Li Sihai wasn't quite sure.

Because at first glance, the house is no longer recognizable as a house.

Most of it was burnt to charcoal.

The main structure was only supported by a few beams, and most of it had collapsed and shattered.

Smell the ashes that have not yet dissipated around you.

Li Sihai understood that this should have been a house originally, but it was burned down some time ago.

Thinking.

Li Sihai parked the car and pulled over.

When you approach the scorched earth and wreckage, you can faintly feel a hint of warmth.

The place had obviously just been through a fire.

Judging from the remaining signs, the fire must have been very fierce.

Think so.

Li Sihai took out his cell phone and tried to call the police.

But there is no signal here.

Judging from the location here, we probably have to walk a long distance along the road before we can get a signal.

Li Sihai put down the phone and looked around, trying to find any clues to see if anyone was injured in the fire or needed help.

After shouting a few times, no one responded.

I don't know whether the people here escaped or were buried inside.

Judging from the lack of tire tracks on the ground around him, he most likely didn't escape.

If you are buried inside, there is a high probability that you will die.

However, we still need to search a little more to find out whether there is anyone buried there.

However, the search doesn't look very good here.

Much of the building's structure has collapsed.

Many places are probably dangerous structures where a single move could affect the entire structure, and they can only barely maintain stability without external intervention.

I guess it will fall over if you move it a little.

But he hesitated for a moment.

He decided to take a closer look at the scene to see if he could find any useful clues.

He moved carefully through the wreckage, watching each step so as not to step on any dangerously fragile structure.

Although there were no obvious signs of danger, this was an accident scene after all, and safety always came first.

After a brief search, Li Sihai did not find any valuable information. He only vaguely saw from some burnt document fragments and some remaining machinery that this seemed to be a small auto repair shop.

He also found some daily necessities.

Understand that there should be people living here.

But the workload to continue exploring is too huge, and the remaining places are too dangerous and look like they will collapse if you are not careful.

So he thought for a while and decided to go back to the car and rest for a while.

But he hadn't taken two steps yet.

He vaguely noticed the ashes somewhere that he had previously overlooked.

That strange shape.

He couldn't help but walk closer to take a look.

Then he screamed and stepped back.

That's a burnt hand!

The originally plump fingers have now been twisted into a strange angle, as if they were forcibly twisted by some invisible force.

The skin varies from dark brown to black, and its texture is rough and hard, like old tree bark that has been exposed to the sun for a long time.

Due to dehydration caused by the burns, the entire hand has shrunk significantly.

The texture on the palm becomes blurred.

In some places, the skin had completely burned off, exposing the deeper structures underneath, and even the edges of the bones were visible.

The spaces between the fingers also became more pronounced, as if each bone had been shrunk and fixed in a rigid position.

Li Sihai was stunned when he suddenly saw a burnt human hand in the no-man's land.

Subsequently.

The intense fear made Li Sihai swallow his saliva.

He got into the car without looking back, stepped on the accelerator and drove to the nearest county town.

If someone dies.

Then call the police right away!

That is no longer an area or matter that he can control.

As for whether the police would not believe him because he was the first to discover the incident, he naturally had his newly purchased dashcam to provide evidence.

Chapter 288: Arson and murder?

Ten o'clock in the morning on May 12th.

The sun shone through the gray sky, casting mottled shadows. The air was filled with a faint smell of smoke, as if the embers left by the previous fire had not yet been completely extinguished.

Li Sihai stood in front of a ruin.

Looking at everything in front of me, I couldn't help but feel an indescribable feeling in my heart.

Yesterday he was still laughing and chatting with Chen Yun in Lingchuan County, but today he is facing such a tragedy here.

Next to the charred ruins of the auto repair shop, several police cars were parked quietly, with red and blue warning lights flashing in the dilapidated scene, adding a bit of solemnity and dignity to this desolate place.

It is surrounded by wilderness on the Loess Plateau.

Apart from the occasional bird flying by, there was almost no sign of life.

The sunlight passed through the clouds, and the light cast down formed circles of halos around the police car, freezing the scene into a solemn picture.

The policemen were dressed in neat uniforms, police hats and had serious expressions on their faces.

They all wore white gloves and carefully searched the ruins for any possible clues.

Some people used small shovels to gently stir the rubble and charred wood blocks scattered on the ground, trying to find undamaged objects; others bent over and searched through piles of rubble, each movement being extremely cautious, for fear of missing any important details.

An experienced old police officer stood in the middle of the ruins, his eyes scanning every piece of rubble, as if trying to piece together the scene before the accident with his eyes.

From time to time he would stop, pick up a flashlight to look closely at a certain place, or gently touch certain objects with his fingers, trying to get more valuable information from them.

Behind him, the young new police officers followed closely, carefully recording every discovery and analysis of the veteran police officer, fearing that they would miss any important links.

A burly police officer in uniform was questioning Li Sihai at this moment.

His eyes were sharp and calm, giving people an unquestionable sense of majesty.

"Mr. Li, please describe the situation in more detail."

The police officer's voice was steady and powerful, revealing a meticulous professional attitude.

He is a sheriff from the nearby Jinsha County. After receiving the report, he led his team here immediately.

Li Sihai took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down: "I stayed in a small hotel in Yun'an County last night. I set out at about seven o'clock this morning and drove north along this road."

talking.

Li Sihai pointed to the small road next to him.

Then he continued:

"Around eight o'clock, I found that there seemed to be a fire in a car repair shop on the roadside. The entire store was burned beyond recognition."

"I just wanted to see if there was anyone who needed help, but I didn't expect it to be like this..."

While talking.

As if he remembered the shriveled human hand he had just seen, his expression could not help but change again.

The burnt, dried, shrunken and twisted human hands are really visually impactful.

At first glance.

He couldn't help but feel a little chilly when he was asked to write about a tall, strong man from Northeast China.

Seeing this, the police officer quickly handed over a bottle of water.

After Li Sihai had recovered, he nodded and asked him to continue: "And then?"

"I walked closer and saw a man lying there, no longer breathing. I immediately took out my phone and called the police, and stayed at the scene waiting for your arrival."

Li Sihai's voice sounded a little heavy.

This kind of thing is obviously not something he can handle.

It's better to call the police.

Even from the perspective of avoiding getting yourself into trouble, you have to call the police as soon as possible.

Otherwise, when other people call the police later, you may not be able to explain clearly when the police start investigating.

Call the police now.

At least he could clear himself of any connection with the incident while keeping all the evidence at the scene and on his body intact.

"You mentioned that you have a dashcam, can you provide us with the video footage from that time?"

the officer asked after recording for a while.

This is what Li Sihai mentioned when he called the police, and it can be considered a relatively important piece of evidence.

Li Sihai nodded: "Of course. But I just bought a new dashcam yesterday because the old one seemed to be damaged by some strong electromagnetic waves. Fortunately, the new one can record everything."

He pulled a key from his pocket and walked towards the gray sedan parked not far away.

After opening the car door, Li Sihai skillfully removed the dash cam from above the dashboard and handed the memory card to the police officer.

The police officer took the memory card and turned to hand it to a young female police officer.

The latter quickly inserted the card into the handheld card reader and started playing the video.

on the screen.

The car was driving along a deserted road, and the scenery along the way was monotonous and desolate.

Suddenly, the camera turned to the right.

The burnt-out auto repair shop came into view.

Afterwards, the scene of Li Sihai getting out of the car is clearly visible. He can be seen approaching the scene carefully and finally discovering the body.

Because it is a relatively new type of driving recorder.

This process is unusually clear.

"Do you still have the old dashcam? Can you bring it over so I can have a look?"

The police officer asked again after reading it.

Li Sihai nodded upon hearing this.

Although he replaced the new dash cam, he did not throw away the old one directly.

Although it was broken and did not contain the scenes of his meeting with Chen Yun, it still contained some precious scenes and related video records before that, so it would naturally not be thrown away.

Now the police officer asked to see it.

Of course he took it out.

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