I'm not Yingjie

"A tall man wearing a fox mask."

Chapter 34 Analysis

"The murderer's physical features?" Hua was surprised to hear this. "Wouldn't that narrow down the murderer?"

However, Kevin shook his head coldly and said, "No."

"why?"

"The message Imer left behind was written on the floor with his fingers dipped in his own blood."

After listening to Kevin's description, Hua's excitement about finding the murderer's features instantly disappeared. She lowered her head and thought for a while, then looked at the two of them: "Can you confirm that it was written by Yimer?"

“……” Judging from Kevin’s expression, I’m afraid that’s not possible.

Leaving messages is a very common thing, especially for a loyal and excellent soldier like Imer who will try his best to find the real murderer, so Hua, Kevin and Hen will unconditionally believe in the accuracy of Imer's information.

But the way the body was left behind makes it hard not to wonder whether the murderer did it on purpose.

Imer's injuries were serious. Although no major organs were damaged, he was attacked by surprise and there was no sign of resistance at the scene. He lost his ability to fight back in an instant. It is questionable whether he could consciously write down the information and hide it at that time.

What's more, the transmission method is so easy to be noticed.

So this could be a misleading move by the murderer.

"But the murderer left in a hurry without even confirming whether Imer was alive or dead. It is also possible that he did not notice Imer's movements." Kevin put forward a different view. He was not good at finding clues, but his grasp of combat and timing was far superior to that of ordinary people. "It is very likely that he was too late at the time. There is a certain degree of credibility."

"The safest way is to wait for Imer to wake up, but it seems we can't wait that long now."

Two more senior officials were killed, and it was obvious that the mastermind behind the scenes had begun to take action.

"And judging from the second scene and Imer's information combined with the first scene information, the murderer's physical features match. We can try to investigate the male Fire Moth first."

Hen and Hua nodded, and Kevin clenched his fists unconsciously. He felt as if he had missed something, as if he had accidentally stepped into a trap. It was so reasonable, yet there was an imperceptible sense of incongruity.

……

In the projected image, a tall man ripped open the old man's stomach, lifted him up with his sharp claws and smashed him on the conference table. Blood splashed out like liquid from a high-pressure pump, accidentally spilling onto the white towel on the chest of the girl with a different hair color.

"The projection is over."

Weiwei watched with interest as Prometheus closed his eyes, turned off the projection, and then stood aside silently.

After Lin disappeared, the mechanical girl seemed to have her soul taken away as well. She lost the lifelike humanity she had imitated in the past and completed all assigned tasks like a real machine.

"The first crime scene was a conference room, and the second crime scene was an artificial lake."

Einstein was holding a cup of cold coffee, her eyes were listless. After taking a small sip of coffee, she replenished her energy, yawned, and walked in front of Prometheus.

"Has the second death report come out?"

Prometheus nodded slightly. She was better at speaking with facts: "The first and second persons died half an hour apart. One was in deep water and his body was found after salvage. The other was in shallow water."

"The cause of death was the same as the victim in the first case."

Wei Wei asked aloud, "Claws?"

"It doesn't matter what the murder weapon is." Einstein added a spoonful of sugar to the coffee and slowly stirred it with a spoon. Looking at the scattered crystals in the cup, she said, "It's just using inertial thinking to mislead people, thinking that the murderer must be someone who used this kind of weapon. In fact, even I can pierce people with those claws."

After a pause, she said casually: "It's really surprising that Dr. Mei didn't notice it."

"You always need a direction." Wei Wei smiled. "When walking on a dark path, it doesn't matter whether there are dim candles or bright street lights. It just means you need a direction."

"..." Einstein did not continue to speak. She glanced at the mysterious smile that Wei Wei often wore, took a sip of coffee, and exhaled. "The locations of the two crimes are very different. What is the murderer's purpose?"

There is a huge difference between the conference room and the artificial lake, and this difference may very well hide some secrets of the murderer.

Wei Wei and Einstein were thinking in unison: "After the first incident, the top brass must have become more alert. It is impossible for them to meet with people in a dangerous place like the artificial lake in the middle of the night. So the artificial lake is probably just the second crime scene. The real first crime scene needs to be investigated before we can know."

"Then why did the murderer hide the body in an artificial lake?"

"At the headquarters, there will be a response in a very short time if someone is missing, so the purpose of hiding the body is unrealistic. The murderer wants to hide something else."

“What is it?” Einstein asked.

“A comparison of the two locations where the bodies were found needs to be made.”

"The first body was found in a closed conference room with no extra items and a simple structure, leaving little information," Einstein added. "The second body was found in an artificial lake with a complex structure, leaving more footprints and traces on the soil."

"After comparison, the shoe prints are of the same size. Based on the degree of soil depression, we can conclude that the killer is about 175 to 180 centimeters tall and weighs about 130 kilograms, both of which are standard male builds."

“Why would the other party appear in a place where more information could be exposed?”

"..."

"..."

The two geniuses already had some guesses in their minds.

The answer is that the murderer wanted to deliberately expose his own information.

"Prometheus II did not find anyone using their authority to tamper with access records. The monitors are all operating normally. The murderer has other ways to get around the headquarters."

Wei Wei's fingers paused for a second while tapping the table. Einstein noticed something was wrong and looked at her. She just said calmly, "If you borrow some equipment and become proficient in using it, it won't be that difficult to travel freely."

"...What is it?"

"Lin has a device called 'Phase Shift', which is a scientific and technological result of his research on the Second Herrscher. He can travel through space over a certain distance, and according to the records, he has fully mastered its use."

The height and weight matched perfectly, and he had the means and conditions to commit the crime; even the murder weapon had his name written on it.

Wei Erwei smiled and said, "All the evidence points to Lin's side."

Chapter 35 Hug

Lin sat behind Ling. The soft mattress felt real to the touch. He sat upright on it, staring at Ling who was in standby mode.

The afterglow of dusk cast the last light before the night under the door, and the terminator disappeared at the far point of sight.

Lin is waiting for Zero to take action, but apart from eating, resting and necessary experiments, Zero doesn't seem like a living person at all.

Lin originally wanted to go and have a look at other places, but he could only move within a range of 0.5 meters. Thinking carefully, this was all in his memory, so Lin felt relieved. It was impossible for him to go to a place he had never seen before.

So if he wanted to know more, he could only go through one person.

"Squeak."

"Ah, sorry, sorry, I was in a meeting for too long today, so I'm late." The man pushed the door open, grabbed the back of his head and smiled awkwardly, "Those old guys talk too much nonsense, and people are tired of listening to them. If it weren't for my lack of experience, I really don't want to give them face."

"..."

The man's apology was useless, Zero wouldn't care if he was late or not, and besides, Zero didn't care if he came or not.

However, the man's coming to talk to Zero day and night did have some effect, for example, Zero would now actively respond to his words.

"'who are they?"

"Eh? Didn't I tell you?" The man pulled a stool and sat in front of Zero, complaining without caring about his face, "It's the top management of the Fire Moth. We founded the Fire Moth together. We thought we would elect a leader, but in the end we adopted decentralization. It's really stupid."

"You, want to be a leader?"

"Who said I want to be one? You know I don't have the ability."

When the man heard Zero's question, he curled his lips with a slightly disdainful expression and said, "In the face of Honkai, dispersing power is tantamount to sending humanity to the guillotine. Internal strife, division, conspiracy... You can think of a lot of problems just by using your butt. Wouldn't those guys who claim to be human elites think of it? They just can't accept that they are inferior to others as elites."

“In the future, mankind needs someone to walk ahead. It doesn’t matter if that person is a genius or a fool, or if he walks toward the light or the abyss.”

When talking about the future, the man showed excitement in his eyes. He proudly took out the cigarette box and picked up a cigarette skillfully.

However, he did not light the cigarette. He glanced at the indifferent Ling, put the cigarette away silently, thought for a while, and threw the cigarette box into the trash can.

"But I don't want that person to be you."

"...Why." Zero couldn't understand. His parents had always taught him that he would be the hope of mankind and that he would be the future of mankind. But why did the man say the exact opposite?

"Because you have never experienced human life. You are not a human." The man stroked his smooth, unshaven chin and answered seriously, "No human is born to lead mankind. You should be born as a human, not as the 'hope of mankind'."

"Incomprehensible."

"So this is what makes you different from humans, Xiaolin. No matter how many words you read in books, no one will love you."

"..."

"You said you love humans, right? But that's just the consciousness your parents implanted in your brain. You have never seen the darkness, ignorance, and greed of humans. They are like a group of planetary maggots. All they do is persecute the living space of other creatures and destroy the environment they depend on for survival in exchange for resources and benefits."

The man rolled up his sleeves coldly, and the scars on his arms told of his past: "Most humans, including me, will collapse in an instant if we are tainted by the profit chain created by ourselves. Moreover, we can do anything to continue our race. We call ourselves a superior race, but in fact, the earth can still function without humans, and it will even be better."

"If you really saw what kind of race humans are, you wouldn't be able to say you love humans, and I will never let you sacrifice everything for humans for the crazy plan of two mentally ill scientists. Humans are not worthy of sacrificing anything for a child."

Ling didn't expect the man to say such a thing. In the past, he would only come to greet her and talk about some trivial things. He looked neither serious nor busy.

"I want you to say 'I hate humans'. You have been taken away from many things by humans. You need to see the true face of humans."

"..."

"..."

“But…” The man’s serious face suddenly collapsed. Between the time his eyes closed and opened, a kind meaning surged into his pupils. He sighed, “After that, after you see the truth, I want you to fall in love with humans again.”

"Xiao Lin, you have never really lived in a human society. The concept of humans in your mind is a broad and unrealistic one. You don't know why you love humans, and you don't know whether you should love humans."

"Go have someone who loves you, kid."

The man was not very old, but his eyes were full of compassion and kindness. Looking at the child with empty eyes, he reached out his hands and held him in his arms.

Zero had no idea what the man was doing.

He had never been hugged kindly.

……

"Forehead……"

The world in his eyes was doubled, the tingling in his brain and the fatigue in his body brought Lin back to the real world.

He stood up from the wheelchair, coughing, and walked out the door while standing on one foot and holding onto the wall.

He no longer felt that sharp gaze. Did Pado drive away the observer?

"Hello? Moshimoshi, is this Mr. Lin?"

Before he reached the door, a dull sound came from outside.

The voice was deliberately low, and it was hard to tell whether it was a man or a woman. Lin, who had just woken up, was in a poor condition, and he couldn't tell whether the person outside the door was a friend or an enemy.

Lin knew that someone must have secretly brought him out of this unknown place, but he didn't know what that person's purpose was. He sent people to monitor him, but did not do anything to Lin.

But Lin had no choice now. Any soldier could knock him down, so he could only remain silent.

The person outside the door seemed to have expected Lin to remain silent, so he opened the door slightly, a gap wide enough for a finger to pass through, and a package was thrown in.

"If you don't want to die now, use the things inside. You shouldn't end up here, right?"

Lin couldn't see the outer packaging of the things that came in, but what leaked out of it looked familiar to him.

That is a syringe. You don't need to think too much to know who made it and the bright green liquid inside.

The man knocked on the door: "There are still many people waiting for you."

Lin walked up and pushed the door open, but there was no one behind it.

Chapter 36 Gift

Mebius dipped a little blood and put it under the microscope. When she adjusted the focus to observe its composition, the shrill ring of the communicator made her frown and look at the screen beside her impatiently.

A number made up of garbled characters. After seeing this special number, Mebius's slightly frown relaxed and he answered the call unhappily.

"Didn't I tell you not to call me?" She held the communicator between her ear and shoulder, her tone full of annoyance, "Now all communications may be monitored."

She stopped her work in surprise after the person on the other end finished speaking: "You found him? So quickly?"

"Those drugs are just strong inhibitory drugs made from the medical department's herbs and inhibitors. Given the extent of his erosion, they can only keep him awake for a short period of time."

After a brief conversation with the person on the other end, Mebius hung up the call and deleted the record. The atmosphere at the headquarters had now reached its most tense moment. This communication contained content that was shameful to be seen, so it was better to be cautious.

She didn't care about what happened inside the Fire Moth headquarters. It didn't matter whether those senior people were dead or alive. The operation of the Fire Moth was not entirely dependent on those guys. Besides, if there were fewer people restricting her, she would be happier.

"You're blind in one eye, you've broken a leg, and you're still crazy..." Mebius whispered to himself, "What would the people who are waiting for your birth think when they see you like this?"

She shook her head. She had read the information about Lin's parents. They were ordinary people, so the abnormal artificial modification data in Lin's genes must have been done by someone else.

It is unknown whether Lin’s parents knew about this.