"Don't tell anyone about it, and don't record it in the autopsy report, understand?" Lao Lu said to Liu Lili and Lu Jianfei.

Liu Lili and Lu Jianfei glanced at each other, then looked at Lao Lu and nodded.

Liu Lili is a girl with a relatively straightforward personality, and at the same time has a very rigorous attitude towards autopsy work. She pushed the black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her nose, looked at me and said, "Brother Ouyang, do you know something?" Is this strange cremation related to the virus you just discussed? ”

Liu Lili has been sensitively aware of the extraordinaryness of the matter, and it seems that I must explain this matter, otherwise although the matter did not spread, it would make the two young people in front of me panic.

"Is it a zombie virus?"

Lu Jianfei's sudden words made the entire autopsy room silent.

Liu Lili stared at me with a pair of frightened and puzzled eyes, and asked in a trembling voice, "Brother Ouyang, isn't it?" ”

Her question was completely stumped for me, because I didn't really see the so-called zombies, everything was just my inference. But I remember the terrifying roar and unusual running sound last night, the guy who was able to get out after being hit by Tang Zhenguo's fatal blow.

Coupled with the secret laboratory found in He Yunjing's house, I also have to suspect that the zombie virus is at work.

I didn't answer, it doesn't mean that I admit it, and it doesn't mean that I deny it, because this matter is just a question mark in my heart.

Lao Lu exhaled heavily and said: "Lili, you don't have to panic, these are just assumptions, no one can prove that this zombie virus really exists, this kind of sci-fi thing, I believe it only exists in movies and games." ”

At this time, Liu Lili and Lu Jianfei didn't seem to know how to express their thoughts, they just looked at each other with a look of horror.

I thought for a while and said, "Old Lu, I also think that the existence of zombies is unrealistic. I know that there is a condition called Kotal syndrome, also known as walking dead syndrome, which is caused by the disconnection of the area of the brain responsible for cognitive facial and the emotional areas related to cognition. Patients have hallucinations that they are dying and believe that their bodies and organs no longer exist, which is a mental disorder. Delusions of nothingness and negativity are the core symptoms, and patients mainly believe that their bodies and internal organs have changed. Partially or completely no longer exists, such as a patient who claims that his lungs are rotten, his intestines are rotten, or even his entire body is gone. ”

When I say this, I am actually enlightening myself, because I know that this walking corpse is a mental illness, and it is not the same as the fact that a strange person can survive a fatal injury.

Sure enough, my statement was immediately refuted by Lu Jianfei, perhaps he was already looking for a flaw in my words.

He said in a somewhat childish male voice, "Detective Ouyang, I can't fully agree with your statement. Isn't it overlooked? During the autopsy, we found that the internal organs of the cremated corpse were already dead, and I am sure that it had been dead for more than fifteen days. And what you call walking dead syndrome, as you elaborated, is just a mental illness, a mental illness, can support the survival of people whose internal organs have been dead for more than fifteen days? ”

I didn't answer this question right away, because Lu Jianfei's words about the death of internal organs for more than fifteen days led to a new direction of thinking. I'm wondering, is this a trick? The internal organs have been dead for more than fifteen days, so can it be said that this strange man has also been dead for more than fifteen days?

Will Qu Mo deliberately set up a bureau, a bureau that is suspected to be a secret laboratory, to lead my thinking direction to the unbelievable zombie virus?

I think it's possible, but what about the monster that was hit by Tang Zhenguo last night and didn't die?

Although I thought about this series of questions, I still didn't want to suffer a verbal loss in front of Lu Jianfei, so I said: "Since you have already said this, can we simplify the situation of this corpse." ”

Lu Jianfei asked impatiently, "How to simplify?" Liu Lili and Lao Lu also looked at me with expectant eyes, hoping that I could tell some of the key to the case.

I glanced at them, fixed my eyes on the crematorial corpse, and said slowly, "Can we see this cremation corpse as a trick, a prop to deliberately induce us to miscalculate?" ”

I say this because I'm ignoring last night's events for the time being, because last night's events are too bizarre and weird to be explained in any way if they were to be inserted in the case.

Lao Lu nodded and said, "Well, it's possible, you continue." "Of course Lao Lu would say this, because he didn't know what Tang Zhenguo and I experienced last night.

I continued: "Just as Liu Lili and Lu Jianfei judged, the internal organs of this cremated corpse can determine that the time of death is more than fifteen days, so can we simply think that this person has also been dead for more than fifteen days? But why do criminals still burn corpses in such a bizarre form more than fifteen days after they have died? We can recall that the place where the cremation was done was not secret, and although it would not be discovered at night, it was very likely to be discovered by nearby villagers during the day. The criminals chose a place where the body would be cremated, apparently hoping that someone would find the body. If they really wanted to dispose of the body, they could have chosen the remote old mountain and buried it after cremation. So I think the purpose of them is to let the police find this cremated body as soon as possible, and investigate the cremated body, so that we are in a lot of mystery. ”

Lao Lu looked at me, frowned and nodded, and said, "Indeed, it is very possible. ”

I said: "Let's stop dwelling on this strange corpse now, and return the focus of the case to He Yunjing and Wang Shunbei, only by catching these two people can we truly break through this layer of fog." ”

After leaving the forensic appraisal center, I told Lao Lu about my experience with Tang Zhenguo last night, and Lao Lu was a little angry about this, thinking that I was messing around. But when he knew we had encountered a monster, he was silent.

He lit a cigarette and said, "What you just said in the autopsy room was just for Liu Lili and Lu Jianfei, so that in the future, this corpse is just a trick and not a real zombie?" ”

I nodded and said, "Zombies are too sci-fi, but the problem now is that I can't explain last night's monster." The words I said to Liu Lili and Lu Jianfei were just to temporarily stabilize their minds and make them feel that this was just a simple criminal case. But if they do a further autopsy, they will definitely find out about the situation. ”

Lao Lu spit out a wisp of green smoke, looked at me and said, "What's the situation?" ”

"That is, the time of death of the crematorial brain, the time of death of the musculoskeletal body, must not match the time of death of the internal organs."

Old Lu asked in wonder, "Why do you say that?" ”

I said, "Because it's a zombie, it can still move as long as its brain and body aren't completely dead." ”

Lao Lu stared at me for a long time, speechless, and finally, he spoke: "Are you serious? ”

I nodded affirmatively.

Lao Lu threw the cigarette butt on the ground, stepped on it a few times with the soles of his feet, and said, "If this is really the case, this situation will be serious." ”

I hummed and said, "I have to go to Bayu United University of Science and Technology to see, the scene where Tang Zhenguo and I encountered monsters last night may leave clues." ”

I called Tang Zhenguo and hoped that Tang Zhenguo would visit Bayu United University of Science and Technology with me again. Of course, Tang Zhenguo must have readily agreed.

Lao Lu drove a police car and picked up Tang Zhenguo in the community where Chi Xue was staying. After that, we went straight to Bayu United University of Science and Technology.

When we came to Bayu United University of Science and Technology, we first entered the guard room. Because at the cremation site in Jiuchi, I found shoe prints of the same model but different sizes. The appearance of this shoe print indicates that this is a uniform type of shoe, and I suspect that the strange corpse has something to do with this school, so I am going to check the shoes worn by these security guards.

Entering the security room, the security captain is playing with his mobile phone inside. There was another security guard sitting in a chair, looking out of the window with a glazed gaze, not knowing what he was thinking or looking at.

Of course, my eyes fell first on the shoes of the two of them, and indeed, the shoes of the two were identical.

But how do you check their shoes? If it is forcibly checked, it will obviously arouse their suspicions, and if they are really cremators, then I am likely to be surprised by doing so.

But I saw the steaming teacup on the table and had an idea.

When the security captain saw Lao Lu, who was dressed in a police uniform, he quickly put away his mobile phone and stood up, and asked with a smile: "Comrade policeman, is there something wrong?" ”

Lao Lu said: "Routine inspection of campus security measures. ”

I wonder if this reason is a bit too far-fetched.

The smile on the security captain's face retracted, and he said, "Then please show me your inspection documents." ”

Lao Lu shouted loudly: "Surprise inspection, what documents do you want?" Get out of the way. Lao Lu's majesty seemed to shock the two security guards in an instant, and the young security guard who was in a daze was also so frightened that he stood aside and didn't dare to speak, as if he had a ghost in his heart.

I glanced at the young security guard, whose gaze met mine, and his face suddenly became very frightened and nervous, and he quickly avoided my gaze.

I wondered, is this kid too shy or has something on his mind? Gotta check.

Lao Lu glared at the security captain at this time, and then walked to the corner where the steel fork and wooden stick were stored, and checked them decently.

I slowly approached the glass and knocked it to the ground without them paying attention.

"Oops! I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm careless, I'm careless. I said with a pretense of posing.

The security captain looked at me and said to the little security guard, "Go get a mop and clean up this place." ”

The little security guard nodded, rushed out of the guard room, and looked at the trajectory of the action, which was around the back of the guard room. He soon returned, holding a mop with some strips of cloth peeling off.

The little security guard was holding a mop and was about to mop the floor, but I hurriedly grabbed it and said, "Little comrade, I'll come, I'll come." ”

Of course, I knocked over the water, and it was natural for me to mop the floor, and the little security guard was young and didn't know what the world was, so he didn't fight with me, and gave me the mop directly.

I dragged it up on the ground and spread the tea evenly, in fact, I did it to keep the footprints of the security guards on it.

I mopped the door to the guard's room so that any security guard would leave footprints on it.

"Little comrade, put the mop back in its place!" I said it casually, and no one would have any doubts about me.

The little security guard took the mop and walked out of the guard's room, leaving clear footprints behind him.

However, the pattern of the footprints was completely different from the footprints I found in Jiuchi, and it seems that this detection route ended in failure.

I shook my head slightly, Tang Zhenguo saw my expression, he didn't speak, just quietly watched my every move.

I glanced at Tang Zhenguo at this time, and then looked at Lao Lu, who was still pretending, so I said loudly and pretending to be impatient: "Have you finished the inspection?" ”

Lao Lu knew that this was my signal to him to retreat, so he said, "Okay, okay, no problem." Let's go inside the school. ”

Lao Lu said this casually.

But the security captain was anxious, and hurriedly said: "My police officer, can you come again tomorrow, today the leaders of the Chongqing Ministry of Education came to the school for inspection, and your serious uniform suddenly appeared at the inspection site, I don't know what the leaders above will think?" How about you do it, change the time, change the time? ”

Lao Lu glanced at me, and I shook my head slightly.

So Lao Lu said firmly: "Do you think that being a policeman is very idle? No, since I'm here today, I have to check everything thoroughly, you can lead the way, and when I meet those leaders of the Education Bureau, I will explain the situation to them. Moreover, if your school cooperates with the security inspection of the police, not only will the above not think that there is a problem with your school, but will feel that the school has a high awareness of security precautions, which is a good thing, understand? ”

The security captain frowned and thought about it, then his brows relaxed, nodded and said, "The officer is right, right." ”

So, led by the security captain, we walked towards the school.

Of course, the route that Lao Lu chose was still the strange gymnasium. On the way forward, I found that the campus road was cleaned clean, and there was no rut mark on the dirt, but this does not mean that the school was covering up something, because the Ministry of Education came to inspect it today, and it may have been cleaned before.

Soon, we arrived at the school's gymnasium, and coincidentally, there was also a large group of people standing in the square outside the gymnasium.

"It's from the Ministry of Education, and they must have come to see this gymnasium under construction." The captain of the security guard said to us.

I hurriedly said, "This is just right, we can take this opportunity to take a sneak peek inside such a beautiful gymnasium before the construction is completed." ”

What I mean by this, of course, is that I have already calculated Xiao Jiujiu in my heart, and I want to see if a swimming pool is being built or a secret base is being built in this gymnasium.

And I found that the huge engineering trucks were no longer parked outside the gymnasium at this time. I think that when such a huge engineering vehicle is seen by these comrades of the Ministry of Education, they will definitely ask questions.

In the crowd, I saw an old man, this old man seemed to be familiar, as if he had seen it once, but he vaguely couldn't remember where he had seen it?

So I asked the security captain, "Who is that old man with glasses and white hair?" ”

The security captain said, "That's Professor Qu, but he is an authority in our school. ”

I, Lao Lu and Tang Zhenguo all looked at each other with wide eyes, and Lao Lu hurriedly asked, "What is Professor Qu's full name?" ”

"Qu Xiangyang is very famous all over the country, he often publishes articles in scientific magazines, and he is an expert in biology and psychology." The security captain said with interest.

I nodded slightly, finally remembering where I had seen the old man. It was because of Min Ke's case that when I first came to this school, I saw him from afar.

"His surname is Qu Yuan's Qu?" I think the security captain asked.

The security captain nodded and said, "Hey, why are you so interested in Professor Qu?" ”

I hurriedly said: "Hehe, we are more interested in the country's talents, like this kind of experts in biology and psychology, the police also very much hope to have high-end talents in this area, Lao Lu, don't you say?" ”

Lao Lu didn't answer me for this nonsense, just smiled.

I thought to myself, it seemed to be just a coincidence.

At this moment, the group walked into the gymnasium. At first, I thought that these people would not go in, but I didn't expect them to do. Now I wonder if there is really a base for invisible people in the gymnasium, then the school will definitely prevent the Ministry of Education from entering for various reasons. Any one of them is under construction, and the danger of entering can be completely perfunctory, but why did the school still let them in?

"Let's go, let's go in and have a look." Lao Lu said categorically, and had already taken a big step towards the inside.

This time, it was no longer the security captain who led the way, but under the leadership of Lao Lu, we quickly entered the gymnasium.

As soon as I entered the door of the gymnasium, I smelled a damp smell. I can tell that this gymnasium is obviously not an ordinary gymnasium, but a swimming pool.

Inside the gymnasium, the passages are all brightly lit, and it is clear that all the lights are turned on to meet the inspection.

Walking further, you can faintly hear the sound of splashing water and whistles.

I looked at the security captain in wonder and said, "Isn't this gymnasium still under construction?" How did someone train in it? ”

I could see the face of the security captain, who was also confused.

We quickened our pace, and we actually heard the sound of clapping.

The more I thought about it, the more I felt that something was wrong, and asked the security captain, "Have you been in before?" ”

The security captain said: "No, I remember that it was still under renovation two days ago, how can it ......?"

I wondered in my heart, this matter is so strange, how a gymnasium that is still being renovated, how did it start to devote itself to swimming training, and it was still in this cold early spring.

But looking at the passageway, it was spotlessly cleaned, and I was even more surprised that there was no bad smell left over from the renovation in the interior.

Finally, we came to the gymnasium, no, the main hall of the swimming pool.

It's a very modern and well-equipped swimming pool, and the air and water temperature in the room are constant, so you can train in cold weather.

There are about 20 university swimmers training in the blue pool under the direction of the coach. The Ministry of Education and school leaders were on the sidelines.

This......

I can't understand that in my impression, it is clear that there should be large construction vehicles in and out, but this orderly and spotless swimming pool looks like a place where there are large projects under construction.

I glanced at the swimming pool and said to Lao Lu: "There's nothing to see here, I'll go around and around." ”

Lao Lu said: "We are together." ”

So I started wandering around the swimming pool with a lot of questions, because I was looking for even the slightest trace of construction. Of course, I know what these clues are, and that is to find deep soil in the gymnasium. Because last night, I really noticed that there was deep soil on the road.

It was almost half past five, and in this season, the sky outside was getting darker, and although the swimming pool was brightly lit, it still made me feel that there was a darkness hanging down.

After wandering around for a while, I didn't find any deep soil, the floor was all clean marble floors, not to mention deep soil, and even the dust was very little.

But that's what made me even more suspicious. Why is this huge gymnasium so clean and tidy? Did someone do a complete cleanup of the gymnasium before? But this cleaning technique is also too perfect, who can do it?

Of course, there is also a suspicion that the gymnasium enters through the gate, and its space height and width are obviously impossible to accommodate a heavy engineering vehicle, but why can you see four engineering vehicles parked outside before, and see them transporting deep soil?

Unfortunately, I didn't see any of these engineering vehicles actually enter the stadium, and it's all my speculation.

What's going on with this weird swimming pool? I feel that my thinking is a little insufficient, is it that all the previous things are just that I have been misled, and all my previous speculations do not exist?

This kind of thing has never happened in the past 20 years, and it is even more incredible that there is such a big deviation in speculation.

"Old Lu, is there any smoke?" I stood at the door of the swimming pool and looked at the beautiful ceiling at the entrance.

Lao Lu handed me a cigarette and said, "Are you wondering about those engineering vehicles?" ”

I lit a cigarette and nodded slightly.

Lao Lu frowned, turned his head to the security captain and said, "What about the engineering vehicles parked outside the gymnasium?" Where did it go? ”

The security captain said, "I left last night." ”

"Do you know what these engineering trucks are transporting?"

"It's all rotten rocks and mud."

"Where did all this rotten stone and mud come from?"

The security captain picked his head and said: "I really don't know, you see that this school is so large, there are more rotten stones and mud left over from the previous construction, and now the Ministry of Education is here to check, those cars are used to pull these useless dirt outside the school." ”

The security guard's explanation was obviously just his words, and there was no basis or reason at all.

This school has left me with too many confusing and unsolvable mysteries.

After that, under the leadership of the security captain, we checked the school's monitoring system, and from the monitoring, it can be seen that the construction trucks are busy with dirt every night, in and out. But strangely, there are no cameras around the gymnasium, which means that the entire gymnasium is in a blind spot.

The security guard's explanation was that the gymnasium was a later construction project, and the location of the gymnasium was a deserted place before, and there was no monitoring there at all. Now that the gymnasium has been completed, it is estimated that monitoring equipment will be installed in the surrounding area in the later stage.

Although this explanation is reasonable, it also convinces me that there must be some ulterior secret hidden in the seemingly normal gymnasium. I even suspect that there is some secret base under the pool, and the whole gymnasium is just the lid of that secret base, and its function is to hide people's eyes.

I think this idea is too unrealistic. But I really can't find a more plausible explanation. Detection is like this, after all the impossibilities are eliminated, the possibility left behind is absurd, no matter how incomprehensible, it is very likely to be the truth.

It's just that I can't prove this truth now.

After leaving the school, it was already past seven o'clock in the evening. When we came out, we saw several black cars leaving the school in unison, and it seemed that the Ministry of Education had left.

Lao Lu said: "Ouyang, this time we came to Bayu United University of Science and Technology, not only did we not find any credible clues, but it made us feel even more confused, this is not a good sign." Could it be that there is something wrong with the direction of our investigation, and this school is actually not related to the previous cases? We had to forcibly link this unconnected school to the previous case, which led to a dead end in our detection. ”

I looked at Lao Lu and said, "I've thought about this concern of yours, but ......"

My "but" was picked up by Tang Zhenguo, he looked at Lao Lu very firmly, his eyes revealed a fine light, it was a kind of affirmative light, he said slowly: "Lao Lu, you can't doubt Ouyang's speculation, how many years have you cooperated, has he ever made such an outrageous mistake?" I haven't known Ouyang for a long time, but I trust him 100%. And last night's experience, I'm convinced that there is something wrong with this school. ”

When Tang Zhenguo finished saying this, the three of us exchanged glances with each other, and we all nodded affirmatively.