Ever since he got drunk and entered the eerie hotel, and escaped death from the hands of a psychopathic killer, Han Shan had been having nightmares almost every night.
Because his call to the police had been fruitless, he was afraid that the psychopath would come looking for him, so he didn’t dare to go to the bar where he usually hung out.
Not long after, the serial killings on rainy nights occurred. When he learned that one of the murders had taken place at the Tianhai Bar where he used to frequent, Han Shan immediately felt a sense of relief, exclaiming that he was lucky.
But he, who had been trying his best to keep a low profile, never expected that during this period, he, who had been as honest as could be, would actually be summoned to the police station one day.
His first reaction was to protest his innocence, almost raising both his hands and feet. “I didn’t do anything!”
“Cough cough.” Li Fufeng was speechless at his skilled and decisive reaction, “No one is accusing you of doing anything.”
Han Shan, who had almost squatted down on the spot just now, immediately regained his composure, a diligent smile appearing on his face. “Then, Officer, you are looking for me because…”
Li Fufeng gestured for him to sit down across from him and pushed a piece of paper on the table towards him. “You first look at this…”
“This person, do you recognize him?”
On the soft white paper was a printed color photo. The man in the photo had a face that could make most girls lose their minds, with soft golden semi-long hair casually scattered, and deep emerald pupils as deep as ink.
“This, this…” Han Shan’s voice involuntarily trembled.
The smile that had just filled his face also froze.
It was like seeing the most terrifying and horrifying existence in the world, like reawakening the shadow that had been looming over his heart like a nightmare, he could hardly imagine how he managed to utter such a difficult and terrified voice.
“This is that person! That psychopath, devil!”
“It’s him!”
A hand gently patted his shoulder a few times, Li Fufeng stood up and comforted, “Calm down, calm down. This is the police station, you don’t have to worry.”
Han Shan’s mood indeed calmed down again.
Coming back to his senses from his loss of composure, he seemed to realize something and immediately asked excitedly, “Could it be that the police have already caught this guy, and you want me to be a witness?”
Li Fufeng shook his head with a bitter smile: “I’m afraid we can’t fulfill your wish for now, but as long as you are willing to cooperate, perhaps this goal can be achieved soon, this is also the reason why we brought you here.”
As he spoke, he pointed at the photo. “Are you sure this is the person, absolutely no mistake?”
Seeing his serious expression, Han Shan couldn’t help but be infected, he carefully examined the photo, and after a while, he concluded. “It’s not exactly the same, but at least it’s 90% similar.”
His eyebrows were immediately furrowed in confusion.
“This is a photo synthesized by a computer based on the testimony of witnesses, of course it can’t be exactly the same as the person.”
After Li Fufeng explained, he concluded, “It seems that the person you encountered back then was this person, the murderer of the serial killings on rainy nights!”
In Han Shan’s incredulous gaze, he spoke softly, “I need you to recount what happened that day, and try not to leave out any details.”
……
“What? The murderer had appeared before?”
Upon learning of the new clue discovered by Li Fufeng, the Yuanyang City Public Security Bureau was shocked, they could hardly believe that they had once “brushed past” such a dangerous person.
Who would believe the absurd fantasy of a drunkard after getting drunk? Especially when there was no evidence to support it.
Even now, there were people who dared not believe it.
“I still have a sample of that unidentified blood.” Li Fufeng took the initiative to speak, “Through DNA testing, this drop of blood cannot match anyone in the national DNA database, perhaps it can serve as a special piece of evidence.”
Everyone fell into contemplation.
If that drunkard hadn’t lied, and hadn’t hallucinated, he had indeed inadvertently entered the murder scene that day…
Then, based on the existing clues and timeline, it is very likely that it was the first case committed by the killer in Yuanyang City. What’s more, that hotel might be the first place the killer stayed after arriving in Yuanyang City.
This is undoubtedly a crucial clue. Perhaps it is an important factor that will help everyone crack the case and catch the killer.
But the biggest problem now is…
Where is the inn? Where did the inn go?
How could such a large inn disappear just like that???
In all the years of handling cases, they had only heard of bodies disappearing and evidence being destroyed, but they had never heard of the crime scene disappearing overnight.
Plus, during this period of tracking and investigation, no matter what, they couldn’t find any trace of this serial killer. The other party seemed to come without a trace and go without a trace, or even fly to the sky and escape to the ground…
This made the whole thing even more mysterious and inexplicable.
“It’s not possible that the drunkard was bought off by the killer, playing tricks in front of us so long in advance, just to make everyone admire him now, right?” A young policeman joked, “That would be so boring!”
The others also laughed along. “If a drunkard could have such good acting skills and deceive so many people’s eyes, he could have changed his career and entered the entertainment industry a long time ago.”
Despite the seemingly joking words, everyone’s expressions became serious in unison, realizing the difficulty of the case.
No matter what, they had to give it their all.
Everyone started to take action.
“About the analysis group of the Rainy Night Killer, integrate all existing clues to establish his personality model, and try to predict his hiding range and next action trajectory.”
“Three other action groups, be ready to search the city at any time.”
“Others, pay attention to places like train stations and airports to prevent the final suspect from choosing to flee…”
“And…”
“This case has already reached the heavens and attracted the attention of the cabinet. If we can’t solve it as soon as possible, the imperial capital might send a special task force to investigate.”
…….
“Can a living person evaporate from the world?”
After the meeting was dismissed, Li Fufeng fell into a brainstorm and couldn’t extricate himself. Even at noon when he got off work, he was still thinking while walking.
When he came to his senses, he found that he had unknowingly walked to a familiar place.
The narrow and long alley, the old wall was full of moss and scratches, and a small section had already collapsed slightly.
Li Fufeng’s hand couldn’t help but brush over the collapsed wall.
In Han Shan’s testimony, that non-existent inn appeared here.
This was the most bizarre and mysterious place in the whole case. It’s also a point that couldn’t be explained no matter what. It made all of Han Shan’s words become unbelievable nonsense.
But Li Fufeng’s intuition told him that no matter how unbelievable it was, it could very well be the truth.
The rough texture of the uneven surface came from his fingertips, and Li Fufeng’s thoughts were flying, as if he was back on that night.
Late at night, cold rain, a drunkard rushing on his way, and a mysterious inn appearing in the freezing rain…
He seemed to really see the stumbling drunkard pushing open the door, encountering blood all over the floor, and meeting a pair of gentle, smiling eyes, feeling a chill in an instant…
With the immersive simulation fantasy in his mind, at a certain moment, Li Fufeng seemed to suddenly see such an old-fashioned small inn in front of him, with the smell of blood floating from his nose through the still unsealed door.
“!!!” He was suddenly taken aback.
Years of training instinct made him reach out subconsciously.
But the next second, when he looked again, the fleeting illusion in front of him disappeared, and what appeared in his sight was still the old wall that had collapsed a section.
He frowned all at once, talking to himself. “Could it really be a hallucination caused by too much mental stress?”
“No, absolutely not.”
The next moment, Li Fufeng gave the answer himself.
He spread his palm, and there was a bit of powder left in the crevices of his nails, which he had just scraped off the hotel wall.
Li Fufeng’s expression cracked, and the materialistic worldview he had cultivated over the years also cracked along with it.
It seemed that something incredible had happened…
****
“It seems that something incredible has happened…”
At the same time, Bai Yi spread his palm.
A delicate card appeared in his palm, and at the top of the card, there was a progress bar that was already more than half full.
[Ghost in the Rainy Night]
[Legend Degree: 71%]
Just now, when he found that the legend degree had skyrocketed, Bai Yi couldn’t help but try to materialize the [Blood-colored Inn] scene.
Because this scene template in his settings was not like the flower shop that was located in the interlayer space and could be connected to any place at any time, so trying again would only appear in the original place.
Even if it was just a momentary materialization, Bai Yi could perceive the changes brought about by the rise in the legend degree.
——Everything became more real.
——When the legend degree reached 100, would the illusory scenes in the nightmare fragment copy really become real?
When Bai Yi canceled the manifestation, he suddenly reacted.
Just now, was there a person in that place?
This thought flashed through his mind and was thrown behind him. “It doesn’t matter, it’s just for sending legend degrees~”
As for that poor guy who suffered such a “hallucination” shock, whether he would doubt life and then go to the mental hospital for a check… that was none of his business.
He took out the [Puppeteer’s Mysterious Diary].
According to the continuous observation during this period, Bai Yi could confirm that as long as he continued to leave various thoughts on it, as the thoughts he wrote down were realized one by one, the quality of this diary would slowly improve.
Perhaps this is also a way to accumulate “legend degrees”?
Maybe he could fantasize a bit, maybe in the future this diary would be upgraded to have a bug-level ability where [everything written on it will come true or have a high probability of coming true]?
Bai Yi picked up the pen and began to perfect his script setting.
[At a certain moment, two unrelated spacetimes had a strange overlap, and the serial killer K, who happened to be in the abnormal node of the space overlap [Blood Inn], accidentally came to this strange world after killing.]
[He, who knew nothing about this, played with a guy who had accidentally entered, and stepped out of the inn–when he found that the outside environment had changed and realized that there was a problem, he found that the hotel behind him had disappeared, and the originally overlapping two spacetimes had returned to unrelated states.]
[And he became the only and biggest victim in this spacetime overlap accident.]
[After taking some time to accept his current situation and understand the situation of this world, this executioner who is keen on killing and blood, couldn’t help but start to move…]
[What he didn’t know was that there were otherworldly guests who had come to this world earlier than him before this, and his appearance had attracted the attention of the other party and became part of the plan…]
[Will this ruthless and black-hearted man, who has played with many wicked people, eventually be played with?]
[——Or is it to say, the counterattack will come?]
Ever since he got drunk and entered the eerie hotel, and escaped death from the hands of a psychopathic killer, Han Shan had been having nightmares almost every night.
Because his call to the police had been fruitless, he was afraid that the psychopath would come looking for him, so he didn’t dare to go to the bar where he usually hung out.
Not long after, the serial killings on rainy nights occurred. When he learned that one of the murders had taken place at the Tianhai Bar where he used to frequent, Han Shan immediately felt a sense of relief, exclaiming that he was lucky.
But he, who had been trying his best to keep a low profile, never expected that during this period, he, who had been as honest as could be, would actually be summoned to the police station one day.
His first reaction was to protest his innocence, almost raising both his hands and feet. “I didn’t do anything!”
“Cough cough.” Li Fufeng was speechless at his skilled and decisive reaction, “No one is accusing you of doing anything.”
Han Shan, who had almost squatted down on the spot just now, immediately regained his composure, a diligent smile appearing on his face. “Then, Officer, you are looking for me because…”
Li Fufeng gestured for him to sit down across from him and pushed a piece of paper on the table towards him. “You first look at this…”
“This person, do you recognize him?”
On the soft white paper was a printed color photo. The man in the photo had a face that could make most girls lose their minds, with soft golden semi-long hair casually scattered, and deep emerald pupils as deep as ink.
“This, this…” Han Shan’s voice involuntarily trembled.
The smile that had just filled his face also froze.
It was like seeing the most terrifying and horrifying existence in the world, like reawakening the shadow that had been looming over his heart like a nightmare, he could hardly imagine how he managed to utter such a difficult and terrified voice.
“This is that person! That psychopath, devil!”
“It’s him!”
A hand gently patted his shoulder a few times, Li Fufeng stood up and comforted, “Calm down, calm down. This is the police station, you don’t have to worry.”
Han Shan’s mood indeed calmed down again.
Coming back to his senses from his loss of composure, he seemed to realize something and immediately asked excitedly, “Could it be that the police have already caught this guy, and you want me to be a witness?”
Li Fufeng shook his head with a bitter smile: “I’m afraid we can’t fulfill your wish for now, but as long as you are willing to cooperate, perhaps this goal can be achieved soon, this is also the reason why we brought you here.”
As he spoke, he pointed at the photo. “Are you sure this is the person, absolutely no mistake?”
Seeing his serious expression, Han Shan couldn’t help but be infected, he carefully examined the photo, and after a while, he concluded. “It’s not exactly the same, but at least it’s 90% similar.”
His eyebrows were immediately furrowed in confusion.
“This is a photo synthesized by a computer based on the testimony of witnesses, of course it can’t be exactly the same as the person.”
After Li Fufeng explained, he concluded, “It seems that the person you encountered back then was this person, the murderer of the serial killings on rainy nights!”
In Han Shan’s incredulous gaze, he spoke softly, “I need you to recount what happened that day, and try not to leave out any details.”
……
“What? The murderer had appeared before?”
Upon learning of the new clue discovered by Li Fufeng, the Yuanyang City Public Security Bureau was shocked, they could hardly believe that they had once “brushed past” such a dangerous person.
Who would believe the absurd fantasy of a drunkard after getting drunk? Especially when there was no evidence to support it.
Even now, there were people who dared not believe it.
“I still have a sample of that unidentified blood.” Li Fufeng took the initiative to speak, “Through DNA testing, this drop of blood cannot match anyone in the national DNA database, perhaps it can serve as a special piece of evidence.”
Everyone fell into contemplation.
If that drunkard hadn’t lied, and hadn’t hallucinated, he had indeed inadvertently entered the murder scene that day…
Then, based on the existing clues and timeline, it is very likely that it was the first case committed by the killer in Yuanyang City. What’s more, that hotel might be the first place the killer stayed after arriving in Yuanyang City.
This is undoubtedly a crucial clue. Perhaps it is an important factor that will help everyone crack the case and catch the killer.
But the biggest problem now is…
Where is the inn? Where did the inn go?
How could such a large inn disappear just like that???
In all the years of handling cases, they had only heard of bodies disappearing and evidence being destroyed, but they had never heard of the crime scene disappearing overnight.
Plus, during this period of tracking and investigation, no matter what, they couldn’t find any trace of this serial killer. The other party seemed to come without a trace and go without a trace, or even fly to the sky and escape to the ground…
This made the whole thing even more mysterious and inexplicable.
“It’s not possible that the drunkard was bought off by the killer, playing tricks in front of us so long in advance, just to make everyone admire him now, right?” A young policeman joked, “That would be so boring!”
The others also laughed along. “If a drunkard could have such good acting skills and deceive so many people’s eyes, he could have changed his career and entered the entertainment industry a long time ago.”
Despite the seemingly joking words, everyone’s expressions became serious in unison, realizing the difficulty of the case.
No matter what, they had to give it their all.
Everyone started to take action.
“About the analysis group of the Rainy Night Killer, integrate all existing clues to establish his personality model, and try to predict his hiding range and next action trajectory.”
“Three other action groups, be ready to search the city at any time.”
“Others, pay attention to places like train stations and airports to prevent the final suspect from choosing to flee…”
“And…”
“This case has already reached the heavens and attracted the attention of the cabinet. If we can’t solve it as soon as possible, the imperial capital might send a special task force to investigate.”
…….
“Can a living person evaporate from the world?”
After the meeting was dismissed, Li Fufeng fell into a brainstorm and couldn’t extricate himself. Even at noon when he got off work, he was still thinking while walking.
When he came to his senses, he found that he had unknowingly walked to a familiar place.
The narrow and long alley, the old wall was full of moss and scratches, and a small section had already collapsed slightly.
Li Fufeng’s hand couldn’t help but brush over the collapsed wall.
In Han Shan’s testimony, that non-existent inn appeared here.
This was the most bizarre and mysterious place in the whole case. It’s also a point that couldn’t be explained no matter what. It made all of Han Shan’s words become unbelievable nonsense.
But Li Fufeng’s intuition told him that no matter how unbelievable it was, it could very well be the truth.
The rough texture of the uneven surface came from his fingertips, and Li Fufeng’s thoughts were flying, as if he was back on that night.
Late at night, cold rain, a drunkard rushing on his way, and a mysterious inn appearing in the freezing rain…
He seemed to really see the stumbling drunkard pushing open the door, encountering blood all over the floor, and meeting a pair of gentle, smiling eyes, feeling a chill in an instant…
With the immersive simulation fantasy in his mind, at a certain moment, Li Fufeng seemed to suddenly see such an old-fashioned small inn in front of him, with the smell of blood floating from his nose through the still unsealed door.
“!!!” He was suddenly taken aback.
Years of training instinct made him reach out subconsciously.
But the next second, when he looked again, the fleeting illusion in front of him disappeared, and what appeared in his sight was still the old wall that had collapsed a section.
He frowned all at once, talking to himself. “Could it really be a hallucination caused by too much mental stress?”
“No, absolutely not.”
The next moment, Li Fufeng gave the answer himself.
He spread his palm, and there was a bit of powder left in the crevices of his nails, which he had just scraped off the hotel wall.
Li Fufeng’s expression cracked, and the materialistic worldview he had cultivated over the years also cracked along with it.
It seemed that something incredible had happened…
****
“It seems that something incredible has happened…”
At the same time, Bai Yi spread his palm.
A delicate card appeared in his palm, and at the top of the card, there was a progress bar that was already more than half full.
[Ghost in the Rainy Night]
[Legend Degree: 71%]
Just now, when he found that the legend degree had skyrocketed, Bai Yi couldn’t help but try to materialize the [Blood-colored Inn] scene.
Because this scene template in his settings was not like the flower shop that was located in the interlayer space and could be connected to any place at any time, so trying again would only appear in the original place.
Even if it was just a momentary materialization, Bai Yi could perceive the changes brought about by the rise in the legend degree.
——Everything became more real.
——When the legend degree reached 100, would the illusory scenes in the nightmare fragment copy really become real?
When Bai Yi canceled the manifestation, he suddenly reacted.
Just now, was there a person in that place?
This thought flashed through his mind and was thrown behind him. “It doesn’t matter, it’s just for sending legend degrees~”
As for that poor guy who suffered such a “hallucination” shock, whether he would doubt life and then go to the mental hospital for a check… that was none of his business.
He took out the [Puppeteer’s Mysterious Diary].
According to the continuous observation during this period, Bai Yi could confirm that as long as he continued to leave various thoughts on it, as the thoughts he wrote down were realized one by one, the quality of this diary would slowly improve.
Perhaps this is also a way to accumulate “legend degrees”?
Maybe he could fantasize a bit, maybe in the future this diary would be upgraded to have a bug-level ability where [everything written on it will come true or have a high probability of coming true]?
Bai Yi picked up the pen and began to perfect his script setting.
[At a certain moment, two unrelated spacetimes had a strange overlap, and the serial killer K, who happened to be in the abnormal node of the space overlap [Blood Inn], accidentally came to this strange world after killing.]
[He, who knew nothing about this, played with a guy who had accidentally entered, and stepped out of the inn–when he found that the outside environment had changed and realized that there was a problem, he found that the hotel behind him had disappeared, and the originally overlapping two spacetimes had returned to unrelated states.]
[And he became the only and biggest victim in this spacetime overlap accident.]
[After taking some time to accept his current situation and understand the situation of this world, this executioner who is keen on killing and blood, couldn’t help but start to move…]
[What he didn’t know was that there were otherworldly guests who had come to this world earlier than him before this, and his appearance had attracted the attention of the other party and became part of the plan…]
[Will this ruthless and black-hearted man, who has played with many wicked people, eventually be played with?]
[——Or is it to say, the counterattack will come?]
