Have you ever suddenly regained consciousness at some point and your memory went through a brief gap?

This is the recent life of the founder of Chloe Films, it took him a minute to get used to the state he was in, everything around him was so familiar, it was a private office that became his temporary office after the destruction of the Chloe Film building.

He couldn't remember when he was here, but a work text message from Guan Lili reminded him.

Now is not the time to rest.

Chloe Pictures is facing the darkest moment ever, and he is tasked with rebuilding the company.

More and more information poured into his mind, filling in the gaps in his thinking and making his past and future path clearer.

The tablet on his desk tracked down his next work schedule, a third of which he had already completed, and the next schedule showed that he needed to attend an internal meeting of the Lagus Foundation to discuss the site for the company's new building and various redevelopment matters.

At the moment, there is less than half an hour left before the video conference.

The Foundation is supportive of his plans.

But then, the founders found something unusual in the calendar:

"Watch out for predators."

Predators?

It's a completely unfamiliar term, and the founders subconsciously think it's the name of a new series, or a new villain coming out of a company.

The success of the film based on the "Eager Citizen" a few months ago, and the heated discussion about the villain Chai Ke in the show gave them some inspiration, and some suggested that in their plans for the next ten years, they should create a villain in the "rescuer universe" created by Chloe Pictures that could run through several or even a dozen films.

Although the founder has long since retired from the background and is no longer directly involved in the creation of scripts and characters, he still shares his inspiration with everyone from time to time.

Perhaps he was born for the job, but even at the age of 100, inspiration always inadvertently flooded into his brain.

But soon, the founders overturned their own ideas.

This is due to a conflict between the prompt time of "Beware of Predators" and the time of the Foundation's video conference.

This was a low-level mistake, and with the meticulousness of his work, he would never have set up anything else during such an important meeting, and according to the itinerary on the electronic schedule, the "Predator" would arrive five minutes after the start of the video conference.

Immediately afterward, the founders were surprised to find that the time on the schedule had changed.

The arrival of the Predator has been brought forward, and there are some extra parts in the text.

It will eventually come to itself in the form of a plumber.

The founder carefully observed the electronic calendar until it changed again under his gaze, confirming that what he had just seen was not an illusion.

Is this artificial intelligence at work, or is someone trying to warn him of the impending danger?

In addition to the beating time, a new content appeared on the e-manual, and he came to the window and looked downstairs.

The founder did so.

The private office building is located in a low-traffic DC area, and the office is located on a low floor, so you can clearly see the situation below when you stand by the window.

The founders soon discovered the plumber alerted in the electronic schedule.

Dressed in the standard uniform of a Plumber in the Fourth District, with a tool kit slung around his waist, the plumber was looking up at the window of his private office as if he had expected the founder to come to the window.

It was a prey-like gaze.

At this moment, the electronic calendar is like a constantly changing menu of game tasks, and a new instruction is issued to the founder, this time in a concise and concise way, just four words - try to get out.

The founders easily thought of what would happen when they were hit by a quirky plumber downstairs.

Death.

The idea was so clear that he had the illusion that he had been hunted.

The founder saw the plumber downstairs take action, and instead of entering the building's main entrance, he leaned his hands and feet against the wall, moving like a gecko.

This unusual scene made the founders ignore the upcoming Foundation video conference, followed the instructions in the e-manual, and walked out of their private office quickly.

And just as the plumber approached, a strange voice came to his head.

"Don't you think it's strange to Singosi? Why are you here? Think about it, how did you get here? ”

Singosi was the founder's name, but he hadn't heard anyone call him that for a long time.

Everyone they usually see has a unique name for him, among which "founder", "big boss", and "leader" are the most common titles he hears.

He quickly judged that it was the voice of a "predator", indicating that he was most likely a psychic person.

"It must be safe there, as long as you can go back there......"

The voice in his head kept pouring into his brain, and at the same time, there was a sound above his head, from far and near, and he clearly heard something crawling rapidly in the compartment above his head, and the voice continued to start the conversation in an almost threatening manner, "Singosi, it's useless to run away, I remember your scent, no matter where you flee, no matter how many times you try again, I will find you." ”

The founders knew they had been caught up.

The Predator was moving so fast that it had been chased directly above his head a dozen seconds earlier, and the hunt seemed to continue only because the Predator was enjoying teasing his prey.

"Singosi, it's almost there, just step into that elevator and you'll be able to go to the ground floor, and I can assure you that you won't tear your chest open in the elevator."

Distracted by voices in his head, the founder's gaze moved back and forth between the elevator and the safe passage.

I don't know if it's a coincidence or not, the elevator is coming towards the floor where he is.

Like those classic escape sequences in thriller movies, he is also faced with a choice that can make the difference between life and death.

There is only one way to escape between the two, or either is an illusion given to him by the "predator", and no matter which one he chooses, the only thing that awaits him in the end is death.

No one with any sanity would believe the advice from the killer, and it was clear that safe passage was his only chance of escape.

Reason led the founder to make a quick decision, but the moment he took his steps towards the safe passage, a fleeting image crossed his mind.

It was a dimly lit safe passage.

A blood-stained plumber sat next to an unrecognizable corpse, his hands reaching into the corpse's cracked chest cavity and extracting the contents to feast on it.

In that scene, Singosi found himself unable to seem to escape too far, which was undoubtedly a lethal option.

Singosi didn't know if the image was a deliberate hallucination created by the Predator, but his body had already reacted before he ran to the elevator, and when he got to the elevator, the elevator door was slowly opening to him.

High-pitched, shrill laughter filled his brain.

"You're such an idiot that you really believe it!"

Singosi distinctly heard the high-speed moving object on the overhead compartment sticking to the top of the hovering elevator, "Congratulations, you've put yourself in prison, but the real answer is that no matter which way you choose, you can't escape the end of the heartbreak!" ”

"Mr. Founder, are you alright?"

A slightly concerned voice pulled Singosi back to reality, and the people in the elevator were clearly taken aback by his current state.

There was more than one person in the elevator, there were four of them, and he had a vague impression of the one who spoke.

“…… Veronica. ”

After a moment, Singosi recalled the girl's name.

Her parents work in the counterintelligence department, have a good image, and are also very capable themselves, and before the start of filming of this season of "Rescuer Master", the person in charge reported in a working meeting that they wanted Veronica to be the champion of this season.

As for the three people around Veronica......

As if seeing the confusion in Singosi's eyes, Veronica took the initiative to introduce him to the temporary partner she found on the show, "Her name is Valen, she is a law enforcer from District 17 and a contestant this season, and the other two are Zhuang Chi and Roger, who are colleagues who came to District 4 to cheer her on. ”

Before Singosi could speak, the voice of the Predator rang in his head again, "It's a bonus, at least this time you won't be on your way." ”

Xingosi's face changed, "Be careful, it's not safe here. ”

As if to confirm his claim, a sharp scraping of metal was heard above the elevator.

The baffle above their heads was slowly lifted, and a hideous face was exposed to their eyes.

Singosi always felt that he had seen this face, but when he thought about it, he couldn't find any clues.

The Predator was examining his prey, but when he looked at Roger, a shudder rushed through his body, as if it were imprinted in the genetic sequence of the creature.

This allowed him to "foresee" what would happen now.

Unknown pitch-black energy pierced through his chest, and both his body and his consciousness crumbled under the energy.

It was a force beyond his comprehension, and even a glance was enough to make any creature tremble.

He heard the man's name from Singosi's conversation.

Roger......

Where the hell did he come from!?

The trembling from the soul made the "Predator" have to make a shameful decision, he took out his tool kit in front of everyone and showed everyone the tools inside, "He's right, the elevator has some malfunctions, it's not very safe, you'd better take the safe passage." ”

"Oh, sorry, sorry, I'm sorry to disturb your work."

Hearing this, Valian hurriedly apologized.

She swore they hadn't seen the construction sign before they entered the elevator, and it was no wonder that the elevator maintenance personnel waited for them with a cannibalistic look when they opened the baffle - it was quite dangerous to suddenly start the elevator during construction, both for them and the construction crew.

This sudden change also made Singosi a little confused.

The playful words of the "predator" in his mind also stopped, and he gained a brief calm.

After exiting the elevator, Veronica indicated her intentions, "Mr. Founder, we believe that you are in danger right now and may need our help, and I know a safe place to hide. ”

Now the direction of this season of "Rescuer Master" has changed to investigate the civilian killer organization, and Veronica hatched this plan as soon as she learned that the founder of Chloe Pictures was still alive, but she knew that it was difficult to deal with the killers on her own, so she took a fancy to Valen, who had experience working as a law enforcer.

Zhuang Chi and Roger, who came later, were unexpected.

As for confirming the location of the founder, as well as the hiding place she mentioned, it was the result of "cheating".

She used off-site assistance, asking for help from her parents, who were in the counterintelligence unit.

Before entering the safe passage, Singosi glanced back in the direction of the elevator, and judging from the numbers shown above, the elevator had already left this floor and headed for the top floor, which convinced him that the change in the "Predator" was not deliberately played to him, which also meant that one of the four people really terrified the "Predator".

Staying with them may keep you safe for a while.

Singosi quietly glanced at the e-manual again.

The "temporary mission" above was gone, and no entries for the "Predator" could be found, and time reminded him that the Ragus Foundation's video conference was coming, and if they picked up the speed, they might be able to catch it.

On the roof of the building, the plumber sat cross-legged on the ground, scratching his arms restlessly.

The sharp nails sank into the flesh, the blood ran down his forearms to the ground, and the wounds were deep enough to see the bone, but he didn't seem to feel the pain at all.

At this moment, his heart was filled with a sense of shame.

Driven by instinct, he chose to run away.

The Predator carefully reflected on the fleeting fear, which was different from the instinctive warning of danger, and in the moment of eye contact with Roger, he really saw a picture.

A picture of himself dying at the hands of the other party, annihilated by unknown energy.

It was all so real, so real that it was like it really happened at some point and now.

But when he began to think about it, he could no longer think of anything related to it.

He had the founder of Chloe Pictures die once.

Falling from the top floor of the Eden Hotel, he was not able to get the body at the time, so he could extract more information.

Before he could get close, Singosi jumped off the roof of the building himself.

So, this is the second time they have met.

So he...... When exactly did he die at the hands of that man named Roger?

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The small theater its two hundred and five:

Thursday of a certain year, a certain month, early in the morning.

Early this morning, Song Lan and Lu Xiang went to the airport, and they hadn't been back to District 17 for a while.

After taking a seat, Lu Xiang naturally measured his body and leaned his head on Song Lan's shoulder.

She suddenly asked, "You say, don't we look like migrant workers who go out?" ”

Lu Xiang heard at the work meeting that this is the general trend of the coalition government, and since the core cities have been opened to the outer cities, young people who have left home to work have become the mainstream.

Lu Xiang didn't know where her hometown was, almost all of her childhood memories were spent in Daystar Academy, and it wasn't until she came to District 17 that she felt at home for the first time.

Song Lan always said that "District 17 will always be your home".

Therefore, she has always been very concerned about the affairs of the 17th district, and she has always had some subtle feelings in her heart when she sees the public security environment in the 17th district slowly improving and the urban construction becoming more and more developed.

It's like changing your house higher and higher.

Although the core city was a big house from the beginning, it always made her feel like she was boarding in someone else's house.

Therefore, the venue of the wedding, Lu Xiang also strongly requested that it be set in the 17th district, which is a place of great significance to her.

But until then, she has one last thing left unfinished.

"By the way, let's go to the orphanage to visit the director when we get back."

Lu Xiang proposed.

It's time to officially meet the parents.

(End of chapter)