Master, what path do you cultivate?

An indescribable stench hit my face.

It's not the smell of decay, but the smell of dried seafood.

A temporary investigation station has been set up on the edge of the mountain village where the accident occurred. Because the specific situation inside the mountain village was not known, the investigation station was built outside.

I guess they were also afraid that this would be something like divine punishment.

Mark introduced everyone that he was a secret police officer from Bangkok, and then began to show Ji Qinglin and Yu Ye the evidence that had been taken out.

There was a mummified corpse on the ground. If it weren't for the fact that the corpse was holding a brand new kitchen knife, it would not be impossible to say that this person had been dead for decades.

After listening to the narration before, Ji Qinglin didn't feel that it was vivid. At this moment, the corpse on the ground really had no flesh and blood left, and only then did he understand the shock of the person he saw at first.

"Have all the bodies been disposed of?"

"Not yet. We are also afraid of damaging the scene, so we only took out a few for observation."

Ji Qinglin took pictures of the specific situation, then pulled Yu Ye up and said:

"Let's go in and take a look."

Then he walked straight into the village, and Mark had no choice but to boldly follow behind, and called four of his men to follow.

It was mid-afternoon and the chirping of insects could be heard everywhere.

Ji Qinglin randomly walked into an empty courtyard. There were two bodies lying on the ground in the courtyard, just like before.

Each was holding a weapon, and traces of battle could still be seen on the mummified corpses.

It seems that the situation is the same as what the ancestor of Yoshijima Shinichi said: first he felt a panic, then he lost control of his emotions and attacked indiscriminately, and finally his flesh and blood was taken away by some strange force.

Strangely, Ji Qinglin found the body of a puppy lying in the corner of the small courtyard.

There were no injuries on the body, but the body was bleeding to death. The blood was flowing on the ground, and the body had begun to rot and emit a foul smell.

"It seems that thing is useless against insects. It can kill small animals, but it only takes away human flesh and blood."

Mark said in disbelief:

"Taken away? You mean their flesh and blood was taken away by something?"

Ji Qinglin was unable to explain in detail and continued to check:

"Let's take a look first. Haven't the alarm systems in the village been activated? Didn't the surveillance cameras capture any valuable clues?"

"No, there should have been a power outage here before the incident happened. I didn't check it. The power system in the center of the village was damaged."

Mark Xin said that if the surveillance could record exactly what happened, would he still need your help?

But as Mark said before, there was no trace of anyone else coming except the victim.

When Mark and the four men he led saw this, they felt that the two men could not find out the reason. At most, they were just going through the motions and came to the same conclusion: it was either ghosts or gods, or it was a natural disaster.

However, Yuye found that the ground was obviously flat, but the blood flowing from the dead puppy's body was all pointing in the same direction.

I thought of something, so I hurried to the body and took a closer look. Sure enough, I found that there were also very small and shallow lines on the body.

"Master, look at this."

Ji Qinglin leaned down and looked at it carefully for a moment and nodded:

"Well, this is how flesh and blood should flow away."

Then he jumped up to the roof and looked in the direction marked by the lines, which happened to be towards the center of the small village.

"Let's go over and have a look!"

Mark and others did not notice such a small clue, so they agreed and hurriedly followed.

For the sake of convenience, several people jumped directly from the roof.

Ji Qinglin came next to Yu Ye and asked quietly:

"Is it easy to move around? Do you want me to hold you?"

Yu Ye rolled her eyes at her master, but still followed the action deftly. It seemed that her actions were not affected by the jade stone.

The jade stone Chi Ye chose was indeed gentle enough.

After walking a certain distance, Ji Qinglin jumped down and asked the people accompanying him to check the bodies on the ground in order to re-confirm the direction of travel.

After checking dozens of corpses, the three finally arrived at a small wooden house near the center of the village.

It looks like it might be someone's small warehouse where sundries are stored.

There is still a lot of sand around the hut, which may be the soil that the flesh and blood brought when they came over.

The traces on the ground around here are already more obvious, and it can be seen that the flesh and blood finally gathered here.

Mark and the police officers did not expect to find the key location so quickly.

Mark suggested:

"I'm calling for help right now!"

Ji Qinglin waved his hand and said:

"No need, just stay back and wait."

After saying that, he flicked his two fingers forward.

Zheng!

Weishi's sword intent was inserted into the wooden door and pulled outward.

Click!

There was a crisp sound, and the entire wooden door broke instantly.

This operation surprised the police officers present.

Immediately afterwards, everyone saw a person "flying" out of the wooden house. Mark and his men were startled, and they reached for their weapons at a loss.

But before Mark and others could get into position, the man who "flyed" had already fallen to the ground and was shattered to pieces.

It was like a corpse that had lost all flesh and blood.

"Eh?"

Ji Qinglin lowered his head and inspected the body that fell to the ground.

Although the bones of the corpse have been broken, it can be seen that there is not much difference from the ones we just saw.

So he speculated:

"It should have been that he was leaning on the door when he died. The strength of his muscles and bones was not released before death. He was pulled like that just now, and then he flew out with the broken door."

There is no prosthetic body installed on this corpse, so it is impossible to determine its identity. However, judging from the clothes, it is different from the clothes of the previous dozens of corpses, and is obviously newer.

After checking the body, the three of them walked towards the cabin together. They saw that there was nothing in the four- to five-square-meter cabin, except for a small pile of sand 30 centimeters high.

At the same time, I discovered a hole the size of my head in the upper right corner of the cabin.

Mark looked confused and said doubtfully:

"Shouldn't it be here? Is there a secret room down here?"

As he spoke, he wanted to push away the pile of sand, but Ji Qinglin reached out in time to stop him.

"Wait, don't move yet!"

As he said this, he took out the flashlight from Mark's waist and shone it to carefully examine the pile of sand on the ground.

Just like the sand outside the cabin, it obviously gathered from the outside. It was separated from the flesh and blood here, fell and accumulated into a small pile of sand.

At the top of the small sand mound, something seemed to have made a small crater.

Yu Ye, who stood aside, guessed:

"Master, what sucked the flesh and blood may be the thing on the sand pile before."

"Well, children can be taught."

Mark was puzzled and said:

"Are you two joking? The things on the sand pile are at most the size of a finger. How can it be possible for so much flesh and blood to be absorbed by such a small thing?"

Ji Qinglin shook his head and said:

"Sometimes, in addition to looking at the size of something, the key is also to look at the strength and durability of that thing."

"Strong and weak. I can still understand, what does persistence mean?"

"Just say whatever."

After listening to the master's words, Yu Ye began to smuggle in private goods without any boundaries. She reached out and pinched the master's waist secretly, as if they were a young couple.

Mark was still staring at the pile of sand on the ground and asked:

"Then where did this thing go?"

Ji Qinglin pointed to the hole above the cabin and said:

"It must have flown out from here. You see, the stubble at the entrance of the cave is still very new. I guess you can find the fallen pieces of wood when you go out."

While Mark really went out to confirm, Yuye asked quietly:

"Master, do you think it was Burning Industry's fault?"

"I can't confirm it yet. I'm more inclined to think it's caused by something, because with Fen Ye's current level of cultivation, he shouldn't be able to absorb the flesh and blood of hundreds of people in this way.

What the teacher is curious about is, if it was caused by something, why did it appear again after thousands of years, and the purpose of killing that thing here. "

Yu Ye nodded and continued:

"That's right, and it's not yet confirmed whether the things that absorb these flesh and blood have subjective consciousness. Things with this ability really don't look like dead things."

Ji Qinglin grabbed a handful of sand and added:

"According to what I and Huaisu deduced last time, the thing that absorbed so much flesh and blood was probably used for food, but now it seems that that may not be the case.

If it eats, it shouldn't have been for thousands of years. If that thing eats again, it will live longer and have a greater appetite.

But now when he eats again after a thousand years, his food intake is much smaller than before, which makes people think that there should be another possibility that is similar. "

Yuye understood and said:

"It's something like resuscitation or resurrection. Maybe it was just revived because the seal was lifted, and it absorbed flesh and blood to replenish its abilities."

"Yes, if that's the case, the two towns should have been absorbed by the massacre one after another, and"

Mark ran from outside the cabin and said excitedly:

"Sure enough, splinters of wood were found. It seems that this should really be caused by some mysterious artifact. I don't know whether it is a bloody invention privately developed by which company or a bloody weapon of the omnic rebels. Anyway, thanks to you two, I finally have a I’ll hand in the most recent report first.”

How many of your subordinates do you think are worthy of a job?

Ji Qinglin didn't reply and walked slowly outside the cabin to the place facing the hole outside the cabin.

Stretch out your palm and walk little by little in the opposite direction.

He didn't stop until he jumped onto the roof next to him. He probably found an angle and happened to be facing the entrance of the wooden house.

"Someone should have sucked the things away from here later. We can try to find someone here to see if we can find shoe prints."

Mark and others hurriedly jumped to the roof to check, and their attitude was much more humble than before.

"Two detectives, I still have something unclear. What happened to the body in the wooden house?"

Before the master could speak, Yuye replied:

"That's the murderer you're looking for."

"That's the murderer?! Then why did he die here?"

"First of all, there can't be an unrelated person in the wooden house with that thing. Secondly, there must be someone to help, otherwise the thing can kill everyone in the town and it is impossible to destroy the power system in advance.

And by choosing such a secluded place in the middle of a small town, someone must be assisting.

My guess is that it was the body on the ground. As for why he died here, I think maybe it was because he didn't know the consequences of activating this thing. "

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