Returning from the abyss

Mxifei quickly became familiar with his job. For people with common sense of magic, this job is not difficult at all, as long as they keep an eye on the machine to avoid making some serious mistakes in portraying.

As for why the machine made errors, Mxifei didn't know much about it. In his opinion, it might have something to do with the completion of the parts sent to the conveyor belt.

As time passed, he even began to feel bored.

"had lunch!"

Someone suddenly said hello outside, and Mxifei was stunned for a moment when he heard this.

lunch? Wait, the team leader didn’t say what to do about lunch when he left? This is a position that he needs to keep an eye on. Although he doesn't have to stay close to him, he can't be alone for a long time. There are also some people working below who cannot move away and need to continue feeding materials into the machine.

This alone is not a big problem. What he is most concerned about is, what can he do to not attract attention? Are you sticking to your post? Or use this legitimate reason to go out and have dinner with everyone?

"Um... Mike, your name is Mike, right? Can you do me a favor?" He stopped the people passing by, "I can't leave here for a while, can you bring me some food?"

"Hey, brother, it's not that I won't help you." The man grinned and pointed at the work instructions posted on the wall with his finger, "You can't bring food into this place."

"Then why don't you come over here after dinner and help me? Or can you help me find someone? Find the team leader. I don't know if I can leave." Mu Xifei said quickly.

"Hey, what are you afraid of? This is the machine running by itself. Those few people have to leave after feeding. You have been staring here for a long time, but there are not many problems. What are you afraid of? Even if there is a problem, there will be no problem. Can you count the newcomers like us who came here on the first day? Let’s go and have dinner together.”

Mu Xifei still refused.

If he makes any mistakes, he will definitely become the focus. When he becomes the focus, someone will investigate the cause. This will cause a lot of trouble, and he will not be able to continue his espionage work.

"You'd better find someone for me, I'm a little worried."

"Okay, you are really serious. You will probably be promoted the fastest in the future." Mike joked nonchalantly and left.

But Mxifei began to feel anxious. He saw people walking out. Even the people feeding the ingredients were rushing to finish the work at hand and prepare to leave. This was also the norm during lunch. But...should he leave?

In the end he stayed at his post.

It wasn't until evening that the team leader came back. When he saw Mxifei sitting there, he patted his shoulder with a smile: "Staring all day? It's not necessary. People will become distracted if they stare at something for a long time. , as long as there are no mistakes.”

"It's my first time doing this, so it's better not to make any mistakes." Mxifei said modestly, "Just... team leader, how do I solve lunch for my position?"

The team leader was stunned for a moment: "Lunch? You didn't go to eat?"

"I'm afraid something will happen..."

"You guys, what are you afraid of? The machines here have safety locks. Even if there is an accident with magic distortion, they can be locked in time. Didn't I tell you this the first day I came to the foreman? And you did it on the first day, even if it was done The problem is also that I bear the responsibility, well, if I go and eat quickly, I will still have to be criticized if I starve people.”

Mu Xifei smiled, said goodbye to the team leader, and quickly left the factory.

He quickly came to the food distribution office and used his work badge to receive today's lunch and dinner - but he was not deducted in this regard. After stuffing the bread, fruits and dried meats he received into his arms, Mxifei hurried home. He was not going to do anything in the past few days, and he would be considered successful if he could settle down safely.

Since it was summer, the sky was still bright and the evening did not turn into darkness so quickly. After Mxife returned home, he stewed the dried meat and some dried vegetables, then sliced ​​the bread and baked it next to the stove.

But when the rice was half cooked, someone suddenly knocked on the door.

Mu Xifei frowned and opened the door. Outside the door was his neighbor, a very enthusiastic old man.

"Hello, neighbor. I am Luo Duo from next door. You may not remember..."

"What's the matter with you?" Mu Xifei interrupted, "Sorry, I'm cooking. Please keep the story short."

"Oh, oh, I want to say, can you clean up the garbage in your yard? Our house is downwind, and we can always smell a stench today, which is quite uncomfortable." Luo Duo said.

It is said to be a yard, but it is actually a space enclosed by the wall next to the house and there is an open space between the house and the house.

But Mxifei is not in the habit of collecting garbage. He found a job as soon as he came here, and the food he usually eats does not produce any rotten and smelly garbage.

"I'm not in the habit of littering, but I'll take a look."

"Thank you very much..."

The old man thanked him and left. Mxifei closed the door helplessly, returned to the kitchen, extinguished the fire, and then came to the yard.

Someone did throw away two cloth bags there. There were still a lot of mold spots on the bags. If you get close, you can smell some stench.

I'm afraid someone is still here to save trouble.

Mu Xifei used a magic hand to grab the bags, looked for the location of the garbage collection area, and threw the two bags directly over.

"It's just a few dozen extra steps and I'm too lazy to walk there. How can I be entrusted with such a big task if I'm so lazy?" Mu Xifei shook his head and walked back to his house.

He followed his usual schedule, exercising his magic and body after dinner. He lay on the bed not long after dark, drank a glass of hot water and closed his eyes.

As a religious person, he has a strong sense of self-discipline. Since arriving in Chengeng, he has completely adapted to this rhythm of life. Usually he would sleep until dawn and still have time to lightly toast the leftover bread for breakfast.

However, in his sleep today, he suddenly felt something. A nightmare woke him up, and he was covered in cold sweat. He opened his eyes suddenly, then reached out to touch the edge of the bed and touched the cup he had placed there. The water in it was already cold.

He swallowed, just in time, now that he woke up, he felt that his mouth was dry, and drinking a glass of water just relieved his thirst. However, when he finished drinking, he remembered that the cup of hot water he prepared before going to bed should have been drunk long ago.

Mu Xifei felt that her nightmare was not over yet.

He put the cup back on the table, then pinched it with his fingers, and a little fire ignited at his fingertips. Everything in the room could be seen vaguely, the doors and windows were still closed, and no one was in the room.

But...why is the window closed?

Because of the hot weather in summer, he would leave a small gap in the window and then seal it with magic to allow ventilation, but now the window is tightly closed! Mxifei was very confident in his memory. He stood up immediately, turned on the lights in the room, and checked the entire room carefully.

There was no sign. Even if someone had been here, he was a master at erasing traces. Even these two flaws seemed to have been left for him on purpose!

Under investigation?

Mu Xifei opened the door and came to the living room, but still found nothing. After checking around, there was only one place where he could reconfirm that someone had been to his house, and that was that a piece of bread in the kitchen was missing.

He took a piece of bread, poured him a glass of water, and closed the window. These seemingly innocuous behaviors made Msi feel very nervous. He had no idea who had come or what the other party's purpose was. Was this a thief or someone investigating him?

He managed to calm down. According to normal people's approach, he would report the situation to the patrol team and let them handle it. However, even in a place like Chen Geng, cases like this that do not cause any major injuries or property losses will not be handled quickly because the patrol team has a lot to do every day.

Anyway, Mxifei opened the door, a patrol team came over, and reported to them the strange situation that happened in his home. After all the hard work, the night almost passed. Mxifei yawned and managed to sleep for a while, then got up and set off for the factory.

The rhythm of his life was disrupted, but he was able to adjust himself after learning magic. He was still working hard today without any problems.

In the afternoon, the team leader came again.

"Mxifei, come with me."

Mu Xifei reacted a little slowly, raised his head and looked at the team leader: "Then this position..."

"Find someone to keep an eye on you for a while. Someone is looking for you."

"Who?" Mxifei suddenly became alert again.

"The patrol team said they wanted to ask you about the situation. What's going on? What happened to you? Why did the patrol team come to find you?"

"There might have been a burglar at home last night. I went to report it." Mxifei said quickly, "I'll be back as soon as I go."

"Okay, the patrol team is outside."

Mxifei walked out and saw a man and a woman standing outside, both wearing patrol uniforms.

"Hello, my name is Ruidi, and I am the leader of the patrol team." The woman saluted him, "About your report last night."

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At this time, Chang Zaihao was in Hao's office, and Lu Ning handed him a piece of compiled information.

"Tsk, there are actually several spies." He smacked his lips.

"It is generally impossible to place all bets on one person, and in such a world, it is not easy to quickly gather several good spies. After all, everyone has experienced the survival of war, but most of them I have never gone to other camps to gather information," Lu Ning said.

Pi Zang nodded slightly.

He found out all three spies. In one day, the Population Department was operating at high speed, and it was easy to catch several suspicious people. After further investigation, these three spies were exposed. Although they are still tough on words, their identity is already certain.

"It's really your fault, Lu Ning. When you target someone, you actually want to catch someone of his own kind."

"Of course I am here to catch him." Lu Ning said, "I have already included all the relevant people in my circle. Only these overlapping areas are my top priority for investigation."

"You have mobilized a lot of departments." Chang Zaihao said, "The various industrial departments under me, the personnel department under the Ministry of Population, and the intelligence and police departments under you... so many departments cooperate with you, just to arrest A guy who doesn’t necessarily break the law?”

"Look at the information in your hand and tell me where spies are not illegal." Lu Ning pointed to the things in his hand, "Or do you think we are following the path of a fair trial? We need to find a jury to consider together. Is this person a spy?"

Chen Geng No matter how advanced the technology is, today’s system can be considered a quasi-dictatorship system. To put it more simply, the power of life and death is the word of the ruler at the top. Although the law exists, it cannot restrain the top, because the violent institutions that ensure the implementation of the law are under their complete rule.

Therefore, it makes no sense whether those few people confess or not, as long as the three people here think they are spies.

"Okay, what you said makes sense." Chang Zaihao shrugged, "So it seems that your circle has been drawn? To be honest, I originally thought you would use reasoning or other methods to find him."

"I have friends who are good at traditional reasoning methods, but I'm not very good at it. Besides, I have the advantage of gathering intelligence. It would be a waste of my time to play detective games. Now, my subordinates should have been with the final Several suspects were contacted.”

"Have you confirmed who it is?"

"This kind of troubleshooting method is not for me to infer, but to see where the intersection is in the final drawing. If you can't tell the difference in the end, then all of them will be tested. Anyway, I can use a non-lethal test first. At worst, it will not harm innocent people. I will make amends with you later." Lu Ning said and glanced at Pi Zang again, "Sir, you should have no objection to this, right?"

"In addition, I need my people to be present throughout the whole process until you find that person and release the innocent people." Pi Zang said.

"Very good, Mr. Pi Zang, with a Population Minister like you, I can do my job with peace of mind." Lu Ning laughed.

At this time, the spell on her wrist lit up.

"It seems that we have finished asking questions. We are about to carry out the final arrest. Do you two want to come over and take a look?"

"You said you would arrest them secretly." Pi Zang said, "Don't cause panic to the people. This is my bottom line."

"Haha, of course, we won't use any loud means." Lu Ning opened the door, and Chang Zaihao followed with interest.

As for the factory, the team leader returned to the factory alone and patted the worker sitting in front of the crystal ball with a smile: "How are you getting used to this job? If you don't understand anything, just ask me and I'll teach you how to do it." How to do it."

Near Mxifei's home, two patrol members sealed the garbage bags in a box, and then thanked Luo Duo next to them: "Thank you, what we need here has been taken care of."

"Haha, isn't it just a matter of throwing a bag in? It's a trivial matter." Luo Duo waved his hand, "There really isn't anything wrong with this guy from the outside."

In Mxifei's room, someone had already entered to take overall records. Just like the records of the previous investigation team, all the situations in the room were recorded from all angles.

The person leading the team waited until all the information was collected, then took out a document bag, put everything in it, and then stamped it with a piece of sealing wax.

"Suspect No. 4, file on file."