Shanhai Folklore Research Institute

No more useful clues could be found at the City God's Temple, so Hu Qiaoqiao took Lin Mian and Wu Ting to another fire spot.

"Could the bird set the fire?" Lin Mian turned to ask Wu Ting, who was also sitting in the back seat.

Dean Wu rubbed his chin: "Nine out of ten. A bird as big as a man is unusual, and it appeared just before the fire. What a coincidence."

"But there are quite a few monsters that can cause fire. If you count those that can breathe fire, there will be even more." After more than a month of study, Lin Mian has at least a good understanding of the monsters recorded in "Shan Hai Jing". A seven seven eight eight.

It looks like a bird and can breathe fire. The first thing Lin Mian thinks of is the Suzaku, and there are also Phoenix, Bi Fang, and the three-legged Golden Crow.

The key point is that these are big monsters that were very famous in ancient times. If we expand the scope to other grassroots monsters who became elites before the founding of the People's Republic of China, such as the turkey spirit, whose ability is also to use fire, then it is even more difficult to determine the arsonist. up.

The second fire point was in Chuancheng Stadium.

That night, there was originally a concert held at the stadium, and it was invited by a certain queen who had been in the music scene for 20 years, but it had to be canceled temporarily because of the sudden appendicitis of the other party, which made countless fans cry on the spot.

Fortunately, the concert was cancelled, otherwise the fire would burn, and the tens of thousands of people crowded in the stadium would probably not be able to escape. This incident not only made the fans cheer, but even the queen herself was terrified, and she posted Weibo overnight to appease Fan sentiment.

The Chuancheng Gymnasium was newly built two years ago, and it was a genuine product of reinforced concrete. Lin Mian thought that the fire would not be too severe, but half of the stadium was almost burned to the ground. Compared with the situation in the City God Temple, it is even worse.

"Ordinary fire won't burn like this." Hu Qiaoqiao clicked his tongue.

Lin Mian suddenly thought of something and asked her, "Sister Qiao Qiao, what happened to you earlier, making you so embarrassed?"

Hu Qiaoqiao rolled her eyes angrily: "It's not the fire case yesterday afternoon, it just happened to happen in the People's Hospital. The first time I rushed over to help put out the fire..."

As a result, the fox fur was almost burned.

Hu Qiaoqiao wanted to transform into her original form at that time, hugging her bald tail and crying loudly.

"Same as the previous two times, the fire was very large. The only difference is that this time it happened during the day, and some people were indeed injured, including medical staff and patients. I don't know whether they died or not." Hu Qiaoqiao showed a trace of irritability on her charming face.

Although she is also a monster, she has never thought of harming people, so she can't understand the brain circuits of those stupid things at all. If you want to talk about monsters that eat people, their recipes are just like that, it is natural, but when you breathe fire, you will Can't you choose a quiet place to be beautiful alone, but you have to choose a public place to attract attention?

Lin Mian heard Zhang Qing mention the fire yesterday afternoon when he was in Jinyuan Community. He didn't think about it deeply at the time, but he didn't know that the matter was so serious. No wonder the superiors had to hold an emergency meeting to increase prevention and control efforts.

Lin Mian thought for a while, opened WeChat, checked Moments, and sure enough, they were all talking about the fire in the People's Hospital, and small articles from various official accounts were also posted.

Lin Mian found a few articles and browsed them roughly. The fire did not actually start at the People’s Hospital, but a small medical waste recycling station next door. There was usually no one there, except for an elderly man who guarded the door. The fire was not discovered until it reached the hospital, and the old man was naturally burned to death.

On the hospital side, no one died because of the timely rescue, but three people were severely burned, 11 were moderately burned, and 300 people were mildly burned, which is not a small accident.

"It is estimated that there are people coming and going in the hospital during the day, and the bird is not easy to show up, so I put the fire in the garbage collection station." Lin Mian speculated.

Hu Qiaoqiao nodded in agreement.

Lin Mian looked at the records in the notebook, and frowned deeply: "City God's Temple, the stadium, and then the People's Hospital, do you think this bird seems to be deliberately making things big?"

Hu Qiaoqiao's face was a little ugly, and she also noticed it.

The Town God's Temple is located in the center of the city, and the gymnasium originally had a concert with tens of thousands of people, but the flow of people in the hospital was even denser...

"Why does it do this? Is it just to kill people? What is it trying to do?" Lin Mian couldn't figure it out.

A low voice sounded beside him, and Wu Ting, who had been silent for a long time, said: "Although most of the monster races in the ancient times were enlightened, they still admired wildness and liked to do whatever they wanted, like a group of unfettered lunatics, so they cannot be used The normal way of thinking to understand their behavior."

Hu Qiaoqiao nodded in agreement: "I was not born at that time, but I heard from the elders in the clan that the human world in ancient times was in chaos. Wars, big and small, happened every day. Two demons met on the road. Seeing that the other party is unhappy, fight directly, and if you see the right eye, also fight.

The force and physique of the monster race are much stronger than that of the human race. The battle between the big monsters can often cause changes in the world, and the weak human race nearby will be affected by the fish, causing countless deaths and injuries.This situation lasted until Nuwa repaired the sky and cut off the passage between the upper world and the human world. The aura gradually became thinner, and the demon power of the monsters was greatly reduced, and they even fell into deep sleep one after another. Then they gradually recovered. "

Although Lin Mian finished reading "Shan Hai Jing", he didn't know much about that period of history, and if he hadn't experienced it himself, ordinary people would not be able to imagine the disorder and chaos at that time.

However, it doesn't seem to make sense to say that the bird's madness to set fires is only due to its destructive nature.

The strength of monsters who have just awakened is often not as good as before, and they will be in a period of weakness for a period of time, such as Zhulong Ling Feiyu, and Wu Ting also said that the strength of the other party has recovered less than [-]% compared with its peak period.

This strange bird should be no exception. It finally found a chance to recover its spiritual energy and woke up. Instead of getting up to rest and recuperate, it consumes demon power and sets fire to it. No matter how you think about it, it feels very strange.

Seeing the little assistant's delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly, Wu Ting couldn't help asking him in a soft voice what he thought of.

Lin Mian expressed her doubts.

When Hu Qiaoqiao in the driver's seat heard it, he slapped his thigh immediately: "That's true, unless the bird's brain is broken!"

Wu Ting rubbed his chin, didn't speak, seemed to be lost in thought.

The three of them went to the People's Hospital while chatting, and there was no evil spirit left at the garbage collection station, which also shows that the bird has learned to be smart and knows to restrain its breath.

Hu Qiaoqiao found the film police officer in charge of investigating the fire, and after showing his identity, he asked the other party for clues about the arsonist.

Wu Ting went to the vending machine to buy two bottles of water, and handed one to Lin Mian, but the little assistant didn't pick it up, and stared at his notebook intently, breathing gradually becoming short of breath.

"What's wrong?" Wu Ting stuffed the water into his hand.

Lin Mian suddenly raised her head and looked at him seriously: "Principal, do you think yesterday's fire will end?"

Wu Ting paused.

Lin Mian flicked through her notebook: "The first arson case happened ten days ago, the second one happened a week after it, and the third one took a shorter time interval, only two days. If the People's Hospital fire wasn't the last one, then the bird When will the next arson be and where?"

Wu Ting understood what he meant.

Three fires with shorter and shorter intervals, what does that mean?

This means that the next fire is likely to be in these two days, or even tomorrow, or tonight.

Thinking of this, Wu Ting immediately called Di Jiang.

When Di Jiang figured out the situation, his heart skipped a beat. A fire is not terrible. What is terrible is that a big fire breaks out in a crowded public place. Maybe something big will happen!

Dijiang didn't delay, and issued a temporary order to the commissioners of the special management department who were sent out to look for space cracks. Let the cracks go first, and the target is changed to birds!

After mobilizing the monsters, he contacted the Sichuan City Public Security Bureau.

Half an hour later, the police stations and community police offices in Quanchuan City all received an unimaginable task—to find a big fire-breathing bird!

"Is this a biological laboratory that lost its experimental samples?"

"I don't know, but I heard that it is related to the recent frequent fires."

"Ah? Didn't the case be submitted to a special department? Could it be that this big bird is..."

"Eight/nine times out of ten, hey, stop talking nonsense, find it quickly!"

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Several groups of people were dispatched at the same time, and police cars and police motorcycles shuttled through the streets and alleys. The atmosphere in the entire Sichuan city suddenly became tense, and passers-by who didn't know why thought they were arresting some vicious criminal.

But that's right, with so many people killed and injured by the fire, this bird may have done more evil than ordinary murderers.

However, one day passed, the monsters from the special management office and the police almost turned Chuancheng upside down, and there was no trace of the bird, it just disappeared out of thin air.

"Chuancheng is a medium-sized city with a population of at least several million. It is not difficult for a monster to hide itself. Moreover, Mr. Jiang has made such a big battle, and I am afraid it has been alarmed." Hu Qiaoqiao took Lin Mian and the two walked around the street, complaining softly with their hands on the steering wheel.

Wu Ting heard the words and said indifferently: "Dijiang's doing so is not completely useless."

Lin Mian turned to look at him.

Wu Ting received his gaze, and his eyes softened: "The current situation is where the enemy is in the dark and we are in the light. Although we guess that the other party will make moves in the next few days, we don't know the exact time. Di Jiang's approach is to startle the snake. Let the bird not dare to act rashly, which buys us time to turn passive into active."

"Turn passive into active?" Lin Mian raised his eyebrows in surprise, "Did you do something, Dean?"

Wu Ting glanced at the metal cage that he put aside, Lin Mian followed his gaze, and the cage was empty.

"!"

Lin Mian was stunned for a moment: "Where's the kid?"

He was so focused on the arson case all day today that he didn't even notice that the harmless chipmunk disappeared at some point.

"I sent it to look for that bird." Wu Ting couldn't help laughing when he saw Lin Mian's bewildered look, how could his little assistant be so cute, "The people who are most familiar with this city are neither people nor demons. , but the little things that live in the sewers and gutters."

Wu Ting's tone was still calm and calm.

This demeanor coupled with his handsome and sharp profile made Lin Mian shake his head for no reason.

Everyone thought that there were two groups of people and demons looking for the culprit of the arson, but in fact there were three groups.

Huazhishujingxiaomei and its stray mouse brothers quietly spread to every corner of Chuancheng, with pairs of black bean-like eyes closely watching the surrounding movement, and once they find anything suspicious, they will immediately report to their companions. A special alert is issued.

In the evening, Wu Ting called Di Jiang again.

The bird-catching brigades on the bright side withdrew one after another, and Sichuan City at night returned to its former tranquility. No one knew that under this ordinary tranquility, a hunting operation that was determined to win was about to begin.

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