Team leader Li Wu obviously rarely heard of this term, so he turned to Lu Kai and asked:
“What is the grandfather paradox?”
Lu Kai scratched his head and explained:
"This is a term for a time paradox. The grandfather paradox talks about the fact that once you go back in time and change certain historical developments, a logical paradox will occur."
"For example, if he went back in time and killed his grandfather with his own hands, would he still exist in the future?"
"If he does not exist, then his grandfather will not die, he will exist in the future, and he can go back and kill his grandfather."
This is a logical time paradox that was once one of the most serious scientific topics in the last Anthropocene.
In order to solve the "time paradox", there have been many hypotheses, the more popular of which is the "parallel universe" hypothesis, which means that every time a choice different from history is made, a new parallel world will be born.
It’s no wonder that young investigator Lu Kai couldn’t figure it out. Even today, few people can figure it out.
"I have no idea."
Xu Can endured the physical discomfort and shook his head.
He is not a super superpower, he only has D-level superpower strength.
I don’t have any senior guidance on time powers, so I only know so much for now.
Conventional superpowers are divided into eight levels according to the strength of their superpower factors.
Level e, level d, level c, level b, level a, level s, level ss, level sss.
There is a big gap in its destructive power, power intensity and degree of control over powers between different levels.
Among them, A level is the watershed. Once it reaches A level, the energy of superpowers is very likely to surpass that of scientific weapons, the destructive power is astonishing, and all aspects of physical fitness will be transformed.
Seeing Xu Can almost collapse, Li Wu put the handcuffs on Xu Can again and said seriously:
"Xu Can, we can't release him until your suspicion is completely cleared. We can only ask you to temporarily cooperate with the investigation."
"Don't worry about Jianghai University. I will send someone to communicate and it won't have any impact on you."
Xu Can had no other choice and nodded in response:
"no problem."
Li Wu nodded slightly:
"Lu Kai, take him to rest first."
"yes!"
…
Click——
"Inform all major groups that the conference room will meet in ten minutes."
Li Wu walked out of the interrogation room and gave a loud order to all the investigators in the entire investigation room.
"yes!"
"yes!"
There is a major turning point in the case, which is a huge shock to the entire Yitong Seven Group.
Nowadays, all districts in Jianghai City are not at peace. Luohe District is not a rich area like Jiangdong District. Naturally, this is also the case. There is an urgent need to arrest the real murderer to appease the people of Luohe District.
Within the seventh team of the s.c.i paranormal crime investigation team, team leader Li Wu and deputy team leader Chen Jikang.
There are three major groups below: [Arrest Team], [Investigation Team] and [Identification Team].
Among them, the arrest team is responsible for arresting criminals with supernatural powers. On weekdays, when there is no arrest mission, they will participate in the work of the investigation team. Among them are not only those with extraordinary powers, but also ordinary people and elite agents who are proficient in various fighting and firearms skills.
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The investigation team is responsible for investigation, interrogation, and case analysis.
The forensic team is a technical department, which not only includes technicians responsible for surveying the scene and identifying authenticity in all aspects, but also a five-person forensic team.
Generally, the work within the Abnormality Bureau is not divided in detail. In many arrest tasks, people from the investigation team will also be involved.
The forensic team will also participate in the investigation tasks.
…
Ten minutes later, the S.C.I conference room.
Li Wu pushed the door open and entered. The whole conference room was a little noisy, obviously everyone was discussing the case and this shocking Xu Can.
Before the meeting officially started, Wang Xiaoya, a beautiful investigator from Group 7 with neat bangs, quickly entered the meeting room and whispered beside Li Wu:
"head!"
"Jiang Shen is here."
"How about it?"
"The information is correct and basically consistent with Xu Can's confession."
Time was running out, and Wang Xiaoya had already started questioning Jiang Shen on the case in the car when she and Jiang Shen were returning to the station.
When Jiang Shen heard that the Special Investigation Bureau was involved in the investigation, he didn't dare to hide anything without knowing what the big deal was.
"Where are the people?"
"Awaiting further inquiries."
"good."
"Let's get started, Ke Yue."
Li Wu looked at Ke Yue, who was calm, capable and heroic. She was the female investigator who had just been responsible for interrogating Xu Can.
Ke Yue nodded and inserted a USB flash drive, which contained all relevant information on this case.
Several pictures were automatically switched one by one, most of which had been announced during the preliminary investigation meeting in the afternoon. Ke Yue quickly briefly summarized:
"The first deceased, Chen Lei, female, 23 years old, secretary."
"The second deceased, Jiang Mingyue, female, 19 years old, college student."
"The third deceased, Zheng Ying, female, 26 years old, unemployed."
"The cause of death is the same. They were all killed by dogs eating. The strength of the supernatural factors is similar. They are merged into one case for investigation."
The pictures of the deceased on the projection were extremely bloody.
Secondly, there were many bloody wounds on the bodies of the three female victims, and the fatal injury was the carotid artery.
The first deceased, Chen Lei, was the most miserable. There were no whole corpses, only some body parts that were dismembered by canine monsters.
After investigation, it was confirmed that a person with supernatural powers committed the crime, and the dog bit the carotid artery until the deceased died.
This shows that the murderer is most likely a criminal who has the ability to transform into a dog, or has the ability to control dogs.
No intersection between the three deceased has been found so far.
The details of the case were discussed intensively during the afternoon meeting. Ke Yue did not talk nonsense and went straight to the topic:
"The breakthrough in the case was in the third case, the Zheng Ying case."
"Just now, we arrested the suspect Xu Can who appeared at the crime scene of the third case and brought him to justice."
…
Following Ke Yue's introduction, the picture on the ppt suddenly switched to a sunny young man named Xu Can with a smile on his face.
As soon as Xu Can's photo appeared, a young investigator wearing glasses in the conference room pushed up his glasses, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and showed a meaningful smile.
"Xu Can, 19 years old, sophomore student at Jianghai University, power sequence 1-1, time and space power, power intensity level D, basically confirmed that the confession is true."
As soon as Ke Yue finished speaking, the beautiful investigator Wang Xiaoya on the side immediately synchronized the preliminary oral description and basic information about Jiang Shen, and there was a lot of discussion in the conference room.
Obviously, so far, the mysterious time and space powers controlled by Xu Can still cannot convince all the members of the seven groups. It is really too mysterious.
"Head, is there a possibility that Xu Can made enough arrangements and preparations in advance to deliberately hide the second power? In fact, Xu Can is a dual-power user?"
"After all, the murderer's superpower level shouldn't be high."
The person who spoke out was a young investigator who had just joined Group 7 and participated in the investigation of Xu Can.
A dual superpower, as the name suggests, is a superpower who possesses two superpowers at the same time. It is extremely rare, but not unheard of.
Li Wu shook his head decisively and said in a deep voice:
"impossible."
Xu Can's superpower can complete self-certification at any time, so it is impossible to set up such a trap.
Secondly, Ke Yue's lie detection ability confirmed that Xu Can was not lying, unless Xu Can was an S-level superpower.
If Xu Can is an S-level superpower, can he be caught here just by relying on the seven special powers?
Another investigator spoke up and analyzed:
"That means Xu Can didn't lie. He really didn't know the reason why he appeared near the crime scene."
"It is confirmed that Xu Can was not at the crime scene that day, then who was present at the crime scene that day?"
"Could it be the face-changing killer again?"
Upon hearing the words face-changing killer, the expressions of several investigators present changed.
This guy is one of the famous killers in Jianghai City. He has been wandering around Jianghai City, killing people to get paid. Because of his super power of changing appearance, S.C.I is still helpless.
"The possibility is almost non-existent."
"Judging from the past cases of the Face-Changing Killer, apart from the ability to change his appearance, he is just an ordinary person and does not have the second ability to control dog changes."
Ke Yue, who stood tall and straight, analyzed.
There was silence in the conference room for a moment, and Li Wu's eyes turned to the middle-aged bearded man not far away who had been reading documents.
Nie Zebing is currently the leader of the arrest team and temporarily the leader of the investigation team.
In terms of combat prowess, he is most likely the number one figure in Group Seven.
"Old Nie, tell me."
Nie Zebing closed the document, wiped his beard, crossed his legs, and expressed his views on the case:
"Let's do it step by step."
"Since this kid can complete time travel, it means that this guy is very likely to be himself."
"It's just that he doesn't know it yet."
Nie Zebing pursed his lips. The picture on the ppt was exactly the picture of Xu Can appearing near the crime scene.
The apprentice sitting next to Nie Zebing swallowed his saliva and gradually raised his voice:
"Boss Nie, you mean, this is Xu Can in the future?"
"If Xu Can from the future killed someone in the past, how should this be calculated?!"
Nie Zebing glanced sideways at this silly apprentice, leaned on the chair, folded his hands around his chest and said:
"Xu Can has no motive, modus operandi, or timeline."
"I don't think the murderer in this case is Xu Can."
Just now, Nie Zebing carefully looked through the relevant information about Xu Can.
Generally speaking, the three elements that form criminal motives include education, stimulation and environment. No one is born a criminal, and Xu Can obviously does not have this experience.
Secondly, there are three elements for solving a crime: motive, method, and timeline. At present, Xu Can does not possess them.
"Then is he Xu Can?"
Nie Zebing's apprentice was completely confused and stared blankly at the pictures on the screen.
Nie Zebing and Li Wu looked at each other, shrugged, and guessed:
"There is so much pressure from above now, do you think this Xu Can..."
"Did you send him there?"
The conference room quickly fell silent. As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes focused on Team Leader Li Wu.
Li Wu's face was quite calm, and he was not surprised by Nie Zebing's guess, because he also thought of this possibility.
There are now frequent cases of supernatural crimes in Jianghai Autonomous City, and the third death in a serial murder case in Luohe District can be said to be frightening.
Chen Jikang, the deputy leader of the Seventh Idiom Group, went to the S.C.I. General Administration at noon to report on the situation and try to buy time for the Seventh Group to solve the case. The case was solved without delay.
"Time travel..."
"Time travel..."
"Yeah, just send this guy over and find out who committed the crime!"
One investigator pounded his fist and said excitedly.
The case is now at a deadlock, and the time given by the superiors to solve the case is limited.
Compared with the clueless random investigation, if this sudden Xu Can is not the real murderer, isn't it a gift from God to the Seventh Group of Idiots?
"head!"
Li Wu touched his chin, then raised his head and said seriously to everyone:
"You should investigate the case normally and look for clues in other aspects besides Xu Can, especially the common characteristics and interpersonal relationships of the three victims."
"As for Xu Can, I will go and talk about it, so you don't have to worry about it for now."
"Don't treat Xu Can as a life-saving straw. Remember, you are S.C.I. investigators."
After hearing Li Wu's words, the investigators immediately cheered up and Hongsheng responded:
"yes!"
"yes!"
"Okay, take a rest when you need to. Now is a special period. You have to stay alert."
It has only been 24 hours since the third deceased appeared. Before, they had focused most of their attention on Xu Can, and there was still a lot of information that they had not yet uncovered.
Although it is known that the murderer most likely possesses the power of canine transformation or the ability to control dogs, it is impossible to conduct a large-scale investigation.
General newborn blood tests will include abnormal factor detection.
If you are born without the superpower factor, it is impossible to awaken superpowers and become a superpower.
Once there are superpower factors in the blood, you are a potential superpower.
But we cannot rely on this to determine whether they are supernatural beings, because there are many ordinary people among them who have not awakened in their entire lives.
There are usually five ways to awaken superpowers: [Inborn Possession], [Natural Awakening], [Accident], [Extreme Emotions] and [Acquired], and the types of awakening are also diverse.
Sorted by the sequence of abilities, the first category is [Space-Time Category], the second category is [Rule Category], the third category is [Element Category], the fourth category is [Simultaneous Category], and the fifth category
[Control type], the sixth type is [Body type], the seventh type is [Soul type], the eighth type is [Healing type], and the ninth type is [Special type].
People with powers of time and space are rare, and powers like Xu Can’s are even rarer!
After the impromptu meeting ended, Li Wu looked at the time on his phone with a solemn expression. It was already late at night. Some investigators had been called out by the case early in the morning. They had been busy all day and were extremely tired. They went back to rest for the time being.
There are also core investigators who know that time is tight and stay to work overtime to investigate.
"head."
Li Wu was about to leave the conference room when a familiar voice came. He looked up and saw that it was Luo Dongyang, a young man wearing black-rimmed glasses from the S.C.I. General Administration.
The power sequence is [5-32], memory deleted.
His job in the No. 7 team is very simple. If he needs to delete memories related to passers-by, he will take action.
