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Chapter 13 - On-site #001 - Completion

He stood in Yuan City for a while longer, then focused his attention on the wrist number and entered his personal space.

It's not because there's anything else to investigate. It's because there's something he hasn't done yet.

On the construction site, after each project was completed, he would write a completion report. Not the kind for the client—the kind with a fixed format, requiring a stamp, and archived for future reference. He wrote the kind for himself: a folded piece of paper tucked behind a memo, recording the complete timeline of the project from start to finish, including what he did right, what he did wrong, and what he should pay attention to in similar projects in the future.

He's been doing this for twelve years. He has a share in every project, big or small, successful or unsuccessful.

He sat down at the folding table in his personal space, turned to a new page in his memo, and picked up his pen.

The words "#001·Wasteland·Cleared·SS Rating" were still on the whiteboard. The blueprint was still laid out on the table, with the handwriting "G", the dotted line box for level -B1, and the "--G" in the lower right corner. He didn't look at the blueprint; what he was doing now had nothing to do with it—or rather, the problems with the blueprint would be on the list of unresolved issues, but wouldn't affect what he was writing now.

He wrote at the top of the new page of the memo:

"Completion Report - Site #001 - Wasteland"

Then I drew a horizontal line below and started filling in each column.

Project Basic Information

He wrote in this column quickly because the data was readily available.

"Project ID: #001. Project Name: Wasteland. Scene Type: Abandoned Chemical Plant, Multiplayer Adventure, Beginner Level. Entry Time: First Time, No Reference Point. Completion Time: 18 minutes and 47 seconds. Rating: SS."

He paused after "SS", without adding an exclamation mark or any embellishment, simply writing "SS", and then continued.

On the construction site, he did the same when signing the completion report—writing down the facts of the completion without adding emotion. Emotion is private, while the report is public; the two things should not be mixed up.

"Speedrun record: 18 minutes and 47 seconds, already entered into the Yuan City bulletin board."

He added a parenthesis after this line: "(Mentioned by Mr. Qian, C-0003. Source credibility: High.)"

Construction Overview

He wrote this section a little slower.

"Main construction contents: rule system establishment, route planning, main switch activation, and evacuation of all personnel."

"Key Nodes (in chronological order):"

He listed them one by one.

"Node 1: Factory monitoring and sensing method confirmed. Active testing, three verifications, conclusion: visual perception is ineffective, auditory/vibration sensing, threshold is controllable. Time taken: approximately 3 minutes."

"Node Two: Confirmation of acoustic characteristics of the chemical zone. Edge probing, identification of resonant cavity effects, and adjustment of detour route. Time: Approximately 2 minutes."

"Node 3: Establishment of vibration prediction model. Ground conduction characteristics, plant monitoring movement rhythm, error ±0.3 seconds. Time: Approximately 4 minutes (including verification)."

"Node 4: Enter the main control room, discover the file, Gu Zeyan signs to confirm (to be verified), G drawing - B1 floor discovered (to be verified). Time: Approximately 5 minutes."

"Node 5: Main switch activated, route changed, all personnel evacuated. Time taken: approximately 4 minutes and 47 seconds."

After writing these five points, he paused in the "Personnel Information" section.

In his previous as-built reports, this section was usually titled "Project Team Member List," including each person's job duties and performance evaluation. This time, however, it's a multi-person scenario, so theoretically, this section should say "Multi-person Collaboration" and then end.

He wrote "Multi-person experience" in this column, and then stopped.

He thought for a moment, then continued writing: "Power Distribution Room C-0214 (Liu Qingyuan) —" He paused here. He put the pen on the paper and didn't move it.

Liu Qingyuan waited in the power distribution room for eight minutes. He knew where the main switch was, but he didn't know how to get out after the route was changed. He sat next to the power distribution cabinet, his fingers unconsciously clenching and unclenching. When Xie Chengzhou came in, his first words were, "This is the third time."

Xie Chengzhou looked at that line of text for about three seconds.

Then he crossed out the line “Power Distribution Room C-0214 (Liu Qingyuan) ——” and rewrote it next to it: “Completed the adventure solo, without formal collaboration.”

He didn't think this was inaccurate. He thought it was accurate—there was no formal collaborative relationship in this scenario, Liu Qingyuan's existence was a variable, and he dealt with this variable. The name of the variable doesn't belong in the completion report; it belongs elsewhere.

On another page of the memo, he wrote a separate line: "Liu Qingyuan, C-0214. Power distribution room, third time. Node record."

Then he went back to the completion report and continued writing.

Quality assessment

Rating: SS

"Hidden rules discovered: 4 rules, all verified."

"Speedrun achieved: Yes, 18 minutes and 47 seconds, first clear record."

"Star source loss: 0 points, no failure records."

"Constituent information fragment: 1 (G drawing, -B1 layer, content to be parsed)."

"Overall Assessment:" He paused here, thought for a moment, and wrote: "The rule system is well-established, the route planning is effective, and the handling of key nodes is error-free. Main shortcomings: - Layer B1 was not surveyed, and the information completeness is approximately 85%."

He added a parenthesis after "85%": "(On the construction site, 85% is ready for handover, but cannot be rated as excellent. This time it was rated SS, indicating that the organization's grading standards are not entirely consistent with my standards. To be verified.)"

Legacy issues

This was the section he took most seriously in the site completion report. Unresolved issues weren't failures, but the starting point for the next project—knowing what wasn't done helps you know where to begin next time.

He listed them one by one.

"Legacy issue 1: -B1 level".

"Phenomenon: Drawing G shows an annotation in layer B1, with a dashed border, unreadable characters, and the signature 'G'. The actual factory structure does not have a corresponding entity in layer B1 (not yet verified)."

"Inference: -B1 layer may be: ① It exists in reality but is not included in the main quest; ② It is a hidden information layer implanted by the designer, which is unrelated to the main quest but related to the G clue; ③ It is an error in the blueprint or a test implantation with no actual content."

"Current status: Archived, pending further verification for #002. Priority: Medium."

"Unresolved issue number two: G's identity."

"Phenomenon: The control room file signature G and the drawing signature G have 100% consistency with the actual execution, and the source is unknown."

"Inference: G is an entity possessing complete on-site information, with a level of understanding exceeding the level of random information. Combined with DB-001 (rule-based non-randomness), the existence of G mutually supports the 'designer' hypothesis."

"Current processing: Archive, create a separate tracking entry 'G Clue', pending further data addition. Priority: High."

"Leftover issue three: Asymmetrical design of the factory gate."

"Phenomenon: The overall structure of the plant monitoring system exhibits asymmetrical characteristics, with the load on the left side being significantly heavier than that on the right side. When moving, there is a phase difference of approximately 0.15 seconds between the vibration rhythm on the left and the right side."

"Inference: In engineering, asymmetric design usually implies specific functional requirements—bearing different loads, adapting to specific terrain, or having some kind of asymmetric perception/operational requirements. The asymmetry in the plant supervision is part of the design, not a defect."

"Current action: Save the file and compare it laterally when similar guardian entities appear in more adventures. Priority: Low (current information is insufficient to proceed)."

"Remaining issue four: DB-001 verification path."

"Phenomenon: #001 rule system analysis yields DB-001 (rule non-randomness, confidence level 70%), single copy verification, cross-copy verification is required."

"Verification path: ① Does rule #002 also have a physical logic basis? ② Do the hidden rules of different scenarios have a common design fingerprint? ③ Does the G trace appear in other scenarios?"

"Current processing: DB-001 has been created. After #002 enters, path ① will be verified first. Priority: highest."

After writing the four points, he added a line at the end:

"Note: The above four remaining issues were all known unknowns before #002 entered the field. Known unknowns can be managed, planned, and gradually verified in subsequent data. Unknown unknowns are the real risks. Current assessment: The unknowns of #001 have been cleared, and all remaining issues have been transformed into known unknowns."

He drew a line under "cleared".

Project Status

He wrote only five words in this column:

#001: Completed.

Then he put down his pen, closed the memo, and placed his hands on the cover.

He sat in that position for about two minutes.

It wasn't because he was reluctant to part with it. On the construction site, he would do the same thing after signing the completion report—sit down for a while, do nothing, and let the project complete itself within him. It wasn't a ritual, but a confirmation: this matter is finished, it's complete, and it can be closed.

The vibration rhythm of the plant supervisor, the acoustic resonance cavity in the chemical area, the eight minutes of waiting in the power distribution room, the lights in the corridor turning on one by one after the main switch was activated—he went through all these things in his mind, not to reminisce, but to do a final check—to confirm that nothing was missing, that everything that needed to be recorded had been recorded, and that the completion report was complete.

It is complete.

He stood up, put the memo in his pocket, picked up the thermos and glanced at it—it was still empty, but he took it and walked to the whiteboard.

He added a line below the words "#001·Wasteland·Cleared·SS Rating" on the whiteboard:

"Completion Report: Completed."

Then he put the whiteboard marker back on, put it back in the whiteboard tray, put the thermos back on the ground where it was originally, and left his personal space.

The voice of Yuan City still lingers.

The sounds of conversation, footsteps, something being put down somewhere, and people discussing a realm rule whose details he couldn't make out. Just like the first time he came, just like the tenth time he passed through here, the sounds didn't change at all because he had completed a final report.

He stood near the entrance for a while, feeling the warmth on the inside of his wrist—the words "72 hours to go" were still lit up, no rush.

He put his hands in his pockets, took a few steps toward Yuan City, and then stopped.

He flipped to the last page of his memo and, below the line "#002: New Site. Evaluation Prioritized, No Failure. Countdown: 72 Hours," added a final line:

"#001 Completion Report: Filed".

Then he closed the memo.

The next event awaits him.