Seven fifty in the morning.
Tianshui Lanwan, where sirens are rarely heard throughout the year, welcomed the ambulance from the City Central Hospital for the fifth time this week.
Residents doing morning exercises were watching and taking photos, and they shared their first-hand photos in the community group of thousands of people: "Come and eat melon, the first bite of fresh melon in the morning."
"Fuck."
"How long has it been peaceful? Who's in trouble now?"
"Look at this huge and ugly cleaning uniform. Does anyone know which cleaner in the community this is?"
"Who would go out of their way to see what a garbage collector looks like? Even if you put a photo of your face in front of me, I wouldn't be able to recognize you."
"The photo is too blurry, I'm not sure, but it looks a bit like the old man who lives in the garage on the first floor of my house."
“@财源滚滚, which building do you live in?”
"Building C11."
"Got it, Li Yan, sixty-three years old."
“I rely on cows.”
"Boss, how did you know?"
"It was written on the excellent employee page of the community bulletin board. I just happened to pass by and took a look."
“…”
The ambulance came and left without a cloud. Unfortunately, it left so cleanly. It had been visiting several times before, but it finally attracted the attention of the public. I don’t know who asked first: “Is it my illusion? Why do ambulances seem to come every day these days?”
After a second or two of silence, a reply popped up from below.
"It's not an illusion. It's been four days since Boss Chen's accident, and the ambulance has come five times."
"What's going on?"
"These people are all so crowded together... they are not infectious, are they? They are spreading the disease from one to another?"
“Shit.”
"I quickly recalled that I probably haven't run into any of them in the past few days."
The topic veered into a direction that was out of control.
At eight o'clock in the morning, the security guard on duty during the day came to take over.
When Shi Yu returned to the apartment, the chef who had asked him to borrow his kitchen was still busy inside.
The cook heard the noise and said without even turning his head: "There is hot water in the thermos, don't use a disposable paper cup."
Wen He seems to be a person who lives a very twilight life. Specifically, he has the title of lawyer, but even when he is so busy with case files that he wishes he could break them into pieces, he will never take a bite of the cold weather in the south in June.
Shi Yu swallowed half a cup of warm water, turned back to his room, and slept until the evening.
During the process, only Wen Hesi knocked on the door once, but when he heard no response, he didn't continue and just left.
Shi Yu heard the door closing at the entrance, the buzzing sound of renovations downstairs, and the faint chirping of birds outside the window.
I don’t know how much time passed until the sounds outside the door disappeared, the sounds outside the window disappeared, and the sounds downstairs also stopped quietly. It took a long time before I felt vaguely sleepy.
A new tenant moved into the 22nd floor not long ago. The renovation team took a nap during the lunch break, and then picked up their tools at two o'clock to start chiseling the cement wall.
Shi Yu slept very uneasily and woke up in a cold sweat.
He closed his eyes and rested for three or four minutes, then struggled to get up from the bed, and the back of his hand touched his lips, which were dry due to lack of water.
It was certain that he would not be able to fall asleep, so Shi Yu simply sat down at the desk and turned on the computer.
The cleaner named Li Yan who was taken away by the ambulance in the morning had an accident near eight o'clock. Shi Yu originally wanted to wait until he was on duty tonight to look for the surveillance footage of the cleaner, so he did not copy the video. Of course, even if he really wanted to copy it at that time, the phone memory would not support it.
The account marked as "running errands" had already sent the information provided by the three residents who had accidents when they purchased their houses via email, and also attached a video of several dozen megabytes.
Shi Yu unzipped the compressed file and unfolded the sketch that was cluttered with lines, circles and crosses.
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Municipal Public Security Bureau.
The supernatural special investigation team assigned by the national security department and the police are two completely different positions. The superior institutions they are affiliated with are probably similar to the two higher learning institutions in the capital who argue every day about the meaningless issue of "who is the top 1 university in the country", except that the issue being argued has become "which is the most sacred and effective public security agency in the hearts of the people".
If I have to describe the relationship between the two, it would probably be love-hate relationship.
"Boss."
The team members, wearing the uniforms of the investigation team, ran from one end of the corridor of the Public Security Bureau to the other under the eyes of the police, shouting: "Boss, the division just received another report. As you said, there is a fifth victim."
Lian Gui was discussing the progress of the case with Jing Shen and stopped talking when he heard this.
The team member handed over the record book: "The fifth person is Li Yan, a cleaner."
Lian Gui took the note, flipped through it, and asked directly: "Where was it found?"
The team member uttered an interjection: "...Tianshui Lanwan."
Lian Gui asked: "Are there any suspects?"
The team member paused and said, “Yes.”
Lian Gui's eyelids jumped: "Who?"
"We just received a report from the hospital, so we shouldn't have investigated so quickly." said a team member, "But someone started with the first four suspects. Didn't the suspect happen to be alone with each of the four before the incident? So someone looked at the route Li Yan took in a short period of time from the crime scene to the bus ride back, and found that Li Yan and the suspect appeared in one frame at the same time."
"The suspect not only spent time alone with the four victims who had accidents, but also had contact with the fifth victim. Boss, do we need to..."
The team member didn't say the rest of the words, but just looked at his boss with suggestive eyes.
The existence of the supernatural, which is beyond the scope of modern science, has been difficult for anyone to sort out the complete laws of its existence and appearance. And it is actually very difficult for people to catch someone who is doing harm in this regard.
But it is undeniable that no matter what result is produced, there must be a cause first. Just like this time, the residents of Tianshui Lanwan inexplicably fell into a coma, inexplicably lost consciousness, inexplicably had a dark blue face, and inexplicably had tears and blood in their eyes. There must be a reason. Either it is the combined effect of the natural environment and the world, or someone has harmed them.
They didn't consider the first one, but as for the second one, if you want to attack someone, you have to know who your target is first, right? You have to be able to see the target with your eyes, right? You have to have a connection with the victim, right?
This is how Shi Yu, who appeared in the same frame with every victim in the surveillance video, was labeled a suspect.
…and now the hat tends to become more stable the more you wear it.
Lian Gui listened to the explanation and had a complicated expression for a few seconds: "The suspect you are talking about is the one who left the Municipal Bureau yesterday?"
The team members had naturally heard that their boss had submitted an application to release the suspect in the case yesterday despite the pressure: "It was Shi Yu."
Lian Gui said "Oh" and threw the notebook into his arms: "Tell the people in the Municipal Bureau for me to change the direction."
The team members were stunned: "Why? Did we do something wrong?"
"You are right." Lian Gui said, "But I still suggest you ask them to change direction."
The team member insisted: "Why?"
Because it is impossible for Shi Yu to commit the crime.
Even though this idea was actually unreasonable, after all, Lian Gui didn't know the other person at all before yesterday. He only knew his other person's name, and he was from a magical area that could not be explained by science. His understanding of that person was limited to the less than ten hours of live game video that was edited by the system later.
Lian Gui said: "I knew him before and I know a little about him."
The team members were really curious now: "Like what?"
Lian Gui thought for a moment and said, "For example, if he really wanted to harm someone, the correct approach would be to pick a few people like you who look easy to deceive, trick you into killing for him, and then kill yourself immediately to avoid giving him any evidence."
Team member: "...Boss, just give examples, don't make personal attacks."
Lian Gui lit a cigarette and put one hand in his pocket: "Okay, just pass on the message. It's up to others whether they listen or not."
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Shi Yu's hand movements as he held the pen slowed down, the amplitude becoming smaller and smaller, and finally stopped at one point.
He had already reviewed the surveillance video again and arranged all the scenes where the cleaner appeared in reverse chronological order. The locations were the community gate, the front square, the statue fountain, and all the way south where he disappeared from the camera range.
The sound of renovation downstairs never stops.
Shi Yu drew a circle at the point where the curves of their paths intersected, moved the tip of the pen upwards, and drew another circle.
There are two locations, one south of the square and one west of the promenade.
Shi Yu put down his pen and picked up the keys.
Just before leaving, he thought of something, turned back to the room, took out the hairpin from the bedside table, put it in his pocket, and then walked out.
The feeling of weightlessness as the elevator goes down is very strong, and the cold texture of the metal seeps into the air.
The two circled locations were one far and one near. He went to the nearest location first, and saw several residents playing mahjong under the eaves of a flat building not far away. Later, he went to the farther location and saw the layers of tree shades that were deserted during this time period, and children in the distance were chasing and playing around the fitness equipment in the square.
There was nothing unusual no matter how you looked at it.
Is he wrong?
Is there another intersection of routes that he has not discovered? Or is it that their accident has nothing to do with the place they have been to, but is completely man-made, and they should check the intersection of the people they have seen? Or maybe this whole thing has nothing to do with the supernatural at all, and those people's tears of blood are just some scientific phenomenon that cannot be explained for the time being?
Shi Yu stood under the shade of the tree quietly for a long time, and recalled the scene he saw in the hospital with the black face and bloody eyes.
In the evening, the scorching sun finally died down, and the laughter of children mixed with the sound of the wind came over.
Shi Yu suddenly looked up at the horizon, and the clouds in his eyes rolled like waves. He retracted his gaze, turned back to the first place, and looked at the dusk for more than ten seconds.
He stood there for a moment, then turned and walked out of the community gate.
You need to swipe your card to walk through the pedestrian passage, and there are lush sycamore trees planted outside.
Someone has previously commented that the Tianshui Lanwan community is like a sanatorium, and the most commendable point is that there are so many and lush vegetation that even to enter the community gate, one has to pass through the green belt outside that can be called a forest.
There is more than one cobblestone road.
This is also why Lao Zhang fell on the greening ground the night before, but he didn't find anything when he passed by.
Shi Yu walked two steps and stopped, then continued walking, going back and forth for an unknown number of times, before finally stopping in the middle of a path, and then looking at the clouds in the sky again.
The moment his gaze fell on the clouds, the huge guillotine hanging high in his mind suddenly smashed down, coldly and fiercely chiseling into his spiritual sea of consciousness, peeling out blood.
He fell before he could stand firm, his knees hitting the gravel. The intense pain in his head nailed him to the spot, and his consciousness went blank for several seconds before he slowly regained consciousness.
Shi Yu knelt on the ground, curled up, and blinked slowly. His vision went from blurry to clear, but something warm dripped from his eyelashes and hit the back of his hand.
It was all scarlet and full of blood.
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