"This theory of yours can only barely make sense."
Meng Fei's arms were always tied behind the chair, which made him feel sore, and his head also hurt.
"But there is one thing I don't understand. Even if the murderer is me, what is the motive? I have never met the deceased and have no grudges. Random killing? Why should I kill?"
In fact, Meng Fei already had a guess about their "motivation", but he just hoped that the other party would tell them to confirm his idea.
"Is it possible that a magical mental illness that specializes in killing people is popular here?"
"You are right, and the problem is very serious. It began to appear a month ago, when the Palace of All Things was established."
The administrator in yellow had no intention of hiding anything from this guy who was about to be detained and could no longer speak out.
"Such murders occur in all residential areas. Some are quickly extinguished, while others erupt out of control and may even lead to the complete closure of the entire residential area.
"The murderer is often not the same person. This seems to be some kind of contagious disease. Once infected, the infected person will have two possible symptoms.
"One is to suddenly become violent and kill people indiscriminately. We call them 'berserkers'." This situation is relatively easy to deal with, and the security team will handle it quickly.
"The performance of another type of patient is no different from usual, but sometimes he will do everything possible to kill indiscriminately, and will also try his best to cover up his crimes. We call them "sleepwalkers."
"After being arrested, sleepwalkers will vigorously deny that they have done anything related to killing. It is as if they did not have self-awareness when they killed, and they were sleepwalking.
"Monitoring shows that sleepwalkers usually plan and implement murder plans after falling asleep. In some cases, they will be awakened. After waking up, they will not remember anything related to the murder.
"We call it 'Contagious Sleepwalking Murder Syndrome'. "
Meng Fei couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. What he wanted to ask was, are you definitely not the side effect of your master using nuclear radiation to try to change everyone's consciousness?
But the question was meaningless and the other party couldn't admit it, so he swallowed his words and just asked with a smile:
"Can it be transmitted through killing? Is it a bacterium or a virus? How is it transmitted? Contact? Droplets? Is there a vaccine? Can it be cured?"
"The technical department has not yet made a conclusion, but it is speculated that it may be some unknown virus that can affect the nervous system, which may be similar to rabies virus, but a more advanced type.
"The pathogen has not been found, so there is no vaccine for the time being. As for treatment, there are some effective treatments, but they are still in the experimental stage."
The manager responded cautiously.
"Although we don't understand how it spreads, no matter which residential area it is, it starts from scratch and gradually increases. If all possible infected people are not quickly isolated, the number of homicides will increase exponentially.
"At that point, all residents in the entire residential area will either be detained for treatment or killed. Other residential areas will also be affected."
The administrator's tone became serious.
After the other party explained this, Meng Fei decided to talk openly and see the other party's reaction.
"If I'm not wrong, these patients have other symptoms. For example, they may not be able to distinguish between red and green when they are sleepwalking?
"The "Code" specifically emphasizes that residents can only wear green clothing, and red items are strictly prohibited in the entire residential area. However, in the cabinets that provide clothes, red clothes are clearly provided.
"There are also arrow signs for the restrooms at night. The "Rules" say you can only follow the green arrows, but sometimes some arrows turn red.
"This is because sleepwalkers cannot distinguish between red and green, so you are trying to find all sleepwalkers in this way?
"But the proportion of red-green color blindness among humans is already very high. The proportion of red-green color blindness among Xizhou people is even higher than that of Qingmang, as high as 10%. It's not enough to just arrest people if they see something wrong.
"Real sleepwalkers cannot distinguish between red and green only when they are sleepwalking. And sleepwalking is most likely to occur at night.
"So those people who can correctly choose the color of their clothes during the day, but whose route to the bathroom is disrupted by red arrows at night, will be caught by you, right?"
"You do have some smarts."
The manager's face was hidden behind a mask, and Meng Fei couldn't see his expression, but there was a hint of surprise in his tone.
"These rules are indeed intended to detect and promptly isolate "sleepwalkers" among ordinary residents. But you must also know that these alone are not enough. Otherwise, murders would not break out from time to time. "
"So you also put up mirrors. Residents are prohibited from using mirrors. But the only way to the restrooms and bathrooms is covered with mirrors and surveillance cameras.
"Since the residents are prohibited from using it, it is obviously because the mirror will cause some kind of change that is not beneficial to the residents, such as an infection outbreak or other problems.
"But there are so many mirrors and surveillance cameras placed on the way to the bathroom, and there are security guards lurking behind the mirrors to attack at any time.
"It means that this change can be detected by surveillance. Once discovered, the infected can be quickly arrested. So I guess, these mirrors will cause the infected to become violent?"
While Meng Fei was recounting his speculations, he was observing the subtle information revealed in the movements and tone of this fully protected guy.
"You're right!
"An infected person may turn into a berserk when they see themselves or others in the mirror. The berserker will kill immediately. So using mirrors in residential areas is dangerous.
"Toilets and bathrooms are places that everyone must go to. Set up mirrors and surveillance cameras along the way. Once someone turns into a berserker, the surveillance can easily detect it, and security can take control immediately.
"Not only that, even some infected people escaped the filtering of the mirror and completed the murder in the bathroom.
"Because surveillance will record everyone's entry and exit, and there are no other exits in the health area, the suspicions will be concentrated in a small area.
The hissing camera above the gas mask was pointed at Meng Fei again.
"And your situation is clearer.
"The surveillance video recorded that the only people who entered the health area one after another were the deceased and you. We counted all the other residents in the residential area and they all slept peacefully in the residential area.
"So the murderer can only be you. As for whether you completed it awake and then denied it, or whether you completed it while sleepwalking, I really don't know. I can only leave it to our psychiatrist to confirm."
"But I know that when you rushed in, besides the deceased and me, there was another person in the bathroom."
Every time he wanted to slap the other person's self-righteous thoughts in the face, Meng Fei wanted to cross his legs in a cool way. Unfortunately, his feet were tightly bound by the restraints and he could not move at all.
"When I entered the cubicle, I found that cubicles No. 1, 2, and 3 in the first row were all red.
"In other words, these cubicles seem to be occupied, but in fact they are not. This means that someone deliberately closed the doors inside to lure me into cubicle No. 4.
"I was in cubicle 4 and heard a noise in the cubicle 3 next door. I didn't pay attention at the time. But now that I think about it, it was the sound of someone climbing over the top of the cubicle and going from one cubicle to another.
"That person was definitely not the deceased. Because when I entered the No. 4 compartment, the bloody steel piece was already inserted into the paper barrel in the No. 4 compartment. The deceased was already dead.
"So there must have been a third person in the bathroom at that time!"
"Huh, it's a pity that nothing you said can be confirmed."
The administrator shook his head regretfully.
"When our people entered the restroom, only the knobs on the doors of cubicles 3 and 4 were red. The doors of cubicles 1 and 2 were not what you said, they were both green.
"All the security guards were equipped with surveillance cameras to testify. And the security guards immediately searched all the cubicles to confirm that no one was in any other cubicles.
"There are indeed traces of being climbed over on the top of the partition board between compartments No. 1, 2, 3 and 4. But we think those are the traces left by you climbing over.
"As for what you want to do, I don't care. I only care about simple
Reason: There are only two of you present. One is the deceased, and the other is naturally the murderer. "
"No, no, no. The truth is not as simple as your mind. If I were the murderer, it would be too easy to escape your search."
Meng Fei replied with a smile.
"Whether it's surveillance or search, you can only identify ordinary residents wearing resident clothes.
"You can't and won't even think about identifying security personnel who are wearing the same uniform, carrying the same weapons, and wearing the same masks, right?
"So what would happen if the murderer dressed the same as your security personnel and mingled among the security personnel? You wouldn't be able to detect him at all!"
