Instructor Zhao suddenly coughed and said, "I have a different opinion, but I think these people may be the people behind the scenes of this flying object!" When the doctor examined the corpses, he said that their fingernails were all uprooted, and the same was true of the corpses I examined. ”

Seeing that we were all looking at him, Instructor Zhao cleared his throat and continued: "Also, there is no clue to prove their identity on them, which is also consistent with the fact that there are no clues to identify this place. This probably means that they are the ones hiding here, and like this place, they are deliberately trying to hide their identities. ”

I shook my head and said, "No!" If that was the case, they could completely prevent the Yuantu No. 2 rocket from approaching, let alone let Gu Nan's team enter it. Human control can immediately know that Yuantu-2 is just a passing rocket, and the most direct and effective way to deal with it if you don't want to leak secrets is to destroy them. Anyway, spacecraft and rocket crashes in space are too normal, why did they tow Yuantu 2 over? It's a superfluous move. ”

Instructor Zhao said: "But your statement is also speculation, and it cannot be ruled out that what I said is also possible." ”

I said, "If it's really someone hiding here, they have intelligent weapons that can manipulate corpses, and traps that capture people, either of which can deal with us, there is no need to kill their own people, right?" ”

Instructor Zhao thought about it, but didn't come up with a rebuttal for a while, so he fell silent.

"There's something strange about these corpses!" I ignored Instructor Zhao anymore, pointed to a corpse not far behind me and said to everyone: "Look at the wound on their neck, is it different from Zhou Hongtao's wound?" Zhou Hongtao's head was blown off by the ** hidden in his head, but the heads of these corpses were cut off. ”

Hearing this difference, Instructor Zhao, Gu Nan, and Shen Hao showed surprised expressions, it was obvious that they hadn't noticed this just now.

I gave them time to go to the corpse to confirm it, and when they came back, Gu Nan said, "That's true, but the wound is a little strange, as if the thing that cuts the neck is not sharp." ”

I said, "Yes, it's the four-clawed monsters that have their heads cut off. ”

The faces of the crowd changed, and I continued: "Let's call the thing that is attached to them the four-clawed octopus. These things are small, but they're fast and powerful, making them ideal for sneak attacks or surprise attacks. My guess is that once they get wrapped around a person, they use a telescopic needle under the controller to pierce the heart and inject poison into the person, causing death. ”

Everyone has seen the telescopic needle I said, and combined with the structural characteristics of the four-clawed octopus, everyone nodded in agreement with my words.

I continued: "After killing these people, the four-clawed octopus wrapped its powerful tentacles around the neck of the corpse, and used the sharp objects on their tentacles and a strong twisting force to cut off the head. They then attach themselves to the corpse to control the limbs, allowing the corpse to move around. ”

Gu Nan frowned and asked, "Since they all killed people, why do you need to do this?" Not to mention cruelty, it's a bit redundant! ”

Seven Stars replied, "I think that cutting off the head is also an act of hiding the identity of the deceased. Because the face and eyes may reveal the identity of the victim. For example, face recognition, pupil scanning, retinal discrimination, etc., there is too much information about the head, and it is better to cut off the head directly than to destroy it in the same way. ”

This is outrageous, but it also makes sense.

Gu Nan asked again: "What about the severed head?" We didn't see it all the time. ”

I said, "Since I don't want to be discovered, I naturally dispose of it in a way that we don't know." ”

Qixing said again at this time: "I also found a strange phenomenon just now and forgot to mention it, it is the fingerprints of these people. The fingerprints on the corpse I examined had all been erased. Looking at the signs of wear, it should have been removed for a long time, at least a few years. ”

Instructor Zhao didn't understand, and asked Qixing rhetorically: "What does this mean?" ”

I thought, "It means that these people deliberately removed their fingerprints years ago. And the purpose is very simple, that is, they themselves do not want to leave any traces about them anywhere. ”

Instructor Zhao looked dazed and said, "The more I listen, the more I don't understand, they deliberately erased their fingerprints a long time ago, and there is any inevitable connection with our discovery of their bodies here?" ”

I said, "It doesn't look like it now, but it's as if the truth we're looking for is a complete puzzle that has been disrupted and all we're doing now is putting the pieces back together." So far, we've only found some of the tiles, so the clues look scattered. And to see the whole picture, we have to move on and find the other missing pieces of the puzzle. ”

That's the way it is, and there's no other way but to move forward. What's more, it's impossible to go back now, and there is only one way forward.

In fact, don't say that Instructor Zhao can't figure it out, even I haven't completely connected the existing clues, this is the first time I've experienced such a messy situation of clues, and I'm not sure if I can get the answer before.

I set off again with everyone, more cautious and cautious along the way. As we get closer to the truth, the dangers we will experience will be. Especially the elusive four-clawed octopus, who are about to attack us next.

After walking for more than half an hour, the space began to become spacious, but the road became narrower. We walked into a walkway that suddenly widened. On either side, there were a number of large chests, six in a stack, nearly two people high, and then they were lined up along the wall all the way back, and there was no end in sight in the light of our flashlight.

Because of these large boxes, the path left in the middle is only a few meters wide, not much wider than the passage just walked.

At this point I don't dare let everyone go any further, because I don't know what these boxes are in, and I'm afraid of any danger when I pass through.

The air test did not find anything unusual, and Anbei Mo's thermal energy sensing did not find the existence of living creatures. But I was still a little worried and didn't let everyone in.

Shen Hao said to me, "Since you are not at ease, then let's just get one down and see what is inside." ”

I also had this idea, so I asked everyone to step back and keep a certain distance from us, and then Shen Hao and I went to get a box to open and see.

I first knocked on the outside of the box, and the echo was heavy, as if it contained something. I tried to pull one of the boxes out in the middle, but I couldn't pull it with a lot of force.

Let Shen Hao hold me up, I went up to the top of the box, stepped on the top of the box and slowly walked to the wall, I was trying to try to open the top one, but I found that there were shelves on the wall, and each box was embedded in the shelf and locked on all sides.

I took the flashlight and shone it into the cracks in the walls, but it was too narrow to see if the shelves were movable or any other structure.

Seeing that I hadn't moved for a long time, Shen Hao called me below and asked me what I was doing.

I walked over to the edge and told him that the boxes were locked in by the shelves on the wall, and that they couldn't be moved, and I couldn't see how they were controlled.

Shen Hao wanted to use violent means as soon as he couldn't help it, and he directly suggested that I use a railgun to knock down those racks.

I hurriedly warned him not to come nonsense, in case he hit the box, which contained dangerous goods, then we would all be in danger.

It seemed that the chests could be opened from above, so I picked at the cracks in the boxes. The height was only about three meters, and I jumped down halfway through the pitch with my hand.

But when I pushed it, the box that had been immobile suddenly shrank back, and when I landed, the box I had just pushed slowly slipped out of the stack of boxes.

This startled Shen Hao, who was standing on the side, because after I jumped down, I was standing under the box. Shen Hao didn't say a word, took a step forward, and pulled me aside.

When I looked back, it immediately dawned on me that the iron frame that fixed the box could not be pulled out by force, but needed to be pushed in to activate the switch.

When the box is exposed as a whole, the iron frame clamps the edge and begins to turn, the horizontal clamp is changed to a vertical clamp, and then slowly puts the box on the ground, releases the gripper, and returns to its original position.

Letting Shen Hao keep his distance to cover, I slowly approached the box and walked around it.

The box was quite large, nearly two meters long, half a meter high, and sixty centimeters wide, and it looked like a coffin. There is no text logo on it, nor any pattern, the overall color is black and green, and I don't know what material it is.

There is a gap in the middle of the side, which should be the opening, and there is a groove above the opening, which should be used for opening. On the narrower sides of each side, there is a lock, which is not opened with a key, but a simple buckle.

Shen Hao was anxious, and he was full of curiosity about what was in the box. Seeing me facing the box back and forth, I just didn't open it with my hands, and I felt a little anxious, so I lowered my voice and said to me: "Dude, you don't have a perspective function, don't you know what's in it when you open it!" ”

It was only when it was just the two of us that he dared to call me "buddy" occasionally.

I replied, "Why are you in a hurry, I have to make sure it's safe." This thing looks quite evil, maybe it's better not to open it! ”

Shen Hao said: "It's quite evil, I looked at it coldly just now, and I thought it was a coffin." If it were a dead person, how many corpses would there be in this room! ”

I didn't expect Shen Hao to feel the same as me, and they both felt that this thing was like a coffin.

I said, "Okay, let's open it and take a look." You cover well! If something inside moves, you can put it down for me! ”

Shen Hao picked up the gun and said, "Don't worry, there is me!" ”

I smiled, unfastened the buckles on both sides, then found a safe angle, reached into the groove and tried it a little harder, the lid shook slightly, and it seemed that I could lift the lid with one hand.

With a plan in my heart, I said to Shen Hao: "Ready!" One, two, three! Speaking of three, I lifted my arm upwards hard, and the black lid was suddenly lifted off, and it fell to the side with a "clang".