Huang Shan exhaled deeply: "These days, I have also been thinking about this question, if the murderer is just a perverted strong human being, then no matter how perverted he is, how strong he is, human characteristics, he should always have, right?

He kills the victim, even if he is skillful and can defeat every time, but even if the victim can't beat him, someone should always be able to scratch his skin or clothes, right? Why every time we check the deceased's nails, we can't find the killer's dandruff DNA, clothing fibrous tissue, not to mention blood stains and hair!

Regardless of whether the murderer is a human or a demon, there is one more thing that I can't figure out the most: The murderer has committed many crimes in the university, but why, when we see only the body of the victim, there is not even a single witness who saw the murderer's crime?

You know, people are intelligent creatures, and when attacked, the victim will definitely cry for help, and the university campus is not a barren deep mountain and wild forest, so no one can hear the cry for help, as long as the victim shouts for help, there are so many students passing by, there will always be people who go over to see what is going on, or will call the police - but for so long, we have visited many students in the neighborhood, and at the time of the crime, no one heard the cry for help!"

He stared at Xu Yan with blazing eyes: "Major Xu, you say, what is the reason for this?"

Xu Yan frowned and pondered for a moment, and then, he said, "I want to come and go." There are only two possibilities: one is that the murderer's luck is really so good, that is, no one sees him and no one hears him; The murderer has some kind of special modus operandi, which is very fast. He was killed before the victim had time to call for help, and the others didn't have time to witness it. ”

Huang Shan slapped his face: "It's very reasonable! Brother, you want to go with me!"

But there is another thing that I can't figure out: Some cases of disappearance, according to common sense, are simply impossible! Just like the disappearance case of our five police officers, where did the murderer hide the five strong men?"

"Getting them out of school?"

"No way! We've already checked, and there were security guards and our police on duty at the front and back doors of the school that night. In shifts of three, there are also cameras to monitor the entry and exit of the front and rear doors. For the 12 hours between 8 p.m. that night and 8 a.m. the next morning, no one carried large items out! Moreover, we have verified all the vehicles that left the school during these 12 hours, and they were all legitimate people, and they also had a legitimate reason for entering and leaving the school, and there was no motive to kidnap our police officers -- and more importantly, they did not have the ability to do so.

Equally. On the night Zhang Jingwan was killed, two of her roommates in the same dormitory also disappeared. We also checked the surveillance footage of that night, and asked the security guard on duty, and there was no one out of the school that night - if someone was carrying two girls and trying to leave the school gate. Even if he can escape the surveillance of the security guards, he will not be able to escape the surveillance of the cameras. ”

Xu Yan looked at Huangshan, and he said cautiously: "If." The murderer is not human, perhaps. Those who are missing...... Already eaten red-handed?"

Huang Shan's face was gloomy, and he did not refute Xu Yan. He just whispered, "I've consulted a zoologist privately, and if you can eat an adult beast, it will be very large, not to mention that it can swallow five living people alive in one night, and there will not be even a bit of flesh and blood left—such a monster, even if it exists, will be very large, like a whale."

Such a monster, in the campus of Shudu University, there is no space for it to hide, it can't hide at all!

Monsters that can satisfy this ability to commit crimes do not exist in the world!

Moreover, why is the murderer so persistent that he has to commit crimes on or around the campus of Shudu University? He has committed many crimes, so he should know that Shudu University has become a key area of great concern to our police, and there is a great risk of continuing to commit crimes here, so why does he refuse to change the location of the crime? Is there any special significance to the location of Shudu University?"

Xu Yan nodded silently: He also discovered that this case is very different from the ordinary F virus mania case, and even the previous Tokyo Vampire case is very different, and there are many abnormalities.

This means that what he is likely to face is a completely unknown monster species with strange abilities, thinking of this, Xu Yan felt slightly nervous, and a little regretful: It's a pity, Xuan Yun is no longer there! If she is still there, with so many clues, maybe she can point out what kind of monster this is, right?

After introducing the case, Huang Shan said to Xu Yan: "Brother Yan, our Director Deng -- you met him last time, he is going to Shudu University to listen to the progress report of the task force, are you interested in participating together, so as to have a deeper understanding of the case?"

"This, I'm going to attend the meeting of the task force, is this okay?" Xu Yan smiled and said: "I'm not from your public security system, if it's not good, your Director Deng will drive me away." ”

Huang Shan scoffed: "There is a bird problem! Boss Deng doesn't know you, he should be happy to know that you can come to help! If he dares to drive you away, Lao Tzu doesn't need him to catch you, he will leave by himself! If he has the ability, he will catch the murderer himself!"

Huang Shan said very arrogantly, but in fact, he was still very cautious in doing things, he parked the car on the side of the road, and immediately called Director Deng: "Director Deng, hello! I am Lao Huang! Director Deng, I have good news for you, in order to help us solve the case, I finally invited a master to help...... As I reported to you last time, the Ministry of Intelligence has a special task force to deal with this strange thing...... No, no, how can I have the ability to know the people in the General Staff, but last time, the last time the incident of China Eastern Airlines, the time when the F virus case suddenly broke out on the plane, and the major Xu who solved the madman on the plane...... Yes, yes, that's him! It just so happened that I met Major Xu today. It took a lot of effort, and Major Xu saw our sincerity. Agreed to come over and help us...... Yes, yes, Major Xu is very powerful. He is an expert in dealing with those special events, and he has a lot of experience, and his level in this area is very good...... Ah, the formalities? No, no, hiring someone through the organizational procedures is too cumbersome, and we don't have time. Major Xu is now coming to assist us in his personal capacity, as if he were our hired adviser...... Yes, he only participates as an individual to help us come up with ideas. Advice was made because he was an active duty soldier...... Yes, that's the case...... Yes, Major Xu is with me now—ah, okay. ”

Huang Shan hung up the phone, and he smiled at Xu Yan: "Director Deng is very happy that you can come to help us, he asked me to welcome you, let me greet you well-let's go to the task force first." ”

So, Huangshan drove Xu Yan in a car. After walking on the road for more than an hour, I returned to the campus of Shudu University. At the entrance of the school, the car was stopped by the school's security guard, and a large security guard peeked at it. He asked, "Do you have a pass from our school?" ”

Before Huang Shan could answer, two young men dressed as security guards came out of the guard room. But he pulled the previous school security guard to the side, and then. The two young men smiled at Huang Shan: "Huang Tou'er, you're here!"

"Hey. Xiao Zhang, Xiao Cheng, are you on duty today? Is Boss Deng here?"

"The owner's car has been in for a few minutes. Boss, you're going to be late for today's meeting. ”

Huang Shan laughed: "What's the matter! Anyway, they won't be able to do anything in a meeting, and they won't be able to open it in the same way! I'm leaving!"

Then, he said hello, started the car and drove in.

Xu Yan was a little surprised: "Huang Zhi, you are even familiar with the security guards of our school, you are too powerful, right?"

Huang Shan smiled: "Where! This is the special police officer sent by the special police detachment to be stationed on duty on a rotating basis -- the front and back doors of your school, and the duty room are all guarded by people from the special police detachment, with three people per shift during the day and six people per shift at night. To avoid attracting attention, they didn't wear police uniforms, but they did have real guys on them. ”

Xu Yan suddenly, he glanced back and saw the two young men in security uniforms swinging leisurely with batons, looking no different from ordinary security guards. If Huang Shan hadn't taken the initiative to tell him, who would have seen that these two very ordinary security guards were actually elite special police officers pretending to be?

For some reason, Xu Yan was inexplicably moved in his heart: there are many things in our lives -- a peaceful life, a peaceful and stable social order, sufficient water and electricity supply, no famine or cold starvation, and sufficient supplies of materials and commodities -- these things look very ordinary, and we have even become accustomed to their existence, thinking that this is a matter of course and that we should be born like this.

But in this world, there is nothing beautiful that is easy to come by, and there is no need to pay a price.

When we don't know it, there are always people who silently guard our peace and work hard for those who we think are natural in our lives. Without the labor and maintenance of hundreds and thousands of people, we would not have even drunk a drop of tap water and not a single light bulb lit.

Looking at the familiar school road and the energetic male and female students outside the window, at this moment, these people and scenery that have been commonplace in the past have a different feeling in Xu Yan's eyes.

In this school, there are girls I like, my close classmates, my dear friends, and my respected teachers...... Now, it's my responsibility to protect them from those demon monsters and not to be killed by those monsters, and only I can do it.

A happy life needs to be cherished, and it needs a strong force to protect it!

At this moment, Xu Yan spontaneously had a very full and sacred feeling, feeling that the responsibility on his shoulders was heavy, he felt that his spirit suddenly lifted, and his whole body was full of positive energy - perhaps, this is the legendary sense of mission, right?

The car drove all the way to a small, independent building on the school's west campus, where the school's security office was located. Although Xu Yan is a student of Shudu University, he has never entered the security building, but although Huangshan is an outsider, he seems to be very familiar with this place, so he led Xu Yan in, went straight to the second floor, and pushed open the door of a conference room.

As soon as the door was pushed open, a puff of white smoke wafted out, and the smell of smoky tobacco made Xu Yanzhi frown—this room was like a biochemical gas laboratory.

Follow behind Huangshan. Xu Yan walked in and glanced at the middle of the room. It's a long conference table, right now. The conference table was surrounded by people, all of whom were middle-aged people with stern expressions, some in civilian clothes, and some in police uniforms.

Outside the conference table, there are scattered tables and chairs against the wall, on which office equipment such as computers and printers are placed, and it is also full of people. They were all tired looking men. The heavy smell of smoke and the sour smell of men's sweat lingered in the air, and all the men in the room looked tired and serious.

At this time, someone at the conference table was talking, but it felt that everyone was not listening very carefully, and there was a "buzzing" low discussion in the room.

Seeing a young man with an unfamiliar face like Xu Yan walking in, everyone looked at each other in surprise, and the people sitting close to each other were still asking each other: "Who is that young man who came in with Huangshan? Why haven't you seen it before?"

"So young, it's a new police officer from the criminal branch, right?

"Why did Huangshan bring an intern to a meeting?"

Feeling the surprised gazes cast from all directions, Xu Yan was calm. He saw an empty plastic chair by the door, and walked over and sat down there. After sitting down, Xu Yan saw Deng Bonan, director of the Jincheng Public Security Bureau, sitting at the conference table.

Compared with the last meeting, Director Deng looked much haggard. There are also a lot more gray hairs on the head. When Xu Yan looked at him, he was also looking at Xu Yan, and the two looked at each other. Director Deng bowed his head slightly, and smiled kindly at Xu Yan.

I can enter this room. They are all leaders and business elites within the Jincheng Public Security Bureau and Security Bureau, and Director Deng's every move is naturally concerned by everyone in the conference room. Seeing that he deliberately greeted a new police officer, everyone was impressed with Xu Yan - no one knew what the origin of this guy was, but since he was brought in by Huangshan and was the person whom Director Deng specially greeted, then naturally no one dared to regard him as an ordinary intern anymore - even if this person was really an intern, then he must also be a very talented intern.

The arrival of Huang Shan and Xu Yan did not interrupt the meeting, at the conference table, the middle-aged man in a dark suit was still speaking, and when Xu Yan sat down, he happened to hear him say: "...... In addition, in order to prevent the recurrence of the case, we have cooperated with Shudu University to install micro-shooting cameras in 150 remote areas that are prone to crimes, and in addition, our special case team has also arranged for plainclothes to conduct regular and irregular patrols on campus, especially in the late night of the previous cases until the next day, and arranged for our special police and the security guards of Shudu University to form a mixed group to conduct campus inspections to prevent the recurrence of vicious cases…… In previous inspections, more than 800 police personnel were dispatched......"

The middle-aged man in the dark suit looked down at the manuscript and read a lot, there were a lot of data in it, and there were many examples, but Xu Yan always felt that the middle-aged man in the dark suit lowered his head when he read the manuscript, and he didn't look at anyone, as if he was empty-hearted, as if he was avoiding everyone's eyes - uh, maybe it was Xu Yan's illusion, but he just felt that the man seemed to be absent-minded.

Finally waited for the man - after the fact, Xu Yan learned that the middle-aged man was the head of the task force, Deputy Director Cao of the Municipal Bureau in charge of criminal investigation - he finished reading the manuscript in his hand and coughed dryly: "...... The above is the work of the task force in the past week. Now that my report is over, I would like to ask Director Deng for instructions!"

No one applauded, only the sound of stools and chairs rattling, everyone in the conference room sat up straight, and some people took out papers and notebooks to make a careful record. But Deng Bonan waved his hand: "I don't need to record it, I don't need to remember my words - just now, I listened to the report made by Deputy Cao, and I feel that the attitude of the comrades is still very serious for a while, and a lot of work has been done, and the comrades are very behalf of the party group of the Municipal Bureau, I would like to express my condolences and thanks to everyone!"

However, we must also be aware of the fact that although we have done a great deal of work and our comrades have worked very hard, in fact, the progress of the special case group's investigation and handling of cases is still very slow or even no progress at all! Everyone has a very large workload, but there is not much effective work, and a great deal of time and energy is spent on visiting the masses and finding out the work, and there are not many valuable clues obtained!

Of course, mass visits and clue finding are also our commonly used investigative methods, and sometimes they can also play a certain role in the detection of cases. But this time, my personal feeling is that this kind of conventional investigation methods may not have a great effect on the detection of the case, and the comrades are probably also aware that this is not an ordinary murder case, and our opponent is not an ordinary murderer, we need to think beyond the conventional creative thinking to consider this case!

We should use our brains and think more, because an accurate way of thinking can make us do a lot less wrongful work. If the idea is right, it will not be far from solving the case; if the idea is wrong, no matter how much effort is spent, I am afraid that it will be - uh, I can't say that this is useless work, but I am afraid that it will be half the effort.

Comrades, you must know that we have not much time to waste, and there are less than 11 days left before the deadline for solving the case proposed by the leaders of the provincial party committee!

I will tell you the truth: In front of the leaders of the provincial and municipal party committees, I, Deng Bonan, have made a military order, and if we cannot crack the case within the specified time limit, I will automatically take the blame and resign without the need for the higher-level leaders to remove me! When the time comes, it is certain that I will leave, but I think that you may not be much better! Deputy Cao, you also went to the city party committee yesterday to attend the meeting, what did Secretary Huang say at that time?

The middle-aged man who had just been reading the manuscript coughed expressionlessly: "Secretary Huang said that this case is a big test for our Jincheng public security team. If the Jincheng City Public Security Bureau fails to crack the case within the prescribed time limit, this will show that there is a problem with the combat effectiveness of our Jincheng City Public Security Bureau's contingent, and this is not a public security contingent that our party and the people can rely on! At this time, it is very necessary to rectify the entire Jincheng public security system and carry out a large-scale readjustment, and all the middle-level cadres of the Jincheng City Public Security Bureau must be re-evaluated and replaced, and they must recruit talented people and compete for posts. Deputy Secretary Li of the Municipal Party Committee and Director Deng of our city committee were both present, and Secretary Huang spoke very seriously and his expression was very serious -- this time, if we can't solve the case, the city will probably have to move seriously!" )