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."
Two special service members immediately stepped forward to use a crowbar to force open the distorted tool room.
Chen Shuang watched silently, and suddenly she raised her hand and said: "Stop."
The special service team member who was about to succeed was startled when he heard this and almost doubled over.
Everyone looked at Chen Shuang in confusion.
Chen Shuang sniffed the air with his nose, and then asked Li Yalin: "Did you smell a fragrance?"
Li Yalin covered his nose and frowned: "Smell? There's no such thing. This place stinks."
However, Chen Shuang frowned and shook his head: "No, it does have a fragrance. Have any of you smelled it?"
As a result, the other eleven special service members present also shook their heads.
Now Chen Shuang began to doubt himself.
She smelled it carefully on her hands, sleeves, and arms. There was no smell, but there was indeed an increasingly stronger fragrance in the air.
When Chen Shuang was wondering, Li Yalin said: "Hey! I smell it too! It does have a scent! It seems to be the scent of orchids!"
Chen Shuang was stunned, and when he turned to look at Li Yalin, he couldn't help but feel a chill running down his spine.
I saw that Li Yalin, who was a tall and handsome young man just a few seconds ago, now had a pale complexion and no facial features, turning into a thin and terrifying monster.
Subconsciously, Chen Shuang pulled out his weapon, pointed it at Li Yalin and said, "Who are you?"
Li Yalin was suddenly surprised when his boss pointed a gun at him. Then he hurriedly raised his hands and said, "Ah?! Me? I'm Yalin! Captain, you?..."
"boom!"
Before Li Yalin could finish speaking, the gun in Chen Shuang's hand had already fired.
Firing at close range, Chen Shuang completed a precise strike while the opponent was helpless.
Li Yalin never dreamed that he would die at the gunpoint of his most admired senior.
The domestically produced PT. 44 high-explosive penetrating bullet easily penetrated Li Yalin's forehead. The bullet was then detonated in his skull. As the back of Li Yalin's skull was opened, blood mixed with minced meat flew wildly.
Things happened so fast, everyone was dumbfounded!
After Li Yalin fell, before the SWAT team members could recover, Chen Shuang turned his gun to others and pulled the trigger.
When a special service member was killed by two shots, other special service members finally started to fight back. They pointed their guns at Chen Shuang and fired electric shock bombs.
Just one shot of this non-lethal special ammunition is enough to knock an adult to the ground instantly, let alone more than a dozen hits at once.
But what happened next was unacceptable.
Chen Shuang, who had been shot seven times in a row, saw electric arcs flickering on her body and her clothes were on fire, but she suddenly lost consciousness. Instead of falling, she killed another person with a pistol at the moment when the special service team members were careless.
Seeing that the situation was completely out of control, the special service team members did not care whether the woman in front of them was their boss or not, they all loaded their normal bullets and prepared to kill the out-of-control Chen Shuang.
However, Chen Shuang was extremely sensitive to the smell of danger. After the magazine was empty, she tore off her top to reveal the inner-lined close-fitting combat protective suit, and rolled forward to avoid a salvo of fire from the special service team members.
The SWAT team followed closely.
But she never expected that Chen Shuang did not escape at all. She rolled forward and entered the shooting blind spot of the special service team members, immediately changed the magazine, took off three golden spherical tracking induction mines from her legs and threw them out.
The numerical advantage of the SWAT team turned out to be a disaster at this time.
Tracking induction mines with built-in high-explosive cores have always been a nightmare for infantry, especially this kind of street fighting, which is a nightmare within a nightmare.
When the first SWAT team member discovered that Chen Shuang had not escaped, his instinctive reaction was to raise his arm and open the protective shield, but Chen Shuang's gun was aimed at his thigh.
After a bullet hit the leg, the special service member swayed and his head was exposed. Chen Shuang immediately raised the gun tip and shot again, and then another special service member fell.
Before the special service team members behind could react, three tracking induction mines were detonated. The explosion did not cause much fire, but the invisible impact caused flesh and blood to fly everywhere in an instant.
In the blink of an eye, only six of the eleven special service members were left.
Chen Shuang succeeded one after another and did not stay where he was, nor did he intend to use his pistol to confront the automatic rifles of the special service members.
She turned around and ran deeper into the maintenance tunnel. When she met the first corner, she placed three more induction mines in a hidden place.
The six surviving special service members were also a little panicked after losing one after another.
Fortunately, one of the six people was relatively calm. He first notified the headquarters, and then after discussing with the other five people, decided not to pursue Chen Shuang for the time being, but to establish a defense line here and wait for support.
This is the most rational response strategy... After all, the enemy is hidden and we are clear, and facing the complicated maintenance channels, it is impossible to take advantage of the numerical advantage.
On the other side, Chen Shuang, who fled deeper into the passage, also stopped after making sure there were no pursuers.
She calmed down, then looked down at the injuries on her arms and legs.
Although most of the salvo just now was dodged by Chen Shuang, two bullets still hit her, one hitting her left shoulder and the other hitting her right leg.
Both wounds were still bleeding. Chen Shuang endured the pain and took out a first aid kit from behind to stop the bleeding first.
After processing everything, Chen Shuang noticed that he seemed to be lost.
Although the intricate maintenance channels have special codes as guides, as long as you have the correct guide codes, you can get out smoothly.
But now, the four entrances in front of Chen Shuang seemed to be bottomless abyss, and there would be a dead end wherever he went.
For a moment, Chen Shuang didn't know how to save himself.
She contacted the headquarters to request support, but when she was hit by the electric shock bullet, all her communication equipment was destroyed, so there was no hope from the headquarters.
"Am I destined to die here today?" Chen Shuang smiled bitterly and her eyes suddenly became firm. She stood up and limped deeper.
…
Two hours later, Zhang Yenan's men found the five surviving special service members.
At this time, the five people were in extremely bad mental states, and each of them seemed to be in a trance, as if they had been stimulated by something.
Looking at the already cold body of Li Yalin being carried away, Zhang Yanan's expression was really terrible.
How long has it been? The real culprit has not been found in the last case, and several people have been lost here. The key is that Chen Shuang, the special A-level commander, is also missing. Zhang Yanan is really going crazy.
After the scene was cleaned up, Zhang Yenan asked someone to open the stinking maintenance tool room.
Then, everyone was shocked.
I saw two naked corpses standing in the maintenance room. They hugged each other and stood with their necks crossed. Their bodies were as pale as paper, and they looked like two sculptures.
The most disturbing thing is that their heads have turned into flower pots, and a strange white flower tree is covered with crystal water drops.
Zhang Yenan frowned, and when he got closer, he found that there were obvious marks on the necks of the two men. It was thought that they died of internal injuries.
The forensic doctor who was preparing on the side was also stunned when he saw this scene.
"Captain Zhang...what...what kind of flower is this? It smells so good!" A subordinate who was closer looked at the corpse in the tool room blankly and reached out his hand like a man possessed.
Upon seeing this, Zhang Yenan immediately shouted: "What are you doing!"
This roar took a lot of energy.
The subordinate was frightened and woke up. His body trembled and he quickly retracted his hand.
Zhang Yenan cleared his throat and smelled it with his nose, but his brows immediately furrowed: "Smells? It smells like shit! This is all rotten!"
After hearing the words, the subordinate smelled it again. Sure enough, there was no fragrance anywhere, and there was only the stench left by the rotting corpse in the air.
"Evil...it smells so bad..."
"Bang..." Zhang Yenan rolled her eyes at him, and then sighed deeply: "Call the expert team to come over. In addition, set up a defense line around here. Don't let me in even a fly!"