Where did Chapter 314 go?
Jiang Liyue had no idea that Yan Mobai was belittling the other residents of Apartment 444.
As agreed with Zhu Shan, she quickly arrived at the corner of the shop where they had arranged to meet the day before.
Zhu Shan seemed to have been waiting there for a while. She was holding her phone, her head down, seemingly lost in thought, but her expression didn't look good.
Jiang Liyue approached her. Hearing the footsteps, she looked up and forced a smile: "Yueyue, you're here. Sit down and let's talk."
Jiang Liyue noticed that compared to yesterday, she seemed a little dazed today, as if she wasn't in a good mood.
She walked over and sat down opposite Zhu Shan without saying a word.
Zhu Shan didn't speak either. After a moment of silence, she took the initiative to speak: "Yueyue, why did you suddenly ask me about the serial murder case?"
"Sister Shan, I don't want to hide it from you either." Jiang Liyue's expression was serious, as if she wanted to confide in him.
“Two days ago, after I moved into the apartment, the door was chopped down. Luckily, I hid in my neighbor’s house next door and escaped. You told me that there was a murderer in the apartment and that I should move out immediately.”
"But I found that I couldn't move away at all, and I couldn't leave apartment 444. I guess it's because I signed a rental contract and became a resident here, so there's no way to escape."
"Since I couldn't run away, I had to find a way, so I inquired around the apartment area and learned about the serial murder case from the convenience store owner."
Jiang Liyue paused here, carefully observing the changes in Zhu Shan's facial expression.
When she noticed Jiang Liyue frowning and seeing pain in her eyes, she continued, "The serial murder case was left unresolved, and then a serial killer appeared in the apartment."
“I suspect the killer is connected to the murder case. You seem to have lived here for a long time. I don’t know anyone else in apartment 444. Luo Si is a despicable bastard who tricked me into coming here. I have no choice but to ask you for information.”
Zhu Shan listened without speaking, remaining silent for a long while before letting out a soft sigh: "I do know some things about the serial murder case from back then, because back then..."
She paused for a moment before saying, "I am also one of the people in charge of investigating this case."
Jiang Liyue had already guessed this, but when she heard Zhu Shan say it, she still pretended to be surprised: "What, really?"
“It’s true.” Zhu Shan sighed. “That was the most horrific case I’ve ever seen. I still feel terrified when I think about it.”
Similar to what the convenience store owner said, the first victim was indeed a girl, followed by other victims one after another.
However, as someone in the know, Zhu Shan knew far more details than her boss did.
For example, the girl's internal organs were actually dug out and eaten, and her limbs were forcibly cut off while she was still alive.
In short, the person suffered all the imaginable pain they had endured in their lifetime.
and……
"Shortly after the girl died there, some residents in the apartment building said that the apartment was haunted."
They would cry and howl in the middle of the night, and in some homes, the water pipes were covered in red blood.
At the time, they thought it was just the girl's family or close friends playing tricks to find the murderer.
"Unfortunately, no matter how we reviewed the surveillance footage, we couldn't figure out who did it. Then, other victims appeared in the apartment one after another, and we couldn't spare the time to investigate who was behind the prank."
Upon closer reflection, I realized that the magnetic field of the apartment had probably changed at that time.
Aside from those who moved out early, the people living in the apartment became extremely violent.
It's as if ordinary people with likes and dislikes have had their "evil" side amplified.
"Some of the murders that occurred in the apartment building were not actually committed by the serial killer, but by other residents of the apartment building."
Even Zhu Shan herself, who had temporarily rented a place in the apartment to work on the case, was affected and changed.
Then, two years ago, the appearance of the killer in the apartment revealed that they were no longer human, but had become so-called supernatural beings, cut off from the normal world.
“From then on, we became beings detached from the world, and all of this was caused by that serial murder case.” Zhu Shan’s expression became even more grim as she said this.
Clearly, for her, as a normal human being with a bright future, it was extremely painful to have become like this, someone she herself hated, all in order to investigate a case.
[So tragic, I actually cried because of this woman's experience.]
Who doesn't struggle before becoming a monster? Who knows how I felt when I regained consciousness after becoming a monster and discovered I had eaten my entire family?
So, what are your feelings?
Hmm, it must have smelled really good. It's a pity we didn't eat it while it was awake, so we didn't even know what the meat tasted like.
The preceding part was downright horrible and laughable.
[Once they become monsters, they completely lose their human thinking. What difference is there between their relatives and friends from another species and the chicken, duck, fish, and meat on a human's plate?]
So, it's quite unusual that this NPC named Zhu Shan would actually feel pain after becoming a monster.
Otherwise, she wouldn't feel pain.
Jiang Liyue could roughly understand Zhu Shan's feelings, but she didn't know how to comfort her.
After all, it has become a strange phenomenon, and that cannot be changed now.
Noticing Jiang Liyue's hesitant expression, Zhu Shan smiled and said, "Actually, you don't need to comfort me. After all, I just ate a neighbor who wanted my help last night."
Jiang Liyue: "Huh?"
Aren't you still in pain?
Zhu Shan smiled and shrugged: "So you see, I've actually accepted the fact that I'm no longer human."
"Although I verbally condemn Luo Si for being a despicable scoundrel who tricked people into his apartment, if it were actually offered to me, I would eat it without hesitation."
Jiang Liyue: "This is only human nature."
"Alright, let's not talk about that anymore, let's get down to business." Zhu Shan smiled again, "You probably want to ask me what the connection is between the serial killer and the murderer, right?"
Jiang Liyue was surprised by her straightforwardness and nodded, "Yes."
"To be honest, I don't know the specifics of the relationship, but I do know that the killer initially appeared with a sense of revenge," Zhu Shan said.
"So I also checked the network of relationships of those victims, and sure enough, there are quite a few people in our apartment who are related to those victims."
However, as a relatively weak supernatural being, Zhu Shan naturally dared not verify who it was.
Jiang Liyue was surprised that Zhu Shan had already investigated along this line of thought, and she happily noted down the names of the people Zhu Shan mentioned.
But after finishing recording, Jiang Liyue remembered something else: "You said that after the first victim appeared, the apartment became haunted, which means that the first victim may also have become a ghost in the apartment."
"But where is the first victim now?"
The eerie creature, brimming with resentment, is certainly not weak, and logically speaking, the entire dungeon was started because of her.
But she seemed to have completely disappeared.
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