Fire to the Abyss

Xia Lin straightened her back, which was inseparable from the comfortable chair back, changed to a more dignified sitting posture, and spoke lazily.

"In order to obtain this chip, the puppet master even stole the dog, proving that the contents inside are still important to them. However, they did not take direct measures. What they know so far is only the secret and indirect methods of tracking and peeping. It is a pity that Chen Mubai was aware of it when the fire was too late. This shows that although they want to get the things back, they are unwilling to make a public announcement and do not want to make a big fuss. It proves that the things inside are important but not urgently needed, and they have a certain degree of confidentiality value.

"Let's not talk about how Li Xueen, as an ordinary female college student, has such a thing. Assuming that the thing is hers, judging from Chen Mubai's experience, the puppeteer obviously knows that the thing is in her hands. In this way, Zero's purpose of killing people In addition to being provocative in front of me out of abnormal psychology, there is also the item of getting things back. However, I don’t think any murderer will look for things after killing people. Being killed, isn't it dead without proof?

"So, if it is said that the thing fell out of Li Xueen's bag, Zero would definitely not choose to attack at that time. Although he is a radical criminal, he acted under the condition that every step has a retreat. He He would definitely get the thing and make sure it was safe before doing it. This is in line with his behavioral logic—so, there is only one possibility left, that the thing fell out of the man.

"Whether this man is Zero is uncertain, but he is definitely related to the puppet master. I guess he was concentrating on the task of replacing Li Xueen's lipstick at that time, and he didn't notice that his things were also lost. Only later did he find out that his things were missing." He may have gone back to the store and asked for Chen Mubai's contact information from the clerk, but he didn't dare to contact her directly, so he followed her as a last resort, trying to find out where the things were before taking them back secretly. "

Chen Mubai suddenly exclaimed: "Ah! I said why there are always calls from strange numbers, but no one speaks when they answer."

"It must be the person who is following you," Xia Lin licked his lips dryly, and continued with the last sentence: "That's why I said, this thing may be the key."

After Xia Yan listened carefully to his analysis, he had to admit that his younger brother's mind was really quicker sometimes, so he had a preliminary guess, and Xia Lin had already explained it clearly.

Xia Yan warmly and thoughtfully added hot water to his younger brother: "Well, I completely agree with your judgment."

Only Chen Mubai was confused: "What do you mean? What puppet master, what Zero? Who killed Li Xueen?"

Xia Lin's languid replenishment of water suddenly stopped, and her cold eyes fell on her: "Chen Mubai, let me ask you, I asked Xu Luo to ask you about that day, why didn't you tell me?"

He suddenly had an ominous idea that she had no reason to hide what Xu Luo asked. Did she forget to mention it, or Xu Luo didn't ask at all, or in other words, she deliberately didn't tell him after asking.

Xia Lin's heart was pounding like a drum, and his internal organs were trembling. He didn't care about maintaining a kind image, his face was as calm as a cold pool of stagnant water, and his voice was as cold as cold weapons colliding with each other.

Chen Mubai shuddered from his sudden 180-degree attitude, his eyes widened, and he was too stunned to speak.

Xia Yan stretched out his hand, and broke Xia Lin's jaw at a right angle, and separated his cannibalistic gaze from Chen Mubai, "Why are you so fierce? Don't scare the girl."

Xia Yan was keenly aware of the changes in Xia Lin's aura, and he vaguely felt that Xia Lin might have made up some bad things in his own brain, and most of the content in his brain had something to do with Xu Luo.

Being disturbed by Xia Yan, Chen Mubai's startled heart calmed down a little, enough for her to recall the only unpleasant conversation with the object of her dreams.

Chen Mubai sniffed, the perfectly drawn willow leaf eyebrows twisted into an aggrieved arc, and he said hesitantly: "I, after I sent him your photo, he was very angry - although he didn't say it clearly, but he told me The tone of the speech was cold, just like... Just like you just now, he always cared too much about you, so I was a little angry... When he came to ask me, I just said it without thinking... I'm sorry , I didn't know that the girl was a victim at the time, and I didn't know that this matter was so important..."

The tone of Chen Mubai's final apology almost fell to the ground, he lowered his head desperately, and his face almost merged with the table.

"Oh...that's it..." Xia Lin suddenly laughed at herself, and after a long while, she added the second sentence in her heart: When did I become so neurotic?

But even though he was loathing himself in his heart, his face was like dry moss that had only been moistened by rain and dew, and his anger was gradually revealed.

Fortunately, not the answer he didn't want to hear.

For a long time, the opponent who had not been defeated in all kinds of eye contact was suddenly frightened into a lamb by his own words, and Xia Lin felt a little bit sorry.Of course, it is probably impossible in this life to let him bow his head and apologize obediently.Xia Yan is well aware of this principle, so he dutifully plays the role of peacemaker.

"In order to protect the rights and interests of the victim, the victim's name and appearance have not been released. You don't know that her appearance is normal. The criminal police who handled the case also asked some customers of the coffee shop, but there were too many customers that day. I missed it, this matter is also our negligence-don't say that these things are gone, now that the things are in our hands, you are safe, I will arrange two people to follow you to protect you later. Chen Mubai, you Think carefully about the physical characteristics of that man, even the smallest details."

Chen Mubai bit his lower lip in embarrassment: "...Now let me think, it's hard for me to think about anything, just a very ordinary man, wearing a black padded jacket, it's been too long, his height and shape are blurred... …appears to be wearing a woolen hat and a dark brown, somewhat crumpled scarf."

Xia Yan guided carefully: "Don't worry, think slowly, you said that Li Xueen scolded him, was it because of his bad looks, or because of his rude actions, or verbally provoking Li Xueen, and what else can you remember? Start with the details, such as the hat and scarf you mentioned, and try to expand the picture, for example, whether the person has any scars or other obvious marks..."

Chen Mubai slapped the table and stood up, interrupting Xia Yan's words, his voice raised several degrees: "I remember! Scarf! Scar! The reason why I noticed this scarf is because that man squatted down to pick up things I saw a scar on the back of his neck through the slit of the scarf."

Xia Yan also stood up: "What kind of scar is it?"

"It's a scar like a necklace," Chen Mubai stretched out his hand and gestured, "Because I've never seen such a scar before, so I have a deep impression. Maybe I took a few more glances unconsciously before remembering the appearance of the scarf on it."

Xia Yan took a deep breath, the scar she described was exactly the same as the one on Nine's neck.

Chen Mubai raised his chin slightly, and added: "Oh, and, Li Xueen scolded him, it seems because he scolded 'bitch' at that time."

As soon as she finished speaking, the door of the interrogation room was pushed open with a creak. Yang Ming pointed his head at Xia Yan and said, "Captain Xia, I found something, come and have a look as soon as possible."

Xia Yan nodded at him, he was blown away like a gust of wind, Xia Yan found two criminal policemen to escort Chen Mubai home, at least he persuaded his younger brother to go back, and only after the arrangements were made, did he enter the big office.

When Yang Ming saw him coming in, the dog wagged its tail as if seeing its owner, "Captain Xia, good news, the one I just got..."

Xia Yan interrupted him: "That's the key that Nine said."

Yang Ming was deprived of his only right as a magpie, and stared at him with dissatisfaction: "You know again."

"Because of wit." Xia Yan glanced at him indifferently, stretched out his hand to poke his forehead, and walked over him to He Rong's seat.

He Rong didn't have time to look at him, her hands danced wildly on the keyboard, and the whole office echoed with the "click" sound of ghosts and animals.

"Oh, aunt, please lighten up, the delicate keyboard can't stand up to your delicate hands."

"Grandma" kept her eyes on the screen and said blankly, "Grandma."

"Oh, are you still thinking about this?" Xia Yan winked at Yang Ming, and Yang Ming immediately ran to the snack storage cabinet, pulled out a box of milk from the messy cabinet, and ran away in a hurry Come back and pass it to Xia Yan's hand, the movement is as fast as Zhou Hengyu possessed.

Xia Yan gave a thumbs up to Yang Ming with a smirk on his face, tore open the straw, and brought the opened milk to He Rong himself.He Rong was not polite to him either, she bit the straw and took a few sips, and finally replied "Good boy" rather rebelliously.

Yang Ming's face suddenly became resentful.

Holding the milk, Xia Yan looked at He Rong with a smile: "Poor, quadriplegic at a young age..."

Finally, He Rong gave He Rong a blank stare.

"It's done!" He Rong slammed on the keyboard, a cartoon puppet pattern appeared on the screen, and the program started.

The three heads moved together in front of the screen, and ten seconds later, the three of them held their breath at the same time.

A window similar to the game task interface appeared on the screen, in which there were small boxes listed one by one, and the names were the permutations and combinations of some symbols.There are some gray items on the top, with a tick on the far right, which is a bit like the status of the task being completed, and nothing happens when you poke it down.Only the small box at the bottom was unchecked, and the whole box was glowing with a strange red light.

Obviously, the cartoon puppet on the icon of this program is quite deceptive. The painting style of the entire interface is quite different from the icon. There is a row of realistic puppet dolls on the top of the window. Although the puppet dolls have different postures, they also have some things in common—— For example, they all had grinning grins on their faces, and their eyes were all black with blood oozing out, like a row of young girls whose eyes had been gouged out.Every time the red light of the box flickers, the blood oozing from the dolls' eyes will be removed once, creating the visual effect that the blood is flowing—as if the eyes were freshly gouged out.

If it wasn't for sitting in the criminal investigation detachment in full swing and watching this stuff, it's hard to guarantee that it wouldn't scare people into sickness.

Yang Ming and He Rong swallowed in unison.

Xia Yan cleared his throat: "Ahem, what, the aesthetics of the organization needs to be strengthened."

He Rong: "...the person who made this interface is a pervert, right? Is it a pervert?"

The remaining two nodded vigorously.

He Rong's scalp was numb from the red light flashing on his eyes, tremblingly, he moved the cursor to the small box with red light, turned his head to look at Xia Yan with big watery eyes, and asked silently: " Do you really want some?"

Xia Yan nodded expressionlessly: "Well, to the point."

He Rong covered her eyes with her hand, and poked open the mysterious little box.She felt that the two people next to her didn't move after she poked open the small box, so she quickly made a mental construction for herself, no matter how bloody and fleshy the scene was, she must first maintain her composure. Hold it until you go to the bathroom before throwing up.

After completing this psychological construction, He Rong slightly opened the gap between her fingers, and slowly opened her eyes to peek at the screen from the gap between her fingers.

As a result, there are only a few lines of numbers on the screen.

It is a combination of six digits, which looks like a permutation and combination of random numbers, with no rules to follow.

Xia Yan rested his chin on one hand, staring at the screen intently: "It may be a code or password, I'll ask my informant."

At the same time, Xia Lin had just said goodbye to Chen Mubai on the campus of Chengda University, and was strolling on the path back to the dormitory with a heavy bag of snacks that he bought along the way.

Although he was rejected by his elder brother, there was still a "beautiful wife" waiting for him to go back in the dormitory. Xia Lin was in a good mood and hummed a ditty all the way.

At this time, the mobile phone in his pocket vibrated suddenly, and then there was a sound that was in tune with the tune he was humming—it was the sound that he set separately for the game Undead Movement.

Xia Lin faltered, quickly took out her phone, and a notification was displayed on the screen: a message from her friend Zero.

Xia Lin opened the message and took a look, then immediately dropped the bag and ran out of the school gate.