Jing Yu instantly recalled what happened last night. He was the first witness, and the bloody corpse was vivid in his mind. A thin layer of cold sweat appeared on his forehead, and Jing Yu had no choice but to lower his head and start eating.
After breakfast, everyone began to discuss, and then Jing Yu told everything about last night and expressed his importance to it. Ding Mingsi's job is to solve the problem of monsters attacking people, so after some discussion, Jing Yu and Ning Qu stayed behind to investigate, while the rest continued on their way and gathered in Yunduan County in Jiaozhou.
The government began to issue an official curfew. During the period when the real murderer was not found, people were not allowed to leave their homes after midnight.
Now more people began to know about the cannibal incident, and the whole city was slightly panicked.
Jing Yu revealed his identity to the county magistrate and decided to assist the government in the investigation.
First, investigate the family background of the deceased: Li Datong, a native of Ping'an County, originally worked as a street vendor in a market, and later worked as a goods sorter in a chamber of commerce.
That night was a gathering of colleagues and there was no curfew. In addition, Li Datong was single and there was no strict control of his wife at home. So I didn't go home until very late, and I was already drunk when I walked on the street.
But he never wanted to bump into the zombie blocking his way. He was so angry that he slapped him in the face, but half of his flesh was bitten off by the zombie. Li Datong suddenly woke up and froze on the spot, looking at his palms.
Seeing the prey in a daze, the zombie pounced on it and bit it. Li Datong struggled hard and screamed. However, zombies are twice as strong as normal humans, and their bite force is equivalent to that of a crocodile.
Jing Yu had already ordered a bowl of noodles to eat outside at that time. He didn't pay attention to the screams at first. It was only when Li Datong was hanging on with just one breath that the people around him became alert.
Jing Yu remembered a few things about the zombie's appearance. There was a mole on his forehead, and the rest of his facial features were covered in blood and could not be seen clearly.
There are only so many clues, and no similar cases can be found in previous cases.
Li Datong is an unlucky guy, and it is often difficult to draw useful clues when the first person dies.
However, Jing Yu had an idea. When he saw the zombie, it had a piece of meat in its mouth. The piece of meat could not be eaten immediately. If the zombie still has some intelligence, it will definitely discard the piece of meat on the way to escape, or there will be some blood stains on the way.
As long as you trace down the street where Li Datong died last night, you can find the place where the zombies live.
The reality is often not so beautiful. There are no pieces of meat, only a few drops of blood, and there is a fork in the road over there, and you don't know the direction of the zombies at all.
The county government dispatched detectives to conduct a comprehensive search, and finally sent clues about an eyewitness.
The witness’s surname is Mao, and he will be referred to as Mr. Mao from now on.
Mr. Mao got up at night, the toilet was next to the house, and when he walked out of the door rubbing his sleepy eyes. He caught a glimpse of a fast-moving figure, using both hands and feet, and exuding a strong smell of blood, which made Mr. Mao almost vomit.
This also made Mr. Mao sober. He began to focus on observing the movements of the figure and even forgot to go to the toilet. He last saw figures running away towards the north of the city, which seemed to be Ping Yifang.
Pingyifang is the largest market in the outskirts of Ping'an County and is home to many people. Li Datong originally lived there before moving elsewhere.
There was no news of dead people in Pingyifang in the morning, which meant that the zombies did not choose to attack during the day.
Jing Yu's intuition told him that there was something fishy about this matter.
Obviously there are many people living in Pingyifang, so why do zombies make a special trip to the inner city to look for food.
Another group of detectives brought back news of the real murderer...
The departing team was led by Chen Xueyun. They rented horses again, bought dry food, and headed for Yunduan County.
Song Qian explained the knowledge about zombies on the road: "The zombies described by Jing Yu are different from the ghouls we met that day. Zombies like to eat living things, and the fresher they are, the more delicious they are. And zombies are transformed by people, usually When a person dies and there is still a breath left, and the surrounding yin energy is strong, that breath turns into evil spirit, driving the dead to eat the living."
"Then what method can be used to solve it?" Qiao Xu asked a rare question.
Song Qian was satisfied that someone answered his question: "Zombies cannot be killed. They can use evil energy to resurrect themselves. The only solution is to use clear energy or awe-inspiring righteousness to exorcise evil spirits to turn zombies into dead people again."
Chen Xueyun was a little worried: "Brother Jing and Miss Ning don't have these two kinds of Qi, what should we do?"
"Jing Yu has a gilded bowl, which is used to ward off evil spirits. The golden light of Buddhism is also a kind, but it is not true energy and has never been spread to others."
The news brought back by another team of detectives is about the zombie himself.
There was a gangster in Pingyifang who died a few days ago. He happened to have a mole on his forehead. The police went to look for his body and found nothing.
That little gangster was a well-known gangster in Ping Yifang. His name was Rong Guang. He had no father and no mother. He was living on his inheritance and waiting to die. This alone was not enough. He often visited gambling houses and various brothels.
One day, Rong Guang had an evil idea and fell in love with a young lady from a certain family who had just been married. While her husband was working the night shift, Rong Guang broke into the young lady's home through the window and attempted to rape her.
As a result, the young lady sent out a cry for help. Although she was stopped by Rong Guang in time, she was heard by Li Datong who got up to sort out the goods and prepare to set up a stall the next day. Li Datong rushed into the other party's house and clashed with Rong Guang. Li Datong accidentally beat Rong Guang to death.
He then surrendered to the police and was found not guilty by the county magistrate.
The little lady's innocence has not been lost, so Rong Guang didn't even start.
Although it was a very ancient incident, Jing Yu felt that this was the breakthrough. If the zombies had any consciousness left, the first person they would look for was Li Datong. After all, he was the one who killed him.
At this point in the case, Jing Yu also felt a little enlightened. Since he was conscious, it was clear who Li Datong's target was after he killed him.
After all, things ended before they started, and Rong Guang would definitely not let it go.
So Jing Yu and Ning Qu squatted at the young lady's house and chatted with their family.
The young lady is from Yuezhou, and her husband is a local from Ping'an County. Her husband works as a gatekeeper for a brothel at night. Since that incident, the husband has changed his job and must stay by his wife's side at night to feel at ease.
Jing Yu felt quite sorry for what happened to this family. He could only say that there were countless people like Rong Guang in this era. In this era of imperfect public security, he could only seek happiness for himself.
Night falls.
Jing Yu stood on the roof, shoulder to shoulder with Ning Qu. He looked down at the street, and as expected, a figure appeared in the distance, running towards him. Jing Yu directly pulled out the gun and shot the opponent in the head. Black blood spattered and the zombie fell to the ground.
"Dead?" Jing Yu wanted to jump off the roof, but found that the zombie's body was still moving, and then stood up again quickly.
Ning Qu frowned and stopped Jing Yu. He closed his palms and plunged several ice picks into the zombie's body, causing more and more black blood to flow. But the zombie remained unmoved and struggled to run forward.
Jing Yu was directly shocked by this tenacious vitality: "Why can't he die?"
"Exorcise evil spirits, you use magic weapons to exorcise evil spirits." Ningqu reminded, "I can only delay for a while, he is very fast."
Jing Yu took out the useless gilded bowl, activated his spiritual power, and pointed it at the zombie. A golden light spurted out, and the zombie was enveloped in golden light.
With a roar of pain, the zombie's skin began to burn, and finally turned into a pile of ashes. (To be continued)
