Fifteen kilometers northeast of Lingxi is a 1,500-hectare mountain forest, known locally as the "Abandoned City" forest because it contains the ruins of a Meenian town. Since February, there have been reactions that wild people have been found in the mountains and forests. The Wildlife Service investigated and said that it was a bear with hair loss. Until last month, there were incidents of wounding and cannibalism......

"After we received the report from the masses, Inspector Wang personally went to the scene to investigate and collect evidence. With that, the sheriff nodded at Inspector Wang and sat aside.

Inspector Wang walked over, held a thin wooden stick, and clicked on the big screen and said, "Let's take a look at these photos first, which is my evidence collection at the scene." ”

On the screen, the first 3 photos are of a tree's trunk with 3 claw marks on the bark and a partial close-up of the claw marks. The claw marks are about 3 cm long and very short and narrow, but the ends of the claw marks are significantly deepened, indicating that the claws are sharp and powerful. According to the hardness of the woodiness of this tree, neither dogs nor wolves can do it. At least a bear.

The fourth is a handful of gray hair hanging from a tree branch. Like the fluff of a sheep.

In the fifth photo, the footprints left in the snow, the length and width are numerically marked, and they are not much different from the soles of human feet. The only difference is that there are 6 toenails and they are hook-shaped.

The next 30 photos are all the bodies of the victims at the murder scene, and some close-ups of the wounds, which are too bloody and blurry, so I will not introduce them one by one. All of them were wounded by their claws.

Li Xin raised his hand.

"Officer Li, please speak. ”

"I wanted to go to the site and see it for myself. ”

Inspector Wang said with a regretful face: "Half a month ago was the Qingming Festival, when the masses went to the grave to worship their ancestors, there was a fire and the scene was completely destroyed. ”

"Platoon Commander Tang, please speak. ”

Zhao Xihe asked, "Is there a video about savages?"

"Yes. This is a video captured by the camera at the forest farm, and the image is too blurry due to the strong wind. As he spoke, Inspector Wang fiddled around with the machine, and a blurry video appeared on the big screen behind him.

Sure enough, the camera shook too hard, and the entire video was blurry. However, it can still be seen that the height of the wild man is about 1.6 meters, with black and gray hair all over his body, and he walks upright, like an orangutan.

Inspector Wang asked, "Officer Li, Platoon Commander Tang, can you two see what this is?"

"It's a bit like an orangutan, but the climate in Lingxi is not suitable for their survival. Maybe this video is a prank by someone? There is no definite physical evidence, so it's hard to judge. Li Xin said while analyzing.

"We've got physical evidence, ah!" said Officer Zhang, opening the white metal box on the table. Then handed Li Xin and Zhao Xihe a pair of gloves.

A 2-year-old rolling pin-thick trunk with two paw marks on it, a handful of gray hairs seen in the photo, and a piece of black-and-blue feces the size of a No. 1 battery......

Zhao Xihe picked up the physical evidence, sniffed it one by one, and put it down. Then sit back in your chair, close your eyes, and begin to analyze the odor data collected.

This ...... What's wrong?

Policemen, look at me, I'll look at you, I don't know what this platoon commander Tang means. Out of politeness, didn't ask.

I'll see how long you can pretend to be!

Li Xin glanced at Zhao Xihe with his eyes, and then his face was serious, frowning, and carefully examined the physical evidence one by one for a full 20 minutes. Then asked, "What does the Wildlife Service say?"

"It could be a new species of ape, they say. Inspector Wang replied. But apparently he didn't believe it.

"Has this feces been tested? If you can know what's in the excrement, it's easy to tell. Li Xin said.

"The test results should be available tomorrow. ”

Li Xin saw Zhao Xihe sitting still, very dissatisfied, and wanted to take the opportunity to test it. Then he stood in front of him with his hands in his pockets, condescendingly, and asked very unfriendly: "Are you sitting here as an uncle? Aren't you going to say something?"

"The excrement contained a small amount of alcohol and nicotine, indicating that he drank and smoked, but not in large amounts. In addition, it also contains salt and alkali, animal and vegetable oils, and artificial colors, indicating that the food he eats is the same as ours. ”

When Li Xin and the police officers were stunned with expressions of disbelief, Zhao Xihe continued, "Those hairs, which are actually human hairs, have a disease called unkempt hair syndrome. For example, Albert Einstein. Before talking about this claw mark, I would like to introduce an ancient Chinese weapon, the finger tiger,"

As he spoke, he took a pencil and drew a rough outline of the tiger on the paper, "That's it." ”

"We know. "The police officers all said they knew what the finger tiger was.

"Ahem...... Okay," Zhao Xihe coughed to hide his embarrassment, "this person has welded metal hooks and claws on the finger tigers, which are used to imitate the claws of beasts such as bears and bears. According to the previous video, I dare to pat my chest and say that this is a person, a perverted murderer. ”

"This ......" Inspector Wang pursed his lips, not knowing what to say. Although he also agreed with what Zhao Xihe said, what about the evidence......? Who believes?

"Are you a dog's nose?" Li Xin obviously didn't believe it.

"You don't believe me?"

"I don't believe it. Li Xin was resolute.

"Do you dare to try?" Zhao Xihe asked with a smile.

"How do you want to try?" Li Xin's eyes were full of vigilance.

Zhao Xihe put on the appearance of a speaker and said eloquently: "From Officer Li's spittle and snort, I smelled at least seventy-two kinds of smells, of which thirty-two were all here. For example, lemon-flavored and carbonated Longshan soda, mapo tofu, stewed fish, stewed tarpon, fried garlic sprouts, green peppers, cold lotus root slices, and braised eggs," he said, pointing at Inspector Wang with his hand, "Inspector Wang also drank a cup of coffee, which is from Nestle." ”

"Awesome!" everyone nodded. That's right, what Zhao Xihe said was their lunch.

"Awesome!" Inspector Wang was very convinced, he stayed up late last night and was not in good spirits today, so he drank a cup of coffee to refresh himself.

Zhao Xihe looked at Li Xin: "You have stomach problems, and you took a stomach medicine containing aluminum hydroxide two hours ago, and I took it with tea." You also smoked a cigarette," he said, pointing at Officer Zhang with his hand, "You should have asked Officer Zhang, if you guessed correctly, it was a Sea Lion brand cigarette produced by Xiangkou Tobacco Group." ”

Then he said to Li Xin, "I can't smoke if I have stomach problems." Your stomach hurts, it's caused by this cigarette. ”

"Thank you. Li Xin's tone was still not good, but he was convinced. She didn't smoke either, but because she was upset this morning, she asked Officer Zhang for a cigarette. I took a sip of the smell and rinsed my mouth with a sip of lemon-flavored soda. When eating, it is carbonated to drink.

"Papapa" The sheriff suddenly applauded, his face full of appreciation and recognition: "The people sent from above are just different, take your nose and smell it, you know everything, Platoon Commander Tang, you are really a talent, admire and admire." ”

The "Papapa" crowd also applauded.

Actually, the most important point is that Zhao Xihe didn't say it. Because he wasn't sure if this person was a Class B mutant. The data given to him by the principal did not contain this smell - an earthy smell similar to that of a snail.

After the meeting, Inspector Wang took Zhao Xihe and Li Xin to the Abandoned Chengzi Forest.

It was a large area of burned woodland, and the ground was covered with a thick layer of charcoal ash, and when one stepped on it, it was hard as if it had melted plastic, and only a little dust was floating. Inspector Wang said that these trees are locust with a lot of oil content, so the charcoal ash will be hardened like this.

"What is his range of activities?" Li Xin asked.

"Haunted, whole forest. ”

The smell of charcoal and tar filled the entire burned forestland, and the strong smell made Zhao Xihe's nose basically fail.

"You went to see the scene before, I changed places and walked, the smell here is too strong, my nose can't stand it. With that, Zhao Xihe walked towards the edge of incineration.

In the surrounding woodland, I walked around a few times, and soon caught a trace of the earthy smell of snails.

So, Zhao Xihe pulled out his pistol and began to track the smell. Walking, walking, walking, walking around, he stopped. There's no point in looking for it anymore, because there's this smell everywhere, and it's all intertwined. However, there is one line in which the smell is fresh.

In other words, it is still hidden in the woodland. Zhao Xihe climbed a tree with a self-muttering voice. I want to pass through the heights and escape the smell of the net.

Looking at the burning site from here, a large mass graveyard was found, covering an area of more than 100 acres. Although it was also burned black, it can still be seen that there are not many new graves, and the old graves are at most fifty years old, and most of them are in their teens and twenties.

"What happened twenty years ago, so many people died?" Zhao Xihe was very strange.

With this question in mind, he returned to the incineration site and asked Inspector Wang. Inspector Wang and Li Xin were studying something on an old tree that had been charred but had not yet fallen.

"Inspector Wang, did there ever be a major disaster here twenty years ago?"

"Twenty years...... No, there was a ...... eighteen or nineteen years ago. Influenza. Inspector Wang obviously hesitated when he said the word "flu".

Well...... Not telling the truth?

"To tell you the truth, is it a plague caused by the cerebral blood worm virus?" Zhao Xihe asked.

Inspector Wang sighed and nodded: "Yes." However, at that time, the local government concealed this and did not dare to report it. ”

Zhao Xihe's heart moved, and he hurriedly asked: "After the burning here, did that murderer appear again?"

"No one ever witnessed it again. ”

"You don't suspect it's a tomb robber, do you?" Li Xin looked at Zhao Xihe with a slight sarcasm.

"Impossible!" Inspector Wang said with a wry smile, "The people buried here are all bitter villagers, and the ancestors of the three generations are farmers and hunters, and there is no gold and silver treasure, let alone the custom of burial goods." What are you stealing, reselling corpses?"

Also!

Zhao Xihe also felt that his idea was a bit ridiculous.

At this time, Inspector Wang took a mobile phone, and his face instantly turned ugly: "Okay, I know." ”

"What's wrong?"

"My mom died. ”

"Well, then you should hurry back. Yes...... Officer Zhao is here, that's it. ”

"Inspector Wang, mourn. Li Xin patted Inspector Wang's arm with his hand.

After Inspector Wang left, the second-level police officer Xiao Zhao ran over. Nodding at Li Xin: "Officer Li, if you have any orders, you can say it directly, nothing else, it's okay to run errands or something." ”

Gotcha! It's a bastard.

"Look at the car, don't look back and let someone steal it. Li Xin waved his hand and sent the goods away.

"Do you see anything?" Zhao Xihe asked, pointing to a grave that had obviously been dug up.

"What are you looking at, robbing tombs and selling corpses?"

At this time, Zhao Xihe became a little angry, and said to Li Xin with a calm face: "Officer Li, as a criminal investigator, if you can't control your private emotions, what should you do? Now, I have a cooperative relationship with you and the military and police, and there is only one purpose, to solve this case." Whatever prejudice you have against me, I'll talk about it later, okay?"

Li Xin was stunned, but he didn't expect that this person who had always been hippie and smiling and had no shape would actually teach himself a lesson. In the end, the professionalism that has always been praised by everyone forced her to correct her attitude and admit her mistakes: "Okay, you are right, I am wrong. ”

Refreshing!!

Hahaha......

Zhao Xihe is beautiful in his heart.

"Shhhhhh Then, while drawing his gun, the cat bent down and stared at somewhere in the woods hundreds of meters away.

Well...... The earthy smell of snails?!

Here it comes!!

Zhao Xihe also followed the cat and came down.