Chapter 10 Are Urban Legends Credible?
The mobile phone vibrated again, and Xu Yunge, who had Boss Zhao's contact information, sent a request. The list of local bus personnel on the Hujiazhuang Expressway, the list of personnel of the local police station in Hujiazhuang, and the report of fake Taoist priests swindling money everywhere, etc., all the evidence and witnesses that Xu Yunge could think of were all mentioned in a different way.
The reason why Xu Yunge was reluctant to touch too deep before was mainly because the curse itself was too crazy, and there were still some unreasonable situations in everything in urban legends: such as the bus that suddenly appeared, such as Huai Lingdao, who seemed to have done nothing, such as a completely abnormal timeline, and the strangest thing is: If there is really a ghost, how could Grandma Hu watch her granddaughter be kicked by her son until she faints and fakes her death and is indifferent?
Blindly believing in urban legends without talking about reality is very problematic. If things are different from reality, Hu Xiaoyu really just can't think of jumping off the building to commit suicide, and the Hu family's parents did not harm anyone, but the result is that Xu Yunge was incited and used by evil ghosts, indirectly harming Hu Xiaoyu's parents and other innocent people.
If the law is not strict enough, and the verdict is only pronounced based on preferences, relationships, and moods, then the real society will be even more terrifying than horror movies. How many unjust, false and wrongful convictions have made people spurn and heartbreak, but when the impulse of anger and hatred erupts, and the boiling public opinion is eager to scold those people to death on the spot, who cares if that person is really guilty?
Taking a step back, if someone is unwilling to take advantage of the death of the Hu family's parents to frame the school and hire a murderer to murder instead of losing money, then this case will only get darker and darker.
Although Xu Yunge's heart was also angry and sad, thinking of the various lessons of the curse, he had to remind himself to be careful of everything about urban legends and curses.
After the first curse took effect, Xu Yunge was directly dragged into the urban legend, who was the ghost who dragged him in, and whether he was sent in to wash away his grievances, everything is unknown. Otherwise, not to mention the harm caused by unjust, false and wrongful cases, if you brush out a fatal curse trait, you will only be cool on the spot.
If there is real evidence, it is the right way to go to the court to convict and sentence the Hu family's parents, so that the criminals can plead guilty and be punished, and get the fate they deserve.
Thinking like this, the scarlet runes in Xu Yunge's mind moved slightly, a string of words appeared out of thin air, and a rare smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
[Hint: Continue to investigate and improve your progress, and you will have special rewards!] 】
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Zhao Wenlan's energy must be much greater than that of an ordinary unemployed young man, and Xu Yunge was also very surprised to meet him. Ordinary people are not easy to check and ask things, and it is much easier to call on manpower to help them do things beyond a certain level.
However, Zhao Wenlan did not immediately ask Xu Yunge about the text message, but questioned the query information, and the two talked on the phone for a long time, and then he asked, "Why are you checking these?" The funeral of Hujiazhuang that you want to investigate has nothing to do with the school's case? And why didn't you talk to me just now, avoiding me? ”
"I suspect that Hu Xiaoyu died in Hujiazhuang, her classmate Wang Baozhi was forced to play her, return to school with the body, and throw the body when the time is ripe to create the illusion of jumping off the building, if this is the case, there will be a lot of accomplices in the crime, and a large number of witnesses are also beneficial to the school.
As for just now, Xu Yunge actually didn't think about cooperation at the beginning. Now he is not such an honest person, he was too honest back then, and he suffered too many losses.
Zhao Wenlan frowned and said: "Where did you hear it, this thing is just too nonsense, you don't dare to shoot online drama videos like this, right?" If you can't produce evidence, I'll withdraw my cooperation, and you kid should go to jail. ”
Xu Yunge did not give up, but patiently explained: "I have investigated the case for 1 year and there is no clue, is it possible?" Simply committing suicide, how could the Hu family not be reluctant to accept the compensation negotiation, and how could the school insist on going its own way after the negotiation failed? Either someone helps to conceal it, or the chain of interests behind it is involved, covering each other up and giving false testimony, modern investigation networks and Tianyan Technology have them, and you can check if you want to. ”
"The only possibility that I can't find out is that people are still too kind, or they overestimate the lower limit of the criminal gangs, and I can't believe how crazy they are. As a result, people are in a 'common sense' discussion, subconsciously rejecting the key motives and evidence, resulting in the inability to restore the truth of the case. ”
"It's like someone can't believe that a 10-year-old child dares to kill someone and dismember, unless it is broadcast live, and the evidence is ironclad. And in our country's cases, there is no retroactive period to speak of, no matter when you commit a crime, as long as you are not dead, you will be dug up and sentenced like ashes, isn't it? ”
"Okay, I'll trust you once, but I hope you are reliable in your work, I'm not kidding."
Zhao Wenlan didn't know what to think, so she dialed a phone call: "Professor Tang, do you have an opinion?" ”
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The teacher's dormitory building, a cold and quiet old place, with thick curtains, seems to see no sunlight all year round.
Zhao Wenlan remembers that Professor Tang was a good old man with a red face and warm eyes, slightly blessed, cheerful and enthusiastic, who always loved to smile and greet students when he saw them, and who cherished the experimental equipment excessively, and punished the students for endorsement if they messed up.
After a long absence, his face was full of sallow old age spots, his body was thin, his wrinkled and translucent skin was full of autumn peeling and dandruff, his hair was messy and dry, and his eyes were cloudy old man's flowers. The hands that were clean and fat, and often held chalk or laser pencils, also withered into a pair of eagle claws.
It is hard for Zhao Wenlan to imagine how much pressure this old man has borne for such a long time, and he has been attacked and questioned by the society in his family, and he has no emotional breakdowns and wants to commit suicide on the spot.
It wasn't until Zhao Wenlan knocked lightly on the door that Professor Tang recovered from his sluggishness and smiled reluctantly: "Xiao Zhao, you're here, you little thing, you've been playing games for the past few years?" I don't have any rules here, and I've stopped teaching for a long time, so you're welcome, just sit down. ”
Zhao Wenlan calmed down a little and said: "I have found some things now, maybe I can make a conclusion about that incident back then, after all, my father also donated money to the school, and I don't think it's too much to do something for my alma mater." ”
Professor Tang waved his hand and said: "After scolding for so long, what can be conclusive, if this matter is buried for a few more years, maybe people will forget, the school wants me to give an explanation, how else can I explain?" If you don't want to leave me to work. I can't figure out how to say the endorsement of the penalty station that was photographed by the surveillance at the beginning, you said that young people are so fragile now, and they can't think of a short-term ...... for a little thing."
As he spoke, Professor Tang began to talk to himself a little again, it must have been the unimaginable blow to his family and career that he behaved so gaffe today.
Zhao Wenlan was stunned for a moment, and raised her voice: "Teacher Tang, that incident is definitely not your fault, so many people didn't lose money for breaking the experimental equipment, and they were punished for endorsement together, no matter how it was not against her alone!" If you give up and voluntarily admit that it's all your fault, won't it be over! ”
Professor Tang forced his eyes and sighed: "When the avalanche occurs, no snowflake is innocent, I did it to my fault, I just didn't kill her directly, but it was the last straw that crushed her, the school didn't let me teach and do research and didn't let me go, it's already good, what else can I do." ”
Zhao Wenlan thought for a long time, erased the sources and intelligence providers, and told Xu Yunge's guesses and ideas.
After hearing this, Professor Tang's face changed greatly: "Impossible! How is this possible! I understand the pain of being a parent losing their only child, how could they do such a thing! Social public opinion is automatically biased towards the weaker side, Xiao Zhao, don't talk nonsense, it doesn't matter if I'm old, it's troublesome if you get involved! ”
Zhao Wenlan shook his head: "First of all, Hu Xiaoyu is not an only child, as far as I know, his parents hid and gave birth to an extra boy back then, maybe he was hurt and hit during pregnancy, Hu Xiaoyu's younger brother died before he lived long, I will investigate this matter, please rest assured." ”
"But, what you said is impossible!" Professor Tang opened his mouth to argue something, but he felt that his language was completely pale and weak.
"We are engaged in games, we have studied the weaknesses of human nature, and we also have some understanding of psychology, I think if the information is true, this may be a tragedy caused by a hereditary mental illness in the family, an organized and premeditated death, and it is definitely not the murder of the victim caused by your punishment station endorsement back then."
Professor Tang stood up, but it seemed that there were invisible chains wrapped around his body, making him unable to move at all: "Don't check! That's the end of it! I admit that I have been wronged, and if you stick this shovel, I don't know how many people will be implicated! ”
Zhao Wenlan pressed the back of Professor Tang's hand and watched him sit down again: "If you don't check it out, what if it happens again?" Can you afford to carry a black pot, and can you afford to take a second bite? If something happens again, whether it is pushed to the game, whether it is pushed to us, this matter is very important, and it is not the fault of one person. ”
"In short, I know in my heart that some friends from the police academy will also help, and society is like this, and I will definitely touch the general trend of the minefield red line that is not clear."
"But if this kind of crazy thing is true, we will push the big black pot to education and the game at every turn, we will not stand and wait for people to be targeted, if we want to develop, we must eradicate the risk in advance, otherwise everything will be reversed by history, and the efforts of the entire industry will be scrapped sooner or later."
"Finally, I would like to confirm a text message to you."
Zhao Wenlan shook her phone and asked word by word: "Teacher Tang, do you feel that you seem to have seen these words somewhere?" ”
The cloudy old eyes suddenly became a little clearer. There seemed to be a gust of wind blowing from the window, and then Professor Tang's facial expression twitched wildly, and the whole person clutched his chest, curled up in his chair like an acute heart attack.
Zhao Wenlan didn't expect Professor Tang to be like this suddenly, and was about to call for emergency treatment, but Professor Tang grabbed his wrist and stopped his behavior. The old face kept panting, but his face gradually eased: "I'm not dead yet, you can go back, it's just a little problem, I'll tell you when I think about it." ”
"Stay safe." Zhao Wenlan didn't say more, left on her own, contacted her classmates to search for evidence, and when everything was quiet, Professor Tang also returned to the room and the door was closed.
Until this time, Xu Yunge, who had avoided the surveillance all the way and changed his position several times, found that the environment was suitable, and finally found an opportunity to open the window and get closer, and ran into a hard chain that Zhao Wenlan couldn't see.
When you look closely, the runes in your mind will swell and change, depicting the truth of the curse. The thick black chains of his arms poured like cobwebs from all directions, forming a pair of handcuffs and shackles on Professor Tang's body, some of which passed through the backbone, collarbone, and heart.
Xu Yunge couldn't tell if the curse was generated from Professor Tang's body, or if it was from the outside world, or both.
[Curse: Mortal]: You will be wronged, you will be imprisoned, but you will not be able to redress your grievances.
"For some reason, this curse is very brief, but it seems to be much more powerful than the one on me......"
Xu Yunge exhaled lightly, in fact, he just wanted to steal first to see Zhao Wenlan's reaction, but it was a big deal to take the opportunity to steal his ID card, he could run away incognito, even if there was a record, there was nothing he could do. Unexpectedly, following all the way to breathlessness, behind Hu Xiaoyu's terrifying legend, there were these unknown sufferings.
"Maybe it's better to go to the girls' dormitory building to have a look, I wonder if it will have any effect if collecting incriminating evidence outside of urban legends."
Xu Yunge touched the Netherworld Treasure in his pocket, and looked at the prop description, it should be right to use this thing when dealing with ghosts. Xu Yunge guessed that behind the game of urban legends, it may be the work of ghosts and gods, and the currency they printed should not be too child's play, at least it has a certain authoritative value.
Right now, you can rest first, hold your breath for too long, and you will be very tired from lack of oxygen. Xu Yunge's physical fitness is still too poor, if a professional diver gets this curse, it should be equivalent to a harmless curse of stealth within 5 minutes, but he can't hold it for too long and has to show up.
Maybe something can be considered, such as the operation of inserting an oxygen tube directly into the lungs to circumvent the curse, but rather than cutting and drilling holes in the ribs of the chest, Xu Yunge feels that it may be more reliable to use reincarnation stones. After a while, Zhao Wenlan sent a message, which was still the tone of the deputy boss to the employees.
"My people found some anomalies, but the other party was very tight-mouthed, and they were perfunctory when they couldn't ask anything. And I'm worried that a lot of the evidence may be destroyed long ago, if the evidence is favorable, I can consider investing in a set of high-precision animation models, try to restore the crime scene with 3D animation, if you have ideas and plans, you can write them and give them to me. Let me be blunt, you have no connections and no special tools, and it will be very difficult to progress by forcibly playing a private detective, and cooperation is the only way out. ”
"Write a plan and a draft to me, ensure that it is operable, and I am willing to spend some money to make the suspect's face on the character model and make a set of high-definition simulation videos to restore the case. Don't doubt it, it's sometimes inconvenient to save and restore the crime scene in modern case handling, and that's what we do in games, which is very useful. ”
Although Zhao Wenlan is a bit pretending. is domineering, but it may also be due to his living environment, he is naturally rich and noble, and he has long been accustomed to this, and his character is not corrupt. In addition, money and technology can really do whatever they want, although other countries have also done this, but he didn't expect these things at the first time, it was poverty that limited Xu Yunge's imagination.
If Zhao Wenlan is interested in supporting the investigation, and can use 3D animation to restore similar scenes in urban legends, and lock down the methods and details of the criminals, Hu's father and mother will definitely not dare to be so arrogant. It's unbelievably crazy to kill your own children and extort money while discrediting the university.
Second, similar operations may be able to fish out other survivors who participated in urban legends. According to the placement point of the 3D animation and video, and the time period of the broadcast, people who know the case are likely to watch it subconsciously, and then they may come to Hanwu City to find something they are interested in.
Although it was only a guess, this was indeed a rare opportunity, and maybe Xu Yunge could take the opportunity to get more information about the curse and the cure of the disease.
Even if you are forced to investigate an unsolved case, the potential intangible benefits are enormous, and the risk is well worth it. Otherwise, when Xu Yunge's physical strength is gradually drained by the disease, even if he can rely on upgrading the curse to increase attribute points, the curse that gets stronger and stronger is a fatal burden after all.
Taking a deep breath, Xu Yunge urged himself to fall into negative emotions. Since he was a child, he has had fewer happy experiences, but there are a lot of negative experiences, and the eclipse efficiency of the launch is so high that even he himself is used to it, except that the negative effect of suffocation makes him more uncomfortable, but the taste of stealth and wandering is even a little addictive.
Then, Xu Yunge turned off his mobile phone positioning, carefully stared at the old dormitory building covered with moss, the withered evergreen shrubs, looking at the sky at 75 degrees between his fingers, and in the dark window of a dormitory on the top floor, there seemed to be a vague white shadow flashing: "It was the tragedy that happened in this building back then, and the place where Hu Xiaoyu fell should be nearby." ”