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The clues to the butterfly totem were very clear, and if he wanted to find the source, he just had to keep an eye on that big sister Su.

 

Mu Sichen came to He Fei’s company, changed into his work clothes, and took advantage of the fact that he hadn’t started work yet to look through the items on the desks in the name of cleaning the office.

 

What made his heart sink was that there was no trace of the butterfly totem in the entire company.

 

Obviously, Big Sister Su sent pillows everywhere, but surprisingly, no one left the pillows in the company; they all took them home.

 

Last night, he didn’t know how many people were trapped by nightmares.

 

“What does this Big Sister Su do for a living?” Mu Sichen asked.

 

“Assistant to the general manager,” He Fei told him, “She’s 29 years old, young and beautiful; it’s rumored in the company that she and the general manager have a purely male-female relationship outside of work.”

 

“Only 29 years old; she’s in her prime, and she’s young and beautiful. Why do you keep calling her big sister?” Mu Sichen asked.

 

To be fair, Sister Su wasn’t only beautiful but also had a well-maintained figure and face. Even if she dressed casually, she may be mistaken for a college student. Facing such a face, Mu Sichen couldn’t even call out the words “big sister”; even calling her “little sister” made more sense.

 

“I know,” He Fei said, “my eyes and past experience tell me that I should have a good feeling about her, but my mind just doesn’t like her; I just really hate her smile, and every time she comes near me, I want to drive her away in some rude way.”

 

It was the octopus doll’s mental pollution protecting He Fei, which Mu Sichen understood.

 

“In your company, other than her, do you hate anyone else?” Mu Sichen asked.

 

“To be honest, those who sleep hugging pillows every day at noon, I don’t like them.” He Fei said, “The source we’re looking for this time is Big Sister Su, right? She’s always been interested in polluting me; I’ll ask her out in a while. Let’s find a place where the surveillance can’t see her and force her to reveal herself. How about it?”

 

Mu Sichen shook his head. “I think the source may not be her.”

 

“Why?” He Fei asked.

 

Mu Sichen: “Several reasons; first point, she has a scandal with the company’s general manager; even a fresh intern like you heard about it; the relationship is 80% confirmed. But she would even sit on your chair during break time; why isn’t your general manager jealous?”

 

“Your company is not a humanized management company, right? I remember that there’s only half an hour for lunch break. Why did she send pillows everywhere in the company, tempting people to take a nap, but the leader didn’t say anything to stop her?”

 

“The last reason: Don’t you think that it’s quite unreasonable that you recommended me as a bellhop and your personnel manager immediately agreed to this?”

 

“Even if your regular cleaner took a leave of absence, the personnel manager would still choose a regular cleaning company, right? A trainee who’s only been working for less than a week recommended someone, and the personnel manager agreed so easily. Don’t you think it’s unreasonable?”

 

“I didn’t feel it before; I also think it’s unreasonable now that you said it.” He Fei looked away, not daring to look directly at Mu Sichen as he yawned.

 

Mu Sichen suspected that He Fei had only listened carefully to the last sentence.

 

He didn’t bother to waste his words and continued, “Forget it; just tell me, has there been any increase in your unit’s temporary cooperation recently, and has there been any increase in the number of interns employed?”

 

“Yes!” He Fei nodded and said, “There are five interns who came with my batch, and I heard that there will be a few more interns coming next week, so the intern influx is seriously overloaded. In addition, our unit recently hired temporary workers to do some work. Today the printer is broken and needs to be repaired; tomorrow the computer has no network and needs to be repaired; the day after tomorrow the office next door needs to be redecorated; the temporary cooperation is particularly large. And that network repair was particularly funny. After checking the problem for a day, it turned out that the main network cable in the computer room was unplugged, and there was no problem at all.”

 

Mu Sichen nodded, “All in all, I think all these things seem to point to one thing: someone is trying to expand the spread of the Butterfly Totem. Big Sister Su is just an assistant. I suspect that she’s just a front; the real head is the leader of your company, perhaps that general manager.”

 

“Why do they need to find someone to expand the dispersal? Wouldn’t it be fine to directly post the pictures online?” He Fei asked.

 

Mu Sichen: “It should be that the power isn’t enough; it must go through the reality of contact in order to achieve the contamination.”

 

He Fei: “Then private contact would be fine; why do they need to do it here?”

 

He Fei’s question reminded Mu Sichen; he thought for a moment, “Maybe it’s because the source of the pollution is in this company.”

 

He Fei scratched his head. “Fixing the pollution somewhere and constantly pulling people in to expand it, why does this feel so familiar?”

 

The two looked at each other and said in unison, “‘Pillar’!”

 

“It’s a ‘pillar’ that hasn’t been formed yet!” Mu Sichen broke out in a cold sweat.

 

If just one or two dependents appeared in reality and increased their power through distribution and other modes, it wouldn’t be anything particularly frightening. Because of the limited power of the dependents, those with strong wills would be able to resist the contamination, and the influence would be targeted by the relevant authorities if they expanded a little.

 

Moreover, the dependents needed the constant assistance of god-level monsters in order to maintain their power; the real world was safe, and god-level monsters couldn’t infiltrate it, so the dependents would lose their power very quickly when they were far away from the god-level monsters.

 

But the Pillar was different.

 

The “Pillar” was a realm, a space that was very different from the world around it.

 

Since Mu Sichen was able to build a safe house within his own pillar and was able to exit the game normally within the safe house, could it be possible that if someone was in the real world, they would be able to exit the game normally?

 

So was it possible that if someone built a “pillar” in the real world, a domain belonging to another world, the power from that side could continuously infiltrate through the “pillar”?

 

If a god-level monster continuously infiltrated and built three pillars in the real world, and these three pillars were connected to form a realm similar to Tongzhi Town, would it be possible for even god-level monsters to come to the real world through this realm?

 

This speculation was too scary; Mu Sichen didn’t even want to think about this problem.

 

He Fei, who was usually carefree, was also stunned; he circled around in place and finally patted Mu Sichen’s shoulder hard, as if to comfort Mu Sichen, but also to cheer himself up, “Don’t worry, we found out about this ahead of time, and the ‘Pillar’ hasn’t even been shaped yet!”

 

Mu Sichen felt the strength transmitted from his roommate’s arm and nodded vigorously, “He Fei, this time it’s really thanks to you.”

 

It was thanks to He Fei’s bad luck, or else no one would have been able to discover the “pillar” until it was successfully constructed.

 

Since he was sure that the “pillar” was in the company, Mu Sichen and He Fei began to look everywhere; even the door of the general manager’s office was opened, and after circling around every room, they couldn’t find the “pillar.”.

 

Seeing that it was time to go to work, and his colleagues would soon be here, He Fei was a little anxious.

 

Mu Sichen wasn’t so flustered; he looked at He Fei and asked, “I keep forgetting to ask you, what exactly did you dream about last night, and where was the location?”

 

He Fei instantly blushed; although very reluctant, he still answered honestly, “Wasn’t it that Big Sister Su? She said she wanted to move her office and asked me to help move the heavy things.”

 

“You know how enthusiastic I am; I naturally helped her move things, and I was busy until eight or nine o’clock in the evening.”

 

“She said she was a bit embarrassed that it took so long and wanted to treat me to a meal, and as I had done her a favor, I definitely had to eat.”

 

“After dinner, she said she lived alone, the security in the community wasn’t very good, and she didn’t dare to go home too late, so of course I agreed to send her.”

 

“When we got downstairs to her house, she said she wanted to invite me upstairs for a cup of tea, and I…”

 

Mu Sichen stared at He Fei.

 

He Fei immediately blew up and said, “Of course I refused her; such an obvious setup! Even if I am dreaming, I understand!”

 

“I was about to leave after I watched her go upstairs, but she ran down and said that the manager had asked her to urgently deal with some work, and she had to go back to her unit to work overtime. She said there was a lot of work and asked me if I could go with her. I would be paid for the overtime, and I’m paid by the hour. The overtime pay earned by working all night is more than my entire internship salary!”

 

“In order to get the overtime pay, I reluctantly accompanied her to go; who knew that when she arrived at the unit, she became forceful and tied me to the general manager’s desk to have an indescribable relationship with me.”

 

“Fortunately, I am strong-willed and unshaken in the face of beauty; otherwise, the consequences would really be unimaginable!”

 

After listening to He Fei’s description, Mu Sichen frowned and looked towards the general manager’s office, whose door was open, and said, “This is troublesome.”

 

He Fei: “Eh?”

 

Mu Sichen looked at him, “You might have been in the ‘pillar’ last night.”

 

He Fei: “Are you kidding? Last night I slept in the dormitory. Could our dormitory be a ‘pillar’? How is this…”

 

His words came to an abrupt end, and he looked at Mu Sichen with unbelievable eyes.

 

Mu Sichen nodded heavily: “The ‘pillar’ is probably in the dream, the general manager’s office in the dream.”

 

“Then what do we do?” He Fei asked, “don’t we have to enter the dream as she wished in order to find the energy source? It’s dangerous in the dream; you don’t know how she behaved in the dream last night. Her nails are sharp and powerful; she’s practically a female Wolverine. There’s no way we can beat her!”

 

“We still have to try.” Mu Sichen said.

 

As they were talking, one after another, people came into the company. Mu Sichen put on a mask and continued to do his cleaning work, while He Fei went back to his seat and fumed.

 

There were very few people coming to the company today. It was said that there were more than a hundred employees on this floor, but Mu Sichen counted and found that until 10 o’clock in the morning, only more than fifty people came to punch in for work.

 

Even for those who went to work, there were more than twenty who started to sleep as soon as they arrived at the unit, and the working atmosphere of the whole company was particularly poor.

 

Mu Sichen went back and forth dragging the ground of the company’s main door and finally saw Big Sister Su and the general manager come to the unit together at 9:30 am.

 

The general manager was a man in his early thirties, with an elite temperament and a great deal of style.

 

As he passed by Mu Sichen, he swept a glance at the young temporary worker and asked offhandedly, “Did the cleaning lady change today?”

 

Big Sister Su quickly responded, “It seems that the original cleaner has recently taken sick leave, so we temporarily hired a bellhop for a few days.”

 

She intimately wrapped her arm around the general manager’s arm, her chest pressed tightly against his arm, and it looked like the relationship was extremely ambiguous.

 

The general manager simply said, “Tell personnel to keep an eye on environmental hygiene these days, and you can hire a few more people.”

 

After that he didn’t say anything else and walked towards the office.

 

Instead, it was Big Sister Su who stopped, reached out, and gently rested her hand on Mu Sichen’s chest and said with a smile, “Work well.”

 

Mu Sichen wanted to back away, but thinking that he wanted to find a chance to enter the dream, he forced himself to stand still, letting Big Sister Su’s hand stick to his chest and not move away.

 

“Work harder in the morning; you can take a break at noon.” Big Sister Su smiled charmingly and walked into the office with a graceful figure.

 

On her head, Mu Sichen saw two butterfly hairpins with spreading wings.

 

The company had so few employees, yet the general manager surprisingly didn’t have any reaction; as soon as he arrived at the unit, he shut himself inside the office.

 

Mu Sichen hurriedly moved to clean the company and finished all the work before 12 o’clock.

 

While the action hadn’t yet begun, he went to the personnel manager to get the money first; the work couldn’t be done in vain. After the start of the action, and the general manager, big sister Su, and other people showed their true faces; this money wouldn’t be given.

 

After taking 100 yuan, Mu Sichen found a seat in the corner and cautiously took out mineral water from his backpack, sipping it slowly.

 

As expected, Sister Su started sending pillows again at noon.

 

Before going to work, Mu Sichen had already turned the office upside down and didn’t find a pillow, but at noon, Big Sister Su took out a box of pillows at once; he didn’t know where she had stuffed them before.

 

She ignored those who slept as soon as they arrived at the unit; instead, she handed out pillows to the only remaining twenty or so employees who were still in good spirits.

 

These people who could hold out until now without being tempted were all strong-willed people; they didn’t accept Big Sister Su’s pillows, and Mu Sichen also saw one or two people typing their resignation reports on their computer desktops.

 

Big Sister Su went around without sending it out and eventually came to He Fei’s side, sitting on the armrest of He Fei’s chair as usual, and softly said, “Xiao Fei, you don’t look too good in spirit; did you have a bad night’s sleep last night?”

 

He Fei laughed dryly and said through gritted teeth, “I slept too poorly and had a whole night of messy dreams. Now my upper and lower eyelids are fighting, and I can’t hold on anymore.”

 

“Then take a nap,” Big Sister Su handed over a pillow. “Our company is very humane and supports everyone taking a nap.”

 

He Fei glanced at Mu Sichen in the corner, endured the dizziness and nausea, and took the pillow and said, “Then I’ll take a nap.”

 

Big Sister Su was a bit surprised, then she revealed a happy expression; she rubbed He Fei’s head affectionately and laughed, “Good brother.”

 

He Fei rolled his eyes, took the pillow, painfully rested his head on the totem, and began to foam at the mouth.

 

Mu Sichen found that he, the mayor of the town, was able to peacefully coexist with the power of other god-level monsters, but on the contrary, it was his hope dependents who were extraordinarily repulsed by the other totems, and he didn’t know what the reason was.

 

Big Sister Su finally attacked He Fei and was in a very good mood, humming as she continued to hand out pillows.

 

Mu Sichen felt that she would send it to him sooner or later, so he lowered his head and pretended to play with her mobile phone, waiting for Big Sister Su to come over.

 

Just then, someone sent a message.

 

Zhuo Huaichu: [I saw you.]

 

Zhuo Huaichu was a friend that Mu Sichen met when he was working part-time. Working in the same office building as He Fei, he was a system repairer, responsible for maintaining the network system of the entire office building.

 

When He Fei was polluted by the octopus doll, Mu Sichen looked for a friend to observe He Fei’s performance in the company, and the one he found was Zhuo Huaichu.

 

Since Zhuo Huaichu’s usual workplace wasn’t in this company, and he was just more familiar with the employees of He Fei’s company, Mu Sichen didn’t worry about Zhuo Huaichu this time.

 

Mu Sichen: [Yes, I came here to be a temporary worker].

 

[Zhuo Huaichu: The company isn’t very peaceful lately, so hurry up and leave when you’re done with your work, and don’t have too many exchanges with them. Also, advise your roommate to leave the company as well and get an internship somewhere else.]

 

Mu Sichen thought that outsiders wouldn’t notice the abnormality of this company, but he didn’t expect Zhuo Huaichu to have noticed it long ago. He wanted to understand what this company looked like in the eyes of ordinary people, so he asked, [Where is it not peaceful?]

 

Zhuo Huaichu: [It’s not much; it’s just that an employee died suddenly some time ago, and many people were ready to resign. However, the company manager promised the employees a wage increase, so everyone stayed. But recently, people who have a good relationship with me always look like they can’t sleep. I suspect that their company has increased their workload in addition to the salary increase. And my friend is very strange. They used to promise to resign, but now they refuse to leave the company even if they die. Their boss must be very good at talking, he easily brainwashed them.]

 

So this company was like this in the eyes of outsiders; it seemed quite reasonable.

 

Mu Sichen perfunctorily replied, [I’m just a temporary worker. I’ll take the money and leave; don’t worry.]

 

Just after replying to the message, Big Sister Su walked up to him and handed over a pillow: ”Little brother is tired from working all morning, right? There is still a bit of work to trouble you with in the afternoon. Do you want to take a break? There is a single bed in the lounge next door; take a nap.”

 

Her voice was gentle and sweet, with a soft feeling that made people sleepy just by listening to it.

 

Mu Sichen took the pillow, yawned, and responded, “I am indeed sleepy; I’ll just sleep for half an hour.”

 

“It’s okay to sleep a little longer.” Big Sister Su revealed a satisfied smile.

 

Mu Sichen took the pillow and went to the next-door lounge, seeing that the lounge was only a wall away from the general manager’s office.

 

He hugged the pillow and lay on the bed, placing his school bag on the side of his head and pulling open a small opening.

 

A cold tentacle poked out of the small opening and rested on Mu Sichen’s neck.

 

Mu Sichen instructed the little octopus, “Be careful not to be discovered, and also, if you feel something is wrong, try to wake me up.”

 

The tentacle bent, as if nodding.

 

With the little octopus on the outside of the dream, Mu Sichen was slightly relieved.

 

He opened the game app, set the phone’s screen to always remain on, and pillowed the phone under his pillow.

 

Hopefully, the mobile phone could enter the dream in this way; if it couldn’t go in with him, Mu Sichen and He Fei would probably have to run for their lives in the dream.

 

With the pillow to help him sleep, Mu Sichen almost instantly fell asleep.

 

At this time, his mobile phone banner alert flashed, and through the banner, he was able to see that it was a message from Zhuo Huaichu.

 

Zhuo Huaichu: [Could it be that you’ve ……]

 

The message only showed those words.

 

The little octopus curiously glanced at it and reached out its tentacle to tap Mu Sichen’s mobile phone, unfolding the full message.

 

[Zhuo Huaichu: Could it be that you’ve already entered the dream? Then I won’t go.]

 

The eyes exposed in the backpack widened.

 

The tentacle slapped Mu Sichen’s face twice with force, but Mu Sichen had already entered dreamland, and the butterfly totem on the pillow in his arms was emitting a faint fragrance.

 

The little octopus hesitated then retracted its tentacles.

 

It decided to wait for Mu Sichen to wake up before telling him about this.

 

At this time, Mu Sichen in the dream sat up and realized that he was still in the company’s lounge.

 

Unlike the dead look in reality, the company in the dream was very lively, with men and women leaning against each other with no scruples, as if they were having an extravagant party.

 

Only He Fei was lying on his back on a keg, foaming at the mouth: he looked delirious.

 


 

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