From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

Chapter 256 The Same Contact Person
While Lu Heng was reading the case files, Chen Linian tried to ask, "Lu Heng, when you were in the capital, did you find any conflicts between people with abilities above level 30?"

Lu Heng did not intend to tell the truth to Tiexue, because Tiexue was not necessarily a monolithic entity.

Since the Creator Organization has the ability to invite a highly confidential scientific research academician to join and can also control a country's political situation, it is not impossible for it to infiltrate the Iron Blood Investigation Bureau.

It’s not that Lu Heng doesn’t trust Jian Qing and Chen Linian, but this secret cannot be known to a fourth person.

No one can keep a secret in front of a powerful psychic.

Lu Heng continued to look at the case materials, especially the test report of 013.

When he saw the information on the test report, his pupils dilated slightly.

Because the test report showed that 013 died a week ago.

It means one week before the test time, not one week before now.

But from the time 013 was killed to the time he was taken to the autopsy room, there was no more than 3 hours between that time. How could he have died a week ago?

"Doesn't the report say that the body was still able to move before it died that night? How come the time of death was a week ago?" Lu Heng pointed at the autopsy report of 013.

Chen Linian explained: "This is the strange thing. This body is very strange. It was still able to move on the night of the crime, but the autopsy results showed that the blood had been coagulated for some time. The forensic doctor could not give an accurate time of death, and could only roughly determine that the time of death was more than a week."

If this situation happened in the past, it would be a bizarre unsolved case, but in the Abyss Age, it is entirely possible.

Jian Qing continued, "I asked you to come here because I want you to help me take a look and see if you know why this body could still move after being dead for a week."

"There are many possibilities. Dementors can do it." Lu Heng replied casually and continued reading the report.

When Dementors control humans, they will eat the human's "soul". In fact, the person is dead at that time, but will still move under the control of the Dementors and show physical signs of a living person.

When Lu Heng saw the photo of 013's body, he pointed to the heart and asked, "There is a hole in the heart. What weapon caused this?"

Chen Linian has read the case file over and over again and has also talked with the forensic doctor in charge of the autopsy.

He shook his head and replied, "The forensic doctor couldn't tell what weapon caused it. What is certain is that the heart is missing."

"The heart is missing?" Lu Heng continued to scroll down, trying to find more information.

However, the autopsy report only recorded that the heart of the body was missing, and there was no further information.

Jian Qing proposed an idea: "Is it possible that something ate his heart on the night of the murder?"

In the abyss world, there are many demons who like to eat hearts.

Therefore, this situation is very common.

However, Lu Heng knew very well that there was no heart-eating demon that appeared that night.

If a demon appeared and dug out 013's heart and ate it, it would have been impossible for it not to be discovered at the time.

Lu Heng pointed to the photo of 013's body and asked, "Can you confirm the identity of this body?"

If the identity can be confirmed, the investigation will be much simpler.

Chen Linian shook his head: "No identity information was found. Although DNA information was extracted, no match was found in the gene bank."

Lu Heng picked it up and said jokingly, "Even though the body was burned like this, you can still extract DNA information. Your technology is pretty good."

013 was hit by the dragon's breath and burned by the dragon's flame, turning it black.

"DNA information was extracted from the bones, but unless a matching gene can be found, there is no way to confirm the identity." Chen Linian spread his hands helplessly.

Lu Heng continued to flip through the case files, looking for useful information, and asked as he flipped through them: "Are there any other suspicious areas? Or did you find anything unusual at the scene?"

Chen Linian replied, "There is another body. Although it was also burned by flames, it can be seen that it was in werewolf form when it died. Therefore, the identity of this body can be preliminarily confirmed. His name is Derek Wolfe. Do you know him?"

Lu Heng raised his eyes and glanced at him, a faint smile appeared on his face, and he replied: "I guess we know each other."

There were more than a dozen Daxia supernatural beings who returned from the lava plains. Wang Zhehan, Zhao Liwen and others had seen Derek Wolf's werewolf form.

Another responsibility of the Iron Blood Investigation Bureau is to investigate information about the Abyss Battlefield. Every time a person with special abilities returns from the Abyss Battlefield, they will be questioned.

Therefore, Ironblood probably knew about what happened in the lava plains.

If I deny having met Derek Wolfe at this time, I will be exposed.

The Iron Blood Investigation Bureau came to question me, probably because they confirmed Derek Wolfe's identity first and then suspected that he was related.

"Where did you meet?" Chen Linian continued to ask.

"In the Abyss Battlefield, the world of the Dark Iron Dwarves." Lu Heng answered the question truthfully.

"How's your relationship with Derek Wolfe?"

"Not very good, just an acquaintance." Lu Heng spread his hands.

"Do you know if Derek Wolfe has any enemies?" Chen Linian asked again.

"Well...he had conflicts with many psychics in our country in the Abyss Battlefield." Lu Heng spread his hands again.

When he was in the lava plains, Derek Wolf initially followed Charles Water and had a conflict with the Daxia psychic.

If that counts as making enemies, then the number of enemies is quite large.

"Who do you think can kill Derek Wolfe in this abyss battlefield?" Chen Linian continued to ask.

Lu Heng thought for a moment, pointed at himself, and replied, "It would be fine if I and Wang Zhehan's team joined forces. In addition, there is a spiritual master who calls himself Xie Shien. There is also a three-person team led by Park Hyun-jin. It is likely that they can work together, but this person is not from Daxia."

Chen Linian kept his normal expression and asked, "Will you kill him?"

"If he provokes me." Lu Heng did not deny it firmly.

Chen Linian picked up a photo of Derek Wolfe's body, pointed at it and said, "The wound in this photo shows a flat bone cross-section. The forensic doctor determined that it was cut by a sharp blade. Among the people you mentioned, who else can do this besides you?"

Lu Heng threw the case materials back on the table, his expression turned cold, and he said, "Are you going to interrogate me?"

Jian Qing quickly explained: "Don't react so strongly. If you have a conflict with this Derek Wolfe, we will definitely help you. If a black man of unknown origin commits a crime in the country, we can kill him. It's no big deal. We just want to understand what happened clearly."

Lu Heng looked up at her and said coldly, "Captain Jian, I have always treated you as a friend. Do you want to deceive me with such words?"

So far, there is no mention of Liu Lanying in the case information.

In other words, this case file is incomplete.

It is impossible for Tiexue not to know that Liu Lanying disappeared from the sanatorium.

Jian Qing sighed and replied, "Don't worry. Some of the case materials are indeed confidential. Moreover, our superiors have transferred this part of the content. Inspector Chen and I have not read it."

Hearing her say this, Lu Heng had already guessed what was going on.

As a relative of Chen Xuesong, Liu Lanying will definitely be protected by the state.

Liu Lanying was in danger in the sanatorium. In order to protect her safety, all the information about her was transferred away.

……

After the case file was thrown back on the table, a photo slid out from it, a photo of a charred bird carcass.

When Lu Heng saw the photo, he reached out and picked it up, put it in front of his eyes and examined it carefully, and asked: "Where did this photo come from?"

Chen Linian explained: "This was found in the sanatorium. It looks like the body of some kind of bird. It fell near this unidentified body."

At the end of his speech, he pointed to the photo of 013's body.

Lu Heng immediately recalled the situation at that time. He used the Dragon Breath Slash to kill all the flying birds and black crows in the sky.

It didn't matter what kind of bird it was, as long as it flew in the sky, it would be chopped down.

When the body of 013 fell, there was indeed another smaller bird body that fell nearby.

Lu Heng saw it at that time, but thought it was just an ordinary bird.

After all, the sanatorium has done a good job of greening, and trees are planted on both sides of the streets outside, so it is normal to see a few birds.

It’s just that, seeing the photo of this bird now, it feels a little strange.

"What kind of bird is this?" Lu Heng asked, holding up the photo.

Chen Linian shook his head. "I don't know. The medical examiner did an autopsy and said he had never seen a bird like this before. I also asked a professor specializing in birds to look at it, but he couldn't recognize what kind of bird it was. It might have been burned too badly. There are basically only bones left. The claws and wings are all burned off."

He paused, then added: "In addition, energy level reactions were detected in this bird, and it is speculated that it may be a mutant creature." After the advent of the abyss, not only humans awakened, but wild animals may also mutate.

When animals mutate, the directions of mutation vary, and even their skeletal structure may change.

After Lu Heng finished reading the case file, he stood up and prepared to leave.

Chen Linian quickly stood up and asked, "Do you have any clues to provide?"

Lu Heng thought for a moment and replied: "This dark werewolf seems to be a member of an organization. I think the case is related to this organization."

It is impossible that the Daxia government does not know any information about the Creator organization, but it probably does not know much.

Lu Heng didn't want Tiexue to waste his time on him, so he simply pointed out the Creator Organization to see if they could find out anything.

This can also put some pressure on the Creator Organization.

The Creator Organization has the ability to control the political situation in Fuso, but it should not be able to control Daxia.

The best strategy to deal with this mysterious organization is to use national power.

……

After returning from the Iron-Blooded Investigation Bureau, Lu Heng continued to practice swordplay at the Wuli Bridge training ground every day as he did before.

After this period of practice, his proficiency in swordsmanship has exceeded half of the artistic conception level, and his progress is very fast.

This evening.

Just when Lu Heng finished his training and was preparing to go home.

A crow's cry was heard in the sky.

When Lu Heng heard the voice, his body stiffened, his mind was thinking rapidly, and his right hand was ready to draw the sword at any time.

Then, a black crow circled and landed, and transformed into a human form five meters in front of Lu Heng. The person was wearing a black feather cloak, and his appearance could not be seen.

013 Black Crow!
At this moment, Lu Heng's heart skipped a beat. He rubbed the fingers of his right hand slowly, ready to draw his sword and launch a thundering attack at any time.

However, after 013 Black Crow appeared, he did not launch an attack, but spoke:
"028, I'm your contact 013. I have something I want to verify."

How is this going?

Lu Heng's mind was confused for a moment, and he felt that things were not quite the same as he had expected.

013 was clearly killed by himself. If 013 had some powerful means to escape that night, then when he appeared again, he should not come to question me, but should bring people to kill me.

However, when he appeared now, it seemed like he was here to make a contact, not to question someone.

Why is that?
Lu Heng could only think of one possibility, that the 013 in front of him was not the 013 who died that night.

Only this reason can explain why 013 in front of him would have such a reaction.

Lu Heng quickly analyzed the situation in his mind and then determined how he should react.

After being stunned for half a second, Lu Heng looked puzzled and asked, "Aren't you... dead?"

013 Black Crow asked calmly, "What I want to ask is what happened outside the sanatorium that night? Didn't you go to participate in the mission of hunting down the defectors?"

This question once again confirms the previous speculation.

The 013 in front of him had no idea what happened that night.

So which of these two 013s is the real one?

Or maybe, both of them are real, and the one that died is the clone?
Thinking about the dead body of 013, it was obvious that there was something wrong with that body.

The missing heart and the strange time of death both indicated that there was something wrong with the body.

And there was the strange bird that was burned to death.

And 013 transformed into... a black crow.

Lu Heng finally thought of a possibility, a very rare abyss monster.

If it was that kind of abyss monster, everything would make sense.

Because the "clones" created by the abyss monster have no mental connection with each other, they must communicate face to face if they want to.

In other words, when 013 dies, all his memories will be reduced to ashes.

And the 013 in front of him had no idea what the dead "clone" had experienced.

When Lu Heng thought of the true identity of 013 Black Crow, he did not show it on his face, but pretended to know nothing and questioned: "013 is dead, how can you prove your identity?"

013 Black Crow replied in a cold tone: "028, since I know your number, there is no need to prove your identity. Tell me, what happened that night?"

Lu Heng frowned and thought for a moment, then replied: “I don’t know why you don’t remember, but that night, we were chasing 027.

"Then we split up and you and the werewolf found 027 in the sanatorium and a fight broke out.

"When I arrived, you had already been killed, and then the Iron Bloods came, so I had to leave quickly."

013 Black Crow was silent for a moment, then questioned: "Can 027 kill me?"

Lu Heng spread his hands: "He has helpers, and I suspect he has an official background."

013 Black Crow fell silent again. If 027 had an official background, things would become very tricky.

The information Lu Heng provided was all mixed up, but it seemed very real.

For example, 027 has an official background, so this information seems to be true.

After all, Chen Xuesong's job has a high level of confidentiality, and it is very reasonable for the person who replaced Chen Xuesong's identity as 027 to have an official background.

013 Black Crow thought for a moment and continued to ask: "Have you found out the identity of 027?"

Lu Heng had anticipated that the contact would ask this question, so he answered directly: "I found out that it should be Chen Xuesong's student, but I don't know which student it is."

013 Black Crow thought quietly for a moment, and instead of asking any more questions, he began to issue orders:
"Your mission is now issued. In addition to continuing to hunt down 027, you need to find a way to retrieve some of 031's flesh and blood."

Lu Heng's eyes widened and he asked, "Take back the werewolf's flesh and blood?"

013 Black Crow confirmed: "Yes, retrieve Derek Wolf's flesh and blood."

Lu Heng looked puzzled and asked, "No, the bodies were taken away by the Iron Blood Investigation Bureau. How can I get them? Besides, the bodies were burnt black. Are you sure there is still flesh and blood?"

013 Black Crow narrowed his eyes and asked, "How do you know it was burnt black?"

Lu Heng replied as a matter of course: "I have been to the Binhai headquarters of the Iron Blood Investigation Bureau and read the case files."

013 Black Crow said in a tough tone: "Since you can see the file, you have a way to contact the body and retrieve Derek Wolf's flesh and blood. This is an order."

Lu Heng showed a hint of displeasure in his eyes, and replied: "It depends on the situation. We'll talk about it when there's a chance."

While speaking, Lu Heng was also thinking, why did the Creator Organization want to take Derek Wolf's flesh and blood?
There is no way this werewolf could survive, so what is the use of its flesh and blood?

It should only be of research value.

And 013 said that Derek Wolf has the strongest self-healing ability at this stage.

Then the secret of this powerful self-healing ability must be hidden in his cells.

The Creator Organization has always been interested in biological technology, so it is not surprising that they are studying Derek Wolf's self-healing abilities.

After finishing the discussion, Lu Heng took a step forward, getting closer to 013 in front of him, and even showed a dangerous look in his eyes.

013 Black Crow immediately shouted: "What do you want to do?"

"You are obviously dead, but now you suddenly run out. Of course I have to confirm whether you are a member of the organization." Lu Heng took another step forward.

013 snorted coldly, spread his wings, turned into a black crow, and flew into the sky.

Lu Heng moved his hands, but finally decided not to do it. Now 013 didn't know what happened that night, and killing it would make things more troublesome.

013 Black Crow flew into the sky, leaving behind a cold sentence: "Due to your mistake, I lost an avatar, you need to be responsible for this. You'd better catch 027 as soon as possible. Otherwise, I can't guarantee how long the organization can tolerate you."

Lu Heng directly retorted: "You are so capable, why don't you catch it yourself? If you make me angry, I will chop your clone into pieces."

(End of this chapter)