Absurd Deduction Game

Chapter 1: Deducing the company’s recruitment test

"Da da."

 In the rain curtain, the short boots stepped on the accumulated water on the ground, causing a shallow splash, which quickly merged into the dense raindrops without causing a single ripple.

An abandoned factory not far away showed its outline alone, standing quietly in the dark night, like a huge low-lying devil, waiting for the arrival of prey.

Yu Xing held a black umbrella in one hand and a flashlight in the other. He wiped a thin layer of water mist on his face with his sleeve and stopped at the factory gate.

There seemed to be voices of conversation behind the door.

 “Has anyone else arrived yet?” He murmured, feeling a chill coming from behind. In any case, heading alone to an abandoned factory in an industrial area on the outskirts of the city near midnight sounds a bit weird and daring.

 After getting out of the taxi and walking all the way, he had been frightened for a long time, his legs were a little weak, and he always felt like there was something following him behind him.

The wind mixed with the rain, emitting a hollow whistling that disappeared and appeared intermittently, could easily remind people of something creepy. Yu Xing felt as if he was on the set of a horror movie. The knuckles holding the handle of the umbrella turned white, and he was as pale as a ghost. The faces are the same.

 He is not in good health and is still timid!

This place made him feel very uncomfortable, but he had to come.

 Because when I just graduated from college, I was really lucky to find a job with a monthly salary of more than 6,000, even though the requirements of this job were a bit strange.

Yu Xing took a deep breath and suddenly regretted that he should not have participated in the interview with that company before! The more I think about it, the weirder it gets...

Three days ago, on the recommendation of a friend, he went to participate in the recruitment of a company called Deduction Company. The human resources manager was very satisfied after seeing him and proposed a series of attractive salary packages, provided that Three days later, at midnight, he went to the Qingyuan Pharmaceutical Factory on the outskirts of the city to conduct a test.

This company's business is geared toward bizarre entertainment, including horror short film production, online horror film investment, horror experience live broadcast, etc. In general, it is all kinds of suicide, which requires employees to have a strong and stable heart, as well as a rational mind. .

 So tonight's test can actually be regarded as a courage and reaction assessment. Only those who pass the test can enter the company to work.

Yu Xing’s physical condition was too good. Although his health was not good, his heart was fine, so he was noticed by the manager of the human resources department and wanted to recruit him as an anchor.

"I don't know if this company is reliable... the reviews on the Internet are pretty good." Yu Xing muttered to encourage himself. It's too late to regret it now. He's already here, so why not take a look at what the so-called assessment is? how is it like.

There seems to be someone else in the factory, which makes him feel much safer than if he were alone.

　　Putting away the umbrella and leaning against the door, Yu Xing adjusted his black T-shirt and khaki overalls, took a deep breath, and pushed open the rusty heavy iron door.

Crunch—

The harsh sound was drowned out by the heavy rain. The factory had been abandoned for more than half a year and the power was naturally cut off. Several flashlight lights in different directions emerged from the crack in the door. Yu Xing's arrival was noticed by several people not far from the door. , stopped talking and looked at him.

 “You guys are good.” Yu Xing finally saw the person and was half relieved.

He glanced over and found that the assistant to the human resources manager was also there. His surname seemed to be Hao. In addition to Assistant Hao and himself, there were five other people present, three men and two women. They were all good-looking and seemed to be similar to him. I applied for the same position.

“Hello, hello!” A brown-haired guy waved him over enthusiastically. He jogged a few steps closer and said hello to Assistant Hao again.

 “Good evening, Assistant Hao.”

Assistant Hao was a fat man in his early thirties who looked very friendly. Hearing this, he nodded to Yu Xing: "Good evening, everyone is here."

The girl with long curly hair standing next to the assistant saw Yu Xing's face by the light of the flashlight, and sighed: "Wow, handsome guy, you're already late in five minutes~"

 Isn’t this...I’m not late yet...Yu Xing laughed in his heart and said sheepishly: "Well, I was a little cautious on the road and the car couldn't come in, so I was delayed for a while."

“You are so timid that you still come to this company to apply for a job, bro, you are awesome!” The brown-haired guy laughed. He didn’t mean any harm, he was just outspoken.

Assistant Hao smiled and said: "The anchors in our company are divided into many styles. The calm style is popular, but we also need the style of surprise, which can make the audience empathize more."

Yu Xing forced a smile: Yes, if I was frightened, it would definitely be a sudden one, and the sound would be scarier than the existence of a ghost...

 Having no choice, timid, born.

Seeing that the time was almost up and everyone had arrived, Assistant Hao got down to business: "I called you here today for testing. Let me ask you, how much do you know about Qingyuan Pharmaceutical Factory?"

The handsome man wearing glasses next to Yu Xing replied unhurriedly: "More than six months ago, a murder occurred in Qingyuan Pharmaceutical Factory. The media reported that the owner of the pharmaceutical factory hanged himself at night, and all production in the factory came to a standstill. It wasn’t long before it was closed.”

The girl with long curly hair immediately answered: "They say that since the first person died in the factory, weird things have been happening, and almost another life has happened, and it didn't stop until it was abandoned. Later, the demolition team came for construction, and the workers said they saw ghosts at night. The ghosts refused to allow them to demolish the factory, and the workers were frightened. They changed batches and it kept doing the same thing, and finally nothing happened until now.”

 The clichéd process is very similar to low-quality horror novels, as well as nonsense urban rumors—usually written by marketing accounts for the sake of traffic, and has extremely low credibility.

 So even though these two people inquired about this, they didn't take it seriously and regarded it as just rumors spread one after another.

“Is there any more?” Assistant Hao seemed quite satisfied and looked at the few people who had not spoken.

"This... I know about the same as them. After all, this is what the media reported." The brown-haired guy scratched his hair. Among the remaining people, a short-haired girl and a young man wearing a mask nodded to indicate that the situation was the same. "I know something else." Yu Xing hesitated for a moment, thinking that since he was the last one to arrive, he should save his image in the minds of his "future boss" and "future colleagues". "Qingyuan Pharmaceutical Factory secretly produces counterfeit drugs. Making huge profits has harmed many people. I heard that the owner of the pharmaceutical factory may not have committed suicide, but he may have been..."

 He did not continue, but others understood what he meant.

 “This media didn’t report it, how did you know about it?” The man wearing glasses glanced over lightly, with a hint of curiosity in his eyes.

"Yeah, wasn't it classified as a suicide case at that time?" The short-haired girl also asked curiously.

Yu Xingdao: "I have a friend who participated in the investigation. He told me, but due to confidentiality rules, he couldn't say too much, and what he disclosed was ambiguous, but it is better than nothing."

"If that's true," the girl with long curly hair said excitedly, "then the logic of the rumor will be smoother! Otherwise, why commit suicide and become a ghost."

Yu Xing laughed dryly: I can tell, this girl is really courageous, at least she is stronger than him.

Assistant Hao clapped his hands and praised: "It is a good habit to collect information before work. No matter what, we must continue to maintain this habit in the future."

As he spoke, he suddenly lowered his voice: "However, these rumors are partly true and partly false, and they can scare so many people away. There must be something unusual in this factory. Your test tonight is to stay in the factory. Four hours.”

"I will give each of you a portable camera later. You turn on the camera function and carry the camera around the factory for the next four hours. You cannot stop recording except when you go to the toilet. After four hours, you did not run out of the factory and If the recording interval does not exceed five minutes, it will be considered qualified.”

 “It’s that simple?” The brown-haired boy was stunned.

 Is it simple? Yu Xing looked at the dark and empty first floor, which was almost a few meters away, and once again despised his own courage.

"Of course it's not that simple." Assistant Hao laughed, with a few shallow wrinkles on his face. He took out the camera from his backpack and distributed it to the six applicants, "Take it first. "

Yu Xing reached out to take it, and his fingertips accidentally touched the back of Assistant Hao's hand.

A cold touch came from the back of Assistant Hao's hand, making him shiver involuntarily.

 Why is it so cold? Like a dead thing without temperature.

As soon as this thought came out, Yu Xing was startled by himself at first. It was because this environment always made people think of horror. He shook his head to get rid of unnecessary thoughts.

"The battery power in the camera is very low. You have to find the batteries that I have scattered and hidden in the factory. The batteries are all used and there is only one layer of floating charge left. If you want to ensure uninterrupted power for four hours, you will need about eight batteries." Assistant Hao announced the supplementary rules with a smile.

The applicants expressed their understanding one after another, and Assistant Hao patted his clothes and prepared to leave: "Remember to turn on the camera during the operation. I will come back in four hours and judge whether you passed the test based on the recorded content of the camera. Okay, come on! "

 “Okay!” Everyone responded one after another. Regardless of whether the job is beautiful or not, the leader must feel motivated to work.

Yu Xing saw that the assistant had already walked to the door and was about to go out. He stared at the ground for a while and suddenly asked: "Assistant Hao, it's cold. Your jacket seems to be a little thin. Will it be cold?"

It is mid-September. The weather was originally very hot, but it has rained continuously in the past two days, which has forced the temperature to a point where people have to wear long sleeves.

The short-haired girl's eyes widened, and she thought to herself that this script about caring for her boss shouldn't be taken by a man. Why should she take her job?

 Assistant Hao stopped when he heard Yu Xing's question.

 After a few seconds, he turned around, a standard smile appeared on his fat face: "It's not cold."

 After a pause, he stared into Yu Xing's eyes and added: "It's not cold at all. This temperature is very good."

That calm tone made people shiver inexplicably.

 Intuitively, Yu Xing swallowed the words "Why are my hands so cold when it's not cold?"

Assistant Hao still had a smile on his face, waved to the five people, and left from the gate.

When leaving, he closed the door very "kindly", leaving only six applicants looking at each other in the flashlight light.

Yu Xing touched the goosebumps on his arms. He didn't want to be the first to speak, so he lowered his head and tinkered with the camera, and soon figured out how to use it.

After turning on the camera, only one-fifth of the battery power was left in the upper right corner of the camera. He adjusted it casually and found that the camera had a night vision mode, which made it easier for them to move in the dark, but it was a bit energy-consuming.

 Come to think of it, the rules for finding batteries are to urge them to be active in the factory. They can't just huddle in a corner for four hours and still pass.

 Just, why is there something sticky on the camera?

He didn’t know where he touched, but there was a strange feeling on his index and middle fingers. While the flashlight was still on, he put down the camera temporarily and put his hand under the light.

 Under the pale yellow beam of light, the bright red on his fingers was as conspicuous as a ruby ​​on a white porcelain plate.

Yu Xing immediately realized that it was blood.

The camera Assistant Hao gave him was stained with blood.

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