Midnight Evil - Chapter 2
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“Go ahead and say it, we’ve been friends for twenty years.” Li Lin couldn’t help but feel a little strange, as Old Wang had always been straightforward with him.
"You must be careful when investigating this case. Never come to this godforsaken place alone at night to investigate. And whatever you do, don't make the mistake Zhang Feng made."
"The mistake we made!" Wang Wucai suddenly whispered to Li Lin.
"Hahaha," Li Lin couldn't help but laugh, "Old Wang, you really have a problem, you're not..."
Don't believe those rumors about Comrade Zhang!
It turns out that Li Lin was the one who took over the case; he wasn't the one who initially investigated it. The original investigator was Zhang Feng, a detective specializing in serious crimes.
But strangely, about a week after he started investigating the case, he suddenly and inexplicably went insane and was admitted to a mental hospital.
Three days later, he suddenly screamed, "There are demons trying to kill me!" and then jumped from the top floor of the hospital to commit suicide. However, according to relevant investigations...
This confirms that Zhang Feng's nervous breakdown was caused by excessive work pressure, and that his relationship with his wife was also very strained.
The decision to divorce is likely due to a combination of pressures.
However, some rumors also circulated because Zhang Feng was investigating the case, due to some very frightening rumors circulating about him.
Every year around the Qingming Festival, these terrible traffic accidents occur on this section of the highway leading from Guangzhou to eastern Guangdong. There are rumors that this...
There are wolf spirits in the mountains and forests who cause trouble. They come out on the road around the Qingming Festival to take people's lives and suck their life essence. Therefore, they will appear around the Qingming Festival.
Traffic accidents kill people.
However, Li Lin didn't believe these gossipy rural women's tales at all; he personally thought there must be some thugs trying to steal his money and kill him.
To commit the crime.
"Old Li, as far as I know, Zhang Feng suddenly..."
He went crazy when he got home. I don't know what this has to do with his three days of investigation on that mountain road, but I feel like it's all too much.
This is strange; you'd better be careful, because sometimes there really are some incredible things in this world!
"Haha, Lao Wang, you must have watched too many horror movies. Those are just movies. If we were as scared as you are, we..."
"Why bother being a policeman? You're so outdated. I suggest you become a charlatan instead," Li Lin couldn't help but mock.
"I'm telling you this as your longtime friend. Believe it or not, it's up to you," Wang Wucai said with a wry smile.
"I promise you, I will definitely catch this murderer," Li Lin said, patting Wang Wucai on the shoulder.
"I hope you succeed, but please be careful," Wang Wucai sighed.
After finishing his conversation with his old friend, Li Lin gazed at the drizzling, overcast sky, and an idea began to form in his mind.
He quickly walked up to Jiang Yiluo, "Jiang, I have an idea that might help us catch this murderer!"
"What's the idea?" Jiang Yiluo asked excitedly, knowing how formidable his senior's investigative abilities were...
---Magpie Bridge Fairy
Reply [4]: Part Three
That night, Li Lin returned home and analyzed the relevant materials. It was very late when he unknowingly fell asleep at his desk.
I woke up and drifted off to sleep without even realizing it...
In a daze, yet seemingly real, Li Lin found himself on a dark, desolate mountain path, surrounded by barren, undulating hills.
The area above was covered with vast stretches of bare, leafless, withered trees, and graves were scattered among them in all directions, creating an eerie atmosphere...
"Li Lin... Li Lin..." A series of eerie calls echoed from the eastern sky above the thick fog of the mountains. Good heavens, that voice...
"Isn't that right...?" Li Lin couldn't help but turn his head to look east. Good heavens! He saw a grave on a hill about ten meters away to the east...
The face was blurry, but a man in a green police uniform was waving at him. He could hardly believe his eyes—the voice, the policeman…
His appearance is exactly like Zhang Feng's!
For some reason, he noticed that Zhang Feng's blurry face seemed to be covered in blood, which was extremely terrifying.
“You are not… already dead…” Li Lin’s voice trembled.
"Avenge me... Avenge me... Li Lin... Li Lin..." The bloodied and indistinct Zhang Feng kept repeating in a sinister tone, and
And strangely, it glided straight towards Li Lin on the mountainside like a skier, which was extremely frightening!
"No need to be so...so enthusiastic..." Li Lin turned to leave, but found his feet seemed to be frozen in place.
He couldn't move at all.
"Hahaha, avenge me...hehe..." Zhang Feng, who had slid to within a few meters of Li Lin, let out a sound like an animal.
A terrifying howl filled Li Lin's body, sending chills down his spine. He looked closely and, to his horror, the blood-soaked Zhang Feng had simply vanished with a "whoosh."
With lightning speed, it transformed into a gigantic, gray-yellow wolf, leaping into the air with a howl, its long, blood-red fangs bared.
It lunged at Li Lin's head and neck, and Li Lin let out a final scream...
"No!" Li Lin screamed, jolting awake from his nightmare. Thank goodness it was just a nightmare. He was terrified.
It took him several minutes to fully regain his senses after standing up from his seat. Looking around his bedroom, he realized his entire body had been...
I woke up in a cold sweat; that dream was truly terrifying.
For some reason, he had a feeling that the nightmare he had just experienced might be a warning, a warning that this investigation would be very dangerous.
Part Four
The rumble of an engine echoed through the dark highway as a white van sped along the mountain road.
"Uncle Lin, this is the third night already, and we haven't found a single clue," Jiang Yiluo said, still gripping the steering wheel as he drove.
He angrily told Li Lin, "Your crazy idea won't work. Maybe the murderer has already gone into hiding to avoid trouble." Li Lin, who was beside him...
Just like him, she was dressed in civilian clothes and sat next to him.
Li Lin's original plan was for Jiang Yiluo and him to disguise themselves as ordinary passengers and drive a regular car through the mountain area where the accident occurred.
The plan was to wait and ambush the killer to avoid luring him out, thus catching the highway killer. However, the first two nights yielded nothing; no target was found.
.
"You have to be persistent in what you do, young man!" Li Lin smiled, clearly full of confidence.
"Could the murderer have discovered us? We've been here every day," Jiang Yiluo asked as he drove.
"No, we drive different cars and wear different casual clothes every day. Trust me, young man, I guarantee this is no big deal."
"The hand will definitely float to the surface," Li Lin said, looking out of the car. He noticed the mountains and forests on both sides of the road were rapidly receding into the distance.
Under the headlamps and streetlights, everything appeared a strange, reddish glow, while the undulating mountains and forests on all sides seemed like a vast, sleeping mass in the darkness.
It was like a monster, as if it were staring at them, giving him a strange sense of fear.
"That's strange, Uncle Lin," Jiang Yiluo said, looking ahead with a puzzled expression. The road ahead, which was constantly receding, was completely silent since they entered this area.
The mountain road where the accident occurred has been deserted since then, with no vehicles seen traveling on the opposite side, a stark contrast to the bustling traffic of the previous two days.
"Why are there so few cars today? That's strange."
“That’s even better. Maybe this roadside killer likes to make his appearance in this kind of atmosphere,” Li Lin said calmly.
But for some reason, he had a strange feeling that night.
"Uncle Lin, these past few nights have been really strange. Every time I drive into this section of road, I get this weird feeling, like there's something..."
People were watching us, and it felt like there was always a car following us, which made me constantly glance at the rearview mirror, but...
We can't see any cars following us, that's strange, Uncle Lin. I've also been having nightmares these past few days. I have...
Xiang had a strange premonition. "I even smeared black dog blood and talisman water in my second magazine of bullets, just in case!" Jiang Yiluo said.
As they drove, they noticed that thick fog was slowly drifting down from the mountains onto the road below at the bend in the road.
He instinctively slammed on the brakes and slowed down, allowing the car to gradually enter the fog-shrouded highway.
"This is just your psychological feeling, proving that your mental fortitude is extremely poor. You're too inexperienced. Learn from me, turn pressure into motivation."
I'm not bragging, but I always perform better under pressure. You're too timid, kid! There are no ghosts or gods in this world! You're too...
"I'm so scared, hahaha..." Li Lin actually burst into laughter.
---Magpie Bridge Fairy
Reply [5]: When the car entered the bend in the road, which was shrouded in thick fog, the mountains and forests on both sides and the road in front of it all became blurry and indistinct in an instant.
In the thick fog, everything became indistinct. The fog, like a boundless sea, submerged cars and people in a vast expanse of mist.
In a blank, white world.
"Why is it so foggy?" Li Lin frowned.
"Why is this stinky night fog so thick!" Jiang Yiluo couldn't help but exclaim.
A series of car sounds came from the white fog ahead, "clatter, clatter, clatter." For some reason, Li Lin and Jiang Yiluo found the sound of the cars to be...
Going up there actually made me feel inexplicably dizzy and very uncomfortable.
Before the two could react, a black van suddenly shot out of the white fog on the opposite side, heading towards...
The two cars collided with each other.
"Oh no!" Jiang Yiluo screamed, instinctively jerking the steering wheel, but it was too late. Even Li Lin was caught off guard.
"Oh no!" In the blink of an eye, the black van had already crashed straight into the front of their car. At the same time, the two men saw...