newbobooks Chapter 41 He's not human
Chapter 41 He's not human
"Are you gossiping?" the security guard asked as he walked over.
Chi Yuan smiled and said, "I am a little curious."
Yan Xun opened the trending topic and found that it was a police report filed by Ms. Li, who lives in City B.
She said her husband used to be a junior employee. They fell in love in college and started talking about marriage after graduation. A year ago, she noticed that her husband was sometimes distracted and would be absent-minded when she talked to him.
But soon, this was explained as pre-wedding jitters.
Perhaps because she realized she was starting a new family, her husband suddenly became very ambitious, often working overtime at the company. He was later promoted as he wished, and they enjoyed a period of happiness together.
But after she became pregnant, she felt inexplicably uneasy, always feeling that... the thing in her belly wasn't alive.
The tests showed everything was normal, and her husband said she was just overthinking because she was too nervous.
"But I know it's not," Ms. Li, whose face was blurred, told reporters. "I often touch my stomach... my stomach is very cold, I'm very scared, I feel like it's not my child."
'It's not alive.'
Yan Xun watched Ms. Li in the video. She suddenly bent over, clutching her stomach, as if the baby inside her was kicking her.
Ms. Li's husband arrived quickly. He was an ordinary-looking young man, wearing an ill-fitting suit. He hurriedly got out of the car and, upon seeing the reporter, quickly said, "My wife hasn't been feeling well lately."
'Maybe I was too nervous.'
As he spoke, he reached out and helped his wife up.
He placed his hand on her swollen belly. 'Sweetheart, don't fuss over Mommy.'
With those words, the woman's expression softened somewhat, but upon realizing who she was with, her expression quickly turned despairing again.
She shook off the man's hand and grabbed the reporter's microphone—
'He is not my husband!'
'...The husbands I know never eat loofah.'
"That's normal," the man sighed. "People's tastes change."
Besides, you like to eat it, don't you?
"You disappeared for a while last week, what were you doing?" the woman quickly retorted, "Your mother also said that sometimes you seem like a stranger..."
'You're not the person I know at all!'
Yan Xun looked at the various discussions under the video—
[It's perfectly normal for a married woman to discover her husband is a complete stranger, haha. She was just pretending too well before.]
[She's probably under too much pressure, she said her husband is a monster, and I can see that in her mind, hahaha]
[...She's my neighbor in the complex. To be honest, I felt she wasn't in a very good state, and what's up with her husband? He never used to greet the neighbors, but now he's incredibly friendly.]
[It's nothing, right? Maybe they just weren't familiar with you before.]
[By the way, have you guys seen the trending post on XX forum? Someone said they felt like a complete stranger who looked exactly like them came to their house, and everyone thought it was just a joke, making up all sorts of funny stories... Let me find it, this is it.]
The popular post on that forum was a screenshot that Yan Xun found in room 405.
Strangely, all the photos in the link were deleted, the reason being that the person involved did not want their privacy exposed.
[Holy crap, a doppelganger! This is brilliantly written!]
[I remember this post! The original poster even included photos—a blurry screenshot from CCTV and their own ID photo. It actually looked pretty convincing, especially the screenshot which was extremely blurry, and the person was staring directly at the camera. The original poster's ID photo had a red background, probably due to poor phone resolution; they looked like a paper doll, it was terrifying.]
[Curious? Did you save the image?]
Let me look for it!
A moment later, the person posted a screenshot from that time.
Unlike the clear photo Yan Xun saw, the ID photo in the screenshot was a bit too creepy.
In the red-background photo, the man is grinning at the camera, probably trying to smile, but he can't quite capture the human pose for a photo. He tries too hard, resulting in a stiff, fake smile. Perhaps due to the exposure, his eyes are completely dark, and his pupils are not visible.
Holy crap! That's terrifying!!!
[...Hey, look closely, doesn't the person in this video screenshot look a bit like Ms. Li's husband?]
Many people have also noticed this.
[I must say, this person is quite the prankster. I was home alone just now, and I definitely got a chill down my spine!]
Is it possible that Ms. Li is telling the truth? That this person isn't her husband, but an imposter?!
Being next to Yan Xun, Chi Yuan could naturally see these discussions clearly. Although he didn't know Ms. Li, he did have some impression of the person mentioned above.
Their security office also has introductions and photos of each resident, in order to help them better identify imposters.
Ms. Li's husband vaguely remembered that there was a torn-up photo of this person in the trash can at the security office.
He asked other people in the security department.
"The man is dead, so the photo is useless," someone told him.
If he remembered correctly, Ms. Li's husband seemed to be a resident of apartment 405.
Taking advantage of the other security guards' inattention, Chi Yuan whispered about this to Yan Xun.
Yan Xun remained silent, seemingly deep in thought.
He quickly closed the trending search page and cleared all his browsing history... He turned around and gave Chi Yuan, who was standing behind him, a look that Chi Yuan immediately understood, "Go out when you're done reading."
"Thank you, Brother Chi." Yan Xun nodded. "You've been a great help."
The two walked towards the outside of the security room as they talked.
"I sent you a text message, check it later," Yan Xun said. Standing at the security office entrance, he turned to Chi Yuan and said, "No need to see me off, I know the way."
……
Su Yumin washed her hands in the bathroom.
He washed his hands slowly, as if trying to clean every crevice of his fingernails.
There was no one in room 908 at this time. Shen Rui was still in room 1101 and hadn't returned yet. But even if he were in room 908, it wouldn't matter. He was a new player and didn't know Su Yumin's habits.
[Damn, wash your hands!]
[Support! Support! Let's get started! Deciphering the code isn't suitable; fighting and killing are much more fun!]
After washing her hands, Su Yumin dried them with a tissue, then took out hand cream from her backpack. After applying and absorbing the cream completely, she held up her hands and looked at them for a few moments.
Then he left 908.
"I discovered that killing these fake people also earns points," he said to the live chat. "The security guard gave me 50 points earlier, not much, but not bad either."
"Let me see, how about we start from the 9th floor?"
As he spoke, he casually knocked on the door of the room next door.
The person in the room sounded impatient. "Who is it?"
“Your neighbor,” Su Yumin said.
The person inside seemed unwilling to open the door, but Su Yumin didn't mind. He knocked three more times and said, "Excuse me."
After he finished speaking, the door next door turned into countless neatly arranged fragments.
Just as the owner of the room was about to shout, he was sliced into pieces right in front of Su Yumin—no blood was drawn, so it seems the person in the next room was also a fake.
Su Yumin glanced at the comments and said, "How about we make a bet?"
"Look how many fake people are still hiding in this beautiful building?"