October 31, 2007, audio file analysis. Audio file 04320071030G.wav.
"...I... am I going to die too...?"
"Not much sound. Looks like it's just residual yin energy. It should be fine."
October 31, 2007. Investigated a criminal case involving Minqing Farm. The incident occurred on October 3, 2007. The deceased, Zhang Wei, was an employee at the Minqing military training base and was found dead at Minqing Farm. The training base had previously reported Zhang Wei missing, on September 28, 2007.
According to the autopsy report, Zhang Wei died from traumatic injuries. The police investigation confirmed that he had been caught in a rotary tiller, sustaining fatal injuries. No traces of a suspect were found during the crime scene investigation.
Attached: Photocopy of the case file.
The photocopy in the appendix was black and white, but the mangled body was still clear to see. The limbs had ragged ends, with flesh and bone exposed, and small curls of flesh clinging to them.
The evidence photos included many pictures of the rotary tiller. A rotary tiller was an agricultural machine with numerous hoe-shaped metal blades attached to a shaft. You could imagine how it turned the soil evenly as it passed through a field. But this machine was rusted and covered in dust. The notes beside the photos stated that its engine was beyond repair and its bearings had rusted solid. A machine like that couldn't possibly work. The black-and-white photocopies conveyed a sense of an era left behind after a long passage of time. Yet in the close-ups, blood, scraps of flesh, and torn cloth could be seen stuck to the blades in the middle. Even in black and white, the sight was horrifying. It didn't look as if someone had smeared them on deliberately, either. If someone really had done