When we followed Officer Mu outside the house with a kitchen sign, we understood what he meant just now.
Before I even got close to the kitchen, I smelled a strange odor permeating the air. At that time, I felt a little strange and thought it was the rotten ingredients piled up in the kitchen. But when I saw the room clearly
Only when I saw the situation, I realized that these smells actually came from the pile of rotting corpses in the kitchen.
I saw that in this room of almost twenty square meters, the floor was now covered with corpses. They were different from the corpses found before. I don’t know why the corpses in the kitchen had begun to appear at this moment.
They are somewhat rotten, so from the appearance, we can no longer tell their original identity. However, judging from the number, the number of these corpses is not much less than the ones we just found.
When I saw these corpses, since I joined the 749th Bureau, I have seen many corpses in all kinds of strange and strange forms, and I was also disgusted. Lin Qianyi was better than me, but she also had a sinking look on her face.
.As for Officer Hu, who came with us, he seemed even more miserable.
Officer Hu only stayed in the kitchen for a few seconds, then rushed out with his mouth covered, retching outside.
When he was vomiting outside, Officer Mu said to us: "I have counted the corpses here, there are almost twenty-three people."
Lin Qianyi said: "We haven't counted the bodies in the dormitory yet, but it should be about this number."
Officer Mu held his chin and said, "This is strange. There are less than thirty people in the archaeological team, so whose body does it belong to?"
Lin Qianyi and I looked at each other, completely unable to think of the answer. Just now in the dormitory, Officer Hu had verified the identities of the corpses, and they were indeed archaeological team members. In this case, who could the corpses here be?
What about?
And speaking of it, what exactly happened in this archaeological base, and why did so many people die here?
At this moment, Officer Hu, who had just run out to vomit, came back. His face was still a little pale, and his voice was weak, but he seemed to have heard what Officer Mu said, so he replied: "Here
Could they be the outsiders mentioned in the police call? I now have a guess..."
As he spoke, Officer Hu subconsciously groped around on his body for a long time, as if he was looking for cigarettes, but he couldn't find the cigarette case. Just as he was in a hurry, a cigarette was handed over to him. Officer Hu looked up.
Look, it was given to me by Officer Mu.
After thanking him, Officer Hu lit up his cigarette, took a long puff, and continued to say to us: "I have a guess now, whether what happened here was caused by the corpses we see now. These people
I am afraid that a group of tomb robbers attacked the archaeological team in order to rob the cultural relics in the ruins. At that time, most of the archaeological team members were probably resting in the dormitory where we were just now, so they died there. I just said
I’ve seen it, and some of the people inside didn’t even put on their coats. Thinking about it, my guess is correct.”
Officer Hu's guess can indeed explain the cause of death of the murdered archaeological team members, but there is a fatal contradiction in his guess that cannot be explained. And before I could say anything about this contradiction, Officer Mu on the side had already said
came out.
"Lao Hu, how can we explain these corpses here? If they are the murderers who attacked the archaeological team, who killed these attackers? And speaking of it, judging from the degree of decay of the corpses of these attackers
, they should have died before the archaeological team members, your guess just now can’t explain this problem?"
Officer Hu thought for a long time, but couldn't think of an answer to this question. He simply waved his hands and said: "We are just small policemen at the police station, not big detectives! Hei Mumu, what we have to think about now is what to do next.
What to do? The situation here can no longer be solved by the two of us! I think we should go back and call for reinforcements immediately!"
Officer Mu shook his head and said: "No, we can't just leave now. The number of corpses you just found is not consistent with the number of archaeological team members. Maybe someone survived the attack. The situation here is unknown at the moment. We'd better
It’s better to find them first.”
Officer Hu was unhappy when he heard this and said: "Heimuo, are you crazy? Since there may be people from the archaeological team surviving here, it is also possible that some of the attackers will survive. We only have two guns now, and we have to protect the two of them."
Comrades from the Research Institute, I think we should leave here quickly and wait until the institute sends a large force over."
Seeing the two of them arguing over whether to stay or go, Lin Qianyi and I looked at each other. Just as we were about to speak, Lin Qianyi suddenly shouted: "Four-nine! Outside!"
Hearing Lin Qianyi's voice, I immediately turned around and looked out the window. Just at this moment, there was a slight sound of footsteps coming from outside the house. Then, I saw a figure quickly coming from a house.
The edge flashed by.
Lin Qianyi and I immediately chased him out, but when we came outside, the figure just now had disappeared before our eyes.
Officer Mu and Officer Hu chased them out at this time. They asked: "Comrade Lin, Miss Lin! What did you see just now?"
I pointed in the direction where I saw the figure just now and said, "Boy, we seemed to have seen someone outside just now!"
"Is there anyone?" Officer Hu looked around and said, "You are not mistaken, are you? Is there anyone outside?"
Officer Mu said nothing, and turned to walk in the direction we pointed just now. Not long after, he stopped at the edge of the house where I just saw the figure, and called us: "
Come here, everyone, there’s something going on here!”
We immediately followed him, and soon after, we saw a pair of footprints at the feet of Officer Mu.
This footprint is obviously not that of Officer Mu, because it is a whole circle smaller than the footprint that Officer Mu just made next to him.
Pointing to the footprints, Officer Mu raised his head and said to us: "You read that right, there are indeed others here!"
"Are they the survivors of the archaeological team?" Officer Hu said happily after hearing this, "That would be great. As long as we find them, things here will be clear!"
With that said, Officer Hu wanted to leave to find the owner of the pair of footprints. However, Officer Mu stopped him at this time and reminded him: "Wait a minute! What Comrade Lin and the others saw may not necessarily belong to the archaeological team."
people!"
That's right. The people in this cave right now are not necessarily the only survivors of the archaeological team. Maybe the murderers who killed the archaeological team are still nearby.
However, Officer Hu, who was eager to leave here, didn't care so much. He shook off Officer Mu's hand and said: "Hei Mu, you just said you wanted to find the survivors. Now that you have clues, why are you holding back?"
Since you are afraid, then stay here to protect the two Comrade Lin, and I will go find them by myself. I have a gun in my hand, so you can rest assured."
As he spoke, Officer Hu pulled out his gun, gestured in front of us, and then hurriedly ran out.
In response to his reckless behavior, Officer Mu slapped his thigh and seemed a little angry. He turned back and said to us: "No, I can't let him take risks alone. You two, you can hide here for a while, and we will come back as soon as we go."
"Immediately afterwards, he chased after him.
Although Officer Mu had good intentions, we couldn't just wait there stupidly. I looked back at Lin Qianyi and asked her: "Sister Lin, are we just going to wait like this?"
"Are you willing to let you wait?" Lin Qianyi pointed to the guide, smiled at me and said, "Sijiu, I'll go over there and have a look. You can go to the other side. If you find anything, call me immediately."
Sound the warning. If you are a survivor of the archaeological team, forget it, but if you are an attacker, remember not to show off. By the way, it is best not to use a gun unless you have to, otherwise you will be in front of Officer Hu and the others.
It’s hard for us to explain.”
I nodded to reassure Qian Yi. Then the two of them went their separate ways and began to search for the whereabouts of the figure just now.