"What do you mean? He's buried underneath? Boss Huang asked suspiciously.

"No, he should have buried himself underneath!" Zhang Wei's voice just fell, "Boom! A thunderclap rang out.

"Suicide? And what is the reason? Xiao Yong said suspiciously.

"When he came, he brought a bag, and in that bag, maybe there was an answer." Zhang Weidao.

"It's quite big here, where is his burial place?" Xiao Yong asked.

"The plant grows regularly, and the central area should be his burial site."

After Zhang Wei finished speaking, he took the lead and walked into the woods.

"I don't know if it's an illusion, it seems that the flowers and trees here are bigger?" Boss Huang said suspiciously.

"You read that right," Pan Lei said in a deep voice, "Actually, the woods here have been growing outward and upward. ”

Zhang Wei looked around, and finally came to an area, squatted down, touched it with his hand, patted it, and said, "It's here, find tools, excavate!" ”

Soon, someone sent five shovels, and Xiao Yong said, "It's up to us below, brothers, let's go together!" ”

Heavy rain has already begun to fall, bringing a chill to the earth.

The security guards were all taken away by Pan Lei.

The dull sound of shoveling, accompanied by the sound of "whooshing" rain, dyes the surrounding environment with a layer of mysterious color.

The first thing to dig out was a large patch of hyphae.

These hyphae, like living creatures, are dug up and slowly burrowed into the ground elsewhere.

"Now, be careful, don't damage Professor Gu's body and relics." Zhang Weidao.

"Do you need to wear a face shield?" Xiao Yong asked.

"It's best to put on the spores, though." Pan Lei said.

The SWAT officers collectively covered their mouths and noses with a black cloth.

After a few more minutes, the hair came out, and then the SWAT team members switched to picking up the soil with their bare hands.

Then, one by one, he suddenly got up, came to the side of the woods, pulled off his mask, and vomited.

"Lao Pan, I can't do it either!" Boss Huang covered his mouth, stepped aside, and joined the vomiting team.

In the end, only Xiao Yong was left, frowning and digging.

Zhang Wei was still expressionless, Pan Lei did not speak, silently took off the gloves from the hand of a special police officer, put them on again, and together with Xiao Yong, picked up the soil with his bare hands.

What kind of corpse is that?

In every pore of human skin, hyphae grow and penetrate deep into the soil. His body was deflated, as if only two human skins were left next to each other. And that, where it should be a human mouth, outlines an arc, as if he is still smiling. On his face, the two hollow places, seemed to be staring at everyone silently......

"Do you need to destroy him? Even though it's raining now, you can still burn it with gasoline. Xiao Yong said.

"Probably not...... He is the source of nutrients for these fungi, and I am afraid that after a while, even this human skin will be absorbed completely. ”

"And then? Continue to let the woods grow? Xiao Yong asked puzzled.

"I'm afraid so......"

Pan Lei didn't speak, but silently continued to pull with his hands, and finally dug out the backpack at the top of the human skin.

"Let's bury it again." Pan Lei carried his backpack and went to the nearest pavilion.

The others did it, and soon the soil was re-buried.

Xiao Yong saw that the master had been decided, so he asked the special police officers to go back first.

Countdown to 5 hours and 25 minutes.

Pan Lei was in the pavilion and opened his backpack.

The first thing that catches your eye is a dusty metal folding shovel, then a thick stack of documents wrapped in a ziplock bag, and the cover is the words "Botanical Paradise Project - For My Dear Friend Byron Smith". In the end, Pan Lei touched it for a long time before finally finding a USB flash drive.

Pan Lei put everything on the table in the pavilion.

"This should be a tool for digging one's own grave in the light of the situation." Xiao Yong picked up the folding shovel, opened it, and saw the dirt still stained on it, so he said.

"It's obvious." Pan Lei said.

The document was picked up by Zhang Wei, opened, and quickly flipped through it, and after a few minutes, he sighed and said, "What a genius plan!" The opening sentence says: Man is contained in the essence of heaven and earth, containing the nutrition of the growth of all things. With the human body as the source and the fungus as the channel, plants can grow and all things grow. The data here is the theoretical research data. ”

"Is it so mysterious?" Boss Huang said.

"However, he did it," Pan Lei said with a USB flash drive, "Now hurry up and see if there is a way to deal with the face mushrooms in this USB flash drive." ”

"Don't bother," Boss Huang took out a data cable from his pocket that could be plugged into a mobile phone interface and a USB device connector, "This is an OTG expansion cable, which can allow the mobile phone to read the information of the USB flash drive." ”

After plugging in the wire, Boss Huang took the USB flash drive from Pan Lei's hand, plugged in the USB port, and opened the file manager of the phone.

The crowd gathered around with solemn faces, and soon after, their faces became strange again.

There are two folders and one video in the root directory in the USB flash drive. One folder is called "Botanical Paradise Project Materials" and the other is called "Best Friend Byron Smith." ”

"Take a quick look first, in order."

"Okay, but my phone is running out of battery." Boss Huang said.

Open the "Botanical Paradise Project Materials", and there are three separate folders, which are roughly divided into three types: text materials, video materials and picture materials.

Boss Huang didn't click on the next level of video, but just roughly browsed it according to the thumbnail.

"Did you find anything?" Boss Huang asked,

"Nope." Zhang Wei shook his head.

"It's all research and nothing else." Pan Lei said.

"Okay, then I'll click on the second folder, if there are alternative videos or photos that are inappropriate for children, remember to cover my eyes in time!" With that, he clicked on the folder.

However, there are no videos, no pictures, just a txt document called "Best Friend Smith, I Want to Say to You".

Boss Huang nodded curiously, and the first sentence at the beginning was: "Dear dear friend, if you see this document and discover my secret...... Then congratulations, you don't have to hate me anymore. Because I'm dead, or rather, I've given back to nature in another way

I'm guilty! The first crime, I killed someone......" Then, he elaborated on the process of his crime.

One by one, one by one, different targets, different times, and similar modus operandi, it is no different from what Zhang Wei guessed.

Flip to the next page, and it begins with "I'm guilty!" The second sin is not to change the DNA of the human face fungus that you and I have jointly researched, and it may implicate you...... I apologize for that!

I'm guilty! The third sin, I lied to you. It's impossible for a woman to appreciate the fungus on the human face, but I like it very much......" Later, it was Chen Keke who broke into the laboratory, inhaled the spores of the human face mushroom and fainted, and used the mother plant to make Chen Keke crazy.

"I didn't know what was going on at the time, I always felt bored with her, so I did it. I'm going to die anyway, and the shackles of morality, humanity, and society on me are gone. I hope that you will continue to devote yourself to the study of botany with my information and my hope, and work hard for the animals and plants in the natural world for a lifetime! Struggle for a lifetime! Fight for a lifetime! I also hope that you will always take care of your health and live a long life—your dear friend, who will never write about the situation. ”

"I don't feel comfortable watching it, let's watch that video." Xiao Yong said.

Boss Huang clicked on the video.

The video is an edited video, titled "Dinner for Best Friends". There are no children as Boss Huang thinks, there are only two people, eating happily and enthusiastically discussing academic issues.

The one on the left is a middle-aged foreigner. That's right, it's Smith. The one on the right is also middle-aged, but Chinese, with thick black eyebrows and beard, yes, it is the situation.

"It's all at this juncture, so let's give it to the person who discovers this secret later, that is, we see this?" Boss Huang said incredulously.

"Or maybe it's his most memorable moment." Pan Lei said.

"Wait!" Zhang Wei suddenly frowned and said, "Put it forward a little." ”

"Oh." Boss Huang didn't talk nonsense and began to drag the progress bar.

"Stop!" Zhang Wei said, Boss Huang immediately stopped his hand and pressed the pause button.

At this time, the focus is on Smith's expression.

"This person invited in consideration of the situation is a master, and he has slapped Professor Smith's face so clearly that he hasn't shaken in the slightest." Boss Huang said.

"Look where you go! The focus is on the table! Zhang Wei reluctantly raised his voice.

Others focused their attention on one corner of the picture.

"It's a dish, like stir-fried meat with mushrooms? But there are black lines? Pan Lei said uncertainly.

"Mushrooms? Stir-fried meat? Maybe it's a coincidence, right? Boss Huang said suspiciously.

"It's not! This must be a face mushroom that has been improved by himself! It has a long handle that corresponds to those lines! ”

"That's right! How did I forget! In nature, there are many mushrooms that can be eaten! Wouldn't finding an excuse to wake everyone up and eat the face mushrooms directly in the morning would solve this crisis? Xiao Yong said excitedly.

"No hurry! This has to be practiced. Pan Lei said in a deep voice, "Let's go, review the situation, the professor's home." ”

Countdown to one hour and 15 minutes.

Everyone walked out of Professor Gu's dormitory.

Boss Huang also smashed his mouth and said: "This thing looks terrible, I didn't expect it to taste delicious!" ”

Pan Lei and Xiao Yong began to report to their superiors.

I was busy for a while, and the two of them didn't finish until their phones were hot.

The rain has stopped, and the air is unusually humid. The sky also began to gradually whiten.

"Boss Huang, have you eaten enough?" Xiao Yong said.

"Not enough! Do you want to? Boss Huang asked.

"Let's go! Get ready to pick mushrooms! Xiao Yong said lightly.

"Hey, I listen to Lao Pan, you don't have the right to command me." Boss Huang said righteously.

Xiao Yong: "......"

Boss Huang immediately became flattering again: "Lao Pan, let's go pick mushrooms, how about it?" ”

"Okay, let's go!"

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