I, the outlaw, was caught again

Chapter 297: Evil spirits in the mountains? [Long chapter, please give me a monthly vote! ]

Wake up.
Xu Sheng felt like the sky was falling.

At night, at exactly midnight, Xu Sheng did not wake up the person beside him. He sat on the bed in the dark, looking at the light screen in front of him, and fell into deep thought.

No.

It shouldn't be said to be a light blue light curtain.

After all, the red hazard warning color occupies the vast majority of the area, so it should be said to be red!
“It’s all warning.”

Xu Sheng cleared his throat and stared with his eyes wide open.

The case came out
This did not surprise Xu Sheng. After all, how could a province not have some cases? As long as Chaozi ran around everywhere, he would encounter some.

But he really didn't expect it.
A case of this level would occur!
All red exclamation marks, either warnings or giving up the mission!

Many people are numb.

"How many cases involving human and animal abuse were there?"

He was lost in thought.

The human-animal case happened in the capital. A Sanhe god fell from the sky and hit Zhao Tian's car. If it had been a little further forward and Zhao Tian was driving, he might not have survived based on his physique.
It involves his safety, and the follow-up also involves the manor.

We also found well-known merchants from all over the country in the manor, and most of them had to die, involving the economic consequences of more than billions.

But even in this case, only
"Three."

Xu Sheng paused, his pupils condensed, and he looked at the panel again.

This case
“Seven.”

The two words emerged in his mind, and Xu Sheng fell silent for an instant, like a statue.

Seven warnings
A whole seven!

The human-animal case was not even on the same level as this, there was no comparison at all. The more Xu Sheng read on, the colder he felt.

What kind of case would be like this?
Who is the murderer?

Who are the people involved?!
[Does the host accept this mission? Yes/No]

Xu Sheng paused for a while, then slowly stretched out his hand and moved to the right.

This was the first time he had seen this panel, and it was obvious that the panel did not want Xu Sheng to accept it.

He moved his hand towards 'yes'.

[This mission can be abandoned. Are you willing to continue to accept it? ]

Another prompt pops up.

Mr. Xu chose to accept it again.

After a moment, my ears quieted down.

Xu Sheng walked to the window and sat on a chair, looking at the crescent moon hanging high in the sky outside, his mind gradually becoming distracted.

"'eclipse'."

Xu Sheng murmured these two words.

The sound turned into a breeze, following the moonlight, floating away from the window.
August 19th.

In the morning, at nine fifty-seven.

A gust of wind blew past, hitting Wang Chao's body and making his clothes fly all over the place.

"Who's whispering about me?"

Wang Chao shuddered, tightened his clothes and muttered softly.

At this time, he was standing in the airport waiting hall, with windows on both sides open and wind blowing from time to time.

Li Hao patted his shoulder.

"Calm down, it's happened so many times, it's just a murder case."

Li Hao's figure appeared beside him, his expression rather calm.

Although it is a bit disrespectful to say this about murders, the problem is that they have experienced too many murders and are more or less immune to them.

"Too."

Wang Chao thought it made sense.

It's just a murder case, and from the current perspective, it doesn't seem to be that serious.

Could the human wall in the sewers of the three cities across the river be serious?
Or is it more terrifying than the dozens of corpses beneath the gorgeous flower fields?

It can't be worse than the case of a man and an animal that was almost crushed to death by Zhao Tian in the imperial capital, right? ?

Impossible, absolutely impossible.

After all, only three people have died so far, and their deaths were not very shocking. Although the number of missing persons is relatively large, there are indeed only three on the surface.

Why three?
While waiting for someone, Liu Peng rushed to the scene and took the hunters into the mountains to search. He didn't find any clues, but he did find two more bodies.

The other two were the extras seen during the day.

"Wait a minute, trust Brother Xu."

Wang Chao smiled and straightened his back.

After the case came to light, Nanyue City filed a case in the morning and immediately notified Mr. Xu in Jiangsan City.

There are no talents in Nanyue City, or there is no environment for talents to display their talents and make others notice that they are talents.

Therefore, the criminal investigation work was handed over to Xu Sheng at Li Yang's suggestion.

As for where Xu Sheng is
"Brother Xu hasn't come yet?"

Wang Chao looked around for a moment, then became confused.

"It seems that he went to the provincial government, and then to the imperial capital."

"What?"

Li Hao touched his chin, he felt that Xu Sheng was going to call for Guoan.

But he never thought why they would ask the National Security Bureau for such a small case.

"Because I have to clean up both of your butts."

Suddenly, an extremely familiar voice sounded.

Wang Chao was stunned and turned back subconsciously, but what greeted him was not a hug, but a.
"Snapped!"

Xu Sheng's face darkened as he kicked Chaozi on the butt, causing him to grimace.

Chaozi didn't care much and approached again, "When did Brother Xu come?"

"Stay somewhere cool."

Xu Sheng's face darkened, he groaned and turned away.

This was probably the most difficult case he had ever encountered in his life. Seven warnings and two confirmations were required to accept the mission.
This left him with no time or mood to reminisce and chat with Chaozi.

no way.
God knows how cold Xu Sheng’s heart was after seeing the seven exclamation marks.

The hot weather in the dog days of summer made Xu Sheng feel like he was falling into an ice cellar!
Li Yang, who was in the distance, stood up from his chair and walked closer.

Wang Chao and Li Hao were staring at each other.

"What's wrong with Brother Xu? Why do you feel a little aggressive?"

"I don't know. Maybe it's because someone died before we got married. I think it's a bit unlucky."

The two thought about it and felt that it made sense.

until
Two hands patted the two men on the shoulders.

Sha Yuan's face was revealed. He looked at the two of them and felt a little annoyed.

"Okay, go have fun, don't go to the mountains for the time being."

After saying that, Sha Yuan walked towards Xu Sheng.

Sha Yuan is here too.

Well, he didn't want to come originally, but was forced to come by Xu Sheng.

There was no way. Sha Yuan had never seen Xu Sheng so serious at that time. The seriousness in his tone convinced Sha Yuan.

What did the other party say?
It's nothing.

The general meaning is that he came to a conclusion based on the information given by the phone call from Nanyue City.
This case will not be any less serious than the Imperial Capital Human-Animal Case!
So, Shayuan came.

Looking at Sha Yuan following behind him, Xu Sheng didn't turn his head to look at him and just kept walking.

He didn't tell the truth, but he didn't lie either.
Higher than the human-animal case = not weaker than the human-animal case, this makes sense, right?
As to why it is not clear.
I can’t say, let’s not talk about how I can affirm and guarantee others.

Even if I said so myself, would the authorities mobilize all the resources for human and animal cases to focus on a small murder case?
No, at least we have to determine the level of this murder case.

But what if the level is determined?
This brings us back to the starting point, which is to investigate the case. Just like the human and animal case, we need to find out the manor, and then invest a lot of resources to flatten the opponent with firepower!
"How's the case going?"

Xu Sheng walked out of the airport and ignored Wang Chao and others who got into the car. He rubbed his eyebrows and asked.

"Tourists are currently prohibited from entering. Thirteen people have been identified as missing, seven of whom are the director and lead actor who disappeared three days ago. The other six were found in different areas."

Liu Peng put out his cigarette, took out the document file and started talking.

"These six people were extras and had gone into the mountains to look for people two days ago."

"The director and the other seven people have not yet found out their identities."

"In addition, five people are missing, a total of 18 people are missing, and three people are dead. The missing people were roommates with the extras in the crew, so it is temporarily predicted that they are implicated."

"There are currently five extras left in the crew, who are under police protection."

How many people are there in a crew?

About 20 or 30 people.

This is a small crew, and it can be completed by a director, a few actors, and a few photographers.

If it is a low-budget movie, a coffin, a camera and an actor will do the job. If the camera is rented, the cost can be controlled within a few thousand yuan.

"That is to say, there are a total of 18 people in this crew, three are confirmed dead, five are alive, and another are suspected to have been killed. In addition, there are five roommates of the crew's extras. A total of people are missing and three are dead. Wang Chao is not one of them?"

Xu Sheng shifted his gaze and looked at Liu Peng standing beside him.

Wang Chao shrank his neck.

He guessed how the other extras died.

The other party hid in the room, drugged him and knocked him out, then carried him away and killed him in the mountains.

The wound looked like a cut in the throat, the kind that made it impossible to even scream!

"Fortunately, my body has some resistance to drugs, and I was awakened by the binding action after being unconscious for a short while."

Wang Chao felt a little emotional, feeling like he had survived a disaster.

His physique had been honed in Jiangsan City a long time ago, a completely unconventional physique. Normal people don't have much resistance to anesthetics and drugs, but he does.

If it weren't for this thing, maybe he would have died like the other victims that night, without anyone noticing.
Xu Sheng didn't care about Wang Chao's drug resistance, he frowned.

"That means there are at least 21 people involved in the murder."

"If we exclude those who are suspected of being innocently implicated, there are still 16 people."

"These sixteen people"

"What did you do?"

As long as the other person is not mentally ill, there will be no killing without reason.

If it is a mental illness, it is possible. After all, the person is sick, and you can't expect him to control himself and find his own enemy.

Therefore, if the murderer is mentally ill, it would be somewhat reasonable for him to kill the deceased if there is no connection between the two.

But the other party is obviously not a psychopath who kills people without logic.

It is purposeful to divide the target into a circle!
What circle?
"Who is guilty of this crew?"

Xu Sheng frowned and asked.

"No."

Liu Peng thought for a moment and said, "So far, the crew has not found any conflicts with others, but we cannot guarantee that there will be no conflicts."

"Weird"

Xu Sheng murmured.

There are a total of eighteen people in the crew.

The probability of eighteen people offending the same person is extremely small, especially when they themselves are unaware of it.

In other words, it is highly likely that this case was not caused by the overt conflict between the crew and others.

Nanyue City must have checked this. Given the time, even a more backward city should have completed the check.

Now there isn't, and that means there really isn't.

Since there is no
"Why did the murderer kill them?"

Xu Sheng frowned.

Liu Peng was silent. He was also thinking about this matter.

Murders do not occur without reason. Most of them are caused by money, anger and sex, which are the so-called "reasons".

But not in this case.

Or rather, I haven’t seen any yet!

After thinking for a moment, Xu Sheng turned his attention to Wang Chao again.

"Where were you staying on the night of the attack?"

Wang Chao recalled for a moment and said, "Room 301, the first room on the third floor."

"So the third floor?"

Xu Sheng narrowed his eyes and looked out the window, at a place ten meters high.

"How did he get up there?"

Wang Chao hesitated a little, "Climbed up?"

"There's a pipe attached to the wall. When I was chasing it, I saw it slide down from this thing. If it can go down, it's likely that it can also come up."

"What kind of pipe?"

Mr. Xu continued to ask.

Wang Chao thought for a moment and made a circle with his hands, about the size of a bowl.

"That's about it."

That is
The other party climbed up to the third floor from a bowl-sized pipe! ?

Moreover, the speed is very fast and it does not make any noise that disturbs others at night.
"Where are the doors and windows?"

Xu Sheng's eyes narrowed. "Are there any signs of damage to the doors and windows?"

"No, we checked Room 301 for clues. The doors and windows seemed to have been pried open, but there were no signs of damage."

Liu Peng spoke up.

"Have the rooms of the other missing persons been checked?"

"We checked and found no information in the missing victim's dormitory. There were no footprints, signs of a fight, or signs of dragging. We couldn't even confirm whether the windowsill had been pried open."

Liu Peng shook his head.

"This is true for all rooms. Only Mr. Wang's room has the most clues!"

Xu Sheng nodded, "What is the height of the victim's dormitory?"

"The highest floor is the fifth floor, and the lowest floor is the first floor." Liu Peng replied without hesitation.

That is
Does the other party have the ability to climb to the fifth floor and then pick the lock?

Xu Sheng frowned.

This ability.
Not like an ordinary person!
Is climbing five floors a big deal?
If we calculate based on three meters per layer, it would be about fifteen meters, or thirty meters round trip.

Thirty meters, a person with a normal physique can run in less than five seconds!

But if it is used in tree climbing
That would be very laborious!
What's more, this is wall climbing under different conditions.

You can refer to the 400-meter obstacle course in the military.

"The murders took place that night?" Xu Sheng couldn't help but ask again.

“All that night!”

In other words, the other party went back and forth between the mountains and Nanyue City at least several times in one night?
And he was carrying someone on his back! ?

And there was still enough energy to climb. If Wang Chao hadn't had any accidents, maybe he could have taken a few more with him! ?

This is simply superman!

Such a strong physique.
"He was very short, about 1.2 to 1.3 meters tall when he stood upright. When he walked, he walked on all fours, and his back was bulging with a barely noticeable bump."

Wang Chao recalled the details of that night and added some information about Xu Sheng's appearance.

"It was covered in hair and was a human shape. It didn't seem to be wearing much clothing, but it was so dark I couldn't be sure."

"Very agile. Although I hit him, it was also blocked."

"I didn't see any fangs, but based on the feel of its body, its nails are very long and sharp."

Are you a human?

One meter two?

Well, even if he is 1.3 meters tall when standing upright and not hunched over, he would be at most 1.4 meters tall.

1.4 meters
Judging from his strength and agility, he is believed to be a male.

A man who is 1.4 meters tall?

He is short. If he is 1.2 meters tall, he can be called a dwarf.

other side
Is it really a human?!

If not, how could it pick the lock! ?
Xu Sheng was stunned, with a myriad of thoughts running through his mind.

"Are they savages?"

Sha Yuan recalled the legendary wild man, thought for a moment and then asked.

"Who knows? Anyway, according to the old hunter, this thing might be some kind of evil spirit."

Liu Peng smacked his lips and said:

"Some say it's a mountain god, and some say it's a dog that has become a spirit."

Mr. Xu did not participate in this discussion.

He has his own set of logical reasoning in his mind.

Soon, this information was filled in the area that should exist in the frame named 'Murderer'.

"Climbing and endurance, this can be understood as living in the mountains for a long time and climbing trees, but..."

"How do you explain the lock picking?"

Xu Sheng frowned. Locks are the creation of human civilization, and lock picking is a technology that only a small part of human civilization knows.

How did the other party do that?
Also, there are anesthetics.
Anesthetics made from herbs?
Considering the size of the mountain, it is possible, but the key lies in the formula.

How did the other party know the formula of the anesthetic?
It won't leave any traces.
Xu Sheng had no doubt that if Wang Chao had not developed drug resistance in Jiangsan City, he would just disappear in the room for no reason!
Same with several other rooms.

The so-called footprints, traces of fighting, and struggles will all disappear!
The other party will deal with the traces.
And these things.
It's not something an ordinary person can get access to.

Who is this person?

Living in the mountains? From a knowledge point of view, it is definitely impossible.

What about living outside? Judging from the appearance information described by Wang Chao, it doesn't seem like it. Of course, it could also be a disguise.

But if it is the latter, it will be easier for the police to investigate, after all, there are not many places where one can learn these skills.

And a question hanging on everyone's mind
Why did it kill its victims?
Judging from the other party's logical thinking, some aspects must have touched the bottom line.

The bottom line
What is it?
What is the bottom line that a film crew can reach?

If it were in later generations, there would be quite a lot of cases, such as physical transactions, monetary transactions, or money laundering.

But during this period of time, the crew was still very pure, just a group of people making movies and TV shows!
Or.
Is it the characteristics of the crew? For example, the shooting?

Xu Sheng paused, frowned, got out of the parked car, and looked up at the towering mountains in front of him.

The crew is filming in the mountains, which means they have crossed the bottom line in the mountains. The bottom line is in the mountains?

What's in the mountains?
"The murderer's abilities, Nanyue City, the crew, the mountains."

One message after another played in Xu Sheng's mind until...
Xu Sheng, who was walking towards the mountain, suddenly stopped.

A faint fishy smell was inhaled into the lungs.
【Hyena's nose! 】

Xu Sheng narrowed his eyes.

He remembered the taste.

I smelled it in the flower field before, and there were dozens of corpses under the flower field.

Right now this.
Suddenly, he recalled the eighteen people who disappeared.

Are they all dead?
"Come with me!"

(End of this chapter)