(Note: There is a description of the corpse at the end of this chapter, which may be a little scary, so please do not watch it after eating...... ）

On May 15, the members of the serious crime team and the forensic team who went to the south to fight crime finally returned to S City. On this day, Shen Yan, who had been recuperating from his injuries for more than three months, finally returned to the police force.

"Boss!" As soon as Shen Yan appeared, everyone was quite surprised.

"Boss, are you okay?" Cheng Haiyang asked.

"Well, it's been fine for a long time, it's because you're not here, so I stayed at home for a few more days." Shen Yan smiled.

"You were so badly injured at the time, you should have rested a little longer." Fang Liyuan said: "Our work is not ordinary, you can't rest as soon as you go to work." ”

"I've had enough rest, you don't know how boring it is to eat, sleep, and eat at home every day."

As soon as Shen Yan's words came out, everyone burst into laughter.

"Boss, we don't care what you eat, but we've been in the south for a while, but we've eaten enough of the faint southern food, and it's just when you come back today, so we have to go out and celebrate."

"Okay, it just so happens that I'm picking up the wind for everyone, you pick a place, I'll please." Shen Yan said.

"Eh, this should be our invitation to celebrate your return from injury." Fang Liyuan said.

"No, I'm ......"

"Oh yes! You're going to fight with us, and besides, we're going on this trip, and it's already said that you're going to give us a bonus. After Qin Kai finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Cheng Haiyang: "Anyway, I heard that a new Northeast restaurant has opened next to our bureau, or we will simply ...... tonight."

The words came to an abrupt halt as everyone felt a sudden sway under their feet.

Everyone looked at each other, not sure for a moment what had just happened.

And at this moment, the ground shook again, and this time everyone reacted-

"Earthquake!! ……”

"At about 9 o'clock this morning, the vast majority of the city's citizens felt a violent shaking of the ground, and many people exclaimed: 'There has been an earthquake!' This station just got news from the China Earthquake Administration, at 9:13 this morning, a 6.3-magnitude earthquake occurred in City C of this province, the epicenter of the earthquake is located in Shuangshu Village on the outskirts of City C, (XX degrees north latitude, XX degrees east longitude), the central magnitude is 6.3 on the Richter scale, because the earthquake center is only 134 kilometers away from our city, so the earthquake in our city is obvious, and a few buildings are shaking and cracking. It is reported that the relevant departments of our city will investigate the hidden dangers of the building in the near future to prevent dangerous ......"

S city suburbs, Yushan Water Cave Scenic Area.

Yushan Water Cave is a famous scenic spot in S City, it is a large water-filled karst cave formed hundreds of thousands of years ago, located on the bank of the Yushui River in the eastern mountainous area 26 kilometers away from S City. The whole water cave is composed of two parts, a dry cave and a water hole, with a dry cave of several hundred meters in front and a water hole of more than two kilometers in the future. The stalactites in the water cave are numerous, the shape is peculiar, and it is the most famous way to visit the water cave by taking a boat. A large number of tourists come here every year for sightseeing.

However, today's Yushan Water Cave is very deserted. The gate of Sudong Park is closed, and a notice board is erected at the entrance that reads, "In order to determine whether the earthquake that occurred a few days ago has affected the water cave, we will close the park for three days for inspection, and we apologize for any inconvenience caused." ”

A workboat goes into a water hole. A staff member in his 30s wears a hard hat and carries an emergency light at the bow of the boat. The man had a long bamboo pole on his right, and from time to time he would pick it up and poke it at the stalactites above his head or under the water. Another young staff member in his 20s sat in the stern of the boat, holding the steering wheel in his hands.

"Brother Liu, let's just take a look, this water hole is full of big stones, what can an earthquake shake?" The young staff member said to the man in front of him with some impatience.

Hearing the young man's complaint, the man called "Brother Liu" smiled: "You kid is lazy again, aren't you?" I ask you, do you know how the stalactites in this cave are formed? ”

"Isn't it just the carbonate deposits in some kind of water......" muttered the young man. He would take tourists on a tour of the water cave once and listen to the announcement from the bow of the boat, and he would remember these terms even if he didn't want to.

"Yo, you kid still know about carbonates." Brother Liu smiled: "Then you know no, carbonate is dissolved in water." The stalactites in our water hole are formed by the carbonates in these waters, that is to say, there are countless fine cracks above this water hole, and the earthquake level is not small this time. Also, there are cables in this hole, and if any of them are broken and leak electricity, a boatload of people will be ruined. ”

As soon as he heard that he might be electrocuted, the young man immediately shuddered. He immediately looked down and looked around, and Brother Liu smiled at the sight and continued to raise his head to work.

The cave was quiet for a moment, and the boat continued to move into the water hole, and it was now in the innermost part of the water hole.

"Well, it looks okay. After a while, turn around the big pool inside, and if it's all right, we can call it a day. ”

Hearing this, the young man finally relaxed a little. He stretched, shook his neck, and swept his eyes around—

"Ahh

The young man suddenly shouted.

"What's wrong?" Brother Liu hurriedly turned around.

"That'...... It's in the water over there...... Something seems to ......," the young man stammered, pointing to a narrow waterway on the right.

I don't know if it's so evil, but just as he said this, the light over there suddenly flashed - it went out.

The entire cave became very quiet in an instant, except for the faint sound of water flowing under your feet, which sounded particularly disturbing in this relatively closed environment.

Brother Liu looked at the waterway - this is a tributary of the water cave, because the space on the water is very low, and the boats can't sail through it at all, so it has not been developed into a visiting route, and no lighting equipment has been installed, only the lights next to it will faintly shine on some. Brother Liu raised the emergency light in his hand and shone it over there

"Something seems to be there...... Xiao Wang, drive over a bit. Brother Liu commanded.

"Brother Liu......" The young man hesitated a little frightened.

"It's okay, drive over slowly......" Brother Liu stared at the water and whispered.

The young man slowly turned the rudder.

The surface of the water brightened up little by little, and the floating thing gradually took shape, and when the two of them saw the appearance of the thing clearly, they couldn't help but let out a frightened scream at the same time-

"Ahh ——”

When Shen Yan and the others came to the Yushan Water Cave, the two staff members who found the body were waiting at the door of the water cave, their faces were pale, and there were obvious traces of vomiting on the side of the young man's mouth. Next to them, there were a few other staff members, as well as a middle-aged man with a heavy face.

The police car of the serious crime team drove all the way to the entrance of the water hole, and when he saw people coming out of the car, the middle-aged man hurriedly walked over: "Hello, I am the director of the park, and my surname is Kang." ”

"Hello Director Kang, I'm Shen Yan, the leader of the serious crime team, and these are my colleagues." Shen Yan pointed to the person behind him, and then asked, "Where is the body?" ”

"It's still in the water hole." Director Kang glanced at the two staff members at the door, whose faces were pale, and said to Shen Yan: "Our employees are frightened. ”

Shen Yan glanced at the two people, walked over and asked, "Is it the corpse you found?" ”

The two looked at Shen Yan and nodded a little slowly.

Shen Yan nodded: "Then, please take us in and have a look." ”

Hearing this, the younger staff member shuddered obviously, and his already pale face instantly became whiter. Before Shen Yan could ask, the young man's face suddenly changed, and he covered his mouth and ran away.

"Vomit—" A clear sound of vomiting could be heard not far away.

Seeing him like this, the group of the serious crime team was both shocked and surprised - what kind of corpse must it look like, can make people disgusted like this?

In the end, the older staff member was calmer, he took a deep breath, seemed to restrain the discomfort in his heart, and then said to Shen Yan, "I'll take you in." ”

Shen Yan nodded: "What do you call it?" ”

"My name is Liu Qingyuan."

"Okay." Shen Yan nodded, turned around and ordered: "Ocean, you stay outside; The others came in with me. ”

A total of 8 people appeared at the scene today, including Shen Yan, Fang Liyuan, Jiang Li and Cheng Haiyang from the Serious Crime Team, Jiang Ruiheng, a forensic doctor, and Cheng Jinsong, Li Jiayu and Shen Hao from the Forensic Evidence Team. Except for Cheng Haiyang, the remaining seven people followed Liu Qingyuan into the cave.

Shen Hao was carrying a big bag on his back today, and Shen Yan had looked at it curiously several times along the way. Now seeing that Shen Hao actually carried a bag into the hole, he finally couldn't help but speak: "What is in your bag?" ”

As soon as he asked, several other people also noticed it, and they all cast curious glances.

Shen Hao raised his eyes to look at Cheng Jinsong.

Cheng Jinsong glanced at Shen Yan, smiled slightly, and said with a little mystery: "Secret weapon." ”

"Huh? What secret weapon did your forensic team get again? Fang Liyuan asked with a smile.

"Since it's called a secret weapon, of course we have to retain a bit of mystery." Cheng Jinsong sold the guanzi: "You'll know in a while." ”

Several people followed Liu Qingyuan into the water hole. After a dry road, you will see an underground river. There was a row of dinghys parked on the river—each with only ten seats and ten passengers; The driver's seat is in the stern of the boat and is responsible for steering the motor. Liu Qingyuan asked everyone to get on the boat, and then started the boat.

The boat travels through the underground river, and the view from the water hole is revealed. There are strange stones on both sides of the waterway, and under each unique strange stone stands a small sign, writing this exquisite name, such as "Jade Mountain Reclining Buddha", "Pan Tao Festival" and so on. Under the association caused by the combination of lighting and words, these stalactites are seven or eight points similar to the real thing.

"I really didn't expect this water hole to be so beautiful." Li Jiayu admired while looking left and right.

Hearing this, Jiang Ruiheng couldn't help laughing: "You are still from this city, you haven't been to this place?" ”

"What's so strange about not being here?" Li Jiayu pointed to his side: "You ask who has been here?" ”

Hearing Li Jiayu say this, the other people all raised their eyes and looked at each other - Jiang Li, Shen Yan, Shen Hao and Fang Liyuan all shook their heads, and only Cheng Jinsong nodded alone.

"But it was more than a decade ago that I was here, when I was in high school." Cheng Jinsong said and glanced around with a little doubt: "But I remember that this water hole didn't seem to be so long at that time......"

"This part has only been developed gradually over the years." Liu Qingyuan, who has been sitting in the back, explained: "The Yushan Water Cave has been developing in it for many years, and it was only 1,800 meters the year before last, and now it is more than 2,100 meters. ”

Several people nodded.

As he spoke, the boat rounded a small bend, and a relatively open body of water appeared in front of him.

"A few police officers," Liu Qingyuan's voice was a little nervous, and he pointed to his right: "That corpse...... Right there......"

The boat slowly headed towards the tributary on the right, Jiang Ruiheng and Cheng Jinsong, who were sitting in the front row, raised the emergency lights in their hands and shone into the water, and the others in the back row also leaned out and looked into the water-

There was a corpse floating in the water - the body was mostly intact, except that the part of the right leg below the calf was gone. Strips of tattered rags were wrapped around it, making it look like the clothes of the deceased. Most of the corpse under the rags was left with only white bones, and only a small amount of incomplete decomposed muscle tissue was attached to it, showing the unique flocculence of decay; The corpse was face up, and the skull looked horribly white under the white emergency lights......

Everyone's stomachs churned at the same time—everyone now finally understood why the young man had that expression......