Reborn in the end of the world, I scavenged in the empty city and bought for free

Zhou Xiaojuan was still resting at home that day. What happened yesterday had a great impact on her, especially when she saw the smoking man turn into a pool of blood and disappear in front of her eyes. The sensory impact was more horrifying than any normal way of death. After all, this was a way of death that came without any warning and had never been seen before.

How is it possible for a person to gradually shrink and dry up, and finally turn into a pool of blood?

Zhou Xiaojuan has been hiding in her room from yesterday morning to noon today and has refused to come out. She is like a frightened bird and is extremely sensitive to things around her. Even family members coming in would startle her.

Zhou Xiaojuan took a sip of hot water and stood in the kitchen, a little distracted. The death of the smoker was not a bad thing for her. There was no need for her to dwell on it. No matter how he died, since he was no longer in this world, there would be one less person who knew their secret. Therefore, there was no need for her to dwell on it for too long.

After repeatedly convincing herself, Zhou Xiaojuan couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth slightly. Besides being relaxed, she felt a sense of pleasure of surviving a calamity.

"Xiaojuan, what are you thinking about? Why are you standing here smiling foolishly?" Zhou's mother was just about to go out for work. When she heard Zhou Xiaojuan laughing in the living room, she asked curiously.

"It's okay. I just thought of some interesting plots while watching TV." Zhou Xiaojuan could only make up a story, but the expression on her face faded a little.

Just as the conversation between mother and daughter ended, a hurried knock on the door drew everyone's attention to the door.

Father Zhou was originally sitting in the living room reading a newspaper. As he was a small leader in the unit, he always went to work on time. Anyway, his current job was relatively easy. If all went well, he would be promoted after the New Year. At that time, the unit would allocate him a three-bedroom, one-living-room house. So during this period, Father Zhou always smiled when meeting people, just waiting for the New Year.

Father Zhou put the newspaper in his hand on the coffee table and turned to open the door.

As soon as he opened the door, Zhou's father was frightened by the three or four men in Self-Defense Force uniforms in front of him, but he quickly reacted and asked with a frown: "Comrades, is there anything wrong?" After all, he was a small leader, and the first thing he showed was not panic. Instead, he looked at the team members with a scrutinizing look.

The leading man had no big expression on his face, and looked businesslike, "Excuse me, is this Zhou Xiaojuan's home?"

The wrinkles on Zhou's father's brow deepened. Although he was suspicious about what this had to do with his daughter, he couldn't show it on his face. He still said calmly, "What's the matter with you guys?"

"It's like this. The day before yesterday, there was a vandalism incident in XX block. Our team members caught a member of the criminal gang at the scene. According to the confession of the criminal gang, there are two other fugitives. And according to his confession, the main participant in the vandalism incident knew Zhou Xiaojuan, so we need her to come back to the bureau with us to assist in the investigation."

"What do you mean? Do you suspect that my daughter has something to do with the vandalism? You say my daughter is a suspect?" Father Zhou flew into a rage upon hearing this and immediately scolded the team members in front of him.

The team member seemed to be used to this situation, and his expression did not change at all. "We are just going back to cooperate with the investigation temporarily. Don't worry, we in the Security Bureau will never wrongly accuse any good person." After a pause, he looked through Zhou's father and fell on the back of a young woman standing on the side of the kitchen in the living room with her back to him, and then said, "Of course, we will never let any criminal go."

Zhou Xiaojuan's hand holding the water cup was shaking slightly. Her mother also heard the conversation between the Self-Defense Force and Zhou's father outside the door, so she became nervous and pulled Zhou Xiaojuan's elbow, asking in a low voice: "Xiaojuan, what do they mean by that? What kind of smashing and looting incident? Did you cause trouble outside?"

Zhou Xiaojuan's mind was in a mess at this time. She thought that the trouble would naturally disappear after the smoker died, but she didn't expect that this matter was still unclear to her. She bit her tongue secretly and forced herself to calm down. The more she did not want to show her weakness at this time, otherwise it would make people look more suspicious.

"I don't know what happened. Why don't I go over and ask? I also want to know the whole story." Zhou Xiaojuan put down her cup and turned to leave, while her mother followed anxiously behind.

"Dad, they are here to see me. Let me do it." Zhou Xiaojuan walked up to the team member, crossed her arms over her chest, and even looked at him with a bit of contempt. "Are you here to see me?"

"Are you Zhou Xiaojuan?" The members of the Self-Defense Force were also looking at her.

Zhou Xiaojuan, female, 25 years old, 1.56 meters tall, between 45 and 50 kilograms, long hair, single eyelids.

All the characteristics matched the person they were looking for, so the members of the Self-Defense Forces were certain that the person in front of them was undoubtedly Zhou Xiaojuan.

"I am indeed Zhou Xiaojuan, so who is this matter related to when you just asked me to cooperate with you in investigating it?" Zhou Xiaojuan raised her eyebrows and looked at the three or four men standing at the door leisurely.

"You should know Liu Qiang, Chen Fa and Zhou Xinyuan, right?"

Zhou Xiaojuan secretly grasped her sleeves with her fingers, and asked with a sneer, "What if I say I don't know him?"

Behind them, Zhou's father and mother looked nervous, because the name of the smoking man was Zhou Xinyuan. Just two months ago, this man named Zhou Xinyuan went to Zhou's father's unit and sent some fruits, hoping earnestly that Zhou's father would approve of his relationship with Zhou Xiaojuan.

However, Zhou Xiaojuan later denied their relationship and said lightly that he was just one of her suitors. Because her daughter has always been open to feelings, and has a cheerful and sociable personality, she has had particularly good relationships with the opposite sex since she was a child. But she has never been seen to care about any relationship over the years, so her parents are not worried that she will be deceived by men. But this Zhou Xinyuan is different from previous suitors. Not only does he ask Zhou Xiaojuan to go out every now and then, he also seems to have no proper job, and even the people he knows are all people from all walks of life. Therefore, the Zhou family has always opposed Zhou Xiaojuan's relationship with such a person.

In addition, Zhou's father had been in the workplace for many years and had a sophisticated and sharp eye. He knew that Zhou Xinyuan was a man of ill intentions as soon as he saw him. He also sent gifts to the company on purpose, which was nothing more than a clear promotion for himself as his future son-in-law.

Now when he heard this name, Zhou's father became nervous. Could it be that Zhou Xinyuan had caused some trouble and implicated his daughter?

Zhou Xiaojuan glanced at her parents behind her, then whispered, "How do you need me to cooperate?"

"Just come back with us and give a simple statement. If this matter really has nothing to do with you, you can go back after recording the statement."

Zhou Xiaojuan nodded: "Okay, I'll go with you."

"Xiaojuan, what is going on? That Zhou Xinyuan..."

Before Zhou's mother could finish her words, she was interrupted by Zhou Xiaojuan, "Mom, don't worry too much. They just want to ask me some questions. Don't worry, I will be back after recording my statement. You can go to work first."

When the Self-Defense Force members saw that Zhou Xiaojuan was cooperative, they turned around and went downstairs.

A young Self-Defense Force rookie who had just been recruited a few days ago couldn't help but ask, "Hey, you said it was just an ordinary vandalism incident, why do the higher-ups take it so seriously?"

"Could it be that the people being hit are the boss's relatives?" another team member joked.

"I think this might be it. Did you know that our deputy director arrived at the bureau at 5:30 this morning? It would be strange if this wasn't related to a relative of an important person."

"Tsk tsk, but this matter is too much of a fuss. Is it necessary to send us on this special trip? If it is really related to Zhou Xiaojuan, it is most likely a relationship dispute or a property dispute. The case we are handling is meaningless."

"Okay, don't let me hear such words again. All of you cheer up. It's just a small matter of smashing and looting, right? What do you think the Self-Defense Forces do? Or are you expecting to handle a big case?" The team leader who knocked on the door before had a stern face and a very complicated expression, because he could be said to be the one who knew the truth best among them.

Just last night, the man who was captured and held in the interrogation room died inexplicably.

The reason why he was dead was that in the interrogation room there was only the clothes he wore yesterday, and no other human tissue or torso belonging to a man could be found.

But the reason why it was defined as death rather than escape was that there were people guarding outside the interrogation room last night, and they were on a four-man shift, and the Security Bureau had only one main gate. No matter how the man escaped, he would first have to open the door of the interrogation room and pass through the hall. But according to the team members who stayed at the Security Bureau last night, no one entered or left the interrogation room all night.

The third trace left behind, which was similar to the coagulated human blood, should belong to the masked man, which means that something terrible must have happened last night that caused the masked man to die instantly.

This incident was immediately upgraded from an ordinary Level 2 social harm incident to a Level 4 incident. Currently, all criminal cases in the base are classified into seven levels according to the degree of urgency and harm. Level 1 is the most common theft or verbal disputes causing injuries, as well as some common social incidents where no casualties occurred. Level 2 is incidents where there were casualties but no multiple deaths. Levels 3 to 4 are intentional injuries or murders. Levels 5 and above are generally gang organizations, cults, etc. that have a serious impact on the order of the base. Level 7 is the most serious incident that has endangered the survival of mankind.

A level four case was enough to attract the Self-Defense Forces' high attention. It even alarmed a high-ranking member of the guard. In the morning, the deputy director spent nearly twenty minutes reporting on his work in the office.

This matter is still kept secret. Except for a few team leaders and middle-level leaders, the rest of the people think it is just an ordinary case of vandalism and theft.

When Zhou Xiaojuan was brought back to the interrogation room, there were several men in black uniforms standing behind a layer of coated SLR glass. These were senior hunters of the Security Bureau and also high-ranking officials of the Security Bureau. However, these two high-ranking leaders were standing behind one of the men who was about 27 or 28 years old at this time, and seemed to have taken a half step back.

The man was Shen Lian, who had just returned to Jiangcheng Base from Kyoto First Base at the beginning of the month.

"Who is this woman?"

Shen Lian subconsciously stroked the ring. In fact, it was the latest energy ring of the research institute. The materials used to make the ring were an S-level crystal core and Taigang material. When using superpowers, the crystal core on the ring could allow the wearer to enhance the superpower energy by about 10%. However, this type of ring could only be used by S-level superpower users. Ordinary people or low-level superpower users could not use the energy contained in the crystal core.

The deputy director of the Fifth Security Bureau nearby immediately answered cautiously: "She is Zhou Xiaojuan. According to Liu Qiang's account, it was Zhou Xiaojuan who instigated Zhou Xinyuan to smash the fruit and vegetable store. She is also Zhou Xinyuan's girlfriend."

"It means that she had contact with those people before this happened." Shen Lian's eyes fell on Zhou Xiaojuan through the glass window. At this time, Zhou Xiaojuan looked uneasy, but no matter how you look at her, she is just an ordinary person, and there is no aura of supernatural power on her.

"Just follow the normal interrogation process." Shen Lian's eyes could not be seen clearly through the lenses, but it seemed that the captain of the "Light Chaser" guard team had a sense of oppression that was superior to everyone else.

Zhou Xiaojuan's interrogation was quite normal at the beginning. She admitted that she knew Liu Qiang, Zhou Xinyuan and others, but she denied her relationship with Zhou Xinyuan. When she heard that Liu Qiang died in the interrogation room last night, she was obviously surprised.

"Liu Qiang is dead? How did he die? Did you kill him?"

The team member who was asking questions laughed unhappily when he heard this, "Beauty, this is the Security Bureau, can we kill people casually? He...he died on his own."

"Committing suicide out of fear of punishment? But he didn't..." Wasn't it just theft? Why would he commit suicide?

The team member tapped the table with his finger and said, "It wasn't suicide. He just died for no apparent reason."

Zhou Xiaojuan frowned, and then her mind flashed back to the image of the smoker who turned into blood in front of her yesterday morning. She raised her head in shock, and her voice became extremely trembling: "He turned into blood too?"

The team member who originally thought that he would not be able to get anything out of him today also changed his expression. He narrowed his eyes and asked in a deep voice: "How do you know how he died? Have you seen it? Or... do you know something?"

"No, I don't know, I know nothing, I... guessed." Zhou Xiaojuan was already a little incoherent and her speech began to stumble, but it was obvious that she was feeling guilty at the moment.

"You are lying! You know nothing at all. I warn you that you'd better tell us the truth!" The team member slammed the table in front of him and his attitude became tough and fierce. This was their usual technique for interrogating criminals. First of all, they had to make the suspect afraid of themselves so that they could pry open his mouth.

"I really don't know, it's Zhou Xinyuan..." Zhou Xiaojuan had never seen such an interrogation posture before. Before coming here, she thought that as long as she answered all the questions and knew nothing, she would be able to come back quickly. However, she was exposed and became a suspect because of one sentence.