then, Xie Zhenshu discovered based on the information he left on the blackboard—

7-001 will become amnesiac after entering Area 14, and he can't even remember his forbidden words.

Xie Zhenshu thought it was a problem with the console, but even if they exchanged, after entering the 14th area, the memory of 7-001 would still be erased.

If the memory cannot be preserved, how should he find that person?

Xie Zhen wrote to the blackboard, connecting the "Su Heting" written by himself with the "98342" written by 7-001, which has been filled with the information they filled.

Half a month later, Xie Zhenshu wrote on the blackboard:

Tyrant → 98342 → Parking Area

X→7-006→Unknown.

He circled the "unknown", and sometimes he would stare at the blackboard in a daze after the connection was over. He can't be sad, because he doesn't have time, and he has been separated from him for too long—Xie Zhenshu doesn't allow himself to be sad, he sorts out his emotions after every failure, and then keeps going on.

How are you, cat.

Occasionally, he would write these inexplicable sentences and erase them. He began to get used to the bad weather in the berthing area, and he also got used to being in a daze.

Xie Zhenshu believes that the entry of him and 7-001 will definitely bring some changes to District 14. Only in comparison, this kind of variable is more likely to appear in 7-001 with a higher degree of freedom.

As the party with memory, Xie Zhenshu tried to contact 7-001 in District 14. He discovered that when he uttered forbidden words, District 14 would just kick him off, and the experiment itself wouldn't stop. So he started to try something bold.

When the plot of the 14th district became "7-001 and Yan Junxun were handed over to the Black Panther as a task to monitor", Xie Zhenshu finally heard the news of 7-006 from the window system.

The window system said: "That's a great hacker, we can all breathe a sigh of relief if he monitors 01AE86..."

Xie Zhenshu flipped through the report and said: "01AE86 is emotionally unstable, I have to tell 7-006 the details of the mission objective." His eyes dimmed, and he said firmly, "I want to meet him."

The window system says, "OK."

It turned the display screen, told Xie Zhenshu the address of the Black Panther training ground, and said cheerfully: "I will notify the Black Panther, and they will arrange for you to meet. Oh, it's a rare holiday, I wish you a good time."

Xie Zhenshu left the prison and took the light rail leading to the light track area. He arrived at the area where Su Heting lived—although it was fake, it was enough.

He wasn't sure if Su Heting had lost his memory like 7-001. For him, meeting would be a turning point.

It was a sunny day, Xie Zhenshu changed into a new shirt and bought sunflowers at the street corner. He walked across the street, and came to the meeting place amidst the aroma of desserts and coffee.

He saw Su Heting walk past the traffic light and walk towards himself. The wind gently blew his black hair away, at that moment, he couldn't even control his gaze, he stared at Su Heting, the corners of his lips moved slightly, wanting to say—

The world suddenly became silent.

The light and shadow dissipated like a bubble, and Xie Zhenshu was isolated in the ever-shrinking distance. He forgot what he said, but no matter what it was, Su Heting couldn't hear it.

Sunflowers fell to the ground.

Xie Zhenshu lay in reality without opening his eyes, but he already understood. No matter what he does, he is forbidden to approach Su Heting in District 14.

They cannot meet.