The System is Four Years Ahead of Schedule, But Weird is Still a Cub

Chapter 257: Who is being monitored?

After realizing that there was a problem, Deng Yuqi immediately began to investigate the Special Policy Department. All members of the Information Department screened the surveillance video of that day and found that "Li Xiang" who took the "Weird Sample Data" from Cheng Shengnan was indeed from the Research Department. Coming out of the building.

The surveillance video in the research department building clearly captured "Li Xiang" walking out of the lounge, going all the way to the logistics department to hand in files, and then returning to his office with the "Weird Sample Data".

After receiving the report from the Ministry of Information, Deng Yuqi deliberately watched the video several times. Judging from the details shown in the surveillance video, "Li Xiang" and several assistants had lunch together and then returned to the lounge for a lunch break. As a result, they fell asleep. After half an hour, I got up and went to the office to pick up the files and go to the logistics department.

Deng Yuqi originally thought that a weirdo who was good at disguise had infiltrated the Rong City branch, but now it seems that this is not the case, it looks more like Li Xiang's "sleepwalking".

Li Xiang was in disbelief when he saw the surveillance video, because for him there was no record of this behavior at all.

Liu Jiayi, the current minister of the Ministry of Information, looked at the surveillance footage and said, "Look, Minister Li had some communication with his assistant when he came out of the office. The assistant also gave him the file."

Li Xiang immediately turned back to one of his men and said, "Where is Xiao Xu?"

The man replied: "Xiao Xu has a day off today, I will call her right away."

After the call was connected, Xiao Xu said that he was resting in the dormitory and would arrive at the Information Department later. While everyone was waiting for Xiao Xu, Deng Yuqi couldn't help but look at Li Xiang and asked, "Are you under too much research pressure recently? So you suffer from workaholic sleepwalking?”

Li Xiang stared at the computer screen and continuously played the scene of him going to the logistics department and then returning to the lounge to rest. He shook his head and said: "Even if it is possible, it cannot happen in this incident. Theoretically speaking, People suffering from somnambulism are basically in a state of trance, and even basic actions will be greatly affected, not to mention being able to talk to others.”

"But if you look carefully, the 'I' in the picture woke up from the lounge, sitting on the sofa and touching my face with my hands, trying to wake up my consciousness. It took about 30 seconds for my consciousness to go from being confused to being awake. About seconds, but...this is not my usual habit and action.”

"Usually after I wake up, I will continue to lie down until I am fully conscious. Secondly, I have no habit of rubbing my face to wake up."

As Li Xiang spoke, he adjusted the surveillance screen to freeze him in the screen as he walked to his desk and looked through the files: "Look again, when I walked to the desk in the screen, I picked up the files one by one. Looking at the research reports on the table, it feels like he has never seen these reports before, trying to find some information and clues. Note that he has picked up all the eleven files on the table. "

"Then, after he came out of the office, he talked with Xiao Xu. Judging from the picture, his expression and movements were actually very different from what I usually talk to. After talking to him, Xiao Xu turned back to the office I brought a file to him from the table."

"After he picked up the file, he went all the way to the Logistics Department to submit the file. But the strangest thing is here. After he came out of the Research Department, he even stayed at the door of the department for nearly two minutes. You can understand that he was bathing in the sunshine , but I looked more like he was looking for where the logistics department was.”

"To sum up, I can confirm that this person is definitely not me, at least the 'consciousness' during this period of time is not me."

"It's just that I can't figure out who can control my body without me knowing anything about it, and at the same time know some basic information about our ministry."

"One more thing, why did he find a way to go to the logistics department when he woke up, and went to Director Cheng specifically, and happened to get the "Weird Sample Data" that Detective Shen was about to give to me."

Everyone was silent for a while, seeming to be thinking about what Li Xiang had said.

Combining the surveillance video and Li Xiang's words, there are only two situations. One is that Li Xiang is so idle that he is joking with everyone, and the other is that the person behind the scenes can do it without anyone noticing in the special policy department. situation to control important figures like Li Xiang.

The former Li Xiang obviously doesn't have such bad taste, but the latter... is very dangerous!

Originally, it would have been very difficult for a weirdo to swallow a person and then grow a head exactly like that person's head as a means of infiltration. Thanks to the rich combat experience of the Rong City branch, they were able to combine it with Xiaoqi's classmates. The detection method ensures that the Rong City branch is difficult to penetrate.

But now this method suddenly appears that can be controlled through consciousness, and the person being controlled has no memory of it afterwards. If this is used to assassinate an important person, or steal confidential information, it is impossible to prevent it.

After a while, Li Xiang looked at Cheng Shengnan and asked: "Director Cheng, what did you say to each other when that man came to see you? Can you see anything wrong with him? Or is there any difference between me and me in normal times? "

Cheng Shengnan pondered for a while and then said: "I was dealing with the aftermath of several strange incidents that day. You came to the logistics department to discuss the entry of research files with assistant Xiao Zhang. While entering the files, I chatted with you about Pepe. ...When you heard the name 'Pepe', you were obviously in a trance for a moment...and then changed the topic by pointing out Xiao Zhang's key words. "

Speaking of this, Cheng Shengnan paused: "I didn't notice this at the time. Now it seems that except for 'Pepei', as long as it is a non-work issue, that person will either make a perfunctory sentence or two, or directly change the topic. . That person would not continue chatting with me until we talked about recent strange events and topics related to strange and weird people.”

In addition to having difficulty keeping up with his thinking in the laboratory, Li Xiang is actually an introvert who spends all day in the laboratory and rarely communicates with others.

Apart from Shen Ge, most of the friends in the department were close colleagues, so Cheng Shengnan thought at the time that he just didn't like talking about Peipei at work. But later, after Deng Yuqi reminded me, I discovered that there were a lot of things wrong.

Now through Cheng Shengnan's "confirmation", everyone has been able to confirm that the person who took the "Weird Sample Data" that day was not Li Xiang.

At this time, Xiao Xu ran into the office panting: "General, the head of the headquarters, the head of the department, Director Liu, Director Cheng, are you looking for me?" Cheng Shengnan took a glass of water from the water dispenser next to him and handed it to Xiao Xu. Xu asked her to take a breath first, and Li Xiang asked: "Do you remember what I said to you when I came out of the lounge yesterday afternoon, and then asked you to get a report?"

"Ah?" Xiao Xu was stunned, obviously not understanding why Li Xiang would ask this.

Li Xiang said: "Don't be nervous, you didn't make any mistakes, but there are some things that require your cooperation now. Please repeat everything I said to you yesterday afternoon."

Xiao Xu's hair was almost bald. Although it only happened yesterday, it was somewhat difficult for her to retell it completely.

"It's okay, just restore it as much as possible." Li Xiang said again.

Xiao Xu nodded and said stumblingly: "At that time, the minister came out of the lounge and asked me what my plans were for today. I said, oh, I said I was going to the Logistics Department to submit the latest sneak equipment improvements. Report, then go to the management office to arrange assistant shifts, and then confirm the supplement of the latest issue of research materials. Just say that there is too much work, and say that you will go to the logistics department to submit files for me. I originally refused, but You forced me to hand over the files to you, I, I really didn’t mean to be lazy.”

Li Xiang saw Xiao Xu's frightened look and thought to himself that he was not a bad person in normal times, so why was he afraid of being like this?

"Don't be nervous. I told you that you didn't do anything wrong, and we won't hold you accountable for any behavior. We are just investigating a strange thing that requires your cooperation. Now recall the person who talked to you at that time. ...Ahem, 'I', if there is anything different from usual, habits, actions, tone, etc., just say whatever comes to mind," Li Xiang said.

Xiao Xu thought for a while and said: "It seems... there is a little difference. Although the minister usually has a stern face, he is more friendly when talking. And every time because he works overtime on research, he feels like he has not rested well and is weak when talking. Yesterday’s minister, well, gave people a very formal feeling, his voice was calm and his face was expressionless.”

"What else?" Li Xiang asked.

Xiao Xu shook his head: "It doesn't seem like anything... Oh! When you took the file and left, I saw you yawning all the time. You seemed very sleepy. It felt like you were holding on to sleep."

"I'm very sleepy, are you trying to hold on to sleep..." Li Xiang lowered his head and thought.

Liu Jiayi and Cheng Shengnan asked Xiao Xu some detailed questions. After restoring the situation as much as possible, Deng Yuqi patted Xiao Xu on the shoulder and said, "Good job. If you remember any details, please tell us. , go and rest now.”

"Oh." Xiao Xu nodded and left the office.

Deng Yuqi concluded: "It is currently confirmed that the person who went to the logistics department yesterday was not Li Xiang, at least not Li Xiang in his 'consciousness'. Combined with the surveillance video, Li Xiang had no abnormality before and was directly controlled by his consciousness. This is more or less Some of it is unjustifiable. If the weirdo organization is really that powerful, then no counterattack organization in the world can guard against them, let alone the Special Strategy Department."

Liu Jiayi echoed: "Yes, I think so too, and 'Li Xiang' in the surveillance video did not show any 'dangerous signals', nor did he even use any method to transfer and transmit the information after obtaining it. Of course, , it is also possible that he could return to consciousness after writing down the information, but going back to what the minister said, if the weirdo organization really masters this perverted ability, then at least our important personnel would have been assassinated, let alone complete penetration. ”

Liu Jiayi's words were not an exaggeration. Take the situation of "Li Xiang" yesterday. If the person who controlled his consciousness was really a weirdo, then he could easily assassinate Cheng Shengnan after sneaking into the logistics department, and then he could shift the responsibility to Li Xiang afterwards.

Or when controlling Li Xiang to submit information to Deng Yuqi, he killed the "first sister" of the Rong City branch. Not only did he kill the minister, but he also lost a talented researcher.

But the other party did not do this. Such a "powerful and weird" ability was only used to steal a few pieces of less important information and the "Weird Sample Data" that Shen Ge brought back from the dream world.

Cheng Shengnan pondered: "I think one thing is strange. The person behind the scenes didn't control it earlier. But when I just got the "Weird Sample Data" and was about to hand it over to Li Xiang, he took action, as if he knew I will give the things to Li Xiang yesterday."

The biggest loss in this "Li Xiang Incident" is that the "Weird Sample Data" that Shen Ge gave to Cheng Shengnan is missing, but this is not a big deal because the report is just a piece of data. Even if they lost it, Shen Geshu still has it. There is one copy, and it was recorded by Xiaoqi's classmate. It is absolutely safe.

Deng Yuqi thought for a while and said: "Anyway, what happened to Li Xiang this time has sounded a wake-up call for us. Although there has been no infiltration of weirdos by weird organizations in the past year thanks to the latest monitoring plan, we cannot take it lightly and accept it." Next, I will ask people from the Information Department to strengthen monitoring. Personnel with positions above deputy director are prohibited from acting alone, and we will arrange patrols for spies."

"I will ask Captain Yu Tiexiong to lead a team to protect Li Xiang 24 hours a day. Firstly, to ensure your safety, and secondly, to prevent the situation of being controlled from happening again. Also, please don't go to this Asian counter-terrorism research conference and stay here. The Rong City branch is safer.”

Li Xiang shook his head: "I don't think so, to be honest... If this ability to control people's consciousness cannot be popularized, or it requires a huge price to succeed, then I will definitely choose you, the minister, or the Ministry of Information Director Liu and Director Cheng of the Logistics Department. If you choose Director Cheng, you will be able to get the "Weird Sample Data" directly without even being exposed."

"But I feel that he seems to be coming for me...or in other words, the person behind the scenes can control, or the only one who can influence is me. Otherwise, it cannot be explained why he chose one when he had more and better options. A researcher who is bored in the research room all year round.”

"The most important thing is that he chose this node...when Shen Ge handed over the data to Director Cheng. Don't you think it's a coincidence? It's like...the person behind the scenes has been monitoring Director Cheng, even... Monitor Shen Ge’s every move.”

"Also, if he chose to take action at this time, could he deliberately arouse our vigilance and let me stay in the Rong City branch. When the minister and you leave, he can better implement the plan?"

"So I think I still have to go to this Asian Counterattack Research Conference. First of all, Shen Ge is in Dajing, and it may be safer for me to go there; secondly, as a 'dangerous person', I stay in the Rong City Branch Disaster Branch, It's better to go to the Dajing Disaster Headquarters, right?" (End of Chapter)