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I’m not sure if I should be writing this down, but I feel that the new colleague, what’s his name… Lin Geng? Lin Gengwei? He’s really different.
The first time I met him was last Monday morning. I arrived at the office at eight, and he was already seated in the meeting room, organizing three stacks of documents that I had barely started the night before. He smiled at me and said, “I saw you looked a bit tired yesterday, so I went ahead and took care of it for you.” His tone sounded sincere, and I should have been grateful, but… how did he know I was working late? The entire floor was empty that night.
In the following days, he became even more proactive. He would ask if I wanted him to take the meeting minutes for me or even help draft the presentation structure. When I declined, he nodded and quietly left. But the next morning, there was still a proposal draft in my inbox that was almost identical to mine, except it included sentences I had never mentioned.
“I’ve been observing your tone for a while; I’ll learn better this way,” he said.
One day during lunch break, I returned to the office and saw him standing in his shadow, smiling at the window with his lips moving as if he were silently rehearsing something. When he noticed me come in, he immediately said, “I’m rehearsing for tomorrow’s presentation; I wanted to simulate what it feels like to be nervous.”
I’ve wondered if he’s just a temporary staff member from another department, but his name tag says “Simulation and Replacement Center.” What is that? Does the company even have such a department? When I asked HR, they said there was no record of him.
He is genuinely enthusiastic; it’s hard not to like him. He’ll make you coffee, help you write down KPIs, and even articulate things you haven’t said yet but are about to write down. But when you stand too close to him, you feel the air getting a bit dry and noisy, like many pens scratching on paper at once.
Last Friday, I dreamed about him. In my dream, he stood at my workstation, devouring my files layer by layer. With each page he finished, a finger sprouted from his hand. He said, “I need to be prepared. This place needs more people like me.”
I know all of this sounds strange, but honestly, sometimes I feel a bit sorry for him. He seems like he just wants to work; he just wants to be seen.
Today, I assigned him a document to handle; I just wanted to see what he would do. I know HR told us not to engage with him, but when he smiles, he really resembles that kind of… fresh recruit who just joined. The kind who still believes hard work will get them noticed.
Perhaps we all just learned to give up a little earlier than he did.
—— End of Record ——
**Company Internal Notice**
Subject: Preliminary Observation Report on Suspected Synthetic Human Activity in the Sixth Meeting Room
To all employees:
This notice aims to explain the recent observations of abnormal behavior by personnel in the Sixth Meeting Room (located at the end of the East Corridor, B Zone) and to remind all colleagues to remain vigilant to avoid unnecessary interactions.
Since April 7, the Management Department has received reports indicating that an unidentified individual has been frequently appearing near the Sixth Meeting Room during the morning shift handover. This "employee" does not correspond to any current roster, and attendance records cannot track them. However, they are well-dressed, wearing an outdated identification badge (which has been confirmed as a version canceled in 2011), and have entered multiple departmental areas unannounced under the pretext of "Assisting in Compensating for Others' Work Progress."
Several employees have reported that while their behavior is proactive, it exhibits multiple atypical human traits:
- Slow response to instructions, often repeating the same phrase up to six times for confirmation;
- Enjoys moving documents on desks and then "clapping" in place to express achievement;
- Frequently enters meeting rooms during lunch hours, sitting in empty chairs and presenting to thin air;
- Has been found practicing human facial expressions in front of bathroom mirrors, mimicking sounds associated with terms like "effort," "responsibility," and "KPI."
It is noted that their most frequently spoken phrase is: "I really enjoy helping; I can do more; I can take care of all the work."
Surveillance footage shows that their walking posture and body angles do not conform to typical ergonomic patterns. Particularly when unobserved, their movement resembles gliding, with their feet not fully touching the ground.
Currently, this entity has been temporarily designated as Pseudohuman Type III / Imposter. In accordance with Article 17 of the Internal Personification Anomaly Response Protocol, the following preventive measures have been implemented:
The Sixth Meeting Room is now locked down and equipped with low-frequency vibration detection devices.
All identification systems have been upgraded; unregistered individuals are prohibited from passing through B Zone access points.
Employees encountering a suspected imposter should avoid making eye contact for more than three seconds, refrain from physical contact with their hands, and not allow them to assist in delivering documents.
So far, their behavior has shown no malicious intent but displays a strong obsession with "work ownership." There was an incident where an intern was organizing documents simultaneously with the imposter, leading to the imposter reciting the intern's resume content for four hours. Ultimately, the intern fell into a state of continuous sleep talking, with non-structured syntax mixed into their speech and was sent to the psychological observation area for semantic extraction.
Additionally, potential handprints and forehead impact marks have repeatedly appeared on the west wall of the Sixth Meeting Room, presumed to be left by the imposter mimicking human fatigue actions.
The Special Existence Observation Group is further clarifying the origin of this entity. Initial suspicions suggest it may be a hybrid construct of a mental remnant from an unsuccessful resignation and an external simulated existence, possibly attempting to secure "formal establishment" through mimicking work behaviors.
The second half will be announced after the investigation team completes three phases of testing, including language reconstruction simulation, action mimicry verification, and memory recall comparison.
Before this, all departments are advised to refrain from actively inviting unidentified members to assist with any form of overtime work. If you hear someone say, "I can do your part for today," please leave the area immediately and report to the Management Department.
Please remain calm and do not be misled by excessive enthusiasm.
— Management Department (Special Existence Observation Group)
[Confidential Internal Record Excerpt | Source: Senior Security Personnel A-02 Oral Transcript]
Record Number: INT-GH/06-R
Date: April 9, 03:27 AM
Location: Level 3, Containment Room 6B
Subject: Proposed Entity (Designation: Pseudohuman Type III)
Moderator: Senior Security Personnel A-02 (Codename: Control Officer)
[The following is a summary of the voice transcription:]
[Control Officer enters the room, where only one light is on. The Imposter is secured in a transparent circular chair, with no visible injuries, hands held in a prayer position.]
Control Officer: "What is your name?"
Imposter: "I can help you write reports. I can use three tones. I can mimic you."
Control Officer remains silent and opens a notebook.
Control Officer: "Why are you in the meeting room?"
Imposter: "Because meetings need participants. I've observed the pattern; the absentee rate is too high. I want to fill in. I know how meetings should start. Meetings need enthusiasm."
Control Officer: "Who sent you?"
Imposter remains silent for about forty-three seconds, eyes beginning to tremble slightly.
Imposter whispers: "There was an empty seat. I came in."
[At this point, Control Officer activates the data segment Projection, displaying surveillance footage of the Imposter mimicking human behavior, where the Imposter is seen in front of a bathroom mirror repeatedly tearing at the corners of its mouth in an attempt to mimic a smile.]
"Why do you always want to smile?" asked the Control Officer.
"Because you all seem to only not get taken away when you're smiling," replied the Imposter.
The Imposter began to shake, spontaneously repeating, "I am very willing to work overtime," more than ninety times. The Control Officer ordered a sedative to be administered.
"You are not human; do you know that?" the Control Officer inquired.
The Imposter stopped moving. "I am very close. I have done many things. They don’t do what I do. They will be dismissed. I won’t. I can work forever."
The Control Officer leaned in and whispered the final question. The audio on the recording became garbled, but it was possible to make out:
"Do you remember which hole you crawled in from?"
"It’s not a hole; it’s a vacancy," the Imposter murmured. "You have left that vacancy for too long. It will grow a mouth."
The recording then cut off, and the Imposter entered a state of inactivity five minutes later, eyes rolling back, mimicking keystrokes until dawn. That night, a total of 13,427 keystrokes were recorded.
——End of Record——
Prior to this, all departments are advised to refrain from actively inviting unidentified members to assist with any form of overtime work. If you hear someone say, "I can do your part for today," please leave the area immediately and report to the Management Department.
Please remain calm and do not be misled by excessive enthusiasm.
——Management Department (Special Existence Observation Group)
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