Early morning.

Shen Ran woke up suddenly.

A slight cold sweat oozed from his forehead, and a thin mist of water exuded a chill on the surface of his skin.

He couldn't help but sneeze. But he didn't care.

As a freelancer, Shen Ran didn't have the pressure of commuting, but he woke up early in the morning unexpectedly today.

But he didn't get out of bed, and he was still thinking about the dream he had just had.

For some reason, he dreamed of a strange woman.

The woman was tied to a chair, and it was pitch black all around, and it was impossible to see where it was.

Suddenly, she shook and shouted vigorously.

Probably because she found herself completely naked. Naked, the whole person is tied and cannot move.

However, despite all her strength and screaming, only a dull, feeble whine echoed in the dark space.

Because her mouth has been gagged with rags.

Her hands were tied to each side of the chair, and her neck was also secured with hemp rope, and even if she struggled desperately, it would be to no avail.

Shen Ran, who had been standing on the side watching all this, suddenly found that he slowly raised his steps and walked towards this woman.

The woman looked at the person who was walking towards her.

The fear intensified, and she looked at the person in front of her in a daze, remembering where she had seen him.

Unfortunately, she soon couldn't think of anything.

The sharp tingling made her shiver, and something had entered the woman's body, under her abdomen, near the area of the pubic bone.

Shen Ran saw that he was holding a sharp knife in his hand, slowly stabbing into the woman's abdomen.

As if carving a delicate workmanship, he was engrossed in it, carefully slicing open her abdomen.

Like a slaughtering show, the performer slowly tortures the nerves of the prey.

The woman's spirit was on the verge of a breakdown.

At this time, the sharp knife that had reached into the woman's belly stopped again.

Shen Ran heard himself make a low voice, slow, hoarse, and a little weird.

"You're awake. Sorry for hurting you. ”

The woman clearly didn't expect him to apologize to her, and after a moment of silence, she began to struggle violently again.

Shen Ran picked up a rag from the table, which was soaked with a drug that paralyzed nerves.

He picked up the rag and covered the woman's mouth and nose.

The next second, he woke up violently.

Is it a nightmare?

However, he had never dreamed of such a horrible scene, and it felt very real in his dreams, and he had committed such a horrible act.

He was ready to get up and take a cool shower to sober himself up.

Sitting up from the bed, Shen Ran saw that the LCD TV attached to the wall was still shining brightly and making a chaotic sound.

Ah, I forgot to turn off the TV again.

Shen Ran has always lived alone, and his temperament is usually cold, he doesn't like to socialize, and he rarely interacts with others. Some time ago, he quit his job due to an accident at work and spent more time alone.

He used to fall asleep with the TV on.

He explained to himself that if a thief wanted to come in and heard a lot of voices in the house, he probably wouldn't dare to act rashly.

However, in fact, the apartment where Shen Ran lives is the community with the highest safety factor within a radius of several miles. There is a high probability that the thief will not choose such a place to steal, and there is also the fact that Shen Ran can only fall asleep by listening to the sound of the TV.

Recently, the quality of his sleep has also deteriorated, and he dreams more and more.

After living alone for many years, he didn't realize that he still had something to adapt to.

The news on the hour was playing on TV.

"The police found a floating female corpse in the lower reaches of the Lin River, and according to eyewitness accounts, the deceased's abdomen was completely hollowed out, and the death was very horrifying. At present, the police have completely cordoned off the scene......"

Shen Ran stared at the TV tightly, he wanted to take a look at the footage of the deceased captured by the reporter on the front line, but unfortunately, the scene had long been blocked, and it was impossible for the footage of the deceased to leak out. Witnesses were also protected from revealing more information.

Abdomen, hollowed out, female deceased......

There was a buzz in his head.

What's going on, could it be such a coincidence?

I just dreamed that I was killing someone, and when I woke up, I saw the news that someone had been killed......

And judging from the description of the victim's death, it looks like his own method of killing people in a dream.

A woman, her abdomen is cut open, and then, all her organs are hollowed out?

Shen Ran suddenly felt a wave of nausea.

He got out of bed and rushed in the direction of the bathroom.

There was a separate bathroom in the bedroom, which he quickly got into.

He stood in front of the pool and retched for a while, not throwing up anything, but feeling very uncomfortable.

He turned on the faucet and rinsed his face vigorously several times.

After washing his face, he looked up at his pale face in the mirror, and Shen Ran frowned, obviously not very satisfied with his appearance and state.

The mirror light shone on his face, casting a shadow under his bushy eyelashes, obscuring his brown eyes.

walked out of the bathroom, picked up the mobile phone next to the bed, and dialed Xu Guangyuan's phone.

Xu Guangyuan is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Lingnan University, and later joined the National Institute of Parapsychology, where he was a key member of the institute and a former colleague of Shen Ran.

The Institute of Parapsychology is an institution that studies advanced psychological phenomena, and Xu Guangyuan's research project is the consciousness communication of the superindividual, which is simply the study of the science and technology of consciousness connection between different individuals, aiming to realize the consciousness connection between people.

Xu Guangyuan and Shen Ran both studied in the Department of Psychology of Lingnan University, but Xu Guangyuan was several years older than Shen Ran, and when Xu Guangyuan graduated and taught, Shen Ran was still in graduate school.

They used to work together, but then things were wrong, Shen Ran quit the institute and is now a freelancer, he opened a consulting room. Later, he also handed over the main business to another partner, and rarely came forward.

"Professor Xu, morning." Shen Ran's voice had regained its calmness.

"Shen Ran?" Opposite the earpiece, Xu Guangyuan's voice couldn't hide the surprise, and at the same time, it was mixed with the sound of other people's talking, the background was noisy, it should be outdoors. But he didn't want to miss Shen Ran's call on his own initiative, and continued: "I received the message you sent me last time, and I was just about to go to you. I'm busy out there now, there's a new case here at the police station, I'll come over and take a look, can you come out now? It's near the Lin River, how about I invite you to dinner in a moment? ”

Xu Guangyuan, a professional in psychology, was hired by the police as a psychological consultant two years ago, during which time he has been in contact with the police, and recently both sides are considering further deepening cooperation.

Shen Ran instinctively wanted to refuse, but when he heard him say the word Lin He, he immediately paused.

"Okay." After a few moments, he made his decision.

Shen City, Fengyi District, lower reaches of the Lin River.

Lu Cheng, deputy captain of the criminal police detachment, drove to a stop at the gravel beach with several police officers under his command.

"Fatty, block the scene and pay attention to pedestrians and vehicles, Xiaomei come with me."

"Yes, Marines." The young man who was called Fat Man received the order and turned to the road on the bank of the river.

Lu Cheng took the policewoman Xiaomei to the center of the blockade area, opened the yellow warning belt, and saw the naked body stranded by the river beach for the first time.

There was a female corpse lying on the side of the riverbank, the corpse had soaked and turned white, emitting a choking smell. The hair on the head is like aquatic plants wrapped between the fine sand and reeds, and the lower body is red. Bare. But these are not the most striking things about this corpse.

The first thing anyone sees at this corpse is that they will first draw attention to her mutilated abdomen.

Lucheng is no exception.

To be exact, her abdomen was not completely mutilated, and there was still a part of her intact tissue, which was her skin, in that part of her.

Her belly really only had one layer of belly left at this point.

The skin was cut in half from the middle, and opened to each side, and the inside of the belly was empty, as if it had been hollowed out, without intestines, kidneys, and ovaries, all hollowed out to the pubic bone.

Was it washed away by the water? Or was it eaten by fish in the river?

No, it's too clean......

While he was staring at the victim's body in a daze, the forensic doctor Ding Yi had already arrived at the scene.

Lu Cheng barely took his eyes off the victim.

He glanced at the forensic doctor who was still wearing protective clothing and gloves on the side, quickly sorted out his thoughts and said, "Ding Yi, carefully check the victim's yin. Dao contents. Also, focus on confirming the victim's internal organs and see whether the wound on her stomach is man-made or natural. ”

At the same time, he turned to Xiaomei and said: "Cooperate with Ding Yi, do a good job of marking ......"

"Wow, what's going on?" Before Lu Cheng finished speaking, he heard Ding Yi say loudly.

"What's wrong? You're a forensic doctor, don't be surprised, look like a crowd of onlookers. Lu Cheng folded his arms, faced him, and smiled faintly.

"No, Marine, it's not like I'm making a fuss, it's really clean." Ding Yi said and put his hand into the woman's cracked belly, felt a tingling in his scalp, and quickly took his hand out again.

Lu Cheng stared at the movements in his hands, but felt that he seemed to be pulling something out, this picture was a little scary, but in Lu Cheng's eyes, it seemed very natural.

"Do you think it's artificial?"

Ding Yi shrugged, "Anyway, it's not like a non-human trace, it's too clean, and the epidermis is very intact." Ding Yi's temperament is a little jumpy, but once he settles down to work, he is so professional that he has nothing to say.

Lower body red. Bare...... There is a possibility of sexual assault, so what's going on with this belly?

Lu Cheng was so engrossed that he didn't notice that there were two people walking in his direction outside the cordon.

"Team Lu, Professor Xu is here." Xiaomei reminded beside her.

Lu Cheng raised his head at this time, only to see a man wearing a gray shirt and glasses walking towards him, needless to say, he was Xu Guangyuan.

Xu Guangyuan pays attention to his personal image, he is nearly forty years old, but he does not show his age, and he has a polite temperament.

What Lu Cheng didn't expect was that after Xu Guangyuan crossed the cordon, he didn't walk directly towards him, but continued to carry the cordon and let another man walk in.

Lu Cheng had never seen this person, looking white and young, what did Xu Guangyuan do when he let such a young man in? He had doubts in his heart, but he did not show them.

"This is my colleague, Shen Ran, come over together to see if you can help." Xu Guangyuan briefly introduced Shen Ran's identity, and then turned his head to introduce Lu Cheng to Shen Ran: "This is the deputy captain of the second team of the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Municipal Bureau, Lu Cheng. ”

Lu Cheng was wearing a black shirt, with cuffs reaching his upper arms, showing his bronzed skin and tight arms, and he had undergone strict physical training at a glance.

"Hello, Lu Cheng." Lu Cheng stretched out a hand and took the initiative to signal friendship, but Shen Ran hesitated.

Seeing this, Xu Guangyuan immediately wanted to change the topic and make a round, "What is the current situation of this case......

Unexpectedly, Shen Ran stretched out his hand after hesitating for a moment, he held his hand with Lu Cheng's hand, his hand was the same as his face, white and delicate, in contrast, the back of Lu Cheng's strong and powerful hand wrapped his entire palm like steel.

When they shook hands, Shen Ran's eyes, which were not too focused, became bright and energetic for a moment, and then he unconsciously took a step back.

Lu Cheng didn't notice the change in his face, he just felt that this young man's thin skin and tender flesh were probably painful by his own grip, and now the young man's physical fitness is really not good, he doesn't look down on these pampered college graduates.

He knew that the bureau was planning to strengthen cooperation with psychological counselors recently, and even planned to set up a special behavior analysis department, but no matter how he looked at it, it was impossible to let this weak young man join, and he didn't understand Xu Guangyuan's intention to bring him here.

After that, Lu Cheng didn't care too much about the existence of this young man, but just asked him to pay attention to his own safety and not get too close to the victim's body.

He himself discussed the case with Professor Xu.

"The surrounding grass preliminarily judged that there were no signs of crushing, and the body had been soaked for so long, this must not be the scene of the crime. Finding the scene of the crime and the motive for the crime is the first step. The lower half of her body is gone, and I suspect it has something to do with sexual assault, but of course it's just a possibility. Lu Cheng's reasoning was clear, but he didn't mention the most conspicuous scars of the victim, and he deliberately left it blank, just to see what Xu Guangyuan would say.

"From the location of her injury, it is concentrated in the lower half of her body, which is indeed sexual. Especially this belly, it doesn't mean ......" Xu Guangyuan also understood what Lu Cheng wanted to hear the most, but he didn't have an idea for a while.

"Sub. Palace. The murderer took her son. Palace. Shen Ran, who was standing beside them, suddenly spoke.

Lu Cheng and Xu Guangyuan turned their heads to look at him at the same time, Shen Ran's eyes stared straight at the corpse on the ground, his frowning brows were accompanied by an incredibly frightened look, but he didn't look away at all.

Lu Cheng felt that he was a little strange, and he didn't understand what he said for a while: "What. Palace? ”

After asking this question, Lu Cheng suddenly felt a flash of lightning flash through his mind.

Yes, the lower body is not limited to the lower body, sexual implications...... In addition to the explicit sexual organs, there is also the sexual organ contained in her body, which is her son. Palace!