Paranormal Incidents Handling Policy

The hair was bared and locked around Xia Mi, cutting off her retreat.

If she was prepared, Xia Mi could withstand the barber's hair. The warning from "Honey Apartment" gave her confidence. But if she was unprepared, the barber's hair was obviously more difficult to deal with than the invisible man.

The most troublesome thing is that Xia Mi is no longer in a safe environment, but is in "turbidity". As long as the alienated parts are touched, Xia Mi will also begin to alienate.

She couldn't be touched by the hair.

Xia Mi swallowed his saliva and tried to negotiate with the barber: "I currently have no source of income, and I don't know when I can pay back the money I borrowed. You lent me the money, and although I completed my KPI, I lost two thousand yuan. Isn't it not worth it?"

The hairdresser's hair paused for a moment. She tilted her head, thought for a moment with her not-so-normal IQ, and said wistfully, "What should I do? If I can't complete the task, I'm doomed."

"Today is only the 22nd, and there are still a few days until the end of the month. It shouldn't be all over, right?" Xia Mi advised.

The barber seemed not to be listening to Xia Mi's words. He kept shaking his head and said, "No, no, no, it must be done today, it must be done!"

Xia Mi thought about the 24-hour limit told to her by the strange number. Why must it be 24 hours?
Is it because once the “turbidity” covers the entire area, the alienated people in the area still have 24 hours to do so?
After 24 hours, these people will completely lose their humanity.

This also seems to explain why the barber must complete the task today, because at ten o'clock tonight, everything will be over.

A mother who wants to protect her son, a student who wants to become invisible to escape the heavy burden, a delivery man who wants to switch to an electric car, a geek who wants to be a boss in the game, an agent who wants to sell a house, a barber who wants to sell a card...

Everyone clings to their own wishes, as if these wishes are the only way for them to retain their humanity.

Xia fans think this is a breakthrough.

So she said frankly: "In fact, I am currently carrying out a secret mission. Once it succeeds, I will be employed. When the time comes, not only will I apply for a card from you myself, I will also ask my colleagues to apply for cards from you!"

The barber's eyes lit up and he asked expectantly, "How long will it take for you to get the position?"

"We will definitely get it before the end of today." Xia Mi said firmly.

The barber said, "What secret mission are you on? Can I help you?"

Xia Mi looked at the barber's hair that filled the entire stairwell. Among the people he had met so far, the barber's was the most transformed, so it would be nice to have a helper.

Xia Mi said: "I can't tell you the content of the secret mission, but you can escort me to the rooftop first, and I will tell you what to do next based on the actual situation."

The barber said, "That's great, let's go to the rooftop now."

She ran upstairs excitedly, took two steps, turned back suddenly, and said grimly: "You...are not...lying to me...are you?"

The barber's limited intelligence actually took the upper hand at this moment!

Xia Mi quickly said, "How could that be? I'm a college graduate, how could I lie?"

She tried to show the barber her clear, stupid eyes.

The barber nodded and said, "Most of you college students are really stupid. You don't dare to argue when your hair is cut badly, and you pay with a sad face. There is still a balance on the card, but you don't ask for a refund, you just quietly stop coming."

Xia Fan: “…”

How come they have become monsters and are insulting people?

The barber said: "A small number of people will come to cause trouble, but most people are honest."

Xia Mi felt that the other party was humiliating her. She couldn't refute it yet, so she could only smile and say, "Yes, yes, yes, you are right."

"Even after I said this to you, you still agreed. You are indeed an honest college student who would not lie." The barber continued.

She's not done yet!

Xia Mi endured the humiliation and said, "So you have to believe me. I will be able to get a job soon. Today, I will definitely apply for a card from you. How about this, at 18: today, by this time, even if I don't have a job, I will find a way to get money from you to apply for a card."

The barber's eyes lit up again and he said, "I know a friend who is in the micro-loan business. If I bring him clients, he can give me a commission. Would you like to consider him?"

"I will do it when the time comes." Xia Mi responded, and said, "Please tidy up your hair. I don't like touching other people's hair."

"Okay, you college students really like to be clean." The hairdresser wrapped the hair around her limbs. She looked like a hair person, which was very scary.

She had so much hair that there wasn't enough to wrap around her limbs, and some of it was spread on the stairs, acting like an elevator to transport the hairdresser to the 8th floor.

Xia Mi waited until the barber's hair had gone upstairs before slowly following.

She originally wanted to go upstairs faster, but her hair was leading the way and she couldn't touch it, so she could only follow at a constant speed.

When Xia Mi reached the 8th floor, the barber had already reached the th floor.

Xia Mi noticed that the door to the stairwell on the 8th floor was ajar, and several pairs of eyes were looking at them furtively through the crack in the door.

Xia Mi smashed the door with an axe and shouted, "If you want to come in, just come in directly, don't be sneaky!"

Perhaps her axe frightened the people outside the door, and they all retreated.

The barber stood quietly on the stairs on the 9th floor waiting for Xia Mi.

Xia Mi asked, "Don't you ask them if they can issue the card?"

The barber said, "They can't. We have a rule that colleagues can't apply for each other's cards."

But these people are not from the same club as the barber.

Xia Mi realized that the barber and other neighbors came to her because she was a normal person in the building.

The strange number said "turbid" and would try to infect normal people. It seemed that these alienated people came to her because they wanted to infect others instinctively.

But at the same time, they still have humanity and will temporarily suppress their infection instinct because of desire and fear.

She is relatively safe now, but after a while, as these people become more and more alienated, Xia Mi suspects that human nature will be unable to suppress the instinct for infection, and then she will be in great danger.

I hope that this time going to the rooftop can open the channel as the strange number said, and allow professionals to come in and solve the problem.

With the intimidation of the axe and the escort of the barber, Xia Mi successfully reached the 11th floor.

There is another half floor above the 11th floor. After going up, there is a small door, which leads to the rooftop. Xia Mi said to the barber, "Please tidy up your hair and let me pass. I can go to the rooftop alone, so don't follow me."

The barber looked at Xia Mi suspiciously and said, "You're not planning to commit suicide by jumping off the building, are you?"

Xia Mi asked, "I'm so young and have a bright future, why would I jump off a building?"

The barber said, "That's not necessarily true. I heard that you didn't find a job after graduating from college, and your boyfriend who passed the civil service exam dumped you. It was said that your parents asked you to return to your hometown and get married but you refused. They cut off your living expenses, and you had no money to rent a house, so you cried and begged the landlord to pay less deposit. You only paid three months' rent, and you've already lived here for two and a half months. In another half month, you will have no money to pay the rent."

Xia Mi gritted his teeth and said, "...Who made up these rumors? I have a good relationship with my parents. They are very open-minded and support me in taking the civil service exam. I am just embarrassed to ask them for money again.

"And I didn't ask the landlord to pay less deposit. It was supposed to be one deposit and three payments. But the landlord said I would destroy the house with an axe and insisted on charging me double the deposit. That's why I had a fight with him!"

The barber asked, "Is it true that you didn't find a job after graduating from college?"

Xia Fan: "...I just don't want to work for a company with bad conditions."

Barber: "Do you have money to pay the rent for next month? It's three months at a time."

Xia Fan: "We'll find a way when the time comes."

Barber: "It's true that your boyfriend dumped you."

Xia fan: "That's because our living environment has changed. We have no common language and have drifted apart. We haven't even talked about breaking up, so how can it be considered as being dumped?"

The barber ignored Xia Mi's explanation and said to himself, "You are so pitiful, and you still owe me 2,000 yuan for the card application. It is very likely that you will commit suicide by jumping off the building."

Xia Mi gritted her teeth and said, "I will have a job soon. After I get a job, I will kick out the scumbag and apply for the highest level membership card from you. Just wait for me!"

After saying that, she swung the axe angrily and pushed the door of the rooftop with full of fighting spirit.

No push.

There is an old-fashioned lock on the door to the rooftop, and only the property management has the key.

Xia Mi raised the axe and hit the lock hard several times. The sharp axe broke the lock.

When the barber heard the sound of Xia Mi smashing the lock, he silently tightened his hair and said to Xia Mi, "I now believe that you will not commit suicide by jumping off the building, but you should not kill anyone. Your boyfriend just broke up with you, and his crime is not punishable by death."

Xia Fan: “…”

If you are already alienated, don’t worry about so many things!
She pushed open the door to the rooftop and walked in.

The rooftop was still covered in black fog, and neither the sky nor the neon lights of the city could be seen.

Xia Mi walked around the rooftop like a game, but found neither a weapon nor a way in or out.

It all seemed like an elaborate scam.

Perhaps, like all alienated people, she became a monster because of her hope and the dream of being born as a human being.

Xia Mi didn't know if she could still receive messages from an unfamiliar number, so she tried to send a short message to the other party: [Are you there? ]

The phone vibrated quickly.

Unknown number reply: [Yes. ]

Xia fans also don’t know whether this information was tampered with by “Zhuo”.

Xia Fan: [I can’t see you. ]

Unknown number: [Calm down, strengthen your faith, get rid of doubts and frustrations, listen carefully, and your senses will surely break through the "turbid" barrier. ]

Xia Mi took a deep breath, held the axe in his arms, closed his eyes, and listened quietly.

She also had doubts and confusion, but at this moment, she had no choice but to believe.

Since you have already believed the words from the unfamiliar number, and you believe that the country will not sit idly by, then just believe it to the end.

Xia Mi recalled the theoretical knowledge on essay writing that he had learned and recited it silently in his mind.

Slogans, beliefs, and faith dispelled the confusion in her heart. Xia Mi seemed to hear a "da da da" sound in her ears, like the sound of a helicopter.

She opened her eyes and felt that there was a spot in the black fog that seemed to be slightly white.

Xia Mi turned on the flashlight on his cell phone and shone it towards that location.

Where the light shone, the black fog gradually dissipated, and Xia Mi saw a helicopter hanging above the rooftop. A man wearing a black protective suit and a tight helmet was standing on the ladder lowered by the helicopter and waving at her.

Xia Mi didn't respond to the other party, but lowered his head and sent a message: [Is that you on the helicopter? ]

The man grabbed the ladder with one hand and took out his cell phone with the other hand and pressed a few buttons.

Xia Fan quickly received the message: [It’s me, the captain of the first team of the National Special Events Handling Bureau, Liao Tianhua.]

Xia Fan had no time to be moved, and hurriedly asked the question that concerned him most: [What is your level? Can you really give me a position? ]

After seeing the message, Liao Tianhua stiffened for a moment and almost fell off the helicopter.

He replied to the message only after he steadied himself.

Unknown number: [I am now a section-level official, but due to the special nature of my position, I have the authority of a deputy director-level official. None of this is important. What is important is that I have the authority to recruit new team members.]

The unknown number then added another message: [The team members are all organized. ]

At this point, Xia fans finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Her organization is stable!

(End of this chapter)