Pengcheng City, underground of Shouwang Building.

John Cavendis, with his blond hair and somewhat disheveled, sat cross-legged on the ground, looking at the rabbit carving in his hand with some despair.

Since he was taken to this hidden and high-tech underground space on the 17th of last month, he has not left, and has been staying here to "solve the puzzle" of the "scarred" rabbit wood carving.

Mr. Chu Liang gave him two choices, one was to figure out the special features of the rabbit wood carving within 40 days, and the other was to win the giant snake.

John, who finally escaped from Shekou, naturally made the previous choice, compared to the "blood beast" giant snake he had seen terrifying and powerful, a rabbit wood carving naturally looked much more harmless to humans and animals.

But for the next month or so, he stayed with the rabbit wood carving 24 hours a day, constantly observing, pondering, and fiddling, and every part of the wood carving, every trace on it, has been deeply engraved into his mind and memory.

Even now he just had to close his eyes, as if he would see a rough and ugly rabbit wood carving grinning at him.

But in addition to barely being able to see that the tools used to carve this rabbit should be very unprofessional, and from the various traces on it, he can see that the wood carving has suffered all kinds of "torture", but he still hasn't figured out what is so special about this rabbit wood carving.

After he took over the task, Mr. Liang basically ignored him, neither assigned him a room, nor gave him any equipment and tools, he could only sit on the floor in this hall - the only seat belonged to Mr. Liang, and he did not dare to touch it.

Mr. Liang occasionally deals with some things through the screen raised on the middle platform of the hall, most of the time is in a state of invisibility, judging from the opening and closing of the elevator, Mr. Liang often leaves, but because of his special stealth ability, John is not sure whether Mr. Liang has left or not, the elevator opens and closes, whether it is just to tease him.

Of course, whether Mr. Liang left or not, he had no idea of running away.

It's not that he doesn't want to run, but he has observed that there are no buttons outside the elevator at all, and it is clear that not for anyone to use.

If he couldn't use the elevator, he really didn't know how he could get out of this space that didn't know how far from the ground and was surrounded by metal walls.

And with that Mr. Liang's terrifying ability, as well as the various black technologies displayed, even if Mr. Liang leaves temporarily, he must be sure to trap him here. You know, in addition to him, there is at least one "Blood Beast" giant snake here.

If he hadn't been a "blood clan", he would have starved to death of thirst in the past month.

But even if it's him, being locked up here for such a long time is physically and mentally exhausted, and he feels a little crazy.

Especially seeing that time passed little by little, and the 40-day deadline was very close, and he still couldn't find out the "speciality" of the rabbit wood carving, John had the urge to smash the wood carving.

He knew that when Mr. Liang said "special", he certainly did not mean something that could be intuitively judged by the style of the wood carving, the technique of chiseling, and the source of the damaged marks on it.

At the beginning, he wondered if there was something hidden in it, so he applied to Mr. Liang to directly dissect the wood carving, but Mr. Liang directly showed him the X-ray scans of the wood carving from all angles, as well as the report data after various instrument testing, so that he knew that Mr. Liang had already had a lot of scientific tests on this wood carving, and even all kinds of burning, drilling, cutting and other traces on it were also done by Mr. Liang.

Moreover, Mr. Liang also has a large number of reference images similar to or next to the rabbit wood carving, possible image sources, as well as a large number of carving techniques and carving tools. There is an analysis of the possible psychological state of the woodcarver and chisel issued by psychological experts, the artistic judgment given by some artists, and the interpretation of the artistic conception expressed by the woodcarver and the emotions and thoughts of the carver......

Obviously, Mr. Liang couldn't find the special wood carving with these methods, so he handed over the wood carving to him, according to a Chinese proverb, that is, "a dead horse is a live horse doctor", to see if he, a "blood family" from Slovakia, could bring any new angles of discovery.

He also asked Mr. Liang what angle or what kind of way he should study this "rabbit wood carving", and the answer he received was "according to your ideas".

He asked Mr. Liang why he was so sure that the "rabbit wood carving" was "special"? Mr. Liang did not respond.

John didn't know if he would let him go if he really found something special about the "rabbit wood carving", or accede to his request to make himself a "loyal servant". But he understands that if Mr. Yiliang's style of acting really can't give an answer within the time limit, the final result will definitely not be good.

When he had to explain the role and source of the "holy blood" in the knife, so that the "holy blood" was eaten by Mr. Liang, John still had a moment of worry and panic, afraid of the wrath of Count Joel, afraid that his retreat would be cut off, and afraid that he would never be able to return to the "Red Rose".

But soon, he understood how powerful Mr. Liang and the organization behind him were, and he was a little hopeful that Count Joel or the "Red Rose" would come to his door, and that he would be able to play some role at that time, at least to provide more information and show other values.

He hoped that the old guys of "Red Rose" would be able to take some risks when the "blood source" was insufficient and the stage limit was approaching.

I hope they can fight for something, create some trouble for Mr. Liang and the organization behind him, and give themselves a chance to play a role.

But he also knows very well that the old guys are extremely patient monsters, and they can survive for so long because of patience and care, so even if they know that he has defected, even if the stage limit is approaching, they will definitely look for other alternatives that can be solved in Europe first, and they will not find them unless they have to.

On several occasions with Mr. Liang, attempts to arouse Mr. Liang's interest in the Slovak "Red Rose" and to have him return to Europe as a proxy have all failed.

At least for this 40-day period, it is difficult to expect to delay or get a replacement mission with the Red Rose.

John racked his brains to use all the secret techniques, secret techniques, and legends he had heard in "Red Rose", and even the plots of various movies about wood carvings, dolls, statues, and other items in the movie, hoping to find the right idea.

He even asked Mr. Liang for the white porcelain knife, although it did not have the "holy blood" of Count Joel, and it did not have the kind of lethality to other "blood clans" and "blood beasts", but it was still very sharp.

He slit his hand with a porcelain knife and smeared his own blood on the rabbit carving, but the rabbit carving did not react.

He also applied for things like garlic and performed various baptisms on wood carvings, but to no avail.

So at this moment, looking at the wood carving in his hand, John's heart was full of despair, and he even began to wonder if the reason why Mr. Liang made such an option for him to choose was simply to tease him and let him experience the feeling of forty days from hope to despair?

Or is it telling him that if he is unwilling to face the giant snake, the final result will be the same torture as this wood carving?

Is it a hint to him that he, like this rabbit wood carving, is Mr. Liang's plaything?

But thinking of the various test reports that Mr. Liang showed him, and the arrogant attitude that Mr. Liang showed to "Red Rose" and other "blood clans", he felt that this should not be the case, and that there should really be something wrong with this wood carving, and Mr. Liang disdained this kind of play.

Just as he was annoyed and bit the long ears of the rabbit wood carving with his teeth, the light in the entire hall suddenly dimmed.

John was stunned, slowly opened his mouth, looked up at the huge brick-like light grille above his head, and felt that something was wrong—he had been in this place for more than a month, but he had never encountered a situation where the light was unstable.

The next moment, the lights were bright again, but they became much brighter than normal, and then they began to flicker again.

In the middle, a computer screen rises from the operating platform, and there are also screens extending down from the top, and there are various operating platforms that do not know the use of the platform sticking out from the side.

"My lord, is that you?" John called out a little nervously, but there was no response.

He cautiously leaned over, only to see that most of the screens were black, and some of them were scrolling quickly with lines of code, so fast that they couldn't be seen by the naked eye.

Soon, all of those screens retracted back to the platform, and the lights in the hall went out in an instant.

After a while, the lights came on again, and the appearance of a giant snake appeared on the wall not far away, which startled John, and then looked again, and found that the wall that held the giant snake had become a screen again, projecting the situation inside in real time.

Next, the walls next to it lit up one after the other, projecting empty rooms in some of them, while others also contained strange-looking creatures, apparently other "blood beasts".

Sure enough, there is more than one "blood beast" locked up here!

John suddenly became nervous, he was a little worried that Mr. Liang had something wrong with the electronic system in this high-tech looking place.

If the partitions that held the "Blood Beast" were opened, and he didn't even have a place to escape, he would probably die a miserable death, right?

However, the huge screens that lit up quickly went out again, and returned to the normal appearance of the partition wall, but the lights overhead were still unstable and flickering.

Clearly, the situation is not over yet.

John faintly heard what seemed to be a sound of sand falling on some metal part overhead, seemingly in a ventilation duct, but it was a small sound, and it was bursting in bursts, so that he was a little unsure if he had misheard, maybe it was just some other ventilation system or the cooling system of some equipment working.

Suddenly, in the dim light, a whole piece of meat suddenly appeared on the ground not far in front of him—the cut sides were neat and clean, and it didn't look bloody, but it looked like it had been processed and ready to be sliced or diced and put into the pot.

And for some reason, as soon as he saw that piece of meat, a thought popped into his mind - this is rabbit meat.

It was a very strange feeling.

He subconsciously looked at the rabbit wood carving in his hand and found that his hand was a little shaky.

This was a little strange to him, he had always thought that he would only tremble and be afraid because of strength and death, and not because of such strange and mysterious things, because he felt that he was one of the strange and mysterious things.

But at this moment, a cool air surged, and he inexplicably thought of some stories that he had seen as jokes before, and suddenly understood the feelings of those people in the stories.

It turns out that the "blood clan" will also be afraid of that kind of thing.

He didn't know what it was, and the fear of the unknown was sometimes even stronger than the threat of absolute power.

At this moment, the maintenance area on the third basement above John and the Shouwang Building above have also been affected, and there is no signal in the entire building, whether it is WIFI signal, mobile phone signal, Bluetooth, or 2.5G equipment signal, all of which are lost.

Fortunately, it is now more than 11 o'clock in the evening, and few people are still working, so not many people are affected.

But the computer automatically restarts, the lights go out, and the power is interrupted for a short time, which is still maddening.

Whether it is John, the maintenance personnel on the third basement floor, or the staff of "Shenxing Technology" in the Shouwang Building, what they don't know is that these phenomena are not deliberately displayed or scary by some beings, but a side effect caused by a "digital life" who feels that he has been "perfect" and is trying to forcibly read the large storage device hidden in the deepest part of the underground secret space of "Shenxing Technology" without any networking.

Previously, before she was fully integrated into the "Super Sense Object System", Alice could already control and influence some electronic devices through the super-connected air, even if they were not connected to the network.

However, it is not possible to obtain detailed data stored on electronic devices, and transport them directly through the air through the "super-sensing object system", and then convert them into digital information in the outside world and present them on other electronic devices.

With the help of Little Apple, after completely entering the "Super Sense Item System", both Xiang Kun and Alice thought that she would do this, and get the things out of the large storage device under the Shouwang Building, which was theoretically ready, and the rest was only a matter of time.

Alice is also very clear that Xiang Kun is now very much looking forward to and eager to see that information, thinking that there is a high probability that that it can help him answer all kinds of questions brought by Mr. Heliang of "Shenxing Technology", and may even get some secrets of the root of "mutant creatures".

As a result, on the one hand, she has just been fully incorporated into the "super-sensory item system", and has not yet found a suitable method for the essential transformation of this kind of data, on the other hand, she is too impatient, and there are not enough "super-connected things" around, which makes her cause great movement when she converts and obtains data.

Not only did it cause temporary distress and trouble to the staff of Shouwang Building, but it also caused a powerful impact on John Cavendish's self-conscious psychic shock, and almost burned the storage device.

Xiang Kun, who knew this situation, was really a little crying and laughing, because the task he originally arranged for Alice was a long-term task, and he was mainly safe, and he was not in a hurry.

As a result, after completing the experiment tonight, Alice successfully took the initiative to apply to Lao Xia for the data on the hard disk of an old-fashioned desktop computer in Chongyun Village without networking and transferred it to Xiang Kun's notebook, and then appeared in the appearance of Xiao Lao Xia, with one hand on her waist and the other hand pointing the scalpel to the sky, and boasted to Xiang Kun: "Before the sun came out, Alice helped the boss bring the data!"

And then, that's what happened......

Alice, who failed to get out of school, did not apply to Lao Xia again, and did not even make a sound, but displayed it on the computer screen with text: "That device is not connected to the power supply, and it will take more hyper-connexs to obtain complete data without power-on, and there are not enough super-confederations over there, so apply for more super-co-constuds." ”