Chapter 170 The so-called elixir of life! Sacrifice ritual! Clues presented by the body!
Elixir of Life
What is the Elixir of Life?
As the name suggests, it is a drug that can keep you young forever, which is basically a kind of pursuit generated in the collective consciousness of all human beings.
The most obvious thing is that the myths of almost all countries contain descriptions of this aspect.
Like a drop of holy water, or some kind of prop that can allow people to obtain this seemingly useless thing.
Does it exist in the real world? Yes, but the efficacy is much worse than this kind of thing.
"Elixir of Life?"
"What is that?"
Li Jianye frowned.
"A potion extracted from human cubs through hellish means."
Xu Hao's heart sank and he clenched his hands unconsciously.
Can there be medicine on a human body? To be honest, many people may not have thought about whether a human body can be used as a medicine in traditional Eastern medicine.
Actually, it is possible.
Not only that, it was once very popular and enthusiastic! If you recall history carefully, you may not think of anything, but, if you say. 'Human blood steamed bun?'
Up to now, it has gradually become a metaphor for doing bad things.
But you have to know that these four words meant "statement" in ancient times.
It's a statement, not a metaphor!
Those people believed that human blood carried the essence of a person's life, and if one took it away and consumed it before the end of one's life span, one could gain that life span.
In some execution sites, when the prisoner's head is chopped off, someone in the audience may try to take the blood away.
Some people also bribed the executioner to sell blood or buy organs.
So, in the eyes of this kind of people, people = medicine.
And it is a very useful and highly effective medicine! "Dead people have blood, and blood contains the life span of young people."
"So, what about the child?"
In a trance, Xu Hao asked.
Without waiting for the other party to speak, he took the lead and said:
"No, it can't be called adrenaline red. It's just a code name, a reference."
"Just think of this thing as adrenochrome for now."
The human body's adrenaline is a magical thing. If you are in a desperate situation, this thing may help you to fight back.
This thing can be regarded as an oxide of adrenaline and does not have any miraculous effects in itself.
It can even be synthesized artificially, and the purchase price is low enough.
From this perspective, if we exclude the marketing accounts, this thing is not a rare thing.
It has nothing to do with the elixir of life.
but!
However, young people can indeed keep aging away from older people.
In 1970, a Western team conducted an experiment.
The blood circulation of old mice was compared with that of young mice, and the results showed that the old mice were healthier, stronger, and smarter! The experiment was stopped for unknown reasons, and although the technicians involved claimed to know everything, it is estimated that they did not know much.
Overall.
This is an extremely vague combination of factors, which, when mixed together, happen to encounter some kind of refinement, and then have this strange anti-aging function.
Just like the alchemists of ancient times, they could create items like gunpowder by adding things randomly.
This is what is called adrenochrome.
It itself does not have any magical function; it is just the product of the oxidation of adrenaline.
However, after some factors are combined with other items, this kind of item is obtained.
And the ones who can carry this factor are children.
"Captain Li, the case of Sun Jian's processing plant."
"Did you find anything at the hospital?"
Xu Hao looked at Li Jianye.
Li Jianye paused, then his pupils shrank, as if he remembered something bad.
"Dead fetus and placenta"
He whispered.
Xu Hao nodded.
Dead babies and placentas from abortions are not considered human beings and have no human rights or laws. They are generally defined as 'medical waste'.
And since it is waste, it can be treated in any way you like.
Unless the family members have strong wishes, the management will not be too strict.
And precisely because it is not too strict, some people will cooperate with some people in the hospital who have no bottom line for money and purchase such items for a long time.
What's the point of buying a dead fetus?
First of all, we need to see how many types of people who buy are generally divided into.
One type is cosmetics institutions.
Some people will try to use the placenta or dead fetus from abortion, and it is said that the effect is surprisingly good, and the skin is generally as delicate as that of the baby.
The second category is this way.
What do we eat during Chinese New Year? Dumplings.
What's the filling for dumplings?
You can guess what the filling is.
The pursuit of this type of people is also the pursuit of appearance.
So here comes the question.
The behaviors of the two sides are different, but they pursue the same purpose and have the same goal.
That's... a child.
"If it is to produce drugs such as 'adrenochrome', it would require a ridiculous number of people."
"In this situation, people are no longer people, but just consumables. After all, the amount produced by each person is limited, and one day the production will be exhausted. Under such demands, human life will naturally not last long."
Xu Hao opened his mouth and spoke slowly.
After he finished speaking, everyone around him was silent, without a sound.
In fact, it's not just modern.
This was true even in ancient times.
For example, the ginseng fruit tree, which brings immortality and eternal youth, has a fruit that looks like a child.
For example, the ginseng spirit, which is very nutritious when taken one mouthful, also looks like a baby after it becomes a spirit.
There is also the vampire culture prevalent in the West, whose targets are also young people.
In general, this concept was not established by modern medicine, but has existed since ancient times. No one knows when it started.
"Adrenochrome?"
The people around fell silent in an instant, only a few people couldn't hold back the chill in their hearts and began to murmur.
"Strictly speaking, this is not adrenochrome, but it is referred to as adrenochrome."
Xu Hao gave a considerate reminder, and now the people around him became even more silent.
This thing looks like a Lolita Island in the West, or some sex slave archipelago. It is very likely that they are doing this and then serving various dignitaries or celebrities.
Of course, there are also some on the east side, such as in Room N in Korea.
"Does this thing really work!?"
Li Jianye couldn't help it. His face was full of confusion. At this moment, he was like a traveler walking in the desert, not knowing where to go.
"Who knows if this thing will work."
Xu Hao shook his head.
"Then why are you doing this!?"
Li Jianye was even more puzzled.
"I don't even know if it's going to work."
"Captain Li, most skin care products are not as effective as going to bed early and getting up early, but that doesn't stop it from becoming one of the most profitable products in the 21st century."
"Health products are all scams. As long as they don't kill you, they're good medicines, but countless people have lost their fortunes to them."
"The police told the resident in front of them that the caller was a scammer, but as soon as the police left, the caller was scammed."
"There are many brainless people in this world, and there are not enough liars."
Xu Hao shook his head and spoke.
"The probability of mild mental retardation is a very scary number!"
"But it does not prevent some people with mild mental retardation from becoming rich, crossing the class line, or being admitted to a prestigious university."
Li Jianye was speechless, and so was Chu Linhai.
The police encounter more mildly mentally retarded people than anyone else, especially police officers, and it is simply annoying to deal with them.
Furthermore, "Captain Li, what do you think of superstition?"
Xu Huo suddenly changed the subject, shifting the discussion to another point.
"superstitious?"
Without waiting for Li Jianye to speak, Chu Linhai said:
"Naturally it is undesirable."
"That's right, superstition is not acceptable, but does anyone believe in it?" Xu Hao asked again.
"Yes, and there are many."
"Does this include the rich?" Xu Huo asked again.
At this point, the people around were speechless and couldn't say anything in response.
Is it included? Of course it is included.
In Xu Huo's previous life, there was a man named "Dragon King" in the south-eastern part of the country. He was a famous master abroad.
If you are willing to search for the Dragon King's disciples and those who want to be his disciples, you will be surprised by the names.
In addition, many people in the entertainment industry use things like raising ghosts, Kumantong, and Yin amulets.
The most intuitive thing is that people in the harbor trust this even more.
Driving a pile, burial feng shui, house buying feng shui, that's what's used the most. Of course, if you think only ordinary rich people or small businessmen would do this. "Director Chu, Captain Li, you should know about the shipwreck incident in Korea."
Xu Huo said again.
Now, the two were completely silent.
What was the shipwreck in Korea? Nothing much, just a cruise ship that sank into the sea, causing hundreds of deaths.
It was a simple incident of death, but what if it happened regularly almost every once in a while? Moreover, the direct cause of death, the captain's shouting and the rescue personnel's operation were even more outrageous.
In addition, there is a club abroad that brings together the world's top businessmen and heads of various "societies".
In addition to enjoying themselves, they also hold "living sacrifice ceremonies" when they get together.
“Although there is no such thing in China.”
"But, who knows?"
Xu Hao said in a deep voice, and the hearts of the people around him were in their throats.
Chu Linhai's eyes darkened slightly. "Jiangsan City is on the coast, with docks and harbors, and well-developed transportation, so it's hard to find it."
"And it may not necessarily be in the country."
The well-developed transportation means that it is very easy to get here.
Simple means messy personnel, and messy means difficult to check.
"It's actually pretty easy to check."
Xu Hao shook his head.
"First, assuming that the murderer is really a victim of such behavior, and that they can come to Jiangsan City, this rules out the option of being abroad."
The official management of customs is still very strict.
Anyone who has been through customs should know how complicated the identity verification is and how long the passage is, just to walk from the entrance to the exit.
Not to mention, the murderer also brought some animals with him.
"So, this option abroad disappears."
"Preliminary estimates suggest it should be domestic, but in which direction."
Xu Hao paused, then shook his head.
"I don't know. If the city uses the police force that was blocked last month to search for the suspects, and it lasts for a few months, I think they will be able to find out everything."
“But the problem is that this is impossible.”
The police force used by the capital city at the time was incredible. It was only a matter of time before any major case happened.
If this case can be used to trace their source, it can be solved.
Unfortunately, too much manpower and material resources are invested, and the capital's police force will be empty in the short term. It is a completely cost-effective measure.
Besides, the capital is extremely poor these days, so it is impossible to use this method.
Chu Linhai sighed and thought of a solution in his mind.
After a long pause, he said, "There is no information to confirm that the child was taken to do this."
"However, the fact that a large number of children disappeared at the same time has already proved that the other party has the ability and channels to consume such a large amount at the same time."
"Transporting people, running away, money transactions, these are all clues."
"We should start investigating the trafficking channels of human traffickers first. It will be enough if we can find one clue."
Xu Hao nodded. He actually agreed with this plan.
"Then let's search the channels of human traffickers for the time being."
The few of them hit it off immediately, then dispersed and began to take charge of the affairs in their respective areas.
The information network of human traffickers is often much more clear within their own ranks than the police.
The mere need to know where the customers are and the contact channels is something the police cannot do.
Therefore, Xu Hao and Li Jianye temporarily focused on several human traffickers who had been arrested.
At this time, in the archives room.
"How do I check?"
"Investigate those with more abductions?"
Li Jianye was flipping through the files and was overwhelmed by the documents on them.
"Take your time to check."
Xu Hao sighed.
Why is human trafficking itself a very troublesome matter? First of all, there are regional restrictions. If a person is abducted in the north, he or she may appear in a southern city within a few days. The distance between the two places is more than 1,000 or nearly 2,000 kilometers! How can the police track down the person at such a distance?
Watch the surveillance? Indeed, watching the surveillance is a good idea.
But the problem is that there are certain limitations on the police’s ability to view surveillance footage!
'Law enforcement power', these three words are a good explanation. The law enforcement power in each area is the responsibility of fixed personnel.
The local police who found the abducted child followed surveillance footage to another city and needed to communicate with the other party before they could continue the investigation.
Then it was the third city, and the fourth city, and I checked little by little until I found a place where I was unfamiliar with. How much time had passed by then?
This is just one of the factors that make it difficult to investigate, especially in the previous life when there were surveillance cameras everywhere on the streets.
There aren't many surveillance cameras in the capital these days, let alone checking.
Of course, it’s not completely absent.
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"Do you want to look at the cases during the 1983 crackdown period?"
Li Jianye flipped through a few long-dusty file bags, glanced at them, and then looked at Xu Hao.
"Many of the files in the archives on human traffickers were caught during that period."
“Is it necessary to read this?”
Xu Hao pondered for a moment and nodded, "Let's check it together."
"The main screening and search points are those where there are large numbers of children purchased over the same period of time."
"good."
Li Jianye nodded and began the boring search.
The official crackdown on human traffickers is actually very strong.
This thing is difficult to investigate as a single case, but what if everyone across the country were to sweep their own territories, not to investigate the case but just to arrest the person?
It happened once twenty years ago.
Well, human traffickers were almost wiped out during that period, but the problem is that not long after, they revived again like weeds and became even more rampant.
In the 1990s, kidnapping on the street or breaking into people's homes at night were common occurrences.
Therefore, in Xu Hao's previous life, the official launched several activities in the 21st century, which continued until he lost to Dayun. Compared with now, there are very few human traffickers.
As for whether the files from 1983 are useful, to be honest, they are not very useful. After all, judging from the transfer records, the case occurred two years ago.
And these people were arrested twenty years ago.
But then again.
The punishment for human traffickers is divided into several levels. There are always some who are sentenced to light punishment and then come out to continue doing evil within a few years.
And the channel will not be destroyed unless the police wipe out the entire system of human traffickers.
Therefore, if you have the ability to sell a large number of children before you go in, you will naturally have the ability to sell so many after you come out. Anyway, this is not a technical job, and you are not picky about teammates. The only problem is the contact network.
"Zhang Jiahu, 43 years old, and his gang abducted and trafficked 37 people in six months."
In a trance, Li Jianye spoke. He looked at Xu Hao and read out the file information in his hand.
"Is this person a suspect?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Hao shifted his attention to the other party's file.
He looked at it for a moment, then shook his head.
"It's not the children that people are selling."
There are also different types of human traffickers.
Some people specialize in selling children, while others specialize in selling women.
What about men? There are also people selling them. Don't think you are safe just because you are an adult male! Online fraud and illegal kiln factories all require adult men! If you are unlucky and are caught and taken to some illegal drug testing factory, you will be in big trouble.
Of course, the pharmaceutical factories in the East are very honest, mainly abroad.
Some people specifically target people who are traveling because it is difficult for the authorities to track down such people once they disappear.
In addition, the various drug trials in the pharmaceutical factories over there are purely medical drugs? No, as I mentioned before in the capital, morphine, painkillers and other addictive drugs are also drugs.
So, someone needs to try this thing.
Don't even think about smoking. If you touch this stuff, your life will be ruined! Quit?
According to statistics from drug addiction treatment centers, even if you quit, there is a 99.99% chance that you will relapse!
Therefore, when adults are abducted, their lives are often threatened much more than those of children! It’s just that the probability of being abducted is lower.
According to the file provided by Li Jianye, the people abducted were... "Some disabled people?"
Xu Hao looked at the list of victims across from him and was immediately shocked.
“No wonder he can survive after kidnapping so many people.”
The people abducted are mentally retarded adults, commonly known as idiots.
He kidnapped people by posing as an intermediary, taking advantage of their desire to find jobs to support themselves and selling them to illegal kiln factories. This was a disguised way of exploiting a legal loophole, which resulted in the penalty not being particularly severe.
There once was a great journalist.
The opponent disguised himself as a fool, smoked cigarette butts on the ground, ate slop, sneaked into the black kiln factory undercover, suffered extremely bitter hardships, and rescued many mentally retarded people.
"Look for something related to children."
Xu Hao shook his head and put the file back in its place.
After thinking for a moment, he closed the file in his hand and looked at Li Jianye.
"Does Inspector Zhao have any clues?"
"Zhao Shui?"
Li Jianye thought for a moment and said, "I'll go ask."
After saying that, he walked away and started making a phone call.
Zhao Shui is also responsible for the visits between children and parents in the Dashan Student Aid Network.
At the same time, cooperate with the teacher to investigate the murderer's whereabouts. Now that several hours have passed, there will be some news.
Sure enough, Li Jianye looked at Xu Hao and nodded.
"The information we just received has been organized into a document. Let's go to his office to find him."
"However, this information is not backed up by hard evidence and therefore has limited credibility."
"Just a clue is enough."
Xu Hao didn't mind. He immediately sorted out the files with the other party and then walked towards the office.
In the judicial system, personal and physical evidence are generally used, among which human evidence accounts for a large proportion.
Because it has to combine the police's logical chain and physical evidence clues to infer the degree of truth.
Otherwise, if it cannot be verified and the police still heard about it, it will have an irreversible impact on the case! If it is used in court, false witnesses will also cause others to suffer injustice.
And what Zhao Shui brought back. "We pinpointed the time of Zhao Shan's last transaction, and with Sun Yuhui's confession, we found a person."
Zhao Shui had been waiting in the office for a long time. When he saw Xu Hao, he told him the information without any greeting.
At the same time, he took out a portrait.
This is a portrait drawn by a portrait artist, a sketch, but the face is very clear.
"This is a middle-aged man who comes to the offline student aid website almost every once in a while."
"The man has a good appearance, is handsome, and is wearing a suit. His name is Sima Kong. From Zhao Shan's description, he is a wealthy businessman."
"We searched based on the information provided by Sun Yuhui, but did not find this person in the files. Our initial guess is that the identity given was a fake one."
"He spoke with an accent, so it was obvious that he was not a local. He came here quite often, and every time he came, a few children would disappear, so we set our sights on him."
"If nothing unexpected happens, if we can find this person, we will be able to arrest him in this case!"
“But the problem is”
As he spoke, Zhao Shui paused and pointed at the painting drawn by the portrait artist.
"Look, who does this face look like?"
This face. Li Jianye frowned. This sketch always seemed very familiar to him, as if he had seen it somewhere.
Where is it?
"One of the five dead!"
In a trance, Xu Hao suddenly spoke, which startled Li Jianye who was standing beside him, and then his pupils shrank sharply.
By the way, there were five dead people in total, three of whom have been identified, and the identities of the other two cannot be found.
One of the two people whose identities remain a mystery looks exactly like the person in the portrait! "It's bad."
Li Jianye's heart sank.
"The murderer was too eager for revenge and effectively cut off the police's search line."
At present, the police have only found Sima Kong, and apart from him, there is no one else who can contact the gang behind him.
Now that he has been killed in advance by the murderer, this has invisibly increased the difficulty of the search.
But "in some ways, it's good news."
After much thought, Xu Huo decided to start from the side. "Sima Kong's behavior, temperament, and foreign dialect are consistent with some of the conditions of the personnel of the 'elixir of life' that were previously speculated."
"In a sense, it can increase the authenticity of the previous guess."
"At the same time, we can also confirm that the murderer's reason for killing people is indeed related to human trafficking!"
"Although the clues are broken, it is a good thing to be able to verify the previous speculation."
No one knew which was the real clue or the false clue, but now everyone understands.
Although this news is depressing.
But at least now we don't have to work by guessing, but have a very solid foundation on which we can conceive and deduce.
"How's Chen Jin's investigation going?"
Xu Huo suddenly spoke again, "The source of his startup capital is unknown. It is difficult for a human trafficker to accumulate a million-dollar fortune just by selling people."
"I now suspect that he might be of the same nature as Sima Kong, but he has cleaned up his act and come out of hiding."
"Go check the company personnel who got up early and followed him. Maybe we can get some information from them."
Zhao Shui nodded, but there was still disappointment in his eyes.
It is too depressing to finally find a clue, only to turn around and find that the person involved has already died.
The most important question is "What's wrong with you?"
After Li Jianye watched Zhao Shui leave, Xu Hao suddenly fell into deep thought, and then a look of confusion appeared on his face.
"I'm thinking, assuming that it's the same as the previous inference, the abducted children were indeed used for something."
"This thing is definitely not about enjoying happiness, it means suffering."
“Suffering is torture.”
"But how did the torture take place?"
A form of torture. Li Jianye paused.
Indeed, there are many ways in which a person can feel pain.
Beat you or mentally abuse you.
But, all in all, the police currently do not know what method the murderer used. Even the so-called elixir of life is just a guess.
If we can know that, "we can get the other party's information in reverse, and then we can speed up the case!"
Xu Hao spoke.
Li Jianye understood.
This is equivalent to assigning a nature to the case.
As long as the nature of the case is determined, the limited police force can be poured in, followed by an orderly search.
It's a pity that they don't know what kind of torture the other party has inflicted on the murderer.
Beating is torture, and insulting is also torture.
But the other party will definitely not only use this most conventional method. If not, then they will have to break the bottom line of humanity.
How can ordinary people think of the bottom line of human beings! ? To be honest, if ordinary people give directions to others, they will feel guilty for a long time when they find out that they gave the wrong directions.
Not to mention figuring this thing out.
Human beings can never imagine things beyond the scope of their own knowledge!
"By the way, where is Chaozi!?"
In a trance, Xu Hao suddenly thought of Wang Chao.
"What's wrong? Wang Chao is still in the hospital for further observation." Li Jianye asked subconsciously, and then responded quickly.
"Torture, psychological torture is never direct enough."
"This thing often only manifests itself on the body, which means physical torture!"
"But physical torture will inevitably show up on the body. Just like when I scold you, no one else can see it, but when I punch you, others will definitely see the black corners of your eyes and know that you've been beaten!"
In a trance, an extremely tricky angle came out of Xu Hao's mouth.
"We can completely infer the form of torture the murderer has suffered based on the physical body, and then judge who the murderer is based on this form!"
Li Jianye paused and thought subconsciously.
This angle is usually useless.
Because, if the murderer was seen, why didn't they just arrest him? If they did, then there would be no need to guess, they could just torture him.
But for now, it is very useful for this case.
No one in the police force had ever seen the killer.
But Wang Chao has seen it!
Not only had he seen it, he had seen it very clearly and even had close contact with a monkey!
Thinking of this, Li Jianye seemed to have been enlightened.
"yes!"
"Go find Chaozi!"
Xu Hao no longer hesitated, quickly stood up and walked out.
As long as Wang Chao tells us everything he saw in detail, the case will be solved! But what did the murderer do? The family of the deceased has not appeared yet. It is obvious that the murderer will not let them go. This kind of hatred of exterminating the whole family. What did the other party do to the deceased?
Monkey trainers, drugged monkeys, gorillas, human centipedes. Thinking of this, Xu Hao lost his temper.
It's useless to think about anything now. As long as I have a detailed discussion with Wang Chao in this direction, it will be much more useful than thinking on my own!
"Walk."
“Go to the hospital!”
Maybe we will know the truth of this case later! (End of this chapter)
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