Infinity Throne

at the same time.

Cangyang City.

Three o'clock in the morning.

"No, I can't wait until tomorrow."

Yi Lin called Yuan Zhiye back.

He vaguely felt that he was missing something.

In fact, his idea is very simple to say.

If you split the "murderer" into two parts: the "perpetrator" and the "murder weapon", you only need to solve one of them.

Since the perpetrator cannot be found, killing his murder weapon can still achieve the purpose of stopping this incident.

To put it bluntly, it is to deal with the huge number of leeches that breed in complex sewers.

The adjective "huge" is used here.

After a thorough evaluation, Yi Lin even thought that "huge" didn't seem to be enough to describe the terrifying number of these leeches.

Just like the locust plague in history.

A single locust is just a tiny insect that can be rounded and flattened, or even its intestines can be pulled out and strangled with a bow around its neck.

But once locusts form a certain magnitude, they become a disaster.

Wherever the locust plague passes, not a single inch of land is left behind.

So is this leech.

What's more, there is an army of leech controlled by someone behind the scenes.

The night is still long.

Yi Lin could not imagine how many innocent people would die if he waited until dawn to take action.

Although Yi Lin has been reborn, she has never put herself in the position of a savior.

He admits that he has a selfish side.

Yi Lin is just trying every means to allow herself and the people around her to live to the end and witness a completely different future.

But at this point, while still having the ability to intervene, Yilin seemed to have some trouble with her conscience as she watched countless innocent people die.

Every apostle seemed to go through a process of mental change.

After experiencing cruel trials again and again, visiting strange and strange otherworlds, crawling out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood, the apostles who live longer will gradually place themselves in the world during these repeated "travels". The complete opposite of "ordinary people".

Perhaps saying "opposite" is not quite accurate.

But "apostles" and "human beings" can no longer be placed on both sides of the scale.

Accustomed to life and death and indifferent to life, this is the mentality of every apostle in the later period.

The same goes for Yi Lin.

Undeniable.

In case after case, the life and death of ordinary people who had nothing to do with him could not cause Yi Lin to have too severe emotional fluctuations.

Speaking of which, creatures like "apostles" are like deliberately trained "soldiers", a product of tragedy.

but--

Yuan Zhiye was a little worried: "But there was so much noise in the middle of the night, I'm afraid it won't be possible to cover up this matter."

"No way, that's Zhao Yulong's headache, what does it have to do with me?" Yi Lin waved her hand without any psychological burden, dispelling Yuan Zhiye's concerns: "Besides, just say that there are parasites in the sewers, we are here Just come to help clean up the parasites. Believe it or not, that is their business, and Zhao Yulong will be responsible for all consequences."

Wang Bing: "..."

Yuan Zhiye: "..."

After Yi Lin gave a positive answer, Yuan Zhiye immediately contacted the deputy bureau of the Cangyang City Police Department, which had officially taken over the matter not long ago, and mobilized all the manpower that could be mobilized as quickly as possible.

As the instructions were issued one after another, the piercing siren gradually sounded in the dark night, as well as the flashing red and blue lights.

"What you did is quite simple and crude."

Gu Tianqing smiled.

indeed.

In Gu Tianqing's eyes, Yi Lin's approach was simple and crude, without any sense of beauty.

But if it is an ordinary leech, it is the most effective.

What are leeches afraid of?

One is exposure.

This is also the reason why the leech army almost always appears at night.

The second thing is...salt.

As we all know, leeches are afraid of salt.

A "normal" leech has no skin protection on its body surface. The high concentration of salt outside the body will create an osmotic pressure difference inside and outside the leech's mucous membrane, which can cause a large amount of water loss in the leech's body in a short period of time, and it will be gone in an instant.

If you don’t believe it, you can do an experiment. Soak a limp leech in slippery salt water. After a while, the leech will harden, and after a while, it will be gone.

Yi Lin and Oda Mai had sneaked into the sewage treatment station in advance and sealed the drainage outlet directly. At present, the entire drainage pipeline in Cangyang City has completely turned into a water storage pipe that can only be entered but cannot be exited. Yi Lin's idea is that just by pouring a large amount of salt water into the sewer, this group of people can be completely killed. "Murderous Leech".

"But,"

After understanding Yi Lin's thoughts, Gu Tianqing put on the brand new black gloves again and smiled: "Will it really go so smoothly?"

"What do you mean?" Yi Lin asked subconsciously, but Yi Lin soon realized it and said in surprise: "Have you already done divination?"

"No, it consumes too much. I don't dare to do divination at will." Gu Tianqing shook his head with a sincere expression.

The city's police force, under Yi Lin's remote mobilization, began to take action.

They were divided into teams and went from community to community, preparing to dump highly concentrated salt water into the sewers.

If the plan goes well, the leeches breeding in the sewers will go from soft to hard, and then completely destroyed in an instant.

"Do you have any thoughts about the Leech Man himself?"

After the whole city was busy exterminating pests, the three serious apostles Gu Tianqing, Yi Lin, and Oda Mai became leisurely.

The rest is all hard work, and there is no need for them to do it themselves.

Idle was idle, and while others were away, Gu Tianqing asked with a smile, as if he wanted to deduce the identity of the murderer.

Yi Lin frowned: "Actually, it stands to reason that the clues exposed by the Leech Man are enough to deduce his identity. The ability to grasp the victim's residence information through some channels, after thinking about it, is nothing more than those special ones. It’s just an industry. In addition, among the targets chosen by Leech Man in the early stages of development, almost all of them do not have advanced AI housekeepers at home. This shows that he is even familiar with the interior layout."

Yi Lin thought for a while and continued: "Do you remember the twelfth deceased?"

"Otaku?" Gu Tianqing thought for a while and quickly picked out the one Yi Lin was talking about among the many dead.

"Yes, that was the only deceased who left a murder video." Yi Lin habitually picked at the cold and delicate skin on his forehead and thought: "I noticed something very strange at that time. A large number of murderous leeches were coming from all drains. After the mouth came out, the camera was covered as soon as possible."

After Gu Tianqing pondered for a few seconds, he stretched out two fingers: "There are two doubts."

Yi Lin nodded: "First, why does the other party know the layout of the camera so well? It's the same as in his own home."

Gu Tianqing smiled and said, "The second thing is the purpose. It was already so obvious at the scene that the leech was responsible for the murder, and he did not deliberately cover up the traces of the leech entering the scene, so his behavior of covering the camera is undoubtedly unnecessary."

Yi Lin and Gu Tianqing recalled at the same time the indistinct voice coming from the blocked screen at the end of the video.

--"not enough."

The two fell silent at the same time.

Oda Mai became even more silent.

That's her nature.

She didn't bother to speak when there was nothing to chop.

Usually when speaking, most of them shout the names of moves.

Intersecting clues intertwined in Yi Lin's mind.

Yi Lin closed her eyes.

The floor plan and three-dimensional map of Cangyang City, centered on the Cangyang City Police Station where Yi Lin was located, flashed through Yi Lin's mind one by one.

In Yi Lin's thoughts, it was like being from a high place, overlooking the city from a God's perspective.

"Police station."

"Hospital."

"Logistics company delivery point."

"..."

From the bird's eye view, building signs flashed quickly in front of Yi Lin.

Just for a moment.

Yi Lin remained silent, condensed a small "thought needle" on her fingertips, and inserted it into her forehead.

"Super memory!"

The brain works faster.

The city's buildings flashed through Yi Lin's mind like a slideshow that was fast-forwarded thirty times.

Doing two things at once, the information about each deceased person was intertwined into a network diagram in Yilin's mind.

suddenly.

"Chenxi housekeeping?"

A name entered Yi Lin's "field of vision". In an instant, countless messy clues seemed to be cut from the middle with a knife, completely cut off, leaving only a straight line.

"It turns out this is what I missed!"

Yi Lin's pupils shrank suddenly and she looked at Gu Tianqing: "The house of the deceased otaku was so clean!"

Gu Tianqing's expression was slightly startled, and then she smiled bitterly: "I see."

"Walk!"

Yi Lin stood up directly and walked out of the house.

Oda Mai, who had always been expressionless, saw that Yi Lin finally took action, her eyes lit up, and she followed happily with the knife in hand, following every step, as if she was afraid that if she lost her... there would be nothing to chop with.

Gu Tianqing took two steps forward with a smile.

But the pace gradually slowed down.

By the time Yi Lin rushed out of the police station as fast as she could, Gu Tianqing was already hiding in the darkness again.

…

"Sure enough, that guy..."

Yi Lin noticed that Gu Tianqing retreated.

As expected.

He came to Cangyang City with ulterior motives.

The reason why they can reluctantly cooperate is just because they have the same goal.

"Lao Yuan, how are you doing there?"

Yi Lin summoned Nightmare, squeezed Oda Mai's buttocks together, and contacted Yuan Zhiye at the same time.

"Everything goes well." Yuan Zhiye's voice came from the other end of the phone, with a hint of nervousness: "There are barely enough manpower. After everyone is in place, you give an order and everyone pours concentrated salt water into the body at the same time... pour them to death. !Drown those stupid murderous leeches!"

"As quickly as possible, help me check out a local enterprise in Cangyang City, Chenxi Housekeeping!"

The pace on Yuan Zhiye's side was already tense.

Yi Lin threw another blame... There was no other way, Yuan Zhiye could only bite the bullet and check the information.

A moment later.

"Chenxi Housekeeping is a new company registered in Cangyang City last year. It has developed very quickly. In a short period of time, it has set up hundreds of service points throughout Cangyang City. Oh, the business scope is quite wide, normal Door-to-door cleaning, moving services, abnormal massage, dog walking, cooking, chatting, playing, playing games... everything is available, the business is really comprehensive!"

Yuan Zhiye's voice became more exclaimed: "According to customer reviews...most of them are good service attitude, fast door-to-door speed, skilled skills, beautiful and white skin, etc. By the way, team leader, why did you suddenly check this housekeeping company?" Could it be——"

"Be more confident and remove the word Mo Fei! Hurry and check this housekeeping company to see if there is any salesperson who has taken orders from all the deceased! Quick, quick, quick!"

After Yi Lin finished speaking, he hung up the phone. As soon as he turned the accelerator, Nightmare turned on the "dark night mode" and galloped along the streets of the city like a black lightning in the dark night.