Daybreak.
Chen Xuan stood on the balcony of the police station with a cigarette in his mouth, staring blankly at the sky.
Zheng Guofu took out the cigarette case from Chen Xuan's pocket, took out a cigarette from the red box, lit it tremblingly, and then took a sharp puff before his trembling body stabilized.
"Chen Xuan."
Chen Xuan was startled, turned around, saluted and said:
"Hello, Director Zheng."
Zheng Guofu shook the ashes from his cigarette, and then took another puff. His smoking posture gradually became familiar, and he leaned against the railing and asked:
"What are you thinking about? So absorbed."
Chen Xuan's eyes dimmed a little, and his tense body became a little loose. He had a lot to say, but he didn't know who to say it to or how to say it.
"I...was wondering what Bixian looks like."
"How terrifying is it? That it scares everyone who sees it?"
"Do you think Li Yuan was scared before she died?"
"It's so troublesome."
“It’s already scary when you can’t see it.”
Zheng Guofu took a sip, coughed, and then said jokingly:
"I'm sorry, I quit smoking for a long time, but I saw such a weird scene and I feel like I can't survive."
Not very funny.
"Chen Xuan."
"Yes, Director Zheng"
"I will send your report early tomorrow morning. Li Yuan has proved to us the existence of the "Bi Xian" with his life, so I, an old guy, have to work hard to make them believe it."
"What new ideas do you have for "Pen Fairy"?"
Chen Xuan paused. He was the person who had the most contact with Bixian so far.
Touching his lips lightly, Chen Xuan continued:
"No solution."
If you touch it, you will die, and there is no cure.
"Tsk."
Zheng Guofu shook his head and said:
"This is not the attitude I had when I first interviewed you. You said that everything has clues. If there are people... but there are no ghosts?"
"Are you that desperate?"
Chen Xuan also shook his head and explained:
"I'm not desperate. On the contrary, I hope that he has weaknesses more than anyone else. But... I can only find a way out of the inability to find a way out of the inability to solve it."
Director Zheng's tone became much more solemn, and then he said:
"But you know what? More serious things have happened in the past few days."
"The family that Li Qiqi infected started sleepwalking after Li Qiqi died."
"And the three people...went to different families respectively. Yesterday there was another sleepwalking incident. It is initially suspected that Li Qiqi was responsible."
Li Qiqi did not die, but turned into a pen fairy and disappeared into the world. Chen Xuan also speculated that with one more pen fairy, would there be another link in the chain of infection?
Sure enough, his suspicion was now confirmed.
Although this proved to be very dry, it was as dry as if you had chewed a raw military biscuit without losing the water, making you choke.
Zheng Guofu continued:
"If it is really contagious as you said...then these three families will start a new chain of infection."
"Currently, all members of Zhang Chao's family have died, which also means that a new reincarnation is about to begin."
"Three families infect three families, and if the infection continues, this is an exponential increase. If the infection spreads to a family of three every time, then after ten times, 60,000 people will die."
"It doesn't even take two months."
"The entire Tang city will be killed by Bixian, then another city, and then another."
"Do you know why I smoke?"
"I don't think we can wait this long."
"Because I'm scared too."
Zheng Guofu turned his head and looked at Chen Xuan. He tried to find a hint of collapse and confusion in Chen Xuan's eyes. This is what should appear in a person's expression.
But Chen Xuan didn't.
"Director Zheng, do you know what the saying is for people in our field of investigating supernatural incidents?"
"Tell me."
"Only people who are afraid of ghosts want to use ghosts to taunt others."
"You boy."
Chen Xuan smoked the last cigarette, then threw it on the ground and stamped it out.
He had smoked enough during this time that he didn't want to smoke anymore.
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...
Zheng Guofu went to the Xia Party with his report the next day. Such a shocking report, in the eyes of the conservative Xia Party, was tantamount to a heresy and immediately attracted criticism from everyone. However, Director Zheng also expressed his position. It can be testified that if this is a rumor, Zheng Guofu can bear the consequences. He will no longer sit in the position of police chief.
But if it is true, who will bear the responsibility for the subsequent deaths?
If nothing is done to stop it, Tangcheng will be extinct in just one and a half months.
Just such a sentence shocked all other voices, but did not calm their hearts. Some people sneered and thought, they were all scared. How could such a daydream happen? Just wait for Director Zheng to drop the chain and then add insult to injury.
After listening to the report, the mayor of Tangcheng did not express whether he believed it or not, but issued a more concise order——
The trend of infection must be controlled to prevent it from spreading like this.
Whether it's ghosts, diseases, or even mutations, they must be controlled.
In the face of existing victims, contact dermatologists and plastic surgeons to ask whether plum spots can be removed externally through surgery. At all costs, force the victims to undergo facial reconstruction, and strive to modify all pen fairy marks to prevent It changes.
If there is a victim who wants to die...help them euthanasia.
In short, we can no longer let them become so-called "pen wizards" and then infect other people.
As for the most important transmission chain control.
After a round of transmission from Zhang Chao's family, there were three families in front of them, and six people were infected, including a couple, a family of three, and a bachelor, that is, six infection chains.
For these six people, six task forces will be set up today. Each group is responsible for a transmission chain. They must stop the spread as much as possible, or at least prevent it from spreading anymore.
If it continues to spread, the police force will be the first to be challenged and will be stretched in the future.
Due to time constraints, each task force's special approval only needs to be approved by the leader in charge before it can be implemented. And due to the emergency situation, no reward and punishment mechanism will be arranged for the time being. Everything is done out of responsibility for human safety.
Even if it is a small matter, we must be prepared for it. In the face of such a big event, whether it is true or not, since it has already happened, we would rather believe that it happened than not believe that it did not happen.
The heads of the six task forces are the elite backbones of each bureau. On the recommendation of Zheng Guofu, Chen Xuan became the head of the sixth task force, responsible for the transmission chain of people living alone.
After Chen Xuan received the news, he immediately started preparations.
Because there is not much time left for him.
After organizing the plans in his mind into a plan, Chen Xuan immediately handed it over.
But this plan has caused great controversy.
