I, the outlaw, was caught again

Chapter 164: Pioneers! Escape Psychology! [Two chapters in one!]

What is the direction of effort?
To work hard means to go all out. Generally, when doing these two words, people will use all their advantages to deal with it.

Just like when facing a girl you like, you will dress up, try hard to be better, and show your strengths.

The murderer killed and skinned people, and the same way he pursued girls was true!

"People's goals are often built on their own strengths, and the more crazy a person is, the more so."

"We don't know the direction of the murderer's target, but we know his behavior is to kill people and skin them, and then carve patterns on the skin!"

"Effort. These two words are actions based on one's own advantages. From this, we can see that the opponent's advantages are hidden in the so-called killing and skinning, and then carving patterns."

Why do we try our best?

Because everything has a price.

For example, when starting a business, few people can afford the cost of bankruptcy.

Therefore, in order to avoid the consequences of bankruptcy, they need to succeed, and their own strengths and things they are good at become the driving force for their "success".

"The price of a criminal case is often life."

"Under the threat of death, there is no chance for the murderer to make the same mistake twice. Captain Li, if you were the murderer, would you choose to act in the area you are least good at, or in the area you are best at?"

Xu Sheng turned his eyes and looked at Li Sheng beside him.

Li Sheng moved his lips and then said seriously: "Of course it's the most impressive thing!"

"That's right. If it's not an action that comes from active thinking, then the subconscious mind will prompt it to form."

"You have to dress up for a grand occasion. Wearing cheap clothes will make you feel cramped and ashamed."

Xu Sheng nodded. This is a psychological condition caused by a gap. The more you care about your face, the more you will take it seriously.

Whether it is for the "effect" of the goal or to achieve the goal, people's subconscious mind will subconsciously take a safe approach.

"The murderer's advantage is"

"Tanned leather!?"

“Or carving patterns?”

Everyone was stunned, their minds constantly thinking about two things, or perhaps there were scenes that they had not seen.

The murderer's method of action was very direct. No matter how you looked at it, it was the other party "killing people, skinning them, tanning them, and carving patterns on them."

"It could be the former, or it could be the latter."

Xu Sheng pondered for a moment and then shook his head.

He couldn't be completely sure which one it was.

but
"Why must there be one?"

"I think we can check both sides!"

Xu Sheng suddenly spoke, and his words stunned Li Sheng and others.

The next moment, Li Sheng came to his senses and was stunned.

Yes, why do we have to score one?
Can't we check them all?!

After all, all previous cases involved a huge amount of police resources being deployed in a vast array of options, searching in multiple directions at the same time, and then finding the correct one to solve the case.

"I was confused by your question!"

Li Sheng's eyes twitched.

Every question has an answer, and this kind of choice-oriented question will only have one answer.

But they are criminal police, not examiners, they are verifiers, not teachers who judge right and wrong.

"Send another team of police officers to search for the word 'carving' and turn Ningguang City upside down!"

Zhang Cha immediately took out the walkie-talkie and began to arrange the deployment of police forces.

Regarding the clue of human skin tanning, they had already sent people to investigate, but the concept was too general and they had not found anything yet.

Xu Sheng pondered for a long time, looked at the surrounding environment, and then shook his head.

"Let's go back to the team first."

The crime scene was the same as the crossroads. There were no clues and staying here would only be a waste of time.

It’s better to go back to the team and search for the human skin totem!

Everyone nodded, left Zhang Miu and a few policemen behind, and drove back to the police station.

Time soon came to the early morning of the next day.

Although everyone was very tired, they had no intention of resting. Instead, they gathered in the office.

"The DNA comparison showed that the two pieces of skin were not from the same person, which confirmed our previous hypothesis that the victim was not the same person."

"At the same time, judging from the standard size of the human skin and the flawless carving of the pattern, the murderer was indeed moving towards the goal of 'perfection', which in turn provides factual support for the previous speculation."

In the office, two pieces of human skin were spread out on the table, and Zhang Cha on the side began to report.

The pattern is very beautifully drawn, and the murderer is trying his best to make his actions have the best impact!

This coincides with Xu Sheng's reasoning that the murderer would use his strengths to implement his plan.

"The direction and target of the murderer are hidden in the patterns on these two pieces of human skin?"

Han Yang recalled the clues he had obtained using the reasoning formula before, and frowned as he looked at the two different patterns.

Four rows of people were carved on the human skin at the first crime scene. The first person in each row was very small, and then the figures behind him gradually grew larger. The expressions on their faces were quite rich. These people were holding books, airplane models, and paintbrushes in their hands.

The end point of the four rows of people is a group of five monsters with their mouths wide open. People who have entered the monsters' mouths are like people produced on an assembly line, exactly the same, with no expression visible.

"Wu Song fights the tiger? Liao Zhai? The god that x sect believes in?"

Zhang Cha frowned, thinking about some of the things he had seen in his life that were barely related to this thing.

Xu Sheng turned his head and looked at the second picture.

The second human skin totem depicts a group of happy little people who happily enter the monster's mouth, are then chewed into pieces, and spit out broken bones.

The difference from the first picture is that the monster in this picture is ridden by a little man.

The little man is dressed differently from the people below, and seems to have a very high status. He rides on the monster's head and feels very happy when he sees the little man below happily entering the monster's mouth.

"What does this mean?"

Li Sheng frowned and looked at the two pictures, doubts emerging in his mind.

"eat human?"

Han Yang made a tentative guess.

The monsters in both pictures have their mouths open.

The little people in both patterns have entered the mouth, without exception.

"Monsters eat people? Monsters represent wild animals? Tigers in the mountains? Lions on the grasslands?"

"What is the person being eaten?"

This pattern is very abstract, but generally speaking, it is not a showy pattern, it is basically a metaphor for something.

For example, ancient portraits can be roughly divided into those depicting scenes and those depicting actions.

The former include landscape paintings or portraits, which require certain painting skills to support.

The latter can be regarded as murals on the ruins.

Murals often use paintings to record events, such as the enthronement of a new king or the burial of a pharaoh. Through the people and things around them, one can see the system of the environment at that time.

There is often another meaning behind it.

For example, how terrible the life of slaves is. If, the murderer also has another meaning.
"What could that be?"

Looking at the two paintings in front of them, everyone fell into deep thought.

"Using objects to convey a message, what is the message?"

To put it simply, this thing can be seen as some foreign variety shows.

This makes many people feel disgusted or shocked, so many countries have banned such videos.

This is small and does not involve the second person.

If it's a little bigger, it can be seen as a monster eating people.

For example, tigers, bears, or lions.

For example, if a bear eats people, if you encounter this thing and don't have the "truth" in your hand, then it will be useless no matter you climb a tree or hit yourself to death. The best way to escape is to run faster than the people around you.

In the previous life, there was an incident of a bear eating a person. The incident happened in the north. A 19-year-old girl encountered a brown bear outside. Unfortunately, she did not escape.

The girl had no strength to resist and could only allow the brown bear to bite her thighs, cut open her stomach, and gnaw on her organs and body in front of her, while her mind remained clear.

During this period, the girl called her mother three times, crying and telling her mother that a brown bear was eating her.

After this incident, a series of related public opinions were triggered.

For example, 'Are these dangerous animals really necessary to maintain the ecology?'

Then there were a bunch of people suggesting killing all the bears in the wild and only keeping some in captivity.

And those who think that the environment cannot be separated from these animals, there is no need to punish them excessively.

"Carving this pattern on human skin and then placing it in the most crowded places, is this an attempt to spread one's own ideas?"

Xu Sheng frowned.

"For example, if the other party is spreading ideas because of the bear-eating-man incident, then they should be spreading the message that bears are dangerous."

"But this case is fundamentally about people, and people riding on the heads of monsters."

"What does it mean?"

No matter what animal it is, be it a bear, a tiger, or even a human.

Being touched on the head or even ridden on the head by another member of the same species is extremely insulting unless it is a playful act between relatives or friends.

Therefore, an act that symbolizes status and power can be reflected in touching another person's head.

Make some insulting gestures.

From this point of view, the little man riding on the monster's neck is the one who controls the monster. He lets the monster eat the rest of the people, and he is not angry but very happy instead.

It can even be said that the monster was the one he actively controlled to eat these little people.
Although it seemed like he was overthinking, the other party obviously wanted people to overthink, so Xu Sheng's mind couldn't help but become active.

"If that's the case, what does the thing that represents the monster symbolize in reality?"

"Just a simple bear eating a man? No, that's not right. The implication is too small."

It is still the same idea as before.

At a grand banquet where you will be evaluated by everyone, it is always embarrassing to wear cheap clothes. Unless you are forced to do so, you will usually not take the initiative to be evaluated by others.

The meaning is just like this dress.

Some are cheap, some are expensive, some are embarrassing to wear on stage, and naturally there are also some that people would be comfortable wearing with their heads held high.

"That means something much broader."

"Moreover, the spread of ideas first requires others to agree with them, and most of those who agree with them are from the same environment as the idea."

Xu Sheng pondered and found that there was no way to find out the other party's meaning out of nothing.

but
Can be reversed!

"Since I can't see the murderer's implication, I can infer it from the viewers who the murderer thinks can see it!"

"Who are the viewers? A group of passers-by, a large number of passers-by, in a broad sense, ordinary people."

“Similarly, if you want these people to identify with the totem, the meaning of the totem must be related to them.”

“If it is related to the concept of ‘ordinary people’, then the level of meaning will rise rapidly.”

Just like those works of art.

But in the eyes of those who are watching, their experiences and levels will help them see something.

In this way, from the experience of the person who is viewing it, one can infer the meaning of what he is seeing, and if the base number is large enough, then the meaning of the outfit can be confirmed.

The people this case looks at are ordinary people.

What experiences do ordinary people have?
First of all, the reason why ordinary people are called ordinary people is that there is nothing outstanding in their lives. They are very similar to the people around them and have no unique experiences of their own.

This kind of thinking, to observe these two totems
“If you can bring yourself into the allegory, you will definitely see your own reflection.”

“The shadow of an ordinary person.”

Xu Sheng cast his gaze upon the two pictures, and for a moment, he was stunned.

There are three categories of things in the two pictures.

There were a huge number of villains who were completely devoured.

A hideous monster that can swallow endlessly.

The person who controls the monster, grinning at the sight of the villain being swallowed, and whose status is far superior to the villain.

If the swallowed little man represents an ordinary person, then the first pattern acts on an ordinary person by growing from small to large, which represents the growth of a person.

The person who controls the monster represents a person of extraordinary achievement.
What is that which can swallow up everyone and everything?
Black hole? No one has mastered black holes yet, and there is no reason for a person who has grown from a small child to a big child to enter a black hole with a smile.

Moreover, it can be applied to reality.

That can only be.
Suddenly, Xu Sheng was stunned, and two words popped out of his mind unconsciously.

What does a monster that chews ordinary people into pieces and devours all people represent in reality?
No one can do this!
That requires transcending the level of "individual", but at the same time it has to do with "identity inequality".

The most important thing is that this monster can devour infinitely, so it can only be.
"society?"

Suddenly, Xu Sheng was stunned. He recalled the information about the murderer's life that he had deduced yesterday at the second crime scene.

"The reason for the emptiness is that the spirit is extremely tormented, and the reason for the torment is that the environment and the ideal are extreme to each other. The ideal is naturally positive and upward, so the living environment can only be the extreme below. He has tried hard but still failed to achieve his ideal. In other words, he has failed."

"And failure. Yes, a lot of people are self-important, and quite a few people will make excuses for themselves after failing in something, and will subconsciously avoid some things and attribute the failure to certain people or things."

“It’s like someone who hits and kills someone while driving and talking on the phone. Instead of reflecting on why he was driving and talking on the phone, he blames the person who called him for calling him.”

"So, the murderer found an 'excuse' for himself? And, under this self-hypnotic mentality, his thinking gradually became extreme, and so..."

"Oh, right, his identity is very low, he is a transparent person. This reasoning is consistent with the current situation. Taken together, his purpose is..."

Listening to Xu Sheng's mumbling, Li Sheng on the side was stunned again and again. He understood the previous analysis of the two pictures, but he didn't understand a word of the latter.

"What do you mean?"

Li Sheng frowned.

"If, based on previously verified clues, the murderer is really what I think he is, and thinks he is sober, then under this mentality."

Xu Sheng's face looked a little ugly, and he looked at Li Sheng.

He slowly spoke out a reasoning that he found a little absurd.

“He wants to make one.”

"pioneer?"

(End of this chapter)