Chapter 664 The Never-Ending Mission
Chapter 674 The never-ending mission
There is not necessarily a single solution to every problem.
Likewise, the nature of the soul may not be decipherable only with the soul.
Searching for soul-level sinful objects is one direction, but it cannot be used to search for Gu Xingjian.
Regarding the Tongguan matter, at present, long-term planning is still the best approach.
After putting this matter aside, Ji Li suddenly thought of another thing, a major event that he had ignored.
"Has there ever been any collusion between foreign ghost forces in your sixth branch?"
The influence of foreign ghosts is definitely a big deal.
The responsibility of supervising ghosts is also one of the clerk's responsibilities, and is no less important than guiding them.
However, the success of attracting ghosts is directly related to the life and death of the clerks.
Therefore, many people have subtly ignored the second responsibility.
But now Ji Li had to start taking this matter to heart.
The collusion between internal and external ghosts happened continuously, and there was a trend beyond his control.
The occurrence of this situation gave Ji Li a feeling that a storm was about to come.
Maybe Tianhai Hotel is not as dominant as he thought;
Maybe there is still a power in this world that is not inferior to the sky and the sea;
Perhaps other forces have already reached out to Tianhai.
Although the Tianhai Hotel enslaves the clerks and performs horrific tasks again and again.
But in the final analysis, each of their lives will be harmed by the sky and the sea, and they will be prosperous.
If Ji Li's feeling is correct, then there will be unknown changes in the environment in the future.
The original pattern of sky and sea will show signs of tilt.
As for the top ten branches, no one can survive alone.
For a long time, the ten major branches have operated independently, never connected to each other, and the information is very closed.
For example, the collusion between foreigners in the seventh branch is definitely not an exception.
But until now, no similar situation has been detected from other people.
The most fundamental reason is, of course, that in such a precarious environment, selfishness is the mainstream.
No one wants to share intelligence and advantages with anyone else.
Each branch and even each person has his own wishful thinking.
Only a few branches with close relationships would occasionally exchange information, but most of them were just tests.
Ji Li spoke bluntly, which made Luo Xian quite uncomfortable.
After hesitating for a while, she said something ambiguous.
"If you say yes, it counts as yes; if you say no, it counts as no."
Ji Li took a puff of cigarette, opened the car window a crack, and waited for her explanation.
Luo Xian looked out the window. The scene outside became more and more familiar and the road became smoother.
After a long drive, the three of them had slowly entered the city.
"About half a month ago, a certain resident of my store came out of his room late at night and approached me.
It told me that there is always a voice calling it recently.
The sound was very tempting to the ghost, and several times it even stood at the door of the branch unconsciously.
This thing sounds strange, but there is no way to find out.
But I was immediately sure that there was an outsider trying to induce the inside.
Because similar things happened in the eighth and tenth stores. "
Luo Xian only said so much, but it was obvious enough.
The current situation is that there is indeed a force opposing Tianhai, wandering outside and encouraging the inner ghosts to defect.
The sixth, seventh, eighth and tenth branches all had similar incidents to varying degrees.
From this point of view, it is not difficult to find a pattern.
That is, the weaker the branch and the lower the level, the more serious the situation will be.
For example, in the Sixth Branch, only the voice of an outsider appeared to lure people, and it was only half a month ago.
But the Seventh Branch had its clues a few months ago, and it even almost succeeded last time, successfully instigating a ghost.
However, after Luo Xian paused for a long time, he changed the topic meaningfully:
“But I don’t think it all really stems from some outside force.
I prefer that individual branches do things behind the scenes. "
"oh?"
Ji Li obviously didn't expect Luo Xian to say this, so he asked with interest.
Luo Xian adjusted the clothes on his legs and said solemnly:
"Have you heard of Gu Qingyun?"
Ji Li thought for a moment and had a slight impression of the name.
"Gu Qingyun, the deputy store manager of the first branch, is also one of the longest-serving clerks in the top ten branches.
He has been in the branch for three years and belongs to the earliest generation.
This person has an unattractive appearance, but his character is extremely sinister, and he is so sinister that he is different from everyone else. "
In extreme environments, extreme people are most likely to be born.
Ji Li was not surprised by this. He just listened quietly and did not express his opinion.
The middle-aged man with a bloated figure and curly hair appeared in Luo Xian's mind, and he said softly:
"Although people who are struggling between life and death have more or less given up some bottom lines and used ruthless methods.
But everyone has one of the most basic principles, that is, we must not catch all the people and kill them all.
Only Gu Qingyun.
What he does most often is to kill clerks in other branches at all costs. "
Everything you do has a root.
Ji Li does not doubt that there are people in this world who take pleasure in killing, but "fun" is also the purpose of such people.
So what is Gu Qingyun’s purpose in doing this?
Luo Xian gave a very absurd answer:
"He believes that as long as all branches except the first branch are destroyed, the chance of leaving Tianhai can be greatly increased."
This train of thought is indeed different from that of ordinary people.
But Ji Li changed his mind and realized that this approach does make sense.
When a branch reaches a five-star level, the entire store can leave Tianhai.
This is a golden rule and will never change.
But when the level of a branch reaches three stars or above, especially when it is close to four stars, the frequency of tasks received will be greatly reduced.
For example, the first branch is like this now.
The first branch is only one task away from being promoted to a four-star level.
And this task has been delayed for a month.
But in the same period of time, for example, the seventh branch will take on 5-7 tasks a month.
Of course, the seventh branch is suspected of "ripening" because it is too far behind in progress and started too late.
But this also confirms a rule.
That is, Tianhai will deliberately control the progress of most branches to keep it at the same level.
The advantage of this approach is that the joint reception will be easier to control, and the strength of each branch will not be too far apart.
So, in a situation like the first branch, how can we force the progress to be accelerated and leave Tianhai earlier?
Gu Qingyun's point of view is to directly let all other branches collapse.
It is best to directly beat them back to below the two-star level.
In this way, without the joint reception task, Tianhai will not be able to limit the arrival of subsequent tasks of the first branch.
Gu Qingyun can be regarded as a madman, but he can also be regarded as a genius.
Such a creative point of view is indeed not something that everyone can think of.
Ji Li looked at Luo Xian with interest, sneered and said:
"But he can't do it."
Luo Xian nodded, and sneered at Gu Qingyun's approach, but then said:
"Although he can't destroy all branches, it is indeed very likely that he can just eliminate some competitors.
This is related to a huge secret of the first branch."
"What secret?"
"In the first branch, there is a special mission that never stops. It has been going on for two years and is still going on today.
Gu Qingyun is one of the clerks who execute this mission."