Two hours later, a black Mercedes-Benz slowly stopped by the side of the road in front of the school gate.
Chen Chen got out of the car alone and stood in the crowd, looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar campus.
In January, Shangdu had entered winter. It was evening now. Dark clouds shrouded the entire sky above the city, forming a dim yellow color unique to winter.
This dim yellow was not the result of the setting sun, but the reflection of the city's light onto the clouds. In the winter of the city, this situation was very common.
In this dim yellow, the campus gate in front of him was bustling with people. Young and beautiful young people gathered in groups of three to five, shouting excitedly, venting their emotions. They had completely let go of the nerves that had been tense for a semester. The entire campus began to fill with the atmosphere of winter break.
Chen Chen stood in the crowd, scenes of the past appearing in his mind. Although only four years had passed, he felt as if it was a lifetime ago.
If not for that USB drive, he might have graduated long ago, found a nine-to-five job, and waited for death to come;
Or perhaps he would have gone straight to the school to take the postgraduate entrance exam and become a first-level postgraduate student, continuing to work hard for an uncertain future;
No matter what, he would only become a member of the masses. It would never be like now, gradually transcending the human community.
However, there were no ifs in this world.
Thinking of this, Chen Chen suddenly smiled. In an instant, it was as if an iceberg had melted. Chen Chen's entire body exuded a warm aura, completely merging with the group of students in front of him.
After that, Chen Chen stepped forward and walked toward the school gate.
There was no obstruction. Chen Chen directly entered the school gate. Even the guard did not notice that the young man in front of him was not a student, but an outsider.
"Phew..."
Chen Chen exhaled, exhaling a large amount of white mist. He followed the familiar path to the front of a building, then walked into the building, directly going to the fourth floor.
Immediately, the sign of Dormitory 404 appeared in front of Chen Chen.
He reached out and touched it. The lines on the dormitory door were so familiar. There was also a burst of noise coming from inside the door.
"Zhang Wei, you failed again. You failed seven out of eight compulsory subjects. The only one you didn't fail was sports. That's amazing!"
"So what if I failed a subject? How can you say I failed a subject when I'm a tycoon? When I go back, I'll ask my father to donate a building to the school so I can graduate early! "
"Zhang Wei, you're bragging again."
"You don't believe me? Yang Jian, tell him, isn't my father the richest man in Dachang City? As for me, people call me Great Chang's Wang Sicong. Isn't donating a building a trivial matter? "
The sound of fighting came from inside the door, but it was not the sound of Wang Wei, Li Bo, and Zhou Jie. They had long since graduated.
Chen Chen shook his head. After revisiting the old place, he turned around and left without any reluctance.
"X, where's the campus's server room?"
After leaving the dormitory building, Chen Chen contacted X with his Bluetooth headset. "I need to go there myself."
"You're going to look for that server? Hasn't the server been transported away by Cheng Cao?"
Little X quickly asked.
"But we didn't find anything on the server, right?"
Chen Chen said helplessly, "Since I can't find any clues in the server, I'll have to go there myself and see what's so special about it that the antimeme can't erode it."
Although the server had not been shipped to the Eco Science City, after Cheng Cao brought it back, he had connected it to Little X to conduct many tests. However, no matter how he tested it, it showed that the server was just a very ordinary and old server. There was nothing special about it.
"Understood, the school's server room is located on the third floor of the main campus's No. 1 office building."
Little X pointed the way. "But you can't get in without a permit and a key."
"Do I need a key and a permit to do something like that?"
Chen Chen raised an eyebrow and asked rhetorically. After that, he did not say anything else and walked directly in the direction of the main campus.
"Sir Godfather, do you need Cheng Cao to pick you up?"
Little X was still a little worried.
"No need. Although I rarely fight, with my current strength, if I encounter something I can't handle, then even the Black Knights won't be able to do anything."
Chen Chen replied, "Besides, Cheng Cao has already checked it and found nothing. I can only go there and do my best."
Seeing this, Little X did not say anything else.
It did not take long for Chen Chen to arrive at the main campus. He looked at the seven-story building. Although the building was not very tall, it was the administrative center of the entire campus. The offices of the principal and the student affairs department were set up here. Behind the door of the building, there was also a security guard sitting next to it, responsible for registration of entry and exit.
Chen Chen did not hesitate. He came to the registration desk and wrote down the words "Chen Chen, Class 1 of the Biological Sciences Department" and his original student number.
The security guard did not even look at it and let him through.
Chen Chen walked into the elevator in the lobby and pressed the button for the -third floor. However, just as the elevator door was about to close, he suddenly heard a rush of footsteps coming from outside the elevator. "Hey, wait a minute!"
Chen Chen subconsciously pressed the button to open the door. Suddenly, a beautiful girl with shoulder-length hair rushed in.
"Ah, ha, ha, thank, thank you!"
The girl panted and thanked Chen Chen. After that, she was about to press the button for her floor, but when she saw the button for -third floor lit up, she immediately withdrew her hand and turned to look at Chen Chen. "Student, are you also from the student council? Why haven't I seen you before?"
"I'm not."
Chen Chen smiled and shook his head. Although he seemed kind, there was a hint of unapproachable attitude in his smile.
"You're not? “
The girl repeated strangely, only to find that Chen Chen did not seem to have any intention of paying attention to her, so she suppressed the doubts in her heart and only stole a few glances at Chen Chen.
Soon, the elevator arrived at the third floor underground. As the elevator door opened with a "ding dong", a dark and narrow corridor suddenly appeared in front of Chen Chen.
It seemed to be due to the fact that the white walls of the corridor were not exposed to sunlight all year round. Faint traces of mold could be seen on the white walls of the corridor.
There was a damp and moldy smell in the air.
Chen Chen waited for the girl to exit the elevator first before following her. He looked at the closed doors on both sides of the corridor and began to look for the location of the computer room.
Not only that, it seemed that this was the girl's first time here. Just like Chen Chen, she looked left and right for the sign of the door.
"Zhang Jiao, over here!"
At this moment, the door in front of them suddenly opened. A tall and well-built man poked his head out of the door and shouted toward them, "Zhang Jiao, why are you so slow, you're the only one left!"
"Oh... I'm coming!"
The girl quickly responded. As she said that, she turned back to look at Chen Chen again, then quickly ran into the room.
The man looked at Chen Chen cautiously in the corridor a few more times. When he saw that Chen Chen was still walking at an unhurried pace, he closed the door with a bang.
"Who's that boy?"
"I don't know, he said he's not from the Student Council."
"What's he doing here if he's not from the Student Council?"
As the girl ran through the door, there was a man's questioning voice from inside.
Chen Chen ignored him and walked straight past the door. When he passed by the door, Chen Chen could vaguely see from the corner of his eyes that inside the door was a classroom. There were desks, chairs, and blackboards, and on the door plate, the words "Student Council Publicity Department" were pasted.
Why would the Student Council Publicity Department of Jiao Tong University move here?
Chen Chen was a little puzzled but did not think too much about it and walked past.
After walking for more than fifty meters, when the elevator was almost out of sight, Chen Chen finally found the location of the computer room.
The computer room was located at the end of the corridor. Unlike the other rooms, which had wooden doors, the door of the computer room was a security door. The words "Computer room restricted, unauthorized personnel not allowed" were pasted on the door.
Chen Chen did not stop because of the security door in front of him. He directly stretched out his right hand and placed the palm of his palm on the door lock. Instantly, his Field energy probed in like a key. Then, the structure of the entire keyhole immediately appeared in Chen Chen's mind.
In the next second, as he exerted a little force, there was a click and the tightly-sealed security door opened. At the same time, a chill permeated the room.
This was the temperature from the air conditioner used to cool down the computer room.
Inside the computer room, rows of dusty servers were placed on the shelves. LED lights flickered in the darkness and at the same time, he could hear the buzzing of the machines.
Seeing this, Chen Chen touched the wall and then turned on the lights.
"Click!"
In an instant, the computer room was completely illuminated. The entire computer room was displayed in front of Chen Chen.
There were a total of six servers in the computer room. Each of them was marked with their respective number with red tape. Starting from the number 6 at the door, all the way to the innermost part of the room, there was a brand new server without a number.
Obviously, after losing server number 1, the school finally made up their mind to purchase a new server to replace the original server number 1.
With this in mind, Chen Chen suddenly walked to the center of the computer room. He closed his eyes and the Field energy in his mind was like countless flexible tentacles, stroking the server in front of him one by one, even through the gaps and into the internal parts of the server.
It was not until a few minutes later that Chen Chen opened his eyes again.
Unfortunately, Chen Chen did not find anything unusual in the entire computer room.
At this moment, Chen Chen suddenly had a trace of doubt about his judgment. Was it really just a coincidence that server number 1 could find information about Wang Xi?
With this in mind, Chen Chen suddenly returned to the position where server number 1 was placed. This time, he directly moved the server away and looked at the mark on the ground.
This mark was formed by an object left there for a long time over many years. It was difficult to remove it with ordinary methods unless a powerful detergent powder was used. Moreover, this was a computer room that could not be soaked in water.
At this time, he suddenly thought of something and looked at this mark. At the same time, the Field energy in his mind suddenly burst out, as if turning into a heavy giant hammer, and slammed into the tiles on the ground!
"Boom!"
In an instant, a crack the size of a fist was smashed into the ground!
Seeing this scene, Chen Chen raised an eyebrow because his Field energy had discovered the existence of a space under the ground!
In the next second, the Field energy penetrated through the crack. He immediately found that under the ground, there was an intact body lying there!
"Professor Wang Xi!"
Chen Chen was shocked because he found that the person buried underground was not someone else. It turned out to be Professor Wang Xi who had lost all information and completely disappeared from this world!
"How is this possible..."
Chen Chen's eyes widened. He subconsciously wanted to continue to open up the crack, but in the next second, there was the sound of gurgling water coming from the crack that connected to the ground...
Chen Chen's expression became even more astonished. He watched as a dark red liquid suddenly gushed out of the crack. The liquid flowed out of Professor Wang Xi's body and filled the entire underground space in the blink of an eye. After that, it quickly overflowed and flowed to the surface!
A sweet, fishy smell hit him...
Was it blood?
Chen Chen immediately withdrew his Field energy and slowly stepped back. He knew that although the liquid was like blood, he knew that no human blood would flow out so quickly and in such a large amount, and it was so strange as if it was a living thing...
Sure enough, as Chen Chen stepped back, the moment the blood came into contact with the floor, it made a rustling sound as if it was corroded. At the same time, it seemed like the world was beginning to wither and a layer of mottled rust began to spread in the room!
In an instant, the floor was completely covered in rust, as if it had been weathered. When the rust spread to the walls, the originally white and bright walls instantly retreated, turning into a dirty dark brown wall, as if some kind of filth had been attached to it!
After the servers came into contact with the spreading corruption, they also turned into rusty scrap metal. But the strange thing was that the lights on them did not go out. On the contrary, the lights began to flicker rapidly. The original green and red LED lights had completely turned into a strange dark red and dark green color.
Seeing this, although Chen Chen did not know what was going on, he knew that it was time for him to leave.
Seeing this, Chen Chen immediately stepped back and exited the room without hesitation.
However, the moment he walked out of the room, Chen Chen stopped again... This was because the incomparably deep corridor in front of him was rapidly aging and decaying at a speed visible to the naked eye. Mold adhered to the surface and turned into a strange layer of grease!
At the same time, a low, muffled sound of steel clashing faintly came from behind the wall, as if there was some kind of old machine running somewhere, constantly squeaking and grinding...
At this moment, Chen Chen's expression had become extremely solemn. His Field energy erupted like a tsunami, forming an invisible barrier in front of him, firmly protecting him.
At the same time, there was a burst of exclamations and screams. Chen Chen only saw that the door of a classroom in front of him suddenly opened and more than a dozen students also screamed and ran out, everyone's face was filled with horror and panic.
These students did not even bother to look at Chen Chen as they fled toward the safety exit sign in the corridor.
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