The Bizarre Killer

Qin Yiguan and Jiu Zhengxuan were driven away Infinity.

As the ordinary students were driven 300 meters away, the body of Primordial-1 was no longer visible.

Qin Yiguan asked, "What is that bracelet?"

Jiu Zhengxuan was somewhat annoyed. "It's an internal organization secret! Instructor Long suspects I revealed it to you, so you, a commoner with a heroic spirit, got an identical fake bracelet out of admiration."

"Not everyone who wears red underwear on the outside is Superman."

Jiu Zhengxuan suddenly sighed again, "I also applied to the organization for one of those bracelets, but the result was..."

"..."

Qin Yiguan looked at Jiu Zhengxuan, "So, you just risked stealing that bracelet to investigate the truth behind Primordial-1's death, so that you could remain silent until the moment you make a stunning breakthrough, solve the mystery, and then slap the entire organization in the face, transforming yourself from a marginal figure into a sought-after lone hero."

Jiu Zhengxuan's expression became very strange. "The meaning... that is indeed the meaning. I do want to prove myself, but why does it sound so awful coming from your mouth?"

Qin Yiguan smiled and turned around, "My words weren't harsh at all, but for you, it was like I directly hit a nerve, ripped off all your pretenses, like running naked in the street. Of course you'd feel uncomfortable."

Jiu Zhengxuan's eyes trembled slightly. "Your analogy is terrible, and even worse."

Qin Yiguan curled his lip, "What exactly is inside that bracelet?"

"I already said it's confidential."

"And if Instructor Long reports my behavior today, my political background check score will drop even further!"

The Jiu Zhengxuan turn back.

But Qin Yiguan had already walked more than 5 meters away with his hands behind his back.

Jiu Zhengxuan sighed helplessly, "That bracelet is a high-precision recorder, similar to a black box on an airplane, recording everything that happens to the wearer, including that assassination attempt."

Qin Yiguan stopped in his tracks.

"Unfortunately, I wasn't allowed to see what it contained."

But Jiu Zhengxuan sighed softly, "If Primordial-1, or any member of the Primordial Squad, were to encounter the murderer in the Experimental Zone, it's uncertain who would kill whom."

The Metaverse Experimental Zone.

A dark-skinned boy wiped the sweat from his wristband.

He slowly turned around, looking at the 'fake Stonehenge ' behind him, and asked, "Dad, are you sure anyone would buy tickets to a tourist attraction like this?"

"Of course! Our Stonehenge is way more impressive than Great Britain's!"

The dark-skinned youth scratched his head and looked at the massive Stonehenge within the vast wasteland.

Stonehenge in Great Britain has a diameter of 90 meters, while his has a diameter of 9,000 meters. The weight of a single stone at Stonehenge Great Britain 119 tons, while the smallest stone at his weighs 770 tons.

"Dad."

"Why didn't you hire some heavy transport vehicles? Why did you make me dig out these huge rocks one by one, carry them on my shoulders, and stack them up into what you see now?"

"I saved up four months of family leave, and then I did three days of backbreaking labor for you!"

The dark-skinned boy looked utterly helpless.

"A crane aircraft? Those things are so expensive!"

"My silly son is 'born strong-willed' and has incredible strength in his arms. Wouldn't it be a waste if I didn't use it!"

The dark-skinned boy was still wiping away sweat. "Dad, that's called ' Reality Enhancement,' not some kind of 'born strong-willed' thing!"

"Oh!"

"Knew!"

"Son, when you return to the army, you must obey your superiors' orders and be a good soldier! Don't bring shame to our family!"

"I'll buy some gifts and visit your instructors another day."

The dark-skinned boy said speechlessly, "Dad, how many times have I told you? My unit is a state secret. Even you can't just walk in like that. Our instructors are not people you can just see anytime!"

"Okay, okay!"

"My son is amazing, he serves in a special operations force!"

"I'm just an ordinary citizen, I have no right to know!"

But this time...

The dark-skinned boy did not reply.

He stood in the center of Stonehenge, slowly turned his head, and his gaze instantly turned cold and stern.

Beside a giant rock several kilometers away, a black figure inexplicably appeared. He stood there quietly, as if he had become one with the shadow of the rock.

Years of combat training had instilled a sense of crisis in the dark-skinned boy.

His muscles bulged instantly, containing the power of a nuclear bomb.

But it was visible several kilometers away.

The figure, seemingly draped in a black cloak, slowly opened its mouth, and intense white light gathered within.

Buzz!

No energy was released; it was as if a tremor, barely stirring up any dust, swept past the dark-skinned boy's body.

Before the dark-skinned boy could make any move, his eyes widened and his Pupil slowly dilated.

On his chest, there was a straight, penetrating wound, as big as a washbasin. The cut was incredibly smooth, exposing his internal organs, but they seemed to have solidified, with not a single drop of blood seeping out.

Thump.

The boy fell backward.

"Son!"

"My son!"

"What's wrong with you!"

"Shitou, wake up!"

The elderly father ran out from the side, embraced the boy's body, and wailed and wept bitterly!

China Military Department Research Center.

Wisps of bluish-white smoke rose from the tobacco roll in Long Huicheng's hand, gathering on the ceiling.

He stared at the table in front of him and took a deep drag on his pipe.

On the table, seven black bracelets were neatly arranged, several of which were stained with blood.

"In the past hour, all three members of the Primordial Squad, two members of the Dragon Scale, and two members of the Tang Dynasty, including the Primordial Squad leader, have been killed. The manners of death were slightly different, but all were bizarre. What they had in common was that they all died inside the Core Earth, without any prior combat, and were all killed by a single blow."

Han Ming, a four-star general in charge of the ' Supernatural Combat Force ', was now looking up at the ceiling with tears in his eyes, trying to hold them back.

They are all national treasures.

"They are all sharp blades yet to be drawn."

They are all Future heroes.

Han Ming's fists clenched so tightly they cracked.

Long Huicheng slowly puffed on his cigarette, the butt glowing intermittently, and said in a low voice, "The Ou Country just proposed the battle, and our team members have been killed one after another..."

Long Huicheng took another drag of his cigarette. "The Gemini Superbrain originated in China. Like a female bird feeding its parent, China has been the world's leading power for many years, and Ou Country has been subservient to it for just as long. At such a conspicuous moment, would Ou Country dare to do this?"

"They issued a challenge and then assassinated our players."

"The target is so accurately identified?"

Are Ou Country really that stupid?

"Aren't Ou Country afraid of angering China?"

The scene fell silent.

Long Huicheng took another puff of his pipe. "Two possibilities: one is that the Ou Country did this intentionally, and then used the method of argumentation to clear their names; the other... is that there is a mastermind behind it all, wanting to instigate an international war."

"If our two countries were to engage in a real war..."

So who will benefit?

Long Huicheng lowered his head, his eyes flickering uncertainly. "There will be no obvious beneficiaries. Within the Gemini Metaverse, the land is vast and boundless; territory is no longer a scarce commodity, nor are resources. International trade is also extensive... Whether there is war or not, other countries will not gain any obvious benefits."

Long Huicheng slowly raised his head again, looking at the sky outside the window. "Who exactly is it?"

Silence fell once more.

Then, there was a knock on the conference room door.

Instructor Long, with a solemn expression, slowly placed the eighth bracelet on the table.

Long Huicheng and the general named Han Ming felt a sudden pang in their hearts.

Instructor Long whispered, "Shi Li, codenamed Primeval-3, died 17 minutes ago in the Experimental Zone, in his father's private scenic area."

"Experimental Zone?!"

Long Huicheng suddenly stood up, his eyes wide open.

Instructor Long's lips trembled slightly. "The scene in the bracelet is the same; there's no depiction of the killer's actions, only the wearer's body being sliced in an instant, followed by death..."

Long Huicheng could hardly hide his shock. "Primeval-3! I've seen that little guy before. He has dark skin, a very honest and simple personality, and his strength is immense! In the Experimental Zone, his abilities were never restricted, and he had no chance to resist?!"

Instructor Long lowered his head and remained silent.

Long Huicheng's body stiffened.

He had seen the images in the bracelet seven times before. Although they were slightly different, the images always showed young children who were acting normally one second and dying from serious injuries the next.

No second person appeared in any of the scenes.

This is true both inside the Core Earth and in the Experimental Zone.

Who is it?

"Who is it?!"

"This is even less like what Ou Country would do; they don't have that kind of ability!"

Long Huicheng slammed his fist on the table in anger; his wisdom could no longer conceal the rage in his heart.

for a long time.

Long Huicheng sat there blankly, "Primordial, Dragon Scale, Tang Dynasty, have the rest of the team members all been transferred to the Experimental Zone?"

Instructor Long nodded. "They've all been moved, and they're being protected to the maximum extent possible."

Han Ming asked doubtfully, "Is doing this really the right thing to do?"

But Long Huicheng gritted his teeth and said, "I know that doing this might carry greater risks, but the fact is, if I can't even protect them, then I have even less right to deprive them of their right to protect themselves!"

It was at this time.

Instructor Long handed over an evidence bag. "Just like the previous six crime scenes, we also found this."

Inside the evidence bag.

It was a small, bright green leaf.

Long Huicheng's Pupil shrank instantly, and the anger in his eyes intensified. He had witnessed this piece of evidence many times before.

Instructor Long said in a low voice, "It's been examined. There are no clues. It's just an ordinary olive leaf. In the West, this symbolizes peace."

"Peace?!"

Long Huicheng gritted his teeth, "Peace!!!"

"I found this next to the body of Primordial-1."

Qin Yiguan held a leaf in his hand and waved it slightly in front of Jiu Zhengxuan.

Jiu Zhengxuan looked at Qin Yiguan, "You've really worked hard. There are hundreds more leaves like these in the flower bed over there."

"That's an olive tree. We don't have any of these trees on our campus."

Qin Yiguan curled his lip and said, "I bet there won't be any useful information in that bracelet, because the murderer is of a very high level and won't leave any clues."

"And these leaves were most likely left at the scene intentionally by the murderer."

"This is a clue he deliberately left behind."

"These kinds of killers are confident, arrogant, and disregard everything. They are often extremely powerful, even abnormally so. At the same time, they follow some kind of belief or conviction. After each crime, they leave behind their own unique mark. This is not to show off, but a symbol of their identity."

"Of course, there's also a second possibility."

"This killer could be an ordinary person with vulgar tastes, but he finds pleasure in murder and enjoys the game of cat and mouse with the police. To maintain this 'pleasure,' he would deliberately leave clues related to himself, creating a thrilling cat-and-mouse game."

Upon hearing this, Jiu Zhengxuan slowly turned his head, narrowed his eyes, and stared intently at the leaf.

After observing for a moment, Jiu Zhengxuan slowly said, "If it was a random killing, and he just happened to kill the captain of China Primordial? The probability is too small. He must know Primordial-1's true identity. He's not an ordinary serial killer."

"So."

My second guess can be ruled out.

Qin Yiguan narrowed his eyes and said, "The murderer is an exceptionally powerful being, possessing some kind of belief or obsession. Moreover, 'it' must be an organization; otherwise, it wouldn't be able to infiltrate China's top-secret forces and obtain information about the Primordial-1."

Jiu Zhengxuan turned around in a daze, "Do you think there might be other Reality Enhancement Squad members who were also assassinated?"

Qin Yiguan calmly replied, "I suspect so."

Jiu Zhengxuan frowned and said, "This doesn't seem like something the Ou Country would do."

"This needs further verification."

Qin Yiguan slowly said, "This requires you, Ninth Squadron Leader, to investigate whether there have been any similar murders recently, and also to find out the specifics of the Ou Country's declaration of war, such as the exact time of the battle and the Ou Country's participating personnel, etc."

Jiu Zhengxuan was silent for a moment. "Do I have to tell the truth? I don't have that right! I can't even get through the door of the China Military Department Research Center!"

It was at this time.

Three secret agents dressed in black combat suits appeared before the two.

"Jiu Zhengxuan?"

"Youth Order Squad Leader, Jiu Zhengxuan?"

Jiu Zhengxuan nodded slowly, "It's me."

"Please come with us. Don't worry, it's about the follow-up investigation into the Black Sun Incident."

"Just to give you a heads-up, until the Black Sun Incident is fully understood, you'll have to stay at the China Military Department Research Center."

The secret agent's tone was a mixture of politeness and authority.

Jiu Zhengxuan looked somewhat surprised, and slowly turned his head to meet Qin Yiguan's gaze.

But Qin Yiguan smiled mysteriously, "What a great opportunity! Of course, Captain Ninth will cooperate fully with the investigation!"

Jiu Zhengxuan walked a few steps forward with the three secret agents, then suddenly turned back. "Qin Yiguan, are you trying to help me? Like with that 'one-hit wonder' thing?"

Sitting on the edge of the flowerbed, Qin Yiguan scoffed, "I'm a Perversion Detective, I charge a fee."