Under the night sky, a familiar cell phone ringtone rang.
"Deputy Captain."
"Qi Ye, the whereabouts of the car have been found." Wu Xiangnan's voice came from the other end of the phone, "Five minutes ago, it drove out from the fork in Huashan Road and crossed Zhufang Road. The last surveillance camera captured it was at the entrance of Erdao Lane."
"Erdao Lane?" Lin Qiye frowned tightly.
The road there is so narrow, can a van pass through it
Maybe, but why would he go there? There was nothing there except old buildings that had been abandoned long ago.
"Also, I checked the owner's information and found that the owner was not from Cangnan. Moreover, the car was supposed to be a red Toyota, so the license plate must have been copied."
"I see."
Lin Qiye hung up the phone and rushed towards Erdao Lane without any hesitation.
Fortunately, he was a native of Cangnan, otherwise he might not even know where Erdao Lane was. As an old alley that has been unknown for decades, it can be said that it has perfectly faded out of everyone's sight. According to most Cangnan locals, they don't know that there is such an old alley in this modern city.
In other words... the person who stole the body is also a native of Cangnan
But why did he steal those three bodies
Didn't he only steal the bodies of "mysterious" people? But those three were just ordinary people... Could it be that he wanted to investigate the "mysterious" and find its location before the Night Watchmen did
Given the current situation, this seems to be the most reasonable explanation.
After knowing the destination, Lin Qiye jumped around in the city. He went straight to the outskirts of the old city, and relying on the route remembered in his mind, he quickly ran towards Erdao Lane.
Soon, he arrived at the entrance of Erdao Lane.
On a remote suburban road, there is a dilapidated alley that is dim and dark. The old factories standing on both sides have been abandoned for more than ten years. This place has no human presence at all.
Lin Qiye narrowed his eyes slightly and walked into the dark alley.
His mental perception had already covered the maximum range, and he was always paying attention to any movement around him. Within a hundred meters radius of him, no detail could escape his perception.
After walking along the alley for about ten minutes, Lin Qiye stopped and his face changed slightly.
In the old factory building to his right, there was a familiar black van parked. The license plate had been removed, but Lin Qiye had no doubt that this was the van he had just seen.
Because in its trunk, there were traces of the sealed bag containing the body.
Lin Qiye squatted down, rubbing the mud under his feet gently with his fingers, a hint of doubt in his eyes.
The old factory here does not use cement floors, but just ordinary land like the old earthwork workshops. Dragging a sealed bag containing a corpse on such a ground would inevitably leave traces.
If a cart or other tool was used, there should have been traces of wheels left behind. Taking a step back, if the person was carrying the body himself, there should have been deep footprints left behind.
But now the ground is so dark that there is not even a trace of an indentation, let alone footprints.
Could it be that the other party also has a forbidden area that can enhance agility like himself
Then, Lin Qiye searched the old factory buildings nearby and found no signs of human life. It didn't make sense for this van to appear here so abruptly.
Both the caregiver and the sealed bag containing the body seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth.
At this moment, Lin Qiye once again thought of Hongying's evaluation of the "Secret Thief". "He is like a ghost in this city. We can feel his presence, but we can never get close to him."
ghost…
Lin Qiye narrowed his eyes slightly, and he looked up at the moonlight in the sky. In the distance, several bats were approaching here quickly. On the ground, all kinds of insects drilled out of the soil and surrounded Lin Qiye.
More and more nocturnal creatures surrounded Lin Qiye, and then, as if they had received some kind of order, they scattered in all directions in unison.
"Even if you are a ghost, as long as you are in Cangnan City, I can catch you." Lin Qiye said lightly.
…
Cangnan City.
underground.
A surging tide of rats surged in the sewers. They moved in an orderly manner between the passages and carefully searched every corner of the sewers.
In one of the underground caves, four glass tanks filled with formalin contained strange monster remains, including a hideous snake head, half a lizard, a black finger, and a bunch of vines as messy as grass...
Behind these specimens are several neatly-made operating tables. Although they look a bit old, they are fully functional in all aspects. On the stainless steel tray next to them, surgical knives are neatly placed, spotless.
At this moment, three pale corpses were lying on three operating tables.
A young man in white clothes and black-framed glasses, holding a scalpel, stood in front of the three bodies, with his head down, thinking about something, with confusion between his brows.
"No... this is different..."
Just as he was thinking, an earthworm fell at his feet. He glanced at it indifferently, raised his foot and stepped on it to death.
The next moment, a millipede fell on the other side of the hole. After moving around aimlessly for a while, it was torn to pieces by the surging swarm of rats.
He glanced ahead again, frowning slightly, "Today, there are too many bugs..."
At this moment, scenes like this were happening throughout the sewer.
…
In the darkness, Lin Qiye suddenly opened his eyes and looked down at his feet.
"In the sewer?" His brows raised slightly.
He couldn't share vision with the nocturnal creatures in real time, but that didn't mean he couldn't know what was happening underground. Among the many nocturnal creatures he released, only those that entered the sewers died the fastest. This in itself explained something.
The next moment, a bat flew up from the nearest sewer and circled around Lin Qiye for a while.
"Rat tide?" Lin Qiye was stunned, and soon thought of the rat he saw in the tavern today, and his eyes narrowed slightly.
It seems that I have found the right place this time.
He walked to a manhole cover, hesitated for a moment, stretched out his hand and pressed in the air, and a gorgeous magic circle unfolded in his palm.
When the light faded, a small white mummy quickly ran to Lin Qiye and looked around excitedly...
Then he spread his hands in regret.
"Mumu, there's still no food this time." Lin Qiye touched its head a little embarrassedly.
Although he knew that he would not be able to provide weapons to Mumu in the short term, Lin Qiye always felt guilty every time he saw the other party's disappointed expression.
"Please come with me to the underground for a while."