"... You mean that the human world has been invaded by alien races, they disguised themselves as humans, and quietly changed our friends and relatives, so the relatives and friends around us may no longer be the people we are familiar with Bai Qing's eyes widened. Although she said that she would believe what Zhang Heng said later, as an ordinary person with normal IQ and rationality, and who had gone through nine years of compulsory education, hearing this kind of thing for the first time was really shocking. It's unbelievable.
"Yeah, before at KFC, I heard you say that your dad has been a little weird recently, that he came home early after work, and there was a person flipping through photos in the room. I thought the person who was replaced was your dad," Zhang Heng said, "And your mother's description last night was very similar to the victim I met before, but just because of the similarity made me suspicious of her. I knew those things were trying to deal with me, so I didn't Jumping to conclusions, went home to get the equipment and drove back.”
"You here? Last night."
"Yes, I arrived at around 12:48, and I stopped outside your community, but I was too sleepy and fell asleep for a while." Because the relationship with this dungeon is not yet clear, Zhang Heng did not make himself Tell Bai Qing about the weird dream.
"According to what you said, the person who was replaced should also be my father. My mother discovered the abnormality, so my father... that thing killed my mother to silence him."
"No, as far as I know, those things have always been very cautious. Except for the time when the three children drowned before, they didn't seem to have killed anyone directly. In fact, they prefer to use the human society rather than this simple and rude way. rules to achieve their goals."
Zhang Heng paused, then continued, "Take college students as an example. Through continuous psychological oppression, they create the illusion that the target is mentally abnormal. The college student once used a knife to cause riots in the community. Once the outside world accepts his mental disorder Image, those things can justifiably send him to a mental hospital, and no one will believe his words after that, and this time the methods they use have evolved again."
"What's the meaning?"
"In the earlier quarrel between your father and your mother, your mother deliberately quarreled with others and called the police, so that other people and the police would know that your father had the intention and behavior to hurt your mother before, and for what happened later Planted the foreshadowing, so that when your mother died in the living room covered in blood and your father was found holding a fruit knife, no matter what he said, no one would believe it. I should have realized it earlier. In fact, it is an upgraded version of the incident of college students holding knives."
"But the person who behaved abnormally before was indeed my father, and the cameras he secretly installed, how can this be explained?"
"Your father should have noticed your mother's abnormality. After all, no matter how much they quarreled, they are still married couples who have lived for twenty years. Judging from your father's behavior of looking through old photos, he may suspect that your mother is cheating, so Looking back on their past relationship by digging out the previous photos, installing the camera is to catch rape. This is also the way of normal people's thinking, including that he came home from work early before, and it should be to save this relationship, and these can also explain their Why did the conflict break out at night, but when the police came, your father kept silent about the reason for the conflict."
Bai Qing thought for a while, "It seems possible that you said that. My father is a very face-saving person. If he suspects my mother is cheating, he definitely doesn't want it to be known by outsiders. But... I did see it. He was standing there holding a fruit knife."
"As long as you are prepared, it is easy to do this kind of thing with carelessness and intention. For example, when your father comes out and sees your mother killing herself, he will definitely rush to snatch the fruit knife in your mother's hand, but your mother The action is fast, or the strength is strong enough, and you can complete the self-killing. In the end, your father took the knife, which is the scene you saw." Zhang Heng said, "Of course, this is just my speculation, and the specific situation needs to be determined. I only found out after the investigation."
"So that thing sacrificed itself to send my dad to jail?"
"I don't think they sacrificed themselves. We know too little about them now. We don't know what they are, how they were replaced, and what their survival conditions are." Zhang Heng analyzed , "Maybe the body is to them what clothes are to us, and throwing away the body is just a change of clothes to them."
"Have you been investigating this kind of thing? In class before, you always looked like you didn't have enough sleep. Is that the reason?" Bai Qing asked.
"Yes, I'm tracking the whereabouts of college students and the drowning incident of three children by the river." Zhang Heng admitted.
"Why? You said that you are not very familiar with that college student, and those things have warned you, why take the risk?"
"Well... I'm from the Association for the Prevention and Control of Alien Species Invasion. This association specializes in dealing with some abnormal phenomena." Zhang Heng lied about this issue and borrowed the name of Shen Xixi's organization.
"It sounds like a mysterious organization that only appears in movies. Is there anyone else in this association besides you?"
"Yes, but they are not here and have other things to deal with, so we can only rely on ourselves." Zhang Heng said.
"Sorry, I'm trying hard to keep up with you, but..." Bai Qing held his head, "This sounds really unbelievable, aliens have invaded, my mother is not my mother or something..."
"It's okay, you can take your time. I know you're feeling very sad now, so you can stay here to rest, or go to your grandfather's house, and leave the investigation to me." Zhang Heng said.
"No, I'm with you." Bai Qing said, "Don't leave me alone." She reached out and grabbed Zhang Heng's hand while speaking, "The picture in the living room always appears in my mind , over and over, like a nightmare, I, I can't rest, if what you said is true, can we get my mother back?"
"It's possible, but it must be said that the chances are very slim, but we may have a way to help your father clear the suspicion."
"If it can really prove that my father didn't kill him, I'm willing to do anything." Bai Qing said without hesitation.
"Okay, then let's start with the corpse and see if we can find anything," Zhang Heng said.