ryethenovel Chapter 692 What to do and how to do it
Chapter 692 What to do and how to do it
"Since we're allies, it's not unreasonable to set some conditions, is it?"
In response to Wu Wang's words, Dai Mao simply uttered two words: "You speak."
"It's simple. Remove your surveillance equipment. I don't like being watched. It wouldn't be good if the holy light blinded you while I was taking a shower."
Wu Wang's teasing also made Dai Mao realize that he knew he had placed spying devices.
Logically, this shouldn't be the case!
The "Hell is other people" theory is incredibly well-hidden. When and how did this guy discover it?
Unfortunately, I don't have time to waste thinking about this right now.
The tortoiseshell hesitated for only a second before taking a small patch off the inside of the bracelet.
He crushed it in front of Wu Wang.
At the same time, all the information about the fall of Wu recorded in the tortoiseshell bracelet, as seen by others, disappeared.
This is a consumable item, and even if it is not destroyed now, it will be consumed in about ten hours.
"I've fulfilled your request, so you should give me something in return, right?"
"Who is Li Shuang? What is her relationship with Ke Ming?"
Hearing the hawksbill turtle's question, Wu Wang raised an eyebrow and said, "That's not fair. You put the spying device there yourself. You didn't pay anything to remove it now, but my information didn't come for free."
"Therefore, I can only analyze what you know with you."
His words infuriated Dai Mao.
This guy really doesn't want to suffer any loss!
She could only sigh and say, "Fine, I already have a guess in mind, I just want you to help me confirm it."
"In any case, Ke Ming's disappearance must be related to this Li Shuang. The so-called Forgotten Zone is probably also inside the Talent Incubation Center. Otherwise, I can't think of any other place besides the mysterious wishing well on the top floor that the players have been unable to figure out for so many days."
"Moreover, since the presence of living people inside serves as a clue, it proves that there shouldn't be any living people in that place. Only the talent incubation center is devoid of living people; it only houses the Smilers."
Am I right?
In the eyes of normal players, the Smiler is no longer considered a living person.
Wu Wang couldn't help but applaud the hawksbill turtle's reasoning.
Indeed, this woman is quite clever.
"I will investigate who Li Shuang is referring to myself later."
"But now we face two possibilities—"
"First, Ke Ming did go to the Forgotten Zone and saw the so-called living people. After discovering that Li Shuang had deceived him, he tried to escape, leaving these clues behind, and finally hid to avoid being caught."
"Second, the first part remains the same, but in reality, he didn't escape. It's just that someone, after confirming that he was doomed, used his identity to forge these clues, deliberately making us find them."
Which one do you prefer?
After a series of analyses, Dai Mao once again presented the difficult problem to Wu Wang.
If it's the former, then it proves that Ke Ming is not dead, but is hiding in a place unknown to anyone, and doesn't even dare to contact any players.
In this way, all the doubts will be resolved once Ke Ming is found.
But if it's the latter...
That would be a big problem.
Who is the other party? What is the purpose of doing this? It's even difficult to determine whether this is a trap.
However, imagination is often rich, while reality is often harsh.
Even if Wu were to perish, he would still hope for the first possibility. However, since he had personally come into contact with Li Shuang, he had no choice but to say helplessly, "The second possibility is that, unfortunately, the probability of Ke Ming surviving is no less than that of successfully engaging in pure love in the NTR world, or of Ip Man going into Normandy during World War II with his bare hands and fighting his way in and out seven times."
His ingenious analogy made the hawksbill turtle's lips twitch.
Where did this guy install his language system from?
There's absolutely no sign of them being artificially raised!
"There's no way around it, the first hypothesis is just too clean, as clean as a textbook, with corresponding evidence for every step, and foreshadowing for every guess, as if it were all designed by someone."
"Therefore, it can only be that someone is impersonating Ke Ming and trying to lure us to a certain place to do something."
"Moreover, the other party understands our operational logic very well, and knows that even if players suspect there is something wrong with such clues, they will still be curious and want to explore them."
Upon hearing this, the hawksbill turtle's pupils constricted slightly.
He frowned incredulously and asked, "This person can predict our actions?"
"No, it's not prediction, it's more like a forecast," Wu Wang corrected. "It's like how factory wristbands record each employee's behavior and physiological data, and then algorithms analyze this data to infer a person's behavioral patterns."
"The same goes for the person who designed this trap."
The hawksbill turtle remained silent.
After a moment, she finally spoke: "So, are you still planning to continue? Follow the route they've planned?"
This is because the hawksbill turtle is a person with a strong desire for control.
Therefore, she knew very well that if she had planned everything out, what she was most worried about was actually this guy in front of her who was completely unpredictable.
Who knows what he might do to interfere with his plans?
So now the one planning the route is someone hiding in the shadows, and the best way to deal with this person is to take unexpected actions.
Unexpectedly, Wu Wang replied without the slightest hesitation, "Why not?"
"Since we're going to set a trap, we need to put out some enticing bait to attract fish, right? That means there really is something we need in this route, otherwise we wouldn't be able to catch a big fish like me while lure fishing."
"Just let them figure out what I will do, but not how I will do it, isn't that enough?"
Tortoiseshell raised an eyebrow and asked, "Is there a difference?"
“Of course there is a difference.” Wu Wang looked at the workbench not far away and said, “What to do is the goal, how to do it is the means, and my means… are not in the factory’s database.”
Looking at the guy's signature sly grin, Tortoiseshell shook its head and said, "I think Qingning's saying you're crazy isn't quite accurate."
“You’re not crazy. Crazy isn’t a negative word for you. It’s a compliment.”
Wu Wang walked toward the workbench with a grin.
At this moment, there was no wish advisor sitting in the back.
That's why he chose 3 PM.
Before meeting Qing Ning, Wu Wang's work included a task to replace the Wish Consultant, and the guy who had just taken office seemed to have fallen ill after only two days.
However, the reward for this mission's wish points is even lower.
Since there's no need to receive prospective employees this time, I'm just standing behind this workbench to help out.
Wu Wang did not accept the task of replacing him.
However, this also means that if no one is available to take over, there will be no advisors in the wish exhibition hall at this time.
"Since we're going to form an alliance, let's test some serious things together."
"Let's take a look at how sensitive the factory's reaction threshold is."
Before the hawksbill turtle could even react to what he meant.
I saw this guy shove the bracelet directly onto the workbench.
A prompt instantly popped up on the screen—
[WARNING! You are attempting to access an unauthorized area!]
He didn't use the image backup left by [Bai] to create a backdoor; instead, he simply had [Bai] hack into the workbench and open the control panel.
This immediately triggered an early warning.
This behavior made the hawksbill turtle's scalp tingle, and it even subconsciously shrank back, wanting to run away.
But seeing that Wu Wang was completely unmoved and had no intention of leaving, she paused for a moment before asking, "Are you openly provoking me?"
If the previous experience-sharing sessions and the process of the other party's behavior being rated as D were merely verbal gestures of giving the factory the middle finger, then this is tantamount to directly slapping the factory in the face.
"No, this is just fishing. Can't I enjoy lure fishing too?"
Wu Wang laughed heartily.
After saying that, he took two steps back, creating some distance between himself and the workbench.
At the same time, a new notification popped up on the screen—
Your behavior has been flagged as high-risk!
Please stop the current operation immediately!
Otherwise, we will dispatch smiling agents to intervene on-site!
Wu Wang glanced at it but ignored it completely.
He simply said to the hawksbill turtle, "Someone reminded me that the Smilers have a three-minute reaction time from warning to dispatch. I want to see if there are any differences between different floors."
"What if the Smiler really comes!" Tortoiseshell whispered.
Wu Wang, hands on his hips, declared confidently, "Run! What else can I do? I'm not here to fight the Smilers, I'm just collecting some data." No sooner had he finished speaking than a red warning border flashed on the screen—
[The Smiler has been dispatched!]
Estimated arrival time: 02:59
The countdown began to toll like a death knell.
Wu Wang raised his hand, closed the workbench, and strode quickly away into the distance of the exhibition hall: "I'm leaving."
Seeing this, the hawksbill turtle immediately followed in his footsteps.
The two quickly passed between several spherical experience cabins and approached the elevator.
We finally waited for the elevator to come up.
As soon as she stepped inside and the door closed, Dai Mao quickly asked, "So, in just a few minutes, what did you find out?"
Upon hearing this question, Wu Wang held up three fingers in response:
"Three conclusions."
"First, the fact that the 'Smiling Personnel' always arrive at any floor where a problem occurs within three minutes shows that their deployment covers the entire factory and does not differentiate between priorities."
"Secondly, after the factory issues a warning, it seems to adjust the elevator algorithm for going up and down the floors simultaneously. Just now, our elevator's reaction time was a full ten seconds longer than usual. Maybe the Smiley Ones are clearing the area in advance to avoid accidentally injuring other employees, or rather, assets."
"Thirdly, and most importantly—the factory is afraid."
The first two points made Dai Mao realize that Wu Wang's way of thinking and speed were indeed extraordinary.
Especially if the entire factory is covered without prioritization, it means that if an anomaly occurs in one place and a large number of smiles need to be dispatched, then on their way there, another floor in the opposite direction and far away will also experience an anomaly.
In addition, there's the issue of adjusting the elevator algorithm.
This could very likely result in the smiling person spending far more than three minutes processing the situation.
This could be considered half a loophole.
However, she was somewhat puzzled by the third point.
What are factories afraid of?
In response, Wu Wang smiled and said, "Did you notice that I didn't actually damage the workbench just now? I simply opened the control panel."
"To put it bluntly, I didn't lose a single wish point, but the factory reacted as if I were unplugging it."
Hawksbill thought for a moment.
Indeed, this guy didn't do anything extra, but the warning bullets on the workbench screen were incredibly fast, quickly reaching the point of dispatching the Smiler.
Not only that, but my other guess was also correct.
There was indeed something else in this guy's bracelet.
Otherwise, it's completely inexplicable that he was able to successfully infiltrate the workbench without ever seeing him take out any tools.
“What does this prove?” she asked.
Wu Wang watched as the floor rapidly descended.
He narrowed his eyes and replied, "This shows that its defense mechanism is not aimed at illegal acts like sabotage, but at unauthorized violations."
"Anyone who oversteps their authority in any form at any time will be regarded as the highest level of threat."
"It's not afraid of strikes, protests, or vandalism in the factory."
"It fears that employees will have a choice."
Ding Dong!
Just then, the elevator arrived at the fourth floor.
The moment the door opened, the two saw a smiling person standing outside.
It wasn't Zhang Mingyuan, but a smiling woman with an unfamiliar number.
Her gaze instantly locked onto Wu Wang, and then she said in an unyielding voice:
"Employee #00000, please wait."
"The factory needs your cooperation to conduct a routine behavioral assessment. Please follow me..."
However, before she could finish speaking, she saw Wu Wang walking forward on his own.
This guy shows no sign of stopping!
He walked straight past the smiling woman, his pace neither fast nor slow, and he even had the leisure to smile at her.
"Sorry, I have work to do. Let's do it another day."
The woman's smile remained unchanged.
But his right hand had already risen up and was gripping Wu Wang's arm tightly.
"This is a requirement from the factory; please cooperate."
Upon hearing this, a hint of curiosity appeared on the hawksbill turtle's face.
It was obvious that the other party was there because of the previous violation. In addition to sending the Smiler directly to the Wish Exhibition Hall, they also read the changes in the elevator floors so that the Smilers on other floors could wait in advance.
She wanted to see how this guy would break the deadlock.
Don't ruin yourself so quickly, will you?
Feeling the familiar, superhuman grip on my arm.
Wu Wang glanced down at him, then stared into his eyes and said:
"Do you know how much the last smiling guy who grabbed my hand paid out?"
The woman who was smiling paused slightly.
Of course she knew.
"I'll say it again, I have a job right now."
"Just now upstairs, I thought I had accepted a substitute duty assignment, so I directly operated the workbench. If you don't believe me, you can check it yourself. After I opened the workbench, I found that I didn't have permission, so I didn't do anything else."
"If you still insist on taking me for the evaluation, then I can only assume that you are deliberately affecting my work efficiency. Good heavens, you smiling people have forgotten the pain once the wound has healed, haven't you?"
"Or are you taking pity on me and want to compensate me even more?"
"Of course I won't refuse. After all, if I lose a few more times, I might be able to save up enough points to go to the Wish Pool."
Wu Wang's mouth rattled off a string of words.
This left the smiling woman speechless for a moment.
However, her eyes were flashing with unobservable, flowing data.
She was confirming with the smiling person upstairs.
The results came back quickly.
Employee #00000 did not lie!
He did indeed violate the rules, but after opening the workbench, he did nothing. He even took two steps back away from the workbench interface, then stared blankly for a while before leaving.
In a sense, this can only be considered an attempted violation.
Furthermore, it was found that there were indeed substitute tasks on the other party's computer, and he had even opened and viewed the tasks. Theoretically, there is a misunderstanding as explained earlier.
After all, employees aren't molded smiley faces; it's reasonable for them to make mistakes.
The smiling woman completed the search of all the information in just over ten seconds and made the appropriate judgment.
Thank you for your cooperation. We wish you a pleasant life.
She released her grip on Wu Wang's hand with extreme awkwardness, bowed slightly, and left in another direction.
However, they left much faster than during normal patrols.
This scene left the hawksbill turtle dumbfounded.
Holy crap! You can do that?!
Why can the smiling person be threatened by this guy?
What the hell did he do before that?
Regarding Wu Wang's extortion of the previous Smiler, the tortoiseshell's surveillance equipment did not witness it.
After all, the employees who were selected as secondary targets had all gone for lunch break.
Then, Wu Wangchong Daimao raised an eyebrow and said:
"See, this is what I mean—the factory can figure out what I do, but it can't figure out how I do it."
I watched as this guy walked towards his workstation.
The hawksbill turtle stood silently at the elevator entrance.
Finally, she only said one sentence—
"Are you here to conquer the dungeon, or to become a nightmare for the factory capitalists?"
Wu Wang laughed without turning his head.
"Is there a difference between these two?" (End of Chapter)