Chapter 439 Event Escalation

capital.

late at night.

Perhaps many people cannot imagine how a meeting that determines the future of the country will be held.

There are no reporters.

There is no video.

Not even any unrelated witnesses outside the meeting.

The experience of the Z5 meeting has always been top secret.

What the public can finally know is often only the results that are finally "able" to be announced.

That's all.

Those who can participate in the Z5 meeting are all big figures from various regions.

When Zhu Chongdi, Li Kai, Zhao Taiqian, Yu Liexin, and Yingxia, the five contemporary patriarchs of the ancient imperial families who have been passed down to the present, sat on the two-meter-high chief among them, all the dignitaries from all provinces of the country were silent. Don't even dare to breathe out. There was silence in the entire meeting room.

Even if someone wants to fart at this time, they will definitely hold back.

Because on this occasion, if a fart is released, it is estimated that it will be as clear as a hammer and drum, and the farter will die socially in the shortest time.

Although these words were exaggerated, the atmosphere at the scene was so serious.

The structure of the meeting room is like a circle of rings spreading from the inside to the outside, arranged in order from high to low.

The patriarchs of the five imperial families sat the highest, condescending.

The special group represented by Zhao Yulong sat in the second seat.

Also sitting on the second seat of the second ring were the other six middle-aged men with calm faces.

Speaking up.

The superstructure of this country, to a large extent, borrowed from the governance structure of the Ming Dynasty.

The Z5 Council, the five ancient imperial families, replaced the former "emperor".

The Department of Scientific Research, Department of Criminal Law, Department of Armed Police, Department of Education, Department of Internal Affairs, and Department of Engineering, these six institutions second only to the "Z5 Council", are collectively referred to as the "Six Departments." In fact, it is based on the "six departments" of Ming Dynasty officials, households, rites, soldiers, criminals, and workers, and followed the improved departments.

The "three provinces" in the Ming Dynasty were abolished.

Below the Sixth Division, it is subdivided into countless departments according to region and function, which will not be described in detail here.

As for the special group, that is, the special abnormal incident handling team, in the eyes of most upper-level people, it is actually equivalent to the existence of the "Seventh Division".

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If you want to compare it, it is the "Jinyiwei" in the Ming Dynasty, who is responsible for special events and has a detached status.

Every high-ranking figure in the Sixth Division has bred a family that is deeply rooted in various places.

The Su family where Su Xiaosu lives is mainly in charge of the operation of the Armed Police Department.

Of course Zhao Yulong would not come to the conference alone.

After all, this is the most important meeting.

Although the special group is a detached department similar to Jinyiwei, if it leads fewer people, it will inevitably lose face.

Because of the more and more frequent and intensive abnormal incidents across the country recently, most of the senior team members were sent out, so Zhao Yulong had no choice but to bring a few new team members who didn't show much face to support the scene.

Have no idea.

Not enough manpower!

Zhao Yulong complained wildly in his heart.

At this time, beside Zhao Yulong, a short man with a tense expression couldn't help pointing to the small bench next to the head of the five imperial family heads in a gnat-like voice, and asked, "Brother Zhao, what is that?" Who is the position reserved for?"

In fact, not only Xiaomengxin, but many people noticed that there was an empty bench on the high platform, and no one sat there.

Although in such a solemn occasion, it is a bit outrageous to put a small bench without a backrest, which even looks a little funny. But no one dared to underestimate that character who was about to sit on the small bench.

It was not the first time for many people to attend the meeting, and they already knew who the owner of that small bench was.

However, some people participated in the meeting for the first time, and after thinking about it for a while, they became more and more afraid.

Although the bench is small, its position is unusual.

That bench is placed on the platform of the chief position!

This shows what?

That is a position that can sit on an equal footing with the five "emperors"!

swish.

It was so quiet in the venue.

The moment that little Mengxin spoke, he immediately regretted it.

If everything could be done again, he would choose to find Dr. Hu Sandao with trembling hands, and ask him to sew his mouth shut before coming.

A lot of gazes swished towards the position of the special group.

Zhao Yulong instantly had an urge to tie up this blind little bastard and sink him into the Pacific Ocean.

But luckily Zhao Yulong has a thick skin.

It can block the eyes of many people.

I saw Zhao Yulong looking at the small bench on the high platform with a complicated expression, but he didn't dare to make a sound, and slowly mouthed three words to indicate:

"Mo, people, enemies."

Emperor Zhu Chong turned his gaze to Zhao Yulong.

He did not make a severe punishment for this.

After all, in the Z5 council, there is no express prohibition on whispering.

It's just that the atmosphere of the meeting was too serious, and no one dared to speak out. Over time, this has become a practice.

Everyone is here.

Most people dare not be late.

Li Kai, who was handsome and narrowed his eyes, was sitting on the chief seat, and took a deep look at the small bench not far away.

Because his eyes are too deep, no one can understand the complex emotions contained in his eyes.

After a moment of silence.

"Oh, it's almost there, don't wait any longer."

Ying Xia, who was carrying the ancient sword on his back, let out a chuckle, breaking the dead silence.

This seemingly joking chuckle was like an iron order.

The door of the conference room was suddenly closed and completely locked.

Generally speaking, as long as the door is closed tightly, no one can enter and exit at will during the meeting.

It was an exquisitely crafted wooden door, the whole body of the wooden door was dark, but it was made of black iron wood. It is said that this piece of wood has a history of one hundred years and is expensive.

No one dares to be late.

"Knock, knock, knock."

Zhu Chongdi tapped the table rhythmically with his bony middle finger.

A few seconds later, Zhu Chongdi's voice echoed in the completely closed conference room.

"Now then, the meeting begins."

...

...

Cangyang City.

It was also late at night.

After Yuan Zhiye answered the phone in surprise.

Yi Lin and Gu Tianqing only said one word at the same time: "Oh."

After saying the word "Oh", Yi Lin suddenly realized that such an ordinary reaction seemed a little impolite, so she added: "Ah, that's really the case."

Gu Tianqing changed into a pair of clean gloves.

Yi Lin has every reason to doubt whether Gu Tianqing's storage space is filled with gloves of this specification except for the props and equipment from the other world.

"Is this the habit of not leaving fingerprints under any circumstances?"

Yi Lin thought silently.

Gu Tianqing didn't know that Yi Lin had doubts about his profession. After changing his gloves, he put his chin on one hand and smiled slightly: "Our previous reasoning seems to have overlooked a small detail."

Yi Lin nodded: "The leech man didn't wait for five full days before continuing to attack because of any scruples. It's because he had a reason to wait, so he only rested for five days."

Yuan Zhiye finally understood now, his eyes widened, and he interjected in disbelief: "Wait, what do you mean...there are actually two dead people tonight?"

"No."

Gu Tianqing shook her head, and corrected a little flaw in Yuan Zhiye's words:

"He meant, very likely, a lot, a lot, a lot."

"!"

really.

Yi Lin and his party were on their way to the next murder location.

Yuan Zhiye received another distress call from Liao Jianbai.

The dignified chief of the Cangyang City Police Department had an unconcealable sob in his voice.

"It's over, it's over, it's our Cangyang City Police Department's turn, and it's completely nailed to the board of shame."

Liao Jianbai wanted to cry but had no tears.

He is innocent.

When her career was booming, why did such a brutal serial murder happen at such a critical time?

Yuan Zhiye's phone rang non-stop.

In just one hour, five mummies have been found by various sub-bureaus.

So much so that when Yuan Zhiye answered the phone later, he also learned Yi Lin's unremarkable tone:

"Oh, we got it."

Numb.

"There is no need to go to the scene anymore, it is meaningless."

Yi Lin frowned. In fact, when the third deceased person was discovered tonight, Yi Lin was too lazy to investigate the scene.

Pointless.

This is no longer a serial murder case.

It was massacre.

This is an insane massacre across species.

This city is the hunting ground of "it".

Yi Lin led a group of people back to the temporary office in the city center as quickly as possible.

The development process of this matter was faster than expected.

"strangeness."

Yi Lin was a little puzzled.

If the person who is manipulating the army of leeches behind the scenes is really an apostle, why did he erupt into an unprecedented madness tonight after a brief restraint?

A massacre of this scale cannot be concealed. It is very likely that all the power of the special group will be called to reach Cangyang City in the end, and the matter will be completely resolved with the fastest speed and thunderous power.

What Yi Lin couldn't figure out was what was the purpose of the person hiding behind this.

If we use the most traditional theoretical knowledge to deduce all this, we cannot do without the most important point:

"motivation."

What kind of motives led to the leeches to create this incident.

Cangyang City Police Station, every branch in the city, was completely panicked.

Also messed up.

They have never encountered such a battle.

Liao Jianbai even drew up his resignation report in his head.

Yi Lin can't care so much now.

He sat down boldly and said to Yuan Zhiye: "Call me the three-dimensional map of Cangyang City and the complete sewer route structure immediately."

"yes!"

Yuan Zhiye was sweating profusely.

It seemed that it was the first time he was exposed to such a crazy event, and he dared not delay, directing his subordinates to do their best to fulfill Yi Lin's orders.

These are all available data.

Nothing complicated.

After a while.

The three-dimensional map of Cangyang City and the overall structure of the sewer that Yi Lin wanted were presented to Yi Lin.

"By the way. Cross-compared with the murderer's identity data, did you find anything?"

Talk about it.

Yuan Zhiye's anxious expression suddenly changed.

became more anxious.

Almost cried out.

"It took me two days and two nights to finally compare the data. However, leader, it's strange that I compared the special occupations you mentioned earlier that have more or less access to the resident archives with all The identities of the deceased were cross-checked, and no one was found to have had contact with these deceased."

"The one with the highest coincidence rate is a 45-year-old deliveryman who had business dealings with three of the deceased. But... the coincidence rate is only 17.6%. Oh no, it is already 16.6% %, theoretically not decisively relevant.”

On the way back, Gu Tianqing, who had been silent for some reason, suddenly stepped forward.

"I seem to understand why he has to wait five days before continuing to hunt."

Gu Tianqing said so.

Wang Bing and Yuan Zhiye immediately looked over.

In the past few days, they did not dare to underestimate Yi Lin's "specially hired" assistant.

But when Gu Tianqing was smiling and ready to sell something, Yi Lin stared at the information at hand without blinking, and said casually:

"I've thought of it a long time ago."

"Oh?" Gu Tianqing seemed a little surprised, but her smile didn't fade, and she asked, "How early?"

"On the way back."

"That surprised me a bit."

Seeing that Gu Tianqing and Yi Lin seemed to be planning to kill the others by playing charades, Wang Bing hurriedly asked, "Why?"

Gu Tianqing smiled and said, "Yes, why?"

Yuan Zhiye: "..."

Yi Lin swiped her fingers quickly on the tablet computer, with a calm expression, she only said two words.

"spawning."

"hiss--"

Wang Bing, Yuan Zhiye, and other members of the investigation team and the field team took a breath of the cool air in the room at the same time, causing the temperature in the room to suddenly rise by a few points.

"Actually, after the leeches began to slaughter tonight, I gradually understood." Yi Lin explained, "The reason why he maintained the rhythm of killing one person for two to three days before was not because he didn't dare, but because he didn't dare. cannot."

"It is very likely that at the very beginning, the size of the leech army did not reach the corresponding scale."

"I checked the information a little bit. The breeding technology of leeches has high requirements on water quality. This is also one of the main reasons why the number of leeches in nature has decreased significantly after the increase in environmental pollution. And the leeches that are rampant in the city, To be able to live in a dirty sewer is extraordinary in itself."

"When I was thinking about the motives of the leech man's series of crazy behaviors, I figured it out by the way. The leech man killed people at the previous frequency, maybe it was actually a process of 'collecting nutrients'. Using blood as nutrients, laying eggs, To breed and strengthen himself. To put it bluntly, he is using this city to breed this group of leeches."

"hiss--"

The ordinary people all gasped again.

Although Yi Lin said it very lightly.

But this kind of behavior is undoubtedly a very insane move when measured in the moral view of human society.

Just imagining such a scene is enough to make one's scalp tingle.

Yi Lin continued to say:

"Of course, this is only one of the explanations for his previous behavior, and it cannot be completely used as his motivation. In Gu Tianqing's words, after the leeches have reproduced, they should find a way to transfer them as soon as possible. Not only did he not transfer them, but he also launched them. But the massacre, which makes me a little unbelievable."

Speaking of this, Wang Bing, Yuan Zhiye and others fully understood.

I totally get it.

Having collected enough nutrients, what to do next is self-evident.

Naturally lay eggs!

Collect nutrients, give birth to small leeches, grow up, collect more nutrients, and produce more small leeches... This is obviously the rhythm of endless eggs for children and grandchildren!

But after the shock.

Wang Bing and Yuan Zhiye thought of something at the same time, their eyes widened and their mouths opened wide, leaving only deep shock.

They can also be regarded as having dealt with many "abnormal incidents" with the official members of the special group.

He also has some experience in evaluating the difficulty of various abnormal events.

They soon realized that the leech's spawning process took only five days, and it formed an even more terrifying scale.

It's like a snowball rolling, getting bigger and bigger, and finally creating an avalanche.

It's hard to imagine, let this group of leeches continue to grow, and what a terrifying scale it will eventually reach.

Normally, leeches have certain medicinal effects. If they are used to make medicines, this scale is enough to benefit mankind.

But this is different, this is an army of murderous leeches!

A leech they might ravage at will.

But ten, one hundred, one thousand, ten thousand, one hundred thousand, one million...

The more Yuan Zhiye thought about it, the more frightened he became, his fingertips trembled slightly, the tip of his tongue tingled, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.

If this matter is not stopped, let the leeches go on like this...

This will be an unprecedented "catastrophe"!

If you think about it more boldly, this is very likely to become a natural disaster second only to the "Starfall Night" ten years ago!

When Yuan Zhiye and Wang Bing were shaking into a sieve because of surprise and fear.

Yi Lin has used the fastest speed, her brain is overloaded, and she has printed the map of Cangyang City and the structure of the sewers in her mind.

"call--"

Yi Lin raised her head.

I happened to see the two trembling people, and frowned wonderingly: "What the hell are you shaking?"

"Don't shake," the expressions of the two of them were written on the face and the frequency of the vibration. Gu Tianqing was already proficient in micro-expressions. With just one glance, he roughly guessed what these people were thinking, and said with a smile: "In principle, at the 'current level', there is no solution at all."

"any solution?"

The corner of Gu Tianqing's mouth curled up: "For example, let me test you a simple logic question. A person with a knife is about to kill someone. How do you stop it?"

What kind of logic questions are you taking at this time, bastard!

But Yuan Zhiye did the questions honestly.

"Catch this man?"

Gu Tianqing smiled, but did not speak.

From the beginning to the end, Oda Mai, who has been by the side of several people and rarely expresses opinions, smiled coldly and said concisely: "Kill it."

"bingo!"

Gu Tianqing gave a thumbs up to Oda Mai.

This girl has a bright future.

hiss!

What kind of brain circuits are these!

Do normal people have such thoughts?

Amidst the different expressions of several people, Yi Lin touched the cold touch on his forehead and said slowly: "The second method is to snatch the knife from the murderer's hand."

...

...

Several people split up and acted.

According to Yi Lin's thinking, there was no time to worry about the constant appearance of the dead in the urban area.

The enemy is in the dark, and Yi Lin is also in the dark, but at present, it seems that the other party is more completely in the dark.

Until now, combined with the brains of the two spiritual apostles, Yi Lin and Gu Tianqing, it is still impossible to find out a "leech man" in the vast crowd.

The difficulty is too high.

In a city with a population of millions, it is not so easy to find someone to come out.

Moreover, the other party is obviously rushing to "collect nutrients". In terms of target selection, apart from the fact that it is easy to start, there are almost no other clues.

This kind of incident cannot be resolved by one or two apostles.

If the opponent is really standing in front of Yi Lin blatantly, as long as the level difference is not too ridiculous, Yi Lin will kill two skills at will.

But for now, the opponent's ability is better than the weirdness.

Capable of manipulating large numbers of leeches.

And the leech army with such terrible reproductive ability.

If things continue like this, maybe...

Yi Lin suddenly had a bad premonition.

He opened the communication interface and dialed Zhao Yulong directly.

Unexpectedly, it was hung up.

Fuck?

When Zhao Yulong refused to connect to the communication, Yi Lin shook her whole body, feeling a little unbelievable.

Dial again!

Was hung up quickly again.

"Ah this?"

He has always been the only one who hangs up other people's newsletters and blacklists, but Zhao Yulong actually hangs up his newsletter?

Without waiting for Yi Lin to send a message to ask more questions, Zhao Yulong sent a concise message:

"I'm in a meeting!"

Yi Lin thought about it.

Use concise sentences to send Zhao Yulong the current situation in Cangyang City.

But what Yi Lin never expected was...

He was actually blocked by Zhao Yulong!

Oda Mai looked at Irin curiously.

Just now, she clearly noticed that the man's face darkened, and a murderous look was brewing in the depths of his eyes.

But she didn't bother to ask.

so boring.

"Meeting?"

After being angry for a while, Yi Lin couldn't help it, secretly wondering what important meeting Zhao Yulong was having, and didn't even bother to answer the communication between the apostles.

This is a bit intriguing.

"This is troublesome."

Zhao Yulong didn't answer the call, and Yi Lin suddenly felt that the situation became more serious.

Yi Lin and the others began to act separately according to the initial plan. Yi Lin chose to act with Oda Mai.

As for why he chose to be with Oda Mai, it doesn't really mean much.

In Styx Junior High School, Yi Lin had seen through Oda Mai. The kind that sees through from the inside out.

This clearly shows that she is a pure violent woman who would rather use a knife thousands of times than use her brain once.

Yi Lin wondered, with Oda Mai's character, how could she survive until now.

It is simply a miracle among the apostles.

It was useless for her to stay with Gu Tianqing, Yi Lin simply took her by her side, maybe it would save her some energy in case of any accident.

Yi Lin summoned the gossiping Nightmare, took advantage of the darkness, turned on the "Dark Night Mode", took Oda Dance, and galloped all the way to the outskirts about 30 kilometers away from the center of Cangyang City.

Although Dire's seat was a bit crowded, the two of them also had the experience of squeezing seats together in Styx Junior High School. In addition, Oda Mai is not the kind of twitchy character, so she lied softly on Yi Lin's back without saying a word, and arrived at the destination.

—— Cangyang City Sewage Treatment Station.

In the vast outskirts of the wilderness, under the night sky, there is a large building standing majestically.

Inside the enclosure, only lights at regular intervals were on, and there were no traces of human activity in the building.

The security personnel had already dozed off in the duty booth, and did not notice the two murderous young men and women, Oda Mai and Yi Lin, who came out of the darkness quickly.

Moreover.

Even if you notice, there may not be any action.

This is a sewage treatment station, not a treasury.

In the wilderness, a man and a woman are in pairs, it's not bad if you don't peek, so why be vigilant?

So the security personnel shook their heads up and down, left and right, and slept soundly.

...

...

at the same time.

Cangyang city center.

Bustling city center.

The lights faded away.

The hustle and bustle receded.

At this time, those who should sleep have already gone home to sleep. Those who don't plan to sleep, also plan to change places to continue playing, so as not to stay in the city center.

A man wearing a casual long-sleeved shirt, about 1.72 meters tall, with fair skin and carrying a large bag in his hand, quickly followed behind a tall woman.

The tall slender woman was wearing a pitch-black leather jacket, showing her bumps and convexities, her delicate features revealing an indifference that repulses others thousands of miles away.

"By the way, newcomer, what are you doing so fast? Wait for me!"

The woman didn't speak, didn't even look back.

"Tsk, the newcomers in this issue are troublesome." The man curled his lips, looked around, saw that no one noticed here, shook his hands, and the big and small bags disappeared in his hands in an instant.

"Ah, it's comfortable now."

"..."

"By the way, don't you plan to buy something? There are many specialties here that you can't buy in other places, especially the hand-embroidered and hand-made masks. The workmanship is amazing!"

"..."

Seeing that the tall slender woman didn't pay attention to him, and didn't even look back, the man grinned and didn't care, walked two steps quickly to the woman's side, and walked side by side.

"To be honest, it's rare to come out to get some air. Why don't you relax a bit? Have some fun!"

"..."

"And I didn't lie to you, the gadgets here are really good. Anyway, everyone is not short of money, and there is no harm in buying some and putting them in the stronghold. Besides, if you don't seize the opportunity to buy some..."

There was a look of regret on the man's face, but he smiled happily after a while:

"I won't be able to buy it again."