Chapter 020: The Dust of the Past
On the night of October 23, 2439, Fenghua District, the new capital of the Eastern Kingdom
Chen Chuyao has been dozing off, but she is still fighting her spirits.
"Yaoyao, go to sleep! It's late! ”
Mother looked at Chen Chuyao, who couldn't sleep, and persuaded softly.
"Nope! I'm going to wait for my dad to come back. ”
Chen Chuyao said firmly, compared with the determined tone, his eyes looked a little confused.
"I don't know when Dad's work will end!" Mom patiently persuaded again.
Chen Chuyao's father is a computer expert who is busy with work and often works overtime. Chen Chuyao had to wait for her father to arrive home every day and let her father tell her a story before she was willing to sleep.
"I don't! I'm going to wait for my dad to come back! ”
Chen Chuyao looked up at her chubby little face and said stubbornly,
"Good! Mom is waiting with you! Mom said with a smile, sat on the sofa, and held the little Chen Chuyao in her arms.
After only a while, Chen Chuyao, who could no longer resist the sleepiness, could not wait for his father to come back, and fell asleep......
"Bang!"
The sudden sound woke up Chen Chuyao, who was sleeping, and found in a daze that it should be in his room.
The bedroom door was slammed open, and a figure walked into the room quickly and came to Chen Chuyao's bedside.
"Yaoyao......! Yaoyao ......!
The figure came to the front while talking anxiously, Chen Chuyao rubbed his eyes, looked at the person who came, and whispered, "Dad! You're back! How do you ......"
Before Chen Chuyao finished speaking, she was picked up from the bed by her father.
"Yaoyao, don't make a sound! Daddy takes you out of here! ”
Chen Chuyao was still a little confused, but she had always listened to her father the most, and when she heard her father's anxious tone, she suddenly became nervous.
Chen Chuyao obediently hugged her father's neck, and was hugged by her father and rushed out of the house.
"Where's Mom?!"
Chen Chuyao felt her father's nervousness and eagerness, and asked worriedly.
"Mom...... Mom...... She's gone! ”
Dad's words were vague, but his steps were still hurried, and he hurried to the door.
Chen Chuyao was frightened by her father's words, but she didn't cry, as if she was affected by her father's nervousness, she always hugged her father's neck tightly, and couldn't help crying.
But at this moment, I saw through the window a tall figure in the dark courtyard also walking towards the door.
Chen Chuyao's father found out about this situation and immediately ran towards the back room.
At this moment, the tall figure broke through the door, and in a trance, Chen Chuyao crossed his father's shoulder and saw the burly figure that was much taller than the door.
It was unbelievable that the humanoid monster had four knotted arms, and the door in his hand was like a toy in the house, and his hands were torn in half by two symmetrical arms that grew symmetrically on the shoulder.
"Daddy...... Daddy......"
Chen Chuyao wanted to tell his father about the horrific scene he saw, but in addition to constantly shouting at his father, he couldn't say half a word, so he had to use all his strength to hug his father's neck.
Chen Chuyao's father came to the bedroom and stuffed Chen Chuyao into the corner of the wardrobe without having time to think.
"Yaoyao! No matter what's going on outside, don't come out! Don't come out! Do you understand? Dad stared at Chen Chuyao solemnly and said anxiously.
"Daddy...... Daddy......!" Chen Chuyao kept reading with a crying voice.
"Yaoyao! Remember! Don't come out anyway! ”
After saying that, Dad couldn't help but close the closet door.
Chen Chuyao is aware of her situation, she has always listened to her father's words the most, and her father's instructions have been echoing in her ears at this moment.
So, Chen Chuyao covered her ears with her hands, buried her head in her knees, and curled up in the corner of the closet, as if in this way she could isolate herself from the terrible world outside the closet......
I don't know how long later, the wardrobe door was opened.
"Huh?! There's a kid here! ”
Even though Chen Chuyao covered his ears with his hands, he still heard the surprised words of the people who were close at hand.
Chen Chuyao, who was at a loss, trembled timidly and raised his head to look at the person who was looking at him, it was a young man in a shirt.
At this time, several more people heard the young man's words and came here.
The man at the head of the group was probably in his 30s and wore a somewhat crumpled suit.
"Section Chief! There's a little girl in this closet! ”
The young man looked at the middle-aged man and said again.
The middle-aged man came to Chen Chuyao's side, solemnly took out the police ID, and then said in a somewhat hoarse voice, as softly as possible: "Hello! We are the police! Don't be afraid! ”
Chen Chuyao looked at the man who was talking to her, and heard the word 'police' that reassured her, and finally couldn't help it, "Wow!" A cry came out.
The middle-aged man hurriedly picked Chen Chuyao up from the closet, and a female policeman also stepped forward to try to comfort Chen Chuyao.
After a full quarter of an hour, Chen Chuyao gradually calmed down.
"Little girl, where are your parents?"
The middle-aged policeman asked tentatively.
"Mom...... It's like it's dead! Chen Chuyao said in a childish voice: "Dad...... Let me hide in the closet...... Can't come out. ”
When a young policeman next to him heard Chen Chuyao's words, he immediately said in surprise: "This is impossible!" If someone is killed, then why is there no crime index warning! ”
Another policeman also showed a puzzled expression and said, "Is the little girl mistaken, she should be frightened!" ”
The middle-aged policeman waved his hand to signal the others to be quiet, and still said solemnly to Chen Chuyao: "Little girl, can you tell me what happened?" ”
Chen Chuyao stared at the middle-aged policeman for a moment of silence, and then recounted what happened at night.
"What? A man with four arms?! ”
"The little girl must have been frightened!"
There was another commotion in everyone, obviously everyone didn't believe what Chen Chuyao said.
"Quiet!" The middle-aged policeman stopped again sharply, and at the same time said to everyone: "Carefully inspect the entire house, don't let go of any clues!" ”
"Yes! Chief. ”
Several police officers immediately responded and rushed to inspect the scene.
The middle-aged policeman looked at Chen Chuyao again, regained his kind voice and said, "Little girl, we came here after receiving a call from our neighbors and saw the damaged gate. ”
The middle-aged policeman paused, observed Chen Chuyao's expression, and saw that she still looked ignorant, and continued with some reluctance: "But we didn't see your parents, nor did we see the four-handed monster you said." ”
"Uncle Policeman, where are my parents?" Chen Chuyao asked eagerly.
"Don't worry, little girl, we will definitely try our best to find your parents!" The middle-aged policeman comforted.
"Thank you, Uncle Police!"
Chen Chuyao thanked her obediently, with tears in her eyes.
The middle-aged policeman handed Chen Chuyao over to a female policeman and threw herself into the investigation.
In view of the many abnormal circumstances in the present, his mind is full of confusion like those colleagues.
After investigating the scene, the police were surprised to find that except for the broken door, there were no valuable clues left at the scene.
"Section Chief, we've checked, and there's no trace of the so-called four-handed weirdo at all?!"
"Sure enough, that kid said nonsense, right?"
The middle-aged policeman shook his head solemnly and said, "No! It's true that we didn't find any trace of the four-handed weirdo, but don't you think it's abnormal that the little girl's parents in this house have just as few fingerprints and footprints? ”
"Section Chief, do you mean someone has cleaned up the site?" A policeman was surprised and said, "So this is a current criminal?!" Why doesn't the super-AI give an early warning of the crime index? ”
"The strange thing about the whole incident is here." The middle-aged policeman frowned, and then said: "Immediately apply to the super artificial intelligence in the name of human disappearance to unlock all the data of the little girl's parents!" ”
"Okay, section chief!"
A police officer answered and immediately initiated an application.
After a while, the policeman in charge of issuing the application found the middle-aged policeman and said, "Section chief, the application we submitted has been approved, and we are allowed to unlock the data of the little girl's parents." ”
When the middle-aged policeman heard this, he immediately asked eagerly, "How is it?" Is there a whereabouts of the two? ”
Normally, super artificial intelligence can provide useful clues to help the police find the missing person, but this time things are always weird, which inevitably worries middle-aged policemen.
"Section chief, the super artificial intelligence hasn't found any data about the two after they disappeared!" The policeman said in disbelief: "Section chief, is this the legendary shadow man?" ”
"What?! No data?! ”
The middle-aged policeman is also the first time he has encountered the so-called 'shadow man'. I couldn't help but show a frightened and confused expression.
"Quick! Search for the little girl's parents all over the city of Shinto now! The middle-aged policeman immediately said: "At the same time, we must also search for that four-handed stranger!" ”
"Section Chief, these can't all be imagined by that little girl, right?!"
A policeman was still incredulous and persuaded the middle-aged policeman.
"Anyway, let's search first!" The middle-aged policeman said solemnly: "It's a matter of two lives, even if it's wrong!" We also want to do our best. ”
"Okay, section chief." The policeman straightened up and replied, "I'll apply to the headquarters and immediately launch a city-wide search." ”
……
After two days of searching, whether it was Chen Chuyao's parents or the four-handed monster, they all disappeared as if they had evaporated from the world.
Through the investigation of the neighbors, the existence of Chen Chuyao's parents was confirmed, and the police also had a general understanding of their situation.
In the eyes of the neighbors, they are an honest couple, with a lovely daughter, and a happy family.
There is no evidence of any conflict or grudge against anyone.
The whole affair was a complete stalemate.
In the end, Chen Chuyao was sent to a relative's house, and her aunt took care of Chen Chuyao, who was only 8 years old......