Chapter 141 The Secret Medicine of Suspended Death (4100)

Chapter 141 The Secret Medicine of Suspended Death (4100)

"I have also investigated the specific situation over there."

Professor Tenasi stood up as he spoke. He opened the black drawer and took out a thick piece of information.

Card Xiu took it and glanced at it quickly. The information contained information about the history of the two cities, as well as specific information about the Alfama Mountains. The content was quite detailed and he nodded.

"Professor Tenacy is attentive."

Tenasi smiled as he sat in his seat. He was not a half-empty person. He had real qualifications to become a professor at Wenmingda University. As long as the money is in place, it won't be a problem.

Picking up the tea, Tenasi took a sip.

Before he could swallow it, he saw a bulging yellow envelope on the table. A big hand pushed the envelope over until it rested in front of the white porcelain cup tray.

"Professor Tenacy, be careful."

Gulu.

Professor Tenasi quickly swallowed the tea, a smile appeared on his face, and he stuffed the envelope into his pocket naturally. You can tell just by the feel of your hand that the banknotes are enough.

Fifteen minutes later, at the door of the office.

Professor Tenasi enthusiastically shouted to Cardiff's leaving figure: "Mr. Dusk, if you have anything to do next time, you can come to me..."

Until Ka Xiu disappeared at the top of the stairs, Tenasi was still standing in the corridor. He patted the bulging pockets with his hand, a smile appeared on his face again, and closed the door with a click.

There was a faint sound of cheerful whistles in the office.

On June 18, 107 calendar year of the Hongli Federation, the weather was fine.

Shire County is a large county located in the northern part of the Hongli Federation, with a population of more than 10 million and close to 20 million. The Shire is geographically a flat shape, similar to an egg laid sideways on a table. The west side is against the Alfama Mountains, and the east side is connected to the ocean. There are several medium-sized coastal cities.

Its economic development also naturally shows a decline from the coast to the inland. Among them, the two cities with the worst development are Jinghu City and Mingshan City, which are close to the Alfama Mountains.

Of course, the poor development here is in comparison with other cities in the Shire. In fact, Jinghu City and Mingshan City can be regarded as above-average cities when viewed nationwide. It mainly provides log materials and develops tourism. In the summer, these two cities are very popular for summer escape.

Every time it is hot, there will be a large number of tourists coming.

Therefore, the safety of tourists is a big issue.

However, Mingshan City, Jinghu City, has always done a relatively good job, with a large number of police officers and remarkable operational efficiency.

Due to comprehensive factors, there are more and more tourists here. Various industries that rely on tourism are booming.

Jinghu City, Police Department.

Sheriff Burton was sitting in an office, reading this morning's Mirror Lake City Morning News, and taking a sip of scalding coffee.

"Is it another prank by some bored tourist?"

He shook his head speechlessly. In the corner of the newspaper was a report with a lot of words and black and white pictures.

“Mysterious patterns suddenly appeared at Kerston Farm in the south of Mirror Lake!”

The picture is of a remote open space on a farm, with an incomprehensible black pattern on the ground. There are messy lines inside the circular pattern, which look like teeth or claws, as well as some unknown text symbols like tadpoles.

Later in the report, there was expert analysis, saying that black charcoal was used to draw the pattern, and some plant ash and the like were added.

Burton smiled. With the rapid development of tourism in Jinghu City, there are always some eye-catching tourists who take the wrong approach.

Just half a year ago, the Purple Mirror Lake incident occurred in Jinghu City. It is said that a large number of tourists have seen that part of the surface of Jinghu Lake will turn into a magnificent and beautiful purple-red color in the early morning. At that time, there were different opinions, some said it was a miracle, others said it was a mysterious scientific phenomenon, which caused great fluctuations.

As a result, it was later discovered that they were several college students traveling from other places. For fun, purple dye is dropped on the edge of Mirror Lake every morning. In the end, these people were also arrested and detained in the police station for several days on the grounds of damaging the environment of Jinghu Lake.

The nonsense mysterious pattern incident in Jinghu City’s morning newspaper today is probably a similar situation. If it's really a sect offering sacrifices, why don't you use blood when you draw the pattern? Taking some charcoal and plant ashes to fool people is probably some idle guy with nothing to do. Burton shook his head and put down the newspaper.

"Tuk tuk tuk..."

A series of rapid knocks sounded at the door.

"Please come in." Burton raised his head slightly.

Immediately, a young police officer walked in with a somewhat anxious expression on his face: "Chief, there was another disappearance this morning..."

"What?"

Burton frowned and suddenly felt a headache.

The last half month can be said to be the end of the police department, with disappearances occurring one after another in Jinghu City. Many foreign tourists were fine one day but disappeared unknowingly the next day.

Today, it seems that another disappearance occurred.

Next, as expected, Burton was called to the office by his boss. Five minutes later, he walked out of the office quickly and came to the area where many police officers from the criminal unit were.

"Come with me from the Criminal Division, there's another case coming."

More than half an hour later.

South of Jinghu City, a small town between the Alfama Mountains and Jinghu Lake. There were many police officers in dark blue uniforms questioning people in the town, and some were taking notes with their heads down.

"Nothing happened last night. As usual, a few of us walked around the town with Sara and ate some specialties from Jinghu City. Sara was still there when we woke up this morning, she said She wanted to go downstairs for a walk, but she disappeared unexpectedly. Later, we went to look for her and only found a necklace given to her by Sarah’s mother next to the Mirror Lake..."

"You said it was the blond female college student? I saw her when I was walking in the town in the morning. I saw her walking towards Jinghu Lake, probably around six o'clock in the morning. Later, her partner was there Asking and looking for her everywhere in the town..."

…

At the edge of the town, Burton turned to ask a police officer.

"Any useful clues?"

"No, but our colleagues from other groups are looking for traces around Mirror Lake. The number of police officers mobilized by the police station this time is far beyond normal, and we should be able to get some important clues."

More than an hour later, the dense forest on the east side of Jinghu Lake.

White clouds floated in the blue sky, and the sun shone on the forest trees, making the green leaves shine. The wind and waves blew through the trees, creating waves, and the leaves rustled overhead, as if it were raining. From far to near and from near to far without interruption.

Sometimes it's to the east, sometimes it's to the west.

In a clearing of sparse trees, the sun casts long mottled shadows from the gaps between the leaves, which is both warm and cool.

The surrounding landscape looks very peaceful and comfortable.

If you exclude the body lying on the ground.

Burton, wearing a blue police uniform, raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead from time to time. He is slightly fat and has a large face. Next to Burton stood a tall, thin man with a hooked nose, with a black pipe in his mouth.

Special Mobile Division, Sergeant Randy.

Randy took a puff of his cigarette and said to Burton next to him: "It's strange, isn't it? It looks like it was taken away by a wild beast, but there are no bite marks on the body, only the holes on the neck..."

The two people's eyes converged, and the female corpse lying on the ground was very neatly dressed, with no signs of struggle. Before his death, his expression seemed a little confused and his face was pale. The wound was on the slender neck, with three pairs of holes that looked like snake bites.

A few minutes later, colleagues from the identification department determined the preliminary results.

The woman died of severe blood loss, and it was not caused by bleeding from the wound, but by being sucked dry by some kind of creature. The three pairs of holes on the female corpse's neck are the traces left by that kind of creature sucking blood.

"Wolf? Brown bear? Tiger? Or bat or something?"

Burton saw the report and his mind raced. But he really couldn't imagine any creature that could suck all the blood of an adult, and the places where the blood was sucked were just a few small pinholes.

"Go back and submit the report to the director..."

Three days later, it was June 21, 107 AD.

"Another disappearance case!? It's the fifteenth this month!"

Burton patted his head with a headache, put the newspaper in his hand on the table, then got up and walked quickly to the director's office.

Two minutes passed.

"There's nothing we can do about this..."

Director Kenneth sighed: "We can only try our best to do our job, after all, it involves another..." He paused: "I reported it to my superiors three days ago, and they said they would send someone here. Deal with this matter..."

"Calculate the time, it should be here soon..."

Kenneth and Burton chatted for a while longer, maybe ten minutes later. Suddenly there was another subtle knock on the door.

"Please come in." Kenneth looked up.

A police officer walked in quickly.

"Director, there is a strangely dressed man outside who wants to see you. We have temporarily placed him in the hall."

"Dressed strangely?" Burton couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, he was wearing all black on a hot day. A wide-brimmed sun hat, a large windbreaker, sunglasses, a mask and gloves." The police officer had a strange look on his face, obviously he had never encountered such a strange person before.

On the other side, Jinghu City Railway Station.

A steam train roared to a stop on the platform.

"Passengers, please get off the bus, we have arrived in Jinghu City." The conductor stepped down from above and shouted loudly while guiding the crowd.

Passengers quickly left the platform carrying their suitcases.

"Is there anyone who hasn't gotten off the car? Jinghu City has arrived!"

The conductor shouted into the carriage.

A few seconds later, a tall and handsome figure walked out of the car. Her long golden hair was as flamboyant as a lion's mane, shining in the sunlight. Passengers around looked over, but no one came close. He seemed to be frightened away by the other person's statue-like perfect figure and handsome face.

The conductor next to him suddenly got stuck. He seemed to be shocked by the passenger's outstanding appearance and indescribable temperament.

The blond man didn't care about the gazes around him. He looked up at the blue sky and saw a row of white birds passing by.

The clouds were soft, covering less than half of the sun.

"The weather is so nice... No wonder my uncle is retiring here..."

The man muttered to himself. Then under the eyes of the conductor, he squeezed through the crowd and walked away with his suitcase.

The same platform, but in the afternoon.

The sky is dim and the clouds are changing. Like a painter's palette, yellow and red are mixed together. The clouds are like a golden field or a sparkling sea.

Another steam train came to the platform puffing out steam.

A large number of vacationing tourists came down amidst the shouts of the conductor, and left in groups with clear goals.

Snap.

Black shoes stepped on the platform.

A tall man walked down. He was about 1.9 meters tall. He was wearing a gray T-shirt on his upper body and a pair of black trousers underneath. He was carrying a large suitcase in his hand, which was at least twice as big as an ordinary tourist's.

But it didn't look too out of place. Perhaps because of the man's tall stature, the box seemed small in his hands.

The man stood on the platform and looked down at his watch. Then he took steps and quickly blended into the crowd of tourists around him.

Early the next morning, Lillian Senior Apartment.

Ka Xiu opened his eyes on the bed, and a ray of sunlight filtered through the gap in the curtains, splitting the white sheets in half. He got up and washed briefly, then walked into the spacious living room in a few steps.

There was a knock on the door outside.

"Mr. Dusk, your breakfast has arrived."

There was a clear and sweet female voice outside the door.

"OK."

Ka Xiu walked over and opened the door.

Outside is a female student with a beautiful face and a graceful figure. He looked young and was wearing a uniform.

She held the dinner plate in her fair hands and waited quietly.

"come in."

Ka Xiu immediately returned to the house, and the waitress also came in and put breakfast on the table, and then left respectfully.

Lillian Residences has some similarities with hotel services.

Card Xiu sat at the table and began to eat his first breakfast in Jinghu City. It tasted pretty good. While eating, he recalled the information that he had almost memorized in his mind. It is not easy to find the Yaqaba ruins with these clues. After all, we have only locked an area. It can only be said that there has been some progress.

It is still unknown whether he will be found in more than a month. Card Xiu is ready to run away at any time.

After finishing breakfast, I picked up the Jinghu City morning newspaper that came with the dinner plate. A bold title is prominently displayed.

"A series of disappearances occurred in Jinghu City!"

Then came the general situation of the case. It was said that there were twenty disappearances in Jinghu City in one month, including locals and foreign tourists. The police found three corpses. They all died from blood loss. It was suspected that the blood was sucked dry by something!

"Vampire?" Ka Xiu shook his head indifferently.

There are many such reports everywhere, some are true and some are false. There's nothing unusual about being in a newspaper.

He looked down at the report again.

The report mentioned that almost all the missing people were on the side of Mirror Lake close to the Alfama Mountains. And according to some traces, the victim seemed to have been taken into the interior of the mountain.

"etc!"

"Mirror Lake, mountains, dense forests, vampires, ruins..."

Multiple elements are spliced ​​together and gradually combined.

Card Xiu couldn't help but murmur to himself. There was a vague picture in his mind, which was the memory of dusk.

"The secret potion of suspended animation?"

I'm not in the right state today, so I'm trying my best to adjust.

There will be more updates tomorrow, go to bed early.