Zheng Yongzhen, the general manager of the cemetery in Miliu Township and the village head of Miliu Township, turned into a zombie in a locked room.

"Hurry up and get rid of this zombie!" Director Xue didn't want to look at the terrifying zombie more, and said with disgust: "It's too dangerous to stay here!" ”

The people of the two village committees had the intention to stop it, but when they saw Zheng Yongzhen's terrible appearance, they also felt that it was really inappropriate to stay here, so they had to choose to remain silent.

"Check it for any trauma first!" Chen Chuyao looked at the zombie and said.

"I'll check!"

Mr. Adam volunteered to step forward and lean down to inspect the zombie's body.

After a few moments, Mr. Adam stood up and said to the crowd, "No wounds found!" ”

"What......?!"

Everyone was surprised, and they didn't understand how Zheng Yongzhen had become a zombie if she hadn't been injured.

"Didn't I just say it, our general manager has been hiding in the room all the time and has never been in contact with zombies!" The members of the village committee immediately said: "You still don't believe what I said, now you can prove that what I said is correct!" ”

"Haven't touched zombies? How did he become like this! Impossible! Director Xue said puzzled.

"It's really weird! How the hell did this person get the virus?! Mr. Adam was also confused, and as if he was not at ease, he stepped forward to inspect the zombie again. However, as before, no abnormalities were found.

"Chu Yao, what do you think?!" Li Andi asked Chen Chuyao.

"There is no clear idea yet!" Chen Chuyao said softly: "But I think this person's transformation into a zombie is related to the crime index warning!" ”

When Li Andy heard this, he immediately echoed: "I think so too, the sudden appearance of the crime index warning and the zombies in the secret room should not be a simple coincidence!" ”

"You mean to say that this person turned into a zombie is artificial?!" Mr. Adam followed: "But what method can make a person infected with the zombie virus without coming into contact with zombies?!" ”

"Zheng Yongzhen may have ingested food or water containing the virus by mistake without knowing it, or he can inject the virus into the target's body with a syringe and infect him with the virus!" Andy Lee speculated.

"Yes, yes! This way, even if there is no zombie bite, you will still be infected! Director Xue immediately followed, as if the problem had been solved.

"But when I checked it just now, I didn't find any pinholes!" Mr. Adam followed, "I guess someone poisoned him!" ”

"One more question!" Chen Chuyao's big beautiful eyes stared at the zombie and whispered, "If it is true that someone infected this person through some method, how did the murderer leave this room that was locked from the inside?" ”

"I'm going to check the window!" Mr. Adam reacted immediately and proposed.

"No need!" Chen Chuyao said softly: "I have already seen it just now, there is no trace of opening in several windows in the room, and the snow on the windowsill outside and in the courtyard is intact, without any footprints. ”

"So, it's another secret room!" Mr. Adam said suddenly.

Andy Li frowned and pondered for a moment, then said, "Do you remember the several secret rooms introduced by Miss Lychee?" ”

Except for Chen Chuyao, everyone else looked at Li Andy with puzzled expressions, obviously they didn't know anything about Miss Lychee's theory about the secret room.

"Miss Lychee once said that there is a type of secret room called the 'internal bleeding room', which means that Zheng Yongzhen returned to the room after being poisoned and locked the door from the inside of the house herself. Or the murderer left the room after poisoning without the victim's knowledge, and then the victim himself locked the house. Andy Lee explained.

"In other words, it was Zheng Yongzhen who locked the door herself!" Mr. Adam suddenly said: "Then this is the so-called 'pseudo-secret room'!" It just looks like a secret room, but in fact, the victim's death and murder method have nothing to do with the secret room! ”

"It's a possibility!" Chen Chuyao followed with kind eyes: "Now we have to investigate, from last night to now, who has been to this room or has had contact with Zheng Yongzhen. ”

"We lived in the room next door to the general manager, and we didn't hear any movement!" A member of the village committee followed.

"The rooms here are all very well soundproofed! You can't hear the next door in your room! Anna explained.

"Director Xue, now we need the staff to question everyone." Andy Lee said to Xue Ruike: "The first is to ask them if they have seen Zheng Yongzhen, and the second is to ask them what they have done since they came here yesterday, and whether anyone can prove it." ”

"Understood! It's to investigate everyone's alibi! Director Xue replied solemnly.

At this time, Chen Chuyao looked out the window and whispered, "The snow has stopped!" ”

When everyone heard this, they all came to the window, and when they saw the first morning light, there was snow everywhere, and the zombies outside the wall were still tirelessly trying to enter the courtyard.

"I'll inform the police headquarters of the situation here!" Andy Lee said in a deep voice.

"I'm going to cooperate with the inquiry!" Chen Chuyao said softly.

"What about this person?!" Director Xue pointed to the bound zombies.

"Lock the door!" Li Andi said simply: "When the people from the Technical Bureau of the Police Headquarters come, they can inspect it!" ”

"Oh......!" Director Xue responded.

Then, the group left the room and went about their own business, and the door was relocked.

……

There were 51 villagers, guests of the hot spring inn, and 29 staff members of the institute, all of whom were located in the banquet restaurant on the fourth floor of the baroque inn.

After inquiry, except for a few members of the village committee in a separate room, everyone else basically lived together, and they could corroborate each other, and at night, no one noticed any unusual behavior of the others.

After the crime index warning was issued, when everyone gathered on the fourth floor, they were exhausted and did not pay attention to the situation of the people around them.

In a hurry, Chen Chuyao and the others were unable to find any useful clues.

Soon after, the first batch of border police arrived at the Baroque Hotel in flying aircraft and immediately launched a rescue for all the trapped people.

The border police are fully armed, equipped with a full set of anti-chemical equipment, and all the trapped people in the institute are also dressed in protective clothing that can block the spread of the virus, and everyone is wrapped from head to toe.

After that, everyone got on the plane one after another and was sent to Xindu Hospital for examination. The main part is to take blood tests on everyone to see if they are infected with an unknown virus. Only after it has been confirmed that all of these people are okay can they be disarmed.

After 3 days of comprehensive quarantine and inspection, it was finally proved that none of the trapped people were infected.

At the request of Andy Lee, the police officers of the Criminal Bureau of the Xindu Police Headquarters conducted individual interviews with all the quarantined personnel, and recorded all the circumstances during their trapped period into the case file.

On this day, Su Fang, deputy chief of the Pre-search Section 1 of the Criminal Bureau of the Police Headquarters, came to the isolation ward to visit Li Andi and several people who were quarantined here.

Because it has been confirmed that none of them are infected, but now they need to continue to stay in the hospital for observation. So Andy Lee, Chen Chuyao and Mr. Adam were all allowed to get together and meet with Deputy Section Chief Su Fang.

Although it has been confirmed that there is no infection, out of prudence, Deputy Section Chief Su Fang still wore a full set of protective clothing and came to the isolation ward.

"How are Andy and Chu Yao doing?!" Su Fang smiled and looked at a few people, even if they were wearing strict protective clothing, they could not hide their mature and beautiful temperament.

"We're all good!"

Andy Lee reported seriously.

Because before, the police officers of the Criminal Bureau questioned everyone, so Su Fang already knew the identity of Mr. Adam, but what he introduced was the identity of Abel, and Li Andi and Chen Chuyao, who were friends, did not specifically tell the matter.

"May I ask what happened to those zombies that suddenly appeared? What did the border police do with the zombies after that? Li Andi followed up and asked, these things have been very worrying about Li Andi in the past few days.

"According to experts from the Technical Bureau of the Xindu Police Headquarters and Xindu Medical University, the zombies were caused by fungal infection. Experts are now naming the first discovered fungus 'zombie fungus', a fungus with a group-minded mind that can manipulate corpses. After research, it was found that spraying a potion that can kill fungi can kill those fungi, thus incapacitating those zombies! ”

"Those wriggling tentacles turned out to be fungi?!" Mr. Adam said suddenly.

"Yes! It's fungi. Deputy Section Chief Su Fang continued: "After the fungus invades the corpse, it grows rapidly, and then controls the brainstem, and after the tentacles are spread all over the body, the corpse can be controlled, so that the corpse can become a zombie that can move!" ”

Chen Chuyao frowned slightly, her clear and beautiful eyes showed some doubts, and then said: "Fungi rely on saprophytic or parasitic nutrients to survive, they cannot directly use water and carbon dioxide to produce nutrients through photosynthesis, but rely on decomposition and absorption of inanimate organic matter as the energy source for metabolism and the material basis for reproduction and growth. ”

When Andy Li and Mr. Adam heard Chen Chuyao's words, they were a little confused and didn't understand what she really meant.

Chen Chuyao immediately explained: "In other words, according to the characteristics of fungi in the traditional sense, then this 'zombie fungus' should not be interested in living people!" ”

When Deputy Section Chief Su Fang heard this, he followed and said, "Chu Yao is right! According to the research of experts, these zombies turned into fungi do not attack the living! ”

"What......?!"

Both Andy Lee and Mr. Adam had shocked expressions.

"But why do those zombies keep chasing those villagers!?" Mr. Adam was puzzled and said, "What is it that still traps us in the courtyard of the research institute, what attracts them?!" ”

Li Andi also asked: "There are two villagers in the dying township who have been infected!" If those fungi don't work on living people, how do they get infected......"