Chapter 8 Chapter 8: The Right Hand of the Devil

The corpses and snakes on the dissection table were gone, only the black water flowing everywhere remained, and the air was filled with a strong stench. Fortunately, there was an advanced exhaust system in the room so that people would not be fainted. "It turns out that their purpose is not to kill us." Qu Siqi exclaimed, "but to steal the corpse!" Qin Zheming squatted down and looked at the black water on the ground: "No, I don't think they stole the corpses. I'm afraid they have all turned into black water." "Corpse melted into water? Have you read too many martial arts novels?"

"Don't forget, we have been guarding outside the gate. Even if someone can remove the corpse and the snake in just 15 minutes, it is impossible to escape our eyes." Qin Zheming said with a dark face, "I'm afraid even Those snakes have turned into water." "Not really." Bai Xiaozhou grabbed a dead snake from the corner: "There is still one left here." "This is the Green Bamboo Snake." Qin Zheming looked at the snake repeatedly, "It is a very common non-venomous snake." Ye Buer pointed to a corner of the ceiling: "Just watch the video to find out what happened after we left."

Sima pushed the CD into the computer. After the smoke bomb exploded, the whole room was filled with smoke, and the visibility was very low. Only four people could be seen barely.After the four of them withdrew, the room was quiet for a moment, and a figure jumped in through the vent. "Enlarge his face," Sima said. Qin Zheming shook his head: "He's wearing a gas mask." The man carried a canister that looked like a fire extinguisher on his back, and sprayed a white gas on the corpse, and the corpse immediately emitted a thick black mist.The smoke was too thick to see the changes in the corpses clearly, but all four of them could imagine them being slowly corroded.After finishing everything, the man jumped up, got into the vent, and disappeared without a trace.

"Smoke bombs and snakes are just a cover, just to drive you out." Sima said, "His purpose is those corpses." "Why did he do this?" "Destroy corpses and wipe out traces?" Sima was silent for a while: "Zhe Ming, check all the black water and snakes in this house in detail, and I want to see the report. No two, you continue to investigate the ancient books and find the source of the coffin. I want to know what's inside the coffin. Who is the corpse? Si Qi, take this girl home." "Siqi, Qin Zheming is just a student. Why did Police Officer Sima ask him to do the forensic work of black water and snakes? That requires very sophisticated instruments and professional skills?" Bai Xiaozhou was puzzled.

"When did I say that Qin Zheming is a student?" "……Is not it?" "Of course not. He is the doctoral supervisor of the Forensic Medicine Department of Ninghua Academy. Although he is young, he is a talented student who graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has received three doctorates and has a super IQ." Bai Xiaozhou was speechless, God is always so unfair, he is so generous to some people that it seems like the whole world can give, while he is so stingy to some people that even wanting a healthy body is a luxury. "Xiaozhou, you don't seem to be afraid of snakes at all?" Qu Siqi and Bai Xiaozhou walked back along the bluestone path.Bai Xiaozhou froze for a moment: "I've never been afraid of snakes, but snakes are very afraid of me."

"Since when?" Bai Xiaozhou hesitated for a moment: "I don't know either. Siqi, you'd better go and check the information for Buer. It's not that I don't know the way." "But……" "In broad daylight, what can I do? It's important to investigate the case." Qu Siqi was right when he thought about it, he sent her to the busy road, and then he left and went to the library.Bai Xiaozhou sat on a bench by the side of the road, watching the students walking around, and suddenly felt very tired. Those snakes brought back her long memories... At that time, she was only seven years old, and she followed her mother to the mountains to see her grandfather.She often went to the Miao village on the mountainside to play with the children. The little kids played everywhere and almost ran over the whole mountain.That time when they went to pick wild fruits in the mountains, they found a large clump of snake paozi, which was bright red and fragrant, and it smelled like drooling.She couldn't help but want to pick it up, but Miao's friends quickly stopped her, saying that it was a snake bubble, something that belonged to the snake spirit, and no one else could touch it. If they touched it, they would be caught by the snake spirit and turned into snake slaves, or insects. of.But Bai Xiaozhou, who has received modern education since childhood, is not afraid at all. She has already started to feast on her friends before they finish talking.The little friends were so frightened that they were at a loss and dispersed, leaving her alone to eat wild fruits.When she finished eating the third snake pot and licked her fingers contentedly, two faint green light spots lit up from under the snake bush.She was petrified, and didn't know what to do for a while, so she could only stand there in a daze, watching the light spot emerge from the grass, getting closer and closer to herself.

It was a snake, a very big snake, probably thicker than her body, as long as it opened its mouth, it could swallow her in one gulp.She felt weak all over, and with a trembling of her hands, the snake foam in her hand fell down, staining her clothes red. It turned out that there really was a snake spirit. She thought that she would be eaten by this giant snake, but the giant snake just looked at her quietly and stood up, as if it could jump over and bite her to death at any time, but it didn't seem to dare to come over.With one person and one snake confronting each other like this, the whole mountain seemed to be silent, and she could only hear her own heartbeat.

For some reason, she suddenly lost her fear and stretched out her hand, wanting to stroke the giant snake's head.The giant snake seemed to have been greatly frightened, shrank its body, and slid back, disappearing in the blink of an eye. At this time, Bai Xiaozhou realized that it was already very late. She heard from her grandfather that there were wolves haunting the mountains at night. She was a little scared, and hurried down the mountain without picking any more fruits.When I returned to my grandfather's ancestral house, I saw many people in Miao clothes.The leader seemed to be the village head. From his expression, it could be seen that he was very angry, but it was not easy to get angry in front of grandpa.Bai Xiaozhou thought they were all worried about him, so he hurried over and shouted with a smile: "Don't worry, I'm back."

Everyone in the room was startled and looked at her like a ghost.She was so hairy, the village head's wife couldn't help but came over and lifted her clothes, and she quickly hid behind her grandfather. "Mr. Wei, we must check Lingsun's body." The village chief said with a gloomy face, "You also know how scary snake slaves are." Grandpa stroked his long white beard and said to the village chief's wife, "Take Xiaozhou to take a bath, don't scare her." Bai Xiaozhou wasn't scared, but felt that the village chief's wife was terrified, and her hands were shaking when she was bathing her.After taking a shower, the village chief's wife shook her head at the village chief while wiping off her cold sweat.The village chief was even more surprised, and then he didn't know what he said to his grandfather. Bai Xiaozhou was tired, so he went back to sleep by himself.The next morning, my grandfather patted her head lovingly and told her not to go to the Miao Village again. As for why, she was not allowed to ask any more questions. Since then, she has never seen her friends in the Miao Village again.

"Hey, classmate, wake up." Bai Xiaozhou opened his eyes, and saw a handsome boy, wearing a shirt and a checked sweater, with a faint familiar smell on his body, and a clean smile: "You lost your wallet." At this time, Bai Xiaozhou realized that his red wallet fell out of his pocket at some point, he was startled, and quickly stuffed the wallet back: "Thank you, all my property is in it, it will be a disaster if I lose it." "You seem to have a lot of things on your mind." The boy sat down next to her, "It's rare to see someone sleeping here, but they can still fall asleep."

As soon as the words fell, a BMW brand car roared past the two of them.Indeed, this is a necessary place to go out of school, and there is an endless stream of people and vehicles every day, so it really takes some skill to fall asleep. "There are a lot of troubles recently." Bai Xiaozhou sighed, "Ever since my mother went abroad, the strange things around me have never stopped." The boy laughed twice: "You haven't lived in school before, have you?" "No, my family education is very strict, and my mother regards me more closely than a prisoner." "She's doing it for your own good. You don't understand the dangers of society." The boy paused, his mouth hooked up, "Did your mother tell you not to talk to strangers?" Bai Xiaozhou was startled, and suddenly remembered that the familiar smell on his body was the sulfur smell from the smoke bombs in the 051 Research Institute. "You, you are..." A stronger smell rushed towards her face, her body softened and she fell into the boy's arms. Ye Buer was flipping through a book so thick that it could stand on the legs of a table, when suddenly he felt dark in front of him, and raised his head: "Si Qi, why are you here?" "There is still so much information to check, let me help you." "Where's classmate Bai?" "I sent her to the main road, and she will be home after a detour. She will be fine." He took a book, and just as he turned a page, his expression suddenly changed. "Siqi, are you alright?" Qu Siqi stared fixedly at the book, his eyes straightened.Ye Buer looked at him nervously, until he shook his head and closed the book before asking: "Why, did you 'see' something?" "Oops, Xiao Zhou may have an accident." Bai Xiaozhou opened her eyes and found herself lying on a long table surrounded by mottled walls, messy items and rusty ironware. The air was filled with the smell of rust and mildew. Dangling in the sky, shaking her dizzy. She moved her limbs, her heart felt cold, and she found that she was tied to the table in a large font, and the wire had drawn red marks on her wrist. "Don't bother, you can't break free." A man was busy on a small wooden table next to him. On the wooden table were some surgical tools and the gas cylinder containing a strange gas. "You, who are you?" Bai Xiaozhou's voice couldn't help shaking, "What are you doing, I, I don't know anything, I'm innocent." "I know you are innocent." The man turned around, and it was the handsome young man who kidnapped her, "The cows infected with mad cow disease are also innocent, and the chickens and ducks infected with bird flu are also innocent, but for the safety of more people , this is also impossible.” "You, what are you talking about? I'm not infected." The young man's face was gloomy, and there was some sadness between his eyebrows: "Actually, I don't want to do this kind of thing, and I don't want to kill anyone, but I do this for the sake of the overall situation. It's better to die alone than to die in a city." After finishing speaking, he turned around and fiddled with those surgical instruments. Bai Xiaozhou was in a cold sweat: "Please tell me, what is going on? Why did you kill me?" The boy paused for a moment, then fell silent for a moment: "Since you want to know, I'll tell you and let you understand how important your death is." "How could you leave a girl behind and run away?" Qin Zheming sat on the revolving sofa and got angry at Qu Siqi who was in front of him. Something happened?" "Fatan Avenue?" Ye Buer said, "Isn't there a camera on the side of that road? The school set it up to prevent speeding." Qin Zheming's eyes lit up, he turned around, and the sofa slid in front of the computer: "I once persuaded Principal Chu to connect all the cameras in the school to my computer." Principal Chu is the honorary principal of Ninghua Academy, a very mysterious figure who never shows up.Although it is only an "honorary" principal, his words are more effective than the principal's words. "Here we come." Qin Zheming hit the Enter key, and the picture of Fatan Avenue appeared on the computer screen.Bai Xiaozhou sat down on the bench. Half an hour later, a teenager appeared, stole her wallet, threw it aside, and then woke her up to strike up a conversation.The two chatted for a few words, Bai Xiaozhou seemed to have discovered something, his expression changed drastically, the young man waved his hand, Bai Xiaozhou's body went limp, and he fell into his arms.A passer-by came over to ask, but the young man said something, deceived the passer-by, picked up Bai Xiaozhou, and hurriedly disappeared from the screen. Qin Zheming freezes the picture, then zooms in on the boy's face and reduces the noise: "It's him." "Who is he?" "How would I know!" Ye Buer said: "Send this picture to Boss Sima, and Boss can enter the police station's network to investigate and compare..." "When he finds it, I'm afraid Xiaozhou will be in danger." Qu Siqi walked up and down the dissecting room like an ant on a hot pot.Qin Zheming said dissatisfied: "Don't shake it anymore, it upsets me. Don't you have some supernatural power, can you see the past and the future?" "How can it be so mysterious, if I can see the past and the future, what am I still doing here? I have already bought a lottery ticket." Qu Siqi said, "I can occasionally see some pictures, but that is beyond my control." "After all, you are useless." "Qin Zheming, you must find trouble with me today, right?" Ye Buer hurriedly smoothed things over: "Let's quarrel after we find classmate Bai." With sharp eyes, Qu Siqi grabbed a document next to the computer: "What is this?" "Bai Xiaozhou's information." "You investigate other people's information without authorization?" "You brought a girl back and said you wanted her to join us, can I not check?" "You..." Qu Siqi was stunned, staring at the information, "Was Xiao Zhou born in 1993?" "September 8, 1993." "Isn't this the year and month? Could it be that she was also poisoned by that 'emotion'?" "That's not poison!" "Regardless of what that is." Qu Siqi said, "If we assume that the young man's painstaking efforts to destroy the corpse are to prevent the spread of this 'emotional virus', and Xiaozhou is likely to be infected, then..." The expressions of the three of them changed. "He's going to kill Xiao Zhou!" "Have you heard of Daxi culture?" the boy asked Bai Xiaozhou. Bai Xiaozhou froze for a moment, her mother had taken her to the museum several times, and there were relics and introductions of Daxi culture in the museum.The Daxi culture is a Neolithic culture in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River in China. It is named after the Daxi site in Wushan County, Sichuan Province.Its distribution starts from central and southern Hubei in the east, reaches eastern Sichuan in the west, reaches the north bank of Dongting Lake in the south, and reaches the upper reaches of the Han River in the north.According to radiocarbon dating and corrected age, it is about 4400 BC to 3300 BC.Residents of Daxi Culture have already had a very high level of civilization and are able to make exquisite painted pottery. But what impressed her the most were the tombs of the Daxi culture.She still clearly remembers a small tomb modeled on the unearthed cultural relics in the Daxi Cultural Exhibition Area. Five or six corpses were lined up in the tomb, including men and women, old and young, like a family.No grave goods were found, except for a bony cluster on the chest ribs of the only adult male. The tour guide said that this may be a kind of punishment. The family committed a serious crime and were wiped out. Then they were buried in a pit, symbolizing that they would never be reincarnated. So far, the imitation tombs and bones are still placed under the glass floor of the exhibition area, and every visitor will walk past them.