Indescribable cyberpunk

Enclosed second floor bedroom.

Messy clutter and blood stains all over the bed.

This is what Zhu Jue saw when he arrived at the crime scene.

This is a case that happened late last night. At that time, Zhu Jue should have been chatting with Atal on the top floor of the tower or falling asleep on the wicker chair. Until this morning, the neighbor of this family got up early to go to the fields and came over to shout. No one answered for ten minutes, so he went to report to the Usa Town garrison.

No one came to Elder Atal for help, but the latter rushed to the scene with Zhu Jue as soon as he learned about the incident and said that he could provide assistance.

Facts have proved that Atal's words are no less effective in Usa Town than the local mayor. On the premise that he strongly recommended Zhu Jue to participate in the investigation, Zhu Jue almost immediately changed from a dangerous outsider to a trustworthy helper. .

"What attack is this?"

Carrying the long sword and walking around the room, Zhu Jue asked while feeling the special aura that might remain around him.

"In the fifth incident, including the missing, the number of victims has reached 10. Have you found anything?"

The guard captain looked at the scene nervously. For a guard captain in a simple town, dealing with such a serial murder case was really beyond his ability.

"I've just arrived. Have you investigated all the victims?"

Patting the captain on the shoulder, Zhu Jue's eyes stayed on the bedroom window. The windows of this era naturally could not be made of glass, but wooden windows like shutters or hollow wide wooden boards. Behind them was a simple plug.

Taking two steps forward, I saw that the window frame and wooden frame showed no signs of damage as expected, and were only large enough for a normal man to bend through.

"They are all long-term residents of Usa Town, and they are all farmers. They don't have any property except some grains and vegetables."

According to common sense, the murderer must have a motive for committing the crime, but who would have such a hatred for a group of simple townspeople?

"The murderer just wanted to kill people. It has nothing to do with their identity or family property. What I'm asking is what these victims have in common."

Now that it has been determined that the murderer is a monster that causes mental pollution, Zhu Jue will not be idle to find its motive for killing. His goal is very clear, find the monster and kill it, and then call it a day.

"Well. They all live in Usa Town, and are they all farmers?"

The guard captain scratched his chin in embarrassment and said dryly, as if he thought of something, and suddenly said excitedly,

"Light! It seems that on the day these victims were killed, some people said they saw a light!"

"What kind of light?"

The colorful light in the dark night appeared subconsciously in Zhu Jue's mind. Although the traces on the scene were not very similar, he still subconsciously cheered up.

"It's just ordinary light, and it only lights up for a while and then disappears."

"I understand. The crime scene should still be preserved. Take me to see it."

After twisting his lips, Zhu Jue walked to the door helplessly, grabbed the door handle, and bent down to look at the lock. There was still no sign of damage.

The entrance and exit of the entire room were not damaged, so there were only two possibilities. Either the murderer came in through the door in a swaggering manner. He knew the owner of the house, and even got to know the owner so well that he was willing to get up and open the door to let him into the bedroom even late at night. The possibility of this situation sounds somewhat small. After all, judging from the marks on the ground, the guy was not friendly when he appeared.

Then there is only one possibility. The monster has a way to suddenly appear in the bedroom and launch a sudden attack.

"It's not important to think about how it entered the room now. What's important is how to know the time and place where it will appear next!"

His fingers tapped rhythmically on the door panel, Zhu Jue pursed his lips, looked at the guard captain and said,

"The current situation is that we know nothing about the murderer, and the chance of actively pursuing it is very small. It is best to let it appear on its own, so I must know what these victims did to attract the monster."

Usa Town may not be big, but a monster that can enter the bedroom and come and go silently can still be hidden.

You must know that Zhu Jue's perception range is only about 20 meters. Even if the monster is hidden somewhere, it will take a lot of time to find it.

For Zhu Jue, who will leave the dreamland tomorrow evening, time is undoubtedly the most precious thing.

As soon as he walked to the corridor, Zhu Jue noticed that several people from the garrison were searching in the room next to him. He glanced subconsciously and noticed that there were a lot of wood chips scattered on the floor of the room, and there were piles of wood in the corner next to him. There are several wooden benches with a pale surface.

He turned and walked into the room, picked up the hacksaw and plane on the ground, and looked back at the guard captain: "This family still does carpentry?"

"Of course, in addition to farming, some of the residents of Usa Town also have craftsmanship and make these simple furniture for sale."

The commodity economy in Dreamland still remains in a relatively primitive state, and this situation is common.

"These stools look new. Were they making stools last night?"

There was no time to clean up the scattered pieces of wood on the ground, and these stools didn't look like they had been stored for a long time.

"I'll ask the neighbor next to me about the situation."

The guard captain immediately found someone to fetch the man who reported the crime in the morning from nearby.

After a few simple questions, sure enough, according to the neighbor, on the way back from the farmland with the victim last night, the latter mentioned that he wanted to make a few stools overnight in order to save money to buy two for his family. new clothes.

Carpentry work, which is what the victim was doing before the attack, or had just completed.

Will there be any contact?

"Did any of the other victims have anything similar in their homes?"

"Are you saying that there are many people in Usa Town doing this kind of thing again, is there really a connection?"

The guard captain still has basic eyesight, but carpentry work is too ordinary in his eyes. If he does this kind of thing, he will be targeted, and nearly one-third of the people in Usa Town will be the next target.

"You're right, it's not the job but the situation it creates."

He grabbed a stool and looked at the rivets and neat wooden blocks at the joints. Then he turned to the tools and squinted his eyes for a moment to think.

Most of the mental pollution source monsters I have met so far do not have the habit of choosing specific targets. Most of them are unlucky for whoever they encounter.

Assuming that the monster is the same this time, it will wander around Usa Town at night, looking for targets, then how can it target these people who work at night?

Carpentry, rivets and hammers, iron saws.

sound!

"Hurry up and send someone to find out what all the victims were doing before they were attacked. If you can't find out, ask their neighbors if they heard any noise that night!"

Almost all attacks occur late at night, and there is no nightlife in this world. Nine o'clock in the evening is a normal rest time for most people.

"I'm going to check right now!"

The guard captain did not have any doubts about the person recommended by Great Elder Atal, and went to inquire according to Zhu Jue's idea without saying a word.

Facts proved that Zhu Jue's guess was correct.

One was renovating the kitchen, another was tidying up the utility room, and another was a couple quarreling in the middle of the night.

Every house that was attacked had a noise that night!

Now that the reason is found, the next thing is much simpler.

As night fell, Zhu Jue lay on a wicker chair under the oak tree outside Usa Church to enjoy the cool air.

On the right side of the wicker chair is a horn as thick as an adult's forearm. This is where he chose to fight the monster.

On the one hand, this is a hillside, with no one living within 100 meters nearby. It is covered by night, and the monsters that cause mental pollution will not be exposed to the sight of the residents of Usa Town. On the other hand, it is convenient for Zhu Jue to perform in this place, so that it will not be in a closed space. hands and feet tied up in the space.

"Are you really confident you can kill that monster?"

Atal was very worried about Zhu Jue's safety. Knowing that Zhu Jue was going to blow the horn soon, he asked again uneasily.

If his current position was not on the top platform of a tower nearly ten meters high and most of his body was still huddled behind, Zhu Jue might be moved.

"If you think I'm taking too many risks, then you should pay me more!"

Zhu Jue rubbed the wind chime's head and let it wait among the branches nearby.

When he looked up again, there was no trace of Atal on the top of the tower.

After grabbing the horn, a layer of frost clung to the mouthpiece. There was nothing he could do about it. Zhu Jue looked at the layer of suspicious yellow sediment and couldn't stop talking.

Stepping on the big stone in the open space next to him, Zhu Jue raised his neck and blew the horn.

Woo~

Zhu Jue's strong physical fitness made Zhu Jue's breath extremely long, and the deep horn sound was also very long.

This sound rode the night wind and echoed in the streets and alleys of Usa Town.

The woman holding her child and singing a lullaby heard it.

The busybodies on the rooftops heard.

The members of the garrison guarding the hillside with daggers in their hands also heard it.

And the terrifying existence wandering in different spaces, looking for tonight's hunting target, can be clearly heard.

Buzz~~~

The warning in my mind has already sounded.

Zhu Jue drank the moonlight wine, threw the Dream Eater's sword aside, and placed the Mikazuki Taishou across his legs.

My eyes always stay on the stone path in the center of the hillside.

Shuffling toward him in the darkness was a huge, blasphemous monster.

Its appearance looks a little like an ape and a little like an insect; the skin on its body hangs down in piles, and there are traces of degenerated eyes on its wrinkled head, and the head moves like a drunken man. It is shaking, and there are widely opened claws on its extended forelimbs.

Although there is no expression on its face, you can feel the cruel and vicious aura constantly emanating from its body.