Returning from the abyss

Chapter 784 Diffusion
Copycats are becoming more and more common.

Even with robust arrests, the number of copycat serial killers is on the rise.It was as if the spread of the news had attracted more people to learn. By the end of the week, more than 50 people had been arrested, and [-] people were still at large.This also means that a corresponding number of people have been kidnapped or even killed, and the locations of the crimes have spread directly to most provinces in the east.

This amount is naturally not worth mentioning compared to the vast land, but the sustainable increase is more and more frightening.Nowadays, almost every person who imitates the crime has been picked out by the netizens. The characteristics of these people are also very similar-the life is extremely unsatisfactory, lonely, and has a certain tendency to violence. They may be frightened by the law and do not dare to do anything. , but now, as if he was stimulated by something, he completely released his most violent and vicious side.

Under the incitement and fermentation of the Internet, calls for the death penalty for these people are getting louder and louder, and the photos of the suspects who have not been arrested are also posted everywhere.

"Someone has already posted this incident on the Internet." Ying Caiyi said while lying on the bed and swiping her phone, "Serial killings and the contagious 'imitation addiction' are all new things. It is estimated that those wicked people The media is going to start spreading rumors about this again.”

"If they do this, imitators will appear in their own country." Li Xian said.

Lu Ning felt that Li Xian might have been fooled.

"But in fact, all the criminals appearing now are imitators, right? None of them are the real murderers who continue to commit crimes. I am very surprised. Although this person has done something outrageous, there is nothing special about it. Why are so many people scrambling to learn it? Ying Caiyi raised her confusion, "Do you think this matter is developing a bit too weirdly?"

"Someone is definitely contributing to the flames." Lu Ning said, "It may be that someone with superpowers is causing trouble."

"What superpower is causing trouble?" The door of the dormitory was suddenly pushed open, and a chill came in from outside the door, but the three of them immediately got up when they heard the voice.

"Sister Lu!"

Lu Chunxiao was carrying a small suitcase, smiling all over his face, no change from before.She quickly closed the door behind her, put the suitcase on the ground, opened her arms and hugged Lu Ning, then pointed to the two people on the upper bunk: "I knew you were hiding under the covers."

"Sister Lu, you still have to run back from the capital in such a cold day." Li Xian quickly changed the topic.

"Well, it's been too long since I left, and Chu Wei has recovered, so it's time for him to come back to class."

"Chu Wei sent you back?"

"Actually, there are a few more people together. It seems that we also want to see if there is any progress in the imitation serial killings that have been raging around here recently." Lu Chunxiao took out a few boxes from his bag, "I'll bring some of you as well." I bought some gifts, I heard that Brother Meng and Sister Ji had some trouble here before."

"It doesn't count, we don't know what happened that day." Li Xian said, "Lu Ning encountered some troubles, but she came back safely afterward, so... look for her."

"Lu Ning, I heard..."

"It doesn't matter." Lu Ning waved her hand, "It went well afterwards, how is Captain Emmy doing?"

"Haha, Emmy? Captain Emmy took another team to the south. She still has an impression of you. Let me say hello to you."

"Our situation here is not good. The previous imitator also killed a girl in the next school, and now everyone is very nervous. Besides, the weather has not changed." Lu Ning shrugged, "By the way, what did you do after you went there? "

"Actually, I met some members of the superpower team, and then I lived in a small villa. Everything was in order and someone came to deliver it regularly. It's just that the general communication was banned. I contacted my parents and reported it. It's safe, and it will be kept secret from others, that's all." Lu Chunxiao gave a rough description.

"...So you don't know what they are busy with." Ying Caiyi said.

"Well, after all, I have nothing to do with these. Of course, when Chu Wei gets better, he will come and tell me some information that he is allowed to tell me. I also knew about you at that time."

"So Chu Wei is also a superpower? If that's the case, do you want to continue talking with him?" Li Xian asked.

"What do you mean?"

"A person with superpowers is like a law enforcement organization. You should encounter many dangers in the future, right? You don't have the ability. If someone retaliates against you, you don't even have the ability to protect yourself." Li Xian said worriedly , "Sister Lu, although Chu Wei is a nice person, you can't just consider this when you are in a relationship, right?"

"You think too far..."

"I think Sister Lu, you really should consider this." Ying Caiyi also agreed.

The topic was diverted by the two of them just like that, but Lu Ning was not very interested in this topic. After all, what happened to the people in the scene had nothing to do with her, who was going to leave sooner or later.

This cold air has invaded the south, and many provinces have begun to report freezing rain. Some provinces and cities have encountered heavy snowstorms that have not happened in decades. Now no one regards this as an ordinary weather disaster, because all over the world The same ultra-low temperature and snowstorm began to appear.

At the same time, as Li Xian said before, the imitators have "went abroad". These people all use the same routine, kidnapping one to four boys and girls aged between 24 and 24 to 48 hours. The first massacred corpse will appear.

Accompanied by this, people began to be wary of those "solitary", "outlier", and "weird" people around them. Discrimination began to be born quietly, and became more and more obvious as copycats continued to breed.Even some students in the school who don't participate in group activities have begun to be vigilant. After all, the victims have a certain age range, but so far, imitators have people of all ages.

People who gradually adapted to the cold air also began to go out again.The infrequent snowfall has helped a lot, the traffic has finally recovered a bit, and people can travel normally.

"There's been nothing good since December." Li Xian sighed as she looked at the class resumption notice.

"Come on, you don't plan to go anyway when the class starts." Ying Caiyi joked at her.

"I think so too, but it's almost the end of the semester!" Li Xian scratched her head, "Teacher, just hold on tightly at this moment!"

"Think of something good. At least we can end this semester normally. If it is postponed for various reasons, then we will not be able to go home until the Chinese New Year? When it is so cold, I most want to stay at home." Ying Caiyi said.

The four of them packed up their things and went out.It is now 07:30 in the morning, and it is rare for the four of them to get up early and go to the cafeteria to eat together, just to get used to the ghostly weather earlier.

Li Xian is undoubtedly the one with the weakest ability to resist the cold. Even if she is tightly wrapped, she is still shaking when she goes out, and she feels better after arriving at the cafeteria.

"Today's class is..." Li Xian said after drinking half a bowl of hot porridge.

"G2107 large classroom, 08:30... is also the earliest." Lu Chunxiao replied immediately, "I really can't wait, you know? Although it's nice to have a vacation in that small villa, it's really a bit of a stretch to stay for a long time." Miss school and classes."

"No, I will definitely miss the small villa... No, I have to go to the bathroom." Li Xian threw away the porridge bowl and rushed to the bathroom next to the cafeteria as if fleeing.

"She probably doesn't want to go to class yet." Caiyi Ying smiled, "She's been lying in bed for 90.00% of the time these days, and the happy days just passed."

Several people laughed together.

After about 5 minutes, Li Xian came back. The three of them were chatting and laughing, but after Li Xian sat down, everyone saw her pale face.

"Li Xian, what's wrong?"

"There's something wrong with that...the bathroom..."

"What's wrong?" Lu Chunxiao immediately stood up, "We'll go over with you to have a look."

"No, I think we may need to call the police!" Li Xian yelled hastily, "I smelled a strong stench from a toilet cubicle, but I dare not look from below..."

"Come on, go over and have a look, and call the police if there is any situation. Yes, first inform the head teacher, and, Sister Lu, call Chu Wei too." Lu Ning said.

They acted immediately and followed Li Xian into the bathroom.The bathroom next to the cafeteria was still unused at such an early hour, and the janitors would come later because it was too cold to mop the floor.

As Li Xian said, a stench can be smelled near a cubicle in the bathroom.Li Xian pointed tremblingly, Lu Ning stretched out her hand and pushed twice, the door was indeed locked.She squatted down and glanced inside through the gap under the toilet door. There were some red and black dry matter accumulated on the ground.

"Call the police."

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Another impersonator appeared.

The deceased was not a student of the school, but a high school student who had disappeared before.The student was a dormitory student, and it had been two days since he was reported missing, but now he was found in the bathroom of the university.No one knows why the murderer moved people to this place. The police car came to the campus again, and Lu Ning saw Meng Bin and Ji Changting again.

The two were investigating some traces at the scene. After seeing Lu Chunxiao, they looked at each other and walked over.

"Chun Xiao, you guys discovered it?"

"To be precise, it's my roommate." Lu Chunxiao pointed at Li Xian.

Ji Changting thought for a while: "Didn't Chu Wei come over? You should call him. It's very dangerous that such imitators continue to increase recently."

"I called him." Lu Chunxiao said immediately.

"We have Lu Ning here." Ying Caiyi said, "You all know that too, right?"

Ji Changting was a little embarrassed: "Yeah, but it's not easy for Lu Ning to protect the safety of all of you. If the imitator is still nearby and keeps an eye on you, it will be very dangerous."

"We know." Ying Caiyi replied.

Then Lu Ning asked: "Have you found anything at the scene?"

"The imitator didn't leave any traces. If we use superpowers to track him, we can find him, but...it will be difficult to convict him," Meng Bin said.

"Why are you so particular about it?"

"The investigation of the case needs to use enough evidence to prosecute the suspect. As for the sentencing and other more complete information, the results of superpower tracking cannot be widely recognized as evidence, at least not yet. We It can only deal with superpower crimes." Meng Bin sighed, "Let's see if some terms can be relaxed in a few years."

"Well, that means the murderer didn't use any supernatural power this time?" Lu Ning asked again.

"Yes, the murderer is a copycat. In fact, we went to the scene of the earliest murderer, and there was no trace of superpowers. The murderer should have committed the crime with ordinary criminal methods." Meng Bin said, "If there is anything here Superpowers, if they exist, are grotesque and contagious imitations."

"Do you see anything wrong with this?"

"At present... there is no obvious problem. However, from the psychological test, there is a certain psychological suggestion function in it, which can induce certain people who meet certain factors to become imitators."

"This... can be seen without testing, right?" Ying Caiyi said.

Lu Ning suddenly felt a thorn on her back, but when she turned around, she didn't see anything.

At the end of the site survey, Meng Bin received a phone call. He walked to the corner and answered a few words, then came over and told Ji Changting to leave in a hurry.The rest of the people are responsible for cleaning up the scene.

"The transcript didn't record anything, either."

"Because there are no traces left at the scene. The snow on the road has been shoveled and cleared in the past few days. Even if there are still, the murderer will probably find a way to remove the traces." Ying Caiyi said.

"But if you think about it in this way, you can know that the murderer is someone who knows the snow removal work in our school." Lu Ning continued, "Although it hasn't snowed recently, most of the snow hasn't been cleared yet. There are still some roads in our school that have not completely removed the snow, and the road from the gate to the cafeteria is relatively clean, but outsiders don’t know this.”

"Yes." Lu Chunxiao nodded and said, "Outsiders of our school are not allowed to come in casually, and there are no visitors even after it snows."

"An insider?" Li Xian was a little scared.

"Probably. But there are quite a few people in the school, and it is impossible to deduce who did it." Lu Ning scratched her chin, "As long as you know this fact, it is actually very easy to bypass the guards, especially in the It gets easier with this school for a long time.”

"But if it came in over the wall from somewhere, it will definitely leave traces, right? The snow in the corner of the wall has basically not been removed." Ying Caiyi said.

"No, there are many small paths beside the wall of our school, so it's not difficult to find a location other than Xue." Lu Ning shook her head, "If you want to find the murderer, you can't start from this aspect. The police didn't find any traces, and we can't expect the murderer to make low-level mistakes. , What traces and evidence are left behind."

"You mean..."

"The police can't use super powers to continue the pursuit, but we can."

(End of this chapter)