Chapter IX: Development

Could it be that you have really unknowingly been manipulated by the people behind the scenes? All of He Wei's abnormalities are due to manipulation?

In his own speculation, the person behind the scenes manipulated Hu Shan, manipulated Wang Yong and the rest of the key figures, all in order to lead the development of events to Hu Shan's dream, the ending shown on the old paper. In this case, what is the purpose of the behind-the-scenes manipulators manipulating He Wei?

Or, according to common sense analysis, what kind of results can these abnormalities encountered by He Wei lead to?

Lu Ming's heart was full of coldness. He thought quickly, but he didn't think about it for a long time. In the end, he took out his mobile phone and quietly sent a message to Zhang Dingshan.

"Captain, He Wei's behavior has been a little abnormal these days, and I suspect that she has been manipulated by the behind-the-scenes actors. I'm with her now, don't call."

Zhang Dingshan's response was quick.

"What are the anomalies?"

Lu Ming sorted out his thoughts and sent the abnormalities he felt these days to Zhang Dingshan one by one.

It seems that the old mobile phone has attracted He Wei's attention, and He Wei is a little dissatisfied: "What about watching movies, what are you doing with your mobile phone."

Lu Ming's body stiffened, and he barely squeezed out a smile on his face, trying his best not to show his flaws: "There is a small matter at home."

"Hmph."

"He Wei is starting to doubt me, I'll talk about it later."

"Watch what happens, don't startle the snake."

Lu Ming glanced at Zhang Dingshan's latest instructions, turned off his mobile phone directly, and began to pretend to watch a movie, while secretly continuing to observe He Wei.

The film screening ended, and the two finally left. After returning to the hotel and saying goodbye, Lu Ming quickly took out his mobile phone and continued the previous conversation.

His heart was full of worry. At this stage, we don't know what this manipulation means.

Could it be that the perpetrators behind the scenes have already sensed their actions and are about to take action against them? Or is it ...... Manipulation at the moment, just a warning?

told Zhang Dingshan all the information he currently has, and in the end, Zhang Dingshan made a decision.

"The investigation into Wang Yong will end tomorrow. After that, don't make any extraneous branches, and immediately return to the base in Dajiang City. I'll take care of it."

"Yes."

Full of doubts, Lu Ming tossed and turned for a long time, and finally fell asleep.

Early the next morning, He Wei still woke up Lu Ming. After having breakfast with He Wei and conducting some follow-up screening of Wang Yongyiyi, and confirming that they could not obtain any valuable information, the two finally decided to leave the city and return to Dajiang City.

On this day, He Wei's behavior was quite normal, and it also made Lu Ming relax a little.

Back at the base, before he had time to rest, Zhang Dingshan said to He Wei, "Come to the conference room."

"Okay, what time is it?"

"Now."

"Let's go, Lu Ming."

He Wei called Lu Ming casually, put down the things in his hand and was about to walk with Zhang Dingshan to the conference room. saw Zhang Dingshan shake his head: "Lu Ming doesn't have to go, you can just come by yourself."

"Myself?"

He Wei was a little surprised. She looked at Lu Ming, then at Zhang Dingshan, and said stupidly, "Okay."

When she arrived at the conference room and closed the door, He Wei immediately said, "What's the matter?"

Zhang Dingshan looked at He Wei fixedly, until He Wei felt a little hairy in his heart, and then put a questionnaire in front of her.

"Fill it in."

"Psychometric assessments? …… Captain, this ......."

"In the name of the Captain of Operation 2, I order you to fill it out carefully. Don't ask more about the rest."

He Wei became more and more suspicious, but in the face of Zhang Dingshan's order, she could only obey: "Yes."

finally filled out the questionnaire and handed it to Zhang Dingshan, Zhang Dingshan looked at it, as if confirming something, and put the questionnaire aside: "He Wei, where have you been during this vacation?"

"Vacation? I've been to a lot of places, I've climbed snowy mountains, I've hiked

Travel ......"

He Wei replied suspiciously, and Zhang Dingshan seemed to be just chatting, asking about He Wei's daily life.

"You made it to the top yourself? The view from the top of the snow-capped mountain should be good. Also watched the sunrise? Yes, yes, what was it like at the time?"

"You also got a job as a cashier in a supermarket? It's not like your personality. Well, yes, to experience the daily life of ordinary people."

He Wei couldn't bear it anymore: "Captain, what the hell is going on? You're here to talk to me?"

The solemnity on Zhang Dingshan's face had long since disappeared, and he even had a little smile at this moment: "Caring about the lives of my comrades-in-arms is originally my duty as a captain. There's nothing wrong with knowing your daily routine, right?"

He Wei scratched her head: "There's nothing wrong with that. But you were so solemn at first, I thought there was something big......

"Nothing serious." Zhang Dingshan shook his head: "It's just regular communication. Not only you, but also Lu Ming and Qingliang will have it. Okay, you go out. Remember to hold a meeting in the evening to discuss the direction of the investigation next."

"Yes."

"Call Lu Ming over."

He Wei was still full of suspicions, always feeling that something was wrong, but she couldn't think clearly, so she had to say yes and leave here.

"Lu Ming, the captain is looking for you. By the way, Lu Ming, are there any new regulations in our Operations Department? The captain should have regular heart-to-heart talks with the team members to grasp the dynamics of thoughts?"

"Huh? Yes...... No, no, right? I haven't heard of it."

Lu Ming realized something.

He Wei became more and more puzzled, but no matter how she couldn't figure it out, she had to give up for the time being.

Lu Ming arrived at the conference room, sat down, and listened to Zhang Dingshan say, "I have confirmed that He Wei has not been manipulated and there is no abnormality, you can rest assured."

Lu Ming raised his head reluctantly, a little anxious: "But captain, she has been really strange these days. She, she even called me to eat every morning! You also asked me to go to the movies, watch the movie, Captain! She also wore perfume! Captain, you don't know, my legs were a little weak at the time, I knew I couldn't beat her, and I was done if she wanted to do it to me!"

A little smile appeared on Zhang Dingshan's face: "I said it, I have confirmed that she is not abnormal."

"But ......"

"No, but."

"Then why ......?"

"Think for yourself." Zhang Dingshan didn't wait for Lu Ming to ask, so he directly interrupted his words: "You can figure it out yourself."

Lu Ming was full of suspicion. But in the face of Zhang Dingshan's categorical cut, he had to say sullenly: "Okay, I'll go first."

"Stay here for ten minutes. Look at the time and leave in ten minutes."

"Why?"

"It's an order."

"Okay."

Lu Ming only felt uncomfortable at the moment, as if there was a pegboard on his seat. After ten minutes, he got up and left.

"One by one, inexplicably." He muttered, "But the captain said that there is no abnormality, that is, there is no abnormality. I think that in the first place, under the temptation of the god of fate, the captain can hold on to himself and spit out some information, even if there is really a behind-the-scenes manipulator this time, no matter how powerful he is, it is impossible to manipulate the captain."

He tried to think about what Zhang Dingshan meant when he said "you can figure it out yourself", why Zhang Dingshan was so sure that He Wei was not abnormal, and why He Wei's behavior was so strange even though there was no abnormality, but he didn't think it through after all.

Fortunately, after returning to the base in Dajiang City, He Wei's behavior seemed to be much more normal, and Lu Ming slowly let go of the doubts in his heart.

In the evening, the team meeting was held again. At this time, He Wei seemed more normal, she had completely entered the role of an investigator, and began to calmly and rationally analyze the recent developments and information, and the last doubt in Lu Ming's heart disappeared.

"In the past few days, Hushan's situation has been normal. Inside the base, there are no small probability events involving Hu Shan."

"How's Hu Shan's mood?"

"Hu Shan is a cautious and timid person. He has made it clear that he will fully cooperate with our arrangements. He also asked Cheng Lan to bring his laptop over and start working remotely in the base. It seems that he is ready to stay here, and he is not going to leave until the matter is clarified."

"Cheng Lan is also very supportive of this, and also thinks that he should stay here. By the way, in view of the current relatively stable situation, I have decided to give Hu Shan two hours of alone time from 8 to 10 o'clock every night. During this time, we will stop all surveillance on him. He can have some private words with Cheng Lan. Of course, the security measures will be in place continuously, and if something happens, someone will arrive within 30 seconds."

Zhang Dingshan reported on the recent developments, and Lu Ming also said: "In the past few days, He Wei and I have conducted a comprehensive combing of Wang Yongyu, and the following is the detailed information. We have investigated in detail the actions of several key figures prior to the outbreak and so far have not found any suspicious findings."

Lu Qingliang muttered, "Hu Shan dreamed of more than 20 people in total. All those who reached the deadline were dead, and they died in the way the old piece of paper in the dream had shown. However, since neither Hu Shan nor Wang Yong can find anything abnormal, then I don't think there is any need to investigate the deaths of those people."

"Indeed." Lu Ming nodded: "The other party shouldn't leave a flaw for us to find." Our attention should be on what has not happened."

"The other side can set a trap and quietly lead the result to the death of the person involved, and we can also lay a trap when we know who the next person will be."

He Wei muttered, "Yes. This is the best scenario. The only limitation is that we don't know when Hu Shan will dream again. I dreamed about what was the date of death of the new person involved. We can only wait."

"Hu Shan hasn't dreamed these days, has he? But judging by the pattern of the past, he should dream again in the near future."

"Then wait and see."

"If you have to wait, it's not the way to wait. It's better to take advantage of this time to scan the past eucalyptus first."

"It's fine."

"Then, Lu Ming, or the two of us?"

He Wei looked at Lu Ming, with a faint expectation in her eyes.

Lu Ming was inexplicably a little weak-hearted, and he didn't dare to look at He Wei directly, so he stubbornly said: "The investigation in this area is not too troublesome, nor is it difficult, if we consider efficiency, we will still be separated, and each of us will be responsible for a case."

Zhang Dingshan pondered for a moment and said, "Separate, each is responsible for one."

Lu Ming breathed a sigh of relief, while He Wei was a little disappointed. However, thinking about Zhang Dingshan's arrangement, it does make sense, and I can only accept it.

The two of them went to different cities and began to further sort out and investigate the past objects, trying to find some clues about the manipulators who were very likely to exist behind the scenes.

The investigation between the two is ongoing, and in the base of Dajiang City, Hu Shan has been living in the closely monitored room, but he does not seem to feel restrained, but enjoys himself.

Except for not being able to get together with his wife Cheng Lan makes him miss a little, everything else is fine. There is no need to consider the safety of food and housing, and in terms of work, after the local public security bureau came forward to coordinate, the company's leaders also took better care of themselves, and specially approved themselves to work remotely.

Even the longing for his wife can be alleviated by a two-hour video every day.

Overall, it's nice to live here.

On this day, I ended the video with my wife as usual, took care of things at work, and it was time to go to bed.

"I don't know if I'll have that weird dream today." Hu Shan thought to himself, "It's been seven or eight days since the last time I dreamed, right? According to the law, it should be soon."

After dreaming of his own death message, he dreamed of another person. However, the man's death was done in his sleep, and the date was more than thirty years later. This is obviously of little value.

Only those whose death date is more recent are valuable.

In his sleep, suddenly, a strange feeling came to him. Confused

In the middle of the lake, he saw the old paper again.

The old paper appears for a moment and then disappears. He was still asleep. After a long time, at about seven o'clock in the morning, he finally woke up.

After recovering slightly, his heart suddenly tightened.

Dreaming again! I'm having that weird dream again!

He struggled to remember, and gradually recalled the information on the old piece of paper in his dream.

"Zhao Zonghai, born in the Sixth Hospital of Haiyuan City, date of birth, 5/25/86, life expectancy is 52 years, 5 months and 10 days, and the mode of death is death by falling into the water. In this way, the date of his death is November 4, 38, which is ...... Five days later, five days later at one o'clock in the morning."

Hu Shan sat up reluctantly, looked to the side, and sat upright on the seat, with a serious face on the two guards.

"Comrade vigilante, I, I'm having that weird dream again."

Hu Shan's words were very urgent.

The two guards immediately stood up.

"We'll report it right away."

A moment later, Zhang Dingshan hurried over. At this time, Hu Shan had already written the information he saw in the dream on the paper.

Zhang Dingshan took it and took a look.

"Good. We'll deal with it. You don't have to worry about it, just get on with your work."

"Yes, yes."

Leaving Hu Shan's room, Zhang Dingshan took out his mobile phone.

"Meet at Sea Park City now."