October 29, 2006: The residence of the Shantunzi villagers was discovered, and the police were contacted. The police found no sign of Sanya in the house.
November 1, 2006: A wildfire broke out near Shantunizi Village. The fire was still out of control, so the number of deaths in Shantunizi could not be confirmed. Attachment: newspaper clipping.
November 5, 2006: Zhang Dongliang was confirmed dead. The cause of death was blood loss; he had died by suicide. His eyes had been gouged out and swallowed. His body was found in a rented house. Attachment: photocopy of the police autopsy report.
November 6, 2006: Received a call from the client. Call recording 200611060321.mp3.
"Ha... haa..."
"Hello, Mr. Yu."
"Guh... huh..."
"Mr. Yu, are you all right?"
"I... I don't know... I..."
"Mr. Yu, what happened?"
"Huh? Ah... what happened... is... just now, my computer turned on by itself. It started playing something automatically and woke me up. I... I don't know... There's still noise coming from the study. I don't dare go and look. I... I don't know if it's a virus or... or something else... I..."
"Are you at home right now? We can come over and check things out. Is that all right?"
"Yes, that would be great!"
"Please don't do anything on your own for now. Stay on the line with us."
"Okay, okay."
November 6, 2006: Went to the client's residence. Audio file 03820061106.wav.
"You're here! It's over here. The study's this way. That thing is still playing!"
"All right."
Whoosh—whoooosh—
"Waaah—"
Tap, tap, tap...
"So... what is it?"
"That Sanya is trying to send you a message."
"Me? Why? I... I didn't..."
"You found the camera and hired us to investigate."
"Th... she... where is she now? Last time, you said you couldn't find her. And