Everyone followed Zhao Qiang's stagnant gaze towards the roots of the tree, and they were also stunned on the spot one by one.
Li Fengnian reacted the fastest. He pulled his daughter aside, who was not far away, and deliberately blocked the corresponding field of view. This move was so smooth and smooth that it was shocking. As a half-wounded person, he was even more likely to be condemned by the doctor. Unfortunately, most people are currently Everyone's gaze was in the opposite direction, including Jiang Qiu, who didn't notice it.
Liang An, who was standing aside, narrowed his eyes slightly, then strode forward, picking a relatively flexible leaf from the tree next to him.
Crouching next to the root of the tree, he reached out and pushed aside some grass blades that obscured his view, revealing the original appearance under the bright red.
Looking from a distance, all that can be seen is a conspicuous and bright red mass. The color alone is enough to make people panic. However, getting closer, Liang An could also identify the original appearance of this thing.
It was the carcass of a squirrel.
Liang An frowned, found the part that originally belonged to the animal's limb, and dragged it over by the leaf.
"This..." Zhao Qiang followed behind, watching a piece of meat being pulled out, and asked tentatively, "Where should the animal be fighting..."
"It was murder—man-made."
After all, "the deceased" is a harmless wild animal. It would be strange to say these two words to such an object in this situation. Liang An and Zhao Qiang had similar reactions. They turned their heads and looked back almost at the same time. Except for Li Fengnian, who was covering the child's face from behind, he saw Jiang Qiu's very serious expression.
——In the past few years, Liang An could not have imagined that this doctor, who was protected in an ivory tower, would do something similar to an "autopsy" for the first time after completing his studies, and it would be on a squirrel. Even a few years later, he still couldn't laugh or cry about this fact, and he was quite emotional.
This may be a small cornerstone for Jiang Qiu's extraordinary future in the third team.
But even though he was overqualified, Jiang Qiu hurriedly walked closer, found a branch under the gaze of the other two people, and opened the carcass of the small animal.
"He died not long ago, probably no more than a day."
A detailed assessment of the death time of small animals is obviously beyond Jiang Qiu's usual learning scope, so the time period he gave is also very wide. Because of Jiang Qiu's narrowed eyes, everyone who looked at him could almost feel the confusion and entanglement of this young man whose emotions were not obvious.
Maybe it was due to some calculation issues based on weight and normal body temperature. In short, Liang An didn't want to know.
"Why weren't they hunted by... other animals?" Zhao Qiang took two steps forward, "Isn't it normal for a place like this to have a food chain?"
"If there were wild beasts that could cause such wounds, the size and density of this population would not be so high." Jiang Qiu lowered his head and also used natural tools to pick up the small corpse, showing the almost truncated position, "Evolution In the process, only humans have this ability to create such props.”
There are no tooth marks or curved surfaces. The wounds on the little animal are completely caused by ruthless sharp edges without any mercy - just like the person who told all this in a straightforward manner. Just in this situation
"Can this be considered animal cruelty?" Li Fengnian finally managed to get Li Jiaojiao to play with him not far away, and then walked over with difficulty, "Could it be that someone just wanted to get some wild animals to eat."
"...Who hunts and eats squirrels? There are only a few taels of meat in total." Zhao Qiang retorted in a low voice, "If you don't take them away after killing them, leave them in this bloody mass. They will stink in a few days. Isn't it ethical? Heart?"
Li Jiaojiao, who only moved within a dozen meters for safety reasons, was still the reason for them to lower their voices. Fortunately, I only saw a blood-red mass before and started to divert the little girl's attention, otherwise it would be really difficult to handle now.
Jiang Qiu looked around and noticed that the other people's expressions were more or less strange, slightly different from usual. Just as he was about to open his mouth to continue what he said, he realized that Liang An patted his shoulder and then spoke in a deep voice.
"No matter what, there is a reason for this kind of thing to appear. Either it is a reminder, or it has another purpose. If it is the latter, we'd better not speculate too much."
"Making a wild guess?" Li Fengnian was stunned, "Little brother, are you thinking of something?"
There have been too many inexplicable hints these days, and everyone is confused. They don't know what the purpose of the sudden appearance of dangerous objects is to explore a certain member's past.
If we follow the plot of a detective novel, all the clues that appear are to lead to the final motive for the murder. Everything that appears now is like fragments that appear one after another.
Liang An was still a little hesitant about this untimely sensitivity, and he closed his eyes and pondered for a moment.
"Actually, it's nothing..."
He began to notice something unusual.
As a person who is particularly good at lying, Liang An is familiar with a truth: Lies mixed with truth are the easiest for people to believe.
Just like the current situation, the clues of the fragments are true and false, and each one seems to have its origin - the past that was finally taken out from Zhao Yi's mouth is one of the examples. But if the meaning of one of them is unclear, others will instinctively rely on the original thinking logic to extend downwards.
Immediately following this incident, first came a set of guns and ammunition, then a mutilated wild animal.
Liang An could almost figure out Jiang Qiu's basic thinking in this situation, which was the fundamental reason why he promptly stopped this young man who couldn't pass the exam. Not surprisingly, after explaining that this incident was not a normal life and death in the animal world, Jiang Qiu would recite what he had read in a "psychology" book.
——Although Jiang Qiu was unable to understand the information, it did not mean that he could not apply the content and read it mercilessly.
For example, in criminal psychology, one of the most common childhood experiences of vicious serial killers is animal abuse. Combined with this situation, this is undoubtedly the best possibility for Jiang Qiu to use his knowledge.
It's okay to scare people with his usual calmness. The result of Liang An's deliberate avoidance is that if others follow the normal rules and directly connect "hint" and "member"...
Liang An was not familiar with the techniques of psychological suggestion, but he could still relate to it. And after Jiang Qiu looked at him with more doubtful eyes, he also began to feel another emotion welling up in his heart.
It seems that none of this can be solved simply by "answering the truth". Because of this, this is not his domain.
Liang An, who had always been at ease, felt an invisible sense of oppression.
He has a heavy responsibility on his shoulders, but the opponent does not play according to common sense. Compared to actual killing, this seemed to be another level of experimentation, and it was also an unknown territory that he couldn't figure out.
Motives don't exist, behaviors don't exist, there are just various clues that seem effective but actually hide mysteries.
Extremely confusing.
