Infinity Throne

"Where are the other dead?"

"I haven't seen it yet, but I guess it's about the same."

Gu Tianqing smiled slightly and said: "But this person who is secretly manipulating the 'leeches' is very smart. He deliberately left leech mucus everywhere in the scene, trying to hide the 'entrance' where the leech army really invaded. Moreover, the target he chose , all seem to have been carefully selected, and the versions of the AI ​​housekeeper in the house are all without video surveillance, which is a bit interesting."

"Actually, if you really want to hide it, you definitely can't hide it. After all, with this simple method, even a criminal police officer who graduated from the Special Warfare Department and has a certain seniority may not be able to deceive it. It's just that ordinary people have never seen this. It’s a battle, so I don’t know how to deal with it for a while.”

Gu Tianqing's smile faded, she looked at Yi Lin, and said slowly: "Oh? You mean, the other party has expected that she is almost exposed?"

"In this circle, don't underestimate anyone who can survive the trial, even if he looks very funny and deserves a beating. By the way, I'm assuming for now that 'he' is an apostle." Yi Lin told Gu Tianqing He said something he deeply understood: "What I'm more curious about is, why did the person who controlled the leech kill eleven people in the same place?"

Gu Tianqing nodded and agreed: "That's right. If it were me, killing one person and changing the place would reduce the chance of exposure."

"Oh, very experienced."

Yi Lin looked calm and looked at Gu Tianqing.

Gu Tianqing responded with an elegant smile: "I'm just giving you an example."

"hehe."

Yi Lin smiled and said nothing, without revealing anything.

"What's next?"

Gu Tianqing asked with a smile.

Although she knew that Gu Tianqing was changing the subject tactfully, Yi Lin didn't bother to say anything more and walked out of the community.

"After investigation, although we can confirm that the group of cute little leeches are hiding in the sewers, the area is too large, and it is very impractical to conduct a blanket search. Moreover, if our opponents are really a group of If there were intelligent leeches, there would be no way to catch them all under the current conditions."

"So, we just have to wait."

Yi Lin nodded in agreement.

That's right.

wait.

This is currently the only way.

"Let's talk after you wake up."

Yi Lin yawned, leaving a shadow behind Gu Tianqing.

Gu Tianqing looked at Yi Lin who was quickly moving away, and suddenly chuckled, and said to Yi Lin's back: "I don't know if it's my imagination, but you seem a little impatient now. Did something happen?"

Yi Lin paused in her steps.

But he didn't look back.

"This is your illusion. Besides, whether I am impatient or not, what does it have to do with you?"

"Yeah, it doesn't matter."

…

…

This wait lasted three days.

In the past three days, Molly finally received a reply.

"Awesome. How did you get this information?"

Molly highly praised Yi Lin's efficiency.

"Haha, trade secrets."

"Bah." Molly spat, but didn't ask any more questions: "I checked. The data shows that apart from my laboratory, there are currently seven research institutions holding Star Steel. Yes. Yes, you are in Cangyang City now, right? I wonder if it is a coincidence, but there is one of the research institutes specializing in new semiconductor materials, not far from Cangyang City. I will send it to you later, and you can find a place to receive it. one time."

"clear."

After Yi Lin learned the news, she narrowed her eyes slightly and didn't say much.

Some things are destined not to let Molly know the details too clearly.

Regarding the search for Star Steel, Yi Lin is not in a hurry for the time being.

To be precise, there is no need to rush.

Although what happened in the Scientific Research Department, Yu Meng and Zhao Yulong focused more on not just a document from Area A. But Yi Lin couldn't be completely sure that the loss of the document would not attract anyone's attention. Therefore, Yi Lin can only put all her thoughts on solving the "leech murder incident" in Cangyang City for the time being.

After exploring the place of death of the latest deceased with Gu Tianqing, Yi Lin had roughly figured out the context of the incident.

There is a man who has the ability to control leeches.

For a certain purpose, he manipulated leeches and killed eleven ordinary people within a month.

Apart from the fact that they were all single and living alone, these eleven deceased people had nothing special in common.

In fact, being "single and living alone" is also the common denominator in most cases of serial killings without specific targets.

Because this type of goal is easy to start with.

Generally speaking, the murderers of this type of murders are also collectively referred to as "perverted serial murderers."

"In every sense of the word, it can really be said to be a 'perversion'."

during these three days.

The mysterious "Leech Man" seemed to know that a big net was about to be rolled out in Cangyang City, and had no plans to bubble up.

It's like completely disappearing.

Because the case was special and involved "abnormalities", the entire case was forcibly concealed.

Currently, Cangyang City is still peaceful and has not fallen into chaos.

But it’s not like nothing special happened in these three days.

At the very least, today, in the temporary office set up for Yi Lin and others in the Cangyang City Police Station, a special person came.

…

Yi Lin felt a headache as she looked at the girl swaggering across the street with a long black sheath knife hanging from her waist.

"Why are you here?"

Oda Mai raised her eyelids slightly, her eyes were cold, and she spoke slowly in a neither salty nor bland tone: "I can't come?"

"Ah, no, that's not what I meant." Yi Lin retreated behind Gu Tianqing without leaving any trace: "I mean, if you don't practice your sword at home, why are you getting involved in this muddy water?"

Oda Mai said in a low voice: "My sword has encountered a bottleneck."

"so?"

Does encountering bottlenecks have any direct or indirect relationship with your coming to Cangyang City?

Keep practicing!

Maybe as you practice, you will break through the bottleneck!

Yi Lin was stunned and couldn't connect the two things together.

“So, I wanted to chop something different.”

Oda Mai said it as a matter of course.

Yi Lin: "..."

Wang Bing: "..."

Yuan Zhiye: "..."

What I fear most is that the air suddenly becomes quiet.

This girl is too murderous.

Yi Lin was even more puzzled.

He once met Oda Mai by chance during the trials of Styx Junior High School.

By the way, what monsters and monsters have you not killed?

Gu Tianqing clapped her hands and smiled, trying to smooth things over: "It's okay, just in time, we are also short of people."

While Oda Wu was pressing the tachi on her waist, Yi Lin had already slowly asked Zhao Yulong a question mark.

A question mark already contained all of Yi Lin's emotions.

Zhao Yulong seemed to understand.

He laughed in the communication channel: "Are you satisfied with the pink assistant I arranged for you? Based on my rich experience, I am absolutely pink, absolutely -"

"Click."

Yi Lin killed Zhao Yulong's channel with a backhand, and then blocked it.

Wait until one day when you are in a good mood, then release Zhao Yulong.

Anyway.

Yi Lin probably understood.

Zhao Yulong didn't know what method he used to trick Oda Wu into the special group.

According to the operating style of the special group, most of them operate in groups of two to three according to the abilities and characteristics of each member. There are not many weirdos in the group who like to solve cases alone.

Oda Mai is currently considered an official.

In this regard, Wang Bing and Yuan Zhiye had already received Zhao Yulong's notice, so there was no surprise.

On the contrary, it was Gu Tianqing.

As soon as Wang Bing saw Gu Tianqing's harmless smile, he frantically sounded the alarm in his heart.

In his opinion, Gu Tianqing was obviously not a good person.

If it weren't for Yi Lin's guarantee, Gu Tianqing should, maybe, might be able to help. Wang Bing might just hold Gu Tianqing down for a thorough interrogation.

With Mai Oda in charge of military force here, the field team obviously has no place to use it.

Yi Lin did not hesitate and directly used the field team as an investigation team and sent it out to search for various intelligence in Cangyang City.

The key search areas are locations closely connected to sewer exits.

For example, sewage outlets, light factories, and various large areas.

on the other hand.

Yuan Zhiye is specifically responsible for identifying the next possible victim and narrowing the scope of the leech attack in advance.

Although Gu Tianqing did not veto Yi Lin's decision, she was certainly not qualified to do otherwise.

But Gu Tianqing only said one sentence:

"Oh, this is a stupid idea."

That's right, this kind of blanket search, in Gu Tianqing's opinion, is the only solution.

Strictly speaking, it's not even a solution.

It's just that under limited conditions, he went crazy to find the murderer.

During the three days when the leech man was completely hiding, Yi Lin even used high-tech means to try to use a mini robot with a camera to enter the sewer to see if he could find some traces of the leech passing by. But this method failed after only being tried for a while.

Not to mention that the route of a city’s underground drainage pipes is so intricate that it’s even more outrageous than a maze. Moreover, the dark and humid environment in the sewer can almost completely wash away the mucosal components and residual secretions left behind when the leeches pass by. Unless you put an army of thousands of robots into the sewers, you won't get results at all.

Everything is back to square one.

As the field team and investigation team headed by Wang Bing and Yuan Zhiye sent feedback one after another saying "nothing was found", although Yi Lin, who was sitting in the temporary office, did not show much fluctuation on her face, it was undeniable that There was indeed a feeling of anxiety in his heart.

As Gu Tianqing could tell at a glance: he was too impatient.

Yi Lin thought of that guy's smiling face, and couldn't help but pick at the dead skin on his forehead and ask himself.

...Is it really that obvious?

Admittedly, there were indeed many things that made Yi Lin uncontrollably impatient.

He felt that he shouldn't spend too much time on this kind of thing.

But at present, the preparations are not sufficient, and it is not yet time to completely separate from the special group.

Compared with Yi Lin's impatience, Gu Tianqing is strangely leisurely.

He even opened a recently popular game on his mobile phone and played the ranked match happily.

"Well, is this how this hero pretends to be?"

"Ah, it turns out that a mage will be scolded if he wears a meat suit..."

"Forget it, just surrender."

"..."

Gu Tianqing had a great time.

Oda Mai moved a small stool, sat in the corner, took out a piece of flannel, and carefully wiped the blade.

Another four hours passed.

At night.

Yuan Zhiye hurried in with a heavy expression.

"Oops! Someone was killed again! It's a leech!"

I don’t know who gave the murderer such a down-to-earth name as “Leech Man”. Yuan Zhiye thought the name was weird at first, but as he kept shouting, he got confused and gradually got used to it.

The three apostles sitting in the temporary office suddenly stood up with different expressions.

Yi Lin and Gu Tianqing looked at each other and said at the same time:

"Five days!"

…

…

It was different from Yuan Zhiye’s heavy mood.

When Yi Lin learned that another person had been killed, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally waiting for you!

Three days, three days, three days.

Yi Lin wasted three whole days here.

Do you know how I came here these three days?

Yuan Zhiye was suddenly stunned when he broke in.

Why did these two guys suddenly stand up with a fierce look in their eyes?

"where?"

Yi Lin asked directly before Yuan Zhiye could get entangled.

Yuan Zhiye also quickly reported the location.

upon hearing the news.

Yi Lin and Gu Tianqing once again had the same idea and had an idea.

It had been five days since the last time the Leech Man was dispatched.

This is something Yi Lin finds strange.

Before they came, the Leech Man had committed eleven murders in just one month.

On average, one comes every two or three days.

This time it took five days to wait.

There are only two possibilities.

Yi Lin: "Either there is a reason why we have to wait."

Gu Tianqing smiled: "Either way, he found someone looking for him."

There's a connection again!

Yi Lin hates this feeling.

But I have to say that dealing with such weird things with Gu Tianqing can indeed save a lot of brain cells.

While thinking about it, Yi Lin glanced at Mai Oda, who was also standing silently not far away.

In fact, it is not without any benefits to act together with Mai Oda, who does not use his brain but uses his knife.

At least you can save a lot of energy when encountering something.

Half an hour later.

Yi Lin, Oda Mai, Gu Tianqing, and Yuan Zhiye arrived at the scene.

This is the scene of the twelfth murder in the leech serial killings.

——Fresh.

The scene has been cordoned off by police.

The complainant was a neighbor.

After a brief interrogation, the police directly eliminated the first reporter, the neighbor of the deceased, as a suspect.

After all, the neighbor was having sex with his girlfriend at the time.

There were still traces of moisture on the sheets.

The witnesses and material evidence are all there, there is nothing to say, it is very innocent, both pure and innocent.

…

Within the cordon, the chief of Cangyang Police Station, Liao Jianbai, arrived at the scene in person.

Yi Lin had also met Yi Lin in the past three days, so she skipped the introduction step.

"Agent Yi, you have worked hard." Director Liao was in a high position, so he naturally knew that these strange-looking people in front of him had unusual identities and backgrounds, and he did not dare to underestimate them. After learning that Yi Lin and others had arrived, He took the lead in crossing the cordon to greet him.

"Tell me about the case."

Gu Tianqing is Yi Lin's special assistant, and Oda Mai has difficulty in verbal communication. Therefore, the hard work of communicating with ordinary people naturally fell on Yi Lin, and she deserved it.

Liao Jianbai looked at the time, his face darkened, and he spoke very fast:

"The crime should have occurred twenty minutes ago."

"The death condition of the corpse is more than 90% similar to that of the previous eleven cases. The scene is covered with fresh mucus. Preliminarily, the possibility of imitating the crime can be ruled out. The murderer should be the same person. However, the specific autopsy report will have to wait for the forensic doctor. A conclusion can only be drawn after a post-mortem examination.”

"The deceased, male, 24 years old, a fresh graduate, living alone, single. Because his attributes were too low during the retest, he did not find an ideal job. He has been looking for a job for almost the past six months. There is no official one yet. He works, is addicted to computer games and live streaming, and is considered a standard otaku."

Director Liao Jianbai wiped the sweat from his head.

I don’t know whether he was scared or anxious.

While talking, Liao Jianbai did not dare to delay and brought several people into the house.

Gu Tianqing nodded slightly to Yi Lin and took the initiative to go to every room to search for clues that the police might have missed.

Oda Mai was too lazy to pay attention to that. She glanced at the scene briefly and saw that there seemed to be no enemies to kill, so she simply held the knife and stood behind Yi Lin, as if she were a super female bodyguard.

However, Yuan Zhiye quickly and skillfully joined up with other members of the investigation team in the room to prepare a summary report for Yi Lin.

really.

It's easy to do things when you have people under you.

Liao Jianbai couldn't help but nodded secretly when he saw that Yi Lin and his party had already started to act separately without any communication after entering the murder scene.

So professional.

After a short pause, Director Liao Jianbai continued to say to Yi Lin: "The first person who discovered the deceased was a neighbor, a 32-year-old male. His identity has been checked. There is nothing special. He is a clerk in an IT company."

"About twenty minutes ago, the neighbor of the deceased was having sex with his girlfriend on the bed. While they were having sex, the neighbor of the deceased described that there was the sound of smashing things and the scream of the deceased coming from next door. Because the roommate was emotionally disturbed The neighbor of the deceased was extremely angry because of the interference, so he rushed to the next door and banged the door."

"Oh?" Yi Lin raised his eyebrows, realizing that the process of the murder was a bit dramatic.

"In short, we have initially ruled out the neighbor's suspicion. The murderer should still be... a leech man."

Don't know when it will start.

After the murderer was inexplicably given the code name "Leech Man", even the police started calling him.

——Although many people feel that there is something wrong with this name.

Although the murderer's code name is hard to describe, the death state of the body and the tragic scene at the scene, if Liao Jianbai hadn't been used to seeing many big scenes in his career, he might have vomited it out the moment he saw the body.

Because it has been less than half an hour since the incident occurred.

The police didn't have much information.

After briefly understanding what happened, Yi Lin smiled slightly and said to Liao Jianbai: "Thank you for your hard work. From now on, we, the 'professionals', will take over here. Remember, keep it confidential."

"Yes Yes Yes!"

Liao Jianbai was eager for Yi Lin to say that, so when Yi Lin nodded, he took the other police officers away without saying a word.

A few minutes later.

Yi Lin and his party were the only ones left at the murder scene.

Wang Bing had been in Cangyang City for a while, but when he saw the "mummy"-like corpse again, he still felt his scalp was slightly numb and his skin was itchy all over. It was like being able to imagine the feeling of countless soft-bodied creatures squirming on the skin and sucking blood.

After ordinary people exit.

They professionals work without any hindrance.

In five minutes, the group gathered in the living room again.

Except for Wang Bing and Yuan Zhiye, the other tool team members were rushed outside to guard the house.

Several people looked at each other.

After a moment of silence.

Gu Tianqing coughed twice and smiled: "Then let me do it first. Is it... a good idea? Judging from the clues on the surface, the deceased's family should be quite wealthy."

Yuan Zhiye: "?"

Wang Bing: "?"

Oda Mai: "?"

A question mark popped up on the three people's foreheads at the same time.

Whether the family is rich or not...what does it have to do with how the deceased died?

What leech people covet is the body of the deceased, not to steal money.

Unexpectedly, Yi Lin nodded, with an unsurprised expression, and said calmly: "Well, as a fresh graduate, he has not had a job for half a year, and he can still live in a high-end community. His family is indeed considered wealthy."

Wang Bing finally couldn't help it anymore, scratched his head and asked: "This...whether the family is rich or not, does it have anything to do with the case?"

Gu Tianqing smiled and said nothing.

Yi Lin explained briefly: "It can be said that it has some relationship, or it can be said that it has little relationship. Forget it, let's not mention it for now. There is no objection to the way of death of the deceased. Like the other eleven deceased, he was also killed in a short period of time. He drank all the blood from his body and died."

Gu Tianqing smiled and continued: "This time, the other party seems to be too lazy to hide the way of intrusion. The secretions from the leech body are not spread throughout the house, but concentrated at a few drainage outlets. Obviously, these leech army are They invaded from all the drainage pipes and then gathered in a short time in such alarming numbers that they alarmed the dead.”

Yi Lin pointed to the ground, all kinds of broken glass, and scattered furniture decorations, and said: "This time, the leech marching route seems to be getting more and more proficient. They directly blocked the exit and swarmed up. Well, a classic dumpling-making tactic."

Gu Tianqing pondered for a few seconds. Although the fake smile still hung on his face, he shook his head helplessly: "We are very passive."

"Not necessarily." Yi Lin smiled: "This time when the leech man was committing murder, a neighbor knocked on the door outside, forcing him to retreat early without any aftermath. It is very likely that other murder scenes have been left here. No clues left. And..."

Yi Lin only spoke half of his words and looked at Gu Tianqing.

Gu Tianqing smiled and nodded in response.

Damn it.

Could you please stop being so obvious with your flirting?

Except for the indifferent Oda Mai, Wang Bing and Yuan Zhiye felt like outsiders.

I don’t understand it at all!

Can you please give me some lines that normal people can easily understand?

While Yi Lin and Gu Tianqing were playing riddles in front of others, Yuan Zhiye suddenly remembered and quickly raised his hands like a treasure.

"By the way, we have made a discovery here! The AI ​​butler used in the deceased's house is a high-end version with in-house monitoring. In fact, shortly after the neighbor called the police, the home AI butler also automatically sent out a call for help because it detected an abnormality in the picture. alarm."

"Where's the video?"

"I need to go back and read it again. When we went out, we didn't bring the tablet with us."

"You are unprofessional."

"..."

Yi Lin waved her hand: "Okay, then take it apart and take a look."

Yi Lin already roughly knew the information she wanted to know.

Yi Lin believed that Gu Tianqing also had an idea.

It's just that we can't be sure yet.

But ideas are ideas, and how to find this leech man is even more of a problem.

After returning to the temporary office, Yuan Zhiye used the fastest speed to retrieve the surveillance video saved in the AI ​​housekeeper's home.

There are many video angles.

Before death, the deceased was squatting in front of the computer, playing games with an arrogant expression.

Next to it is a quick snack.

The room was originally tidy, ridiculously tidy.

Soon, the "dead man" seemed to notice something strange, his expression changed, and then he left the bedroom and walked out.

The next scene is very brutal.

From the outlet of each drain pipe, a black army of leeches squirmed wildly, almost covering the entire house. This vivid scene made Yuan Zhiye turn pale. The point is not that it is scary and bloody, but that humans will always involuntarily react to such wriggling creatures with scalp numbness and increased stomach acid.

This is a normal physiological phenomenon.

But the bloody scene did not last long. The army of leeches squirmed very fast, separated into several groups, and blocked the camera directly. In the subsequent video, only the sounds of leeches squirming, furniture being smashed, and the short, frightened screams of the deceased were left.

Within thirty seconds, several people listened as the deceased's voice went from high-pitched to hoarse, then weak, and finally stopped abruptly. Just by listening to the changes in the voice, several people could imagine the desperate mood of the deceased when his body was covered with leeches and his blood was being sucked crazily.

Yi Lin and Gu Tianqing frowned at the same time when they saw several groups of leeches blocking the camera in an orderly manner.

In the video, only the "chirping" sound of the leech is left.

suddenly.

Yi Lin's eyes narrowed and she blurted out: "What is this sound?"

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