Chapter 1: Whale Fall

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At the end of summer, the night was getting late, several police cars were parked under the seven buildings of Wanhe Community, and the blue and white police isolation belt surrounded the seven entrances in a ring, and two criminal police officers stood in the cordon, blocking the eyes of those looking into the isolation belt.

On the second floor, room 208, the personnel of the forensic technology room have arrived, the criminal photographer takes an overview of the scene, the trace examination team examines the fingerprint footprints and other special traces in the room, and the physical and chemical biology examination team is responsible for extracting and collecting blood, corpse tissues and other biological evidence.

In order to avoid destroying potential evidence, the officers used dozens of palm-sized fast-pass pavements to build temporary passages to the bodies on the floor of the living room in the room.

Two medical examiners in isolation gowns crouched next to the corpse, one examining the body's appearance and the other recording the body icons and recording the verbal transcript.

"Zhang Cuilian, female, 67 years old, 162cm long, normal development, average nutrition, dark yellow complexion, purple-red corpse spots, located in the headrest, neck, back, lumbosacral, limbs under the uncompressed parts, acupressure does not fade, abdomen forms corpse green...."

"Meow Meow"

"Wangwang"

The sounds of cats and dogs barking one after another were also recorded in the oral records of the medical examiner.

Zhang Cuilian had three cats and four dogs, which caused great damage to the traces of the scene in the two days after her death, and the young police officers of the physical and chemical biology inspection team worked hard to put the cats and dogs in cages - these cats and dogs can also be regarded as "biological evidence"

Officer Wang, who has been a police officer for more than 20 years, automatically ignored the noise of the scene, stood in front of the bookshelf in the living room, and gently picked up a photo frame on the shelf.

In the photo, Zhang Cuilian, who is standing with her husband and son, has a calm smile, has short half-white hair that has been carefully permed, and is wearing a glazed blue shirt printed with flower and bird patterns, straight-leg cropped pants, earrings, necklaces, and rings.

Very temperamental old lady, but unfortunately not favored by fate, her husband had a myocardial infarction a few years ago, and her son also died in an accident, and now she herself is....

Officer Wang put down the frame, turned around, and looked into the living room.

The body of "Zhang Cuilian", once named, was paralyzed on the ground in the shape of a "big", and the blood stains that had long dried up were centered on the corpse, radiating to all sides, and most of the floor of the living room was occupied by dark red, like a clumsy and ugly ink painting.

The musculature of the limbs of the corpse was widely missing, the palms and soles of the hands and feet were only white bones, and the fingers and toes were all missing.

What's even more bizarre is that the entire face of the corpse, including the eyeballs, has completely disappeared, leaving only the frontal, cheekbone, and mandible with a thin layer of muscle, leaving only dark hollow eye sockets, staring at the ceiling.

No face, no skin.

Officer Wang exhaled a breath of turbidity, and the mutilated corpse in front of him reminded him of something,

Didn't gnaw clean pickled pepper phoenix feet.

This association made him feel the gastric juice churning, and he stepped on the makeshift bridge to walk out of room 208 and go downstairs to smoke.

Most of the residents in the Wanhe community were old men and aunts who had been resettled due to the demolition, and they stood outside the isolation zone, and the slightest drizzle did not extinguish their curiosity to watch.

"I heard that it was Sister Zhang on the second floor who had the accident, right?"

"Yes, she is also pitiful, she lives alone, if it weren't for the neighbor who lives on the other side of the door can't stand the smell wafting over and complains to the property, I'm afraid no one will know that she's gone...."

"Alas, this person, if you say no, no, I used to buy vegetables with her, and I saw that she was fine at that time, why did she leave suddenly, and I don't know why..."

Inside the cordon, Officer Wang, who was silently listening to the chat, lowered his head and lit a cigarette, and couldn't help but be a little disappointed.

The deceased did not participate in much of the activities of the elderly in the community before his death, the social range was narrow, the social frequency was low, and the surrounding people did not know much about the deceased.

"Maybe it's diabetes."

In the crowd, a young man carrying a schoolbag and a leek box said: "To be precise, it is caused by many complications caused by type 2 diabetes." ”

Well?

Officer Wang raised his head suddenly, "Who are you?" ”

An ordinary high school student named Li Ang smiled, "I am the successor of communism, the delicate flower of the motherland, and the red scarf that does good deeds without leaving a name." ”

Who asked you this?

Officer Wang, who was a little painful, glanced at Li Ang, "Do you know her?" ”

Li Ang replied: "I don't know, it's just that when I went downstairs to play badminton in the community before, I saw her walking the dog." ”

"You know she has diabetes?"

"Guess."

Li Ang said casually: "At that time, I saw that she was in good shape, with a ruddy complexion, dry skin, slow and weak steps, swollen legs and feet in her lower limbs, red and swollen fingers, scars and ulcers on her arms, drooping eyelids and repeated traces of scabies on her eyelids.

I guessed that she was diabetic, and I also suggested that she pay attention to her diet, take medicine on time, keep exercising, and be admitted to the hospital as soon as possible, but it's a pity...."

With that, Leon shook his head.

The surrounding crowd cast strange glances at Li Ang, and Officer Wang couldn't help but take a puff of his cigarette, "Young man, you study medicine?" ”

"When I was a child, I was constipated, and the doctor said that it would be good to drop some corkscrew, but I dripped the whole bottle of corkscrew on top of the stool, and it still didn't work."

"After that, I read some books on medicine and became self-taught. ”

Young man, you're really a bone master, aren't you a second goods?

Li Ang looked at the police uniform worn by Officer Wang, and said with some envy: "Officer, in fact, I have always wanted to be a glorious people's policeman, so I often go to the comic shop to watch Detective Conan to exercise his criminal investigation ability, and I also use a pencil to mark who the murderer is in the comic book.

The last time I was in the amusement park, I had the courage to catch the thief and had a deal with the suspect for more than two hours, and finally I was driven off the merry-go-round by the amusement park keeper. ”

Officer Wang twitched out of the corner of his eyes, although there were many slots, he didn't know where to spit it out, so he could only extinguish the cigarette butt and turn around and walk towards the seven buildings.

"The windows on the second floor don't seem to be open." Li Ang raised his head and said casually: "I don't know what Aunt Zhang has to raise those cats and dogs, and what she will eat for two days." ”

Well?

Officer Wang's footsteps paused.

Li Ang continued as if no one was around: "If Aunt Zhang fainted and fell to the ground due to acute complications of diabetes, the cat and dog she raised would have sensed that something was wrong with their owner and would have tried to wake her up by licking the skin on the deceased's body. ”

"Unfortunately, the attempt to wake up the owner was unsuccessful, and the cats and dogs became agitated because they licked their broken skin and tasted blood, and without their owners to feed them, the pets spontaneously searched for something to eat."

"Let's say.... their hosts. ”

"Generally speaking, soft, boneless faces that are not covered by clothing are the first to be eaten, and fingers, toes, forearms, and calves that tend to get down the mouth are also targeted."

Li Ang didn't care at all about the strange stares cast by others, but said with a smile,

"When a whale dies in the ocean, its carcass sinks to the bottom of the ocean, eventually providing food for sea creatures such as hagfish, clams, and shrimp. Biologists have named this process 'whale falls'. This is the last tenderness that the whale leaves to the sea. ”

"Heavenly reincarnation, life and death are as usual....."

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