Chapter Twenty-Six: Strange Things

In the military restricted area where Wang Quan was detained, in a special office, Zhang Dingshan, He Wei, and Lu Ming were all present. On the computer screen, Lu Qingliang's figure was also there.

Feng Guozhu has already reported the follow-up results of some eucalyptus here. Looking at some of the relevant films, television, audio and text materials at that time, several people were silent.

"That's the limit of what we can do."

Lu Ming thought silently in his heart.

Even if the second team could easily mobilize resources unimaginable to ordinary people, and if necessary, even directly mobilize the garrison to bomb a research institute without asking for instructions, it was still full of powerlessness in this kind of thing.

"The previous thing is over for the time being."

Zhang Dingshan knocked lightly on the table and pulled everyone's thoughts back: "The investigation will continue." You can express your opinions on the direction of the next investigation. ”

Wang Quan's arrest is just the beginning. The second team of operations must figure out where his ability comes from and how this ability works, so that this eucalyptus can be regarded as a eucalyptus.

If you can't figure out these things, then this eucalyptus can only be regarded as a hanging eucalyptus.

But......

From Wang's body, it was almost certain that no more clues could be obtained.

Because even Wang Quan himself didn't know where this ability came from.

The eyes of several people looked at Lu Ming together.

Lu Ming sighed: "At present, we can only start with Wang Quan. If Wang Quan's acquisition of this ability was not random and coincidental, then something must have happened before he obtained this ability. We might be able to start with that. ”

Wang Quan obtained this ability fourteen years ago, and for the first time, killed Wu Biao's dog. So, what happened then?

He Wei hesitated: "This ...... It's too broad. ”

Lu Qingliang nodded in agreement: "There were too many things happening in the world at that time. A lot is happening on Earth every day. We can't be sure exactly what is the cause. ”

He Wei added: "Maybe the reason why Wang Quan has this ability comes from space." Counting space and the universe, there are more things, and there is no way to check it at all. ”

Lu Ming thought for a while and said, "It's to make some restrictions." Since Wang Quan's ability can only take effect in Blue Lake City, then, limit the scope to Blue Lake City? And, since only Wang Quan has this ability, the type can also be limited to 'interacted with Wang Quan'. How do you feel? ”

"It's not very precise."

He Wei directly objected. But she thought for a moment, and then sighed: "Anyway, of all the ways of qualification, this kind of limitation has the highest probability. Let's check according to this limit first. ”

Lu Qingliang proposed: "I feel that maybe we can add a qualification. The incident that caused Wang Quan to have this ability is very likely to be abnormal and weird. ”

He Wei thought for a while: "I agree." ”

Lu Ming said: "There are three qualifications. One, it happened in the city of Blue Lagoon fourteen years ago or more. Second, there was an interaction with Wang Quan. Three, it can be called a strange thing. ”

Zhang Dingshan made the final decision: "Let's check according to this limit first." ”

When it comes to specific investigation methods, Lu Ming is not very proficient. He Wei said: "I think this kind of investigation should be mainly based on interviewing local residents and interviewing people who know Wang Quan. ”

It is almost impossible to keep the video material from fourteen years ago to the present. Written records are probably scarce, and most likely of little value. At most, it can only be recorded, such as "going to the hospital for treatment of such and such a disease on a certain day of a certain month", "spending a certain yuan in a certain shopping mall on a certain day of such a month".

Zhang Dingshan said to Lu Qingliang: "Find a group of information analysts to participate." ”

"Okay."

Even with these three constraints, there will be a huge amount of data and information that needs to be analyzed. Moreover, this kind of data analysis is subjective and cannot be carried out through computer systems, so people must rely on their own judgment to make conclusions.

It is imperative to find a group of information analysts to join in.

"And the investigators. Well, I still need the cooperation of the Blue Lake City Public Security Bureau. ”

After contacting Feng Guozhu, although he did not know the purpose of this investigation, Feng Guozhu immediately agreed, and specially dispatched a group of security officers for the dispatch of the second team of the operation.

"Uncle, hello, I'm from the Blue Lake City Security Bureau, and I want to ask you about something today. You're an old resident of Nanlin Street, aren't you? Fourteen years ago, or more, was there anything strange or anything strange happening in this area of Nanlin Street, or in the surrounding area? Do you remember? ”

"Who are you?"

"I'm a security officer for the Blue Lake City Sheriff's Bureau."

"Where?"

"Blue Lagoon."

"What's in Blue Lagoon?"

"Sheriff's Office."

"Where's the sheriff's office?"

"Our Blue Lagoon's ......"

"What's from the Blue Lake City Sheriff's Bureau?"

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Uncle, you continue to rest, disturbed. ”

……

"Hello uncle, I'm ...... Do you remember? ”

"Fourteen years ago, let me think...... That year should be the year when Xiaozhuzi's mother was not there, I tell you, Xiaozhuzi's mother's death is not normal, the neighbors said, she was punished by God, I remember that day it rained heavily, Xiaozhuzi his daughter-in-law was pregnant with a dog, and her belly was old, Xiaozhuzi's mother also let his daughter-in-law go out to sell cool skin, and when he came back, he was sick, hey, the womb was lost, and the dog was sick until now...... Later, the little pillar fell and his head snapped and hit the stone, and people couldn't do it at that time, and they all said that they were punished by God......

The security officer in charge of the questioning did not know if the information was wanted by the superiors. He just listened quietly, and then recorded it faithfully.

"Anything else?"

"I'll think again...... It was not a peaceful year, at that time there was a ruffian named Wu Biao, that was a person who hated dogs, and later, he committed suicide, the whole family died, I heard that dogs and geese committed suicide. That's right, that's right, I remembered one thing again, there was a fool here at that time, what was it called, by the way, it was called Wang Quan, he was chattering all day long, and when he saw the little girl, he smirked, and the one who laughed was infiltrating.

At that time, there was a memorial arch on the street, yes, yes, it was the archway of the Zhou family, the fool liked to stay in the archway, and sometimes he talked to himself to the archway, as if talking to people, that infiltrated people...... I heard that the fool is still on Nanlin Street, and it seems that he has opened a shop selling chestnut cakes...... Hey, people from other places don't know, that's a fool, what to do, it's dirty, can you eat it? ”

I had been listening to the old man chattering all afternoon, and left his contact information, so that he could remember what to contact again, and then the security officer left.

In total, hundreds of vigilantes were involved in gathering information.

They randomly pick targets over the age of 40 and then confirm if they have spent most of the last 20 years in Blue Lagoon. If so, they will begin to ask about events they had come into contact with or heard about in Blue Lagoon that they themselves considered strange to be fourteen years ago or more.

The information collection lasted for more than half a month before it was completed. During this time, the vigilantes had contact with more than 100,000 people, and of those hundreds of thousands, about 9,600 were willing to talk to the vigilantes about what they remembered as strange things, which was a valid inquiry.

On average, each security officer conducted more than 20 valid interviews.

Information analysts are already in place as early as the beginning of the information collection work, and they have begun to carefully sift through the information that is highly likely to be mixed with speculation, personal processing, memory errors, and circulation distortions.

Perhaps because at the beginning of the inquiry, the scope of "strange things" was limited, and among the descriptions of these middle-aged and elderly people, the Blue Lake City more than ten years ago was a group of demons. Either there are fox fairies here who harm people, or there are ghosts there.

Either there is a master demon slaying guard here, or there is a ghost crying in the middle of the night in the house there. In short, all kinds of rumors, all kinds of legends, rumors, almost all types of ghost stories.

Four members of Operation 2 also joined in the analysis of the information.

Long before the operation began, Lu Ming knew that 99.99% of this information was completely worthless, and it was not even worth checking and confirming. But the really useful information can be hidden in this sea of invalid information.

In the end, only three things passed the screening and were presented to a few people in the second action team.

These three things are considered to be possibleβ€”only that it is possible that Wang Quan has obtained this ability. All the rest of the information is simply discarded.

"The first thing, the reincarnation of the fox fairy. Before Wang Quan obtained this ability, in the western area of Blue Lake City, a legend began to circulate among the group of good men and women, saying that the fox fairy grandmother in the southern mountains had reached the end of her life in this life, but her merit had not yet been consummated, and she had to possess herself to continue her cultivation until her merit was consummated.

When the time comes, whoever the fox fairy grandmother possesses will have mana. The possessed person should use these mana to do good deeds and help Grandma Fox Fairy accumulate merit.

This matter was widely spread in the original group of good men and women, saying that the day of possession was the evening of March 21, and the good men and women who hoped to be possessed would open eucalyptus to welcome them that night, and Grandma Fox Fairy would choose a favorite one to possess.

According to investigation, some time before March 21 of that year, incense candles and other things in the city of Blue Lake City were out of stock. This is consistent with the rumor, which confirms that it did occur.

After March 21, Blue Lake City claimed to have been possessed by fox fairies, and it is well documented that there were 36 people. These 36 people attacked each other, and they all claimed that they were the real ones and the others were fakes.

Among them, there is a goddess who also claims to be possessed by the fox fairy, and sends a war letter to the rest of the goddesses and gods, and also invites good men and women as witnesses, claiming to verify on the spot who is really possessed by the fox fairy grandmother. The way to verify this is to put a fox caught from the mountains and see who the fox is close to.

Because it is possessed by the fox fairy grandmother, whoever this mountain fox is close to, of course, is really possessed by the fox fairy grandmother.

At that time, 16 goddesses and gods arrived, and after the fox was released on the spot under the witness of good men and women, the fox did not find any goddess and goddess, but fled. According to the memories of those who attended the party, the fox eventually ran away and hid on Nanlin Street.

As a result, all the goddesses and gods lost their reputations, and rumors began to spread that Grandma Fox Fairy possessed someone on Nanlin Street. There are also good men and women who have been looking for Nanlin Street for several months, but in the end they did not find it, so they had to give up. ”

He Wei told the story of this incident.

This matter involves the mysterious fox fairy and Nanlin Street. And if this story is true, then the logic is obviously like this: the person who is really possessed by the fox fairy and has mana is not any goddess, but Wang Quan, who happens to live on Nanlin Street.

Grandma Fox Fairy possessed Wang Quan, and Wang Quan had "mana" and this ability.

Lu Ming's brows furrowed slightly: "This story is a bit ...... Absurd. ”

He Wei nodded in agreement: "I think so too." But it always has some validation value. Unlike other stories, there is no value in validation. ”

In Lu Ming's opinion, the truth of this story should be like this. First of all, there was a promoter of this rumor, most likely the goddess who sent a war letter to the rest of her fellow believers.

She pushed for the rumor and orchestrated it. The purpose is also very simple, it is nothing more than to increase one's own fame in order to seek economic benefits.

How to increase your own fame and make everyone recognize that you are the possession of Grandma Fox Fairy?

Just let a fox get close to you. How do you get a fox close to you? Raise one in advance, get along more, and feed more.

In this way, in front of everyone's eyes, he can cover the rest of the gods and goddesses.

However, there may have been an accident at the scene, and the fox did not follow the script to get close to her, but ran away. Coincidentally, I ran to Nanlin Street, and there was a rumor that "Grandma Fox Fairy was possessed by someone on Nanlin Street".

Lu Ming thinks it's just a coincidence. But he also has to admit that, as He Wei said, this story has at least some value to verify.

"Then check it out. Is that goddess dead? If you don't die, just ask the security officer to interrogate. I don't believe she's not honest. ”

"Good. Well, then comes the second event.

This incident is also widely circulated in Blue Lake City, and many people know about it. It is said that more than ten years ago, when the road was being built in the mountains south of Blue Lake City, a giant python was dug out, dozens of meters long, thicker than the water tank, invulnerable, and it was said that it ate several people and smashed the excavator, and later mobilized the garrison, but it could not kill it. The locals say that this giant python has become a spirit and has mana......"