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

Is everything a coincidence?

Zhou Qian did not think these were all coincidences. She even felt that there were traces of everything, from the woman attempting to kidnap the child of an employee of the hotel opposite, to the female owner of the hotel chasing the woman to the rental house, and even the subsequent discovery of the woman's body, all of this seemed to be connected together.

Although the whole case was full of doubts, Zhou Qian did not doubt that Gu Tongwan was the mastermind behind the murder. After all, this was not a good thing for Gu Tongwan. You know, the female boss's guesthouse would open tomorrow morning, and choosing to be involved in a murder case at this time would undoubtedly have a negative impact on the reputation of the guesthouse, and would even cause her to fall into rumors.

Moreover, according to Zhou Qian's investigation results, she found that the social circle of the hostess of the guesthouse was actually very impressive. Not only did she know people from the Hunter Association, she also maintained good relations with several members of the Hunter Guild. She even knew the elite team of the Guard. No matter which circle she was in, she seemed to have her own connections.

This is also the most crucial reason for Zhou Qian to eliminate the idea that she is related to the cult organization. After all, if she is really a member of the cult, it is impossible for the people in her circle to not notice the clues, and they can even maintain such a long-term friendly relationship.

Zhou Qian was very upset at this time, because this way there were fewer people she could suspect. If it wasn't the female proprietress of the hotel, then could it be the pet shop the woman had been to, or was it related to several good friends of the woman's husband, who were also partners in the private detective agency?

The more I thought about it, the more I felt like there was a tangled mess in my head, like a knot of hemp rope that couldn't be untied. Everything was tangled together.

He took out a bag of fruit candies from his pocket, took one and put it in his mouth. It had a faint pineapple flavor, but it was not obvious. The sour candy burst on the tip of his tongue, followed by a very strange taste.

There's no way. The candies produced in the base don't seem to taste very good. Even the candies produced with industrial saccharin have a smell. Not to mention that you can't buy real pineapples at all in the apocalypse. Even if you can, the taste is mutated, the texture is soft, and it tastes sour and astringent, and it's very expensive.

However, the sweet and sour taste of the fruit candy still helped Zhou Qian calm down a little. Then she heard the sound of a car horn in the distance, which made her look forward again.

Zhou Qian bit the candy in her mouth into pieces and followed him forward.

"I'm sorry, Miss Gu, for making you make a special trip so late at night." Zhou Qian smiled apologetically.

I hadn't seen her for just one day, but I noticed that under the street light, Zhou Qian had two dark circles under her eyes. She didn't look very well and looked much more tired than yesterday.

Gu Tongwan replied: "It's okay, just let me know if you need any help."

Zhou Qian nodded and led Gu Tongwan to the security bureau, "Let's go inside and talk."

Zhou Qian took her to a separate office, which was usually where cases were handled. However, her colleagues were currently busy investigating cases, some were doing field work, and some were organizing files, so there was no way to sit down and slack off in the office.

Zhou Qian mentioned what happened more than an hour ago after the glass door was closed.

"The organization behind this may be worried that the news or the medicine will be leaked, so they brainwashed these people from the beginning. Or maybe they themselves have weaknesses that are vulnerable to the organization, such as their family members." Gu Tongwan expressed his thoughts while observing the expression on Zhou Qian's face.

Zhou Qian's face was indeed a little solemn. It was obvious that she had also considered this direction, but unfortunately all the clues were cut off now. Coupled with the time pressure for the investigation from above, Zhou Qian felt that she was trapped in a maze with no way out.

"I heard that two other murders occurred in the past two days. The victims were beheaded after being killed. The method of committing the crime was the same as the one I reported two days ago?"

Zhou Qian nodded, but still couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Our Security Bureau hasn't started reporting the progress of the case yet, but you got the news pretty quickly."

"The underground city has just been opened, and the murders all happened in the same neighborhood. It's hard for the news not to leak out. Also, this incident involves too many people. People are panicking right now, and no one knows if this is a serial murder case."

"It's not a serial murder case. If it is, the murderer can't have committed crimes in such a short period of time. This doesn't fit the characteristics of a serial murder case. Copycat crimes are possible, but we still have to wait for the final investigation results." Zhou Qian stood up and poured a cup of hot water for Gu Tongwan, and then said, "I'm sorry, we don't even have tea leaves in our bureau right now. I can only give you some hot water for now."

Gu Tongwan smiled and said, "It's okay. I didn't come here for tea. If there is anything else you need my cooperation in the investigation, just ask me. I will tell you everything I know. I also want to catch the murderer behind this as soon as possible, or some evil organization."

"Ms. Gu, from your tone you seem to be very sure that this is not a personal grudge or a serial crime, but involves a certain cult organization. But I remember that I have never mentioned anything about any group or organization to you." Zhou Qian's expression gradually became cautious, and even her tone was much sharper than before.

Gu Tongwan did not hide it and recounted what happened to him and Yan Fan a year ago when they encountered a certain organization.

As an elite member of the Self-Defense Forces, Zhou Qian has actually investigated things about this organization. She also learned that the "Illuminati" is currently an S-level confidential case and has been handled by a special investigation team. Their bureau only provides some assistance, and the real information never falls into her hands.

After learning about the situation, Zhou Qian stood up from her chair at once. When she was nervous, she would pace back and forth, and might even grab her pants with both hands, because just now she suddenly remembered that when the director left in the evening, he told everyone that this matter must be kept confidential both internally and externally, and any news must be reported directly to him. Another thing is that the director has always insisted that although this matter is related to a certain organization behind the scenes, he has been guiding everyone to investigate the force of the "Wanderer Base Camp". But you have to know that the Wanderer Base Camp has maintained a good cooperative relationship with the base for many years, and it is impossible for the Wanderer Base Camp to have such an advanced laboratory for human experiments.

Zhou Qian felt that the director's instructions were increasingly strange. It seemed as if he was deliberately guiding everyone to point the finger at the homeless base, and even wanted to ask higher authorities to issue an investigation order into the homeless base.

Seeing Zhou Qian's anxious look, Gu Tongwan did not say anything to disturb her. She just picked up the hot tea in her hand and looked at the face reflected in it. She did not show any fear or panic, and was even so calm that even she herself found it incredible.

Zhou Qian took a deep breath and finally sat down, but her eyes glanced at other colleagues who were busy in the hall.

"How much do you know about this matter?"

Gu Tongwan used the hot tea as his hand warmer and whispered, "The potion they are researching can allow low-level psychics to increase their psychic energy in a short period of time, and can at least increase it by two levels."

Zhou Qian's pupils trembled slightly, and her lips quivered, as if she couldn't believe that there was such a potion. "In other words, if a C-level psychic takes this potion, he can reach the level of B or even A-level?"

"Yes, from what I have seen, people with special abilities who took potions did experience this condition." Gu Tongwan nodded.

"If this potion spreads to other places, it may not only cause the base but even the major guilds to go crazy. After all, everyone wants to improve their ability level in a short period of time." Zhou Qian clenched her fingers unconsciously after sitting down.

Gu Tongwan nodded at first but then shook her head in denial, "This potion can indeed drive people crazy. Their ultimate goal may not even be to raise the level of psychics, but to experiment on ordinary people and cultivate more psychics. This way, they will have more psychics that are superior to those in other bases or forces."

The status of people with super powers is superior to that of ordinary people. It can even be said that people with super powers can dominate other ordinary people to a certain extent, so no matter which force or faction it is, they all want to get more people with super powers.

“However, this potion also has a drawback. Although it can allow low-level psychics to upgrade their abilities in a short period of time, it does so at the expense of their own mental and vital energy. Once their vitality is over-consumed, they will perish.

This is why she saw with her own eyes that those psychics eventually self-destructed and died after taking the potion.

"Potions that upgrade one's superpowers, children, blood, these can't be what I thought?" Zhou Qian felt her throat a little tight, so she poured herself a glass of water. After drinking it in one gulp, her heart was still beating violently because of her speculation.

Because her guess was so weird and absurd, but if all the things were connected together, this possibility was extremely high.

Gu Tongwan knew that Zhou Qian had guessed a possibility. Just like her, she was also shocked by the cruel experiments of this organization.

That's right, the whole thing was actually a carefully planned layout. First of all, this short-term drug came from a cruel experiment, and the materials needed for this experiment were inseparable from children's blood. Children might even be the experimental subjects.

Why did these people want to capture Lele and draw blood from Lele?

After a brief conversation with Yu Chang last night, Gu Tongwan found out that Lele's mother was also a psychic. Although her level was very low, she did support the family in the early days of the apocalypse. She even asked Yan Fan to investigate and found out that the children who had disappeared before were also from families with low-level psychics, but these children themselves did not have psychics. This may be related to the known information that psychics only appear in teenagers over the age of 12.

Currently, the youngest person with superpowers in the world is just 12 years old, and most people who awaken their superpowers are concentrated between the ages of 20 and 40. The proportion of people who awaken under the age of 20 is very small. Just like Lan Cen, she discovered her superpowers at around the age of 12. Before that, she did not feel any superpowers on her body.

"These beasts are simply not human!" Zhou Qian clenched her fists and slammed them hard on the table, her face full of anger.

But soon Zhou Qian became worried again, "Ms. Gu, can I trouble you for something after today?"

"You speak first, because I'm not sure I can help." Gu Tongwan was not in a hurry to agree, because one cannot be too saintly in the end times, especially since there were too many people and things involved in this matter. She didn't think that she and Zhou Qian, a small member of the Self-Defense Force, could solve it, and she didn't want to get involved in this case. All she could do was provide Zhou Qian with some clues she knew.

"It's like this. I hope you can keep today's events a secret. If someone else comes to you later, you can give them some false clues. I can't tell you too much detail right now because too many people are involved in this matter. It's safer for you if you don't know. Another thing is that you should pay attention to the people around you recently. I'm not sure if anyone will target you because of this. After all, you are an eyewitness to the first case and you have seen those people hitting the child with your own eyes. Although the bureau has kept your information confidential, but... there is always a loophole, so you still have to be careful."

"What I want to know is, do the people you are referring to include other people from the Security Bureau?"

Gu Tongwan's question was very sharp, which made Zhou Qian's face look a little embarrassed for a moment, because it was basically asking her directly whether she suspected that there was a traitor in the Security Bureau.

Zhou Qian finally sighed and nodded with a heavy face: "Yes, everyone except me."

"Why should I believe you? How can you prove that you are a good person?" Gu Tongwan narrowed his eyes, and his attitude became more aggressive than before.

Zhou Qian had never expected that the usually calm and composed person would ask such a sharp question. After a pause, she replied, "I really have no way to prove it."

I thought Gu Tongwan would laugh at me, but the girl opposite me smiled knowingly, "Don't worry, I can't trust you 100%, but at least you are not a traitor, otherwise I wouldn't come here immediately after receiving your call."

"Have you investigated me?" Zhou Qian suddenly asked.

"I did a brief investigation because I want to make sure I am safe. I don't trust anyone, and I don't completely trust the Security Bureau either."

Zhou Qian suddenly felt that the previous tests were completely in vain. She thought she was the one who had the other party under control, but she didn't expect that the other party had already seen through her thoughts and had even been on guard from the beginning.

"Don't worry, this doesn't mean I can't trust you, it's just my personality. I prefer cooperation rather than blind trust."

Before leaving, Zhou Qian hesitated several times before finally whispering, "Don't believe the people I just mentioned, including our director."