Although Xiao Zhengyi felt that they might be able to catch the man-eating monster that committed this crime by waiting in the abandoned hotel, he and Xu Shenxing were unable to find any traces of the monster after lying in ambush there for a day and a night. In the end, they had to give up.
After the discovery in the abandoned hotel was reported, the police soon came to seal off this alternative murder scene and took away all the headless corpses left behind by the monster to try to identify the deceased.
Because this work would take some time to complete, Xu Shenxing and Xiao Zhengyi could only continue the investigation.
By the way, the reason why Mo Li was not mentioned was because the little guy played with Xu Shenxing's phone until it ran out of battery on the night of the ambush. He said that he wanted to go home to play an activity, so he went back first …
"In any case, the murderer this time can be confirmed to be the former Earth God of Jiang Jin, right?"
At noon the next day, Xiao Zhengyi confirmed with Xu Shenxing while opening the bento he bought from the roadside convenience store.
In his opinion, this hotel was originally told to them by the current Earth God that the former Earth God lived in after becoming a monster. In a sense, it could be considered the monster's nest.
Since so many corpses were found in the nest, there was no doubt that the murderer was the owner of the nest, the former Earth God.
"No, I still feel that something is wrong."
Xu Shenxing was gnawing on a steamed bun with a puzzled face. He turned his head and glanced at Xiao Zhengyi's bento box. He was suddenly overjoyed, "Ah, there's fried pork chops in your bento box, I won't hold back!"
"Stop it! If you want to eat fried pork chops so much, you can buy them yourself. It's not like you have to fight for a half-price bento … "
"If there is such an activity, it's a good thing for me."
After successfully seizing most of the fried pork chops in Xiao Zhengyi's bento box as a side dish for his steamed bun, Xu Shenxing finally showed a satisfied look.
"So, what exactly do you think is wrong?"
Xiao Zhengyi, who could only eat shredded cabbage with his lunch box because he failed to protect it properly, stuffed a piece of fried pork chop into his mouth and asked with a muffled voice.
"If the enemy is really the former Earth God, then the whole case is going too smoothly." Xu Shenxing touched his chin. "According to my experience, things that can get me involved are usually not that simple!"
Do you think you're the protagonist of a novel with a troublesome aura?
Xiao Zhengyi almost wanted to complain. However, after thinking for a while, he decided to swallow the fried pork chop in his mouth first.
"Besides, didn't the current Earth God also say that? The monster that the former Earth God turned into seemed to have a certain pattern in its cannibalism. It wouldn't be like what we saw in the abandoned hotel, where it hunted humans without restraint. As the source of information about the hardness of my fists, I don't think that guy would lie to me. "
Then, Xu Shenxing made a guess that sounded more reasonable than the previous one.
"If that's the case, why are there so many bodies in the ruins of the hotel? Could it be that other cannibal monsters also chose that place as their habitat? I don't think there are so many coincidences. " Looking at the cabbage, Xiao Zhengyi had no appetite at all. In the end, he could only take out a bottle of mayonnaise from the back of the car and sprinkle a thick layer on it. Only then did he continue to eat. He continued to use that impolite and unclear voice to say, "So, I think you're just overthinking things. You're overthinking things. You're overthinking things … Just like in reality, there aren't so many criminals in Conan who want to play tricks with killing methods … At most, they'll just chop off the noodle shop owner's head and throw it into the bin."
"I don't think the example you mentioned is at the level of 'just' …"
"That's why reality is often more bizarre than fiction." Xiao Zhengyi shrugged.
"In addition to the above two reasons, I actually have evidence that proves that the murderer is probably not the former Earth God."
Xu Shenxing pushed his non-existent glasses and made a wise expression, "Do you remember how I described the cannibal scene before?"
"I think it was … a 'banquet'?"
Xiao Zhengyi tried hard to recall, then answered with uncertainty.
"Yes, the reason why it was a banquet means that there is likely to be more than one monster involved." Xu Shenxing said calmly, "Based on the bite marks on those bodies, it can be roughly inferred that there were at least three different types of monsters with different body shapes there."
"What kind of monsters?" Xiao Zhengyi showed an 'I see' expression and then continued to ask.
"How would I know? I'm not a forensic doctor. " Xu Shenxing spread out his hands and made a helpless expression. "Some of those corpses have rotted into that horrible state. The only thing I can compare them to is the size of the bite marks …"
"…"
In short, regardless of Xiao Zhengyi's opinion, even if the real murderer was really the former Earth God, he and Xu Shenxing had to catch the other party first.
"The murderer should have already known that the ruins of the hotel were exposed, so we couldn't catch the culprit there." Xiao Zhengyi continued to analyze, "But even if those monsters really happened to use the abandoned hotel as their nest, then as long as we look for similar places, we should be able to find the other party's traces, right?"
"Is it really just a coincidence?"
However, Xu Shenxing still felt that something was wrong.
Jiang Jin was not considered a first-tier city, but after years of development, it was developed well and could barely meet the standards of a second-tier city. In addition to the merger of several surrounding small places, the actual area of Jiang Jin was quite large.
With rapid economic development, there would naturally be some abandoned products — ruins like the abandoned hotel and unfinished buildings that couldn't be completed for various reasons, even if they weren't common, they weren't rare either. Even Xu Shenxing could think of three or four such places.
The probability of those monsters really choosing the abandoned hotel for dinner was too small.
Therefore, Xu Shenxing still felt that there must be some inside story that they didn't know.
"If it's not a coincidence, then I'm in trouble …" Xiao Zhengyi, who had just finished his meal, looked like he had a stomachache. "After what you've said, the number of invisible man-eating monsters has increased by a notch, and those things that are definitely up to no good no matter how you look at it are plotting some kind of conspiracy … Forgive me, I just want to be a small police officer with nothing to do …"
"Don't mess around, when I first came back, I was just a small citizen waiting to die. This wish of mine still hasn't come true."
Xu Shenxing said with a sigh.
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This was a rather spacious room. On the wall of the room was a huge map that depicted the entire Jiang Jin city in detail.
But more importantly, the map seemed to have used a highlighter to mark Jiang Jin's spirit vein.
From the map, the shape of Jiang Jin's spirit vein was like a giant dragon that was twisted into the shape of an'S '. However, there were many branches of spirit veins where the dragon's whiskers and claws were.
Although the Cultivators could only search for and detect the mother lodes with their senses and their divinations, for the mushroom-headed girl, as the God of Earth, the mother lodes were as eye-catching as spotlights that were emitting dazzling light in the dark night as long as she cast a spell.
"Oh, as expected, the Living Soil from the Undying Laurel can only block it for a while, it can't be considered a long-term solution." Because the save file had been deleted, she could only sorrowfully do her job. She couldn't help but frown slightly. "No wonder Yu the Great used this thing to block it for a long time, but in the end, he still came to the conclusion that it was better to let it out than to block it … This thing is only suitable for planting, it can't block it …"
Fortunately, with the Suppressing Creek Seal and the Living Soil, the two godly artifacts, Jiang Jin's spirit vein could barely be maintained in a relatively stable state. Although it was' for a while, 'that was according to the gods' view of time. If converted to the mortal world, it could probably guarantee that nothing would happen for two to three hundred years.
— It should have been like this.
"Strange, the direction of the spirit vein … Why did it suddenly change?"
The Earth God loli, who hadn't found anything strange, was about to leave the study for work and try to find the save file when she suddenly noticed that the fluorescent lines representing the spirit vein on the map were flickering strangely.
"How is this possible! The only thing that can change the direction of the spirit vein is a piece of land, or a more advanced Earth God system … Could it be?! "
Just as she was about to do something, the underground temple, which was her residence, suddenly shook violently!
It should be known that this was the residence of the gods, and it was also the temple of the Earth God. Even a magnitude 12 earthquake wouldn't have any effect on this place. Since the girl took the position of the Earth God, only Mo Li and Xu Shenxing had invaded this place. The former could directly ignore the barrier of the Heavenly Realm and directly enter in a way that even the Earth God loli herself didn't know; the latter could directly smash the boundary between the Heavenly Realm and the mortal world with his fist (and also smash the Earth God into the ground) …
Soon, the alarm system set by the Earth God sent a feedback: Some invisible monster had slipped in.
"To be able to enter this place, but to be discovered by such a low-level alarm system … In other words, this evil guest was sent in by someone else? Other than those two monsters, only the lord who also has the authority of the temple can easily break through the boundary of the Earth God's temple … I haven't seen you for four hundred years, have you really fallen to this extent? "
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