"is it you?"

Like a pebble thrown into the sea, Qi Ku's inquiry received no answer.

The cat's eyes turned gray-green and looked at him condescendingly. It was a gaze that was so calm as to be dead, like the mist rising from the green swamp. There was an indescribable chill hidden in the calmness.

Qi Jiu could sense that there was a line of sight through the little gray cat's eyes, observing his every move in the dark.

The cat's paw pressed on his Adam's apple a little harder, and Qi Jiu couldn't move. He could only maintain a slightly tilted head and coughed a few times.

Under the absolute pressure, Qi Jiu's heart beat faster, but his face remained calm, even a little lazy as if he had just woken up.

"Were you the one who pressed the emergency call bell in Ward 4 and called the nurse that day?" Qi Jiu asked.

On the day he was sent to the North District Medical Center pretending to be infected, the system clearly told him that the probability of encountering the medical staff was only 1%. He did not think that the 1% probability was just a coincidence.

The nurse was summoned back to the infirmary by the emergency call bell, and Qi Ji discovered that the window in the ward that was supposed to be sealed suddenly had a hole, much like some kind of creature had done bad things in the room and then escaped through the hole.

.

He had to suspect that it was this guy hiding behind the scenes who controlled the little gray cat's body to press the emergency call bell, creating the so-called 1% coincidence.

The gray-green cat eyes narrowed slightly.

Qi Jiu also raised his eyes: "It seems I guessed it right."

For a moment, Qi Jiu's smile disappeared from his face, "Who are you?"

He paused deliberately and looked steadily into the green cat eyes, "You brought me into this world, right?"

At this moment, the communicator placed next to the pillow suddenly sounded. The controlled little gray cat glanced at the communicator, but Qi Qiu never took his eyes away from it, and just picked up the communicator unhurriedly.

: "Can you tell me?"

Silence spread in the confrontation.

After a long while, an inorganic voice finally came from the other end of the communicator——

"It's not me," the voice on the other end of the communicator was still the same as Qi Qiu's, "I don't know how you got in."

The other party's firm answer surprised Qi Gu.

"But I have a surprise for you."

"Come to me——"

"!"

The little gray cat under control suddenly exerted force, and it crushed Qi Zu's Adam's apple with irresistible force. Qi Zu's strength seemed to be drained out and he was completely unable to resist. He coughed crazily, losing a little bit of air, and his brain started to suffer from lack of oxygen.

Buzzing.

Just when he was about to lose consciousness, he woke up from the dream.

It was the sound of water coming from the bathroom that woke Qi Qiu from his dream.

The sound of water? The dying monster soaked in the bathtub could not move, and it was almost impossible to make any sound.

But at this moment, there was a faint sound of water, as if someone was constantly stirring the water in the bathtub, and from time to time there was a splashing sound.

The vigilance made Qi Jiu wake up immediately. He quietly got out of the bed and tiptoed towards the bathroom with the door closed.

Close to the door, the strange sound of water became clearer, and Qi Jiu even heard a very slight sound, similar to a human whimper.

At this moment, Qin Rang also woke up. He sat up from the bed and looked at Qi Jiu who was standing at the door of the bathroom strangely. Qi Jiu pressed his index finger to his lips, signaling not to make any noise and giving him a gesture.

:Ready weapons.

Qin Rang, who had fought several cooperative battles, understood immediately. He got some weapons from the item list and immediately tiptoed towards Qi Qiu's direction.

Qi Jiu's hand on the doorknob tightened, and they exchanged glances. Qi Jiu turned the doorknob——

"Creak."

The old wooden door made a sound like a broken bellows, and the strong smell of fish and rotten meat hit your face.

The subtle sound of water continued and did not stop when they opened the door.

After waiting for three seconds to confirm that there was no sudden crisis, Qin Rang held up his flashlight and shined it in the direction of the bathtub.

A white beam of light enveloped the bathtub, and the scene in front of them made the two people standing by the door widen their eyes——

The scarlet liquid in the bathtub splashed all over the white porcelain floor tiles, and the water was of different depths. It seemed like there were some small lives struggling and jumping in the stranded puddles.

In the bathtub filled with red liquid, there are also countless small things swimming in the mucus. From time to time, they stir up tiny splashes of water and make splashing sounds.

This is where the sound comes from.

The dying monster's scales had all faded away, and its skin exposed to the air was bloody, like a creature that had just been skinned alive. It still had a breath left, but it could only whimper in extreme pain.

Qi Jiu endured the overwhelming reaction in his stomach and walked slightly closer.

He found that the monster's bloody flesh was dotted with dense black holes, as if the bulging skin in the morning had finally burst and the pregnant object had burst out of the skin.

And those little rose-colored creatures that make water sounds are exactly the young rose fish.

In an instant, Qi Qiu confirmed his guess——

Employees who were infected after being injured in the factory mutated into monsters. Monsters need to eat human flesh to accumulate energy. Once they "mature", they will breed countless rosefish seedlings from their bodies.

In other words, infected workers will be treated as petri dishes for rosefish seedlings and sent to the fry department through the medical room for isolation and rearing.

Therefore, there are probably countless such monsters raised in the nursery.

Mr. Lord sent the punished employees to the nursery, actually using them as feed for raising monsters and growing fish fry.

They previously inferred that rosefish may feed on human flesh. Researchers are not sure about this, but what is certain is that the "petri dish" of rosefish needs to eat human flesh to replenish energy and give birth to bloody fry.

This can also explain why the factory's code only protects employees from being attacked by monsters, but never tells employees how to avoid being infected, because starting from the interests of the factory, the management hopes that more employees will be infected, so as to have more

Fish fry petri dish.

But the employees who were attacked can only be reduced to feed, and the value of feed and petri dish is very different.

This also explains why factories are afraid of cats, but cats can help employees recover from wounds.

Because the interests of the factory and the employees are opposed, the cat sides with the employees.

Qin Rang was so shocked by the "bloody aesthetics" in front of him that he was speechless. He was stunned for half a minute, and finally he made a "vomit" sound and began to vomit.

The monster lying in the slime bathtub seemed to have noticed something. It stopped its intermittent whimpering and asked for help in a vague voice: "Please, please..."

It is a human voice, a human sentence.

"Please, help me..."

After giving birth to a batch of rose fry, the infected people seemed to temporarily regain their consciousness.

He finally remembered that he was once a human being.

The nausea and fear had disappeared from Qi Gu's face. At this moment, he looked calmly at the monster in the bathtub: "How can I help you?"

"Help me end this."

He wanted to put an end to all the pain that had happened and that might recur in the future.

Qi Jiu nodded lightly at him: "I can try." Deep infection cannot be reversed. After the infected person regains consciousness, he does not want to continue living as an aggressive petri dish, but for some reason,

They cannot successfully end their own lives.

"Please be patient for a moment." The moment Qi Jiu finished speaking, a sharp boning knife slashed the monster's neck. The monster immediately let out a hoarse whimper, and a steady stream of mucus dripped from the wound, but he did not

So breathe out.

Instead, the pain doubled.

Qi Jiu frowned. Sure enough, ordinary physical damage couldn't help him end his life?

But there must be other ways.

Qi Ku was thinking quickly, and suddenly, his eyes turned to the unlit heater.

Light sources can attract monsters, but monsters themselves hate high temperatures. This rule seems contradictory, but it may hide the monster’s subconscious needs——

Monsters are attracted to fire...monsters want to end it all...fire!

At the moment when Qi Qiu was enlightened, the system suddenly issued a warning——

[Important reminder: Dear traveler, you are currently completing the "Life of an Uninvited Guest" branch. The system has detected that the choice of the current plot point is crucial. Your choice will affect the release of the branch's ending mission, thereby affecting the entire copy.

direction]

Qi Jiu raised his eyebrows slightly: "Are you talking about helping infected workers end their lives?"

The system answers [Yes]

【Please make your choice carefully】

【Do you want to help him escape? 】

Qi Jiu said without hesitation: "Of course."

After all, he didn't want this poor monster to continue giving birth in his bathroom.

"Qin Rang, do me a favor and turn on the fire in the stove again."

Qin Rang, who was dizzy from vomiting, wiped his mouth: "Ah? Do you want to catch monsters tonight?"

Qi Jiu: "No, let's help this poor guest."

Qin Rang didn't know what was going on, but it was a relief to leave this desperate bathroom. He quickly returned to the room to light the fire and light the stove. Although he was an eldest son in the real world, his family education was comprehensive and strict, and he was proficient in making fire.

and a series of wilderness survival skills.

Soon, the stove was burning brightly, and the two of them worked together to move the stove to the bathroom.

The firelight instantly illuminated the scarlet bathroom, and the red mucus in the bathtub reflected a thin layer of light.

The young rose fish seemed to hate the light of the fire. It was struggling and beating more violently in the mucus at this moment. The molting monster that was originally whimpering finally calmed down. His bulging eyes became even bigger, and the bloodshot eyes reflected the firelight. What was wrong with it?

Something like emotion flashed past.

The monster stared at the fire, as if looking at all hope.

The next moment, the dying creature suddenly moved its body, dragging its rotting body and struggling to crawl out of the mucus. His actions stirred up countless small and bright water splashes.

The slime dripped down the edge of the bathtub, and the monster finally left the bathtub. He left a shocking crawling mark on the white porcelain floor, with bright red twists and turns extending towards the blazing stove.

Finally, the monster hugged the red-hot stove tightly, as if holding the last life-saving straw, and directed the blazing flames to his rotting skin.

Qin Rang could clearly hear the sizzling sound of hot iron sheets being burned on the flesh, followed by a smell similar to roasting meat that covered the fishy smell in the room.

Then, the sizzling sound was completely covered, leaving only the crackling sound of the fierce burning flame.

There is also a weird sound that sounds like a whimper or a laugh from the monster.

Qin Rang didn't know when the fire went out. At the moment when the monster was completely burned, he recited a few words of "Amitabha", and then couldn't help but vomited again.

However, Qi Jiu stood quietly by the bathroom door, watching the monster's burning flames until the fire went out and the burning sound fell silent.

The monster's life ended in burning.

Qin Rang glanced at him, but he couldn't see Qi Chu's expression clearly in the firelight.

"Boss, now we..." Qin Rang, who was weak from vomiting, asked cautiously.

Qi Gu was silent for a moment: "It can be concluded that the monsters temporarily return to their sanity after hatching. Monsters at this stage can be burned to death, and they expect this."

[Dear traveler, since your choices have had a significant impact on the plot of the dungeon, the system has updated your main quest based on your behavioral tendencies——]

[Please help free all the monsters in the factory and achieve the dungeon end achievement]

"Final achievement?" Qi Jiu asked rhetorically.

[This is the highest achievement of a copy, usually...]

The system froze for a moment [usually only exists in legends]

Qi Jiu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Thank you, Teacher System."

[This is the result of the comprehensive impact of your dungeon plot exploration, the opening of existing branch lines, and the character's behavioral choice tendencies]

[Please note that the end goal must be completed within the time limit, otherwise it will be automatically invalidated]

[The current copy has been running for three days, and the remaining time limit is: 4 days]

"I understand, thanks for letting me know."

Qi Jiu thought for a while, maybe...it wouldn't take that long at all.

After the fire burned for most of the night, a little light finally appeared on the eastern horizon.

The strange roasting smell lingered for a long time. Perhaps the smell of similar burning things kept the monsters away. No monsters came to Dormitory 1079, which was illuminated by the fire all night long.

The monster's blackened skeleton lay in a twisted posture in the furnace. After the skin and flesh were burned away, it was vaguely identifiable as a human skeleton.

Qi Jiu opened all the windows to ventilate the air, and the pale blue light of dawn flowed into the house, diluting the strong burning smell.

"Boss, what should I do with these...?" Qin Rang pointed to the skeleton that was not completely burned in the heater, and then looked at the rose fry in the bathtub that was still struggling and jumping in embarrassment.

Qi Jiu thought for a while: "Keep it as it is, maybe it can come in handy."

He remembered that the factory used radio to search for missing "employees" yesterday.

After the heat from the fire dissipated, Qi Jiu covered the blackened bones in the stove with a quilt.

*

Everyone's intercom rang. It was a message from Mr. Lord.

"Good morning, everyone. Congratulations on your fourth morning at the factory. I have important news to share with you all." The other end of the communicator was silent for two seconds. "Starting from today, I will be in vacation mode and I will not be responsible for you for the time being."

The guidance work has been completed, and my work will be handed over to employee No. 7."

After hearing the news, Qin Rang, who had witnessed the transaction process between Qi Qiu and Miss Rossetti, naturally had no reaction, but the two ladies, who had no idea what was going on, were so shocked that they exclaimed: "F*ck, what are you doing?

Arrived?!"

Qi Jiu smiled gently and harmlessly: "Maybe it's just that Mr. Lord wants to take an annual leave, and I will help him with his work for the time being."

Ji Xiaoye raised his eyebrows and looked at him steadily for a few seconds: "So, our deal is concluded?"

Qi Gu nodded: "You two no longer have to worry about the punishment system for last place, because I will not follow Mr. Lord's management method."

Now that he is the person in charge, he naturally has the final say on the division of labor and system in the workshop. "Oh," Ji Xiaoye was stunned for half a second and laughed out loud, "It's really yours."

She readily returned the 75 coins to Qi Ku, "It's a pleasure to cooperate."

"It's a pleasure to cooperate," Qi Qiu said, but he did not immediately accept the 75 coins he bet on Ji Xiaoye, "but our cooperation is not over yet. You can pay me back when the copy is released."

Ji Xiaoye was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "No problem."

Qi Qiu's communicator rang again, and Mr. Lord sent Qi Qiu a private call invitation: "If you are free now, come to my office and we will hand over the work."

"Okay, I'll come right away." Qi Qiu replied.

Miss Rossetti reminded her last night that while having the power of Mr. Lord, you also need to bear the responsibility of being a supervisor. He believes that being a supervisor is not that easy.

On the way to Mr. Lord's office, Qi Qiu noticed a new reward notice posted on the office building's bulletin board:

[Reward Announcement: An employee disappeared in dormitory 1606 of our factory the day before yesterday. Due to the extremely urgent situation, if you have any clues or encounter any suspicious phenomena, please contact the nursery department as soon as possible. Once the information is confirmed to be correct, generous rewards will be given.

Signed by: Mr. Wei Xiao, head of the nursery department.]

Qi Jiu tore off the reward notice, neatly folded it and put it in his pocket, and continued walking towards the office as if nothing had happened.

The office door was unlocked, so Qi Qiu knocked politely on the ajar door until Mr. Lord said "come in" before he pushed the door open and entered.

Mr. Lord got a large cardboard box and was busy putting his personal belongings into it.

He took the time to look at Qi Jiu and said, "Oh, you're here. Wait a minute and I'll clean it up soon. This will be your office from now on."

Mr. Lord was whistling briskly while tidying up. He seemed to be in a good mood, as if he had been looking forward to this post-office vacation for a long time.

Qi Jiu looked at the other party a little strangely. He found that Mr. Lord's original stiff and mechanical smile was gone, replaced by indescribable joy.

Mr. Lord was happy, happy to be out of a mess.

"Congratulations on your holiday." Qi Qiu said to Mr. Lord very wisely.

Mr. Lord laughed: "Actually, my job has no technical content. The most important thing is to supervise the work of workers and find the least efficient among them."

"And then send it to the nursery?" Qi Jiu answered quickly.

Mr. Lord looked at him in disbelief, then smiled: "It seems you already know the content of the punishment."

Qi Jiu: "Is it the supervisor's KPI to send a steady stream of people to the nursery every day?"

Mr. Lord shrugged helplessly: "

There is no way, if I can't complete this KPI, I will be the one sent to the nursery."

In short, the supervisor must choose one unlucky person from the employees to send to the nursery every day, otherwise he will become that unlucky person.

Qi Chu probed: "Mr. Lord, do you know what is going on in the nursery?"

The muscles on Mr. Lord's face twitched: "I don't know the specific situation, but it's definitely not a good place, because no one who goes in comes out."

It turns out that not all the management is aware of the factory's activities.

They just strictly follow factory regulations and perform their "duties" to protect themselves.

Mr. Lord's incomplete knowledge is good news for Qi Qiu.

This shows that the nursery does not want their activities to be made public.

Qi Jiu put his hand into his pocket and touched the reward announcement he had just torn off with his fingers.

Maybe it could become a new trading weight, he secretly made a new plan in his mind.

"Anyway, I wish you good luck," Mr. Lord had packed up the cartons and pointed to the beer beside his desk before leaving. "These are for you."

Qi Jiu smiled: "Thank you, it tastes good."

*

"Supervisor, do you need to reassign today's work?" Gu Zhenzhen asked half jokingly and half seriously.

Qi Qiu: "Don't waste time on meaningless work. In the morning we go to the cultural center to study. It's also important to be familiar with the corporate culture."

Since the focus of the supervisor's job is to formulate rules and punish employees for going to the nursery through rules, these repetitive and boring tasks are meaningless. He might as well take advantage of his position and ask everyone to help find more information about rose fish and the factory.

Qi Qiu led his three employees into the cultural center's data room. Last time, under the supervision of Mr. Lord, no one dared to browse the literature and materials in the exhibition hall. This time Qi Qiu had the final say, so he would not be polite.

"I need your help to find out the specific time when Rose Fish appeared, and the information about the current Bates boss in the file."

He has already deduced that workers will turn into petri dishes of rose fish after infection, and during the breeding stage of fish eggs, the petri dishes will crazily require the flesh and blood of living people to replenish energy.

Why is it always human flesh? Is this related to the story of the Bates family in the branch line?

The sound of flipping through paper echoed in the silence. Compared to the fishy workshop and the endless pleasure-destroying assembly line work, the work of finding information was obviously much more comfortable, and everyone was doing their best.

Not long after, Ji Xiaoye opened the thick information book: "Rosefish has appeared three times in history. The first rosefish appeared after the war. It was introduced by Mr. Lord and was run by the first generation Mr. Bates.

during the wartime factory period, but the first-generation rosefish recorded here did not appear in nearby waters, but in a bay very close to the battlefield. Old Mr. Bates accidentally discovered the rosefish in the battlefield bay because of work."

"The second rose fish appeared in the sea not far from the factory. It was discovered by this generation of boss Bates. It is marked here that not long before the rose fish was discovered, a perverted serial murderer appeared in the town. The rose fish appeared.

The sea area is where he dumped his body, and the police found more than 30 bodies there..."

"The third time the rosefish appeared was last winter, when the factory was on annual vacation at the end of December. It was discovered in the sea behind the factory. It was this discovery that the factory developed an artificial breeding method for rosefish and officially put it into use.

Canned food production has reversed the trend of factory closures." Ji Xiaoye shared the information he found with everyone.

"Based on the above information, the first two appearances of rose fish are related to death and corpses," Ji Xiaoye said his conclusion. "The first time was death caused by war. People are likely to throw away the dead

The second time was the place where the serial killer dumped his body, and there were also a large number of deaths and corpses."

Gu Zhenzhen suddenly realized: "So it is basically certain that the rose fish appeared in the place where the death occurred?"

"I think it's close to ten, and the probability of it appearing is relatively random."

Qin Rang: "But the third time, at the end of December last year, there was no record of a murder nearby."

Ji Xiaoye frowned: "If we can find proof of death at that time..."

"Someone did disappear at that time, Qin Rang, do you remember what Miss Rossetti said in her diary?" Qi Qiu reminded.

Qin Rang was stunned for a moment, then clapped his hands and said, "Madam has disappeared!"

On Christmas Eve last year, Miss Rossetti wrote in her diary, "Mother didn't decorate the Christmas tree, didn't prepare Christmas Eve dinner, she didn't even give me a good night kiss on Christmas Eve, she never forgot these...she disappeared

.She disappeared!"

"That's right!" Qin Rang almost exclaimed.

Qi Jiu: "So, the third generation of rose fish was obtained with the death of my wife."

Miss Rossetti's office was filled with portraits of Madam and specimens of roses. Qiu speculated that the roses themselves were related to Madam, so Miss Rossetti finally changed the name of "Red Fish" to "Rose Fish" to commemorate her.

lady.

Perhaps in Miss Rossetti's eyes, these disgusting rose fish are the continuation of the lady's life.

"Then...could Madam have been deliberately murdered to make Rose Fish?" Gu Zhenzhen trembled and asked.

Ji Xiaoye sneered: "As we all know, 58% of women who disappeared accidentally were killed by their husbands or male partners [1]. Moreover, the emergence of rose fish is related to the interests of the entire Bates family."

Qi Jiu frowned and said nothing. If their speculation was true, the wife was killed by someone from the Bates family, or even Mr. Bates, then it would be too similar to the situation of wife murderer No. 5 - murder

Wife, feed the fish.

Is the copy also influenced by the actual experiences of the participants?

At this moment, the system made a buzzing sound of electricity——

[Congratulations on correctly deducing the ending of the Madam, successfully completing the "Cat and Madam" branch, and receiving the reward "Madam's Identity Card" item usage rights*1]

Qi Jiu:......?

The system is getting more and more naughty.

Soon it was lunch time. After a routine physical examination, Qi Gu walked to the North District.

After being promoted to management, the North District Canteen opened permission to him, and Qi Qiu decided to use meal time for necessary "socializing."

Qi Qiu wore the supervisor badge left by Mr. Lord and entered the North District canteen smoothly.

The management of the North District Canteen is relatively free. Except for the first three dining rules, which are the same as those of the South District Canteen, there are no restrictions on the number of dishes selected by dining employees and the remaining amount of meals.

Qi Qiu glanced at the dishes in the window. Although the dishes were not as exquisite as the later South District canteen, there were no weird ingredients and they were all ordinary home-cooked dishes.

However, Qi Zhu soon discovered that the meals in the North District Canteen were not provided for free, and each dish was clearly priced.

The factory believes that the management does not need to enjoy the benefits of free meals because they receive generous salaries... No wonder Mr. Lord always uses the excuse of guiding new employees to enjoy the food from the South District cafeteria.

"Hello, how do I apply for a meal card in the canteen?" Qi Qiu asked an aunt who looked like the person in charge of the canteen.

The aunt in the cafeteria looked up when she heard the sound, and was stunned when she saw Qi Qiu. The spoon that fell from her hand splashed with soup.

It was this familiar expression again. Qi Jiu was puzzled, but on his face he asked politely: "I'm sorry for disturbing your work."

The aunt quickly returned to her normal expression, as if the panic just now had never happened. She wiped her hands on her apron and walked to the card machine nearby: "Tell me your department, employee number and name, and then take your fingerprints."

Just make a record."

"How do you recharge the meal card?" Qi Jiu told the other party the information as required, then pressed his fingerprint to verify the information and asked.

The aunt entered the information: "It will be deducted directly from your salary..."

Halfway through her words, she suddenly frowned and said, "Sir, the system shows that your meal card already exists."

Qi Jiu was stunned for a moment: "What?"

The aunt was very businesslike: "You have recorded your fingerprints and applied for a meal card in the canteen system, and there is also a loss report. This is your card."

The same situation as when I first joined the company...

Qi Jiu took the meal card handed over by his aunt. After thinking for a moment, he quickly followed the other person's words and asked: "Oh, yes, it seems that there is such a thing... Can you check it for me? When I applied for this card, I

In what capacity was it registered?”

"I want to confirm, in case I swipe someone else's card by mistake." Seeing the doubt in her aunt's eyes, Qi Gu hurriedly added.

"If you need it, let me try." The aunt was persuaded and checked the system as he requested. "Sorry, the system shows that my permission does not allow me to check the information."

Qi Jiu: "..."

Auntie: "Don't worry, the fingerprint system will not make mistakes. This is your card."

"Ok, thank you."

Qi Jiu thoughtfully took the meal card, walked to a window nearby, ordered food, and swiped it casually——

[Balance:]

Qi Jiu:...Good guy.

Not only Qi Qiu was startled, but even the aunt who was preparing the meal looked over in shock. After all, the astonishing string of meal card balance digits exceeded the display screen.

Qi Jiu, who was holding the meal card, secretly "tsk", either it was another system bug, or he accidentally "stolen" the account number of a related user.

After finishing his meal, Qi Jiu chose the seat closest to the display window. He faced the crowd. From his angle, he could clearly see the badges of everyone who came to prepare his meal.

After waiting for about five minutes, he finally arrived at the person in charge of the nursery.

After the other party finished cooking and sat down, Qi Ji picked up the dinner plate and followed him: "Hello, is there anyone sitting here?"

He pointed to the position next to the person in charge.

The person in charge looked up at him and shook his head: "It's up to you."

"Thank you," Qi Jiu sat down naturally, "I am the supervisor in charge of guiding new employees in the production workshop, and I just took office today."

The person in charge's action of scooping soup paused momentarily. He looked at Qi Qiu curiously: "What a coincidence, I was planning to go over to you, but your newcomer workshop hasn't given me the quota quota for today yet."

After a pause, he added, "I think Mr. Lord has handed over work to you. You know what I mean."

Of course, Qi Ji knew that the newcomer workshop must provide a quota to the seedling breeding department every day as rations for the "petri dish".

Qi Jiu made a troubled expression: "I'm sorry, today is my first day on the job, and I'm not familiar with many work processes."

The person in charge was expressionless: "Then please get familiar with it as soon as possible. After all, it is not difficult to provide quotas."

"That's true, but..." Qi Gu paused, then took out the reward issued by the nursery department from his pocket, and handed it to the person in charge with a smile, "Compared to the KPIs of our department, I think you will be more concerned about this now.

thing."

The person in charge frowned in displeasure, and Qi Jiu smiled: "If I can provide useful information, what reward can I get?"

The person in charge looked at Qi Kui with a speculative look: "That depends on whether the value of your information is high."

Qi Qiu responded to his gaze, and the smile on his face widened: "Not only can I lead you to find this missing worker, but I also know that he left us some lively little lives as a souvenir."

"Mr. Weiwen, is this enough for me to get the generous reward mentioned in the bounty?" Qi Jiu glanced at the name on the artificial sign in charge and discussed in a smooth tone.

The person in charge's expression suddenly changed, and his panicked look had already been part of Qi Ku's plan.

He tested from Mr. Lord that not all management members knew the rosefish breeding process, nor did they know what the missing workers had experienced. The fact that "rosefish were bred by humans who mutated into monsters" was the core issue of the factory.

confidential.

The person in charge had a pale face, and his facial muscles trembled several times before he uttered a voice: "You already, already know? This... is impossible... now is not the time for incubation..."

Qi Jiu smiled and shrugged: "Sorry, I accidentally learned about the core technology of your nursery department."

"What do you want?" the person in charge asked quickly.

From the exaggerated reaction of the person in charge, Qi Gu confirmed his guess: once the secrets of the fry department are known to outsiders, the person in charge will be held responsible.

Qi Jiu was not afraid that the other party would go berserk and hurt him directly because there was no death trigger in the system rules.

So he was more confident of winning: "I don't have anything in particular, it's just a matter of our department's KPI. I hope Mr. Vivian can take care of it."

"Although I have a good relationship with Miss Rossetti, I promise that if Mr. Vivian handles the KPI issue well, I will never reveal the leakage of secrets to her." Qi Jiu said sincerely and touchingly, calmly.

Weights were added to the ground.

The person in charge couldn't eat any more. He frowned and thought for a long time: "Okay, but I can only give your department a three-day grace period on the grounds that you are new to the job and are not familiar with the business."

"Today is included." He added.

Qi Jiu smiled: "I would like to thank you on behalf of everyone in the department, Mr. Wei Wen. I will keep my promise and keep this confidential."

The corners of Mr. Wei Wen's lips twitched and he said angrily: "You're welcome."

[Dear traveler, since your behavior has secretly angered the head of the nursery department, Mr. Wei Wen, he is likely to take revenge]

Qi Jiu didn't care: "As long as he doesn't stab me to death on the spot."

[Don’t worry, NPCs can’t hurt people without reason, but Mr. Wei Wen is vengeful by nature, and an unknown crisis is brewing. Please take precautions]

Qi Jiu: "Thank you for the reminder."

Regardless of whether the other party is a grudge-bearing person, Qi Jiu always keeps his word.

At the end of lunch time, Qi Jiu took the person in charge to dormitory 1079. He lifted the sheet covering the heater, revealing a charred human skeleton: "I think this is the missing employee you are looking for."

Then, he pointed to the bathtub occupied by fish fry: "This is the little life left by the missing employee. It is quite alive and kicking. Please check it."

The person in charge was so shocked that he couldn't utter a word for a long time. He looked at Qi Gui in confusion for a long time, and finally said in confusion: "How could this happen? How did you get him into the furnace? And you were... not injured.

?!"

The way he looked at Qi Qiu seemed to be looking at some kind of terrifying creature.

Qi Jiu opened his mouth and said: "This unlucky employee jumped in by himself. I don't know how."

What's going on, I wanted to save him, but it was too late."

principal:"……"

Qi Jiu: "If you could help me deal with this charred skeleton, the pool of small fish fry, and clean the bathroom by the way, I would be very grateful."

At this time, Qin Rang had already returned to the dormitory after hearing the news. He saw his roommate making a deal with the NPC and was shocked and admired in his heart.

This is the second time... This is the second time that my roommate has used NPC transactions to avoid punishment.

He has never seen such wild challengers. To them, NPCs are often just sources of clues and potential obstacles. Qi Jiu actually treated them as living people in exchange for conditions...

This is a new idea.

After confirming that it was correct, the person in charge quickly called his subordinates to clean the skeleton and transfer a pond of rose fry.

Qi Jiu rolled up his sleeves and helped: "By the way, Mr. Weiwen, what did you mean when you said "now is not the time for incubation"?" The other party already knew the truth, and the person in charge had no intention of continuing to hide it, and casually replied:

"The rosefish we cultivate have certain rules for growth and reproduction. The best fry will hatch out of the petri dish at a fixed time point. However, external interference will break this rule. For example, the petri dish will be contaminated after exposure to chemicals, and the hatched fry will be polluted.

It will be unsatisfactory. You see, these are unqualified fish fry in your bathtub."

Qi Jiu suddenly thought of something and asked tentatively: "So, the scheduled hatching time is coming soon, right?"

The person in charge nodded, with a proud look on his face: "Tomorrow night, this will be the largest and best batch of fry. It is a gift from the Bates family and a great achievement of our nursery department, so we

Absolutely no mistakes can be made.”

Qi Zu discovered that there was a flaw in the NPC settings in this dungeon. Once they talked about the Bates family and Rosefish, they would show an almost pathological expression of enthusiasm.

Mr. Lord was like this before, and now Mr. Vivian is like this.

Mr. Lord is cuter after his vacation.

"Oh, I'm looking forward to it. I wish you success in hatching." Qi Jiu raised his lips in admiration.

The monsters will hatch together tomorrow night - there really is no more exciting news than this.

The opportunity has come.

"Speaking of which, the day before yesterday in our nursery department, a petri dish was seriously contaminated by paint. It is your responsibility to investigate and deal with contraband. You have to strengthen management. I don't want precious petri dishes to be wasted." The person in charge looked displeased.

, accused.

Of course, Qi Jiu remembered the uninvited guest who was contaminated by paint. It was his test subject on the first night.

"Okay, thank you for the reminder." Qi Jiu accepted the suggestion humbly.

[Because you stole important information from the nursery department and angered the vengeful Mr. Wei Wen, the system has detected that the plot line of the dungeon is undergoing major changes——]

[Once the plot changes, the main missions of all travelers will be irreversibly affected, please be sure to make your choices carefully]

[Warning, the plot line of the dungeon has undergone major changes!]

The last two sentences in the system have been received by all living travelers.

Afterwards, Mr. Vivian explained something through the communicator. Not long after, the factory broadcast rang——

[In order to welcome the upcoming harvest of fish fry, the nursery department has decided to hold a celebration dance at 8 o'clock tomorrow night in the North District canteen. All employees must participate. The curfew will be temporarily lifted during the dance. I wish everyone a happy dance]

Good guy, this vengeful Mr. Vivian moves very quickly.

The sudden appearance of the dance party at this time is most likely the result of the plot deviation after angering the NPC.

But as for the North District Canteen... Qi Gu looked at the map and his eyes lit up. The canteen happened to be right next to the nursery department.

Qi Jiu curved his lips: "Thank you very much for today, Mr. Weiwen."
Chapter completed!