Squid Who Loves Diving

Chapter 811 The Matters of That Year

The cliff village at night, Jiang Baimian summoned several members of the "Old Tune Group".

She looked around at the light bulb that emitted a yellowish glow and said to Shang Jianyao:

"Tell me in detail about what you asked in the dream."

Shang Jianyao sat upright and cleared his throat:

"The occupant of room '506' doesn't know what he encountered in reality, or maybe he has nightmares every day, recalling the past, and the emotions accumulated in his heart reached a critical point. He completely collapsed just now and shouted in his dream. Without much guidance from me, he told me about the Fourth Research Institute.

"The amazing thing is..."

Speaking of this, Shang Jianyao leaned forward and said in a ghost story tone:

"This time, there was no longer that dangerous feeling of a Year Arbiter about to open its eyes in the darkness."

"Comparing the before and after, it shows that certain conditions have changed." Genaeva commented with a very objective attitude.

"What conditions have changed that even the memories of the person in room '506' no longer stir up ripples..." Shang Jianyao rubbed his chin and fell into contemplation.

Jiang Baimian glanced at him:

"It's also possible that the person in room '506' doesn't care anymore, overcomes the fear in his heart, no longer has corresponding emotional fluctuations, and the dream no longer emerges with corresponding scenes related to the Year Arbiter.

"Continue."

Shang Jianyao's expression gradually became smug:

"After piecing it together, I restored the story from the fragmented words of the person in room '506'."

Is this credible? You always embellish and play it on your own initiative... Long Yuehong listened with a sense of doubt and a lack of confidence.

Just as he was about to raise this question, Shang Jianyao glanced at Jiang Baimian and said:

"Oh right, it's us.

"I am responsible for the narration, and Dabai is responsible for piecing it together."

"Then I'm relieved." It was not Long Yuehong who said this, but the honest Genaeva.

Shang Jianyao was not offended and spoke vividly about the experience of the person in room "506":

"The occupant of the room followed the Fourth Research Institute's trading team to many human settlements and came into contact with some Awakened of the 'Eternal Sleeptime' Church.

"She was very curious and liked new things. She thought secretly believing in 'Zhuang Sheng' was a very fashionable thing, so she accepted proselytization and became a believer."

Hearing this, Long Yuehong couldn't help but turn his head and glanced at Bai Chen, only to find that his wife was also looking at him.

At this moment, both of them probably understood what the other was thinking.

The early occupant of room "506" and Shang Jianyao seem alike!

Both are curious and like new things.

The difference is that one joined the "Eternal Sleeptime" Church, and the other became a member of the "Life Ritual" Cult.

And the purpose of joining also has a certain difference in the details:

Shang Jianyao was initially curious and playful, but later fell in love with the Eucharist and wanted to help the company monitor this secret cult, while the occupant of "506" was really just curious and playful.

Shang Jianyao continued:

"Under the guidance of a Du Gong of the 'Eternal Sleeptime' Church, the person in room '506' mastered many rituals.

"After returning to the Fourth Research Institute, as she grew older, she began to work and was assigned to the laboratory.

"At first, everything was normal, but one time, after she worshiped 'Zhuang Sheng' and hoped that the overtime work during that period would end as soon as possible, she accidentally noticed that a certain room deep in the laboratory was like a haunted house in the old world entertainment materials, mysterious, dangerous, and gloomy.

"As for how she noticed it, we speculate that 'Zhuang Sheng' did something to her."

Bai Chen nodded:

"Then how did she know for sure that the one deep in the laboratory was a Year Arbiter?"

Shang Jianyao shook his head and replied:

"She didn't answer this question. We just made some guesses based on other narratives.

"When she first discovered the abnormality in the room deep in the laboratory, she thought it was some secret achievement of the Fourth Research Institute. But gradually, she noticed that many experimental subjects were sent in there alive, but were carried out in the form of corpses, and colleagues who were in long-term contact with that room would suddenly die from time to time.

"The frequency is not high, but it is enough to make her vigilant.

"Later, she may have held some rituals again, and received a hint from 'Zhuang Sheng' in her dream, knowing that the one inside the room deep in the laboratory was a Year Arbiter.

"After a long period of observation and 'sensing', she gradually summarized the rules:

"When the Year Arbiter in that room becomes weak, the higher-ups of the Fourth Research Institute will definitely order a large number of experimental subjects to be sent in, and this is often accompanied by the death of some experimental personnel.

"This led the person in room '506' to conclude that the Year Arbiter was eating people. At the same time, she believed that the higher-ups were appeasing and fueling the fire, the fuel will not be exhausted, and the fire will not be extinguished."

Hearing this, Bai Chen tried to guess:

"So, she planned to secretly inform everyone in the Fourth Research Institute of this matter and organize them to resist the Year Arbiter deep in the laboratory?"

"She didn't do that. In her cognition, the Year Arbiter is invincible." Shang Jianyao replied, "She just wants everyone to know the truth, and then wait for an opportunity to take the supplies and collectively escape from the Fourth Research Institute to establish a new human settlement elsewhere in the Ashlands."

This is similar to our idea... Long Yuehong muttered in his heart.

Although the "Old Tune Group" is still investigating whether the boss, "Siming," is raising the employees of "Pangu Biology" as livestock and whether they have genuine malice, and has not yet entered the stage of resistance, they have all thought more or less about what to do if it is proven to be true.

Their initial plan is also to take advantage of the fact that the boss's attention is not focused on "Pangu Biology" to find a way to eliminate the most staunch henchmen and take the rest of the employees out of the underground building.

And this requires secretly informing a large number of employees in advance, otherwise, it will be impossible to organize a team in an emergency.

"What then?" Long Yuehong cared about the subsequent development as if he cared about the future of "Pangu Biology."

Shang Jianyao sighed:

"She was betrayed.

"She just told the secret she had discovered to trusted relatives and friends, and was betrayed by several people.

"She was arrested and faced the higher-ups of the Fourth Research Institute.

"She lashed out at those higher-ups, saying that they were using the lives of employees in exchange for their own status, power, wealth, and glory.

"Those higher-ups said that many employees actually knew the truth, and those who entered the depths of the laboratory had signed corresponding contracts to exchange their possible sacrifice for the good life of their families and the stable development of the Fourth Research Institute.

"The person in room '506' didn't believe it, and she also prepared some contingency plans before being arrested, which led to the explosion of the secret of the Year Arbiter 'eating people' within the Fourth Research Institute.

"But what she ushered in was not gratitude, but complaints and accusations.

"A large number of employees scolded her for colluding with foreign enemies, for tearing open scars, and for angering the Year Arbiter, which would bring disaster to the entire Fourth Research Institute.

"She argued, saying that if the Year Arbiter fell into extreme weakness, it would not be satisfied by experimental subjects and some experimental personnel alone, and everyone would die!

"She was scolded miserably, some hated her, some resented her, and some became extremely indifferent to her..."

Long Yuehong listened with empathy.

He was really afraid that this was their future.

"What happened next?" This time it was Bai Chen who asked.

Shang Jianyao spoke with great enthusiasm before, and at this time, his eyes seemed a little moist:

"Later, the person in room '506' was sentenced to become an experimental product and forcibly sent to the laboratory.

"Once, when she was undergoing an experiment and was about to fall into a coma, she suddenly 'sensed' that the Year Arbiter had become abnormally weak.

"She didn't have time to remind, and entered a state of anesthesia. When she woke up, the laboratory had mutated, everyone was dead, and the Year Arbiter in the depths could no longer be sensed.

"She fled the laboratory in a panic, only to see the entire family area of ​​the Fourth Research Institute was full of corpses, and no one was spared..."

Phew... Long Yuehong listened with unusual heaviness.

Shang Jianyao finally said:

"During the escape process, or maybe during the previous experiment, or even earlier, the occupant of '506' completed her Awakening and became an Awakened in the 'Overseer' domain.

"And she stated, according to the words of those higher-ups and her subsequent experience, the Year Arbiter deep in the laboratory is suspected to be 'Dawn' of February."

"That Year Arbiter who claims to be fighting nightmares and preventing humanity from being swallowed by the darkness in dreams?" Long Yuehong didn't expect it to be this one.

He had always thought He was quite righteous.

The "Dawn" believers he had met before gave him a generally good feeling, including Audick, Boss Hugo, and General Focas.

Jiang Baimian nodded:

"It is initially confirmed to be 'Dawn', but the person in room '506' herself is not so sure."

Long Yuehong and others were silent for a while, not knowing what to say.

Jiang Baimian looked around and comforted:

"The significance of this matter is mainly for reference. It cannot replace our own investigation. Okay, everyone, go back to your rooms and sleep. Tomorrow, continue to contact the people of Suisui City."

"Okay." Long Yuehong, Bai Chen, Genaeva, and Shang Jianyao responded one after another.