Jiang Yue's top priority is to find the Year Eater and complete the novice tasks assigned by Zhiling.
Of course, there is another important reason.
The movement trajectory of the New Year Eater seems to be getting closer and closer to Crescent Harbor. For the safety of his family, he must track the New Year Eater as soon as possible before he enters New Moon Harbor.
He didn't want his sister to become his aunt and his cousin to become his uncle when he returned home.
This kind of thing makes me feel horrified just thinking about it.
Officer Han was also quite embarrassed at the scene. Other departments did not look down on their police station's ability to do things. They criticized them quite a bit and kept complaining that they delayed things and failed to report the situation in time. As a result, everyone is very passive now.
Although the complaints from these departments have some truth to them, Officer Han should not be blamed for this. Whether the matter is reported or not is not determined by Officer Han's position.
"Xiao Jiang, wait a minute, I'll go with you."
"Did you bring someone with you?"
"Don't worry." Officer Han patted his waist.
But he added: "If you can't move the guy, try not to move."
Jiang Yue nodded: "Let's play it by ear. Judging from the scene, this evil spirit is still in a seedling state. Although it is evolving, it is far from a fully evolved form."
"What should I say?" Officer Han's attitude towards Jiang Yue now only has one word: surrender.
He had made up his mind and planned to follow Jiang Yue all the way to the dark side.
"If you look at the time he committed the crime, it was basically more than an hour apart. This shows that he needs time to digest these stolen years."
This sentence is a bit out of line for Officer Han.
Seeing Officer Han's confused face, Jiang Yue explained: "It's easy to understand if you think of it as a monster that can steal a normal life span."
Officer Han nodded thoughtfully, not sure whether he really understood or responded politely.
"In addition, every time it moves, it instinctively avoids crowded places. And it always chooses to attack in secret. This shows that it is also afraid of humans. At least it is afraid of a head-on conflict."
"Evil things are also afraid of humans? Aren't all the monsters in the movie very powerful?"
Jiang Yue smiled bitterly: "If that's really the case, will humanity still have a future? Will your case be solved, will it still be meaningful?"
This question was of great philosophical depth, and Officer Han was speechless for a moment.
"It's hard to say how harmful it will be if it becomes a fully evolved form. But at least for now, it's still in an evolutionary state, which means we still have a chance."
The difficulty with this monster is that it cannot perform face recognition, and its whereabouts are strange, and it has instinctive anti-detection capabilities.
Therefore, it is technically difficult to track it in real time.
But Jiang Yue just felt it at the scene and was able to vaguely detect the evil atmosphere remaining at the scene. This gave him great confidence in tracking the Year Eater.
"Xiaojiang, if it goes to a certain place, it will cause certain destructive power. Following this idea, it should be feasible to target him as long as there are enough people, right?"
"It's hard to say. According to judgment, he didn't seem to leave any traces where he walked. Only when he stayed for a long time or at the scene of a crime would he leave traces. For example, that taxi, that bench, etc.
For example, the peeling wall dust at the Bean Sprout Alley scene..."
"The most important thing is that I feel that it is getting better and better at hiding these things. The traces it left on the taxi even affected my cousin. Look at the bench and the plaster on the wall of Bean Sprout Alley. He
The traces left behind on the scene are obviously becoming more and more subtle."
This is evolution.
The age eaters evolve faster than imagined.
What has evolved is not only ability, but also intelligence, and even evil instincts.
If Jiang Yue didn't have the aura of immunity from all evil, Jiang Yue would have no confidence in rashly tracking and confronting this monster.
Dark night is a natural barrier for monsters and the best cover for evil spirits.
When the two returned to the car, Officer Han asked: "Where to go next?"
In fact, he also knows that if he always waits for something bad to happen before pursuing him again, he will always be one step behind and will never be able to catch up with the other party.
Don’t aim to be one step ahead of the opponent, but at least try to be as equal as possible.
If you lag behind step by step, you will only be led by the nose in the end. If it is true as Jiang Yue guessed, this is the work of a monster, and the monster is still evolving.
Officer Han didn't dare to think about how much the situation would deteriorate by then.
Jiang Yue didn't say anything. He opened the map on his mobile phone and started studying it.
Based on the previous activity areas of each victim, the distance between one victim and the next victim will not exceed 1.5 kilometers.
The Year Eaters who are not fully evolved obviously don't like to go to busy places.
Starting from Bean Sprout Lane, where will it go next?
Jiang Yue circled three places: "Officer Han, let's take a trip to these three places."
Of course, the selection of these three places would not be done on a whim. Jiang Yue had considered the selection of each location.
These three places have one thing in common: they are all relatively quiet, especially at night, when there are generally few crowds gathering.
Based on the experiences of the previous victims, each victim acted alone.
what does that mean?
This means that the Year Eater is not absolutely sure to deal with several adults at the same time.
Its method has always been sneak attacks, which shows that it is trying its best to avoid risks.
This kind of vigilance is indeed terrifying.
Star City in spring is still a little cool. In the quiet place, there are already insects that cannot restrain their loneliness and begin to sing softly.
The two men used police flashlights and searched around.
Bridge holes, grass, trash cans, and green belts are the key areas for their search.
Officer Han has been in the industry for so many years and has hunted down many vicious criminals. This was the first time that he was under such great pressure that he even had a cold sweat running down his spine.
What's even more ridiculous is that he actually acted with a teenager.
If this was reported back to the bureau, I don't know how many colleagues would make jokes behind their backs, or even make fun of them in person.
Of course, these Korean police officers didn't care.
Now he is not only handling this case, but also fighting for his life. Only by completing this case can he confidently get rid of this blame.
Look at the time, it's almost eleven o'clock.
More than an hour has passed since the last victim's crime.
The two felt great pressure.
According to the monster's activity pattern, its crime cycle is usually more than an hour apart. Maybe while they were searching everywhere, it would attack the next target in another place.
For every hour of delay, there will be one more victim.
Although this is not a murder case, when it comes to being weird and bizarre, and when it comes to causing social panic, it is probably better than two murder cases at once.
There is a parking lot in front, which is the third location Jiang Yue has circled before.
If there is still no gain in this parking lot, Jiang Yue may have to think about how to adjust his thinking.
This is a social parking lot, where many social vehicles park during the day. At night, vehicles from surrounding residents will also park here.
The parking lot is not small, with two to three hundred parking spaces. There is an access control at the entrance and a security booth next to it.
Jiang Yue and Officer Han walked towards the entrance of the parking lot from a distance with their flashlights on.
Before he even got close to the opening, there was a man walking towards the opening of the parking lot. He was holding a briefcase and talking on the phone in his hand.
Out of professional sensitivity, Officer Han shone his flashlight directly on the other person's face.
The other party was on the phone when he was unexpectedly photographed like this. He squinted his eyes and breathed sweetly: "What are you doing in the middle of the night? Robbery?"
Officer Han, dressed in plain clothes, was not very convincing. He flashed his ID and said, "Police! Why are you wandering around here in the middle of the night?"
The man was about forty years old, had a boss's hair, and looked like a private entrepreneur. He was not afraid when he saw the police officer's certificate, and sneered: "What's wrong with the police? Do the police still care about people going home? The police still care about me."
Does your wife call?"
Normally, with such an arrogant attitude, Officer Han might not be so polite.
I have an important task today, so I won’t worry about it.
"You just came out of the parking lot?"
"Yeah? What's wrong? Is it illegal to park a car? Is it illegal to go home?" The man seemed to have taken a shot of gunpowder and seemed to have a natural resistance to the police.
"Is there anything unusual in the parking lot?"
"What's abnormal? Is it abnormal for a security guard to fall asleep on the job?" The man cursed and walked away.
Jiang Yue and Officer Han looked at each other speechlessly. It seems that the relationship between the police and the public is not so tense these days.