In the afternoon, Jiang Baimian received a call.
"They want you to go to room 21," she said, holding the phone to Shang Jianyao.
Shang Jianyao, who was selecting documents from the piles of information in the "Old Task Force" office, straightened up and frowned.
"A sudden call like this, could someone be trying to assassinate me?"
"..." Not only Jiang Baimian was speechless, but also Long Yuehong and Bai Chen.
It was so rare to see such a Shang Jianyao, actually having persecution paranoia!
Jiang Baimian's mind raced, and she asked with some understanding:
"Are you the one guarding the golden elevator entrance?"
Shang Jianyao remained silent.
Jiang Baimian chuckled softly and reassured him:
"They're asking you to collect classified information."
"Okay." The expression on Shang Jianyao's face gradually became lively, as if he had changed into a different person.
He left the room and walked along the corridor to the door of room 21.
Knock, knock, knock, Shang Jianyao politely knocked on the door.
"Come in," Su Yu's voice came from inside.
Shang Jianyao pushed the door open and looked at Su Yu, a director of the company's board of directors, sitting across the long table, and asked in surprise:
"Aren't you busy?"
This was a conference room.
Su Yu was still wearing the Security Department's gray combat uniform, with no management's direct guard protecting him, all alone.
He explained with a smile:
"I'm going to visit the employees at the guard posts outside the entrance today, and I happened to pass by the Security Department, so I simply gave you the information related to the 'Mind Corridor' directly."
Explanation is justification... Honest and straightforward Shang Jianyao wanted to respond like this, but he was pinned down by his colleagues in the mind room.
Shang Jianyao glanced at the thin stack of information Su Yu was holding and asked excitedly:
"Will I be on the news at the top of the hour today?
"Company board director Su Yu met with d7 level employee Shang Jianyao in room 21 on the 647th floor, and the two sides had a friendly exchange on issues related to the 'Mind Corridor.'"
As he spoke, he pulled out a chair and sat across from Su Yu, the board director.
Su Yu knew this guy had mental problems and replied indifferently:
"This kind of thing has a confidentiality level and won't be on the news at the top of the hour."
"Oh..." Shang Jianyao was obviously disappointed.
Su Yu ignored him and handed over the information:
"You can only read it here, you can't take it away.
"If you're afraid of forgetting, you can manifest some of the content in the form of files and fix them in your mind room. Although the amount of information it can hold is limited, it's enough for you to retain the most critical things."
"It can be done like that?" Shang Jianyao said, feeling very inspired.
Su Yu smiled:
"This is considered a little trick I'm providing for you."
Shang Jianyao didn't say anything more, because he had already taken the information and was looking at it:
"'Mind Corridor' only has one, but different Awakeners seem to be in different projections of it. Under normal circumstances, you don't have to worry about meeting each other directly. However, there are special cases, with a few counterexamples, the reasons for which are temporarily unexplainable...
"Once you open the door of a certain room, and someone else enters at about the same time, you will meet...
"Different rooms have different tempering effects on your spirit due to different psychological shadows, inner fears, and dream conditions. And in the same room and the same scene, the tempering effect will also be different depending on the processing method you choose. But remember, in terms of a specific room and a specific scene, there are often only two or three, or even fewer, quality solutions. Once opened in the wrong way, it is likely to bring about more serious consequences...
"It is not recommended to push yourself to extreme mental exhaustion every time you explore, because you cannot predict whether there will be accidents on the way back. The simplest and most extreme example is that while you are exploring a certain room, the owner of the room is also exploring a dangerous place, such as another room. If he encounters an accident, his spirit will definitely become abnormal and react to his own room, bringing about great changes... These are unpredictable and there is no way to prepare a response plan in advance. You can only adapt to the situation, so you need to leave enough mental reserves...
"If you have nightmares for several consecutive days, and you feel tired every time you wake up, it means that someone has entered your mind room and has explored it to a considerable depth. You need to find a way to lock the other party and give him a warning. If he doesn't listen, then prepare for war...
"The corresponding locking methods are...
"Exploring to the depths of the 'Mind Corridor' means fully exploring at least five rooms, or incompletely exploring ten rooms..."
"..."
After these precautions, there were a large number of room numbers, and different room numbers had different annotations:
"101: Currently belongs to an Awakener in the 'Bodhi' field, suspected of having explored the depths of the 'Mind Corridor'... After entering the door, the most common thing is a psychological shadow expressed in the scene of a mental hospital. It often changes, which may be related to the mental state of the room's owner... The core points to break through are to find the only doctor in the mental hospital and kill him... This is the best way to explore that has been found so far...
"102: Extremely dangerous room, rarely appears at ordinary times. What we know is that at least two Awakeners entered and never came out again. In reality, one fell into a deep sleep and the other went completely mad...
"...
"205: Suspected to be the dream of a Ruling Star, the danger of exploration is extremely high, but the rewards will also be very great. It is not recommended for Awakeners who have not reached the depths of the 'Mind Corridor' to try... The dream changes frequently and is different every time, so it is impossible to summarize the key points of exploration...
"...
"503: Appears very rarely. According to intelligence, entrants are likely to be infected with 'Heartless Disease'...
"...
"506: The owner of the room is an Awakener in the 'Overseer' field. All of his psychological shadows have a common solution—the courage to face danger... After mastering the key points, this room is relatively safe and can be used as a 'base' for newcomers to temper their spirit. Therefore, it is not recommended to explore to a relatively deep level, so as not to affect the owner of the room. If you happen to encounter his spirit fluctuating, it is best to provide him with some help, and don't drain the pond to catch all the fish...
"..."
On several pages, hundreds of room numbers were densely written and annotated differently, allowing Shang Jianyao to clearly know which rooms were extremely dangerous, which rooms were relatively safe, and what techniques were needed to break through the psychological shadows of which rooms, as well as the risks to be avoided.
If the common sense related to the "Mind Corridor" in front was valuable, then the latter part was invaluable to the vast majority of Awakeners at the "Mind Corridor" level!
This was obviously a summary of the exploration experiences of one strong person after another within Pangu Biology, a presentation of the valuable information collected by the intelligence system, and a refinement of certain secrets learned by many dispatched employees by chance.
For example, the annotation on room "503" was obviously derived from the harvest of Shang Jianyao and his "Old Task Force" in Tarnan.
Such a complete and authentic piece of information fully demonstrated why large organizations are called large organizations.
A wild "Mind Corridor" level Awakener may take two or three years to gradually explore a certain room, while a "Mind Corridor" Awakener of a large organization with similar information support may complete it in two or three months. The former may accidentally get stuck in a certain scene and leave serious problems, while the latter steps on the shoulders of predecessors and knows which rooms can be entered and which rooms cannot be entered, so they can avoid many risks in advance...
"This is..." Shang Jianyao was "greatly shocked", "This is a game walkthrough!"
It took Su Yu a few seconds to understand what a game walkthrough meant, and he replied with a smile:
"Yes.
"It can also be said to be a martial arts manual for the 'Mind Corridor' level."
"You also read Old World entertainment materials?" Shang Jianyao's focus was always wrong.
Su Yu replied frankly:
"Occasionally."
He had no interest in discussing this aspect of things, and instead said:
"This is one of the main reasons why Awakeners at the 'Mind Corridor' level are willing to accept constraints and choose to band together."
Then, Su Yu changed the subject:
"But this is more of a reference, you can't blindly follow it.
"People's minds are always prone to change, and the corresponding rooms may have more traps at some point."
When he said the latter sentence, Su Yu's expression was quite serious.
"That's what makes it interesting," Shang Jianyao excitedly went through those room numbers again.
In his mind room, several Shang Jianyaos were busy manifesting and solidifying the key content into files.
After looking through it for a while, Shang Jianyao found that there were no "1215" and "522" among these room numbers.
The former was the room he mysteriously disappeared into after entering it once, and the latter was the one he was currently exploring.
"What does 'rarely appear' mean?" Shang Jianyao asked a question.
Su Yu had expected it and explained simply:
"Everyone often moves around in the 'corridor' and has seen many rooms, but among them, there are some door numbers that only a few people have encountered by chance.
"Like '503', we had never encountered it before. If it weren't for you providing such intelligence, no one would know that entering it could lead to 'Heartless Disease'."
"Why is that?" Shang Jianyao asked further.
Su Yu shook his head:
"I don't know."
Shang Jianyao then flipped the information to the last page.
There were also some room numbers on it, about a dozen or so, but there were no annotations.
"What are these?" Shang Jianyao took the initiative to ask.
Su Yu laughed:
"These are the door numbers of some of the company's 'Mind Corridor' Awakeners. Telling you is to hope that if you encounter them, don't go in to explore. Family shouldn't disturb family."
"What about the rest?" Shang Jianyao was eager to try.
Su Yu hummed:
"They don't want their door numbers to be known by a newcomer. If something happens to you, they will be very passive."
Speaking of this, Su Yu looked at Shang Jianyao and said seriously:
"According to the regulations, you should also report your door number to the company.
"Then you can choose whether or not to notify other 'colleagues', so that they don't bother you."
The door number of each "Mind Corridor" Awakener is very important. If it is known by others, it may bring danger, so requiring the reporting of this information is a management method of Pangu Biology.
Shang Jianyao did not hesitate:
"131."
Then, he carefully looked at the door numbers of his "colleagues" again, seemingly thinking about when to visit them.
"1215" and "522" were still not there.
When Shang Jianyao returned the information, Su Yu slowly got up and prepared to leave.
Suddenly, he opened his mouth in a casual tone:
"When you discovered Yan Hu, you were already an Awakener. Did you make any attempts?"