"Don't want to leave yet?" Du Yifeng saw Jiang Yue standing at the door of the power plant, still a little reluctant to leave.
"Yifeng, it's easy to restore power. Have you ever thought about it, if there are unknown dangers lurking in this hotel, the first thing to do is to destroy the power."
"What's going on?"
"It's not easy to handle."
It's okay to send people to guard the power plant, but if you really want to destroy it, you don't necessarily have to do it here. The lines in many places can be tampered with.
Perhaps the stupid method of patrolling is relatively feasible.
"If nothing else, let's move two barrels of diesel up there first. If the line is damaged, it can still be repaired. But if the diesel is spilled, there's nothing we can do."
Although Du Yifeng didn't want to do this dirty work, he couldn't stand Jiang Yue's insistence.
Seeing the two carrying diesel upstairs, Brother Nazhi suddenly became a little unhappy.
"You two, this is not within the scope of the previous agreement!"
"Brother Zhi, there is still a lot of diesel under there. We are not moving the diesel for our own use, and there is no power generation equipment available in the B&B area."
"Then what are you planning?"
"There is an old saying that Zhi Ge must have heard, don't put all your eggs in one basket."
Brother Zhi was startled and thoughtful.
"Brother Zhi, have you ever thought about it? If there are any dangerous factors lurking in the hotel building, power restoration will be the biggest threat to them. If they want to cause damage in turn, what do you think they will attack first?"
diesel fuel!
Diesel is the easiest to get started with.
And once the diesel is spilled, it can no longer be collected.
Brother Zhi and Brother Hao exchanged glances, and Brother Hao nodded imperceptibly, indicating that this was okay.
"Okay, keep these two barrels of diesel well."
"Brother Zhi, there is another question. Someone should be assigned to guard the power plant."
"Manned patrols must be arranged along the road."
Brother Zhi frowned: "Brother, have you passed? There are only a dozen of us in total. With this arrangement, no one can rest tonight."
"Protecting the power supply is not just the responsibility of a dozen of you, everyone in the B&B area should contribute."
Jiang Yue's proposal was actually out of justice and had no selfish motives.
However, from the interpretation of Brother Zai Zhi and his group, this may not be the case.
Especially the two leaders, Brother Zhi and Brother Hao, instinctively felt that this was an infiltration of the B&B area and wanted to use this to break into the hotel area.
As those who control the hotel area, they can't bear to let others share the fat on their lips.
However, if they just reject Jiang Yue, it will appear that they have no structure and are too small-minded.
"This matter concerns a dozen brothers in the hotel area. We have to discuss it before making a decision."
Jiang Yue naturally saw that they had selfish motives, but he didn't tell them.
Of course, it is normal for the other party to have doubts. After all, there are nearly 70 people in the B&B area, while there are only 16 in the hotel area.
There are so many others, so it's normal to worry.
After a while, Brother Zhi and the others came out and gave the answer.
"We allow the B&B District to send six people into the hotel area to guard the power room area in shifts. The B&B District is responsible for all patrol work in all areas outside the hotel. Of course, we are willing to provide food as a reward for those who actively participate in patrols.
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"Brother, have you ever thought about it?" Brother Hao, who had never spoken much, suddenly said, "Ideals are full, but reality may be very skinny? How many people do you think are willing to participate in patrols in the B&B area?"
"It's simple. As long as one person disagrees, the entire B&B area will be powered off." Jiang Yue gave the answer.
This is a cruel approach.
Brother Hao couldn't help but look at Jiang Yue with admiration.
Is the power outage in all B&B areas?
Are you so cruel to yourself?
Brother Zhi raised his thumbs: "Okay, I'm happy. To be honest, I admire you a little. Brother, let me tell you that the B&B area is just like that. This is also a five-star hotel. The room facilities are really no worse than B&B villas."
There is also a suite floor. If you want to stay here, you can choose any suite."
It can be seen that Brother Zhi is serious about what he said.
Jiang Yue said in a sincere tone: "Brother Zhi, I can see that you are a cheerful person. Previously, the B&B area was clamoring to attack the hotel area, but I did not participate. Now if I am asked to transfer to the hotel area, I will not be able to obey."
"Oh?" Brother Zhi sounded slightly disappointed.
"Frankly speaking, I have no intention of taking sides, nor do I want to get involved in disputes between the two sides. In fact, with all due respect, I seriously believe that this kind of artificial opposition should not exist at all. To put it mildly, this is seeking death. Of course, taking the lead
It was indeed some people in the B&B area who instigated the trouble."
Sometimes the truth is really hard to hear.
But Brother Zhi was not angry at all.
"Brother is indeed a sensible person. Let's go and watch the surveillance."
At the same time, he told his companion: "Ah Hao, take two people to the B&B area and inform them. We will provide them with electricity for half an hour. If we cannot reach a decision in half an hour, the power will be cut off."
"Brother Zhi, before looking at the surveillance, I have to check the front desk computer first," Jiang Yue said.
Over at the front desk, several computers were intact.
Don't even think about the Internet.
However, the hotel management system is an internal system and does not need to be connected to the external network.
Just open the management software and you can find the information you need.
The professor's surname is Lu and his assistant's surname is Zuo, neither of which are particularly common surnames.
In contrast, people with the surname Zuo seem to be relatively rare.
On the day of the first change, there was indeed a guest named Zuo, a twenty-eight-year-old woman, whose gender and age were almost the same.
This guest is named Zuo Yongqiu and lives in Building 25 in the B&B area.
Jiang Yue was overjoyed and soon found out that there was indeed another guest in Building 25 in the B&B area that day, named Lu Jinwen, 53 years old.
Right again!
Jiang Yue checked the ID information of the two people, checked and confirmed that Professor Lu and his assistant were the ones requested on the task list.
25 buildings?
Every villa in the B&B area is occupied by someone. Now if he comes to the door rashly, the other party will definitely not let him search it.
If there really is any top-secret information, it might have been hidden by the other party.
However, Jiang Yue soon found out that these two people had actually stayed in the B&B area three days before the day of the first change.
In other words, Professor Lu and Assistant Zuo have already entered the ecological zone?
Are they conducting investigations? Or are they engaging in scientific research activities?
Jiang Yue knew nothing about Professor Lu's identity. He only knew that he was a professor at Star City University. He had no clue what field of research he was engaged in or what subject he was good at.
"If the official can assign tasks specifically to the two of them, the research they are engaged in must be very important."
Thinking of this, Jiang Yue had an idea and directly deleted the check-in information of Professor Lu and others on the management software.
In this case, anyone else who wants to check Professor Lu's information will be disappointed.
After doing all this, Jiang Yue left the front desk.
Brother Zhi was waiting for him on the sofa in the hall.
The monitoring room is very large. Many probes are installed in hotels and B&B areas. Except for rooms and some private places, almost no blind spots are monitored.
However, Jiang Yue had already considered how to check quickly.
Soon, the surveillance for the afternoon of the first change was called out.
Jiang Yue mainly focuses on monitoring areas such as the main road in the B&B area and the entrance to the Cloud Palace Hotel.
In addition, Jiang Yue paid special attention to a surveillance camera near Building 25.
The monitoring in the afternoon did not reveal anything unusual, and the hotel and B&B areas were operating normally.
The progress was directly extended to the evening, to an hour before the first change.
It was already evening and it was not dark yet.
Guests in the B&B area come to the restaurants in the hotel area to dine.
Some people had already finished their meals and were wandering around in twos and threes, enjoying the scenery around the hotel.
It can be seen from the leisurely pace of people that people did not react much to the coming first changes, even though Star City officials had already issued a notice at that time.
It can be seen that not many people take it seriously. At least those people who appeared in the surveillance did not over-interpret the official notice.
Perhaps compared to official news, people who are eligible to enjoy high-end resort hotels believe more in insider information obtained through their own channels.
This is a social norm. The more elite people are, the more they disdain official announcements. They believe more in their own energy and their own information channels, and feel that what they have is the truth.
It has even developed into pathological thinking. The more the official refutes rumors, the more they believe it; the more the official emphasizes something, the more they doubt it.
"There don't seem to be many people?" Brother Zhi suddenly said from the side.
Although the day of the first change was that day, before that, the entire society had actually accepted the coming of the strange era.
Under those circumstances, there would naturally be fewer people going out for fun, which is not surprising.
Jiang Yue has been paying attention to the movements in the 25-building B&B area.
To his disappointment, Building 25 never showed up as he expected.
Soon, Jiang Yue discovered that while the humans inside the surveillance cameras were belatedly aware of the situation, some of the plants that appeared in the surveillance cameras were obviously starting to behave abnormally.
Just like what Jiang Yue discovered that day in his hometown of Panshiling.
The plant became visibly excited.
This is the earth's magnetic field changing and the gravity changing.
The initial change has slowly shifted from invisibility to manifestation.
Then, the monitor began to shake.
This is when the earthquake started.
During the surveillance, panicked people kept running out of the building.
B&B area, hotel area, guests, staff,…
Every open area covered by surveillance is full of people.
Jiang Yue also saw the building where he and Du Yifeng lived. A family of three, wearing pajamas, hugged each other fearfully in the courtyard of the B&B.
It's a pity that among the 25 B&Bs, no one has ever escaped from the B&B area.
This time, Jiang Yue could basically confirm that Professor Lu and Assistant Zuo might not have returned at all that day.
This made Jiang Yue doubtful again.
Where did they go?
Did he delay his return due to the investigation and simply camped out? Or did he encounter some unexpected factors and was unable to return?
The earthquake continued, and the people under surveillance obviously lost their earlier calmness, and most people's demeanor and behavior became panicked.
Although the surveillance camera had no sound, it could be seen from their body language and expressions that almost everyone was frightened by this sudden disaster.
Especially after the huge full moon appeared, people looked into the sky one after another, becoming more and more frightened.
When the vortex in the starry sky appeared, the light beams from the ground continued to shoot into the endless starry sky, and the fear of the people in the surveillance room also reached a limit.
Jiang Yue could feel their fear and uneasiness through the surveillance camera.
Although this is a monitoring archive from several days ago.
Jiang Yue clearly remembered that the earthquake lasted for a long time and the aftershocks almost never stopped.
When the starry sky vortex disappeared, people's panic gradually eased.
The tremors also began to slow down, and the shaking sensation of the surveillance probe was no longer so strong.
at this time--
Everyone in the surveillance room seemed to have received some kind of signal at the same time.
Although monitoring does not show it intuitively.
But Jiang Yue felt miraculously that everyone seemed to be under magic at the same time.
Jiang Yue could even feel that their eyes became chaotic and lifeless at that moment, and then...
Everyone swayed and started to gather in the same direction.
With extremely strange steps, he slowly walked towards the dark direction.
It was as if some magical power was calling them in the distant night.
Everyone just lost themselves and their souls in an instant, became puppets of some magical power, and became a walking zombie without conscious control.
Staggering steps, dull expression...
Human emotions seemed to be completely drained away at that moment.
"Fall back!"
Jiang Yue called to Brother Zhi to rewind this section.
I poured it over a dozen times, and at that weird moment, it was as if magic really happened in this hotel and B&B area.
Everyone got hit at the same time.
There were no signs, and the source could hardly be found during surveillance.
All I saw was a group of people dragging their staggering steps towards the end of the darkness, plunging headlong into the unknown and weirdness.
Snapped!
Monitoring is disconnected.
Jiang Yue knew that there was a power outage that night and the monitoring stopped working.
Even Brother Zhi was a little uneasy this time. Although he kept holding it, Jiang Yue could feel the panic spreading in his heart.
"What...what the hell is going on? So, is this the reason why there is no one in this ghost place? Where have these people gone? Did they encounter ghosts? Or were they possessed?"
Monitoring did not give an answer.
The time displayed before the monitoring was disconnected was: 1:45.
"One forty-five...will we be like them tonight?" Brother Zhi murmured, not sure whether he was asking Jiang Yue or talking to himself.
Jiang Yue didn't answer, and kept replaying the surveillance in his mind, replaying the strange changes at that moment.
From the monitoring, it is actually impossible to clearly capture the obvious changes at that moment.
But through monitoring, Jiang Yue was strangely able to sense the existence of that moment.
This is a very strange perception.
"Go back one more time."
Jiang Yue suddenly raised his brows and called to Brother Zhi.
The monitor was turned back again, four or five times in a row.
"Did you see it? Are their noses twitching? Look carefully. Is everyone's nose sniffing something?"
Although the surveillance is relatively clear, it is a long-distance view after all, and it is not easy to see facial expressions, let alone the movement of the nose.
However, Jiang Yue quickly found several relatively clear angles and found favorable evidence.
In the picture, you can indeed see that their noses are moving.
The feeling is very subtle, like dogs looking for food.