Haiguang District Public Security Sub-Bureau.
Shen Heng and Wang Hai came here once again.
Unlike last time, this time it wasn't just the two of them; several other people from the Linhai Supervision Bureau also came.
Wang Hai glanced at the corpse in the cubicle, then looked at Zhao Wenguo beside him.
Who first discovered the body?
"Please wait a moment. The officer was frightened and is resting in the next room. I'll have someone go and call her over."
As Zhao Wenguo spoke, he turned and shouted towards the bathroom door.
" Xiao Yang, go and call Lin Xiaoyu over!"
"Yes, Chief." A voice responded from outside the restroom, followed by footsteps running quickly into the distance.
Soon, accompanied by two footsteps, Wu Cheng and Wei Leyang slightly stepped aside to make way.
Shen Heng looked in the direction of the sound and saw a male and a female police officer walking over.
Shen Heng's gaze was focused on the policewoman.
Her face was slightly pale, her eyes were vacant, and she seemed somewhat absent-minded.
"Xiao Lin, how are you feeling? Are you feeling better now?" Zhao Wenguo asked the policewoman with concern.
Lin Xiaoyu bit her lower lip and nodded slightly, "I'm feeling much better!"
"Okay, that's good." Zhao Wenguo nodded. "I'll need you to explain to the comrades at the Supervision Bureau what exactly happened!"
Lin Xiaoyu glanced around at everyone in the restroom and said:
"Haven't you had a lot of cases in the bureau lately?"
" Sister Ting and I stayed to work overtime."
"After I finished my work, I called Sister Ting to go to the restroom together."
"Who knew, shh... I was washing my hands when I suddenly heard a gunshot, and then... ugh... and then... ugh... ugh..."
"Calm down, it's alright. The Supervision Bureau are here now," Zhao Wenguo reassured him.
Lin Xiaoyu nodded slowly, calmed herself down slightly, and continued:
"After hearing the gunshot, I thought of the two people who committed suicide a few days ago. So I carefully walked to this cubicle, knelt down and looked inside, and saw that Sister Ting was already slumped there."
Zhao Wenguo nodded, turned to look at Wang Hai, and indicated that this was the situation.
"Did you only realize something was wrong after you heard the gunshot?" Wang Hai asked, looking at Lin Xiaoyu.
"Um, no, that's not it..." Lin Xiaoyu stopped halfway through her sentence, recalling, "It seems that Sister Ting hasn't made a sound since we went into the cubicle."
"Did you hear any other noises at that time?" Wang Hai asked.
"No, there wasn't a sound at all," Lin Xiaoyu replied.
"Then where are you...?"
Shen Heng stood to the side, listening to the captain's questions while glancing around the restroom.
The situation this time was similar to last time; the body showed no abnormalities, and no traces were found in the bathroom. As for outside...
Shen Heng walked to the wall closest to the outer wall.
He picked up his phone, turned on the light, and then stuck his head out of the window.
The cold walls were bare except for the wear and tear from the natural wind.
Having gained nothing, Shen Heng had no choice but to retract his head.
He glanced at Wang Hai and the others who had finished their questions and were now looking at him, and gently shook his head.
"Tsk, these kinds of Calamity Beast are really troublesome. Any man should come out and confront them head-on!" Wu Cheng complained.
"What if he really comes out and confronts you head-on?" Han Ling looked at Wu Cheng.
"If he's at the First Tier, then I'll show him what I'm capable of!" Wu Cheng raised his fist.
"What if it's Second Tier- or Third Tier?"
"Of course, we should let him know how powerful the captain is!" Wu Cheng blurted out.
Shen Heng silently looked away.
"Alright, any thoughts?" Wang Hai crossed his arms and looked at the corpse in the cubicle.
Everyone instinctively turned their gaze to Shen Heng.
Compared to Shen Heng and Wang Hai, this was their first time encountering this matter.
Shen Heng thought for a moment and said:
"Based on these two encounters, it's highly likely that this Calamity Beast influences people's minds from a distance to induce suicide, but I still feel there's something strange about it."
"What's strange?" Han Ling asked.
"His behavior of killing people in one place and then leaving is a bit against the habits of normal living beings," Shen Heng said.
"The habits of normal living things?" Han Ling frowned slightly; she hadn't learned about this before.
Le Gu Nan explained to her:
Animals can be divided into two types: territorial and safari.
Territorial hunting refers to hunting in a fixed area, while nomadic hunting is relatively unfixed.
Besides these two types, there is also an ambush type, which can be understood as a territory type with a faster territorial change rate.
Shen Heng glanced at Le Gu Nan subconsciously.
It's no wonder I had good grades in high school; it's just like what's in textbooks.
However, this explanation only confused Han Ling.
"Uh, wait, what do these territorial and ambush types have to do with this Calamity Beast incident?"
"What I mean is that, under normal circumstances, it wouldn't happen that someone hunts in the same place and then runs off to hide in other places," Wang Hai explained.
"Oh, I see!" Han Ling stood there for a moment before exclaiming in realization.
Why does this happen?
Shen Heng fell silent upon hearing this, and Wang Hai did not reply either.
This is what they find strange: why does this Calamity Beast kill people here, and then run away?
"Isn't this simple?" a voice suddenly rang out.
Shen Heng looked up, his gaze filled with surprise as he looked at Wei Leyang, who had just spoken.
You know?
"Hmm." Wei Leyang held up two fingers. "There are two possibilities!"
Shen Heng was slightly taken aback. Were there two other possibilities?
Which two?
"The first possibility is that someone in the police station might have offended that Calamity Beast, which is why it's been keeping an eye on this Calamity Beast," Wei Leyang said.
This... seems to be fine, but how do ordinary people get involved with this Calamity Beast... Shen Heng pondered.
"And what about the second one?" Wang Hai asked.
"You all know what an emperor or a prince is, right?" Wei Leyang asked.
"I know, but how did we suddenly get onto this topic?" Wu Cheng asked, somewhat puzzled.
The others shared the same confusion, their eyes instinctively fixed on Wei Leyang.
Wei Leyang didn't mince words and explained directly:
"In ancient times, emperors and princes, who held power and influence, would enclose their own hunting grounds. When they wanted to hunt, they would go to these hunting grounds for a while, so..."
Wei Leyang paused for a moment,
"This Calamity Beast may have used this area as its hunting ground."
After he finished speaking, everyone began to think about it.
Wu Cheng also fell silent for a moment, then said:
" Wei Leyang, I never imagined you'd become so smart!"