Born in the dark, Ended in the dawn

Corpses, many corpses, swollen and rotten flesh oozed yellow sewage all over the ground, and the places where they landed were all slippery and muddy, exuding a disgusting stench.

In the dark corner, who is shaking the chains and making disturbing crashing noises?That pale hand stretched out from the darkness as if begging for help, I really wanted to hold it, really wanted to save it.

Every step will leave a deep pit on the sticky ground, but even with difficulty, the body still walks uncontrollably towards the dark place, who is waiting for him there, waiting for his help.

Can't pass!

It's annoying, don't get in the way.He raised his leg and wanted to kick away the obstructive resistance at his feet, but found that what was holding his trouser leg was only a broken half palm, other than that it was all broken bones and rotten flesh mixed with blood, it was just a deep red , The metal police badge flashed a strange light to attract his attention.

It's so familiar, I seem to have seen this police badge somewhere, and the dark exhaust vent in the back of my memory came to my mind, is it the guy who was crushed by the fan?It's miserable.

Throwing the police badge back into the shapeless puddles without much concern, he continued to walk towards the darkness. The sound of metal collisions continued, fast and slow, as if he was being urged. The human eardrum hurts.

Only half a step away, the dark corner in front of him was so dark that the scenery within the boundary could not be seen at all. The pale hand was stretched out straight out like this, the palm hanging down weakly.

Want to hold it, want to pull it out of that chaotic darkness.The temperature from the palm was shocking, so cold, and the skin was weirdly slippery, and the touch was so familiar that it couldn't be more familiar.

Is it already late?The owner of this hand is dead, even for a long time.It's really frustrating, but in the end, no one can save it.

The moment he let go of his hand, the pale hand actually moved, maybe it was still alive?

It's really cold here, maybe it's just the cold and humid environment that made this hand so scary, the uncontrollable ecstasy in his heart prompted him to hold that cold hand with both hands and pull it out.

However, that arm remained unmoved at all, like a deeply rooted plant growing in the darkness, even a little bit of flesh was knocked off during the pulling, and the broken flesh that fell on the ground quickly rotted into a pool Smelly water seeps into the soil.

How is this going?

Before he could react as he should, the hand that exposed the thick bones suddenly held his warm wrist, and suddenly burst out incredible force, dragging him towards the darkness, until half of his body entered the darkness, In order to see everything there.

Actually, is that so?The faceless beast opened its bloody mouth, and its sharp, stained fangs emitted a stench.

Is this a trap?Are you going to die here?No way, I am not reconciled, there are still many things that have not been resolved, how can I be swallowed by such an inexplicable guy.The strength of that hand is so strong that I can't break free, and my body is almost completely dragged in, help me... someone help me!

"Wei Lan! Wake up."

With a soft snap, a burning pain came from his cheek, Wei Lan opened his eyes in a daze, and Xiao Zixian in front of him frowned.

The sun was shining brightly outside the window, it seemed that it was getting late, my head was buzzing, and I couldn't figure out where I was for a while.Familiar room, familiar light tubes, and familiar old sofa, ah... I remembered, it was too late to read the materials last night, and I slept in the lounge again.

"What time is it, so bright?" Wei Lan rubbed her eyes and yawned loudly.

Xiao Zixian made a glass of warm water and handed it to Wei Lan, "It's almost noon."

"It's almost noon... Hey! No, why did you hit me?" Just as he was about to open his mouth to drink water, the pain in his cheek prevented him from pouring the water into his mouth, and the water spilled all over his body. Then he remembered that he had just been hit hand.

"You seem to be having a nightmare, and you can't wake up no matter what."

nightmare?Were those just dreams?Wei Lan unconsciously touched the pulled right wrist, and couldn't help exclaiming, "It hurts!" As if being scalded, Wei Lan raised his wrist to his eyes, and there were fingerprints on the wheat-colored skin "What's going on? It wasn't there yesterday."

"What did you dream about just now?" The bruise on Wei Lan's wrist caused Xiao Zixian to have bad thoughts in his heart. How could a dream cause real harm to people? There is nothing wrong with this guy lying here and sleeping obediently. Could it be that the soul went out unconsciously?This is not a good sign.

Wei Lan met Xiao Zixian's questioning eyes and shook her head helplessly.My head was in a mess, and I couldn't remember anything. The moment I was woken up, many pictures suddenly became torn apart, and then disappeared from my mind, "I can't remember what happened at all, I just remember that place everywhere It was all muddy and there were a lot of dead bodies."

"what is the place?"

"I don't know." Wei Lan answered truthfully.After drinking the warm water, he slowly got up and put his clothes back on his body one by one, "Where did everyone else go?"

"Go to the NC International Hotel for a second survey." When Wei Lan came back from washing, Xiao Zixian had already placed the hot milk and bean buns in front of Wei Lan's table, and at the same time pushed over a neatly bound document, "After eating Let's see."

Wei Lan couldn't help feeling that the cleanliness of the office had once again been pushed to a new high. During Xiao Zixian's coma for more than half a year, it was common for scattered materials to fly all over the sky. Newspapers and report desks were everywhere, as if they had been looted. .

At this moment, Wei Lan felt so tidy in his hand that he was embarrassed to open it. He obediently finished his breakfast, washed his oily hands, and sat at the table like a primary school student, took the stack of documents devoutly and began to read, "Hu Zhe's forehead Are there any injuries? Is this the transcript of Chen Xi's interview?"

"Yes, but it's more than that. With Chen Xi's testimony and the screenshots of the surveillance video, we can trace all the way to what Hu Zhe did before he was hospitalized." Xiao Zixian opened one of the pages, pointed to the content in the document and said , "This is what Chen Xi saw from the note that Hu Zhe dropped."

The address is Meijiang Nursing Home at the intersection of Binhe Avenue and Huitong National Road in Huicheng North District.

No wonder the NC International Hotel will be inspected again, "Several times there are notes, all using NC sticky notes, indicating that the person has been living there. Have you asked them to pay special attention to the verification of the guests?"

"Of course, that's what I went for." Taking out the first document, Xiao Zixian said again, "The important thing is the remaining two documents, Wei Lan, you have done a great job."

With such an indifferent tone, there was no sense of congratulating others for their meritorious deeds, but Wei Lan knew Xiao Zixian's character well, and being able to say those four words was already the best thing he could say.

The remaining two documents are placed side by side. First, two photos are placed on the top of the document. One is the whole picture of the black plastic bag, the other is the license plate from various angles of the contents, and the other photo has only one photo. That police badge, and a few broken bones.

"Are these the ones I brought back from the underground garage?" Sure enough, the black plastic bag also contained bones. Under the erosion of the water, the flesh and internal organs had already been corroded, and only one dry bone was left intact.

It's just that those dead bones have also become fragile, and they have been thrown around in the underground garage, and they have also scattered into several piles.Wei Lan looked at the copy of the ID photo on the document, her eyes widened, and she cast a questioning look at Xiao Zixian in disbelief, "I've seen this person before, he's the security guard in the underground garage! I'm the one with the musty smell If you remember correctly, how could you have died eight years ago?"

"What is impossible now?"

That's right, what Xiao Zixian said was right. Now that things have happened, I really don't have the confidence to say that these are all nonsense, so the security guard I saw when there was an accident in the underground garage that day was actually a ghost?That was the beginning of a series of strange things after I woke up. It really made people dare not think about it carefully. It turns out that those things have been lingering around for a long time.

"It's not just the security guard, the other one will also make you unbelievable." Xiao Zixian interrupted Wei Lan's wild thoughts, raised his chin, and motioned Wei Lan to look at another document, "Through DNA comparison, those broken bones and The owner of the police badge has also been found out, and he is someone you know."

For some reason, the heart beat so violently suddenly, as if it was about to jump out of the throat.Wei Lan hesitated, but couldn't suppress his strong curiosity. Thanks to the police badge, he recalled a little bit of the dream not long ago.

What a terrible dream, that pile of horrible minced meat was right under his feet, blocking his way, he knew that it was a well-intentioned obstruction, a dissuasion from not wanting to put himself in danger, but why did he in the dream Will it be so repulsive?Everything in the dream was so strange and full of contradictions.

Moving away from the photo, the blocked victim's information appeared in front of his eyes, and it was indeed the familiar name——Guo Wen.

Even though I had already guessed the answer, I still felt a little awkward.Wei Lan couldn't tell what it was like in her heart, she didn't have many sad emotions, she just felt completely unreal.

After all, during the summer nights on duty, how many times did they gnaw on fried chicken and drink beer and talk all night, such a smiling, friendly and easy-going Lao Guo, how could it be the broken bones in front of him?It turns out that what I saw was the appearance of Lao Guo when he was 45 or six years old when he died. If he was still alive, he would probably be a wrinkled old man in his 50s now. No wonder he called himself an uncle.

"So, what merit have I made?"

"Guo Wen's disappearance has always been regarded as a criminal case internally. Although it has not been disclosed to the public, the sudden disappearance of the police personnel is within such a sensitive time period. It is impossible not to take it seriously?"

"That's strange." Wei Lan questioned Xiao Zixian's answer, "Since the higher authorities attach so much importance to this matter, why can't they find his body? Since we already know that the place where Lao Guo last appeared was in the Harmony Community, Why wasn't a thorough search done? If they looked carefully, I don't believe they would have missed it."

Xiao Zixian nodded, "So when I say you have made meritorious service, there are two meanings. First, the upper management is very concerned about Guo Wen's disappearance. You found Guo Wen's remains and got rid of the upper management's heart disease, so you have made meritorious service. Second, for us, you have indeed done meritorious service."

"Ouch!" Wei Lan leaned back in a disfigured manner, leaning on the back of the chair with all fours, giggling and looking at Xiao Zixian, "Can't you be more straightforward? The purpose of the upper management is just to confirm that Lao Guo is It’s not that they are completely dead, and they can feel at ease if they really shut their mouths. So I have done a great service for helping them remove the stone in their hearts. There are more troublesome problems.”

"Yes, we need to know why Lao Guo died there in that form."