Infinity Throne

have to say.

You get what you pay for, which is the ironclad truth most of the time.

Advanced home AI butlers are naturally expensive for a reason.

The video is high-definition and uncensored, and even the sound is high-definition and noise-free.

When countless leeches covered the camera, a few people watching the video could even clearly identify the leech's wriggling mouthparts.

As for the sound…

Before this, even Yi Lin, who was well-informed, had never heard such a high-definition sound of countless leeches gathering together.

The leech comes into close contact with the camera.

If you want to add a sense of immersion, you can give an example.

The voice in the video speaks more charmingly, as if there is a flexible tongue, gently touching the ear and slowly twisting and stroking it, which is extremely provocative.

But to be more realistic, it's like those leeches, getting into the ears, grinding on the temples, and making holes wantonly.

When the shrill scream of the twelfth deceased suddenly stopped, the sound of the squirming leech was even more frighteningly clear, causing Wang Bing and Yuan Zhiye to cover their ears involuntarily.

This feeling is too torture.

This sense of substitution has arrived.

"What is this sound?"

Yi Lin suddenly frowned and asked.

Yi Lin's words made Yuan Zhiye and Wang Bing stunned at the same time.

Gu Tianqing's eyes lit up slightly.

Mai Oda, who had been keeping her eyes closed and holding the long knife like a sculpture, suddenly opened her eyes and said: "There is someone."

people?

There are people, but aren’t they already gone?

Wang Bing and Yuan Zhiye were even more confused after hearing what Oda Mai said.

But they didn't dare not believe it.

After all, besides the two of them, Yi Lin, Oda Mai, and Gu Tianqing are all serious apostles.

Maybe "people like them" have particularly good hearing?

"Video, go back about ten seconds."

Yi Lin frowned and said.

Seeing that Yi Lin was not joking, Yuan Zhiye quickly put away the surprise on his face, showing his professional quality, and immediately dragged the progress bar to rewind the video.

"slower."

"right here."

Yuan Zhiye listened attentively.

After a moment, his expression became solemn: "It seems that after the deceased is gone, in the sound of the leeches squirming, it really seems like someone is talking."

Wang Bing scratched his head: "Is it possible that he is not dead?"

When this was said, even Wang Bing himself didn't believe it.

Before the leeches covered the camera, they all saw that the poor deceased was sucked up by countless leeches, and the exposed wrists quickly deflated at a terrifying speed visible to the naked eye, and was drained dry in the blink of an eye. . It is hard to imagine that in that situation, the deceased could still look back and utter a last word.

Yuan Zhiye opened the audio processing software.

Although Yuan Zhiye is not as professional as Orele.

But as a professional member of the investigation team, techniques such as P-picture and sound editing are at hand.

He endured the tingling sensation in his scalp and lowered the ecstasy sound effect of countless squirming leeches over and over again.

Gradually, a muffled sound that sounded like something was being chewed appeared in front of Yi Lin and the others after processing.

"It's not enough... muddy..."

"!"

…

not enough.

What's not enough?

It is unimaginable that these were the last words of the deceased.

Not getting enough?

Not that outrageous.

"Wait a minute, I'll look up the physiological structure of leeches on the encyclopedia..."

Yuan Zhiye's eyes widened.

A sound he created himself.

But he was the one who didn't believe it the most.

"No need to check." Gu Tianqing smiled: "After all, it is impossible for a normal leech's physiological structure to simulate human language."

"I probably understand."

Yi Lin nodded. After making an exclamation point, he quickly calmed down and figured out the joints.

"you also?"

"Um."

"As expected of you."

"..."

Wang Bing quietly pulled Yuan Zhiye aside, who was still checking encyclopedias online, and whispered: "By the way, what riddles are they playing?"

"Only the devil knows."

Yuan Zhiye looked at Yi Lin and Gu Tianqing's expressions of "seeing through the truth" and couldn't help but whisper in Wang Bing's ear in a lower voice seriously: "But in this way, I finally understand why Brother Zhao Sent him here.”

"Why?"

"Have you ever heard the saying: Only a pervert can deal with a pervert."

"..."

…

When Wang Bing and Yuan Zhiye were whispering.

Yi Lin and Gu Tianqing looked at each other and walked aside.

"Although most of the process can be figured out, there is still a critical step left to solve this matter."

Yi Lin frowned and said.

Gu Tianqing smiled: "But at least, with the current clues, we can narrow down the target scope to the maximum extent."

"I never asked you..."

Yi Lin turned to Gu Tianqing: "Why are you looking for a 'blood-sucking thing'? According to your character, if you couldn't get the benefits you wanted from this matter, you should have run away long ago, right? In other words, you Did you already know that 'it' was your goal?"

"Oh," Gu Tianqing pretended to be sad and covered her eyes: "I'm so sad. Am I such an untrustworthy person in your heart? After all, we once defeated each other on the sea together. A comrade who has killed the terrible devil."

Gu Tianqing's tone also became weird.

"Heh, I can't afford this comrade." Yi Lin sneered.

Gu Tianqing shrugged, helplessly put away the deliberately sad face, and smiled faintly: "Actually, you may not believe it, but I have a sister who suffers from a rare disease. Everything I do is actually to make my poor sister My sister lives longer."

"Creating a girl out of nothing? Do you think I will believe it?" Yi Lin asked with a calm expression.

"Sometimes, the more funny you think it is, the more simple the truth is. Isn't it?" Gu Tianqing's expression remained unchanged, but he no longer continued to fool around on this matter and changed the subject: "No matter what my reason is, in the end At least, you and I are on the same side for now. You won’t reject a wise spiritual ally, right?”

Gu Tianqing looked at Yi Lin with a smile. Seeing that Yi Lin still didn't believe him, he added, "No one in the circle would want to offend the special group."

Yi Lin believed this.

I reluctantly believed it.

Although Gu Tianqing didn't say a word of truth.

But it seems that for now, Gu Tianqing can still play the role of a "good assistant".

Yi Lin's peripheral vision accidentally fell on Wang Bing and Yuan Zhiye standing on the side.

Why are they looking so weird?

Forget it, no matter so much.

Yi Lin had no time to pay attention.

"Tonight, the leech man is obviously in a hurry."

Gu Tianqing added with a smile: "I'm just hungry."

"All the deceased have only one thing in common. They live alone and are single. This seemingly trivial commonality is enough to expose the identity of the leech man."

Gu Tianqing said: "Police."

Yi Lin: "Hospital staff."

Gu Tianqing: "Delivery boy."

Yi Lin: "Staff at the Marriage Registration Office."

Gu Tianqing smiled and glanced at Yi Lin: "Oh? I didn't think about it that way."

The two of them quickly narrowed down the possible range of leech people with one sentence each.

What follows is a headache-inducing process.

After narrowing down the possible occupations of the leech people, cross-reference the data to see if there are any characters related to the twelve previous deceased people.

For example, a case handled by a certain police officer.

Another example is patients treated in the same hospital or even the same doctor.

Or the starting point of delivery by the same deliveryman.

Leave mating and courtship information in the same marriage registration office.

Data intersections like this.

After hearing Yi Lin's explanation, Yuan Zhiye suddenly realized what he was saying and cried out.

I never expected that this case would be solved so easily.

The subsequent cross-comparison of data was left to Yuan Zhiye.

In fact, for Yi Lin, there is another way to kill a thousand enemies and damage yourself eight hundred, which can force all the leeches out of the sewer.

Even though at the end of the surveillance video, the leech spoke human words, it no longer looked like a normal leech.

But judging from the fact that leech men almost always commit their crimes after nightfall, even the most outrageous leech legions seem to have retained some of their leech habits.

The livable temperature for leeches is about 10-40 degrees Celsius. If Yi Lin can ignore the cost and use a drop-type technique to stuff a large number of small props with "heating techniques" into every section of the city's sewers, Under high temperatures, it is very likely that the leech army can be forced out.

But in this way, the consumption of "crystals" is too huge. This is a city's sewer pipe. This alone can almost exhaust all of Yi Lin's crystal inventory, and the gain outweighs the loss.

Chances are it's not enough.

Therefore, when Yi Lin thought of this method, she quickly gave up the idea.

There is another, simpler way... which is likely to alarm the whole city...

"so troublesome."

pity.

The deceased otaku seemed to have the habit of regularly clearing the memory of the AI ​​butler.

In the time period before the death of the deceased, there were no special scenes recorded, which made Yi Lin quite a pity.

In the whole matter, Yi Lin actually still has a few doubts, which she hasn't figured out yet.

no way.

In fact, being able to pinpoint the leech man's career scope from this fragmented clue has already used most of the brain power of the two spiritual apostles. Others may not be able to draw so many clues in such a short period of time.

Yuan Zhiye encountered some difficulties in his work.

Although cross-referencing data is not a complicated task. But it’s just too much work.

…

The night is as cold as water.

A light layer of fog filled the sky above Cangyang City.

"looks like it's going to rain."

Gu Tianqing maintained the faint smile on her face and looked at the sky.

Taking advantage of the fact that no one was around, Gu Tianqing turned over her hands and pulled out a card.

After the card was crushed, a pair of strange-looking tarot cards appeared in Gu Tianqing's hand.

After activating the spirit-possessed weapon, a translucent body covered in scarlet blood floated silently in front of Gu Tianqing.

Gu Tianqing smiled softly and gently rubbed and kneaded the back of the tarot cards as if stroking her lover's butt.

"Freya, your skin is really smooth to the touch."

While smiling, Gu Tianqing skillfully performed a divination in the darkness.

After the divination, his complexion became a little pale.

Gu Tianqing stared at the divination results of the tarot cards, and her smile suddenly solidified.

The one in the middle of the three tarot cards is the positive image of the "sword".

mean……

"Total destruction."

As for the other two cards...

"Fall and... betrayal?"

…

…

at the same time.

capital.

In front of a solemn and low-key building.

Military bulletproof vehicles parked in front of the building. Groups of serious-looking dignitaries in formal attire stepped out of the vehicles one after another and climbed up the stairs.

If anyone looks down here, they will find that the crowd that is constantly gathering towards that building is divided into small groups.

Most of these small groups are in the shape of a star over the moon, roughly like a bunch of people surrounding an important person.

in it.

Some old men were wearing navy blue ancient robes.

There was a handsome middle-aged man with narrow eyes, wearing a crisp suit. Beside him, there was a beautiful woman wearing a red cheongsam who followed happily.

There was an old man with a long sword on his back, wearing a gorgeous yellow robe, an ancient crown on his head, and with his hands behind his back. He covered a distance of several meters in one step. On his square face, there was a smile that was not angry and authoritative, like an emperor. Going on a tour makes people involuntarily feel surrendered.

There was an old man with rough facial features and a white beard wearing a fur coat. He looked a bit slovenly, but in his steps there was a confidence and arrogance that others could not learn from.

"It's more comfortable to fly in a helicopter."

Zhao Yulong jumped out of the armed helicopter, also wearing a shiny slicked back hair, suit and ties, and appeared in formal attire.

soon.

Zhao Yulong spotted Yu Meng's back from the crowd. He silently sent a series of private messages to Yu Meng on the communication channel.

Yu Meng followed an old man. After the death mark on her private parts was shaken, she turned back slightly and looked at Zhao Yulong in the distance. Her eyes were slightly focused and she nodded without any trace.

"Deputy Team Leader Zhao."

Zhu Tianzong, who was following the old man in navy blue ancient robe, said a soft greeting to Zhao Yulong from a distance.

Zhao Yulong quickly walked to Zhu Tianzong's side.

"Hey, I didn't expect that person from your family would actually bring you to such an occasion."

"Um."

Zhu Tianzong had a sullen face. He was not used to smiling, so he forced out an ugly smile.

The old man in navy blue ancient robe saw Zhao Yulong approaching the team, so he slowed down and smiled at Zhao Yulong: "Where is the old immortal in your family?"

"Cough cough cough."

Zhao Yulong almost choked to death on a mouthful of saliva.

I guess the only ones who dare to call his father "Immortal" are a few of your generation, right?

certainly.

Zhao Yulong did not dare to say these words.

He bowed his hands respectfully to the old man in navy blue robe, performed an ancient meeting etiquette between aristocratic families, put away his cynical smile, and said seriously: "My father will be here soon."

"Where's Mr. Mo?"

Zhao Yulong knew that the other party was asking about Mo Rendi.

After a moment of silence.

Zhao Yulong shook his head: "The team leader is feeling unwell. This time, I represent the special group, not the Zhao family."

While saying this, Zhao Yulong's mind could not help but flash the identity of this old man.

Emperor Zhu Chong.

The head of the five major families in the Z5 Council and the real talker of the Zhu family.

It is said that Emperor Zhu Chong was not called this name when he was young.

I don't know when, everyone called him Emperor Zhu Chong.

The name on the ID card was also changed to "Emperor Zhu Chong".

The profound meaning in the name is self-evident.

The Li family, the mayor of Haiting City, Li Erpang's father, Li Kai.

Li Shimin's Li opened happily.

Zhu family, Emperor Zhu Chong.

Yu family, Yu Meng’s father, Yu Liexin.

Win the family, win Xia.

The Zhao family, that is, Zhao Yulong's father, Zhao Taiqian.

"Everything that is supposed to come has come."

After a brief conversation at the door, Emperor Zhu Chong led Zhu Tianzong into the building, Zhao Yulong's eyes narrowed slightly, he slowly straightened his slightly crooked tie, and said something as if to himself.

"You shouldn't have come..."

That night,

The Z5 Council composed of ancient imperial families,

Gather here.

Discuss together, the affairs of the world.

…

…

Yi Lin didn't know that a major event that would completely affect the world structure would happen in the capital thousands of miles away.

He was still trapped in Cangyang City, with a young and cute newcomer and an old liar, struggling to deal with the work that Zhao Yulong had forced on him.

Yi Lin counted on her fingers.

A little sad and irritable.

"It's been another half a month since the last trial. I didn't expect to be delayed a lot by this matter."

Yi Lin was even thinking about whether he should risk being suspected by Zhao Yulong and go to the research institute location sent by Molly to personally experience whether other star steel would react with his mixed blood.

But speaking of.

Yi Lin didn't have high hopes for this matter.

Just give it a try.

Yi Lin didn't like the uncertainty in her body.

Just like the "resentment" at the beginning, and the "Dionysian factor" that inexplicably appeared in the body after being given an injection by Joker, Yi Lin was troubled for a long time.

But Star Steel is different.

In this world, it is estimated that only Yi Lin knows the true face of Xingchen Steel now.

What kind of metal is this?

They were clearly the remains of an unknown creature.

This remains has now been divided into many parts and fallen into the hands of experts. After various experiments, it is unknown how much is left.

Just like the one in Molly's hand, it was turned into a knife and finally entered Yi Lin's bloodline.

——It’s a pity that I haven’t been able to taste the taste carefully.

Right now.

Yi Lin, who was resting alone in the hotel and waiting for the results of Yuan Zhiye's data analysis, was suddenly awakened by a phone ringing like a reminder.

"Lead, lead, lead! It's not good! It's not good! It's not good!"

Yuan Zhiye stuttered the first three words, but before he could say the content of his words, he gave a series of funeral reports.

The moment Yi Lin answered the phone, she looked slightly stunned at first.

Then he frowned, half guessing, half reasoning, and said the second half of what Yuan Zhiye had not said in a hurry.

"Someone died again?"

…

…

In Cangyang City, another deceased person was found in the suburbs, a full 40 kilometers away from the residence of the previous deceased.

The police have completely cordoned off the place.

This is a small three-story bungalow.

In the suburbs of third-tier cities, in remote areas, such low-rise bungalows are not uncommon.

After all, it is different from the capital, Haiting City and other international metropolises where land is at a premium.

"The deceased was 40 years old. There were no accidents. He still lived alone, but he was not single." After arriving at the scene, Yuan Zhiye skillfully drove away Director Liao Jianbai of Cangyang City and once again took over this "Leech Legion Serial Murder Case."

Speaking of which, Yuan Zhiye was a little worried.

If you continue like this, I'm afraid it will be difficult to suppress this matter?

More and more people are dying.

While explaining to Yi Lin the information he received from the Cangyang City Police Station in the shortest possible time, Yuan Zhiye glanced at Yi Lin quietly.

Why doesn't he seem worried?

"Not single?"

Yi Lin was like before, possessing the body and quickly checking the body. Gu Tianqing also transformed into an industrious little bee and wandered around the scene, inspecting the traces left by leeches, with a clear division of labor.

"Well, he's not single. According to the information, the deceased was married. Well, his wife is the middle-aged woman who was smiling happily at the door just now."

Yi Lin paused suddenly while inspecting the body, and said in surprise: "Smiling happily?"

"Uh..." Yuan Zhiye showed a strange expression on his face and continued: "The deceased had a habit of drinking before his death. Even after he was drunk, he left several records of domestic violence against his wife on the file. The woman at the door also It was his wife who had separated from the deceased long ago and lived in the center of Cangyang City because she couldn't bear it anymore."

"The reason why they are laughing so happily is because not long ago they were at loggerheads over the issue of property distribution in their divorce. Now...ahem."

Yuan Zhiye didn't say any more, after all, the deceased was right in front of him.

It's too ugly to say, it's a little inappropriate.

Dying with eyes closed is no joke.

Due to severe dehydration, the mummy had all the water in its eyeballs sucked dry, leaving only a dark hole. It looked very scary, and it was typical that the eyes were closed.

Yi Lin understood instantly.

Outside the door, the deceased's wife was hammering the ground frantically, crying and laughing at the same time.

"Hahaha... dead! Hahaha! Dead! That bitch is finally dead! What a good death!"

No wonder he smiles so happily.

See this.

Yuan Zhiye and Wang Bing said in unison: "Oh, marriage."

While Yi Lin was understanding the case as quickly as possible, Oda Mai was playing with a knife with her eyes closed.

It only took Gu Tianqing two or three minutes to complete the survey of the scene.

Those skillful movements and speed made Yi Lin very suspicious of Gu Tianqing's real job...whether he was a professional who checked the spots before committing the crime.

"What did you find?"

Gu Tianqing had already changed into another pair of gloves. He smiled slightly and showed the fine powder from the dried and solidified leech mucus between his fingers in front of several people. He said with a calm expression: "Although I am not a professional forensic doctor, I can learn from the leech mucus." Judging from the dryness of the body fluids, this guy should have died earlier than the last one."

Yuan Zhiye nodded: "I also discovered it. But because the body died in a special way, ordinary forensic doctors will have certain errors in judging the time of death using ordinary knowledge. But judging from the traces at the scene, this is actually the twelfth dead. And the one we visited a few hours ago was actually the thirteenth."

Yi Lin nodded, his eyes flickering slightly, and he looked at Gu Tianqing: "Did you notice it?"

Gu Tianqing smiled and said: "I discovered it. But the disharmony is based on the premise that the murderer is a 'human'. If the murderer is not a human being, there is nothing surprising."

Wang Bing couldn't stand the two old men playing charades in unison, so he couldn't help but interrupt and asked: "What exactly did you find? If you do this, we onlookers will be very anxious!"

Seeing that Yi Lin was deep in thought and had no intention of explaining, Gu Tianqing glanced at the two "ordinary people" and explained kindly: "Generally, the murderers of serial murders, even those who are completely psychopathic, choose the locations where they commit consecutive crimes. , there will inevitably be some patterns, especially when crimes are committed consecutively in a short period of time, this is called the 'surrounding theory'. The distance and time difference between the two locations are really weird. Of course, the murderer this time has a 'bestiality' ’, and you can’t think in a normal way.”

Wang Bing and Yuan Zhiye were inevitably surprised when they discovered that Gu Tianqing was talking the same thing.

Why are you so familiar with these?

Yi Lin, who was deep in thought, suddenly raised his head and said, "Unless tonight's two cases are not 'all at present'..."

I don’t know if it’s a coincidence or not.

Not long after Yi Lin finished saying this, before Yuan Zhiye had time to think about it carefully, the phone rang crazily again.

Ten seconds later.

Yuan Zhiye looked shocked: "A new deceased person has been found!"