Chapter 603: Ritual
Zheng Jieming and others combed through what happened just now, and a man fell down from the upstairs, his whole body was skinned, and he was obviously dead before he fell from the building. Of the four people who rushed to the roof to check, two were pushed down from the building and died, and one of them killed another innocent person when he fell to the ground; The other two were found dead in the home of an empty household on the upper floor, and in addition to the two men, there was also the body of another woman. The woman was hung from the ceiling with both legs amputated.
In other words, a total of seven people died.
As for the suspect in the whole thing, it seems that there is only one person - the man who tried to take Zheng Jieming down the stairs with a wooden stick.
The survivors spread the word to each other, and soon a panic of mutual distrust ensued.
"Someone must be retaliating!! It's Sun Cheng!! Sun Cheng's subordinates!! Some people pointed the finger at Sun Cheng's old subordinates, especially Zhao Ying and others.
But this is not very likely -- Zhao Ying is still locked in a sealed room at this time, except for eating, drinking, and going to the toilet, they do not have much freedom.
Lin Boqiang and others organized the interrogation of the only suspect, but did not come up with any useful information.
The man only laughed sinisterly, and refused to say anything valuable—and even when he did, it was all meaningless language.
"In this matter, if you want to find a scapegoat and stabilize the situation, then put me to death! Otherwise, I'm afraid everyone will only get more and more confused. The man didn't pay any attention to the few people who interrogated him.
"But I do warn you, if you execute me, do you think it's all over? When the time comes, you will only face an even more dangerous situation! The man said.
Lin Boqiang and others found out that the man's surname was Zhang by checking the personnel register made when the Anti-Japanese League was established, but he did not leave his name -- the name was not important.
As for the seven innocent dead people, they only roughly found out their names and identities, and there was no obvious intersection between these people.
Panic is growing.
"Zhao Ying should be killed directly!! They must have caused it!! ”
"And those few people who are guarding Zhao Ying!! They must have done it!! ”
"What about Mr. Sun?? If Mr. Sun was here, this would definitely not be the case!! Because whoever dares to make such a thing will definitely be executed in time!! No, they don't have a chance to commit a crime at all!! ”
"Would you like to go back to the dormitory? When Mr. Sun was here, you had the opportunity to live in a house of 1,800 square meters? ”
Privately discussed, gossip began to erode the foundations of the nascent organization's existence.
And those who lived in that building were even more taboo - although after the apocalypse, each of them had seen countless corpses and seen a more sinister and terrifying sight, but this time was not the same as before. This time, it was a massacre caused by people, and compared with zombies, it was a little more hidden and uncertain.
"The guy who lives next door usually looks quite suspicious, could it be him!" Some people began to speculate wildly in their minds, and the relationship between people became more and more strained.
......
Zheng Jieming's heart was even more anxious.
He didn't have much of a clue, and at this time, he thought of Zheng Zhilan.
"Sister, you guessed before that this may not be murder, but there may be other reasons, what do you mean by other reasons?" Zheng Jieming found Zheng Zhilan alone and asked him.
The two of them sat on the roof of the building where the incident occurred, while Lu Muqing, Mu Xiaofeng, and Hua Feng sat in the corridor, beware of someone coming up.
Zheng Zhilan sat on the roof of the building, obviously brewing her emotions and sorting out her memories before finally deciding to tell her brother more about her experience.
"When I used to work for SJS in Eagle Country, the group of people I came into contact with seemed quite extreme." Zheng Zhilan looked at the thick black clouds in the sky and said, "Some of them belong to a secret organization called the Wanmasonic Society--you may have heard of an organization with a similar name, but it's different. The completion of the Masons means 'perfect' in the eagle language. And these people regard "The Origin of Species" as their greatest belief, and everything they do, they try to advance the so-called 'artificial selection' and 'evolution'. ”
"What you're talking about, does it have anything to do with this?" Zheng Jieming felt a little puzzled, "You don't always suspect that there are so-called Masons among the survivors here, right?" ”
He thought for a moment, and said, "If anything, I'm afraid that a few of you are most likely from the Masons." ”
"Oh, I am." Zheng Zhilan said calmly.
Zheng Jieming looked at his sister with strange eyes, and felt incredible for her such a calm admission.
"Childish brother, you don't understand anything." Zheng Zhilan shook her head, "The Masons are a very tight organization, to a certain extent, its members overlap with the SJS organization, and I, as a member of the SJS, and a relatively important cadre, are naturally also members of the Masons Association. ”
"Why did you come to the Eagle Country and join the so-called SJS?" Zheng Jieming asked.
"Oh? This has nothing to do with this murder, it's a long story. I'm just going to tell you about the meeting, just because I think it made me think so. Zheng Zhilan saw Zheng Jieming's attention shifted, and immediately diverted the topic.
At this time, the wind began to blow, and in the black sky, the wind brought a foul smell, apparently from the rotting corpses all over the ground.
"When I was at SJS, they had a whole set of penalties for people who tried to leave the organization. But the most basic thing is to convert them into so-called 'test products' and inject them with zombie viruses that have not yet been developed to test the results of research and development. Zheng Zhilan said, "This is a very affordable business, often after these people have received the injection, they are in pain, whether they are dead or alive, it is helpful to observe." Moreover, those who join the Masons have signed a life and death contract with SJS, and more are still orphans, and they will not become suspected missing persons. ”
Zheng Jieming heard his sister casually talk about his experience, and felt a heavy pressure in his heart - it turned out that his sister also had a close connection with the generation of zombies, and his father had also appeared in the base just now as a sample, and his mother had also worked in that base.
So...... The entire zombie virus outbreak incident, fundamentally speaking, is more or less delicately related to these relatives of one's own???
Can't always ...... The zombie virus comes from its own relatives???
If so, I'm afraid his whole life will collapse.
"How many Zhongzhou people are there in the Wanji Society?" Zheng Jieming asked tentatively.
"Not much, SJS picks a lot of orphans in every country. Orphans are the biggest supplementary source of the Masonics, and they are brainwashed and educated in biochemical science since childhood, and then they can be directly used and fully used, and they can also ask the government of the Eagle Country and even the governments of the world to take credit -- what a great charity it is to solve a big social problem, undertake orphans and provide them with jobs! Zheng Zhilan said with a smile, "If you can't see the research behind it and its true purpose, this is really the most conscientious company and secret organization in the world." ”
Zheng Jieming knew that what his sister was in contact with was likely to be the truth of this zombie crisis. But when he heard this, he roughly ruled out the possibility that his relatives would lead the research and development of zombies.
"You share the same beliefs?" Zheng Jieming asked.
"Faith? I just had to join SJS, and my fate wasn't entirely up to me......" Zheng Zhilan said, "But is this important?" Shouldn't what you need to solve now be the cause of death for these seven people? If you don't solve this matter, how can your resistance continue to continue? The reason why I'm telling you so much is just to open up some ideas for you, and I think my reminder is enough, right? ”
......
"What do you mean......" Zheng Jieming calmed down and thought about it, and began to understand what Zheng Zhilan meant, "You mean, in the Anti-Japanese Alliance, there are some people similar to the Masons of the Masonic Society?" ”
"Perhaps. What is the difference between hanging and skinning and dying of virus injection? It's just a harsh way to send them on their way. It's just that don't you think the previous method of death is more ritual-like? Zheng Zhilan smiled.
Rite?!
Zheng Jieming suddenly had an epiphany in his mind.
After the first man was skinned, he was pushed down from the upper floor, and ordinary vendetta would not have done this at all! This is clearly to get more people's attention!
And the woman in the room who was hanged and had her legs chopped off seemed to be more of a punishment??
Zheng Jieming jumped up from the ground and rushed to the corridor.
"What clues do you have in mind??" Zheng Zhilan slowly turned her head and looked at Zheng Jieming who ran away quickly.
Zheng Jieming stood still, looked back at Zheng Zhilan, and said word by word, "You are a cult at all!" ”
Then he ran down the stairs quickly.
"Hahahaha!!" Zheng Zhilan also stood up and laughed on the roof of the building, "Yes, that's right, it's a cult, but these people believe in it and can influence the mainstream political and economic fields, then they are the most terrifying threat." ”
She stopped laughing hysterically and shook her head, thinking helplessly and bitterly.
"Stanley, you wild dog, is my mother really serving you......?"