Judging from the traces at the scene, it should be that after zombies appeared all around, everyone spontaneously gathered in the main courtyard, and were eventually made dumplings by the zombies, or someone in the middle was already infected, and then the center spread.
"It seems to be the surrounding residents. If you look at their clothes, they are basically not official uniforms. It should be that after the incident broke out, the surrounding people who were close to the Yamen naturally wanted to go to a safe place." Pei Mengqing pointed to the clothes of the corpse on the ground. said.
"The safest place is the county government office where there are many arrests and soldiers, so the people all crowded here. In the process, infected people were mixed in, which eventually led to the entire tragedy?" Dongfang Xiaoyu said.
But both of them felt something was wrong.
"We obviously followed various traces to find the center, but the scene here looks like what happened in the end?" Juju said the problem.
Now even Xiaori and Qingyu began to think deeply.
Could it be that someone secretly reversed the order of cause and effect and traces on the scene, trying to mislead them?
But no one seemed to know that they were coming.
If you think about it boldly, even if Elder Liu was the traitor and tipped off the news in advance, there would be no way he could arrive so quickly and reverse the causal relationship of all traces before they arrived.
"So is our speculation wrong? Or is the real source of the outbreak not here?" Dongfang Xiaoyu asked.
"There is another possibility." Xiaori spoke at this time, "The virus outbreak point is not in one place, but multiple points broke out at the same time, catching the entire Sanhe County off guard."
This speculation is more reasonable. After all, no one stipulates that all virus points can only break out in one place.
"But there is still a question, that is, what about the arresters in the county government? I don't seem to see their clothes here." Dongfang Xiaoyu said curiously.
Even in a declining place like her hometown of Liangzhou County, there are mysterious-level warlocks like Wang Yuanbai serving as arresters.
Sanhe County is the transportation hub of Liang County. How could such a prosperous business place not be protected by strong force?
If horse thieves or robbers come to Sanhe County to rob, how can the property and personal safety of merchants be ensured?
None of this makes sense.
After all, Sanhe County should have a warlock of around mid-level Xuanqi level in charge.
Faced with zombies of ordinary strength, a mysterious level warlock alone is enough to ruthlessly flatten a certain area before the chaos completely breaks out, nipping the scourge in the bud.
Pei Mengqing and the others all thought of this and wondered, could it be that the local head catcher had left Sanhe County before the incident? Or is it that the local head catcher was bribed and he is the one who released the virus?
"It's better to try to find the local public officials' files and see who the chief arrester of Sanhe County is." Pei Mengqing suggested.
"Okay, let's do it like this." Ju Ju just nodded and Pei Mengqing could be its external brain.
Let me purify this disgusting smell first.
The unpleasant smell emanating from the blood was also considered filthy. Silvery light appeared all over Qingyu, and a sense of warmth and cleanliness fell on the courtyard.
Pei Mengqing immediately found that the stench disappeared, and even her mood from being polluted by the stench improved a lot.
It seems that this purifying power can not only purify evil spirits and filth such as energy and smell, but also purify the soul to a certain extent.
Pushing open the department door of the county government office, it was equally messy inside.
But among the messy corpses, one can see one that is relatively complete.
Judging from the official uniform, he was the magistrate of Sanhe County. Judging from the cause of death, he should have died by suicide.
Pei Mengqing looked closer and found that there seemed to be a piece of paper covered under his sleeve, with one corner exposed.
Pulling out the corner, Pei Mengqing saw that it was a letter, which seemed to be left by the county magistrate.
Dongfang Xiaoyu and Juju Xiaori also came over to watch together.
It says that the county magistrate's name is Deng Shigong, and he has been in Sanhe County for twenty years. These twenty years can be regarded as two decades of living with the people, living together, and supporting him.
But the incident happened suddenly, and it was too late to write more last words. He said that before the crisis broke out, he found that the county's chief arrester Zhang Liangzheng seemed to be sneaking around, holding something strange in his hand, and fell to the ground in the county town. In several wells.
He kept this in mind at the time, but he did not expect that "cannibalism" would break out in Sanhe County soon after. When the chief catcher was needed to quell the crisis in the county, the chief catcher and his men could not be found.
He recorded this incident before his death because he wanted to tell people who might find this letter or suicide note that he would not be able to see his family for the last time, and he was afraid that their family members would not escape death either. He did not want to become that kind of food. He is a maniac and would rather commit suicide. He hopes that those who come after him can report the local affairs to the county magistrate or even the state shepherd, and be careful of the chief arrester Zhang Liangzheng and his men.
Finally, he hoped that someone could avenge himself and the people and merchants in the county, so that they would not die unjustly in this world.
After nearly a hundred years of chaos, the Zhou Dynasty finally came to dominate the world. They had just lived a peaceful life for a short time, but they didn't expect that they would die in unknown circumstances. Deng Shigong was really unwilling to accept it.
After reading this letter, Pei Mengqing and the others were silent. At the same time, they were thinking about the appearance and background of the chief arrester Zhang Liangzheng? Which evil organization is it from?
If it were one of the four major organizations, it would be barely understandable.
But if it is not any one of the four major organizations, then things will be even more terrifying.
It means that a brand new organization has emerged with the goal of destroying all living things in the world.
Pei Mengqing and the others rummaged through the surrounding documents to see if they could find more information about Zhang Liangzheng.
But the page about the headhunting was torn out.
From this point of view, it seems to be more proof that Zhang Liangzheng has a problem.
"Where to go next? Other counties?" Dongfang Xiaoyu asked.
"I'm afraid that's all it can do." Pei Mengqing said.
Several nearby counties are in different places. They should start from a certain county, then go to other counties, go around in a circle, and finally return to Sanhe County.
But I have already had an ominous premonition in my heart. I am afraid that in the entire Liang County, except for Tianhe County, which is still struggling to support itself, there are not many living people in other counties.
So they immediately left Sanhe County and began to head towards the surrounding towns and villages.
However, all the villages and counties they passed through were in the same situation, with almost no living people left.
They spent a week and finally visited all the other towns in Liang County.
But no trace of Zhang Liangzheng was found, nor was there any sign of the new organization.
Only traces of the zombie virus outbreak exist in every village and town...
