Don't follow the rules

He turned around, decided not to be disturbed by the surveillance video, and continued to concentrate on searching the distribution box.

The distribution box is not difficult to find in this small room, but it is deliberately hidden behind a low shelf, making it difficult to spot its existence at first glance.

Ning Yao struggled to move the shelves filled with potted plants, cleared an open space in front of the distribution box, and then reluctantly opened the door of the distribution box.

As expected, there were no wires in the distribution box, only an extremely low and narrow door opening.

Ning Yao's body was a bit too tall for this small doorway. Even if he squeezed in through various postures, he was still a little short.

"The human body really lacks some plasticity." He exited the distribution box and commented coldly, his tone flat.

After installing it, Ning Yao nodded with enjoyment and bent down to study the small door opening of the distribution box.

Ning Yao was not stumped by it for too long. In fact, no matter how small the doorway was, it could not be an obstacle to him. He raised his head and looked back at the surveillance wall again to confirm that there were no surveillance cameras in the security room where he was now. exist.

Then he raised his head slightly, closed his eyes, and allowed the black mist rising from the ground to cover his body.

The fog quickly swallowed Ning Yao, completely wrapping it into a black human figure, with blurred and chaotic edges, making him look full of noise and vibrations, with strong instability.

Only one pair of eyes remained, shining brightly in the dark mist.

Although it still maintains roughly the shape of a human being, its interior has been completely atomized and is no longer restricted by any skin.

He walked through the narrow doorway lightly, like a soft octopus. He could even move the potting rack back and then close the door of the distribution box, restoring the security room to the look as if nothing had happened.

After successfully entering the space behind the doorway, Ning Yao finally saw the "narrow corridor" from perspective No. [-].

Since the narrow corridor itself is a pipeline designed for transporting "raw materials", it is difficult for Ning Yao to resume his usual humanoid movements, and can only continue to wander around in a vague black mist state.

From the moment he entered the pipe, Ning Yao could feel that the intermittent induction with No. [-] was reconnected, so he didn't need to bother searching for traces of No. [-]'s movement, and just followed the connection of the induction and caught up.

"Ok?"

Ning Yao was heading in the direction of No. [-] while trying to send a reconnection signal to No. [-]. But to his surprise, after his signal touched No. [-], not only did the reconnection fail, but the distance between them suddenly changed again. It's enlarged a lot.

"Has the channel No. [-] been completely taken over by hackers?" He was secretly worried, and was afraid that his signal would stimulate hackers again, so he could only silently withdraw the induction connection.

"It seems that I don't have time for me to test it slowly. I can only take advantage of him and rob No. [-] directly, and forcefully take over the control of the hacker." Ning Yao quickly formulated a battle plan in his mind.

Having decided on the course of action, Ning Yao immediately dissipated his human form, turning into a completely black mist rising upwards and spreading on the upper wall of the pipe.

When Ning Yao checked the surveillance footage in the pipeline in the security room, he discovered that the surveillance cameras were all from a top-down perspective, which also meant that as long as he moved close to the upper wall of the pipeline, his whereabouts would never be captured by any surveillance.

Although it is still unclear what kind of abilities the hacker who has never shown up uses, being able to avoid surveillance cameras can help Ning Yao gain the initiative for the raid to the greatest extent.

He just crawled in the darkness against the wall of the pipe, like a runaway octopus, approaching the No. [-] position at an outrageous speed.

Nearly.

Ning Yao suddenly stopped crawling and carefully sensed the position of No. [-].

Number [-] has returned from the high-speed escape state to a slow wandering. After being chased by Ning Yao, now he only needs to go around the corner in front of him to see Number [-].

He pressed himself flatter, closer to the wall, so thin that it was almost just a light layer of dust on the wall.

No one would notice his approach except Ning Yao himself.

Silently crossing the corner of the pipe, Ning Yao finally spotted the small figure of No. [-].Just like in the surveillance footage, he was walking alone, with no one around him—not even his pursuers.

It's not right.

Since the large screen in the center of the security room has specially called up the video of No. [-] in the pipeline, proving that No. [-] has been exposed to the company's sight, then the "relevant staff" mentioned in the previous broadcast will definitely go to No. [-]. Location cleaning pipeline.

But I chased him all the way, and I didn't find anyone along the way, and there weren't any dead people either.

What about those "chasers"?

Ning Yao did not show up rashly, but still followed No. [-] slowly along the wall of the pipe.

No. [-]'s steps were a little frivolous. Ning Yao had never seen him walk like this before.Even though No. [-] was still jumping around at first, his lower body was very solid and stable.

But now, No. [-] was walking with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and even staggered and almost fell several times during this short stretch.

Is it the sequelae of being controlled by hackers?

Ning Yao spread the black mist further into the distance, trying to catch some traces of the hacker so that he could follow the clues and catch the hacker himself.

It's a pity that he laid it far away. The entire pipeline is still clean, and there is no trace of other people's activities.

Since he found nothing, Ning Yao turned his attention back to No. [-].

Number One is in a very bad state. For his own safety, it would be better to give up looking for the hacker and cut off the control as soon as possible.

Having made up his mind, Ning Yao no longer concealed his whereabouts. In just one breath, the entire inside of the pipeline was completely invaded by the black mist he released. The darkness was overwhelming and so thick that it was almost impossible to stir.

The black mist gently enveloped No. [-], carefully cutting him off from the outside world and trying to reconnect him again.

"No. [-]? It's me."

But the signal sent by Ning Yao disappeared like water droplets into a sponge, like a mud cow entering the sea, without any response.

He solidified his figure from the black mist and walked to No. [-].

Number [-] also stopped wandering and stayed firmly in place, with his eyes closed tightly and a pair of small hands covering his ears tightly, rejecting all news from the outside.

"Number one?"

Ning Yao half-crouched down, keeping her gaze parallel to No. [-]'s eyes. She stretched out her hand to cover No. [-]'s little hands and gently pulled them apart.

"Don't be afraid, I'll pick you up. You're safe. Now let's reconnect to the signal, shall we?"

No. [-] did not open his eyes, but lowered his head and pursed his lips slightly.

"Huh? What are you talking about?"

Ning Yao got closer and at the same time twisted his mental power into a thin thread, trying to reconnect with No. [-].

"Do not."

No. [-] raised his head, opened his bright and pure eyes, looked at Ning Yao steadily, and flicked away the thread of spiritual power he projected.

"I said, no!"