Chapter 25: Torture
Lu Ming believes that this is the essence of Wang Quan's curse.
If a person or animal or object disappears conceptually, or the "information" that allows it to exist, it means that the person or animal or object does not exist.
The human corpse still exists, but it is only a corpse, not a person anymore.
The carcass of the pig also exists, but the pig is gone.
The house has collapsed, the wreckage and ruins are still there, and every piece of dirt and every stone that made it up before is still there, and the physical composition is basically the same. But this house is no more.
"Wang Quan's curse will cause the target to lose their information in a variety of ways, causing themselves to disappear conceptually. So the most important question now is, how do these two correspond to each other? ”
In other words, why did Wang Quan curse an being, and this existence would eliminate its own information in various ways, either actively or passively?
What is the process? How does this process work?
In this regard, Lu Ming could only be silent.
He didn't know. No one should know at the moment.
At this moment, the experiment on Wang Quan continues.
This time, the target selected by the second action team for Wang Quan was a mountain.
This hill is located in the mountains on the outskirts of Blue Lagoon. It does not have any man-made structures on it, nor does it have any development value. It stands unremarkably among the countless surrounding hills.
Wang Quan was brought to the top of this mountain. The interrogators paid the price of a roast duck and two bottles of beer in exchange for the curse of the mountain of Wang's team.
That night, investigators stationed nearby clearly captured the collapse of the mountain.
It seems to have been caused by the erosion of internal water flows, which caused its foundation to be unstable and eventually collapsed.
The stones that make it up are scattered in the valley next to it. They are not missing at all, but as a whole, the existence that can be called a mountain is gone.
The disappearance of this mountain made Lu Ming realize that the power of Wang Quan's curse might be far greater than his original understanding.
This hill is not very big, but if you want to blow it up, you have to use at least a few thousand pounds of explosives. And if Wang Quan's curse can cause the disappearance of a mountain, then the greater goal, such as the Blue Lake, such as a river, such as ...... Will the entire Blue Lake City also disappear from the "concept" because of the curse?
The three members of Operation 2 and the investigators who had been mobilized were all aware of this possibility. But, no one dared to try.
Although it seems that Wang Quan's curse ability is only limited to Blue Lagoon City - his curse only works on objects located within the Blue Lagoon City, and once he leaves Blue Lagoon City, the curse will also be invalidated, but this ability is also terrifying enough.
At this moment, people even have some joy in their hearts.
"Fortunately, this Wang Quan is just a madman, and he has no other thoughts than to take action against those who think they 'bully' him. If he's a high-IQ criminal, or an anti-human character, I don't know how much trouble he's going to make because of this ability......"
The investigation and research on Wang Quan will continue, and may even continue until the end of Wang Quan's life. Experts drawn from all over the world will study every aspect of Wang Quan's ability and conduct every test imaginable within the scope of allowable.
There is no way he will ever leave the research base again in his life.
One has to wait until the study of him is complete, no new information can be unearthed from him, and he no longer has any research value, before his sins can be finally punished.
But Lu Ming didn't know when that day would come.
This made Lu Ming feel a little unhappy in his heart. If he could, he still hoped to kill Wang Quan now, preferably with a thousand cuts. But he knew intellectually that it was impossible.
At this stage, not allowing him to commit new sins is already the best outcome.
Zhang Dingshan sensed Lu Ming's emotions.
He patted Lu Ming's shoulder and said calmly, "It's just a madman." Even under the current law, the madman is not criminally responsible.
Keeping him in the research base, being studied by researchers like a monkey every day, and when he loses his research value, he may be put to death, which is already the biggest punishment for him. ”
Lu Ming sighed: "I just hope to comfort the deceased and the families of the deceased. ”
Zhang Dingshan said silently: "Sometimes, well-intentioned deception is really necessary. ”
"Okay."
Lu Ming nodded.
The research and testing of Wang Quan can be carried out slowly, and it can be handed over to the rest of the people to take care of. The Action 2 team has more important things to do.
That is, to find out the source of Wang Quan's ability. Find out why he has this ability, the nature of this ability, whether the source of this ability hides a hidden threat to the human world, and so on.
But before that happens, there are a few things that can be done.
As Zhang Dingshan said, benign deception is sometimes necessary.
Since Wang Quan's capture, a building on the outskirts of Blue Lake City has been designated as an institution dedicated to detaining and researching Wang Quan. During this time, various tests for him were also carried out here. Of course, to the outside world, it is claimed that it is classified as a military use and is closely protected.
At this moment, after leaving the research institute, the three members of the second action team came to the Blue Lake City Public Security Bureau together and met Feng Guozhu again.
"The eucalyptus is broken. At present, it has been confirmed that Wang Quan is the murderer. But I can't tell you exactly how it was done. ”
A flash of excitement flashed in Feng Guozhu's eyes. He stood up, full of eagerness: "Really confirmed?" Is it really him? ”
"Yes."
Feng Guozhu let out a long breath and slowly sat down in the chair again.
He did not inquire about the method of doing the eucalyptus or the process of confirming it. He knew that the level of secrecy of those things was definitely not within his reach. Moreover, the statements of the three people in front of them must also be credible and true.
They said it was Wang Quan, then it must be Wang Quan.
"It's a pity Xiao Zeng, such a good child, hey......"
Feng Guozhu sighed: "There are so many victims, especially that Zhang Lu, I still remember it, hey......"
Zhang Dingshan interrupted his sigh and sighed: "Bureau Feng, there is something that needs to be done by your Public Security Bureau now. Until now, the vast majority of victims' families are still suffering from the psychological torture of suicide. Now that the eucalyptus is broken, it's time to give them a little comfort. ”
It is precisely because it is impossible to confirm the motive of the suicide of the suicide that the relatives of the deceased are subjected to the greatest suffering.
Because in this way, fellow relatives will begin to doubt everything, they will carefully examine every interaction they have with the suicidal person, examine every word they have said and every action, and repeatedly think about whether chewing is due to a small mistake on their part, or whether a certain sentence is inappropriate, or whether a certain thing is inappropriate, which leads to the end of the deceased's suicide, and whether the deceased will not commit suicide if he had done something or had not done anything.
As a result, fellow relatives will fall into infinite self-blame and will always endure this kind of psychological torture. The more intimate the person is with the deceased, the greater and more painful this torture becomes.
Now, things have come to this stage. In any case, the disposition of Wang Quan has been decided, and the dead can no longer be resurrected. The only thing that can change is to alleviate the suffering of the victims' families a little.
At least let them know that the death of the deceased has another reason and has nothing to do with them, stop blaming yourself, stop torturing yourself.
Hearing Zhang Dingshan's words, Feng Guozhu sighed again.
"Thank you. On behalf of the families of the victims, I thank you. ”
He knew that he didn't know what the origin of this was, but the three people who must have a big background, if they wanted to make less trouble, they could have done it at all, and did not disclose the "truth" to the victims' families to alleviate the pain they had endured.
Doing this will not bring them any benefit, but will add extra trouble. It makes perfect sense not to do this, and no one can blame them for it.
But they still chose to do something for the victims' families, even if it was troublesome. This kindness made Feng Guozhu very moved.
Lu Ming said: "Feng Bureau, there is one thing to pay attention to. There are so many victims involved that it would be a panic to claim that so many of the dead were all due to a single murderer. We believe that at this time, white lies are necessary. It is sufficient to tell the victim's family that the deceased did not commit suicide, but homicide, and that the killer had been killed at the scene of arrest. As for the process of committing the crime, the motive for the killing, the method of killing, how the murderer disguised the scene to make it look like a suicide, and so on, you need to make it up. ”
Feng Guozhu said solemnly: "I will send a team to do this." ”
"Be careful with secrecy."
"Don't worry, I'll find reliable people and ask them to sign a non-disclosure agreement first. Just a little bit...... The murderer must be real, otherwise it is easy to be exposed. Where did we find so many murderers to come out? ”
"We'll coordinate that."
He Wei added: "Feng Bureau, there is one more thing to pay attention to. The announcement of the 'truth' is still a little slower. In the initial stage, some of the families of the victims who have suffered the most can be selected first, and the rest can be postponed. ”
"I'm going to do it slowly for two, three, or even longer."
More than 1,000 homicide eucalyptus will be slowly "released" in two or three years or even longer, so that there is no need to worry about causing public panic.
"Okay, that's it for now."
Finalize the details with Feng Guozhu, and the three members of the second team of the operation team will leave immediately.
After that, Feng Guozhu determined the list of the first batch of "truth-proclaiming" personnel in a very short time. Among them, the names of Zeng Jian, Shi Ruiwu, Zhang Lu and others are impressively listed.
On this day, Feng Guozhu took several subordinates of the security guards to find Zeng Jian's father.
Zeng Jian's mother has passed away, and his father has also been admitted to a nursing home.
He has a slight sign of dementia, his legs and feet are also impaired, he can barely walk on crutches, and more often than not, he is in a wheelchair.
"Little ...... Feng. ”
Zeng Jian's father's speech was a little unclear.
"Uncle Zeng, I'm here to see you."
Feng Guozhu knew that even if he already had symptoms of dementia, Zeng Jian's father did not let go of the knot of suicide of his only son. Nurses at the nursing home reported that Zeng Jian's father secretly cried at night several times, muttering words such as "Child, I'm sorry for you" and "If I had done anything, you wouldn't have died", obviously putting the blame for his son's suicide on himself.
After greeting Zeng Jian's father, Feng Guozhu's face was solemn.
"Uncle Zeng, I have something to inform you. During the investigation of a serial murder case, we found some clues about Zeng Jian. These clues show that Zeng Jian did not commit suicide, but killed him. The murderer controlled Zeng Jian through drugs and remotely controlled his suicide ......"
Zeng Jian's father was stunned. His wrinkled face kept trembling, and he grabbed Feng Guozhu with both hands, unable to say a word. After a long time, he held his head in his hands and began to cry bitterly.
"My child, my child......"
After a long time, he suddenly raised his head, and although his face was old, it was still fierce like a lion.
"What about the murderer? Where is the murderer? I'm going to kill him......"
"We have already shot him dead at the scene of the arrest."
Feng Guozhu showed Zeng Jian's father a picture. In the picture, a stocky middle-aged man fell to the ground, and the Tianling cover was lifted by bullets, and he died in a very miserable state.
"He was shot nine times and died instantly."
"It's good to die, it's good, hahahaha!"
Zeng Jian's father looked up to the sky and smiled. Laughing and laughing, he started crying again.
Feng Guozhu accompanied Zeng Jian's father for a long time, and did not leave until he slowly regained his composure.
Feng Guozhu's second person to come to the door was Zhang Lujia.
If it wasn't for Zhang Lu at the beginning, I'm afraid this eucalyptus hasn't exploded until now.
Zhang Lu's parents are still alive, but they are not in good health. As soon as he entered the house, Feng Guozhu smelled a strong smell of medicine.
In addition to Zhang Lu's parents, there is actually another person in the family. Feng Guozhu looked at it and recognized that this person was Zhang Lu's boyfriend, Cheng Yu.
Cheng Yu, who is about to be forty years old this year, already has a lot of gray hair, and his face is full of vicissitudes.
It should be Zhang Lu's parents who told him that they were going to come to the door today to announce a very important thing about Zhang Lu, so he came here to listen together.
Feng Guozhu sighed in his heart, repeated the previously drafted statement again, and showed the picture of the murderer's tragic death.
In front of them, the three of them hugged their heads and cried.
"Now that the real murderer has been identified, Zhang Lu her, she can also look at her."
Feng Guozhu was also a little sad.
"Thank you, Sheriff Feng, thank you, Xiaolu has finally been revealed, thank you for ......"
Seeing that there was nothing big wrong with a few people, Feng Guozhu got up to say goodbye and left, and the three of them got up together and sent Feng Guozhu downstairs.
Feng Guozhu and the others got in the car and left, and downstairs, Zhang Lu's parents and Cheng Yu were silent.
After a long time, Zhang Lu's father trembled and said: "Cheng Yu, you are a good boy, now, the matter of Xiaolu has been clarified, and you should let it go." Don't torture yourself all the time, it's time to look forward......
Find a partner, get married, and stop thinking about paths......"
Cheng Yu was silent for a long time before bowing deeply to Zhang Lu's parents with red eyes. Then get up and turn to leave.