I'm working as a warehouse manager in SCP

The 'big eagle with an eagle's beak' sighed.

"Forget it, call it whatever you like."

Consultant Zhang: Alright, 'Mr. Sand Sculpture who looks a bit dull'.

[Per 4000-SEP-2, Section 2.07, do not refer to a local entity by any name, designation, or number, even if it refers to itself by that. 】

"Mr. Sand Sculpture who is indeed a bit dull" looked at the two of them.

"May I ask, what do you two call each other?"

Consultant Zhang: It's really presumptuous, 'Mr. Sand Sculpture', we don't know each other well at all, don't you know, these days, names are like the length of a man and the weight of a woman, it's a secret!

Sam: ...

Sand Sculpture: ...

"Sorry to bother you." The 'birdman covered in feathers' bowed slightly, "Actually, I want to say, I saw you eating, can you give me some, I'm a little hungry."

[According to Section 4000 C of the 2-SEP-2.12 protocol, if the entity shows hunger, feed it. 】

Consultant Zhang (looking at the melon seeds in his hand): Do you want to eat melon seeds?

'Beggar' nodded: "Yes, I haven't eaten for a few days."

Consultant Zhang (looking up and down at the 'beggar'): It's okay to give you food, but I have a few questions, I can only give you something if you tell me, how about it, it's fair.

'Hungry Birdman' nodded: "It's very fair, if you have any questions, please ask."

Consultant Zhang: This is not the first time we have come here. During our previous trips, we have seen many other creatures in this forest, but without exception, they all have no names, or in other words, they and their names , were forced to separate, 'Brother Sand Sculpture' how about you, why do you have a name?

Hearing the question from 'the most handsome consultant Zhang in the universe', the 'respondent' sighed, then raised his bird's head and looked up at the sky, as if lost in memory.

"That's right, most of the people who live here and their descendants don't have names, because they were taken away in that war. But I have, because I was the first to come here. The war has not yet I was warned before I started, so I didn't get my name taken."

'Consultant Zhang who is also handsome in other universes' and 'the chubby chubby guy who hasn't spoken all the time' looked at each other.

Consultant Zhang: Can you tell me in detail what you know about the war?

'Hungry Highwayman' shook his head: "I said, I didn't experience that terrible war, but my uncle did, but it is very old now, I believe it will die soon— —Oh, good hearted person, can you give me your melon seeds? I want to rush back and eat him for my uncle, hoping he can catch up."

[According to Section 4000 of the 2-SEP-2.09 agreement, if a local entity wants to give you a name, title or title, politely refuse. 】

Consultant Zhang: I am not a kind person, but since it has been agreed, I will give this to you, 'Dear Sand Sculpture'.

'The polite bird' bowed slightly: "Thank you, where are you going? If you are not in a hurry, can you come to my house as a guest? You can stay overnight at my house, my bed is very comfortable."

[According to Section 4000 of the 2-SEP-2.17 agreement, do not sleep in the accommodation provided by the local entity.If not invited, may sleep in the residence of the local entity. 】

Consultant Zhang: I don't think it's a good idea to sleep over at someone's house who doesn't even have food.

'The Hospitable Birdman' sighed: "That would be a pity, I look forward to such a day, thank you."

After the 'big man blocking the way' left, the two continued to move forward along the 'only safe path'.

About 10 minutes later, they encountered a species with a fish head on its upper body and human feet on its lower body.

"Good afternoon, two travelers—hey, fat man, if I remember correctly, we've met, haven't we?"

Sam (bow slightly): Hello, we meet again, but I think the nickname you gave me is inappropriate, sorry I can't accept it.

'Fishhead Monster' laughed: "Yes, you forgot, I always like to call people by nicknames, I know this is a bad habit, please don't be angry - this time, you can still have dinner with me Well, I remember last time you said you were not feeling well, you only drank some water, and didn't eat the cat meat pie I made for you."

Sam: Sorry, I have something else to do.

'Sam's old friend' laughed: "Same as last time, you are always so busy and left in a hurry, can you tell me what you are going to do? I am familiar with this place, maybe I can help. "

The 'mermaid's old friend' glanced at 'Consultant Zhang who was struggling to hold back his laughter', and the 'latter' nodded to him.

Sam: We're looking for a... um, a 'friend' with a dog's head and a name... a bit like lisianthus and daisies, according to him.

The 'half-human, half-fish monster' thought for a moment: "Oh, I know which one you are talking about. I have seen it once. Its recent behavior is indeed a bit strange. It seems that its condition is not very good."

Sam: Can you describe his situation to me, we are friends and care about it very much.

The 'interrogated' scratched his fish's head with his fins: "It's just weird, its character seems to have become more irritable, and it said some inexplicable things, but it's nothing, it's been living here for a long time, this This kind of situation is very common, and everyone is familiar with it.”

Sam: "So can you tell me how to find it?"

"Sorry, I don't know too well." 'The fish that answered the question' suddenly looked into the distance: "Ah, my cat meat pie seems to be mushy, I have to go back and have a look, we will see you again, my dear Xiaomao ball."

The 'big-headed murlocs' quickly disappeared.

Consultant Zhang: I won’t complain about its food, but can you tell me how it stuffs food into its mouth with its two fins shorter than my feet?

Sam: Umm... it'll pick up food with a fork, throw it in the air, and catch it with its mouth.Hmm... well, it's just that the toss is usually not quite right.

Consultant Zhang: I suddenly thought of a riddle - murlocs eat fish, 'Little Fatty' eats pigs - using a mathematical term.

Sam: Consultant Zhang, I have failed in mathematics since junior high school.

Consultant Zhang: Then how did you join the Administration?Well, let me tell you the answer - merge similar items.

Sam: ...

The two investigators continued to move forward along the 'small dirt road that can only be advanced'.

An hour later, an ancient well appeared ahead.

Exactly the same as when they entered this 'unspeakable forest'.

Consultant Zhang: Is this the end?It's a bit short.

Sam: Yes, this "must-pass road" is affected by space anomalies, and its duration is short, and the scenery on both sides of the road is also changing from time to time.

Consultant Zhang: I understand. Let's go back and make a summary. We can't come here for nothing.

Sam; OK.

Sam turned off the tape recorder.

The first exploration log ends.

……

My head is a little dizzy, and my condition is not very good, but fortunately, I have finished coding.

Chapter 325 Second Entry

After the first exploration was over, Zhang Jue and Sam returned to the villa from the fireplace.

Ning Suiyu, Old Downey, and Morris listened to the tape recorded by Sam while the two were undergoing a full-body examination.

When Zhang Jue sang Eighteen | Touching, Ning Suiyu covered her forehead with her hands, and she didn't even have the strength to roll her eyes.

"Station Master Ning, what's wrong?"

Although Morris and Old Downey could understand a little bit, they didn't understand Chinese culture. There was nothing wrong with Zhang Jue's lyrics.

Ning Suiyu shook her head: "Forget it, let's record it truthfully."

After they recorded and backed up the recorded part, Zhang Jue and Sam had just completed the physical examination.

So far, nothing abnormal has happened to the two of them.

Ning Suiyu printed out the exploration record and sent a copy to everyone, and the five sat together for the third round of evaluation.

Morris was the first to speak: "Leader Downey and I have read this record several times. From the content of the conversation, neither Consultant Zhang nor Sam has made any mistakes. There should be no such thing as Researcher Hong Bo. an unusual situation."

Ning Suiyu frowned and said, "I heard Researcher Sam call Consultant Zhang several times, and that 'murloc monster' also nicknamed Researcher Sam, is this okay?"

Morris shook his head: "Actually, if you listen carefully, you will know that when Sam calls Consultant Zhang, he uses different prefixes. As for being nicknamed by local entities, as long as he doesn't readily accept and be called repeatedly like Researcher Yu Hongbo, Usually no problem."

Ning Suiyu nodded, but Zhang Jue raised his eyebrows, seemingly dissatisfied.

"Dude, what do you mean by 'speaking from the content of the dialogue', did I not do well in other places, did I sing out of tune?"

"Uh..." Morris paused for a moment, but still followed his professional ethics, "Consultant Zhang did not do well in some places, for example, according to the regulations of the Administration Bureau file, he is not allowed to eat in that 'dangerous forest'. Snacks, you need to use a sincere tone when dealing with local entities, you can't lie, and you can't belittle them. Uh, Consultant Zhang, I'm just talking about the facts, and I didn't target you. When you first entered, you have performed very well, but if you can... ..."

This Morris is similar to Simmons from Site 14, they both belong to the kind of one-on-one personality.

Zhang Jue didn't want to hear him continue talking, so he could only wave his hands in surrender: "Okay, I admit my mistake, I promise, I will be more polite next time I see them, and stop using words like 'sand sculpture' and 'stupid|pussy' , let's go."

Old Downey smoothed things over from the sidelines: "These are minor details, and they don't affect the overall situation. Let's analyze the information that Consultant Zhang and the others brought back."

Ning Suiyu took out a pen from the pen holder, took out a brush in her notebook and wrote a few lines of text, then circled it with the pen and put it on the table.

"I have summarized a few points of information here, and you can discuss them—first, according to the time of the recording, Consultant Zhang and Researcher Sam stayed in the 'forest where you speak carefully' for a total of about three hours, but in reality The world's time has only passed one hour, three and 10 minutes, that is to say, at present, the flow of time inside is faster than outside, probably two to one."

"Not necessarily." Morris interrupted her, "According to the previous records, the time in the 'forest mentioned by stationmaster Ning' is sometimes faster and slower than the outside time. In the most extreme case, there are A researcher walked in the 'above forest' for nearly a week before completing the 'must pass', but only a few minutes passed by outside time."

"Okay, then this one is not a discussion point for the time being, let's continue."

Ning Suiyu crossed out the first item, and then pointed to the second item: "Consultant Zhang and Sam encountered two 'local' entities, and their dialogue is very important, we need to look at it separately. The Feathered Guy' is noteworthy because it has a name, and he also mentions the war like 'the kobold Yu Hongbo met', as if the war was the one where the entities migrated to 'that vile forest ', and even very possibly the origin of 'this dark forest'."

"I agree with Station Master Ning." Old Downey said, "According to the previous exploration records, although the entities in this 'unnumbered place' look strange, we can still know from their remarks that they have multiplied." Many years, until now, there are not many 'people' who remember that ancient war, Consultant Zhang, if you still encounter local entities who know the relevant information in the next exploration, you can take the opportunity to ask them a few more questions."

"Ah, I know."

In fact, Zhang Jue was also very curious about this point.

Because he still remembered that in the last conversation between Yu Hongbo and the 'kobold they were looking for', there was a word mentioned - factory.

The factory is one of the hostile forces of the Bureau of Abnormal Biology. It was founded by James Anderson. It produces a large number of malicious and abnormal products, some of which have even flowed into human society and become the targets of the Bureau.

However, in Zhang Jue's impression, the factory had already been destroyed by the management authority, and that James Anderson was dead—however, that should have happened a long, long time ago.

If those animal entities didn't lie, the war they talked about might have something to do with the campaign launched by the Administration against the factory.

However, although he was curious, it was just a job along the way. His most important thing now was to find that 'damn kobold', and then follow the clues to find Yu Hongbo.

Seeing that everyone has no objections, Ning Suiyu continued: "The next thing is the 'strange-looking murloc' that Researcher Sam once encountered - the kobolds have been behaving abnormally recently, we can't conclude that they met each other Whether the time is before Hong Bo's accident or after. But I deduce that it should be after that, because in this way, everything will make sense."

Morris also wrote something in his notes, he said: "No matter before or after, many clues show that most of the creatures in the 'abnormal forest' are friendly to humans, at least they will not actively attack humans , but this 'kobold met by Yu Hongbo' seems to be deliberate, Consultant Zhang, if you encounter the 'same entity' again, you must be careful."

In fact, it doesn't need to be said by Morris, Zhang Jue already knew it.

"That forest" has spatial anomalies. It is very strange that Yu Hongbo can meet that "evil kobold" three times in a row.

But Yu Hongbo didn't notice this, and finally fell into the trap.

Everyone analyzed it for a while, but it was all theoretical things, and the final result still had to wait for them to explore again.

It was already noon, Zhang Jue and Sam ate something, took a rest, and then came to the fireplace again.

With the previous experience, Zhang Jue is completely familiar with the ceremony process. He just wanted to go forward, but was stopped by Ning Suiyu.

"Consultant Zhang, have you ever thought about what to do if you never meet that 'dangerous kobold' or 'its home'?"

Zhang Jue chuckled: "Thank you, Station Master Ning, for your concern, but since I came to this world, my luck has been good. Station Master Ning, you can wait here for my good news. I believe that I will have some good news soon." progress."

With that said, he stooped into the fireplace.

……

As time and space passed, special advisor Zhang Jue and researcher Sam once again came to this "forest where you need to speak carefully".

It was dusk, and the sun shone through the gaps in the woods, shining golden on the 'little dirt road'.

The surroundings are quiet, and occasionally birds in the forest can be heard.

The two tidied up their equipment and moved forward along the 'only road'.

This time, Zhang Jue seemed to have heeded Morris' advice and stopped eating sunflower seeds or singing.

One fat and one thin, one tall and one short, the two walked quietly on the "country road", which seemed to be a very beautiful painting.

However, our consultant Zhang couldn't be idle, so he opened his mouth within two steps.

"I said, 'stupid chubby classmate', how long have you been in the administration."

Sam bit his finger and thought about it: "Probably seven or eight years."

"It's been so long?" Zhang Jue looked him up and down, "It seems that you are not very old."

"Yes, I joined the Authority very early on."

"Don... Does that old guy always bully you, are you interested in doing it with me?"

"Um... okay."

"Why did you agree so happily? I haven't made an offer yet."

"Forehead……"