Captain Akang hurriedly walked in the white corridor of the Criminal Archives of the Taiping Imperial City.

Most of the buildings in the Taiping Imperial City are predominantly white, which reflects as much light as possible and keeps the city bright at all times. Although the market was still bustling and bustling, it could not keep the captain in a hurry.

After meeting Torres and some Imperial City officials, and informing Quillen of his death, the destruction of his brain reader, and Arcantero's unilateral testimony, the Imperial City's higher-ups exploded into discussions. Ignoring the official statements, the captain just wanted to rush to the criminal archives of the imperial city to find some information. Verify your reasoning and whether Acantero is lying, and if so, his purpose must be very dangerous.

The guards of the archives, knowing that it was Torres' concession, gave way to Captain Akon's wide open door to search for relevant information. After searching between the rooms and the large cabinet of various phylum and species, the captain opened the door of a large cabinet, which was marked with the words "Marine Insect Archive", and the contents of the cabinet surprised him, and exclaimed:

"Administrator, come on!"

The storekeeper not far away ran in: "What's the matter?" Captain Akang. ”

"Why are there so few files in the cabinet? Wasn't it full before? Where did the dossier go? ”

"Oh, you don't know yet, do you? Many years ago, a strange fire burned down the cabinet, and all the contents were gone. No one knows the cause of the fire, and the things in the cabinet now are still simply sorted out by the late patriarch Quillen before his death, and there are only so many, which is a pity. ”

The captain said no more and asked the treasurer to leave first. The file sorted out by Senior Quiren has a few metallic bottles at the bottom of the large cabinet, and perhaps only such metal bottles can protect the files inside.

It didn't take long for the bottle labeled "Bone-eating Worm" to be found. Unscrew the lid and pour out the hide file rolled inside:

First, there was a sketch that briefly drew the general appearance of the bug. Footnote: Deep-sea polychaetes, commonly known as osteoeaters. Drill holes in whale bones to get the lipids in the bones, which are their main source of nutrients.

The worm has no stomach and no mouth and no anus. Symbiotic bacteria digest whale fat and bone oil and break down nutrients for them to absorb. When whales die in large numbers, the number of bone-eating worms also decreases significantly, and it is concluded that the worm has a symbiotic relationship with cetaceans.

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The captain didn't have time to look too closely, skipping some chapters and looking backwards. If you don't look at it, you don't know, it turns out that in the Pacific Ocean, the previous pet owners of the insect were murdered and died. The killer is unknown, and the last pet owner to appear also died 400 years ago. There are so many strange things, this is the unsolved case of the century. It's just that it's so old that no one investigates it anymore.

Now that you're here, let's learn more about other kinds of bugs, and maybe you can have some valuable clues for reference.

A bottle labeled "Eyes of the Sea---- Polyps" catches the captain's attention.

A general term for many types of organisms in the corals. The body is cylindrical, with eight or more tentacles, and there is a mouth in the center of the tentacles; Multi-group, combined into a group; Cylindrical coelenterates, whose food enters the mouth and the debris is excreted from the mouth, feed on plankton.

It absorbs calcium and carbon dioxide from seawater and secretes limestone, which becomes its own survival shell, which is called coral.

The ecosystem produced by corals is called the "tropical rainforest" under the sea, and has many functions to protect the ocean, maintain biodiversity, and maintain fishery resources.

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Skip the coral pattern and many chapters that introduce the Captain's focus on the "Eyes of the Ocean" chapter:

Polyps are found all over the ocean, and five hundred years ago, there were seven pet owners at the same time, collectively known as the "Big Dipper". They are able to sense and share information with polyps at the same time, forming a giant eye of information that can see across the Pacific Ocean. The insight is immense.

Also 500 years ago, he was murdered by unknown murderers one after another. Since then, there has been no successor to the polyp pet owner.

The captain saw that the second monk was puzzled, and there were still a lot of unsolved cases in the century. A bottle labeled "Invincible Ninja ---- Water Bear" was opened again:

Tardigrades, commonly known as about 900 species, are the most vital creatures known on the earth.

The Cambrian period existed 500 million years ago. In extreme environments, the body will shrink into a cylindrical shape and automatically dehydrate and endure dormancy. It can survive under freezing, boiling, air-dried, oxygen-deficient vacuum, radioactive radiation exposure, and can still live for 10 years without food and water supply. The body can still repair itself after freezing.

Studies have found that its super-endurance comes from more than 6,000 genes stolen from bacteria, archaea, fungi, and plants.

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Skip those chapters and see the information of its pet owner.

Vomit! The pet owner has been missing for hundreds of years, and his life and death are unknown. So far, there is no successor to the next favorite.

The captain became depressed, and then went on to look through the files of Ice Worms, Bobbit Bugs, etc., whose favorite owners were all dead or missing, and the ending was similar. What exactly happened centuries ago? There are not many insects who die well. The information compiled by Master Quillon should not be fake, but why does it seem that he is still hiding some secrets and truths?

By the way, there is also Gurus, who investigated the case not long ago, and his pet big-eyed worm, who have not yet found their whereabouts.

The whole case seems to have returned to the starting point, and how to give a complete explanation to the citizens of the Taiping Imperial City has become a big question mark in the captain's heart. It stands to reason that most of the organizations that can make such a big deal are very powerful organizations that have been circulating for a long time, and their names are even reluctant to mention by Kui Lun, the patriarch of the Three Dynasties, which organization will it be? If Master Quillon were still alive, he would know something to ask him face-to-face. It's just that now in Captain Akang's heart, there is only a feeling of sighing in the ocean.

The next day, Captain Akon was invited to General Torres' office to discuss the next steps in his work.

"Captain, you have also read the file, do you have any experience and gains?"

"General, this is. It turns out that there are so many strange events in the insect spectrum, how can there be so many blanks in the file of the insect pet owner? ”

"Yes, there was a heated discussion in the Imperial City Council Hall yesterday. The higher the position of the council official in the imperial city, the darker the color of the robe he wears, and the black robe is the top. Now that several black-robed elders are gone, the lower-level gray-robed elders are divided into two factions.

The Strangling faction said that they would capture Arcantero and strangle the forces that had committed many crimes, so as to seek justice for the heroic souls they had killed, and to correct the law of the country.

The Zhao'an faction said that they wanted to recruit them, and they were not the main culprits in the previous Pacific wars, but they were only deceived by others and did not die for their crimes. Recruiting an over is very good for calming down the troubled times.

The strangulation faction said that they were sinister in their hearts, and what if they led their troops to mutiny in the Pacific country after recruiting an army in the future? None of them are idle.

The Zhao'an faction said that if we sincerely appeased them, how could they mutinied?

Everyone is arguing and fighting. ”

Torres had a helpless expression on his face, as if the words of the two factions of parliamentary officials were reasonable.

"And what about the result?" Captain Akon asked.

"Let's not tell you about the Empress's decision, but talk about your thoughts." General Torres asked rhetorically.

"Strangling them, if they really have a hard time, and they will be killed if they are not known to the imperial city and the world, I am afraid it will provoke them to a greater resistance, knowing that they are not fuel-efficient lamps; It doesn't seem to be easy to recruit them, they all have a knot of hatred in their hearts, and they must first try to untie it in order to stabilize their minds, otherwise there may be security risks if they act rashly.

To be honest, it's a bit difficult for me to make a point.

If Akandro really can't fully control what he calls zombie bugs, then the dead whale pet owners can't blame him for killing the dead patriarch. And our understanding of the reason why he wanted to kill the patriarch seems to be only superficial, could there be another hidden story?

I don't know if I'm complicating things. Just imagine, the killing or disappearance of the pet owner of the submarine insect in the archive poses the same threat to Arcantelo?

When Akentero harnessed the zombie worm to stop the whale from slaughtering innocents, in addition to wearing a white armor, he also had to hide in the whale's mouth, was it accidental or out of some kind of safety need to make protection? What is he afraid of?

And if there is anything in the file that Lord Quillon is really hiding, will it be the truth about murder or disappearance? And several black-robed elders are dead, could it be because it is related to these truths?

The breakthrough point is on Acantero. It is likely that there is a hidden force behind the patriarchs and Akentero, or a black hand. The black-robed patriarchs wanted to keep it a secret, and Akandro was secretly investigating the secret. ”

"The analysis is very reasonable, because of the reasons of the black-robed elders, Her Majesty does not approve of Zhao'an, and it is not appropriate to strangle them. It might be safer not to take both suggestions and let Akentelo protect himself in his own way. But he can't let it go, after all, he has also done things that threaten national security. ”

"So what exactly do I want to do?" The captain asked.

"Her Majesty's order is for you to go back to Akentero and go undercover. Investigate all the details of him, if he pretends to be unable to control the zombie worm and harbors a rebellious heart, he may be a threat to the country's security. Imagine that once all the whales run away, what other forces in the ocean can stop him? On the other hand, you can see if he is also threatened by the unsolved case of the century, find out the truth, and use him as a bait to lure out the mysterious black hand behind the scenes, so that the unsolved case will be possible to solve the mystery. ”

The captain gasped, the pressure was not small. I used to think that being a detective was very challenging and intellectually stimulating, but today I suddenly felt a chill in my heart that I had never felt before, which made my whole body almost tremble.

"Well, I accept the task. Hopefully Akentero isn't too bad yet, and hopefully my suspicions are wrong. ”

There are really too many surprises, I want to understand Kiki's past life experience through the black-robed patriarch, and the black-robed patriarch is dead; Akentero, who wants to know more or less about the deaths of the black-robed patriarchs, is involved in those unsolved cases of the century. The captain couldn't help but smile bitterly: I'm a lame detective who doesn't get into the stream, how can I get into this increasingly marginal case quagmire?

What is the truth?