In the next two days, Chen Mo's life was filled with intensive training.
The daytime is basic physical fitness and fighting training. The coach is a senior field worker of the association, surnamed Wu, who is taciturn, but he is extremely ruthless. There is nothing fancy in the training content, and it is all skills of life-saving and counterattack in actual combat: how to quickly accept the body when it is out of balance, how to use environmental cover, how to cause maximum interference with the smallest action, and the basic response to different attack modes (grabbing, blunt hitting, sharp weapon). Chen Mo's physical quality is not bad, coupled with a strong desire for survival and determination to earn contribution points for his sister, he learns quickly, although he has to put on a lot of bruises every day.
In the afternoon, there are theoretical classes and targeted training. Theoretical courses include bizarre taxonomy, common logical collapse patterns, basic characteristics and taboos of relics, association structure and action guidelines. The researcher who gave the lecture spoke very fast and had a huge amount of information, so Chen Mo could only memorize it desperately. And targeted training, mainly Su Yat-sen personally instructed him how to control the perception of "stealing earrings" more finely.
They used several different "training relics", from the original "Sad Music Box" to a lost compass that can make people feel slightly disoriented, and then to a silencing wind chime that can simulate the weak "dilution of existence" effect. Su Yat-sen asked Chen Mo to try to turn on or off perception in different distances and different interference environments, control the "depth" and "breadth" of perception, and learn to transmit information through terminals with simpler codes.
"Perception is not to open the gate to release water, but to adjust the faucet." Su Yat-sen repeatedly stressed, "You need to learn to distinguish between' background noise',' warning signal' and' key logic'. Unnecessary perception will only waste your energy, accelerate your erosion, and may even be invaded by some strange reverse who are good at mental pollution. "
Chen Mo has a hard time learning. Perception is more like an instinct or intuition, and it is much more difficult to control it than to control muscles. He often either can't "hear" anything, or accidentally "listens" too deeply, and is slightly influenced by the logic of training relics (such as inexplicably feeling sad or temporarily losing his sense of direction). The tingling sensation inside the left ear appears and disappears, reminding him of the existence of erosion.
But he didn't give up. After every training, he will visit Chen Yu. Chen Yu's condition is basically stable under the action of "memory anchor point", and there is no large-scale confusion in memory, and her headache is also alleviated. She even began to read some books and audio-visual materials allowed by the association, and her face was a little rosy. Seeing my sister get better is Chen Mo's greatest motivation.
However, under calm, there is an undercurrent.
Su yat sen villa became very busy and often disappeared. Occasionally appear, but also look in a hurry, the fatigue on the body is heavier, and the cracks on the mask seem to have no signs of repair. Instead of personally guiding all the training of Chen Mo, she gave some of the contents to coach Wu and other researchers.
Chen Mo vaguely felt the tension in the atmosphere from the sporadic conversations of some researchers and the limited internal notice of the terminal. The investigation of the "shadow bite" incident seems to have encountered a bottleneck, and the core source is hidden deep. The cloud of doubt about "human intervention" has not dissipated, but has a tendency to expand. It is rumored that in other areas of Dongcheng District, there are also reports of shadow anomalies similar to "shadow bite" but with slightly different manifestations, which are suspected to be different variants or daughters of the same source.
What makes Chen Mo even more uneasy is that Su Yat-sen reminded him in a short meeting: "Keep a low profile recently. Besides training and visiting Chen Yu, don't walk around, let alone contact unfamiliar people. There are some reviews going on within the association. "
Review? For what? A mole? Or factional struggle?
Chen Mo felt as if he were on the edge of a huge whirlpool. He couldn't see what was hidden under the clear water, but he could feel the stronger and stronger suction.
On the third night, after the training, Chen Mo dragged her tired body back to the dormitory. Just after taking a shower, he was about to have a rest when his terminal suddenly vibrated. It was not a regular communication request, but a special vibration mode representing "emergency encrypted information, which is limited to my view".
The information comes from Su Yat-sen, with only one line and one coordinate: "Archives in Area C, three-level data shelf,No. C-714- Appendix 7. Use your temporary access card and look it up now. Pay attention to avoid the monitoring cycle, destroy it after reading it, and leave no traces. "
C-714 is the file number of "faceless girl". Appendix 7? What is that? Why let him sneak to see it now?
Chen Mo's heart beat faster. Sue yat sen villa this time, in this way to let him check the information of "faceless woman", obviously not normal. Besides, avoid surveillance? This means that she doesn't want others to know that he is watching this, and maybe even … her own actions are being watched?
Hesitation is only a moment. Chen Mo chose to believe Su Yat sen villa. He quickly got dressed, switched the terminal to silent mode, picked up the temporary access card (with his basic information and a low-level access code on it), took a deep breath and opened the dormitory door.
There was silence in the corridor. At this time, most of the non-duty personnel have rested. Chen Mo according to the memory of the facilities map, walked in the direction of the C area archives. He tried to tread lightly, using the corners and shadows of the corridor to avoid possible monitoring probes (he was not sure of the specific location, only by feeling).
The archive room is located in a deep facility, with an electronic lock and a card reader at the door. Chen Mo posted the permission card, the green light lit up, and after a slight click, the heavy metal door slid inward to open a gap.
It was dark inside, except for the emergency exit sign, which gave off a green light. Chen Mo flicker in, the door closed silently behind him. He turned on the terminal's own low-light illumination, and the light could only illuminate a small area in front of him. The archive room is very large, and rows of tall metal shelves stand in the dark like silent giants, on which all kinds of file boxes and data storage devices are stored in different categories.
According to the number, he quickly found area C, and then found the shelf marked "714". The third-level data shelf is on the bottom floor. He crouched down and the shimmer swept across the rows of labels. Appendices 1 to 6 are all there, but … the position of Appendix 7 is empty.
Chen Mo in the mind a tight. Was taken away? Or did Su Yat sen villa give the wrong number?
He searched carefully and ran his fingers through the file box next to the vacant seat. Suddenly, his fingertips touched an unusual bump-at the bottom edge of the metal shelf, it seemed to be stuck with a small piece of things.
He looked closely, it was a very thin, almost transparent flexible electronics patch, the size and shape are like a stamp, and the edge is almost integrated with the color of the metal frame, so you can't find it without looking carefully.
Was it left by Su Yat-sen?
Chen Mo carefully removed the patch. The back of the patch is slightly sticky, and there seems to be nothing on the front. But when he put the patch near the identification area of the terminal, the terminal screen automatically lights up, showing "encrypted physical media detected, do you want to read it?"
He clicked "Yes".
The patch heats up slightly, and then turns into a wisp of smoke to dissipate. At the same time, a decrypted and opened document appeared on the terminal screen with the title: Supplementary Investigation Report on the C-714 (Faceless Woman) Incident (Appendix 7)-Preliminary Tracing Clues about the Client and the Ancient Mirror Fragments.
Sure enough!
Chen Mo immediately read attentively. This report is much more detailed than the internal draft he saw before, and records the limited tracing results of the association intelligence department to the mysterious client.
According to the report, although the client used anonymous payment and disguise, the intelligence personnel locked in a middleman by cross-comparing the surveillance in and out of the museum during that time period (obtained through closed channels) and digital currency's complicated flow analysis (touching the gray area).
This middleman is a broker who is active in the local antique black market and underground intelligence trading, nicknamed "old ghost". Attached to the report is an extremely vague surveillance screenshot, which is a thin silhouette wearing a cap.
Intelligence personnel tried to contact the "old ghost", but on the night after they locked in one of their common foothold, the "old ghost" disappeared. His residence was burnt to the ground by a fire caused by an "accidental" gas leak, leaving nothing behind. The investigation was therefore interrupted.
At the end of the report, however, according to the old ghost's past activities and interpersonal network, the intelligence personnel gave a speculative direction with extremely low probability: one week before his disappearance, the old ghost had indirect contact with a small art investment company registered in a neighboring city, but its actual business was a mystery. The name of that company is "The Other Side Gallery".
The report emphasizes that this is only a very weak line among countless possibilities, and there is no direct evidence. Moreover, the "Other Side Gallery" has a clean surface business and a simple registrant background, and further investigation requires higher authority and reasons. Therefore, this clue is not included in the main report, but only filed as an appendix.
Sue yat sen villa let him see this, to tell him that the investigation was not completely interrupted? Or do you want to imply that there may be something wrong with the "other side gallery"? Even ... related to human intervention in the "shadow bite" incident?
The silence is frowning and thinking, and the terminal suddenly vibrates again! This is Su Yat-sen's direct communication request, and it is an emergency avoidance mode!
He immediately switched on, and there was no sound, but Su Yat-sen's rapid, extremely low-pressure breath was directly introduced into his ear bone through the bone conduction module (an auxiliary hearing device that enabled him to "feel" the vibration at a specific frequency and convert it into an approximate sound): "Don't go back to the dormitory! Someone went to' please' you! Leave the emergency passage on the side of the archives room with the password * * * * *, and go to the' old place' after going out! Quick! "
The voice came to an abrupt end and the communication was forcibly cut off!
Chen Mo was almost blood coagulation!
Someone's coming for him? Who is it? Inside the association? Or is it external? Why?
Without time to think about it, he immediately deleted the document records just read on the terminal and cleaned up the cache. Then according to Sue yat sen villa's instructions, quickly moved to the archives side. Sure enough, there is an inconspicuous metal door painted the same color as the wall, next to a numeric keyboard.
He entered the password given by Su yat sen villa. "Di" a light ring, the door opened a crack, there is a dark steep stairs, leading to the top.
Chen Mo flicker into without hesitation, backhand gently closed the door. Almost at the same time when he closed the door, outside the main door of the archives, there was a faint, deliberately light footsteps and the prompt sound of the electronic door lock being brushed open ...
With his back against the cold metal door, he could hear his heart beating like a drum in the narrow and dark emergency passage.
The night is thick and dangerous, and it has reached the door.