Wednesday, June 28.

Su Xuejun's parents received a strange guest today. The guest, who was young, in his early twenties, wore dirty glasses and a slightly wrinkled suit, and as soon as he entered, he claimed to be sent by the property management company of Cailongju.

"Regarding Ling Yuan's misfortune, our company expresses deep sympathy to the two of them. Since this incident took place in a small area managed by our company, the company specially sent me to ask you about the situation. ”

The guest said respectfully, Su Xuejun's parents knew his intentions. In Shanghai, there have been cases where the owner's child drowned in the community pool and then sued the property management company. Cailongju Property Company is probably also worried about this, afraid that Su Xuejun's parents will use this to accuse the property company of unfavorable management, so they specially sent someone to find out.

"Oh, the little girl committed suicide, the police have confirmed this." Su Xuejun's father replied lightly, his tone a little dissatisfied. His daughter's accident occurred on June 16, and the property management company only came to inquire on June 28, which was a little longer.

The guest nodded again and again, then took out a bouquet of white flowers and said, "I wonder if I can offer a bouquet of flowers to Ling Yuan to express our company's condolences?" ”

Su Xuejun's father's face softened a little and took him to his daughter's bedroom. The bedroom was very clean, and there was a photo of Su Xuejun on the table. After the guest walked into the bedroom, he looked around left and right, put the white flower next to the photo, bowed respectfully, and looked carefully at the computer desk, and then hurriedly said goodbye.

"The quality of the employees of this property company is getting worse and worse, how can such a person be sent."

After the guest left, Su Xuejun's father complained to his wife.

When Xiao Nuo came to the black tea shop, Ma Ming had already arrived, and he was sitting in his seat and slowly flipping through the book. A glass of water on the table, next to a stack of books and magazines borrowed from the library. The waiter at the tea shop looked at him with white eyes, and he didn't care.

"Hi...... Belch...... This ......"

Xiao Nuo opened his mouth to say hello, but he didn't know how to call it all of a sudden. Call him "Old Horse" or "Little Pony"

Well, the age does not match; Calling it "Ma Ming" is a bit blunt and rude, and it is awkward; It's too intimate to call "Ah Ming": "Classmate Ma" and "Classmate" sound very strange, and finally Xiaonuo hesitated again and again, recalling the Japanese dramas he had watched before, and finally chose a name that was somewhat "Hari" tendency.

"Senior, it's so early."

Ma Ming heard Xiao Nuo's greeting, raised his head, closed the book in his hand, and then put it on the top of the stack of books.

"Xiao Nuo, I've just arrived."

"I'm sorry, I'm late, I've been so busy lately, and it's almost time for the final exam."

Ma Ming smiled sympathetically, he didn't have to worry about this kind of thing in his senior year. The two of them exchanged pleasantries for a while, and immediately got to the point, Ma Mingshen took out a three-inch disk from his pocket and put it on the table, and said to Xiaonuo: "There is bad news, a good news, and a good news, which one to listen to first?" ”

“…… En......" Xiao Nuo held his chin and thought about it for a while, "Listen to the bad first, then listen to the good, and leave the bad to the end." ”

"It seems that you are an optimist...... The bad news is that the hard drive can't be recovered, and it seems to have taken a pretty big hit inside. It can only be reformatted as a new one, and the data inside ...... Tsk, no way. ”

"That's right......" Xiao Nuo frowned, maybe there were some more valuable things in the hard drive that hadn't been excavated, and it was wasted. What's more, she also promised Tang Jing's parents to sort out her article, and now she was about to break her promise, and Tang Jing's unfinished manuscript was not rescued. She sighed at the thought of this.

"Don't be sad, there's good news." Ma Ming said, while taking off his glasses and wiping them, "Very important good news." ”

"Oh? What is it? What is it? Arnold urged.

"Hehe, I'm going to Su Xuejun's house today."

“…………………… What are you going to do there? ”

"It's important to confirm something." Ma Ming's eyes flashed with smugness behind the lenses, "Guess what I saw in her bedroom?" ”

"The picture?"

"Not only that......" Ma Ming tapped on the frame of his glasses, "although they have cleaned the computer desk, I still found a few traces of dust on the table, just like you have on your computer." ”

Arnold's eyes immediately widened.

This shows that it was the same ghost that attacked Tang Jing and Su Xuejun on the night of the 16th. The deaths of the two of them must have a deep connection. ”

Ma Ming continued to analyze, and Xiao Nuo felt that his thoughts suddenly became clear. Sure enough, the deaths of these two people are related! This time there is finally conclusive evidence!

"Attacking two people who are online at the same time, it seems that this ghost's attack was carried out through the Internet......"

Both of them had in their minds the scene of a hideous ghost incarnated as a "bit" galloping through tens of millions of computers.

"Next is good news...... "Ma Ming pushed the three-inch disk on the table to Xiao Nuo, "...... The forum of the Remnant Star Building, you can go in. ”

"Huh? Are you sure? ”

"The guy I live with is a master of programming, so I asked him to make a crack, and he easily broke through the password limit. As long as you run this, you will be able to log in to that forum as the Madara. ”

"So, you've already been? What did you find? Arnold asked eagerly, leaning forward, his eyes full of anticipation.

Ma Ming tapped his head with the index finger of his right hand and said, "How can I say it, there is nothing particularly valuable to discover." That forum may have fewer users, so there are very few posts, and since April, there are only about 30 posts in total. I read it and there was no post that could state their identity. ”

Xiao Nuo sat back in his chair in disappointment, and whispered with a flat mouth: "This is not bad or bad, it is obviously bad news." ”

"Hehe, don't worry, I'm not done yet. I found two suspicious points in that forum...... Are you free right now? ”

“…… Kindness...... It's okay before six o'clock, what? ”

"There is no basis for what you say, find an Internet café, I'll show you it."

Arnold looked at his watch and nodded.

"Eun!"

There is a saying that college students' money is the best to earn. They are more playful than middle school students, richer than middle school students, but just as unrestrained as middle school students. Therefore, there are all kinds of shops and stalls next to the university, from fried rice noodles with tea and eggs to computer accessories, all of which are tailored for the hobbies and wallets of these proud children. Naturally, the popular element of Internet cafes cannot be missing.

Ma Ming and Xiao Nuo walked into an Internet café called Pleasure Rhythm near the university. It is a two-story building, and the lobby on the first floor has been set aside for business. There were more than a dozen bicycles at the door, and there were shouts and shouts from time to time in the house. The two of them walked in, only to see a warm "human smell" coming to their faces, Xiao Nuo couldn't help frowning, covering his nose, Ma Ming seemed to have been used to it for a long time, and his face did not change.

When he came to the counter, Ma Ming took out his ID card, and an old man in his fifties at the counter carefully registered the number in the notebook, and did not forget to tell him when he returned the ID card: "Young man, don't go to any messy websites!" ”

"Do you think I look like someone who goes on that kind of site during the day?"

Ma Ming took Xiaonuo to work hard past a group of boys who were fascinated by CS, bypassed a few masters of the four countries under the Lianzhong, and picked the innermost empty machine to sit down. Ma Ming took out the floppy disk and inserted it into the machine, typed the home page, and skillfully began to crack it, and it only took a minute or two to get the permission of the moderator.

Xiao Nuo stared at the screen, she finally saw the forum of the Remnant Star Building.

The forum of the Remnant Star Building is built with the most popular travel forum template, with a light yellow tone and a dark red border, which looks simple and dignified. There are two sub-forums, one is called "Tingtao" and the other is called "Tuning the Piano".

The number of posts in "Listening to the Waves" is 38, while the number of posts in "Tuning" is only 6, probably the first is used as a chat irrigation version, and the second is a formal novel discussion forum.

The novels in "Tuning the Piano" are the two on the first page, and there is nothing special about it. Let's take a look at this version. “

Ma Ming looked at the screen and said, then clicked on "Tingtao", Xiaonuo saw that the publishers and replies to those posts were the names she had been looking for: Jinghong, Shengzhou, Liuli, Ming............

"Wait a minute, why didn't you see Zishan's post?" Xiao Nuo asked, in the whole forum, she only saw these four people coming and going, but the name of "Zishan" was missing.

"Clever!" Ma Ming snapped his fingers and moved the mouse to the option of "View User List" at the top of the screen, "You see, there are only these four users in this forum: Jinghong, Shengzhou, Liuli, and Ming." ”

"It's weird............"

"It's strange to come...... Ma Ming then clicked on the system record, he is now a moderator, and he can check the operation records that have been deleted in the past. A list of deleted posts appeared on the screen, all of which were related to "Zishan"! The time shows that the deletion action is on May 10th, but unfortunately the content can no longer be seen.

"May 10th............" Xiaonuo thought about this day.

Ma Ming seemed to have guessed Xiao Nuo's thoughts, turned his face and nodded at her.

There must be something big about this.

The latest post on the forum was made by Shengzhou at 4:02 a.m. on June 17. Zero clicks. The title of the post is "Tongjian has been modified, and it can be restored at any time", and the content of the post is: "Tongjian" page I have dealt with, and you can upload it at any time. What does that mean? Xiao Nuo looked inexplicable.

"I don't know...... Typographical error. That's not the point, if you look at the time: 4:02 a.m. on June 17, do you see anything wrong? ”

“………… Tang Jing and Su Xuejun both died at around 12 o'clock, and Shengzhou was still able to post at four o'clock in the morning, and he was not attacked? ”

"I don't know...... By the way, didn't you say that Shengzhou has also disappeared from the Internet since June 16? So whether he is dead or alive is hard to say...... Send a post and ask, let me be a dead horse doctor, if he is alive, he will definitely come to this forum. ”

So Xiaonuo immediately registered the name of "Belial", briefly wrote down the deaths of Tang Jing (Jinghong) and Su Xuejun (Liuli) and posted them on the forum, and hoped that if Shengzhou saw it, he took the initiative to contact her, and finally left his EMAIL and MSN. When Xiaonuo said goodbye to Ma Ming and returned home, it was already past five o'clock in the evening.

She looked particularly tired. When her mother asked her if she was feeling unwell during the meal, Xiaonuo just shook her head and lowered her head to pick up the rice.

"The final exam is approaching, don't let Xiao Jing's matter affect the exam, don't be too sad."

Mom put a piece of meat in her bowl.

"Yes, got it."

After eating, Xiaonuo returned to the house, turned on the computer, and put MSN online, and Tiyun was always online waiting for her to come.

(MSN format below)

Tiyun said: You're here, I've been looking for you!!

Beria said: Well?

Tiyun said: There is something very important to tell you!

Beria said: Me too, but you can say it first.

Tiyunzong said: I found Ming.

Beria Says: !! Where is she?

Tiyun said: I occasionally found her in a cosplay community. (Note: Cosplay is an event where anime lovers disguise themselves as various anime characters)

Beria said: She's still there?

Tiyun said: ...... In fact, when I went, people there were holding an online memorial service for Ming.

In that neighborhood, her name is Droplet, and she is a character in the comic book Hunter.

Beria Says: ........................

Tiyunzong said: I went there and asked in detail, Ming is from Chongqing, and his real name is Zhang Chunhua. She died of a heart attack on the night of June 16.

Beria Says: ...... Was she using a computer at the time?

Tiyunzong said: Because the cosplay club is from Chongqing, and many members there are familiar with each other in reality, so they are very clear about Ming's death. Others have written about the details.

Tiyunzong said: Exactly, it is said that many of them went to the Internet café all night that day, and then most of them left first, leaving only Ming and two or three others who had been playing. Ming was sitting on the innermost machine, and when it was about 12 o'clock, her friend suddenly noticed her lying on the keyboard and did not move, and when she looked over, she was already unconscious.

They rushed her to the hospital, but it was too late, and the doctor said it was a heart attack, and she had a congenital heart condition.

Beria said: Did they notice anything about QQ?

Tiyunzong said: I don't think so, everyone was in a hurry at the time, I'm afraid no one paid attention to it, and this was not mentioned in the article that introduced it. And after Ming was sent to the hospital, the owner of the Internet café immediately closed the door, and the computers must have all been turned off, so I am afraid there is no way to verify.

Tiyun immediately sent the address of the forum to mourn "Ming", Xiao Nuo opened it and took a look, the first thing that caught his eye was a photo of a girl, very cute, she was wearing wide-rimmed black-framed glasses, a black sweater, and a strange vacuum cleaner in her hand. There is a note in small print next to it, she is a brigade member in COS Hunters. And below the photo, there is a eulogy written by her friend and what happened, and the specific situation is no different from what Tiyun Zong said. It was followed by a long list of posts, all expressing condolences.

"Third ......"

Xiao Nuo looked at the photo, and couldn't tell whether he was sad because of the girl or excited because of the clear clues.

She slowly flipped through the following posts, and there was a wonderful feeling that a person who died in reality was commemorated by people with an illusory name in the illusory network. Not only her, but also Tang Jing and Su Xuejun, they all have a completely different name and life on the Internet than in reality, although they are all dead in reality, Xiaonuo can still feel the traces of their other lives on the Internet.

"That's probably the fun of networking."

Arnold thought so, and then pulled his thoughts back to reality. Tang Jing, Su Xuejun and Ming, three members of the Remnant Star Building, died at the same time on the 16th, which can no longer be explained by coincidence.

However, there is also the one who was still posting at four o'clock in the morning on the 17th.

(MSN format below)

Tiyun said: Are you okay?

Beria said: Well, :)

Tiyun said: I really didn't expect it...... Even Ming died, alas. All of a sudden, I lost three friends.

It's hard to imagine that all of a sudden, there is no ......

Beria said: Please don't be too upset......

Tiyun said: Smile bitterly...... I know, but ...... Leave me alone, I'm a very emotional person.

Beria said: If we can find out the truth, it will be the greatest comfort to them, right?

Tiyunzong said: Laugh, thank you, thank you very much.

Then, Xiao Nuo told Tiyun Zong about the forum he saw with Ma Ming today, and wanted to send the cracked software over.

Tiyun said: Hehe, no need, since that brother Ma has already seen it, he must not miss anything.

I promised Tang Jing not to go to their forum before, and now I don't want to break this promise.

Beria said: Well, I understand, you are really ...... to my cousin Care.

Tiyun said: Even if it weren't for that person.

Beria said, "You mean knowledge."

Beria said: Wrong...... Zishan.

After a few weeks of chatting online, Arnold's typing speed has become faster, but occasionally he still makes mistakes.

She uses intelligent spelling,"Zishan"The phrase has been recorded in the customary thesaurus,So you only need to enter the first letter of the two Chinese characters in ZS to display it directly。 However, there are quite a lot of phrases starting with ZS, and it is troublesome to choose, so generally Xiaonuo is to enter ZSHAN, which is more convenient. Just now, she was quick for a while, and as soon as she typed the two letters of ZS, she pressed the space bar, and as a result, the "knowledge" in the first place in the word choice box was knocked up.

"Wait a minute......"

The hand tapping on the keyboard suddenly stopped, and a sentence flashed through Xiaonuo's mind like a flash of lightning.

"Let's vote, be careful, knowledge"

Could it be that what Shengzhou originally wanted to enter was "Let's vote, be careful?" Because of some kind of change, it was hurriedly and mistakenly typed into "knowledge"?

Xiaonuo immediately told Tiyun Zong about this idea, and Tiyun Zong appreciated the idea and further analyzed:

Tiyun said: The composition of this sentence is very strange, if what he wants to enter is really "Be careful Zishan", it has nothing to do with the title of this post and the first half of the sentence "Let's vote".

Beria said: Yes, it gives people the feeling of being out of place.

Tiyun said: Maybe there is such a possibility, he originally wanted to enter other content, but there was an emergency, so he didn't even have time for another new post, so he wrote it down here and sent it out.

Beria said: That's right, yes, in fact, ZS doesn't have to be Zishan, maybe it's "suicide", "be careful of suicide". Maybe he also ran into that QQ that night, just in time for a new post, so he hurriedly warned others in the post. You must know that Tang Jing and Su Xuejun both committed suicide.

Tiyun said: But the time is wrong...... Four a.m. ...... Could you please go to that forum again to confirm the publication date of that post?

Beria said: Okay

Beria said: It was confirmed, the time was 4:02 a.m. on June 17.

Tiyun said: The hour difference is very far, but the minute difference is not big, and Jinghong, Liuli and Ming probably died at a few minutes ago.

Beria said: What do you mean......

Tiyun said: Assuming that Shengzhou's sentence originally meant "be careful of suicide", then it is almost certain that he met that ghost QQ. The QQ killed everyone else at midnight, but Shengzhou hurriedly warned at four o'clock in the morning, and you should have thought of the reason for this strange situation.

Beria said: Jet lag

Tiyun said: Jet lag

Tiyun said: Heroes see the same thing.