Am I really hallucinating?

Chapter 97 Testing the Boundaries
Tornatore Street, a main road, can be considered clean, but most of the houses on both sides are only half-built, and the remaining debris is piled up in fragments.

The police, personnel from the handling bureau, and numerous office personnel who came to inquire about the situation made this street, which originally had few people during the day, become crowded with people.

Lin Yilin is talking to Officer Drake.

"The incident happened around 3 a.m. last night. Witnesses said they saw a large number of dinosaurs here, especially a large Tyrannosaurus Rex, and heard loud shouting."

"Some bodies were found at the scene, with signs of being attacked by wild animals. It is worth noting that these people were not from Xixi Keke, their origins were unknown, and fantasy factors were detected in all their bodies."

Drake told all the information here without any burden, even though the people from the processing bureau were there.

"What is the situation of Life Gene Company?"

"It's just a shell company, a cover used by some people to achieve their goals. Judging from the facilities in a building next door, they are undoubtedly trying to create an illusion."

“What about the contactees?”

"A nine-year-old boy, a victim of child trafficking on Xixikeke Street. He was taken away a year ago, and his parents have been looking for him ever since. They came to claim him at noon, and their identity has been confirmed. But that child... well, you know. Not everyone can recover from contact hallucinations, let alone a child of this age."

Drake sighed.

"I don't know how the Red Line Killer is related to this incident. Although the handling bureau has basically confirmed that the illusion has been eliminated, in terms of losses alone, the Red Line Killer is much more powerful than the current dinosaurs. It's just that there are basically no people here at night, otherwise even in the Gray Street District, a large number of people killed and injured at one time for no reason would alarm the higher-ups."

Lin Yilin took notes silently, with no extra expression on her face.

Drake was a little helpless when he saw this. He originally wanted to exaggerate his tone and try to scare the girl, but as he knew from the beginning, it was hard to get Lin Yilin to say a word about this matter.

Of course, one of the main reasons for this is that Lin Yilin has already heard a more detailed inside version of the story from the mouth of the instigator above her.

Zheng Fangxing turned into a small black dinosaur, coiled on top of Lin Yilin's head, closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.

"Thank you for telling me, Uncle Drake." Lin Yilin thanked him politely.

"It's a small matter. You actually came here specially to find out about the specific matters. Have you received a relevant commission?" Drake asked.

“Weren’t there students from the Raphael School District killed on Dongding Road the day before yesterday? I wanted to come and take a look because of that incident, but I didn’t expect it to end so soon, in this way.” Lin Yilin put down her phone and looked at the ruins that were being finished in front of her.

Drake could feel Lin Yilin's helplessness.

A genius who is very confident in his abilities is just about to make a move, but is told it's over. This is indeed very confusing.

"But it's a good thing that it was resolved so quickly, otherwise the situation of those students would be difficult to deal with."

Lin Yilin said, "It's only a temporary end, but the superficial problems have indeed been solved."

"Ok?"

Drake was stunned, but Lin Yilin had already thanked him again, then said goodbye and left without any regrets.

"Hey, why is this girl so bad-tempered today..." Even though Lin Yilin behaved as usual, Drake was experienced and familiar with Lin Yilin, so he felt something.

But in the end, I couldn't figure out the reason, so I stopped thinking about the young man's feelings.

After all, as a middle-aged man, he still has to go to the processing bureau to argue.

……

"Mr. Hallucination, did you have fun with Miss Red Line Killer yesterday?" Lin Yilin suddenly asked on the way back.

The little black dinosaur above his head opened his eyes: "You asked me four times this morning, and I've told you three times."

"Is that so? Maybe my memory has declined recently." Lin Yilin said casually.

"My memory is declining... You just came here this morning and told me all the results we got after running around all night yesterday. You even helped me find the child's parents. Otherwise, the investigation wouldn't have been so fast."

"These things are obvious. We can easily figure them out by following the clues. The only thing I'm curious about is, Mr. Illusion, what did you and Jiang Si do in the love hotel?"

"You have to know that I am just an illusion. I don't think I have ever told you about this part. How did you know this?" "I know most of the things about Xixikoko and even the surrounding areas."

"Just tell me how far we are from committing the perfect crime."

"What are you talking about, Mr. Illusion? I'm really just curious."

The little black dinosaur jumped off Lin Yilin's head and turned back into Zheng Fan: "Just looking for a place to have a midnight snack, and by the way, watch Jiang Si take a bath and chat together."

"The conversation must have been very healthy."

"It's just about how you might perform in bed. Jiang Si was the first to bring it up." Zheng Fan spread his hands and spoke bluntly.

"Miss Murderer looks like the type who shows off her bravery at first, but begs for mercy on the spot after using the slightest bit of strength." Lin Yilin quickly replied expressionlessly.

"Ah, what about you?"

"I can do anything. Even if you strangle me to death on the bed, I can still keep staring at you with this expression. Pretty cute, right?"

Lin Yilin put her hands on her expressionless mouth and made a smiling face.

Zheng Fan was speechless: "It's cute, but are we really talking about the same thing?"

Lin Yilin retracted her gaze, but her mood could be felt much better: "It doesn't matter what happened."

"Indeed, it doesn't matter."

Afterwards, the two returned to the topic.

"I have already sorted out the reliable evidence and gave it to Xiao Zhao, who can pass it on to Qingye Hesi later. It is not the class's turn to blame those students. Qingye Hesi's professional ability in this regard is beyond doubt." Although Lin Yilin hated people who pointed fingers at her, she had no doubt about Qingye Hesi's ability.

"That's cause for celebration."

"However, there is one more thing. Even the handling bureau seems to have been fooled. The death of those students was not an accident. It is very likely that people with sensitive identities were specially selected for the attack. In addition to expanding the scope of the panic, the deeper purpose is to hide some real purpose." Lin Yilin continued to say another thing.

"Oh?"

Lin Yilin continued: "Last night I collected as many dinosaur sightings as I could on Xixikeke Street in the recent period. In particular, I found clues online. I noticed that some of the online eyewitness reports were actually false. They were either just rumors or directly done by the people behind Life Gene."

"Spreading rumors, this is indeed one of the means to create panic."

"In order to confuse the audience and divert attention, they coordinated with the sudden attack on the students to cover up another incident that would have aroused the public's vigilance if it was discovered."

Lin Yilin used her mobile phone to pull up a map of Xixikoko, which was covered with the marks of cartoon dinosaurs.

"Is this the place where the distorted phenomena of dinosaurs appeared? Although there are not many, it is definitely more than expected..." Zheng Fan said after looking at it.

Although he had relevant information that Xiao Zhao had investigated, it was still far inferior to what Lin Yilin had.

Xiao Zhao still needs to practice.

However, Zheng Fan noticed a suspicious point on this map.

A little further on Dongding Road is the Rafael School District. That’s why the student sneaked out and was about to go back when he was killed on Dongding Road, which is close to the Rafael School District.

However, on Lin Yilin's map, there was a sighting also on Dongding Road, which was not noticed in any previous investigation.

Moreover, this eyewitness information appeared in the part of Dongding Road that has entered the Raphael School District.

The boundary between the gray neighborhood and the white urban area has been crossed.

"Those people are using panic to test the boundaries of the white world." Lin Yilin explained the reason.

(End of this chapter)