Chapter 24: New and Weird Phenomena
For five days after the investigation, Zhou Ming kept himself locked in a hotel room, constantly analyzing and thinking about the information.
The temperature in early summer made the house extremely hot and stuffy. Even if the windows were opened, the hot air blowing in would be filled with sand.
Zhou Ming was sweating profusely. He sat shirtless at the table and continued to read the information that he had read countless times.
He integrated and reshaped this information over and over again, constantly changing his thinking angle, trying to find a reasonable explanation and connect those unrelated weird phenomena together.
From day to night, he kept thinking, even when eating or going to the bathroom.
At night, the temperature dropped slightly. Zhou Ming's brain became more awake. His thinking speed was sharper than ever. His imagination began to surge like a fountain. All kinds of random speculations spewed out, giving him the illusion that he was about to get the truth.
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But Zhou Ming knew that it was not that simple. It was easy to apply a certain explanation to a clue, but it was very difficult to use one explanation to explain all the strange phenomena.
Irregular disappearances, weird external manifestations of intelligence, the whole Wang family disappeared, all the missing people ended up in the pub, special missing people can be seen by residents, and there are sightings in family units...
There are many clues, but they are like several parallel lines that never intersect, each leading to a completely different truth. Everything is messy, without rules, and without commonality... The brain cells are boiling and clamoring, as if they are about to explode at any time.
After racking his brains and thinking for many days, Zhou Ming did not consume Zhou Ming's energy. Although his brain was tired, his body was hot and his mentality remained in a state of high-intensity excitement.
He knew that there must be a real answer to this series of things, and that answer was hidden under these complex puzzles. These puzzles alone completely attracted him, even if the solution was completely unclear.
Initially determined to investigate, Zhou Ming wanted to solve the case in an energy-saving and efficient manner, so that most of the unrelated people would not die and the lives of the residents of Semir Town would not be affected.
But as I dug and explored all the way, my original intention changed subtly.
Zhou Ming interpreted the truth, but there was an invisible barrier between the truth and him.
The moths outside the window kept fluttering towards the candlelight in the house, hitting the window glass again and again, as if they didn't notice it.
"Buzz-buzz-buzz-buzz-"
The mobile phone on the table suddenly vibrated. This mobile phone is a work mobile phone specially made by the relevant department. It can only contact people related to work, so the caller cannot be anyone else, it can only be Crow.
"Hey, Teacher Crow." Zhou Ming greeted in a daze, suddenly returning from the world of puzzles to the real world, giving him the illusion that the real world was where the puzzles were.
"I have encountered a new situation here." The crow's voice sounded extremely serious.
Zhou Ming couldn't help but tighten his nerves and his mind became much clearer.
"what's the situation?"
"The special missing person appeared in another way." Crow said to Zhou Ming on the other end of the phone.
After saying that, she turned to look at the noisy crowd around her. Under the bird's beak mask, the crow's expression was very serious.
The crowd nearby made fierce noises, the curses and screams of men and women mixed together like a pot of boiling water. The people in the innermost circle seemed to have started fighting, and the crowd became even more crowded.
Crow reached behind and took off the cane hanging on the side of the coffin. He held the handle and slowly pulled out a thin sword.
The sound of the rapier rubbing against the wooden scabbard silenced the crowd in the outermost circle. They looked at the strangely dressed hermit in horror and moved out of the way like cockroaches smelling insecticide.
Crow walked to the innermost side unimpeded and saw two men scuffling on the ground, and a woman sitting on the ground next to her, crying hysterically.
The crow flew up and kicked one of the men in the ribs, followed by another kick, knocking over the other man who wanted to pursue the victory.
With two kicks and two screams, she completed the fight as quickly as possible.
The surroundings fell into dead silence, the crowded crowd became wider, the women's cries gradually became fainter, and the disorderly crowd suddenly had a center.
"what happened?"
The crow's sword tip was gently placed on the ground, and the slight sound of the sword tip hitting the bottom played a huge deterrent effect on the three troublemakers, and they all fell silent.
The woman cried and said: "My husband is missing!"
"Fuck you! Isn't your husband right here?" one of the men yelled angrily.
Another man immediately yelled: "You are fucking blind! She is my sister-in-law!"
"Ding!"
The tip of the sword touched the ground again, and the quarrel that had not yet occurred was suppressed in advance.
Crow stared at the three people from behind his glasses, raised his hand and pointed at the man whose identity was a mystery, and asked the people around him: "Who is he?"
"Isn't he Ahua's husband Liu Da?"
"Yes, he is Liu Da! And didn't Brother Liu's younger brother disappear long ago?"
"His brother is so suspicious. Only a few people can see it. Why is Liu Dadu so crazy now?"
"Hey, are you mistaken? This is Liu Er! It's okay if you couldn't see Liu Er before. Now it's too ridiculous to mistake Liu Er for Liu Da!"
People around him were chattering, and a large amount of information poured into the crow's mind in an instant. It was as if a disordered Morse code was stuffed into his mind, and the chaotic and disordered information was poured into the crow's brain like a ball of paste.
The crow remained silent for five seconds.
She figured it out.
But to be on the safe side, you need to double check.
"Hey, do you have a photo of your husband now?" Crow lowered his head and asked the woman paralyzed on the ground.
"No, no, at home." The woman choked.
"Describe your husband's appearance, how tall he is, what kind of hairstyle he has, and whether he has any distinctive features... Also, stand up for me, kid."
Crow grabbed the man whose identity was a mystery by his back collar and lifted him up like a chicken.
"About this high. He has a small scar here on his chin." The woman replied.
"Lift your chin and let me take a look." Crow said to the man.
"This is too..." The man frowned.
Crow interrupted: "Believe it or not, I will kill you."
The man raised his chin obediently, and the crow saw the tiny scar.
She picked up the phone and continued the previous topic to Zhou Ming:
"Now there is a person who can see the special missing person, and the spirit of the special missing person has taken over the body. People who could witness it before will still mistake him for the missing person, but other people who can't see can
Identify his true body."
Zhou Ming was also silent for five seconds, and then a voice came: "The spirit of the special missing person has occupied the body of a witness. That body inherited the identity and cognitive distortion of the special missing person. Is this what you mean?"
"That's right, the weirdness has started to get worse. The investigation of you, a low-level detective, has to be terminated. I want you to come over now!" Crow said coldly.
Zhou Ming, who was opposite, fell into a long silence. Crow's eyebrows slowly knitted together, and she suddenly felt huge disappointment.
I'm so depressed. Did I make a mistake? This guy actually gave up at the end.
But Wu Wu knew that this matter could no longer be postponed, and the weirdness began to escape her control. Even if she launched an emergency plan, she might not be able to succeed.
This intelligent weirdo was already difficult enough to deal with, but now this intelligent weirdo has shown a new power. This probably means that the weirdo has found a new way to deal with her and Zhou Ming, so it started taking action again.
This idea was just one of many possibilities, but she had no intention of caring about what this weirdo was planning. She could not allow the current phenomenon of body snatching to spread on a large scale in Semir Town.
There were hundreds of witnesses in Semir town. If the situation like this happens again and again, the death toll will be incalculable.
"You kid, you don't want to give up your choice!" Crow said fiercely.
Chapter completed!