The system is four years ahead of schedule, but Weird is still a cub.

After realizing that something was wrong, Deng Yuqi immediately began to investigate the Special Policy Department. All members of the Information Department screened the surveillance video of that day and found that "Li Xiang" who took "Weirdo Sample Data" from Cheng Shengnan did indeed walk out of the Research Department building.

The surveillance video in the research department building clearly captured "Li Xiang" walking out of the lounge, going all the way to the logistics department to hand in the file, and then returning to his office with the "Weirdo Sample Data".

After receiving the report from the Information Department, Deng Yuqi deliberately watched the video over and over again. From the details shown in the surveillance video, it can be seen that "Li Xiang" and several assistants had lunch and then returned to the lounge for a nap. As a result, he slept for less than half an hour before getting up to go to the office to get the files to the Logistics Department.

Deng Yuqi originally thought that a weirdo who was good at disguise had sneaked into the Rong City branch, but now it seems that this is not the case. It looks more like Li Xiang's "sleepwalking".

Li Xiang was a little bit unbelievable when he saw the surveillance video, because for him there was no record of this behavior at all.

Liu Jiayi, the current Minister of Information, looked at the surveillance footage and said, "Look, when Minister Li came out of the office, he had some conversation with his assistant, and the assistant gave him the file."

Li Xiang immediately turned around and said to one of his men, "Where's Xiao Xu?"

The man replied, "Xiao Xu is off today. I'll call her right away."

After the call was connected, Xiao Xu said that he was resting in the dormitory and would rush to the Information Department later. While everyone was waiting for Xiao Xu, Deng Yuqi couldn't help but look at Li Xiang and asked, "Could it be that you have been under too much pressure from research recently, so you have developed workaholic sleepwalking?"

Li Xiang stared at the computer screen, which repeatedly played the scene of him going to the logistics department and then returning to the lounge to rest. He shook his head and said, "Even if this is possible, it is impossible for it to happen in this incident. Theoretically, people with sleepwalking are basically in a state of trance. Not only can they not talk to others, but even their basic actions will be greatly affected."

"But if you look closely, when the 'me' in the picture woke up in the lounge, I sat on the sofa and stroked my face with both hands, trying to regain consciousness. It took about 30 seconds for my consciousness to go from fuzzy to clear. However... this is not a habit or action I often use."

"Usually after I wake up, I will continue to lie down until I am fully conscious. Secondly, I have no habit of rubbing my face to wake up."

As Li Xiang spoke, he adjusted the surveillance footage and froze it in the frame as he walked to his desk and looked through the files. "Look again, when I walked to the desk in the frame, I picked up the research reports on the desk one by one and looked through them. It looked like I had never read these reports before, but was trying to find some information and clues from them. Note that he picked up and read all eleven files on the desk."

"Then, after he came out of the office, he talked to Xiao Xu. Judging from the screen, his expression and movements were actually very different from when I talk normally. After talking to him, Xiao Xu turned around and went to the desk to get a file for him."

"After he picked up the file, he went all the way to the logistics department to hand it in. But the strangest thing is that after he came out of the research department, he even stayed at the door of the department for nearly two minutes. You can understand that he was basking in the sun, but it seemed to me that he was more looking for where the logistics department was."

"In summary, I can be sure that this person is definitely not me. At least the 'consciousness' during this period of time is not me."

"It's just that I can't figure out who can control my body without me knowing it, and at the same time know some basic information about our department."

"Another point is why he found a way to go to the logistics department as soon as he woke up, and why he went to find Director Cheng on purpose, and happened to get the "Weird Sample Data" that Shen Tan was going to give me."

Everyone was silent for a while, as if thinking about what Li Xiang had described.

Combining the surveillance video and Li Xiang's statement, there are only two possibilities. One is that Li Xiang was bored and was playing a joke on everyone. The other is that the person behind the scenes was able to control an important figure like Li Xiang without the Special Policy Department knowing.

Li Xiang obviously doesn't have such a bad taste for the former, but the latter... is very dangerous!
Originally, the monster swallowed a person and then grew a head exactly like that person, which was already very difficult to deal with as a means of infiltration. Thanks to the rich combat experience of the Rong City branch, it was able to combine the detection methods compiled by Xiaoqi to ensure that the Rong City branch was difficult to infiltrate.

But now there is a sudden method that can control through consciousness, and the person being controlled will have no memory of it afterwards. If it is used to assassinate an important person or steal confidential information, it will be impossible to guard against.

After a while, Li Xiang looked at Cheng Shengnan and asked, "Director Cheng, when that person came to see you, what did you say to each other? Can you tell that there is something wrong with him? Or is he different from the usual me?"

Cheng Shengnan pondered for a while and said, "That day I was dealing with the aftermath of several strange incidents. You came to the logistics department to meet with assistant Xiao Zhang to enter the research files. While entering the files, I talked to you about Pepe... When you heard the name 'Pepe', you were obviously dazed for a moment... Then you changed the subject by pointing out that Xiao Zhang was entering keywords."

At this point, Cheng Shengnan paused and said, "I didn't notice this at the time. Now it seems that except for 'Pepe', as long as it's not about work, that person will either make a perfunctory remark or change the subject directly. It was not until I talked about the recent strange events and topics related to weirdness and weird people that he would continue to chat with me."

In addition to the fact that his thinking in the laboratory is difficult for others to follow, Li Xiang is actually an introverted person. He stays in the laboratory all day and rarely communicates with others.

Apart from Shen Ge, the others in the department were at most "colleagues" with whom he had a good relationship, so Cheng Shengnan thought at the time that he just didn't like to talk about Peipei in the office. But after Deng Yuqi reminded him, he found many things wrong.

Now, after Cheng Shengnan's "confirmation", everyone has been able to confirm that the person who took away the "Weirdo Sample Data" that day was not Li Xiang.

At this time, Xiao Xu ran into the office breathlessly: "Director, Director, Director, Director Liu, Director Cheng, you, you are looking for me?" Cheng Shengnan took a glass of water from the water dispenser next to her and handed it to Xiao Xu, letting her take a breath first. Li Xiang asked: "Do you remember what I said to you when I came out of the lounge yesterday afternoon, and then asked you to get a report?"

"Ah?" Xiao Xu was stunned, obviously not understanding why Li Xiang asked that.

Li Xiang said, "Don't be nervous. You didn't make any mistakes. It's just that there are things that require your cooperation. Repeat every sentence I said to you yesterday afternoon."

Xiao Xu's hair is about to be pulled out bald. Although it only happened yesterday, it is a bit too much to ask her to repeat it completely.

"It's okay, just try to restore it as best as possible." Li Xiang said again.

Xiao Xu nodded and said stutteringly: "At that time, you came out of the lounge and asked me what my plans were for the day. I said, I said, oh, I said I had to go to the Logistics Department to submit the latest report on the improvement of the strange equipment, and then go to the Management Office to arrange for assistants to take shifts, and then go to confirm the latest supplementary research materials. You said that there was too much work and that you would go to the Logistics Department to hand in the files for me. I originally refused, but you forced me to hand over the files to you. I, I really didn't want to be lazy."

Li Xiang saw Xiao Xu's frightened look and thought to himself that he was not a bad person under normal circumstances, so why was he so scared?
"Don't be nervous. I said, you didn't do anything wrong and we won't hold you accountable for any behavior. We are just investigating a rather strange matter and need your cooperation. Now think back to the person who was talking to you at that time... ahem, 'me'. Was there any difference from usual, such as habits, actions, tone, etc.? Just say whatever comes to your mind." Li Xiang said.

Xiao Xu thought for a moment and said, "It seems... there is a little difference. Although the minister usually has a stern face, he speaks in a friendly manner. And because he works overtime on research, he always speaks in a way that sounds like he hasn't had enough rest and is out of breath. Yesterday's minister, well, gave people a very formal feeling. His voice was steady and his face showed no expression."

"What else?" Li Xiang asked.

Xiao Xu shook his head: "It seems nothing... Oh! When you took the file and left, I saw you yawning all the time. You seemed very sleepy, as if you were forcing yourself to sleep."

"I'm very sleepy, but am I forcing myself to sleep..." Li Xiang lowered his head and thought.

Liu Jiayi and Cheng Shengnan asked Xiao Xu some more detailed questions. After they had restored the situation as much as possible, Deng Yuqi patted Xiao Xu on the shoulder and said, "Well done. If you remember any more details, please tell us. Go and have a rest now."

"Oh." Xiao Xu nodded and left the office.

Deng Yuqi concluded: "At present, we can confirm that it was not Li Xiang who went to the Logistics Department yesterday, at least not in his 'conscious' sense. Combined with the surveillance video, Li Xiang did not show any abnormality before that, but his consciousness was directly controlled. This is somewhat unreasonable. If the Monster Organization is really that powerful, then let alone the Special Policy Department, no other anti-evil organization in the world can defend against them."

Liu Jiayi agreed, "Yes, I think so too. Moreover, the 'Li Xiang' in the surveillance video did not show any 'dangerous signs', and he did not even use any method to transfer or pass on the intelligence after obtaining it. Of course, it is also possible that he wrote down the intelligence and regained consciousness. But back to what the minister said, if the weird organization really has this perverted ability, then let alone complete infiltration, at least our important personnel would have been assassinated long ago."

Liu Jiayi's words were not an exaggeration. Take the situation of "Li Xiang" yesterday. If the person controlling his consciousness was really a weirdo, then he could easily assassinate Cheng Shengnan after sneaking into the logistics department, and then put the blame on Li Xiang afterwards.

Or he could control Li Xiang to submit the information to Deng Yuqi and get rid of the "number one lady" of the Rong City branch. Not only would he get rid of the minister, but he would also lose a talented researcher.

But the other party did not do so. Such a "powerful and strange" ability was only used to steal some unimportant information and the "Weird Sample Data" that Shen Ge brought back from the dream world.

Cheng Shengnan pondered and said, "I think it's a bit strange. The person behind the scenes didn't take control earlier or later, but just when I got the "Weird Sample Data" and was about to hand it over to Li Xiang, he took action. It's like he knew I would hand it over to Li Xiang yesterday."

The biggest loss of this "Li Xiang incident" is that the "Weird Sample Data" that Shen Ge gave to Cheng Shengnan is missing, but this is not a big deal, because the report is just a piece of data. Even if they lost it here, Shen Ge still has a copy in his hand, and it was recorded by Xiao Qi, so it is absolutely safe.

Deng Yuqi thought for a moment and said, "Anyway, this incident with Li Xiang has sounded a wake-up call for us. Although we have not seen any infiltration by the weird organization in the past year thanks to the latest monitoring plan, we cannot let our guard down. Next, I will have the people in the Information Department strengthen monitoring. Personnel at the deputy director level and above are prohibited from acting alone, and patrols will be arranged for the weird agents."

"I will let Captain Yu Tiexiong lead a team to provide 24-hour protection for Li Xiang, firstly to ensure your safety, and secondly to prevent you from being controlled again. Also, you should not go to the Asian Anti-Ghost Research Conference this time. It is safer to stay in the Rong City branch."

Li Xiang shook his head: "I don't think so. To be honest... If this ability to control people's consciousness cannot be popularized, or if it requires a huge price to succeed, then I will definitely choose you, the Minister, or Minister Liu of the Information Department, or Director Cheng of the Logistics Department, positions that have more access to confidential documents. If I choose Director Cheng, wouldn't I be able to get the "Weirdo Sample Data" directly without even being exposed?"

"But I feel like he's coming for me... Or, the person behind the scenes can control or influence me, the only one. Otherwise, it can't explain why he has more and better choices, but chose to choose a researcher who has been stuck in the laboratory all year round."

"The most important thing is that he chose this node... just when Shen Ge handed the data to Director Cheng. Don't you think this is too coincidental? It's as if... the person behind the scenes has been monitoring Director Cheng, and even monitoring Shen Ge's every move."

"Also, he chose to act at this time. Could it be that he wanted to deliberately alert us and let me stay in the Rong City branch? When the minister leaves, he will be able to implement the plan better?"

"So I think I still have to go to the Asian Anti-Evil Research Conference. First of all, Shen Ge is in Dajing, and it might be safer for me to go there. Secondly, as a 'dangerous person', it would be better for me to go to Dajing Huohuo Headquarters than to stay in Rong City Branch, right?" (End of this chapter)