"Oh my god, so soon?" Li Lin walked quickly to Caitlin's side, his tone quite surprised, "How did you find out?"
“It’s very simple.”
She slung the sniper rifle over her shoulder and reached out to pull a tiny strand of black-gray hair from the damp wall of the fork in the passage.
"I also found similar hairs near the murderer's sleeping area. He most likely noticed the law enforcement officer and accidentally brushed against the wall while fleeing in a hurry."
It's still you who has to handle the case, Caitlin Sherlock Holmes Leeuwenhoek Gillaman...
Li Lin couldn't help but feel emotional.
"Shall we continue forward?"
Caitlin threw away the hair and pointed to the downward-sloping sewer fork in front of her.
"If we go further, we should reach the middle level of the ditch, right? I saw the sewer structure of the ditch before I came here. There is a steep slope going vertically downwards in front, which is not easy to walk on.
"I suggest we go back and contact Sheriff Grayson first, and ask her to send a few law enforcement teams to block the exits in this area, and then we can continue to track that guy..."
As she spoke, Caitlin blinked, a hint of doubt flashing in the depths of her pupils.
"But what makes me curious is...how could a person have fur that resembles that of a plague rat?"
It's abnormal for a mouse to be like a human.
Li Lin shook his head and reminded him, "Have you forgotten? The confession of the survivor."
"A rat that chews gum, uses a crossbow and poison, and reads romance novels... does it really exist?"
Caitlin still couldn't understand.
"Alchemical technology can cause biological mutations. This is not uncommon in Zaun, such as Zac."
Ever since he met Zach in the lab, Li Lin told Caitlin his story.
At first, adhering to the principle that seeing is believing, she also looked unconvinced.
How could a pool of alchemical venom possibly become a living being?
It wasn't until Li Lin showed her Zach's active cell tissue that she believed it...
By now, all the evidence suggests that the murderer might really be a giant rat, which makes Caitlin feel very confused.
This is truly a magical world...
Caitlin sighed helplessly, "Forget it, let's go back first. There's still a witness's statement report that I haven't seen yet... Be careful!"
Before she could finish her words, her expression suddenly changed. She reacted very quickly and raised her sniper rifle and fired a shot at Li Lin's back.
As the blue-white energy bullets illuminated the dark space, a stream of flowing green liquid flowed at the top of the sewer.
Caitlin's reaction scared Li Lin, and he quickly turned around and protected her behind him.
He thought that Tuqi, who was lying in ambush somewhere, took the opportunity to attack them, so he quickly activated the [Adaptive Defense] shield.
After a brief one-second charge, a layer of light blue energy shield enveloped the two of them.
At the same time, the lighting on Li Lin's power armor dispelled the darkness in front of them, making their vision clearer.
When he noticed the dark green sticky liquid, he was suddenly stunned.
Wait, isn't this Tucci?
[Name: Zach]
[Race: Amorphous Lifeform]
【……】
Why is Zach here?
Oh my god, Caitlyn hit her own teammate!
"What is that?!"
Caitlin's eyes widened at the sight of the squirming green liquid.
The previous shot was just a test and she missed. She aimed the gun again, her finger tightly on the trigger, and was about to press it.
Li Lin quickly grabbed the gun and raised it, "Wait, Kate, it's one of us, don't shoot!"
Caitlin raised her eyes and looked at Li Lin with a surprised look on her face, "Huh?"
"This is the Zach I told you about before."
Li Lin asked Caitlin to put away the gun, then walked to Zack and looked up at the wriggling liquid stuck to the top.
"Hey Zach, are you okay? I'm Li Lin, I wonder if you still remember me?"
Hearing Li Lin's voice, part of the wriggling green liquid slowly dropped down and gradually formed a head.
"Li Lin, oh! You are my parents' benefactor, of course I remember you!"
Zach speaks very fluently now, which is in stark contrast to when Li Lin first met him.
He walked by crawling forward, following the curved wall.
A mass of liquid first formed legs and feet to stand firmly on the ground, and then other parts of the body quickly condensed, and finally turned into a human form again, lowering its head and bending over.
Due to the special nature of Zack's body, he can completely separate his body from other liquids.
In other words, even if he turned into liquid and moved around in the sewage in the sewer, his body would not be stained by a single speck of filth.
Caitlin, who was behind, was stunned by the scene.
Li Lin smiled and called Zach to come to Caitlin and introduced them to each other.
"This is Zach. I told you his story before. He's a good kid."
"This is Caitlin, my love. You can trust her."
He first pointed out Zach to Caitlin, and then introduced Caitlin to Zach.
As if embarrassed by Li Lin's compliment, Zack opened his mouth wide, and the tentacles on his head swayed back and forth, looking shy and happy.
"Uh…nice to meet you, Zach."
Caitlin hadn't recovered from her shock yet, but she still waved to Zach and said hello.
When Zach returned the gift to Caitlin, Li Lin asked curiously, "Zach, why are you here?"
“My parents asked me to help those in need more often, so today I came to the ditch to help the rag pickers repair the drainage device.
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