Squid Who Loves Diving

Chapter 768: Circling Around the Issue

Underground Building, Fifth Floor, Su Yu's office, sofa area.

Shang Jianyao saw this board director again.

"Why did you suddenly have something to tell me?" Su Yu picked up her enamel mug and gulped down two large mouthfuls.

Shang Jianyao, currently channeling Pudu Zen Master, didn't answer immediately, and asked with concern:

"Director Su, is the report I submitted alright?"

Su Yu pulled out a tissue and wiped the water stains from the corners of her mouth and the sweat from her forehead:

"It's excellent.

"Especially that cruise ship shadow. None of us had ever experienced anything like it before. It's so special. It can actually 'save' the previous exploration progress, and each entry will cause the timeline to jump.

"Your ability to find the key and pass through such a shadow is enough to show that your observation skills, reasoning skills, and judgment abilities are all outstanding."

Clap clap clap, Shang Jianyao applauded.

Honest, he wasn't humble at all:

"I think so too."

Su Yu was no longer surprised by his performance and said with a smile:

"This kind of special psychological shadow involves the 'New World' and has some reference value for several of the company's powerhouses. We will give you sufficient rewards.

"Is there anything you want?"

Shang Jianyao answered without hesitation:

"Install a telephone in my room!"

"..." Su Yu was stunned for a moment, "Just that?"

"Yes." Shang Jianyao nodded solemnly.

Su Yu, with the demeanor and temperament of a soldier, thought for a few seconds and said:

"This is not equivalent.

"How about giving you a three-bedroom apartment that already has a telephone installed?"

"No need, we can't make decisions about changing rooms ourselves." Shang Jianyao explained seriously, "This has to take into account my future wife's needs after marriage, and her opinion must be sought."

Su Yu asked with a slightly puzzled expression:

"Do you have a girlfriend?"

"No." Shang Jianyao answered extremely smoothly.

Su Yu followed up with a question:

"When are you planning to have one?"

"After saving all of humanity!" Shang Jianyao's tone was exceptionally firm.

Su Yu, with a square face and wearing a gray combat uniform, could only understand this as a euphemistic rejection.

He considered for a while and said:

"Make some other requests."

Shang Jianyao thought seriously for a while:

"Install a telephone in Long Yuehong's house, install a telephone in Bai Chen's house, and install a telephone in the room allocated to Long Yuehong and Bai Chen after they register their marriage."

Su Yu heard this and chuckled:

"You just can't get over the telephone thing, can you?

"Alright, I'll fulfill your request."

He pondered slightly and then asked:

"How strong is the feedback you get in special psychological shadows?"

Shang Jianyao's report didn't mention this aspect, so even if he didn't request to see Su Yu, Su Yu would look for him to inquire.

"Do I have to talk about this?" Shang Jianyao looked surprised, "Isn't it just about describing the experience of exploring those rooms? This belongs to the things after the exploration is over."

Su Yu maintained a smiling expression:

"You can choose not to answer."

Shang Jianyao shook his head:

"How could I be so embarrassed?"

He paused and said before Su Yu could speak:

"The feedback is about two to three times normal, and there's also the chaotic aura of those people on the cruise ship."

He didn't mention the Buddhist aura he had additionally gained, which was integrated into the "Six Senses Beads," because it was unlikely that anyone else who passed through the corresponding psychological shadow would get it.

Su Yu nodded lightly:

"That's about what I expected."

Shang Jianyao impolitely drank the cold boiled water placed on the coffee table:

"Director Su, do you have any research or relevant experience regarding these special psychological shadows?"

Su Yu leaned forward slightly and wiped the sweat from his forehead again:

"What can be confirmed at present is that special psychological shadows all involve the powerhouses of the 'New World' and even a certain Governing God. The principle is probably that a bit of aura is hidden in the target's 'Sea of Origins,' or a projection of the 'New World' node is formed."

After finishing this matter, Su Yu restarted the original topic:

"What did you want to see me about?"

Shang Jianyao's expression became serious:

"Director Su, do you still remember the 'Life Sacrifice' cult?"

"I remember." Su Yu nodded, "What's wrong? Have you found any new clues about this cult?"

Shang Jianyao answered seriously:

"Yes, I suspect it's them, but I don't have any evidence."

"Tell me about it." Su Yu wasn't negligent.

Shang Jianyao, who had already prepared ten drafts in his mind, randomly chose one:

"It's like this, through Long Yuehong, I found an employee who can draw talismans and asked her for a Many Sons and Many Grandsons Talisman."

"Don't you not have a girlfriend, and aren't you planning to find one anytime soon?" Su Yu couldn't help but ask.

Moreover, this "soon" would visibly continue for a long time.

Saving all of humanity couldn't be accomplished in just a few decades or a hundred years.

Relying solely on three or four people was even more wishful thinking.

Shang Jianyao nodded and answered:

"I wanted to try whether I could have children even without a girlfriend after wearing the Many Sons and Many Grandsons Talisman."

Thinking of the other party's mental state, Su Yu accepted this explanation.

"And then?" he asked.

"It didn't work." Shang Jianyao looked regretful.

Su Yu picked up his enamel mug and drank a mouthful of water:

"I'm asking, how did you discover the 'Life Sacrifice' cult's clues?"

Shang Jianyao suddenly realized:

"The employee who draws talismans mentioned that her father, an old employee named Mu Renjie, suffered a sudden myocardial infarction on the way to the public toilet five years ago in the middle of the night and died after unsuccessful rescue.

"This old employee could draw a real Many Sons and Many Grandsons Talisman."

"What's a real Many Sons and Many Grandsons Talisman?" Su Yu always felt that Shang Jianyao had led him astray from the focus.

Shang Jianyao explained:

"That employee didn't know how to cherish it when she had it, and only knew it was precious after losing it. Now she can't draw the Many Sons and Many Grandsons Talisman anymore and can only make it up herself."

"I see." Su Yu thought for a while and said, "It's not just one or two people who have sudden myocardial infarctions. We've also done a review before. Theoretically speaking, there shouldn't be any problems with Mu Renjie's death, but since there's the matter of the Many Sons and Many Grandsons Talisman, it can barely be considered a coincidence, so I'll have someone re-investigate the employees on the corresponding route."

He knew that the corresponding surveillance video would definitely have expired.

Shang Jianyao looked left and right and lowered his voice:

"Director Su, we have to be careful of internal spies. Last time we investigated the 'Life Sacrifice' cult, the news was leaked, leading to the breaking of key clues, wasn't it?"

He then pointed to the corridor outside the door:

"The Holy Master is always watching us."

Su Yu smiled wryly:

"I won't neglect this."

Shang Jianyao clapped his hands.

He then said:

"Director Su, does the company have a 'New World' level powerhouse in the 'Fate' domain?"

This was the conclusion drawn after the aura of the "Life Angel" necklace was changed, its function remained unchanged, its effect was stronger, and it could sense the "New World" nodes through it.

Su Yu didn't hide it:

"Yes."

Shang Jianyao asked curiously:

"What does he think of the 'Life Sacrifice' cult?"

"We haven't consulted him about such a small problem." Su Yu recalled and said, "Only once, when mentioning various sects on the Greylands, he vaguely said that different Governing Gods have different attitudes towards believers. Some don't care, some find it annoying, and some like it very much."

Su Yu didn't emphasize that the Governing Gods were real, because the "Old Task Force" had experienced the "Zhuang Sheng" dream and proposed the conjecture that the destruction of the Old World might have originated from the forbidden experiment of the Eighth Research Institute, and the source of "Heartless Disease" was likely in the "New World."

Shang Jianyao said "Oh":

"Then don't bother him with this matter this time either."

"Do you have anything else?" Su Yu exhaled.

"No." Shang Jianyao stood up and politely extended his right hand.

Su Yu followed suit and shook it lightly.

"You have a bit of a fever?" Shang Jianyao felt that the other person's hand was relatively warm.

Su Yu didn't answer, just nodded.

…………

After returning to Room 14 on the 647th floor, Shang Jianyao roughly repeated his conversation with Director Su.

"Next, we'll leave it to the company and don't have to worry about it." Long Yuehong breathed a long sigh of relief.

Jiang Baimian laughed:

"Yes, what you need to worry about is meeting the parents and registering the marriage."

There was still one day left until Sunday.

"Mm-hmm." Long Yuehong suddenly felt a little nervous.

Seeing this, Bai Chen held his hand and said:

"If my parents aren't satisfied with me, will you give up?"

"No." Long Yuehong answered decisively.

Bai Chen immediately smiled slightly:

"Since that's the case, what's there to be nervous about?"

Jiang Baimian, who was watching from the sidelines, felt her teeth ache and quickly said to Shang Jianyao:

"When you explore the psychological shadow of '506' room tonight, focus on collecting information about the room's owner and all kinds of intelligence.

"Only in this way can we speculate on what the room's owner did in the first place, what mistakes they made, and find a way to pass through the psychological shadow."

"Okay!" Shang Jianyao had always been very interested in gossip.

…………

Inside the mind corridor, in the psychological shadow of "506" room.

Shang Jianyao entered the family area of the Fourth Research Institute once again.

He casually found a lady who felt kind and greeted her with a smile:

"Good morning."

When the lady in her thirties or forties showed a puzzled expression, Shang Jianyao took the lead and said:

"We've known each other for so long, we're all people from the Research Institute. What do you think of me as a person?"

This was "thought guidance," making the other party instinctively think that he was a resident of the family area of the Fourth Research Institute.

And at this moment, everyone was there, only one person was missing, and that was the owner of "506" room.

Following this logic, the lady in front of Shang Jianyao would most likely regard him as the other party.

The smile on the lady's face gradually unfolded.

She reached out on tiptoe and rubbed Shang Jianyao's hair:

"You little brat, why are you asking such a strange question?"

The owner of the room is a woman... Shang Jianyao muttered to himself silently.

He responded with a smile:

"Isn't it quite troublesome?"

"Troubled about accepting which one? You're too indecisive, but most young girls are like this." The lady comforted with a smile, "When you awaken later, you can pay this as a price."

Shang Jianyao smiled:

"You even know I'm going to awaken?"

"Have you forgotten that I'm also an Awakened?" The lady asked back, amused.

Shang Jianyao's heart stirred:

"Do you know a lot about Awakened?"

"What do you want to know?" The lady with a good temperament asked with a slightly doting tone.

Shang Jianyao replied with a smile:

"I want to know about the 'Fate' domain."

The lady in her thirties or forties recalled for a moment and said:

"The 'Fate' domain is mainly characterized by affecting breathing and the heart. The known prices are limb paralysis, eye abnormalities, and..."

She paused and said again:

"There's also stubborn stomach disease and a body temperature higher than normal."