Path of the Dead Prequel: Wings of Silver

Under the dim dining lamp, there were two pieces of tattered letter paper, which were sorted out by glasses, the so-called summary of profound knowledge. The words"Suhun","Ghost","Ligui","Snail Snake" and"Black Mamba" are crookedly written on it, as well as the explanation below. Fan Pang was afraid of losing it, so he held it down with a lighter and started typing on his laptop. Lao Dai watched him working indifferently, and added a few nouns next to the word"Snail Snake", including"Six-Winged Earth Evil","Judge" and"Shady Dead".

While helping Fan Pang complete this, those people who had returned from the restaurant began to arrive one after another. The detective looked at his watch and said,"It's eight o'clock now. I guess the people over there in New York won't be able to do all the processing today. I won't wait for them. In this case, I will talk about Case No. 2201 mentioned during the meal, which can more intuitively explain the risks of handling the case." The

Brovek family became famous at the beginning of the century, and they were nominally called Brothers Cooperative , in fact, it is not two people but a whole team. Everyone performs their duties and makes the best of their abilities. Although the sparrow is small but has all the internal organs, it is at the forefront of that era in all aspects, thus becoming famous all over the world. And the cases they have investigated are not all major cases such as arresting criminals and solving political murders, but more than 70% of the cases they have investigated are mysterious incidents. Because of this, this brotherly cooperative has been cast a layer of mysticism. color.

Among the more than 100 cardboard boxes sorted out by Lao Dai's relatives in Huntington Town, there was a file numbered 2201, which recorded a mysterious incident that occurred at the beginning of this century, which can be called the most tragic of all unsolved cases. The legal name of this unsolved case is the Man in Red Case. It happened in the north. What exactly is it about?

In the early 1930s, on the edge of a certain forest in Michigan, there stood a lonely old house. No one knew who built it, nor the origins of the original owner. In short, it had existed for many years. This building was severely burned, and most of the area is left with only ruins. Because it is located next to the jungle between the town and the wilderness, it looks spooky every night, so it has become a place for young people with an adventurous spirit to visit.

During a whole generation, countless people have visited. Everyone left their name and had fun, and nothing strange ever happened. However, one day in the 1930s, several people broke into the abandoned house at night in search of excitement, and bad luck befell them.

According to legend, they saw a man in red who looked like a normal person in a broken house, but could not distinguish his gender. His whole body exuded an unbearable smell of burning, sitting alone on the second floor where ashes and fallen leaves were thickly accumulated. Between the remaining walls. Because they bumped into each other in the middle of the night, everyone was unprepared and ran away in fear. After returning to the town, they described the incident vividly to others. At first people didn't take it seriously, because there were always people who claimed to have seen something, just to show off what was different. Therefore, people who heard it waved their hands and laughed at them, saying that they were just showing off their boredom.

But a week later, these people could no longer laugh, because the four people who broke into the abandoned house at night broke out in a fire on the same day, at the same time, or even in different places. Collapse, no one was spared. Then there were many incidents. Sometimes adventurers would bump into the man in red, and sometimes they wouldn't see him. But as long as they saw him, they would definitely die within a week. The continuous outbreak of arson cases made everyone feel that the situation had become serious, and began to investigate the matter.

The formation of a demon is sometimes like the mutation of bacteria. You don't know why it arises or when it will arrive. When you discover it, all life has already been wiped out and the situation has become precarious. The surrounding residents became angry and asked the mayor to resolve the matter.

Soon after, the old house was razed, and a priest was invited to spread salt to exorcise evil spirits. On the surface, it seemed that the crisis had been resolved, but in fact, a greater disaster was laid. From then on, the man in red began to appear frequently in the dense forest, making it impossible for people to hunt normally. The economic source of the townspeople was cut off, and the killing cycle continued. No one could cut off this super evil spirit.

This unsolved case, which ordinary people were shocked to hear, attracted a group of demons and demon snipers who talked about it. In their eyes, this unusual evil spirit is like a new virus in the eyes of the medical community, which has research value and can even cost their lives. If it is tamed and eliminated, not only can it become famous in one battle, but it can also be used by oneself to forge a weapon like the Orbital Robe.

However, the violence is still going on, and the evil spirits continue to wreak havoc without restraint. Anyone who has seen the man in red, no matter whether you are an ordinary citizen or a monster, is not spared. All of them died within a week, and their houses were burned down. In this way, a group of mysterious groups from around the world were forced to intervene in the matter, and the Brovek brothers were also fortunate enough to participate.

"So has this matter been resolved?"Lao Dai is indeed a good storyteller. His ups and downs of tone have whetted everyone's appetite. Even an old fox like Eubisio, who has been in the dark world for many years and whose cigarette butts are about to burn his fingers, is dumbfounded..At this time, the detective changed the topic and said:"Of course this last matter was solved, otherwise there would be no conclusion to File 2201. And do you know how to solve it? How tragic was the whole process?"

The first group of experts who conducted in-depth investigations sealed the collected information in an iron box before they died, and then handed it over to the second group of investigators. They began to unearth the matter through a portrait of the man in red. The whole story. After starting from the foundation of the abandoned house that had been eradicated, they dug up the soil and discovered a cave three meters below. It was a corpse pit that had existed for hundreds of years. The bones were cleared and piled around and left Out of the clearing. A man was tortured and burned to death here for a long time. Due to the age, insects, ants, rats and snakes decomposed the remaining bones, leaving only some fragments, which made it impossible to burn it again, so it could not be broken.

From them As soon as you step into the Jedi, it is equivalent to signing a contract with the God of Death, and you only have one week to live. Therefore, the following people began to divide their forces and conduct a comprehensive investigation in the victim's hometown, the town where he worked as an adult, and the scope of his activities at the end of his life. But due to time, this second group of people all died of spontaneous combustion.

The Brovek brothers were the third and last group of people to intervene. They also accumulated enough information on the basis of their predecessors. Searching for clues on the Internet, it was finally confirmed that the real culprit was a jewelry box buried in a monastery in Armenia. The ghost's wandering spirit was stored in a ring. After the fire melted into gold and turned into a puff of smoke, it was finally found. This unsolved case came to a heavy end.

The above incident is the entire content of the 2201 file. Dozens of people died for it, and they were all outstanding elites of that era. In other words, if it were not for the legendary brothers, The two set off late, and they could not escape their bad luck in the end. They had already turned into a handful of loess and passed away. The high risks and high costs of investigating mysterious cases are unimaginable.

"Things like exorcism, soul refining and demon sniping are a highly gray area between tradition and modernity, faith and reality, and are extremely controversial, which is why I talk about this past incident."Lao Dai finished speaking and poured himself a glass of gin.

Some special people, such as monsters who are proficient in heresy, downtrodden geniuses with severe schizophrenia, and killers with violent nature, have been unfairly treated and oppressed for a long time. People whose wavebands are extremely unstable, whose accumulated dark energy is unusually high, and whose love and hate for the world have no end, are likely to become troublesome demon spirits.

Likewise, people who are particularly stubborn in certain aspects, For example, people who are dissolute, greedy, liars, and jealous of talents, although they are small evils, will be different from ordinary people and will gradually become something called extravagant ghosts. The above are all sins or It seems that the gloomy human nature is justifiable to become monsters. What about decent people? For example, they are upright and loyal, dare to put out fires for a living, hate evil as much as hatred, etc. They can still become very difficult things, and some of them are even more powerful than monsters. As the saying goes The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. Many people in history ended up being murdered by the fools they fought for, or were killed for their great achievements, such as the Gracchi brothers, Belisarius, and Dacula. Earl, Guan Yu, etc., their despair for the world before their death will instantly turn into hatred, and more or less become the image of evil gods in folklore. In a word, it is precisely because of the behavior patterns of many people with distinctive personalities during their lifetimes. It determines everything, causing it to become a dark symbol or consciousness of revenge. It is a giant monster that attacks indiscriminately without distinguishing the target. This kind of thing has the following characteristics.

Destroyable form: such as the six-winged earth evil, the skeleton is the most The fragile body can be destroyed by pouring oil and burning it.

The indestructible form: the physical bones have long since disappeared, and even if you have the intention to find them, there must be one or several things that they were most attached to during their lifetime. If they can be discovered and completely destroyed, Maybe it can be cleared up.

The strange things that happened to Lao Qian are obviously different from any mysterious incidents. They are targeted, not disturbing others and just staring at him; and they are invisible and invisible, even on Ou Shizhu Street. They are just ethereal spirits, which makes the rams' assault and Lao Dai's wilderness skills useless, and they are equivalent to fighting the air; therefore, their bodies must be hidden in places that are extremely difficult to find, and they cover up the clues to prevent others from being discovered. Found; they are consciousness-type substances, and ordinary methods cannot do anything about it. Only things like freesia, which also belong to the body that no longer exists, but are alive in a certain time and space line, can deal with it.

And Xiaocang Lan's essence is half-demon, so she shows overwhelming and absolute power against this man and woman. Fortunately, she is on our side, at least she is another Lin Rui. But, what exactly do we think? How to find her?

Of course, this analysis was discussed in the hotel room after avoiding Krys. After Lao Dai said this, he felt a little tired, so he leaned against the wooden wall and closed his eyes slightly, leisurely He played a harmonica on the ground. His intention was very simple. He used a slightly exaggerated approach to add death threats. In this way, it was no joke to persuade the group of national detectives in front of him to retreat. The faces of these people in front of him showed signs of laughter. With indescribable expressions, two of the three cars left in less than ten minutes, and finally only three national detectives who were determined to follow up were left in the wooden house. They are a four-eyed woman and a father and son

"You say to yourself, I won, right? But have you noticed one detail? We didn’t book a room after entering the hotel. Why? The older national detective looked at Lao Dai with a smile, reached out to take out a cigarette from my cigarette case, and said,"You underestimate the stubbornness of the Durham people." Just because we stay here doesn't mean we're bolder than them, and just because they leave doesn't mean they've fled."

"They were not intimidated by you. Don't think that driving away meant admitting defeat. We had already imagined all kinds of difficulties from you when we followed. They just went to Atlanta first and asked local acquaintances for help."The four-eyed woman watched her companions leave one after another, and asked angrily:"Since it is so dangerous, why didn't you reject the family on Ou Shizhu Street? for money? Obviously not"

"I just put all the pros and cons clearly in front of you and let you make your own decision. I don't mean to drive anyone away. As for me personally, wouldn’t it be nice to have people with the same hobbies in the company of me on the road? The more, the better. But how can I guarantee that even if you are just conducting investigations, like in the 2201 file, those workers who are just hired to eradicate dilapidated houses, or the priests who spread salt in their sermons, will inevitably encounter danger? I could give many more examples of this. What if what I fear is all my misjudgment? Therefore, this is the only last resort."The detective rubbed his face, sat up halfway, and sighed:"I don't do it for money."

"Our decision to stay here was made on the way from the beginning. We can't stand your arrogance and secretive style of doing things, so we proposed a combination of reality and reality, with a few of us on the bright side cooperating with them. The remaining national detectives lit the fire for the elder and said,"Actually, we had originally planned that after investigating this matter with you, we would transfer to New York to investigate the case of a serial killer with another group of national detectives. You You must have heard of the Ambition Generation and others, that’s probably it."

This so-called ambitious generation, later described intermittently by these national detectives, actually refers to a group of elites who are famous in the Empire State. They are recognized leaders in the circle of sympathy, but they are very young and are still in the students. They have assisted the police in solving many major cases many times. But recently, they seem to have been entangled in a strange case.

Therefore, these guys from Durham plan to finish the Peachtree Corner case. I went to New York with Lao Dai on the way. Unfortunately, I was rejected. Instead of breaking up, I was angered, so I made this move.

"In the past, when I served in the police force, in addition to catching some robbers, drug dealers and pimps, a phenomenon often occurred after the real big fish was delivered. Your immediate boss suddenly appears outside the door during the interrogation. He will first praise you and then tell you that you will be released within half a day because this is what his immediate boss ordered. Finally, these people's lawyers came in with big bags, and ended by saying that you were protesting for all your faults, claiming that they were going to sue the court. From now on, they were no longer allowed to approach this person or touch his files."Lao Dai raised his neck and drank the gin, and sighed:"Then, those who are stubborn will be forced to sign an executive order and be transferred, and there will be no way to redress the injustice of his friend who died tragically. I'm not doing it for money, at least not all for money"

"These are two different things. We also know that the 2201 file you mentioned is very risky, but this is extremely unique. The character of the Durham people is that it is best to state your true thoughts once and for all, and then what they do is their business. Notifying you does not mean that you need to ask for your consent, it just lets you know."The four-eyed woman was playing with her mobile phone, raising her eyes from time to time and replied.

"Well, since you insist on doing it, then stay. Compared to you, I have a huge psychological pressure, and I can't get rid of it, and that is the fact that the Brovek brothers are famous. When you go to any institution and meet anyone, they don't even bother to ask your name, but they only mention the brothers. So, do you understand? If I had no connection with them, I would not even be remembered by the world, or without this connection, I would be nothing at all. But I, obviously I have gone through hardships over the years, solved many impossible things by myself, and was forced to foster a judge, how could I be worse than them? Why should I be suffocated in their shadow? All kinds of unwillingness made me have to take risks all the time, and I even had to pay more than they did before to get recognition. I hope to see others mention Desmond instead of Brovek. My sword will not be moved by the struggle for power, but will be unsheathed only to regain my own reputation."

"New York guy, you seem a little drunk."The soul sickle pushed Paco and asked him to go take care of his boss, and sighed:"You have always been a person who knows how to control emotions. If you want to vent occasionally, you can vent, but it is best not to vomit all over the bed in front of others. That's good"

"I have no fear of Yin Zhou, Six-winged Earth Evil or other nonsense. They are just rocks blocking the way. I know I may be crushed to death, but if I don’t try, how will I know that I can’t move them? In order to have no worries, I am still single. But you are different. Behind you are your family and loved ones. You should separate your hobbies from your life. There is no need to be as desperate as me, to walk a road of no return, to gamble on uncertain luck. It is because I love you. That’s why I want to dissuade you."