On the ninth day, Gu Jun studied the severed limbs and liver of the black goat cub, a new piece of bad news entered the autopsy room.
In the past one day, there had been 5 murder cases that were suspected to be related to abnormal energy at Eastern State.
The 5 cases all happened between friends, classmates, and colleagues. According to the crime scene investigation and autopsy report, the victims died from severe head trauma. In reality, the suspects were very violent. The victims' skulls were all shattered and their faces were beyond recognition.
One of the cases with the most 4 victims happened at Rock Cave Mountain at the northern part of Eastern State. The suspect was Tan Jinming.
All five suspects were missing, and so was Tan Jinming.
Before Tan Jinming disappeared, he had sent a message to his parents. The investigators found the phone he used on the mountain stairs.
Because there was a blood-stained handprint on the guardrail, the investigators suspected that Tan Jinming had jumped over the guardrail and jumped into the valley. However, his body was not found at the bottom of the valley, and there were no signs of him tumbling down.
Even the Zoogs could not find any trace of him. Perhaps the Zoogs were too afraid to move forward. These spooky creatures said that there was a strong dark energy lingering at the scene.
The crime scene was located at a mountain stream not far away from the mountain stairs. The members of Tian Xuan and The One had visited it.
Two male bodies were soaked in the stream. Their skulls were cracked and deformed. A large rock in the stream was covered in blood and brain matter. The stream was dyed red and the water had flowed away.
The bodies of the two female victims were further away from the stream. They were both killed by the suspects using a rock to bash them in the back of their heads. The bloody murder weapon was placed next to the two bodies. The back of their skulls were shattered but their faces were unharmed. The extreme fear and pain had been preserved.
Their lifeless eyes stared in the direction of the mountain steps.
Almost all the mountaineers who first discovered them developed acute stress disorder.
The symptoms of acute stress disorder were varied and varied. Most of the patients would suffer from a state of blankness or numbness. They would also suffer from a narrowed range of consciousness, decreased clarity of consciousness, inability to respond to external stimuli, and some would even utter incomprehensible gibberish.
The tourists were like that. They froze on the steps, frozen like wooden chickens. They had reached a serious state of paralysis.
The so-called numb state was also commonly known as having lost one's soul. One would not respond to external stimuli. One would not be able to respond to calls, nor would one be able to move. One would be expressionless and would not eat or drink.
These patients would not be able to recall the stressful event afterward. Once they recalled it or came into contact with related things, there would be stressful situations, such as tachycardia, tremors, sweating, flushing, and so on. If the symptoms persisted for more than four weeks, PTSD could be considered.
Among these tourists, there were young students, mature middle-aged people, and young children. They did not have much in common.
So many people had acute stress disorder not only because they were frightened, but also because they had been eroded by the dark forces.
Among them, there was a group of high school students. Only a boy named Peng Hui did not appear to be in a stupefied state.
It was Peng Hui who called the police. Even though he was also frightened and had symptoms like tremors and tachycardia, he could still move on his own. Peng Hui told the investigator, "It must be that fatty's doing … We ran into him on the way up the mountain. He was drenched in blood, it has to be him …"
According to the Spell Department's evaluation, Peng Hui had a higher talent in mental power than normal people. If he could pass some tests and he was willing, he could be sent to Phecda University for further training. Perhaps in a few years, he would become a talent in spell.
For now, Peng Hui was just a good seedling.
Yu Chi, Feng Peiqian, Deng Ximei, and the rest of them were standing on the lush trees. They could all feel the traces of dark power at the crime scene, especially the strange-looking rock that was the largest and the one that was stained with the most blood. It seemed to be something that flowed out of the abyss.
Obviously, Tan Jinming was influenced by the darkness …
That was why this normally honest person would commit such a crime and tell his parents that he did not want to do that.
"These people …" Gu Jun stood beside the autopsy table. He looked through the relevant information and the pictures of the suspects. When he saw Tan Jinming's picture, the fat face behind the glasses did not know how to face the camera. "They are all 'negative choices'."
Based on appearance alone, they did not have much of an advantage, be it in terms of fighting or courtship.
In fact, they did not belong to the category of normal people, they belonged to the category of balanced choices. These people … could be categorized as negative choices.
Gu Jun's opinion was seen by the investigation team as well. This was a worse situation.
Positive choice, negative choice, draw.
The strange power was not only corrupting newborns and Phecda members with high mental power, it was also spreading to the adults among the public.
Among the five suspects, the youngest was 20 and the oldest was 35. There were four males and one female.
They had no criminal record and they had a good reputation in their daily lives. They were good people and honest people. Even their previous posts on the internet did not show any signs of criminal tendencies. They were not sociopathic. In fact, they were the least likely to commit crimes in the field of criminal psychology.
But now, it was these people who had committed the crime.
When they committed the crime, they all displayed abnormal power, especially the female suspect. She was a 21-year-old university student. She killed a male student who was one size taller than her. The signs of struggle at the crime scene showed that the fight ended quickly. The suspects only needed a few moves to knock out the victim.
Were they really the ones who committed the crime?
"Why them? Why not someone else? Why is it not another 'negative choice' … This is not a coincidence …"
The more Gu Jun looked at Tan Jinming's picture, the more agitated his heart became. It was as if he could hear the voice of the 'negative choice' in the delivery room again, asking him how he was feeling. "These suspects … are chosen. The enemy wants this kind of 'negative choice', to have them … awaken."
'Awaken? ' Gu Jun uttered the word, and after that, he vaguely felt more than he had expected.
The negative choice did not incite those who were already at the edge of darkness. Those people did not need to be rushed.
He needed to give these 'honest people' a chance, to let them see themselves clearly.
If they still could not 'awaken' …
Gu Jun's scalp chilled. He could already see Tan Jinming's dead body.
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