After Wenren Sheng had gone through all the murder case files, he already had a lead.
The first killer to emerge was twenty-nine years old. His victim had been a man in his sixties with a long history of romantic relationships.
The other victims were also male and likewise had extensive romantic histories.
And just as those experts had analyzed, the killers themselves had all suffered childhood trauma. Some had even been beaten and harshly controlled...
Yet all of that was merely superficial.
Those messy supposed commonalities were all false.
The killers had only one thing in common: they were human, and they were all Ordinary Persons... Ordinary Persons with no resistance whatsoever in the face of mysterious factors.
Under normal circumstances, even with all kinds of psychological trauma, they would not have become murderers. They would fear punishment by the law, fear order and the judgment of others, and worry about losing their current comfortable lives. Their lives might not have been wonderful, but they could still survive and find plenty of enjoyment.
Modern society was still modern society. As long as there was order, it was fairly easy to find a way to survive, especially in a resource-rich place like Miken.
Although these killers harbored deep resentment from their pasts, and although they truly resented their childhoods, one must not forget just how adaptable a species humanity was.
Even those who had suffered brutal slaughter mostly chose to struggle on with their lives rather than seek revenge against their enemies.
That was the norm. That was humanity's most natural choice.
So-called serial killers had always emerged due to probability, triggered when all sorts of factors came together.
There were countless people with psychological trauma, but the overwhelming majority could restrain themselves and choose to live normal lives. As