Chapter 320: Like a Dream
Long Yuehong’s first reaction was to believe that Shang Jianyao really didn’t see it. His second reaction was to co to a realization: How do you know that what I saw will give you a sty if you didn’t see anything?
Therefore, he ignored Shang Jianyao’s words, frowned, and muttered to himself, “Could this be a Naturalism Church parishioner who slipped through the net?”
“What a lack of civility,” Shang Jianyao comnted, nothing but whistling in the wind.
Long Yuehong shone the flashlight at the distant intersection and said with uncertainty, “Could it be a sudden ntal illness?”
As a company with a large population, a few people in Pangu Biology would have ntal problems every year. It was not strange for such people to do anything.
“It’s also possible that all his clothes were stolen.” Shang Jianyao raised another possibility.
Long Yuehong glanced at him. “Do you think we’re outside?”
Vicious cris in Pangu Biology were often cris of passion. There had never been cases of snatching other people’s clothes. If there was, there was also a premise—the criminal had a ntal illness.
Shang Jianyao didn’t answer Long Yuehong’s question and smiled. “It’s not too far from your house.”
Huh? In the beginning, Long Yuehong didn’t understand what Shang Jianyao ant. However, he soon figured out the main point Shang Jianyao wanted to express.
The person suspected to be a Naturalism Church parishioner had entered a room in Zone C, one that wasn’t that far from his ho.
Shang Jianyao could already sense all human consciousness within 30 ters.
Long Yuehong’s heart imdiately palpitated as his mind entered a highly tense state.
“Report to the Order Supervisory Departnt?” he asked in deliberation as he shone the flashlight down the dark corridor.
Shang Jianyao patted the flashlight in his right hand with his left palm. “Good idea.”
Long Yuehong exhaled. “Then, let’s go over now.”
The Order Supervisory Departnt on this floor was beside Zone C’s Rec Center.
Shang Jianyao nodded and thoughtfully said, “I recalled sothing.”
“What?” Long Yuehong subconsciously asked.
Shang Jianyao sighed. “Back then, Uncle Shen wanted to go to the Order Supervisory Departnt to report the Life Ritual parish. However, he imdiately beca a Heartless after entering...”
This caused Long Yuehong’s hair to stand on end. He felt like a shadow had descended from the sky and enveloped him. He reluctantly said, “It’s different this ti, right? The Naturalism Church has already suffered a serious blow.”
He didn’t want to pretend that he didn’t see anything and return ho as if nothing had happened because the place where the person lived was really too close to his ho.
It was very easy to get caught in the crossfire.
“I’m just reminding you to be careful.” Shang Jianyao seed to have returned to a normal state. With that said, he walked to the distant intersection with a flashlight.
Long Yuehong quickly followed. During this process, he subconsciously stretched his hand to his waist, but he realized that there was no familiar Ice Moss pistol or United 202.
In the heavy darkness, two flashlight beams illuminated the road ahead. The surroundings couldn’t be considered quiet, and the employees—who had just laid in bed and hadn’t fallen asleep—occasionally whispered.
As they walked, Long Yuehong suddenly felt that sothing was amiss. “This isn’t the way to the Order Supervisory Departnt...”
The paths in the underground building weren’t complicated.
Shang Jianyao swung the flashlight and smiled. “Let’s find that person first and talk to him.”
“That person?” As Long Yuehong asked, he already understood who Shang Jianyao was referring to—the person suspected to be a Naturalism Church parishioner.
He thoughtfully asked, “You want to know why he joined the Naturalism Church and if there’s any way to save him?”
It was only then that he could decide whether to report it to the Order Supervisory Departnt.
“I want to ask what the Naturalism Church’s Holy Communion is.” Shang Jianyao turned his head to glance at Long Yuehong as if his question was very strange.
As expected of you... Long Yuehong sighed, but he still felt that Shang Jianyao had shared so of his thoughts.
As they spoke, they arrived at a room.
The number plate on the door was 23.
495th floor, Zone C, Room 23.
The windows here were covered by thick curtains without any gaps.
“Here?” Long Yuehong suppressed his voice and asked.
Shang Jianyao nodded and stretched his body before saying to Long Yuehong, “Stay a distance away and provide support.”
This ti, his voice was so deep and solemn that it didn’t allow for any protest.
“Uh, alright.” Long Yuehong took a few steps back.
After he stopped, Shang Jianyao bent his finger and knocked on Room 23’s door three tis.
After a brief silence, a male voice sounded anxiously. “Who is it?”
“Shang Jianyao.” Shang Jianyao politely introduced himself.
“I-I don’t think I know you,” said the male voice behind the door in confusion.
“It’s fine. We’ll know each other from now on,” Shang Jianyao said with a smile.
The man behind the door fell silent for a few seconds. “What do you want? I’ll call for the Order Supervisors!”
Shang Jianyao patted the flashlight in his right hand with his left palm. “Sure, sure.”
The male voice behind the door trembled after a while before asking, “W-what do you want?”
“I saw you on the way and felt that you weren’t in the right state. I wanted to ask if you needed help.” Shang Jianyao assud a warm deanor.
The male voice behind the door suddenly beca a little shrill. “No, I’m fine. You can go back now.”
“Really?” Shang Jianyao looked like he didn’t believe him.
The man behind the door seed to be sobbing. “Really, I’m really fine. Go back quickly. Go back.”
As Shang Jianyao listened, the flashlight in his hand moved down and shone at the crack at the bottom of the door.
In the yellowish light, there was no black figure in the gap.
A few steps away, Long Yuehong quickly recalled who lived in this room as he listened to Shang Jianyao’s conversation with the man behind the door.
As an old resident of Zone C, he wasn’t too unfamiliar with this area even though his family didn’t stay at this end of the corridor.
As these thoughts raced through his mind, Long Yuehong’s gaze suddenly froze as he blurted out, “Nobody lives in this room!”
He rembered that several rooms in this row hadn’t been assigned!
After scaring himself, Long Yuehong quickly added, “It was like this before we left. I don’t know now.”
They had been out for months, so it was normal for the company’s internal distribution of rooms to change.
Shang Jianyao nodded slightly and knocked on Room 23’s door with a smile. “I heard that nobody lives here?”
There was silence behind the door. Nobody replied.
Shang Jianyao didn’t ask any further. He turned around and walked back to Long Yuehong’s side. Then, he calmly said, “To the Order Supervisory Departnt.”
“Alright,” Long Yuehong replied reflexively.
After walking out of the corridor, he suddenly reacted and asked, “Why didn’t you continue asking? Why didn’t you just open the door and enter?”
As Shang Jianyao swung the flashlight and watched the yellow beam flick around, he calmly said, “The human consciousness inside has vanished.”
“This...” Long Yuehong felt his blood run cold.
He didn’t ask any further and followed Shang Jianyao to the Order Supervisory Room beside the Rec Center.
As long-term residents of this floor, they knew the two Order Supervisors on night duty; they weren’t strangers at all.
After exchanging greetings, Shang Jianyao said, “When we were using the bathroom, we saw soone running naked along the corridor.”
After finishing the case recount, he added, “How vulgar!”
“Running naked?” One of the Order Supervisors seed to recall sothing, and his expression beca a little solemn. “Did you see which room he entered?”
Long Yuehong was just about to answer when Shang Jianyao shook his head. “No.”
“Then, I’ll contact the higher-ups to check the surveillance caras.” The Order Supervisor from before nodded and said, “Go back first. Don’t worry, it’s nothing serious.”
“Alright.” Shang Jianyao imdiately turned around and left without any hesitation.
Long Yuehong followed beside him and asked in confusion, “Why didn’t you say Room 23?”
Shang Jianyao’s expression was abnormally calm. “To send them to their deaths?”
“That’s true...” Long Yuehong ca to a realization. “Let them report it and get the higher-ups to investigate.”
After separating from Shang Jianyao and returning to his ho, Long Yuehong washed up and lay on the upper bunk while his younger brother took the bottom.
He listened to the street outside, wanting to wait for an outco.
However, the night remained ever so peaceful.
Long Yuehong barely fell asleep after an unknown period of ti.
...
The next morning, Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong arrived at Room 14 on the 647th floor in an uneventful manner.
Jiang Baimian—who was staring at the computer screen—looked up at them and asked in confusion, “Why did the higher-ups suddenly send an email asking us to collectively do a ntal status evaluation?”
Although this was a process that every field team and company would complete after they returned, under normal circumstances, nobody would rush them. The team leaders would schedule their team’s appointnts.
Jiang Baimian originally planned on letting Long Yuehong and the others et the psychiatrist after the review. Otherwise, she wouldn’t know what to say or what not to say. Who knew that she would suddenly receive such an email?
This made her feel like her team’s ntal problems were serious and that the higher-ups knew about them.
Long Yuehong thought for a mont and spoke before Shang Jianyao could. “It might be related to our experience last night.”
He quickly recounted the matter regarding their encounter with the Naturalism Church last night.
“What has this got to do with evaluating our ntal states?” Bai Chen felt that these two matters couldn’t be related.
Jiang Baimian tersely acknowledged her words. “Maybe the higher-ups discovered that there was nobody running naked after checking the surveillance caras. Shang Jianyao was talking to the wall back then...”
“Uh... Team Leader, don’t scare .” Long Yuehong couldn’t help but tremble.
Jiang Baimian smiled. “What are you afraid of? It’s not like you haven’t experienced illusions before.”
At this point, she slowly exhaled. “Why are so many things happening after our return...”
Shang Jianyao cast his gaze at Long Yuehong.
Bai Chen resisted the urge to turn her neck.
Long Yuehong quickly defended himself. “It’s not like I caused the problem with the Life Ritual Church.”
Just as he said that, Shang Jianyao revealed a thoughtful expression.
“What are you thinking about?” Jiang Baimian probed.
Shang Jianyao nodded slightly and replied seriously, “I’m considering a better new na for myself.”
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