In the empty and cold morgue, Shen Yu stared blankly at a charred corpse in front of him, and his mind was blank.

At this time, it was close to late autumn, and although Shen Yu had already put on a fleece sweatshirt, the unique cool air in the morgue still made his hairs stand on end.

"Sure?"

A voice woke Shen Yu up from his stunned state.

Next to Shen Yu, there was a tall policeman with slightly messy hair and an unkempt beard, who was looking at him with an inquiring gaze.

Shen Yu shook his head slowly and said, "No, I'm not sure this is my mother'......"

The tall officer waved his hand and winked, and the morgue staff slowly pulled up the black body bag containing the charred body.

"You see, these are all found from around the scene of the crime. We found your mother's ID card, a mobile phone, a wallet ......"

A young policeman put the relics related to the deceased on the table next to him and motioned for Shen Yu to check.

Shen Yu didn't check other items, just silently held up his mother's ID card.

The woman on it had a gentle expression and was smiling at him, but the woman's appearance was already extremely unfamiliar in Shen Yu's mind.

Shen Yu's parents divorced when he was six years old, and he hasn't seen his mother since.

In fact, in his heart, he didn't have any good feelings for this mother who abandoned her family and children, and even had some hatred.

Because of this, his father drank and gambled all day long, and if something didn't go his way, he would punch and kick Shen Yu...

But... The mother has no relatives at home, so she can only let her own son collect the body.

"Sign here if you're sure it's okay, and you can take these relics of the deceased with you."

The young policeman said and handed Shen Yu a ballpoint pen, and the latter signed his name without looking.

"Officer, can I go? I'm going to go home and cook for my dad...."

Shen Yu's voice was small, but it was still clear in the morgue where the needle could be heard.

The elderly policeman nodded and added, "I regret your mother's death, but there are still a few doubts about the cause of her death, and we may contact you later, please keep the phone open." If you find anything suspicious, you can also take the initiative to contact me, my name is Liu Zhanyun, the captain of the criminal police team of the sub-bureau, this is my phone number. ”

"Okay... Thank you. ”

Shen Yu nodded slightly, thanked him, put his mother's relics and the police officer's business card into his schoolbag, and left the uncomfortable morgue.

Looking at the back of Shen Yu leaving, Liu Zhanyun, the captain of the criminal police team, whispered: "Tao Shuai, go check this kid, I want to know his growth experience, and tell me as soon as possible after finding out." ”

The young policeman raised his head and asked puzzledly: "Liu Tou'er, that's a student, do you doubt him?" ”

Liu Zhanyun touched the slightly messy stubble, and said thoughtfully: "I don't doubt it, but this kid's reaction after seeing the corpse is really a bit weird.... Not to mention students, how would you react when you saw a charred corpse when you first entered the police academy? ”

The young policeman thought for a moment and said, "There is a high probability that he will vomit out the overnight meal." ”

"That's right, not only did that kid not feel uncomfortable at all, but he only had numbness in his eyes..."

Liu Zhanyun patted his companion and signaled that he would call it a day for the time being.

Although he didn't believe that a student would have anything to do with the murderer, that weird sixth sense still made him pay special attention to Shen Yu.

It is already late autumn in Xiazhu City, and there is light rain today.

Shen Yu, who walked out of the morgue, didn't take a ride, just walked numbly on the street in the drizzle.

He still can't fully digest today's events.

My mother, whom I haven't seen for a long time... Just dead?

The police said there was something suspicious, could it be murder?

That charred corpse.... It's ugly.

Shen Yu thought crankily all the way, got on a bus halfway, and got off at the nearest stop to his home.

The unit he and his father rented was an old tube building with a sense of age.

Generally, the people who live here are poor households at the bottom of society.

However, the situation of Shen Yu's family is more difficult than that of ordinary "poor households".

Of course, this has nothing to do with his father's gambling and drinking.

This also made his already not wealthy family even worse.

Hurriedly returning to the residence on the third floor, Shen Yu took out the key and opened the wooden door that was as worn as a sampan.

A strong smell of sweat mixed with alcohol rushed into his nostrils.

However, Shen Yu didn't even wrinkle his eyebrows, because he had long been used to it.

In his impression, since his parents divorced, his father has become what he is now, without exception.

The old house is a simple two-bedroom apartment with no living room.

The long, dark corridor is filled with empty wine bottles of various styles.

Shen Yu stepped over the wine bottles, walked into his room and closed the door, and then carefully checked the "relics" of his mother brought back from the police.

"ID card .... It's useless, wallet .... Why don't you have a penny? Only one card? ”

Shen Yu took out the card in his wallet and found that the card was completely black, and there was only a fingerprint-style icon printed on it, and there was no other information.

He then searched for the card and put it in his pocket, and finally picked up the smartphone that appeared to be a "three-no product".

"Why doesn't this phone even have a brand? I don't know how much money I can sell... Fingerprint power on? ”

Shen Yu tinkered, and the mobile phone without any buttons suddenly rang.

"Jingle bell~~~"

Shen Yu looked at the lit up mobile phone screen, which was supposed to show the location of the caller number, but there was only a fingerprint-style icon, which was exactly the same as the one printed on the card just now.

The bell of "Ding Ding Dong" rang non-stop, and Shen Yu was afraid of noisy his father who was hangover and didn't wake up, so he hesitated for a moment, but still pressed on the fingerprint icon.

"Huh!?"

Suddenly, there was a tingling pain in his thumb that he had placed on the phone screen, causing him to reflexively withdraw his fingers.

Shen Yu looked at the thumb with a drop of blood coming out, and stuffed it into his mouth very suspiciously.

"Hey, who is it?"

He looked at the inexplicably bleeding thumb and put the phone to his ear.

Originally, Shen Yu thought that it was someone her mother knew before calling, but she didn't think that the voice coming from the other end of the phone was neither male nor female, low and hoarse, and without a trace of emotion.

"The game has begun.... No one is allowed to quit.... Even death can't get you out...."

"Doodoo~~~"

Shen Yu looked at the phone that was hung up speechlessly, and scolded "neurosis".

He just thought it was some inexplicable liar calling, and immediately put his mobile phone on the table, got up and tied his apron to cook.

However, at the moment when Shen Yu left the room, the smartphone, which looked very much like a "three-no" product, lit up again.

At this moment, several lines of text appeared on the mobile phone screen.

[The game begins, and the opponent is being matched for you......]

[Opponent ID: Evil Boy]

[Opponent Level: 4]

[Opponent's record: 6 wins in 6 battles]

[Opponent Card: Unknown]

[Countdown begins... 10...9...8...7...】

The phone lying on the table began to count down, until the number returned to zero, and the phone screen went black again, returning to calm.

Merely.... The night seemed darker than ever, and the sky was blowing a cold wind that seemed to be unique to winter.

As the wind fell, confetti flew in the hallways of the old apartment, and some not-so-solid wooden window frames creaked.

Under the dim and flickering voice-activated lights, a short figure slowly appeared on the third floor where Shen Yu's house was located.

The corners of the figure's mouth were slightly raised, and a card was tucked between the fingers of his right hand.

But I heard a slightly immature voice sounding in the cold wind.

"Scene card....[Deserted Village Apartment]...."

"Retinue card....[Female corpse in white]...."

....

In the kitchen, Shen Yu ordered a pot of noodles, washed and threw the vegetables into the pot.

After the water boiled, he put in salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and pepper.

When he was done, he took out a ham sausage that was not yet a palm's length, cut it into small pieces, and threw it in.

"Qi Huoer~~Ham soup noodles~"

After doing all this, he took off his apron and prepared to wake up his father to dinner.

Can... Just after Shen Yu turned around and opened the wooden door of the kitchen, he was stunned on the spot.

“.... This...."

He looked at the strange empty room in front of him, couldn't help but close the kitchen door again, and stood still for dozens of seconds.

Taking two deep breaths, Shen Yu opened the kitchen door again.

Outside the door, the rental cottage that was originally a two-bedroom apartment with no living room disappeared, and in front of him was an empty living room of more than 100 square meters.

There were a few pieces of furniture scattered in the living room, all covered with a white cloth, as if no one had lived in it for a long time.

What was supposed to be the location of the wall has now become a whole row of floor-to-ceiling windows.

The floor-to-ceiling windows were not closed tightly, and the cold wind that made people's hairs stand on end poured in from outside the house, blowing the white cloth like the water surface rippling, making a slight sound of "whoosh".

The messy ground was like a thief, and confetti, toys, and wine bottles were discarded everywhere.

An old brass metal chandelier hangs from the ceiling, "squeaking" and swaying gently in the wind, not knowing when it will fall.

Shen Yu was still holding an apron in his hand, looking at the scene in front of him for a long time and not coming back to his senses.

He rubbed his eyes, but the strange scene was still there.

He tried to go back to the kitchen again, but when he turned around, he couldn't find the original wooden door.

Now he is standing alone in the airy living room, lonely and helpless....