"Knock" –

There was a loud bang.

The fence on every floor was filled with people, sticking their heads out and looking down.

A corpse.

A corpse that had been crumbled into the mud.

Thrown down from the fifth floor, the badge reads 902, the metal skull and the original skull are stitched together perfectly, and it does not crack under the high-speed impact. It's just that he was knocked to the ground sideways, and all the original skulls on the right side that were close to the ground were shattered, and the brain flowers and plasma gradually fainted behind his back, like red paint accidentally poured on the canvas.

Anyone who has been to the playground knows that this is the Tiger people.

The Tiger was killed, who would be the murderer?

After killing someone, everyone often chooses to dump the body in the wild, they don't want to be the object of suspicion, at least on the day.

Fighting is physically demanding, and few people come out unscathed, sometimes even defeated.

You may be lucky enough to win, but once your wounds are exposed, the sharks in the sea will smell blood.

On this day, everyone is more like a killer.

Killers need to be secretive, low-key, and out of the crowd.

Throwing the body down from the fifth floor, where everyone lives, is more like a warning.

She's too arrogant.

She must have declared war on the Tigers.

There were tigers in the corridor who ran out to inform 888 on the playground - free day, except for sleeping lazy, everyone didn't like to stay in the dormitory.

"!"

“082！ Exercise! ”

"!"

888 rushed back to the dormitory, and the shouting and scolding spread throughout the dormitory building.

***

The culprit, Zhang Chi, left the dormitory building as early as he threw the body away.

She didn't know where 888 was, and she wasn't sure if there would be any talk within the Tiger that someone who had taken the task for many hours would have to send someone to the door again if they didn't come back, and all in all, the dormitory was no longer safe, and she wasn't prepared to sit still. So he threw the corpse downstairs, and while everyone's attention was attracted by the corpse, he quickly slipped down the corridor to the third floor underground.

Library.

This is usually the least crowded place. There aren't many □□ who love to read. And many people who are mixed □□ have a kind of reading PTSD, which is not only annoying to read, but even more annoying to watch.

But unexpectedly, there are many library people today.

At least one or two times more than usual.

There are also two more vending machines in the left corner of the library, which are much larger than those in the cafeteria.

One mainly sells daily necessities.

There are dish soaps, shampoos, body soaps, soaps, hand creams, ......

Similar to the shelves of supermarkets, except that there are not many brand options.

All daily necessities are produced by a company called Devon.

The other one also sells daily necessities.

There were shoes, socks, panties, and even prison uniforms.

This time, even the brand logo is gone.

It's all a prison product.

Same style and material. Shoes are 5 points, socks are 2 points, underwear is 1 point, and prison clothes are the most expensive, 20 points for a set.

When I came in, I sent it.

Only fools buy it.

On the right hand side of the library lobby, there is an extra place called the cinema -

This is the main reason why there are so many people today.

What was originally a metal wall turned into a pulled-up gate. Although the floor area gets narrower the further down the floor due to the load-bearing walls, the library is much narrower than the other floors, including the cafeteria on the first and second floors.

It turned out to be a cave.

The library stools were placed in front of the cinema, filled with waiting prisoners. The film is very scarce, and you know it's not good when you hear the name-

The Edward Redemption

"Transformation"

"Falling in Love with Labor"

"Going to School"

Take a look at the scrolling poster on the screen.

The leading actors were in factories and workshops, smiling profusely.

It doesn't look good.

There is a sign at the entrance that reads: "1 movie ticket, 3 points, 2 popcorn, 2 chocolate bars, 1 soda, 0.5 points." ”

I don't know why, in this situation, the first thought that appeared in Zhang Chi's mind was: "The Engel coefficient here is too high." ”

If you work part-time for a day, you can watch a holographic movie at most once and buy a piece of popcorn.

She had wanted to come to the library to look up information about the alien blood, but now that she had decided to go to the movies.

It's similar to a poor person who gets rich at first glance, he has money in his pocket, and if he doesn't spend it, he won't feel good.

She bought holographic movie tickets, popcorn, chocolate bars, sodas, and swaggered into the viewing room.

There are two viewing rooms in the cinema, room 305 for ordinary movies and room 306 for holographic movies. Once inside, a wristband is issued, the bracelet is attached, and when it is time, the movie will start automatically - according to the instructions on the movie ticket.

Zhang Chi waited quietly.

On the left wall of Room 306 is an overview of holographic films—non-implanted neural interfaces, which synchronize simulated neural signals at the beginning of the movie, and all co-channel devices in the theater will start to turn on and turn off automatically when the movie ends. Do not disassemble the device, violators will be fined 10 points.

On the wall on the right is a poster that reads "Instructions for Spectators" -

1. Cinema seats do not affect the viewing experience, please do not occupy seats.

2. In case of equipment failure, please consciously go out to replace the equipment, do not alarm the management personnel.

3. Don't make a fuss in the cinema, stand up, wave – nothing you do can change the ending of the film.

4. A very small number of people will experience dizziness and vomiting symptoms when watching the movie, once you feel unwell, please take off the bracelet immediately and leave the viewing room.

5. Be sure to keep the theater tidy. 10 points will be deducted for failure to take away food residues; Spit into the viewing room, 20 points will be deducted; If you spit into the viewing room and do not take away the food residues, you will be deducted 100.

There weren't many people watching holographic movies, sitting scattered in the middle seats, Zhang Chi sitting in the last row, and 10 minutes later, the movie began.

The title of the film is "Edward's Redemption", the first act is the production workshop, the protagonist Edward is working in the workshop, and the workshop director comes to talk to him, saying that because of the limited budget, he may enter the next batch of layoffs.

Every time the scene is changed, Zhang Chi's position in the movie will change, but most of the time, the main perspective follows the protagonist, which can be adjusted 360 degrees, but is limited to within one meter of the protagonist.

After watching for about 30 minutes, Zhang Chi took off the bracelet.

This is a very "positive" movie, the characters are distinct, and every line is carefully crafted to just turn the stomach.

I didn't expect that no matter how crooked the technology tree was, the bad movie would still be so hopeless.

The movie was only less than one-third, in order to avoid affecting the viewing experience of others, he could only enter the scene halfway through, and could not leave, Zhang Chi sat on the chair boredly, thinking about whether to finish watching this bad movie, and suddenly there was a "squeak".

The door was opened.

The footsteps are unhurried, very soft, and seem to be very polite.

- Avoid disturbing other viewers.

Suddenly, the footsteps stopped.

The person happened to walk in front of Zhang Chi.

Movie theaters don't have their lights off – holographic theaters never turn off their lights. The aisle here is very spacious, because there is no big screen or anything like that, everyone doesn't need to be crowded in a ball to shorten the spacing, and when people come over, they don't even touch the corners of Zhang Chi's clothes.

He just stopped here, and the two rows of headlights on the left and right of the theater shone out his furry claws that were more than three times larger than the usual palms, and two fangs poked out from the side of his tongue, growing almost above his chin, and his hair exploded, as if there was a strong electrode in the ceiling, which made him scorched inside and out.

He hooked his waist, stretched out his tongue and licked and licked the two fleshy palms, and laughed at Zhang Chi.

Zhang Chi: "......"

A fleshy palm stretched out and shook it tentatively twice in front of her eyes.

Seeing that Zhang Chi didn't react, his beastly dark gray vertical pupils dilated in an instant. He rubbed his palms and blew his hair, hooking his back, opening his mouth, and his fangs were completely exposed, and the sharp blades on his palms suddenly stretched out and lifted towards the ceiling, his posture was like a tiger in a dense forest, his whole body squatted down, and his claws popped out—

Zhang Chi bent down to dodge, took out a metal blade from the soles of his feet, and stabbed him in the neck.

Blood poured on Zhang Chi's face.

Boiling hot.

Stuck in his throat, the howl was pressed out of thin air, and he looked at Zhang Chi in a daze. fell to the ground with a thud, and the last words that came out were-

"You, ...... Fraud ......"

The theater was as quiet as ever.

The audience is immersed in the holographic projection and does not perceive any noise here.

Even if you hear something, you may think it's just the background sound in the movie.

A stream of heat rises from the soles of the feet, spreads over the spinal cord, and leads little by little to the limbs.

Zhang Chi closed his eyes and opened them.

It's like a long-distance bus that has just been filled with gasoline, and every joint and part is ready to go.

Extraordinary...... Energetic.

She bent down and picked up the sign on the corpse's chest.

113。

On the back of the hand is a red badge.

It's peeling off the corpse, losing its stickiness little by little.

"Smack". Very, very soft floor sound.

Zhang Chi picked up the red badge and stuck it on the bracelet.

Mars began to spread from the center of the Red Seal—very quickly, and turned to ashes.

"Drip" - the prompt sounds.

The bracelet begins to scroll with the green word "+1000".

Scrolled three times, just like before.

Now she has close to two thousand points.

It's very unreal.

It feels like winning the lottery.

Come one, send one.

Zhang Chi wanted to laugh a little again.

She tried to squeeze out a smile, but this time even she could feel it, laughing more ugly than crying.

So she didn't bother to laugh.

She turned her gaze, and a little above the red medallion, and in her wrist, she saw a black six-pointed star.

Zhang Chi frowned.

She remembered 113's outstretched palm—a moment that stretched and magnified infinitely in her memory, and she distinctly remembered that he didn't have the six-pointed star on his wrist.

Zhang Chi stretched out his hand and pressed it on the six-pointed star, which was a little dented, and the next moment, she felt a very slight electric shock in her brain, which was fleeting. It is similar to the indicator light that flashes when the TV is turned on.

A connection.

She was almost immediately sure that this mark had nothing to do with her.

She tried to connect a few more times - at one point, the sensation was so strong that she could clearly see the anatomy of 113's body. The arms, thighs, cheeks, back, blood, muscles, bones, and flesh are all examined.

His left calf is a little shorter than his right.

The left arm had been severely injured and the bones had grown severely.

He...... Have you ever had nose bridge augmentation surgery?

Zhang Chi squatted down and pulled over 113's shoes.

The heel of the left and right shoes has a completely different degree of wear.

Pull off the sleeve of your left arm.

Hyperplasia.

Zhang Chi touched the bridge of his nose - in fact, he didn't need to touch it, he could already feel it very intuitively, and the connection between the eyebrow bone and the bridge of his nose was very unsmooth. His face is not highly folded, but his nose is unusually straight, as if a hill has risen from the green grassland, without the beauty of the wide and smooth grassland, nor the grandeur of the mountains cascading and undulating.

It's weirdly ugly.

Zhang Chi withdrew his hand.

Lost in thought.

What kind of monster is she?

The movie was still going on, and I couldn't think of it, so Zhang Chi put on the bracelet and watched the movie.

The story progresses to Edward's loss of his job, being kicked out of his house by his landlord, being robbed for walking at night, and everything is at rock bottom, and he is reminiscing about his past thirty years of life.

A complete loser.

When he was in school, he was playful, fighting, early love, crane tail, and finally in the last semester of his third year of high school, he worked hard to get admitted to an unknown university, and the whole family pooled money to pay him all the tuition, he vowed to study hard to change his fate, but as soon as school started, he integrated into the playful atmosphere.

He barely passed the exam, found a job making nerve components, the workshop director said that he was very important, painted him for a few years, he lived every day in his dream of being promoted and raised, no savings, if he had money, he would gamble, and finally owed a lot of debt, his girlfriend ran away, and his parents cut off contact with him.

He walked onto the rooftop.

The neon-lit and row-lined tall buildings once housed his dreams—he remembered passing by the Hyne Technology building one year and vowing to work here in the future.

He felt ridiculous and took a step forward—

I was a little scared again.

Then retreated.

He decided to go for it.

Shit.

Zhang Chi cursed in his heart.

The robot security guard caught up with the rooftop at this time, Edward was taken to the security room for questioning, this is a very humane company, I heard that he decided to jump off the building because of unemployment, the security guard immediately contacted logistics, and logistics contacted HR, confirmed that Haien Technology was recruiting recently, and made an exception for him to submit his resume to HR.

HR thinks that although he has the right major, he has insufficient education and skills, and cannot accept him - a classic difficult twist that the protagonist needs to overcome.

Edward said that he could not be paid, only for food and shelter, and for a one-year probationary period.

HR consulted with HR and agreed to Edward's proposal.

In this year's time, Edward worked hard, got up earlier than the chicken, slept later than the dog, strictly implemented the company is his home, love all rely on his core concept, he was tired at work many times, and finally one day, the general manager of Hain Technology saw his efforts, so he promoted him to become a regular employee.

Edward completed one project after another, he was promoted and raised, radiant, once he was discussing business, he accidentally met a workshop colleague who had been difficult and looked down on him, he was surprised by Edward's change, and shouted that Edward was a liar, as a result, the colleague was kicked out of the Hayne Technology Building by the security guard, and because of his disrespect to Edward, he was fired from the original company, and has been living on the street ever since.

It's shit.

Zhang Chi couldn't help but take off the bracelet again.

She slipped down behind her chair and kicked 113, who was already dead.

His fleshy palms became stiff, and his two fangs looked like a swaggering cat on the outside, cats are cute, and people can be good-looking, but cat people are ugly no matter how they are combined.

Zhang Chi raised his head and his gaze fell on the "Viewing Instructions" on the wall.

“…… Fifth, please be sure to keep the theater clean and tidy. 10 points will be deducted for failure to take away food residues; Spit into the viewing room, 20 points will be deducted; If you spit into the viewing room and do not take away the food residues, you will be deducted 100. ”

How many points will be deducted for leaving a body in the viewing room?

After debating for a long time whether to deduct more points for leaving the movie in the middle of the movie or leaving the corpse in the viewing room, the balance of choice finally tilted in favor of the latter.

Zhang Chi dragged 113 to the door of the viewing room.

She cautiously opened the door.

No alarms went off.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

The cinema was full of waiting spectators, there were no prison guards to maintain order here, everything depended on the consciousness of the prisoners - on average, the prisoners who carried at least a dozen illegal charges outside, were unexpectedly very conscious here.

They waited quietly in their seats, looking up at movie commercials from time to time, and the sound of dragging was the first to reach their ears, and everyone gradually turned their heads.

Tiger 113.

A red badge of different blood.

Like a rag doll, he was carried by his ankles and held upside down in his hands, his huge tarnished eyes staring straight at the ceiling, his arms stiffly falling to his sides, swaying left and right as he glided on the ground, outlining two symmetrical and uneven blood stains.

The woman with a bloody face was walking forward with a blank face, turning a corner, and looking coldly at all the prisoners who were waiting.

Everyone: "......"

The crowd dispersed.

A few of the transfigurants are even out of the afterimage.