Within this week, Zhou Yu has come to Yongning Road twice at midnight. Zhou Yu always had a bicycle, and it only took less than two hours to ride there and back, which was enough to get home before dawn.
Every time he came to the alley to inspect, his heart was filled with intense emotions. The sound of the wind laughing in the dark night and the blood filling his field of vision were all tempting him. Sometimes he would stand in front of the blood stains and stare blankly for several minutes, but his mind went blank.
However, more often than not he is thinking.
The blood stains were recent, indicating that the murderer had killed new victims within the past two weeks. But there was no body, not even a finger. Where will the body go? In addition to this temporarily unexplained disappearing alley, office workers will come and go on Yongning Road starting at 6 a.m., and the elderly will go out even earlier. Prior to this, the body was broken down, bagged, and transported. This process took time and required tools. Moreover, when corpses are dismembered in such a bad environment, there will inevitably be residual meat and human fat.
Considering purely physical means, the most likely option is to transport the relatively complete body parts out at night and hide them somewhere nearby. There are also people moving on the outer roads of Yongning Community after early morning. To reduce the probability of being sighted, you must not go too far.
He began to search around the street, following his usual walking habit, sticking close to the street trees and exploring little by little. It only took him more than ten minutes to find blood dripping from the roots of the tree.
Now, the suspicion of ghosts was eliminated.
Following the scattered hidden bloodstains, he walked out of the block and came to the buildings. Tall buildings stand like ancient trees. The blood trail was intermittent, pointing vaguely to the depths of the steel forest, and was completely interrupted at a crossroads.
But this is enough. He had a strong hunch that the body should be hidden here.
For two consecutive nights, he locked in the general range. In the next few nights, he stayed at home to search for map information in the city. That building is a business district and is old but still in use. There were not many ideal locations to choose from, and Zhou Yu only picked three.
Two buildings are currently in a semi-abandoned state, and there is also an abandoned factory. It is said to be a factory, but in fact it is just the remaining warehouse part of the old industrial area. I don’t know why it hasn’t been demolished for a long time, but it still sits there idle.
Zhou Yu checked all three locations in detail online. He knew that if it were him, he would definitely choose a factory warehouse.
After finding the target, all that's left is to confirm it with your own eyes. This time, he would find out no matter what.
Are there people with exactly the same appearance in this world? And they happen to be in the same city with the same perverted desire to kill? I'm afraid even identical twins can't explain this coincidence.
He stopped thinking, walked out of the alley, and headed towards the factory warehouse. This week, there were no new blood stains in the alley, so it was impossible to tell whether the murderer would come again. The possibility of encountering him tonight was not high, as long as the whereabouts of the body was known.
He also brought a knife, just in case.
There has been no rain this week and the nights are always clear. When Linyue rose to the top of the building, the cement road revealed a steel-like texture, like a conveyor belt for processed products in a factory. Zhou Yu felt in a daze that he was the cargo being transported.
He hummed with a spring in his step.
There is a rusty lock hanging on the door of the factory, and the door frame can be ripped off with a little force. After entering, everything is green. The space the size of a basketball court was completely empty. The moonlight shines through the ceiling with countless holes, making it possible to see to the end at a glance.
The floor, walls, and ceiling were all covered with layers of moss, emitting a gorgeous shimmer. Zhou Yu couldn't tell whether it was the original color of the plant or an abnormality caused by chemical residues.
The moss starts from the damp corners, crawls down the walls and floor, and spreads toward the center of the warehouse. There is a huge dark and deep cave.
The huge hole is roughly circular in shape, with an outer diameter of six to seven meters and a deepest point of three meters. Cement, steel and fill are exposed at the edges of the cave, whose depth is immeasurable.
Zhou Yu stood on the edge of the cave and looked down. He couldn't figure out how this hole was formed. If he had to give a reason, he thought it was caused by a meteorite. He picked up the gravel and threw it down. I don't know if it was too deep or because the bottom was filled with soft material, but there was no echo at all.
If the body was thrown inside, it would certainly not be easy to find.
However, there was not a trace of blood on the ground, and there was no sign of a cart or a box being run over on the moss. He tried to lean closer to the entrance of the cave. There was no wind in the cave, and the smell was only slightly musty.
He stared for a long time into the abyss of darkness, and finally had to walk away. It requires hooks and ropes. He did not prepare such supplies and could only find substitutes nearby.
The warehouse was extremely clean, with almost nothing except moss. When he reached the deepest part, he finally saw something other than green.
The wall was covered with a bloody palm print.
The palm prints were left on the moss and were very light in color, making it difficult to estimate the time. Zhou Yu put his hand on it and tried it. It was slightly larger than his own.
What this meant, he couldn't figure out at the moment. If it were the traces left by the victim, the surrounding area would be too clean. This palm print looked like someone had deliberately covered it with blood.
This must be some kind of memorial.
Zhou Yu was a little confused. The current situation was a bit beyond his expectation, leaving him at a loss for the moment. Should we continue to wait here, or should we go back to prepare supplies and explore the deep cave next time?
He stood there for a while, finally feeling uninterested, turned and walked towards the exit. Just when he reached the middle section, the shaky iron door was pushed open.
Different from the previous invasion where he removed the door frame, the newcomer opened the rusty lock and then pushed the door leaf open gently. This person already expended more effort to push the door open without destroying it than to kick down the doorframe.
Zhou Yu stood still and put his hand into his pocket.
A young man walked outside the door. He looks like a young man in body shape, but his face is round and typical of a baby face, which makes him give people a very young impression, making it difficult to accurately estimate his age. He was carrying a long black bag and had a smile on his face, which was very pleasing to both the same and the opposite sex. Even though he met Zhou Yu unexpectedly, he only moved his eyebrows slightly in surprise.
"Hello." He stopped five meters away, still with a smile on his face, "What do you want here?"
"...take a walk." Zhou Yu said coldly.
"Do girls take a walk here in the middle of the night?"
"right."
The other party was still smiling, but there was a troubled look on his face. He scratched his head and said gently: "Then please pay attention to safety."
