abnormal sea area

—Dear Enemy Wedge—

A flash of lightning rolled across the sky, and the sound of thunder near and far shook the iron sheet above his head to buzz.

The rain was too heavy, and the debris blocked the drain, which was not very wide, and the sewage was gurgling.The woman standing under the eaves of the tin roof cursed, copied out the phone and dialed, and the wet light spread on her lap.Because the skirt was too short, she stomped her feet in the cold.

"How long will it take you?" She yelled into the phone, "Tell me to come back in 10 minutes, it's been half an hour!"

The voice of the reply was very vague, and the thunder was getting louder and louder. She didn't dare to touch the phone again, so she simply turned it off.

The street lights were flickering in the rain curtain, and the anxiety of not being able to open the door made her angry, and she kept looking towards the intersection while cursing softly.

A man in a raincoat ran over from the intersection.The black hood almost covered his entire head, and when he ran close, the woman suddenly noticed that he was still wearing a mask and a pair of big glasses.Subconsciously, she took a few steps back and leaned against the wall.

The man walked under the iron sheet, carefully took off his glasses, and shook off the water droplets on the lenses.

Through the light, the woman saw that there seemed to be something wrong with the skin of his fingers, and after a second look, she found that they were all dry and wrinkled.

The man turned his head, put on his glasses, and glanced at the woman.

The woman subconsciously covered her mouth and nose, and stuck it to the wall, but she had nowhere to retreat.Bad luck: she actually met a half-zombified human!At this moment of avoidance and annoyance, she seemed to have seen that the surrounding air was full of vigorous zombie viruses, and they were rushing towards her in groups, baring their teeth and claws.

"How do I get to the police station?" the man suddenly asked.

His voice was hoarse and unpleasant, like the sharp noise of suddenly rubbing chalk on the blackboard.

The woman didn't dare to speak at all, she raised her hand and pointed in one direction indiscriminately.

"Do you... live here?" The man asked again, "Have you seen two old men passing by here, about this tall, the man is wearing gray..."

"Never seen!" the woman screamed, "I don't know anything!"

The sound of rain intensified again.After she yelled, she already regretted it: What if I offend this person and he wants to attack me?But she didn't hear any movement for a long time. The woman turned her head carefully to see that there was no one under the tin roof.

One of the street lamps went out when the thunder and lightning raged, and the street suddenly seemed to be cut off.The man ran into the darkness, she stared at the direction where he disappeared, and whispered "bad luck".

— dear enemy —

In a blink of an eye, it has entered May.As the middle of the year is approaching, all departments of the Crisis Office are tense up, preparing for the mid-year review and report.

The only exception is the criminal investigation department.Whether they are busy at the beginning of the year or the end of the year, there is no difference in their busyness.

Early this morning, Lei hurried to the office, and the first thing he did was to call his team members for a meeting.

Their team is in charge of investigating various people related to Cai Mingyue's infanticide incident. News came from other provinces and cities last night that all the families of the babies who died in Cai Mingyue's hands have been found by various crisis management branches.

This is the most complicated and difficult part of the whole incident.More than thirty years have passed, some people died, some people migrated away, and some people hid their names to hide from their creditors.Fortunately, the special humans have been under strict supervision. Although it was extremely difficult, they were all found out.

There were a total of 154 dead babies. In addition to the chromosomal mutants, that is, the sentinel guides, there were also a small number of semi-zombified humans and underground humans who had been infected in their mothers, and a few tea grandmas.

"I'm going, tea grandma?! Is tea grandma recognized as a super rare human being internationally? It's the same level as Quan slave." A team member looked through the information and asked, "There are less than [-] tea grandmas registered in the country. One, actually..."

"I can't help it. It's probably because of the appearance. My parents and relatives think it's scary, so I just don't want it."

Lei Chi looked at the documents in his hand and said nothing.

The situation was more serious than he had thought. Of the 154 children, 35 were physically disabled and the rest were perfectly healthy babies, including 67 baby girls.They were all killed by their relatives and Cai Mingyue.

Just because "don't want to".

"Is tea grandma that kind of special human who is born very old?" The young people who just joined the group last year said, "They have been in the form of old people all their lives, right?"

Lei Chi nodded: "The tea grandmas are all women. They were seven or eighty years old when they were born. They died a lot in ancient times, and they were all treated as monsters."

They were only born in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian, and they have been rolling in the mountains since they were young. In various ghost legends that exist in various places, there are often descriptions such as "born old women", which are almost inseparable, and they are tea grandmas.But tea grandmas are all natural masters of serving tea: the tea gardens and botanical gardens tended by tea grandmas are always better and more prosperous than the gardens taken care of by others.They seem to be born to know how to communicate with the sky and the earth, and how to make plants adapt to different phenological and solar terms.In recent years, tea grandpas have received more and more attention. Famous tea grandmas often travel all over the country to guide different tea gardens on how to produce and operate them.

"...What a pity." The young team member murmured.

Lei Chi glanced at him: "It's not because of this that it's a pity."

The young man nodded quickly, and after a pause, he searched for the information in front of him: "By the way, team leader, there is one person I didn't find."

"Who?"

"The child Cai Mingyue didn't kill in the end."

Lei Chi frowned, and immediately took the documents in his hand.

The child who died and came back to life that day did not leave any information in the materials. They could only know from what Cai Mingyue said at the time and the test information left by the hospital that he was a guide.

"My hometown is Wuhan, Hubei, and my parents' registered address is Qiaokou District..." The young man reported the situation to other team members, "But people from the Hubei office went to investigate, and the house was sold 30 years ago. The family Where he moved later, the neighbors and the buyer didn’t know. The house was bought in a hurry and the price was not high.”

According to the data, the couple has not registered their marriage.His father's name was Zhou Xuefeng, and his last message was a death certificate more than ten years ago.

"The Hubei office did a thorough investigation. Zhou Xuefeng and his cohabitant did give birth to a baby boy, but he didn't go to register. The family of three later moved back to Zhou Xuefeng's hometown, near Shennongjia. There were not many people in that village. , but the old people still remember Zhou Xuefeng and his wife and son."

Zhou Xuefeng was not good to his wife and children.At the age of three or four, he took the child out to help with farm work. There were often sounds of beating and scolding and women crying at home. The child was always bruised and swollen. dog playing.The dog would also be beaten by him, or whipped with a cane, and after the spanking, he would take it to find food and comb it carefully.The villagers only remembered that the child was very strange, that he didn't play with his peers, stayed alone with the dog, and muttered to himself in the open space.

There are still several stories circulating in the village, most of which are related to the mother and child.The two people in the story are both monsters, they can drive ghosts, and they can also chat and laugh with lonely ghosts that people can't see, which is frightening to see.

"When the child was about seven or eight years old, Zhou Xuefeng's wife disappeared. Everyone in the village said that Zhou Xuefeng beat her so hard that the woman couldn't take it anymore and left, but they couldn't tell when she disappeared. The woman was beaten badly by Zhou Xuefeng. , often had to stay in bed, and it was not uncommon not to see anyone for ten and a half months. People in the village usually called her Afang, but no one knew what her name was. The village branch secretary and the old man scolded Zhou Xuefeng, saying that he beat his wife too hard. Zhou Xuefeng Said that his wife was mentally abnormal, and would go out and kill people if she didn't beat her. Later, no one persuaded her."

Lei Chi: "The woman's identity is easy to check. She registered her name and ID card when she was hospitalized in the No. [-] Hospital. But what happened to her disappearance? Don't be careless about this, keep checking. Their family may be Cai Ming. important witness to the events of January."

"But Zhou Xuefeng is dead, and the child is also missing." The young man seemed a little embarrassed, "The child has no household registration, and no population information has been registered at all. How can I check?"

In the documents in Lei Chi's hand, there is a group photo of a family of three.It was a completely incongruous group photo. The three people in the photo all had gloomy faces. Zhou Xuefeng was tall and strong with dark skin. The woman standing beside him looked very thin. Her shoulders flinched when she raised her head. on the ground.The child was only three or four years old, was held in the arms of a woman, and looked at the camera with extremely indifferent eyes.

This was taken when the village was renovating their house, and it seems to be the only photo left by the family.

Shortly thereafter, Zhou Xuefeng's wife disappeared from home.Six years later, Zhou Xuefeng was hit on the head by a rock falling from the top of the mountain and died.

"This child must be tracked down." Lei Chi ordered, "He is a guide, and he should be in his 30s now. If he is still alive, he must work to earn money, and must register his identity. A special human has no Credentials are not going to survive in this society."

When the criminal investigation department was so busy that it didn't touch the ground, the adjustment department finally finished this year's college entrance examination "sea area" test after a month of crazy overtime.

But after the end, I still have to continue to work overtime: thousands of materials need to be sorted and sorted out, and there are only four people in the adjustment department, which is not enough.

Qin Ge went to find Gao Tianyue, but Gao Tianyue told him that it was May, and many projects had to come up with progress before the mid-year assessment, so all departments were also very busy.

"You guys are all young people, work hard, ah." Gao Tianyue plucked her hair with a smile.

While slandering, Qin Ge won a bonus for several people in the department.Before leaving, Gao Tianyue said that he was cunning, but Qin Ge couldn't tell whether he was admiring him or not. In short, he said, "Director Gao is still wise", there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.

Bai Xiaoyuan doesn't even wear makeup now, Tang Cuo asked her why she doesn't trim her appearance, she said that makeup is for people to see, but these three in the department are not considered human beings, and expensive cosmetics should not be wasted.

Xie Zijing snorted: "Why do you have to find so many excuses for your laziness?"

Bai Xiaoyuan: "You are the laziest one. What have you done! As a well-known sentinel of the entire crisis management office, what else have you done besides asking for food!"

The sand cat sat on the high pile of materials on Bai Xiaoyuan's desktop, and gave Xie Zijing a meow in a childish voice.

Xie Zijing didn't dare to confront the furious female sentinel, so she rushed into the form in front of her.

When Qin Ge came back from Gao Tianyue's office, he managed to pull himself together: "Forget it, these are all confidential information, let's do it ourselves. There will be a bonus after the work, and I will give everyone a compensatory leave."

Amid Sand Mao's roar and Tang Cuo's wailing, Qin Ge reassigned them tasks.He and Bai Xiaoyuan were responsible for writing the summary, Tang Cuo provided various data analysis, Xie Zijing claimed that he did not understand administrative work, Qin Ge asked him to sort out all the students' forms according to the different problems detected, and cooperated with Bai Xiaoyuan to make them meet the specifications The form will be submitted to the Special Management Committee for convenience.

Bai Xiaoyuan, who had the heaviest task, rubbed his kitten's head endlessly: "I'm starving to death, Qin Ge, I want supper."

Qin Ge didn't dare to disobey. After staring at them one by one to order, he ran to the door of the Crisis Office to wait for the takeaway.

Xie Zijing watched his back disappear, and turned his head to find that Bai Xiaoyuan and Tang Cuo were all looking at him.

His eyes are sticky and ambiguous, and there is a salty smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Fuck, disgusting." Xie Zijing shook his shoulders, "What are you doing?"

"Disgusting?" Bai Xiaoyuan asked.

"It's disgusting, what do you think of me?" Xie Zijing said.

Tang Cuo and Bai Xiaoyuan looked at each other and smiled at the same time: "It's right to be disgusting. You've been looking at Qin Ge like this recently."

Xie Zijing: "..."

Bai Xiaoyuan: "What do you think about Qin Ge?"

Xie Zijing: "We have dated before."

Tang Cuo: "Are you still awake from your dream?"

Xie Zijing felt that he could not communicate with them, so he grinned, turned on the computer and began to search for keywords such as "learn excel spreadsheets in 1 minute".

After eating the skewers, everyone in the dispensing department rubbed their stomachs and continued to work at their desks.It was already very late at night, and Xie Zijing had started to sleep poorly again in the past few days. At this time, he was yawning constantly looking at the lines of characters on the computer.

He wanted to stay at Qin Ge's house, but Qin Ge didn't allow it.The two seem to be in love, but Xie Zijing is not sure.He thought about it for a while, and came to the conclusion that "office romances are not easy to talk about" because both of them are too busy; at the same time, Qin Ge is relatively shy, so he can't push too hard. Take it easy.

"I'm going to smoke a cigarette." He rushed out of the office building with a lighter and a cigarette case.

It was very quiet all around, only the Dispatch Section on the first floor and the Criminal Investigation Section upstairs were still lit.As soon as Xie Zijing walked outside, he was immediately confused by Yang Xu who came from the shop.He rubbed his face, touched a piece of white hair, and couldn't help but sneezed several times in a row.

He is completely unaccustomed to the poplar catkins that fill the streets and alleys here in spring.I couldn't work at all in the first week. Even when I got home, I kept sneezing and coughing, my nose kept running, and I was dizzy. Even if I went out for 3 minutes, I felt that my nose and throat were full of flocs.

It was the antiallergic medicine, mask and glasses given by Qin Ge that saved him.

Fortunately, in May, there were fewer Yang Xus, and Xie Zijing dared to wander outside without wearing a mask and glasses.He went to the leeward place to light a cigarette, and looked up to see a person coming out from the carport. It was Lei Chi who had just arrived at the crisis office.

"On duty?" Xie Zijing asked.

"Well, I'm too busy with work, and the time limit given by the special management committee is just a few days, so I can't do it." Lei Chi refused Xie Zijing's cigarette, "I don't smoke."

He pointed to his nose.

"My sense of smell is relatively sensitive and developed, and smoking will damage this part of the ability."

Xie Zijing admired him a little more: "You are so handsome."

Lei Chi: "...what?"

Xie Zijing: "I admire you."

He praised Lei Chi carelessly, Lei Chi's expression was extremely weird, and he only laughed after a while: "Are all the people in your department so interesting?"

Xie Zijing was surprised: "Lei Chi, you have to smile more, you are so fucking handsome when you smile."

Lei Chi immediately put away his smile: "Farewell, what's the use of looking good in our line of work?"

Xie Zijing smiled mysteriously.He had already heard from Qin Ge that Lei Chi was vaguely interested in Bai Xiaoyuan. "Do you have anything for me?" He asked, "Or for Bai Xiaoyuan."

Looking at Xie Zijing's hand stretched out to himself, Lei Chi carefully took out his bag for a long time: "I didn't bring it today, but I have it in my office."

"Go and get it, and come here." Xie Zijing lowered his voice, "Don't you want to see Bai Xiaoyuan's cat? It's sitting on her table tonight. Play tiger."

Lei Chi regained his energy immediately, and responded heartily, "We'll be there."

Xie Zijing returned to the office after smoking and found that the sand cat was gone.

"Where's your kitten?"

"I lost the fight with Tang Cuo's panda." Bai Xiaoyuan didn't look up, staring at the computer and typing, "I won't come out."

Xie Zijing: "..."

A few minutes later, Lei Chi really came with candy.Bai Xiaoyuan ignored him at all, complaining about the smell of cigarettes on Xie Zijing's body.Lei Chi glanced around the office, and took a cool look at Xie Zijing.

It was nearly eleven o'clock after the day's work was over.Qin Ge planned to send Bai Xiaoyuan and Tang Cuo home, but they both refused on the grounds that they were going in different directions: "You are tired too, go back and rest, we can just take a taxi."

Xie Zijing got into Qin Ge's car, and a few minutes later, Bai Xiaoyuan also successfully waited for the online car-hailing car. Only Tang Cuo waited for 10 minutes and no one took the order because the direction of his home was a bit off.

He was not in a hurry, he had just poured two cups of coffee in the office, and he was still very energetic.

Find a hotel nearby to open hourly rooms, and it will be almost the same when it starts at six o'clock tomorrow morning.Tang Cuo took out his mobile phone while walking towards the intersection, and found that Gao Shu had sent him another message.

Since he didn't dare to go to the gym anymore, Gao Shu sent him a message every now and then, in addition to urging him to come to the gym, he would occasionally recommend some ways to exercise at home.Tang Cuo occasionally replied "thank you" to him, but Gao Shu always greeted him with more enthusiasm.

[Is the work very hard?Proper exercise can enhance your physical strength and energy. You can come over whenever it is convenient for you. I will help you make an appointment with the gym. 】

Tang Cuo scrolled up, and he hadn't replied to ten consecutive messages.Out of politeness, he decided to give some responses.

[Thank you coach.I just finished working overtime and getting ready to go home. 】

Gao Shu's message was quickly replied: [Working for so long?Does your waist and shoulders hurt?I'm still in the gym, is it convenient for you to come over? 】

Tang made a mistake and said it was inconvenient, handsome guy, I want to go, but it's too inconvenient.He didn't want to appear in front of Gao Shu with blood all over his face every time, the impression would be too miserable.

[Thank you, I'd better go home. 】

Tang Cuo was clutching his phone, and he hadn't received Gao Shu's reply after buying a cup of Starbucks.He knew that Gao Shu might be a little displeased.

It was raining outside, and the rain was gradually getting heavier. Tang Cuo drank his coffee, and gradually felt that his heartbeat seemed to be accelerating.

He saw something huge appearing in the dark sky and the rain illuminated by lights.

Grabbing the coffee and rushing out the door, Tang Cuo ran desperately on the road regardless of the heavy rain.

He had seen a huge shark before, swaying its heavy tail, slowly swimming in the rainy sky.

A bolt of lightning pierced the night sky.

The giant shark has an ugly face, but in Tang Cuo's eyes, it is elegant and majestic, like a god in the sky.

Tang Cuo was in a hurry, took out his mobile phone, took a short video and sent it to Gao Shu.He only told Gao Shu about the shark, and he could only send it to Gao Shu.

[I saw it again!It's so beautiful! 】

He chased the shark all the way until the shark disappeared completely in the heavy rain.The phone screen flickered, and Gao Shu returned him a smiling face.

"It's been thundering lately." There was a turning voice from the corner of the office, "I'm keeping people from sleeping...I've only slept for seven hours in the past three days..."

"Go to sleep." Lei Chi said from the side, "I'll wake you up in two hours."

After a while, the snoring sounded, and Lei Chi flipped through the investigation materials at hand, always feeling that the missing person made him uneasy.

At this time, the phone in the office rang, and he answered it immediately before the first ring disappeared: "Criminal Investigation Division."

The call came from the uncle in the reception room, saying that someone came to the Criminal Investigation Department and claimed to report the case: "It's very strange, why don't you come down and have a look?"

Lei Chi went downstairs holding an umbrella, and saw a tall and thin figure standing at the door of the reception room from a distance.

The man was wearing a black raincoat with a wide hood tightly covering his face. When he walked in, he found that his face was covered with a mask and glasses, leaving no gaps.

"I'm from the criminal investigation department, what's the matter with you?"

The man raised his head immediately.Rain was rolling down the brim of the hat.He has dark red eyes.

Realizing that Lei Chi was staring at him, he immediately lowered his head, rubbed his fingers nervously, and only after a while did he make a sound: "I'll report the crime."

"The Crisis Office doesn't call the police." Lei Chi said, "If you walk 600 meters west from here, there is a dispatch..."

"I know, but they don't want me to report the crime." The man raised his hand to wipe the rain from his glasses, "They asked me to handle the crisis."

The skin on his hands was dry and wrinkled, and his voice was rough and hoarse.

Lei Chi understood: a half-zombified human, so ordinary human police stations dare not accept it.

"What happened to you?" Rei asked.

"It's not me, it's my parents." The man swallowed hard and said hoarsely, "They're gone."