nightmare exec

Hearing Song Yin's yelling, Qi Zhengnan stopped and turned on the perspective projection again.

This time, the paper figurine's white face disappeared, replaced by a dirty gray door, covered with children's graffiti, and many handprints - it seems that Song Yin should have shrunk back into the toilet cubicle in.

"How are you?" Qi Zhengnan asked with concern through Erhu.

"I'm alive, I'm fine, I'm still breathing! Qi Zhengnan, you bastard, what good dungeon did you choose?!"

A few more coughs came from the earphones, and Song Yin still sounded angry.It's just that this time, it's hard to say how much he was infected by suspect A, and how much he was out of temper from the bottom of his heart.

After he stabilized his emotions, he began to describe the shocking moment he just encountered——

"Didn't you encourage me to look at those paper figurines? Before I even took a few glances, that female paper figurine suddenly rushed towards me, pressed me down, and opened her mouth to spit water all over my head and face! My mother This smell smells like fish! It's [-]% stagnant water in that stinky ditch. Damn, what else is in the water, dead bees? Rotten water plants? Bah, bah, bah!"

bee?

Qi Zhengnan asked Erhu to zoom in on Song Yin's perspective, and soon found several dead bees in the water stains on the ground.

This immediately reminded him of the wedding bee swarm that appeared in the green forest before the dungeon cut.

coincide?not necessarily.

"Enlarge the dead bee." He continued to ask the assistant officer.

The relevant picture was immediately presented in front of Qi Zhengnan in the form of a static picture - two bees with their legs turned upside down, with golden pollen on their legs after zooming in.

If there is pollen, there should also be flowers.But the garden was withered, and there were not many living plants.

Qi Zhengnan manipulated the picture to drag and zoom, and soon saw the "broken aquatic plants" that Song Yin just mentioned.

Those plants were different from the aquatic plants in Qi Zhengnan's impression.It doesn't look like the kind of silky plant that is completely submerged in water, at least the lotus leaf-shaped leaves should float on the water.

"Two Tigers, search for plant species."

At his request, the assistant officer gave the result of the inquiry, which was a common plant in the south, "water turtle".The leaves float on the water like miniature water lilies.In summer and autumn, white translucent flowers will bloom, which is actually a bit beautiful.

Qi Zhengnan asked the two tigers to share the discovery with Song Yin, and the earphones soon began to reason.

"Why is this female paper figurine wet all over, and there are bees and water turtles on her body... Ah! I understand, it must be implying a certain place, a river with such aquatic flowers... "

"No, not a river."

Before Song Yin finished speaking, Qi Zhengnan immediately turned around and jogged along the road he came from.

"Erhu, transmit my picture here to Morpho. Be careful not to show my picture, so as not to irritate him."

While speaking, Qi Zhengnan had already crossed the boulevard and returned to the pond where the sculpture stands.Sure enough, the pond was densely packed with water turtles spit out from the girl's mouth.

"I found the beehive." Erhu reminded Qi Zhengnan to pay attention to the right rear of the pond.

On the height of a dead tree, there is a huge and ugly wild beehive like a tumor, and it seems to be a shriveled human head.

Qi Zhengnan walked under the tree and pushed aside a thick layer of dead leaves with his feet, and he found many dead bees.He quickly walked back to the pond, stepped up to the high edge of the pond, pushed aside a few clumps of water turtle flowers, and looked down into the water.

The stagnant water that had been abandoned for many years was very dirty, and the water body showed a dark green color due to severe eutrophication. There were also several dead fish floating on the surface, and their tails had become skeletons.

"The water is not shallow." He casually found a dead branch more than one meter long and poked it into the pool, but couldn't touch the bottom at all.

He thought for a while, then grabbed a handful of water turtle grass and dragged it towards the shore. The slippery water grass had incredibly long veins.After uprooting, I roughly estimated that it was at least about three meters—and this was the depth of the edge of the pond.

"Do you need to dive?" Erhu has unconditional trust in all the actions of his executive officer, "Then I will start the underwater breathing mode for you now."

"Open." Qi Zhengnan nodded to authorize.

Similar to Song Yin's situation in the super dungeon "Burning the Small Building", Qi Zhengnan's combat uniform quickly evolved into a breathing mask, and the original induction helmet was replaced with a solid full helmet integrated with goggles.

Qi Zhengnan turned around and sat down on the edge of the pond, quickly checked the operation of the respiratory system, and checked the water for corrosion.

After confirming that everything was ready, he started to pull out the aquatic plants on the shore to prevent entanglement when diving.

At the same time, Ergou's voice came from the earphones: "Shodi reminds you to be more careful."

"...Understood, let him rest assured."

Although the two cannot communicate directly for the time being, it is precisely because of this that the care that cannot be erased even by ghosts becomes more and more precious.

The uprooted aquatic plants quickly piled up a hill on the shore.After that, Qi Zhengnan chose a relatively safe posture for entering the water, and slowly dived into the dirty pond.

At the same time, far away in the men's room, on the wall of the toilet in front of Song Yin, the picture that Qi Zhengnan saw in the water appeared simultaneously.

Even if the advanced night vision function is turned on, it is still a dim world with extremely low visibility—the water body is like a large piece of plastic pretending to be emerald, with green algae and flocculent floating substances suspended here and there.

In addition to the water turtles that had been cleaned up just now, there were many fluffy hornwort algae in the pond, and they danced when the water wave shook, trying to wrap around Qi Zhengnan's legs and arms.

Fortunately, Qi Zhengnan is an experienced diver - he got a diving certificate in Southeast Asia when he was a teenager.Moreover, the excellent breathing system of the battle suit also allows him to hardly worry about the oxygen problem.

But Song Yin was still nervous.He sat down on the toilet in the cubicle, staring intently at the projection screen on the toilet door.

It didn't take long for Qi Zhengnan to reach the bottom of the pond.Under his disturbance, the silt accumulated here for many years drifted up with the current, like a sandstorm in slow motion.

When the dust settled again, Song Yin suddenly saw half of his head and one eye protruding from the mud.

It was a plastic doll, perhaps a child's toy that had been accidentally dropped in the pond.

As Qi Zhengnan expanded his exploration range at the bottom of the pond, more and more leftover items appeared on the screen.Children's shoes, building blocks, beanbags, and even the wheels of a stroller—it looks like a graveyard of time, the hidden underwater showroom of an orphanage.

Song Yin's mood bounced back and forth between anticipation and fear. He stared at the screen the whole time, almost forgetting the three paper figurines outside the cubicle door.

About three or four minutes later, Qi Zhengnan suddenly stopped moving forward.

A cloud of mud kicked up from the bottom of the screen.Immediately afterwards, the camera moved slowly and refocused on the bottom of the pond.

There loomed an unidentified object covered with moss, which seemed to be quite large, and it must have some ideas when it sank to the bottom—a lot of roots of aquatic plants were attached to it.

Qi Zhengnan tried to scrape off the moss on the surface with a dagger, and the exposed surface of the object showed three interlaced weaving patterns of red, white and blue.

"It's a woven bag...!"

Song Yin's heart skipped a beat, and the worst possibility suddenly emerged.But he still held his breath, waiting for the next development.

Qi Zhengnan carefully probed the junction of the woven bag and the mud with a dagger, and quickly confirmed that the woven bag was about the size of a medium-sized suitcase and was extremely heavy.

But Qi Zhengnan, who has amazing arm strength, couldn't be bothered at all - he pulled the whole woven bag out of the mud with little effort, and then returned to the shore by the edge of the pond.

The woven bag with light green sewage flowing continuously was quickly opened.The first thing that appeared on the upper floor was a pile of large and small crushed stones and bricks, apparently intentionally filled with counterweights.

After pushing aside the pile of stones, an expected but unacceptable scene appeared in front of Qi Zhengnan and Song Yin at the same time.

At the bottom of the woven bag curled up a petite skeleton belonging to a minor. Judging from the remaining hair and tattered clothes, it should be a girl in the orphanage.

"..." Song Yin let out a heavy sigh, covering his cheeks with slightly trembling hands.

Regret and distress are natural, but in addition, he also felt an unusually huge anger erupting from the bottom of his heart, dyeing his vision bright red.

At the same time, there was a faint cry from outside the partition of the toilet.

It seemed to be the cry of a little girl, sobbing non-stop, filled with indescribable panic and helplessness.

Is the paper figurine crying?

Recalling those three terrible things, Song Yin still felt a little apprehensive.He didn't want to open the door and go out, but the crying continued, like a young chick crying for help.This is a voice that no adult with a conscience can ignore.

Song Yin cursed secretly, bit the bullet and pushed open the wooden door of the toilet cubicle.

The three white paper figurines were still floating—no, Song Yin quickly corrected his judgment: there were only two paper figurines left, and the original female paper figurine had shrunk and turned into a crying little girl. Naked and drenched in the dirty water of the pond.

Song Yin was taken aback for a moment, then quickly turned his face away, not daring to look directly.

It was Ergou who reminded: "Put some clothes on her."

Not to mention clothes in the men's room, there are not even curtains and paper towels.Song Yin turned her head and searched for a long time, but in the end she had no choice but to take off her own shirt and wanted to put it on for the girl.

However, just as he took the clothes and took a step forward, the two white paper figures beside him suddenly made a furious sound, and raised their arms towards him in unison.

Song Yin hurriedly raised his hands in surrender, and explained loudly: "I'm not! I don't! I just want to..."

The atmosphere was deadlocked for a few seconds. Perhaps the white paper man sensed his kindness and lowered his arms again.Song Yin walked over quickly and put the clothes upside down on the girl.

It was during this time that he discovered that the girl's arms and face were covered with purple bruises, and there were even finger marks on her neck.

His heart tightened, and some unsightly and short-lived images suddenly broke into his mind, occasionally interspersed with shots of bees falling, flowers withering, and sewage overflowing. The strong nausea and anger made him want to retch uncontrollably.

"The girl's face has been compared with the photos of the orphanage children in the archives."

Fortunately, the savior Ergou unintentionally interrupted his almost desperate trance.

"In the records of the orphanage, the girl was identified as one of the victims of a fire more than ten years ago. However, her remains were not found at the scene of the fire. Considering the long duration of the fire, the collapse of the building, and the relative remains of the young child Due to her fragility and other factors, her death has not been investigated in depth. At present, all the identity information about her has been submitted to the police in the world. Judging from the size of the remains and the remaining scars, this girl should be the suspect A. One of the remains of three children in clay pots in the courtyard. It is believed that Suspect A transferred her body from the pond to bury there."

Song Yin carefully digested the content he provided, and then asked: "How many children died in that fire?"

"Seven in total."

"How many remains were found?"

"Four. Three, including the girl, determined to be totally destroyed."

"..."

Song Yin turned his gaze to the remaining two paper figurines, and after a while ordered the assistant officer: "Give all the information about the three children to the police."

Ergou quickly understood his intention: "Do you think...someone killed these three children first, and then took advantage of the accidental fire to publicize and rationalize their deaths? I'm afraid it's not something that one person can perfectly implement." offense."

"Yes." Song Yin sighed heavily, "I'm afraid there are many demons lurking in this orphanage."

At this point, the situation seems to have gradually become clear—the three paper figurines in front of Song Yinyan represent the three children who were brutally murdered in the orphanage.Their remains were hidden in three hidden places in the orphanage.

Not long after that, a fire broke out in the orphanage.Although the murderer had no time to dig up the bodies and throw them into the fire, he managed to include them in the list of fire victims.

Since then, the crimes that took place in the orphanage seem to have completely become secrets hidden behind the door.It was not until many years later that suspect A, who also came from this orphanage, came back and found the remains of the three children one by one, and transferred them to his garden.

At the same time, Suspect A split into personalities representing the three children, simulating their appearance and personality when they grow up.At the same time, killings that may have other meanings began.

"So...the only broken bones in the garden pit were killed by suspect A... Suspect A was actually a partner of the murdered children?"

Song Yin sorted out his thoughts bit by bit, and when he looked at the girl and the two white paper men again, he was not as scared as he was at the beginning.

"I know who you are, and I know what happened to you." He whispered to them in the softest tone possible: "Don't worry, we will definitely give you justice, don't be afraid."

As if she understood this sentence, the girl stopped crying.

Her small, dim body suddenly gave off a soft silvery white light, and then, like the little mermaid, slowly dissipated into the air without a trace.

Song Yin was still in a daze when Ergou's voice suddenly sounded in the earphones.

"The latest news, there is a very important piece of intelligence that has just been lifted."

His tone sounded a little heavy: "Suspect A has been in a vegetative state for 17 years from the age of 31 to the age of 14."

"what?"

At first, Song Yin was only a little sensitive to the words vegetative, but soon realized the true horror of this sentence——

"Suspect A, used to be a career?!"

The author has something to say: Song Yin: I think I'm a little bolder? ! !

Erhu: Your courage should be swollen from fright

Song Yin: Qi Zhengnan, take care of your kitty! ! !

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Water turtles float on the water surface, and the roots may not need to penetrate the bottom of the pond, so it is impossible to rely on him to estimate the depth of the pond.But I wrote it anyway...just treat it as a water turtle from another world, hahaha.

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career=nightmare executive selection group, so it is true that retired executives will become billionaires! (wrong emphasis)

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The following is some nonsense about philosophy by the author, you can skip it

There were originally two options for this copy.The first is that suspect A is indeed a criminal, and the second is the current setting.

Officially put pen to paper or chose the second.The reason is that I don’t think it’s necessary to dig deep into his mental journey from the perspective of a criminal. It’s ridiculous and stupid. Basically, it’s the feeling of a rabbit defending a wolf.

The real criminals in this work will not have names or background stories, but will die very dramatically.

Foucault said in "The Birth of the Prison" that "the certainty of punishment, rather than the horrific spectacle of public punishment, should deter crime."

But in reality, the punishment that is determined but not strong enough may not achieve the desired effect.Therefore, although it may be considered cruel or uncivilized, I still insist on designing a "spectacular public execution" for this group of criminals.