Technological Hegemony

Mr. Victor was very angry. This morning, as usual, he went to the lake with a small bag of corn kernels. When he was about to feed the wild ducks, he found the corpse floating by the lake.

A dozen or so brown wild ducks floated on the lake, their bodies mutilated. At this time, the weather had turned hot, and a large swarm of mosquitoes surrounded the corpse in the water, buzzing anxiously.

Mr. Victor was out of anger. Since his retirement, he has come to Lake Constance to feed wild ducks every day. These little things are the spiritual sustenance of this lonely old man. Several of the ducklings were just born this spring.

After receiving Mr. Victor's report, the police attached great importance to it. They came to the scene immediately, but when they saw that the victims were just a group of mallard ducks that are very common in Europe, they immediately lost interest.

Since the refugees came to Germany, the police have become very busy. The police force has expanded year after year, but it still cannot keep up with the soaring crime rate.

"What, it's just a bunch of ducks." The policeman muttered reluctantly.

In the hands of the local police, there are still 17 sexual assault cases, 48 ​​robbery cases, 132 theft cases, and a religious conflict that attacked a Catholic church.

Faced with a complicated and tricky situation, the police have already been battered, and they are not interested in investigating a group of dead ducks.

"Do you know who did it?" the policeman asked Mr. Victor.

"I don't know, but I fed them yesterday," Mr. Victor said.

Although the police were very reluctant, they still fished the dead duck out of the river. When the tragic wound appeared in everyone's sight, everyone was shocked.

"Bite the neck directly. Could it be the crocodile?"

"Don't talk nonsense, there are no crocodiles in the lake at all."

"Who would have done it? A fox or a wolf?"

"Foxes go into the water to eat ducks, thanks to your thinking."

"Look at these wounds. They are deep and small. The place where the attack was launched is under the wild duck. It seems to be dried by fish."

"A fish that can bite off the thigh of a wild duck? Is there such a cruel fish in the world?"

Everyone expressed their doubts, the death of these wild ducks was really brutal, and the corpses were almost torn to pieces.

After discussion, the police decided to collect the body and send it to animal protection agencies.

 …

Munich Germany.

Investigative reporter Anna drove a Volkswagen Beetle, left Munich, and drove along Route 96 to the Lake Constance area.

Anna works for the Munich Welt. Although the name has the word "world" in it, it is an out-and-out lace tabloid. It mainly reports anecdotes and strange stories from all over the world, and there are still some readers in Germany.

The readers of the Munich newspaper usually believe that vampires really exist, that Atlantis did not perish, but transformed the entire continent into a spaceship, and the whole family left the earth, and believed that Bigfoot lived in the Alps, while Bigfoot is a close relative of the Himalayan Yeti.

In short, the Munich newspaper is prepared for these curious people.

Recently, the editorial department received calls from readers who revealed all kinds of strange things that happened in the Lake Constance area, such as the murdered wild duck, the old woman whose finger was bitten off by a strange fish, the mysterious boats that haunted the lake, and so on.

The editor-in-chief felt that someone should be sent to investigate, so this glorious task fell on the young Anna.

After several hours of continuous driving, Anna finally arrived at the Lake Constance area. Although this is a well-known tourist destination and the lake is so beautiful, Anna had no time to enjoy the scenery here, and directly found the first witness of the trip.

It was a couple who worked in a nearby rubber factory. They had no children. The husband was keen on fishing. He showed Anna the strange fish he caught from the lake.

This strange fish has a silver flat body,

Sharp teeth, huge dark eyes, and well-developed muscles.

"It's so strange." The worker of the rubber factory said, "I have lived by Lake Constance all my life, and I have been fishing in the lake since I was six years old. I have never seen such a strange fish. Believe me, it shouldn't be here. species."

"Recently there have been many rumors by the lake. There is a retired old lady in the town next door. Her finger was bitten off by a strange fish. Going north, near the nature reserve, the local wild ducks are disappearing quickly..."

The rubber worker talked about a lot of strange things that happened recently, and he connected the strange things with the strange fish, and came to terrible conclusions.

"It must be a conspiracy by the authorities!" The rubber worker said in a low voice. "The authorities are conducting biochemical experiments nearby, and the waste is discharged into the lake, which has caused all the fish in the lake to mutate!"

Anna is not surprised by this at all. Most of the readers of the Munich newspaper hold conspiracy theories. Anna herself firmly believes that aliens are around us, disguised as humans.

Anna took a photo of this fish and passed it on to her classmate who taught biology at the University of Munich, asking him to help check the literature and determine the species of the strange fish.

Then, Anna bid farewell to the rubber worker, drove north along Lake Constance, spent two days visiting several other witnesses, and finally came to Mr. Victor's home.

It started to rain suddenly outside, and Mr. Victor warmly invited Anna into his home. The seventy-two-year-old living alone made coffee by himself, and brought cream and sugar cubes, plus a piece of potato pie given to him by his neighbor.

The hot coffee with cream quickly warmed Anna's whole body. She put down the cup, picked up the recording pen, and began to investigate Victor's experience.

"That's really terrifying." Victor rubbed his hands and said with lingering fear, and then from the corner of his eye, he looked at the Mauser double-barreled shotgun hanging above the fireplace.

When he was young, he used that shotgun to shoot down many wild ducks. Maybe it was because of his conscience. After retiring, Vivektor has transformed into a well-known animal protectionist.

"All the ducks died. I called the police, but the police were unwilling to investigate the cause of death at all. So I carried a shotgun and went into the reserve alone to find the murderer." Victor said.

On the north side of Lake Constance, there is a large forest, inhabited by wild ducks, foxes, hares, etc., where tourists are usually prohibited from entering.

"Have you found the murderer?" Anna asked curiously.

Victor's hands trembled slightly, and then he said in a hoarse voice, "To be honest, I'm not sure what exactly I saw."

"You can't be sure what you saw?" Anna immediately became interested, and she heard the danger from Victor's words.

Victor nodded, "Shortly after I entered the reserve, I heard the hounds growling. Mr. Enrique next door raised a mixed-breed shepherd named Samurai. I am familiar with the barking of the Samurai, but that day, the Samurai's barking There was something obviously wrong with the sound, as if with great panic."

"I thought the samurai had encountered a wild wolf living in the woods, so I hurriedly picked up the shotgun, but when I approached, I found that there were no wild wolves around, and the samurai was screaming towards the lake, it seemed that he had discovered Big fish."

"Samurai is a very smart dog. Not only can he swim, but he is also good at catching fish. If he sees a fish, he can rush up to catch it and have a good meal."

"But the samurai that day didn't plan to rush into the lake at all, and stared at the lake with vigilance and fear, as if he saw something evil."

"I yelled at it, Warrior, what the hell did you see? Why didn't you catch it? Are you still afraid of a fish?"

"The samurai heard my voice, turned his head, as if he had finally hoped for a savior, and yelled at me twice, as if he wanted me to go over."

"However, at this moment, the calmness of the lake was broken, and a silver thing suddenly jumped out of the lake, biting the warrior's throat."

"The poor shepherd dog was looking at me with its head tilted. It didn't notice the attack from under the lake at all. Blood sprayed out immediately. The samurai's eyes went dark, and he let out a scream, and fell down in the shallows, and then splashed in the shallows. , like a group of water snakes wriggling fast."

"I was frightened by the sudden situation. I was stunned for a full minute before I came back to my senses. I ran desperately to the place where the samurai fell, but when I ran to the shoal..."

Having said this, Victor's voice suddenly choked up, and his whole body began to twitch.

Anna hurriedly asked, "What did you see? What exactly did you see?"

Victor raised his head, his eyes were bloodshot, and he said in a hoarse voice, "Blood, the blood of the warriors stained the shoal red."

"It's dead!" Anna covered her mouth with a look of horror.

Victor shook his head lightly, "No, I don't know, because we searched all over the shoal, but couldn't find the warrior's body, it just disappeared, completely disappeared in front of me, not even a bone, a piece of No residue was left."

Anna felt her heart beating wildly, she leaned back and her breathing became short of breath.

Suddenly, Anna remembered the strange fish caught by the rubber worker from the lake, so she hurriedly took out her mobile phone and opened the photos in the album.

"That's right! It's this brutal thing!"

Victor stared at the photo for a moment and exclaimed.