Officer Yang did not tell me what the content of the video was. Instead, he handed me his new mobile phone and said that he had downloaded a copy of the video for me to watch. I fumbled for a long time before finding the location of the video, clicked on it, and watched it with Lin Yingxue.
The video shows a sweet-looking girl who seems to be wearing light makeup. She should be about the same age as me, but the background looks a bit weird. I guess the female anchor may have intentionally adjusted the color tone to make herself look better in the video.
I seldom watch this kind of live broadcast. When I was in school, I would often go to YY to listen to music and play games while listening to the host singing. Later, when live broadcast became popular, various kinds of live broadcast appeared. I also found that this kind of live broadcast has changed. All kinds of monsters can broadcast live, but there are fewer and fewer people who are truly capable, so I no longer pay attention to these.
Now, in the mobile phone in my hand, this sweet female anchor belongs to the category of "monsters and demons" in my opinion. Although her voice sounds pleasant, she does not sing. She just makes all kinds of seductive movements in the video and even speaks very little. However, despite this, there are still many people giving gifts. The most common thing I heard this female anchor say throughout the whole process is, thank you so-and-so for the gift, muah and so on.
As I watched, I felt a little sleepy, so I looked up and asked Officer Yang, "Which minute is the key point?"
Officer Yang said without turning his head: "You will know if you look down, we are almost there."
I had no choice but to continue watching the boring performance on my phone patiently. Just when my eyes were a little blurry, I suddenly discovered that the female anchor who was originally winking at the camera in the video suddenly became petrified, staring at the back of the camera, as if she had seen something horrible!
At first I thought the video was paused. Before I could adjust it, I saw the smile on the female host's face gradually fade away, her eyes slowly became filled with fear, and her body was shaking violently. Even the hand holding the phone began to shake, so that the screen was shaking violently and it was a little hard to see clearly.
When the screen was jumping violently, I kept staring at the female anchor inside. I did not miss any shot. I saw the fear on the female anchor's face becoming more and more intense, and finally she simply fell to the ground, staring at the back of the phone camera in horror, moving her body little by little behind her, as if she wanted to escape, but she only moved less than a meter away, and her whole shaking body twitched violently, and then her body softened, and she fell directly to the ground, no longer responding, but at this time, the camera of the phone in her hand was still facing her face.
Seeing this, Lin Yingxue became a little confused and looked up to ask me, "What did she see? She fainted out of fear?"
Before I could say anything, Officer Yang, who was driving the car, sighed and said, "Maybe he saw a ghost. You'll know when you watch it."
Officer Yang's words immediately aroused my vigilance. I once again turned my gaze to the face of the female anchor who was lying motionless on the ground, trying hard to see her current condition clearly. Unfortunately, the angle of the phone was not very good, and I could not see clearly whether the female anchor was dead or alive.
The female anchor fell to the ground for about two minutes, during which time all the messages on the screen were cold messages like "The female anchor's acting is really good", "I was so scared, I thought the female anchor really saw a ghost", etc. However, after two minutes, an even more terrifying scene appeared!
The female anchor's body on the screen suddenly caught fire! The fire started without warning and instantly engulfed the female anchor. Then, the progress bar of the video also finished reading. Perhaps it was because the female anchor's phone was burned by the fire.
This scene happened so quickly that I immediately adjusted the progress back and watched it carefully bit by bit. I paused at the critical moment and finally understood the whole process.
This inexplicable flame actually came out directly from the female anchor's face! And the fire spread very quickly, so it engulfed the female anchor in the flames before I could see clearly. In the last few seconds, I also saw that the female anchor was still lying in the flames, without even a sign of struggle. It looked like a corpse was being burned.
After watching this video, I finally understood why Officer Yang called me over. This case is indeed very strange!
I uploaded the video to my phone, handed the phone back to Officer Yang, and asked, “Has the body been autopsied?”
Officer Yang said helplessly, "Of course the autopsy was done, but I have some doubts about its accuracy. Since Yuan Hao left last time, no forensic doctor has been sent to me. I had to ask the doctor from the city hospital to help examine the body. What the doctor said was quite reliable. The deceased must have been scared to death! Although he couldn't help check the specific condition of the body, there was no dust or foreign matter in the mouth and nose of the deceased, which proves that the deceased had died before the fire started. The video I showed you just now can also prove this point. So, the deceased can only be scared to death."
I finally came across a case of someone being frightened to death. I was still a little puzzled. What did the deceased see before she died that frightened her to death? You know, when I woke up in the morning in Heishan Village and found a dead body sleeping next to me, I was not frightened to death. Could it be that the scene she saw was a hundred times more terrifying than that
"Is all this just your speculation, or has it been scientifically verified?"
This is very important to me. If the deceased was really frightened to death, then this matter is much more complicated than I imagined.
Officer Yang said, "It has been verified, because the doctor did find abnormal adrenaline secretion in the deceased's body, but he couldn't tell whether the amount was enough to cause death. In short, this is the best we can do for the body test. I originally planned to ask the Yinchuan General Administration to send someone to help, but Director Ouyang seemed to know that I had a good relationship with you, and he never treated me well. I was speechless."
It turns out that because of me, Officer Yang has not had an easy time during this period. Hearing this, I suddenly felt a little guilty. I patted his shoulder and said, "Officer Yang, don't worry. I will solve the matter with Director Ouyang as soon as possible and will never cause you any more trouble."
Officer Yang smiled with relief and said, "It doesn't matter. I didn't want to do this job anymore. This job is too risky, the money I make is too little, and I don't have much time to go home and spend time with my family. If I get fired because of this, it would be what I want. I can start a second business. I can't just live like this for the rest of my life, haha!"
I knew Officer Yang was trying to comfort me, so I silently kept this favor in mind and joked with him, "Okay, when you start your own business, remember to find me. I've always wanted to be a boss."
After all the joking, we brought the topic back to this case. I asked Officer Yang, "What was the situation at the scene?"
"The deceased lived on the sixth floor of a residential complex. Although she was facing the window of her bedroom when she was live streaming, when we went there, the window was locked and the door was also locked. That's why I find this matter a bit creepy. What did she see outside the window before she died that scared her to death?"
Officer Yang's question is the real key point of this case, because ghosts are not necessarily the only thing that can scare the deceased to death. Besides, I don't believe that there are really ghosts in this world. As long as we can find out what the deceased is afraid of, we can uncover the truth.
The deceased lived on the sixth floor, which means that if the murderer wanted to climb to the sixth floor window to scare the deceased, it would be extremely difficult. Moreover, the doors and windows of the deceased were locked. More importantly, how could the deceased suddenly catch fire and burn down the entire bedroom? In short, if I want to understand all this, I must go to the crime scene to see it myself.
"Is this the only case? Have similar cases occurred?"
Officer Yang shook his head and said, "Not yet, and hopefully not. After all, if it turns into a serial murder case, the nature of it will be different. Now the live video of the deceased has been uploaded to the Internet, and many people are spreading the story as if it were a supernatural event. If the case cannot be solved as soon as possible, the influence alone will be enough to make me suffer."
I understood what Officer Yang meant, and I had already made up my mind that no matter what, I had to figure out some things today, or at least find a direction to solve the case.
Soon, we returned to the urban area of Zhongwei City. Looking at all the familiar surroundings, my heart gradually calmed down. I am a nostalgic person. Normally, even if I find a toy I played with when I was a child, I will miss it for a long time, not to mention seeing this familiar city now. At the same time, the figure of another person gradually appeared in my mind, which made me feel heartbroken.
Officer Yang is indeed notoriously stingy. After finally coming back, he treated me to a plate of fried shredded tripe. Although I have wanted to come back and eat it for a long time, it is still a bit shabby.
After eating, I originally wanted to go to the crime scene first, but Officer Yang asked me to solve the accommodation problem first. Obviously, I have a house here. Although it was left to me by Zhang Qishan, this is also my only home.
Officer Yang took Lin Yingxue and me back to the neighborhood where Zhang Qishan and I used to live. We went upstairs with our luggage. I didn't say a word the whole time, and the two of them also felt that the atmosphere was wrong at the moment, so neither of them took the initiative to chat. We walked in silence all the way to the door of our house, and then I took out the key and opened the door that seemed to have been locked for a long time.