Chen Shuang is cooking today, so Natsume and Masato can lie comfortably on the sofa and watch old movies.

When the food was on the table, Chen Shuang walked over and turned off the projector like an adult in the family, regardless of whether Natsume and Masato would be unhappy or not.

"time to eat."

"oh……"

The atmosphere at the dinner table was also very subtle.

I would say that these three people look like a family, but there is not much age difference between the three of them.

Especially when Natsume sat between the two women, it felt like a Shura field. But Natsume was okay, he didn't think too much, he just ate quietly.

Yaren was also much quieter than usual, so during the meal, only Chen Shuang said a few words, and the rest was the sound of clinking bowls and chopsticks.

After eating, Masato was responsible for cleaning up, while Chen Shuang pushed Natsume to the balcony.

According to his recent habit, Natsume would start painting after dinner, while Chen Shuang would be petting the cat and reading a book not far from him.

The blue short-haired boy who was found through many channels by Qingshui was almost bald by Chen Shuang recently.

But today, after Natsume arrived on the balcony, she didn't even bother to touch the paintbrush.

Chen Shuang didn't care very much. Apart from investigating cases recently, she spent the rest of her time hiding at Yaren's side to read books. She had already read several books, and they were all obscure and niche books.

Natsume was curious once, but ended up not being able to stand it after reading two pages.

Now Chen Shuang is reading "Time Memory" written by the famous writer You Gege more than a century ago. Xia Mu has also read this book before. It writes about the various thoughts in the author's mind after listening to the sounds of the universe. The content is relatively messy.

, it can even be said that there is no clue, so even after Yougege became famous with her book "Free Consciousness", not many people could really read her "Time Memory" carefully.

But Chen Shuang has become obsessed with it recently, and even during dinner, he talked about his thoughts after reading it with great interest, regardless of whether Natsume and Masato also liked it.

At first, Natsume hated Chen Shuang's behavior, but somehow, it might be that Natsume didn't fully understand the book "Time Memory", or that Chen Shuang was born with a talent for cross talk. In short,

Natsume and Masato were fascinated as they listened.

So much so that when Natsume is painting recently, he will think of those thoughts after reading what Chen Shuang said.

In particular, she recently read the fifth part of "Time Memory". In this part, the author writes that the battle between resources and wisdom eventually led to the collapse of the fragile ecosystem on which human beings depend for survival, and ultimately no one survived.

It seems to be a cliché, but after Chen Shuang's interpretation, Natsume found that what the original author wanted to express was not irony and ardent expectations, but a kind of indifferent observation with rising thinking.

And this kind of indifferent attitude of thinking has been bothering Natsume recently, making him unable to sleep or eat well, and he even lost the mood to sit down and draw a picture.

In addition, so many things have happened recently, Natsume always felt that there was something in Chen Shuang's words.

So after turning his back to Chen Shuang and thinking for a long time, Natsume asked: "Captain Chen, you..."

"My name is Sister Shuang. What's Captain Chen? You're so cool." Chen Shuang didn't even raise his head, but he felt very chic.

Natsume smiled bitterly: "Sister Shuang."

"Well, what's wrong?" Chen Shuang put down the book and asked.

"You said...if the sun rises as usual in a while, our world...will be any different?" Natsume asked.

After hearing this, Chen Shuang frowned slightly, then smiled and said, "This question is so profound that I don't even know how to answer you."

Natsume turned around and said, "Just a simple chat, just say whatever comes to mind."

Chen Shuang understood. She nodded and then pondered for a while before saying: "Are you talking about changes... there must be some."

"for example?"

"According to my estimation, even if the sun really rises again after being missing for more than 400 days according to the calculation of the first central axis, at least half of the people in the world will die." Chen Shuang said in a normal tone, but she said this

The words are too heavy.

Natsume frowned: "Hey? Real or fake? Didn't Mr. Shang say that the maximum number of deaths in the world is 10 million?"

Chen Shuang chuckled and then laid out several sets of data: "Look, before the disaster, our global population was about 3.5 billion. Then there were several riots in New United States in the early days of the disaster. Even if we only go by official data

Tens of thousands of people also died. These tens of thousands of people are nothing compared to 3.5 billion. However, it is precisely because the deaths of these tens of thousands of people directly caused New Midland to fail to complete their shelter construction as planned, so

In the end, only 40% of the 575 shelters planned around the world were completed, and among these 40%, we have to exclude the three in the Mochino Ecological Zone in New Tokyo City... Looking at it this way, even if we have entered the shelter now

Everyone can get through it, but when the sun gets angry in the future, there will be tragedy all over the place, it will be terrible to see."

After hearing what Chen Shuang said, Natsume felt really uncomfortable.

Sometimes something happens around you, but if you don't think about it carefully, it doesn't matter. But once you calm down and think about it, you feel like you are breaking out in a cold sweat.

"Then this time... we are... seriously injured?"

"It's not just a serious loss of vitality, it might be the end of the world." Chen Shuang said.

"Huh? Are there any other disasters waiting for us?"

"Disasters are not terrible, what is terrible is the human heart."

"The human heart..." Natsume carefully pondered the meaning of Chen Shuang's words.

Chen Shuang smiled mysteriously when he saw this, stood up and said: "Okay, let's not talk anymore. I have to work overtime at night, so I won't accompany you two. You take care of yourselves. There has been chaos outside recently. Before the real culprit is caught, there is no way

Stop walking around."

Natsume returns

Shenlai asked in surprise: "It's so late, do you still want to go back?"

"Well, if the murderer is not caught for a day, everyone will have no peace for a day." Chen Shuang said and left.

Masato had just washed the fruits and brought them over, and was surprised to see Chen Shuang leaving.

"Sister Shuang is going back?"

"Well, we still have work to do." Chen Shuang said, picking up a grape and throwing it into his mouth. His expression was distorted by the sourness: "Oh! It's so sour!"

…

Back at the command center of the Special Service Brigade, Chen Shuang had just taken off his coat when he saw Li Yalin running over in a hurry.

"Captain, new discovery." Li Yalin said in a low voice.

Chen Shuang frowned and turned around and entered the office.

Li Yalin also followed.

After locking the door and turning off the monitor, Li Yalin took out the crystal plate and handed it to Chen Shuang.

Chen Shuang took it and took a look. It was a surveillance video backup of about three minutes.

The video seemed to have been post-processed and looked very blurry, making it difficult for Chen Shuang to see clearly the appearance of the person in the video.

But the surrounding environment is relatively clear. From the picture alone, this person is moving up the stairs of a maintenance channel.

"What's this?"

"Mysterious Man No. 1." Li Yalin said.

"What?"

"Um...this is the name I gave you." Li Yalin pointed at the figure in the picture and said, "He has appeared near all crime scenes. He is very suspicious."

"Oh? Shouldn't that be considered a suspect? Why is he called a mysterious man?"

Li Yalin explained: "Look down."

Chen Shuang continued to look down.

The mysterious man in the picture seemed very calm in every move he made. When he came to the top of the maintenance tunnel and faced the intricate maintenance network, this man actually chose a direction and walked in without any hesitation.

You know, the design of a shelter that can accommodate millions of people is quite complicated.

Even veteran workers with extensive maintenance experience would often get lost in a network of passages used for inspection and maintenance, but this man seemed to know where he was going from the very beginning.

This is where the connection breaks down and part of the picture is missing.

Chen Shuang watched patiently.

I waited until the video was about to end. The man in the picture disappeared around a corner, and when he reappeared in the camera the next second, he actually had a bloody dagger in his hand.

Seeing this scene, Chen Shuang was shocked.

"This is it, captain, do you see the dagger in his hand?"

Chen Shuang nodded, and then asked Li Yalin doubtfully: "What does this mean?"

Li Yalin immediately whispered a few words into Chen Shuang's ear.

Chen Shuang's expression changed, and he said coldly: "Go and have a look."

…

More than an hour later, after the efforts of more than a hundred people, they finally found the place where the man left with the dagger based on the content in the video.

The same maintenance tool room, but it exudes a pungent stench.

Chen Shuang looked at the surrounding environment.

The pipes here are square, with water droplets attached to the surface, and the ambient temperature is maintained at about 25 degrees Celsius, which is a hot and humid environment.

Li Yalin covered his nose and said to his subordinates: "Open it."
To be continued...