star hunter

Zhong Yun vaguely saw a void, and he extended his consciousness further, trying to explore Ren Jie's spiritual attributes.

But the result is - nothing.

Invisible, shadowless, soundless, colorless and lightless.

He stayed in this empty world for a moment, and suddenly, with a thought, he acted alms, and took a step under his feet.

In an instant, the originally empty and chaotic surroundings unexpectedly changed a little during his actions, some shadowy things swayed vaguely like reflections in water, and noisy and uproarious sounds followed.

He was taken aback, and subconsciously stretched out his hand to touch it, obviously close at hand, those scroll-like scenes were like flowers in a mirror and moon in water, illusory and elusive.

He stopped, and the sudden excitement also stopped.

As far as the eye can see, it is still vast and misty, but people's state of mind is different from just now.

He suddenly realized that what he was looking for was right in front of his eyes.

Ren Jie's spiritual world is not nothing, on the contrary, it is everywhere.

This world is constructed from infinite time.

Universe is his spiritual attribute.

Ren Jie never thought that the "time cage" he specially set up for Zhong Yuncong would become his own shackles.

The other party's consciousness was like a spider's thread, and it used his supernatural power as an opportunity to invade his spiritual world silently.

His world is boundless, but the other party's thoughts turn into a long river that flows endlessly, roaring and galloping along the direction of his extension.

Am I holding back? !Ren Jie's ignorant body shuddered unconsciously, and then he reacted - no, it was not retreat, but fleeing.

This guy's tactility is like a tarsal maggot, once it touches it, it will penetrate into every hole and be hard to guard against.

For a moment, Ren Jie couldn't help but feel fear, he thought in his heart that it was terrible, but it was too late to regret it, just for a moment, he had already lost the wind in this silent and invisible struggle.

His time stopped flowing, allowing Zhong Yuncong's tactile power to unscrupulously occupy the entire spiritual world.

Then, his time flow resumed.

Only this time, it wasn't the opponent's time that slowed down, but his own.

Controlling the flow of time, whether it is in the snap of a finger, or living like a year, has always been a matter of his heart.

Slow down a person's time, almost to a standstill, and strangle the opponent without showing any traces.

Ren Jie used this method to deal with many opponents, but he never expected that one day he would be trapped in a cocoon.

This feeling, how should I put it - it was as if there were thousands of invisible threads wrapped around his heart, and the other end of the thread fell into the opponent's hand, he was gradually exerting force, and his heart was also Little by little.

Breathing weakly, it seemed that he had returned to the nightmarish days of the past.

His face was pale, his whole body was cold, and the blood in his whole body was almost frozen.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Zhong Yun let go of the other end of the thread, and Ren Jie suddenly regained his life, and suddenly fell down, his back came into contact with the bed board, making an abrupt and loud sound.

The other four roommates were all startled, they turned around in unison and found that Ren Jie was already unconscious.

"What's going on?" "What's wrong with him?" Several people immediately gathered around, and they were quite surprised to see this new roommate's face pale and sweaty.

Zhong Yuncong stood up, walked over to take a look, and said with a nonchalant smile, "Probably because he's not feeling well... Hey, you said you'd get dizzy every now and then, why did you go to the training camp to join in the fun? "

The fat man was startled: "No, it won't, it won't kill people, right? I, I look at him, he is not very good?"

Lu Yuan was worried: "Looking at him like this, does he have a heart problem? This is not a small problem..."

Jin Hu had nothing to do with himself, and even followed Zhong Yuncong to make fun of Ren Jie: "I think what No. 37 said is right, this is so weak, come here to play? It's just nonsense!"

"Okay, let him lie down for a while." Zhong Yuncong motioned for them to disperse, and when he turned to go back to his own berth, he met the thin man abruptly.

Only then did he notice that the thin man hadn't joined the chattering discussion, could it be... had he been observing him?

Seeing him looking over, the thin man smiled, "It's really dangerous."

Zhong Yuncong was startled, and when he came back to his senses and wanted to say something, he had already passed by.

What did he mean by that sentence?Unintentional words or...intentional?

Zhong Yuncong stared at the lean figure, his brows knit together.

Just at this moment, Ren Jie groaned indistinctly. He looked sideways and found that he was already awake.

Seeing the other party wake up, the first thing he did was look at him with burning eyes, Zhong Yun couldn't help laughing: "How do you feel?"

Ren Jie's face was ugly, probably because he hadn't recovered from the silent confrontation.

Of course, it is more likely that Zhong Yuncong's casual attitude angered him.

It's not that Zhong Yun doesn't know what the other party is thinking, but he doesn't care.

After a symbolic greeting, he was about to go to bed, but he heard Ren Jie's cold voice.

"Next time, I won't let you find another chance to take advantage of the loophole."

He turned his head and looked at him amusedly: "Are you still thinking about the next time?"

Ren Jie's breathing has not yet calmed down, but his eyebrows are full of rebellion: "I will not lose to you again."

"You know you lost, don't you?" He said in a faint voice, "At first, I was thinking, although I don't like you very much, but at least I am a roommate. Three months...but if you don't give up, I don't care."

As he spoke, he approached the other party and lowered his voice: "If you want to find trouble, then come here. I usually don't cause trouble, but I'm not afraid of trouble... It's just that I won't show mercy next time."

After he finished speaking, he smiled at the other party, and then put his clothes on the bed, pulled up the quilt, and covered his head to sleep.

As for Ren Jie's expression, and whether the thin man was spying in the dark again, he didn't want to and didn't bother to talk to him.

The air in this dormitory...is suffocating.

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Jiang Qiyan's side was ambiguous, but Su Xian's side really couldn't afford to delay. The focus of the Bureau's work has always been on the West City, and it hasn't been shifted for more than 20 years. Although this case is bad, it won't change the whole department. work policy.

Su Xian, who was extremely short of manpower and material resources, decided to go to the headquarters in the city center first.

The phrase "find a leader" he said to Jiang Qiyan was not alarmist.

After entering the gate of the Management Bureau, he went straight to the leader's office familiarly. He met many familiar faces along the way, and didn't have time to greet each of them. He grabbed someone and asked, "Which leader is there?"

"Today's duty should be Deputy Director Ren."

When Su Xian heard this name, his hasty pace stopped for a moment, and he raised the corner of his mouth: "It's just right."

The colleague was puzzled: "Huh?"

He shook his head: "It's nothing, I have something to do, let's go first."

After coping with it in a few words, I happened to arrive at the deputy director's office on the top floor.

He knocked on the door symbolically twice, and pushed the door open before getting permission.

Behind the desk is an elderly, chubby middle-aged man who is frantically stuffing something into a drawer.

With sharp eyes, Su Xian immediately saw that what the other party was trying to hide was a box of chocolates, and couldn't help but smile: "Hey, Bureau Ren, are you stealing sweets again behind Director Wang's back? Your blood sugar has dropped?"

Seeing the office door being broken open like no one else, the potbellied Deputy Director Ren thought it was the wife from the same department who came to make a surprise inspection, with a bit of guilt and embarrassment on his face, but he didn't expect that this daring and uninvited visitor was Su Xian.

He immediately put on a straight face: "Stinky boy! I'm getting bolder and bolder, I haven't let you in yet!"

Su Xian rubbed his nose and sighed: "Isn't this an emergency, and it's too late to pay attention to those minutiae?"

Deputy Director Ren pointed at the opposite chair angrily: "I have never seen you respect your elders when the situation is not urgent... Come on, stop standing, sit down and talk."

Su Xian obediently complied, and when he sat down, Deputy Director Ren took out a piece of chocolate from the candy box, and threw a piece to Su Xian's side. He twirled the candy and couldn't help smiling.

Seeing that Deputy Director Ren began to peel off the candy wrapper carefully, Su Xian persuaded: "It's better not to eat so much, high blood sugar is not a joke."

His boss blew his beard and stared: "Which eye of yours has seen that I eat a lot? This is my second piece today!"

The corner of Su Xian's mouth twitched, and he didn't intend to continue to argue with the leader. He didn't come here today to greet the leader, he just wanted to mean it.

"The mutilated corpse was found in the area under the jurisdiction of the No. [-] office this morning. Have you heard about it?" After exchanging pleasantries, he directly cut to the point, "To tell you the truth, I came here for this matter."

Because of the bad nature of the case, the director of Office No. [-] quickly reported the matter to the headquarters, and Deputy Director Ren naturally knew something about it, so he nodded, "I know a little... I heard that it was a little girl who died?"

"A 17-year-old female middle school student." Su Xian corrected, "I just came back from Qingshan Middle School where she was studying."

"Going to investigate? Is there any situation?" Deputy Director Ren's tone sounded more like a routine inquiry, because his next sentence was a change of subject, "But this type of case, logically, should be handed over to the comprehensive management Bureau pickets?"

Su Xian looked solemn: "I know what you mean. I also planned to do so at first, but after questioning a witness, I made an unexpected discovery."

"Oh?"

"This murder was not done by extraordinary people, but by people with supernatural abilities." He carefully chose his words, "At least, the person who robbed the victim can be sure to be a person with supernatural abilities."

Deputy Director Ren swept away his previous casualness, and his expression became serious: "Tell me exactly what's going on."

Su Xian blinked and looked embarrassed: "At present, there is only a preliminary speculation, and I don't have a clue about many things... I will report to you after I sort it out."

Deputy Director Ren froze for a moment, then laughed and scolded: "You kid, you are in a hurry to investigate the case, and you don't want to waste time with me, do you?"

Su Xian quickly shook his head: "How can it be? The main reason is that the current clues are too limited..."

"Okay, okay, don't talk to me!" Deputy Director Ren waved his hand impatiently, "If you want anything from me, just tell me!"

"The Ren Bureau is the Ren Bureau. How can I hide my careful thoughts from you?" Su Xian came here for this purpose. Seeing that the leader brought it up, he naturally would not let go of this great opportunity, and expressed his appeal in one go. Come out: "You also know the situation of our No. [-] office... I don't have anything to do now. I don't have any manpower, and I don't even have a means of transportation. It really affects our investigation..."

Deputy Director Ren blew his beard and stared: "Stop flattering! Go to the garage later to see if there is an empty one and let your people drive away! By the way, when this case is over, remember to drive it back to me!"

Su Xian pretended not to hear the last sentence: "I know you are reasonable! Then look at the staff..."

With candy in his mouth, Deputy Director Ren asked vaguely, "How many people do you need?"

"How many people are needed is not up to me. The trouble with this case is that the murderer handled the corpse too simply. It is basically hopeless to find clues from the corpse, so I want to start from the direction of throwing the corpse." Su Gossip and earnest, "There are currently eight places where corpses are dumped, and the heads and internal organs of the corpses have not yet been found. I need someone to ask all the residents near the corpse dumps one by one. Manpower... ...of course the more the merrier."

"Hiss..." Deputy Director Ren seemed to have a toothache after hearing his words, and he said earnestly, covering his cheeks: "Boy, you don't know the situation in our bureau, not only in Xicheng, but also in any guard post." You can't do without people, your request is really..."

"Hey, I know! It's very clear!" Su Xian seized the opportunity before the leader delivered a long speech, "You also know me very well, and you know that I am not the kind of person who will make things difficult for you... Yes, our bureau can't adjust Open the staff, but isn’t there a lot of them next door?”

Deputy Director Ren's toothache healed instantly, he got up abruptly, and poked his finger on Su Xian's forehead: "You bastard, you dare to say that you are sensible, and you even hit the idea on the next door and said you won't embarrass me ?”

Su Xian covered his forehead and smiled apologetically: "Isn't there nothing I can do? The case must be solved, right?"

Deputy Director Ren snorted angrily: "It's not like you don't know what I have to do with those old fellows from the Comprehensive Management Bureau... How could they buy me?"

"You have such a big face, who would dare not buy it?" Officer Su Zhian continued to flatter.

"I don't know what's going on, but when you say something nice, I get a toothache." Deputy Director Ren said with a straight face, "Hurry up and go, what should I do, I'll get rid of this old face later Ask on the phone."

But Su Xian was unmoved, and urged with a stern face: "Let's fight now. Anyway, you don't have much to do right now..."

After he finished speaking, he shrunk his head to avoid the candy wrappers thrown by the leader, Deputy Director Ren said with a grimace, "You little bastard is going too far, you dare to order me... Who said I have nothing to do? "

He refused to give up, and continued to talk softly: "It won't take you long to make a phone call."

"Yo ho? It's against you?" Deputy Director Ren took off his leather shoes and made a gesture to beat him up. Su Xian dodged cooperatively and threatened with a playful smile, "If you're like this, I'll have to ask Director Wang... ..."

"..." Deputy Chief Ren's right hand holding the shoe up immediately drooped, but he still pretended to be calm: "You didn't ask her, she doesn't care about this matter!"

"Then I'll go to her old man to catch up on the old days. Anyway, I haven't seen her for a while." Su Xian said with a smile, "It's just that I'm a little worried. While chatting, if I talk quickly, I accidentally say that you stole What do you do with something like eating chocolate..."

Deputy Director Ren, who is famous for his wife's strict management of the whole world, completely gave up. He threw his leather shoes on the ground, sat back on his seat with one bare foot, picked up the phone, and did not forget to stare at someone: "After this call After that, roll as far as you can, and don't appear in front of me within three months!"

Su Xian swears to the sky: "I promise!"

His request was basically satisfied, and after ten minutes of arguing with the old guys from the Comprehensive Management Bureau, Deputy Director Ren finally reached this rare cooperation between the two departments.

only……

"The picket team will act together with your people, and you will join hands to handle this case." Deputy Director Ren told him, before Su Xian could protest, he blocked the people back first, "You heard me right, it means that you all come to investigate together In this case, you have to ask why... You used someone from someone else, and not just one or two, so why don't you ask them?"

Su Xian had no choice but to accept.

In fact, he is not a person with a strong desire for power. In fact, when the time is right, he is willing to share power, but the premise is that the other party can be useful.

He didn't really think that Jiang Qiyan was such a waste, but he just thought that that guy wouldn't devote his mind to this kind of serious business—probably for him, making money was the serious business.

But things have come to this, we can only take one step at a time, I hope we can cooperate happily... If not, he is still sure about dealing with Jiang Qiyan.

"I know, I will get along well with the picket team."

What he said was cute, but Deputy Director Ren was quite skeptical: "I heard that you have a little bit of trouble with that kid from the picket team..."

"There are too many people who have a problem with me, and it's not the same in our bureau." Su Xian smiled indifferently, "Everyone is not the same as colleagues."

"Anyway, just don't worry about me!" Deputy Chief Ren waved his hand like chasing flies, "Go ahead and leave as soon as possible!"

Su Xian saluted him, and when he opened the door and was about to step out, he suddenly turned around and threw something with his hands.

The thing flew menacingly towards Deputy Director Ren behind the desk. The latter noticed something, and a look of surprise flashed across his face, but he didn't make any big moves, just rolled his eyelids.

Then, the candy he threw froze in the air without warning.

But in the blink of an eye, Su Xian knew that his bloated and slow-moving leader had already resolved his unexpected attack invisibly.

The candy fell on the ground and rolled a few times. Su Xian paused for a moment, raised his eyes, and bowed to the calm Deputy Director Ren.

"Before I joined the Management Bureau, you seldom made shots. I have always wanted to see your skills, but I couldn't hold back my curiosity today. I made a joke with you. Don't take it to heart."

He avoided looking at each other, but he could still feel the other person's gaze falling on him, and that gaze was not angry, but rather helpless.

There is no difference in the eyes of adults looking at children after pranks.

"Su Xian," Deputy Director Ren said, with a drawn-out ending. Su Xian took a deep breath, raised his head, and met his meaningful eyes.

"Are you hiding something from me?"

Su Xian's Adam's apple rolled, and now he can't hide it even if he wants to, and the leader is not so easy to fool.

But he didn't know what to say for a while, so he just kept silent.

"You don't have to pretend to be deaf and dumb with me, kid. If something happened, why not test me like this?" Deputy Director Ren shook his head, "Tell me, what's going on?"

He lowered his eyes, and his eyelashes cast a faint shadow under his eyes: "I'm sorry, I can't say it yet."

Deputy Director Ren laughed, and the creases on the side of the nose deepened a lot: "Don't say it, don't say it, look at you, can't I guess it? Is it related to this corpse case? "

He paused, his tone still flat: "You doubt me?"

Su Xian still didn't say a word.

"You," Deputy Director Ren sighed, "Since you doubt me, the ability you mentioned must be very similar to mine... or even the same?"

He hesitated for a while, and finally spoke: "...not sure yet."

"Don't use such words to fool me." Deputy Director Ren's face turned solemn, "Since you think I'm suspicious, follow the procedure. Don't worry, I know the rules and will cooperate well."

Su Xian muttered, "I didn't mean that..."

"What do you mean by that?" Deputy Director Ren laughed, "I understand now, you're hesitating, are you afraid that I might hold grudges against you?"

Su Xian's complexion changed slightly: "I..."

"Last year, someone in the bureau recommended my son Ren Jie to your institute without telling me, but you turned him away." Deputy Director Ren smiled slightly, "You said that he has an unruly temper and immature mind, so he is not suitable for us. This line."

Su Xian smiled bitterly: "So you know."

"Hmph, do you think you can hide this from me?" Deputy Director Ren snorted heavily, "Let me tell you the truth, even if you didn't reject Ren Jie at the beginning, I would not agree to this matter." It's not in compliance with the regulations, if this precedent is established, all kinds of mess can be stuffed here in the future."

He glanced at Su Xian meaningfully: "I don't think I don't understand the truth of you?"

Su Xian smiled awkwardly: "I didn't mean that..."

"Stop!" Deputy Chief Ren said in a cold tone, "You bastard is coaxing me, but you don't know how to guard against me!"

Su Xian opened his mouth and wanted to explain something, but the leader was already impatient: "Okay, I don't bother to tell you anymore, you can go and investigate my whereabouts, if you find anything wrong, I won't say anything, and immediately go Follow you into the classroom!"

He walked out of the deputy director's office in disgrace. After getting information about the perpetrator from Sun Yali, he immediately thought of the deputy director of their bureau—not that he had any prejudice against him, but that As we all know, Deputy Director Ren's ability is to control time.

It's just that his boss and senior hasn't made a move for many years, and he has never had the chance to see what it's like to use his ability.

As a matter of fact, his doubts were indeed a bit of guesswork.

So this visit, I couldn't help but try it out.

As for the result of the trial, he couldn't say whether he was satisfied or disappointed.

However, it must be admitted that Deputy Director Ren's attitude made his doubts drop a lot.

After walking a few steps, he realized that his back was chilling.

Deputy Director Ren seemed approachable, but the aura that a superior person should have was not at all lacking in coercion.

Afraid of returning home, he still asked people to check Deputy Director Ren's whereabouts in the past few days. The suspicion of him has dropped, but it has not been completely eliminated after all.