Chapter 3: Burglars?

Starlight City, Chaojiang Hospital.

Single room no. 302, bathroom.

Ji Xiu looked at his strange self in the mirror with mixed feelings.

In the mirror, he is wearing a white hospital gown, about 1.78 meters tall, with an inch head, healthy bronzed skin, a tear mole under his left eye, and exhaustion between his eyebrows.

Just half a month ago, his identity was still the two-star killer "Li Tan" of the Black Hole Organization.

Before the execution, he was subjected to various tortures on a daily basis, and the Law Enforcement Department tried to obtain information about the Black Hole Killer organization on him through torture.

However, he didn't know anything about the original owner of the body, and he had no way to answer, so he could only grit his teeth and endure the physical torture until he ushered in liberation three days ago.

He thought that this bizarre journey would come to an end, but he didn't expect something even more outrageous to happen.

After he was shot, his soul took away the enforcers who executed him.

A series of bizarre encounters made Ji Xiu realize that it seemed that whoever killed him, his soul would be transferred to the other party.

Now his name is Tong Wan, 32 years old, he is a member of the law enforcement department of Starlight City, a member of the execution team, which is equivalent to a criminal police officer before the crossing, and his job task is to execute death row prisoners.

But he still didn't inherit the memories of his new body, and he couldn't handle the interpersonal relationships of the original owner of his body.

Fortunately, he did not need to give any explanation, the sudden coma on the execution ground, and the "amnesia" after waking up were determined to be traumatic memory loss after being stimulated, and he was given a month off, and he was also arranged for psychiatric treatment in Chaojiang Hospital.

Many people came to visit him in the past two days.

Through the exchange, I have an understanding of Tong Wan's family situation.

Tong Wan's parents are still alive, and he has a younger brother who is still studying, and he is still single and has no object.

That's not the point.

These days, he checks the Internet information through his mobile phone and finds that the situation in this world is far more complicated than he imagined.

The place where he is located is called Yu Jing Country, which is a theocratic state, and the supreme power is controlled by the Yu Jing Church, including Tong Wan's law enforcement department, which is also directly managed by the Yu Jing Church.

According to the information on the Internet, the establishment of the Yujing country dates back to 500 years ago, a small fishing village along the coast.

At that time, the fishing village made a living from fishing, and when going to sea, it was most afraid of stormy weather, or sea beast attacks, resulting in the destruction of the boat and the death of people, so every time before going to sea, the sea sacrifice would be carried out to pray for the blessing of the gods "Yu Jing", and the Yu Jing Church was born from this, and the faith has been passed down to this day.

It can be said that this country has both modern science and technology, as well as backward systems.

This is all due to the scientific and technological development of Yu Jingguo based on the exploration of prehistoric civilization, including mobile phones, computers, and other scientific and technological products used by modern people.

At the same time, there are a large number of superpowers in this world.

They have the special ability to control nature, or to develop their bodies to the extreme, and are called saints, or spells.

The emergence of two different names stems from the two attitudes of the Yu Shock Church towards superpowered people.

The early superpowers were born in the Church of Yujing, and were considered to be human beings blessed by the gods, known as oracles, or saints.

Since more than 100 years ago, superpowers have also appeared in the people, and there are more and more people today.

No one knows why this is happening.

It is precisely because of the birth of a large number of forces beyond common sense among the people that it seriously affects the management of the country by the Yu Jing Church.

So the term "curser" came in.

In order to continue its power, the Church of Yu Panic has taken repressive measures against the curses, trying to solve these unstable factors through violence, and the nominal explanation given is that this group of superpowers has stolen the power of the gods, and they are human beings cursed by the gods, and will bring disaster to the country.

As the number of incites increased, the repression of the Church gradually weakened.

Except for Starlight City, where the headquarters is located, the current Yu Shock Church has far less control over the other four cities than before.

The Black Hole Killer Organization was born under the chaotic social order, and in addition to ordinary people, a large number of curse killers were also gathered.

Mutual infiltration, assassinations, public opinion offensives...... It is staged every day in various cities.

In addition to this part of the information, Ji Xiu also checked the sacrificial map he saw when he crossed for the first time on the Internet, but unfortunately he didn't find any relevant information.

This made Ji Xiu feel very distressed.

The only way he could think of returning to Earth was to restart the Sacrifice Map.

What to do next, Ji Xiu's idea was to collect information related to Han Yun first.

Find out what Han Yun went through and why he sacrificed himself through the sacrificial ritual.

Walking out of the bathroom, coming to the hospital bed and sitting down, Ji Xiu picked up the mobile phone placed on the bedside table, woke up the screen and began to check the work group information.

Although he served in the Law Enforcement Department, he worked in the execution team and did not interface with the investigation team.

Therefore, it is impossible to obtain any information from Han Yun, and can only get information indirectly by asking.

Asked the leader of the second execution team where he was located, the latest information was that due to a lack of clues, the investigation into why Han Yun was killed has been completed, and Han Yun's funeral will be held in a week.

Ji Xiu decided to go to Han Yun's funeral to learn more by contacting the people around Han Yun.

……

A week later.

Ending Cemetery.

It has been raining for several days in a row, and puddles have accumulated on the ground, Ji Xiu, who applied for discharge from the hospital in advance, wore a black uniform and held an umbrella, standing in front of the coffin with Han Yun's colleagues and friends who came to mourn, listening to the clergy of the Yu Shock Church read out Han Yun's life, so as to understand Han Yun in more detail.

Although Han Yun is an orphan, he has a good relationship with his colleagues and friends.

There were dozens of people who came to mourn.

"It's a pity for Xiaoyun, the original dean of the new dean planned to let him take over the position after Lao Huang retired, as the head of our group, I didn't expect to meet the killer of the Black Hole Organization."

"It's strange, Han Yun hasn't offended anyone in the usual way, so why was he assassinated."

"Also, Han Yun died on a strange pattern, and his wrist was cut by himself before he died, which looks like he sacrificed himself."

"I also feel that something is wrong, he was still asking about the housing near my institute a few days ago, and he wanted to buy a house of his own, and it seemed that everything was normal, why did this suddenly happen."

"I do remember one thing, Han Yun seems to have participated in a secret mission to investigate prehistoric relics last month, I don't know the specific situation, did he discover some secret during this mission, which led to his killing?"

……

Listening to the discussions around him, Ji Xiu caught an important piece of intelligence information.

A month ago, a confidential mission to study prehistoric remains.

This may be a breakthrough.

But the problem now is that his identity does not have access to Han Yun's work unit, let alone information about this secret mission.

Just then, a black sedan approached from a distance, bearing the logo of the Department of Law Enforcement, and pulled behind the memorial crowd.

Ji Xiu turned his head to look, the car door opened, and a beautiful woman in luxurious clothes walked out of the car, her makeup was light and elegant, her lips were smeared with light lipstick, her long hair was curly, and her slender legs were stepping on blue high heels.

Everyone consciously gave way to a way.

The beautiful woman held a white bouquet in her hand, followed the burly bodyguard holding an umbrella through the crowd to Han Yun's coffin, and placed the white bouquet in her hand on the top of the pile of flowers.

Turning around and sweeping around the crowd, the beautiful woman returned to the car escorted by the bodyguard, and the car started and left.

Ji Xiu's eyes looked at the car in the distance, and his brows furrowed slightly.

Just now, when his eyes focused on the beautiful woman, he noticed a red halo floating above her head.

Ji Xiu silently observed the people around him, but found that the eyes of the others did not fall on the eye-catching red halo above the beautiful woman's head.

Although his understanding of this world is limited, Ji Xiu has been in contact with many people recently, and this is the first time he has seen this phenomenon, and looking at the reactions of the people around him, it seems that he has not noticed the red halo suspended on the woman's head.

"Is it only me who can see?"

Just when Ji Xiu was wondering about the woman's identity, he heard the whispers of the people around him.

"This seems to be the wife of the Minister of Law Enforcement, right?"

"I felt familiar just now, it seems to be really him when you say this, when did Han Yun know this big man?"

……

Listening to the conversation in his ear, Ji Xiu was thoughtful.

Judging from the descriptions of the people around Han Yun, Han Yun is usually very low-key and has never said that he knows any big names.

But since he came to mourn, it proves that Han Yun has had contact with the wife of the Minister of Law Enforcement and has a good relationship.

After the funeral, Ji Xiu pieced together the information he had collected on the way back.

But this information is fragmented and it is impossible to piece together useful intelligence.

Tong Wan, the owner of the new body, rents an 80-square-meter apartment in the eastern district of Starlight City, five kilometers away from the Law Enforcement Department.

After taking a taxi home, Ji Xiu took out the ingredients from the refrigerator and started to busy dinner.

Although I am confused about my situation and a little confused about the future, I still have to eat and live my life.

After dinner, he received a call from Tong Wan's parents, asking about his situation and wanting to come to take care of his daily life.

Ji Xiu had to say that he was fine, but his memory had not yet recovered, and he was completely able to take care of himself.

Before hanging up the phone, Tong Wan's parents said that there was a powerful tick poison on the shoe cabinet, and they remembered to open it and put it in the cabinet, the corner of the wall, and near the refrigerator.

The tick mentioned on the phone is a species endemic to this world.

It resembles a rat in appearance, and is characterized by rapid reproduction, tenacious vitality, and is difficult to kill with ordinary poisons.

Apparently, Tong Wan had entrusted his parents with the purchase of tick poison.

After hanging up the phone, Ji Xiu put on disposable gloves, placed the strong tick poison according to the request of Tong Wan's parents, and then came to the study, turned on the computer and began to check the relevant information of the wife of the Minister of Law Enforcement.

According to network information, the wife of the Minister of Law Enforcement is named Zhong Yuanying, graduated from the Yujing Law Enforcement College, and was a classmate of the current Minister of Law Enforcement, and also served in the Law Enforcement Department of Starlight City.

As for why Han Yun's friends know her, it is not difficult to understand.

She is very famous on the Internet, and has solved several big cases in Starlight City, and then took the initiative to quit her job for some reason and chose to become a full-time housewife.

Judging from Zhong Yuanying's personal information, her life line does not have any intersection with Han Yun.

I couldn't see why, Ji Xiu, who felt a little tired, turned off the computer and returned to the bedroom.

Night fell outside the window, and Ji Xiu, who was lying on the bed, soon fell asleep.

I don't know how long it took, in a daze, Ji Xiu heard some movement outside the door, which seemed to be a "click" sound after the door lock was opened.

Someone's in the door!

Just before going to sleep, I just talked to Tong Wan's parents on the phone, and it was definitely not Tong Wan's parents who came, let alone colleagues and friends, who would definitely contact in advance when they came to visit.

Thinking of this, Ji Xiu's mood suddenly became nervous.

Looking at the bedroom door, Ji Xiu's breathing slowed down, and through the dim light of the bathroom in the cubicle, he saw the doorknob pressed down, the door was slowly pushed open, and a figure appeared from the darkness.

Realizing that he might have been stolen by a burglar, he immediately chose to pretend to be asleep.

He should be secret, he should take it, he doesn't want to change his body again because he was killed, and the object is still a thief.

The most important thing is that Tong Wan's work will be of some help to him in his next search for intelligence clues for the sacrificial formation.

The black shadow approached, and Ji Xiu decisively closed his eyes and listened to the thief's next move.

To his surprise, the thief seemed to be gone, and no sound could be heard from him.

Just when Ji Xiu wanted to squint to observe the thief's movements, his moist breath mixed with a faint smell of tobacco hit his left cheek, and a hoarse man's voice sounded in his ears:

"Don't pretend, I know you're awake."