Across Deep Space: Four Men and a Play

After taking the certificate given by Jiang Nan to assist in the investigation, Xia Jiumeng went to Huanbei Avenue in the city.

A mutant attack just happened here.

As soon as she arrived, a man who looked like a detective lifted the cordon and walked towards her. After a brief handshake with her, he took her into the crime scene.

Detective: "Thank you for your hard work in the heavy snow."

"It's okay, you guys worked hard too."

These detectives are not Evol special police, but ordinary people. It is not easy for them to risk their lives to accept the investigation of such a mutant case.

After a few greetings, Xia Jiumeng installed the precision scanning device brought by the association on the ground and pressed the start switch.

The scan is completed in a few seconds, and the data will be transmitted back to the association headquarters via the cloud. The association will then issue a detailed report to the police.

The detective came over with a tablet, looked at Xia Jiumeng who had finished her work, and said, "It's just right. A part of the surveillance footage has been restored and uploaded. Do you want to take a look together?"

"can."

"Okay, but the surveillance equipment on the road was damaged by the low temperature, so the restored results may not be very good. Please forgive me."

Xia Jiumeng raised an eyebrow. "Damaged by low temperature?"

"If I remember correctly, the outdoor monitoring equipment in Linkong City can withstand the low temperatures in snowy weather, right?"

The detective nodded. "Indeed, but the temperature at the time was far below normal snowy temperatures and exceeded the equipment's low-temperature resistance limit. The damage was no longer caused by natural causes."

Xia Jiumeng didn't respond.

The abnormally low temperature, the strangely shaped mutated monsters, and the sharp and slender weapons like hooks growing out of their bodies seem to be stronger than anything else that can be seen.

They are getting stronger. Whether they are mutants or wandering bodies, they are quietly evolving at a speed imperceptible to humans.

Xia Jiumeng raised her eyes and asked, "Do you have any clues about that 'Eliminator'?"

She had heard before she came that the 'Eraser' had dealt with this mutant before the police.

The detective shook his head regretfully. "No, the killer was very meticulous and decisive in his actions. He wasn't caught on camera."

Such means seem to be those of a professional killer with a strong anti-reconnaissance awareness.

Xia Jiumeng nodded and walked towards the guardrail that was destroyed by the mutant. As soon as she got close, the detector in her hand began to issue a rapid alarm.

Xia Jiumeng pressed the mute button and said, "The energy index here is very high. It seems that the mutant is very close to becoming a wandering body."

Detective: "In that case, then we should kill these mutants to prevent them from becoming wandering bodies..."

"This so-called killer can actually be called a hero."

The detective said as he looked at her thoughtfully.

"From your hunters' perspective, do you think those mutants are human beings, or are they monsters that need to be eliminated, just like the wandering bodies?"

Xia Jiumeng looked at the ordinary detective strangely. Was he testing her attitude?

why?

Although it was strange, Xia Jiumeng still answered, "The line between humans and monsters depends on whether they lose control and reason."

"Once a person loses their mind and control, no matter what their status or position, they will turn into a monster that hurts others."

Some people are not wanderers but are more terrifying than wanderers.

At least the wandering body is driven by instinct, while humans...

The detective looked educated. "That's a question worth pondering."

The sharp sirens of ambulances pierced through the wind and snow, coming from far away.

Detective: "Vagabonds, mutants, deep space tunnels... Sometimes I really wonder what kind of unreal world we live in."

"If a disaster far more severe than the Sky Rift disaster were to occur, what would we humans be able to do?"

Xia Jiumeng “…..”

She seemed to have some idea of ​​the detective's identity.

Is it a high-ranking politician?

And judging from their attitude, they should be friendly?

What do you want? A little secret?

"The world is changing rapidly, and the outcome is uncertain. All humans can do is become stronger and adapt to this bizarre world."

“Life will always find a way.”

Xia Jiumeng said this and changed the subject without waiting for the detective to process it. "The authorities are blocking the news now and defining it as an accident in order to avoid causing more panic during this troubled time?"

The detective nodded and then shook his head. "It's not the killer who's causing the panic, it's these mutants."

"A blood-stained killer is much more approachable than these monstrous creatures, isn't he?"

"That's true."

At least people of the same kind can still have the opportunity to communicate.

If a large number of mutants were to erupt under the threat of wandering bodies and deep space tunnels, the barely maintained peace would probably be thrown into chaos in an instant.

"Okay, that's it for now. The association will give you a formal energy analysis report when the time comes. I'll take my leave now."

On the way home, Xia Jiumeng opened the forum about "Eraser" that Tao Tao had shared with her before.

Earlier at the scene, she not only felt the mutant's violent energy, but also a very faint but familiar aura of power.

Combining the Eraser's statement with the fact that he had eliminated the mutants before the police, she had a hunch.

This Eraser is most likely...

But if that's the case, her split spirit body should also come back.

Xia Jiumeng, who was thinking, suddenly heard a rustling sound approaching her.

"what?"

Turning around, I didn't see any figure, but there were a few animal claw marks on the ground.

Like a dog but a little too small.

What the hell is this foot?

While she was looking at the footprints, a white figure suddenly rushed towards her from the corner of her sight. Xia Jiumeng subconsciously raised her hand to clap, but her hand fell into nothing.

This little thing reacts so quickly.

The next second, she felt the scarf around her neck inexplicably tighten and then suddenly become empty.

"?!"

Holy shit! This isn't an attack, it's a theft?!

The moment he reacted, only a series of messy footprints were left on the ground.

The white culprit left only a shadow and disappeared into the darkness of the street corner not far away.

"...Don't let me catch you."

Xia Jiumeng immediately chased after him, because that was the scarf Li Shen gave her!

It’s better not to let her catch this little thing, otherwise she will definitely make this pot of soup.

Following the footprints, Xia Jiumeng entered a dead end. She looked around but there was no trace of the white shadow, and even its breath had disappeared.

Where did that guy hide?

Just as I was about to use my mental power to investigate, I suddenly heard a strange conversation.

"Are you going to take me back to the 'cocoon'? ..... I won't go back!" The owner of the voice was a teenager, but his tone was full of panic and resistance.

But the next second he seemed to realize something. "No! You are the Eraser?! You... just kill me!"

The Eraser?

Is it...him?