Chapter 1: Whale fall

At the end of summer, the night was getting late. Several police cars were

parked downstairs in the seven buildings of Wanhe District. The blue and white

police isolation belts surrounded the gates of the seven buildings in a loop.

Two criminal police officers stood inside the cordon, blocking the isolation.

With a look inside.On the second floor, Room 208, the personnel in the Criminal Technology Room

have arrived. The criminal cameraman took the scene overview. The trace

inspection team checked the fingerprint footprints and other special traces in

the room. The physical and chemical biological inspection team was responsible

for collecting blood and corpse tissues. And other biological evidence.In order to avoid damaging potential evidence, the police officers used dozens

of palm-sized quick-passing road slabs to build temporary passages leading to

the corpses on the floor of the living room where there were no footprints.Two forensic doctors wearing isolation clothes squatted beside the corpse. One

forensic doctor was responsible for examining the appearance of the corpse,

and the other was responsible for recording on the icon of the human body and

recording the oral records."Zhang Cuilian, female, 67 years old, corpse length of 162cm, normal

development, normal nutrition, dark yellow complexion, purple-red corpse,

located in the uncompressed area of ​​the headrest, nape, back, lumbosacral,

and under the limbs, acupressure The color does not fade, the abdomen forms a

corpse green...""Meow meow meow""Wang Wang"The barking of cats and dogs one after another was also recorded in the oral

records of the forensic doctor.Zhang Cuilian had three cats and four dogs. These cats and dogs caused huge

damage to the traces on the scene in the two days after her death. The young

police officers of the physical and chemical biological inspection team took a

lot of effort to remove the cats and dogs. Locked in a cage-these cats and

dogs can also be regarded as "biological evidence"Police Officer Wang, who has been a police officer for more than 20 years,

automatically ignored the noise at the scene. He stood in front of the

bookshelf in the living room and gently picked up a photo frame on the

bookshelf.In the photo, Zhang Cuilian, who is standing with her husband and son, has a

calm smile. She has short, half-white hair that has been carefully permed. She

is wearing a glazed blue shirt with a flower and bird pattern and straight

cropped trousers, earrings, necklaces, and rings.Very temperamental old lady, but unfortunately she was not blessed by fate.

Her husband had a myocardial infarction a few years ago, and her son died

unexpectedly, and now she herself...Police Officer Wang put down the frame, turned around, and looked at the

living room.The body once named "Zhang Cuilian" collapsed on the ground in a "big" shape.

The bloodstain that had dried up centered on the corpse and radiated to the

surroundings. Most of the floor of the living room was occupied by dark red,

like a clumsy and ugly ink painting.The corpse’s limbs were missing a large area of ​​muscle tissue, the palms and

soles of the hands were nothing but bones, and the fingers and toes were all

missing.Even more strange is that the entire face of the corpse, including the

eyeballs, disappeared completely, leaving only the frontal bones, cheekbones,

and mandibles with a thin layer of muscles, leaving only the dark hollow eye

sockets, staring at ceiling.No face, no skin.Police Officer Wang let out a suffocating breath, the mutilated corpse before

him reminded him of something.did not eat clean pickled chicken feet.This kind of association made him feel gastric juice surging. He stepped on a

temporary bridge to walk out of Room 208 and went downstairs to smoke.The residents in Wanhe community are mostly old men and women who have been

resettled due to demolition. They stand outside the isolation zone, and the

drizzle has not dampened their curiosity."I heard that it was Sister Zhang on the second floor who had the accident?""Yes, she is also pitiful. She lives by herself. If the neighbors who live on

the other side can't bear the smell coming over, and complain to the property,

I'm afraid no one will know that she is gone...""Hey, this guy, if you don't have it, I didn't. I used to buy vegetables with

her. At that time, she was okay, but she suddenly left. I don't know why..."Inside the cordon, Officer Wang, who silently listened to the gossip, lowered

his head and lit a cigarette. He couldn't help but feel disappointed.The deceased did not much participate in the elderly activities in the

community before his death. The social scope was narrow and the social

frequency was low. The surrounding people did not know much about the

deceased."It may be diabetes."In the crowd, a young man carrying a schoolbag and carrying a box of leeks

said: "To be precise, it is caused by many complications caused by type 2

diabetes."Ok?Police Officer Wang suddenly raised his head, "Who are you?"An ordinary high school student named Li Ang smiled, "I am the successor of

communism, the tender flowers of the motherland, and the red scarf that does

good deeds without a name."Who asked you this?The painful police officer Wang glanced at Li Ang, "Do you know her?"Li Ang replied: "I don't know, but when I went downstairs to play badminton in

the community, I saw her walking the dog.""So you know she has diabetes?""Guess it."Li Ang said casually: "At that time, I saw her blessed, ruddy complexion, dry

skin, slow and weak pace, swelling of legs and feet, red and swollen fingers,

bruises and ulcers on arms, drooping eyelids and repeated eyelid scabies.I guessed she was diabetic, and suggested that she pay attention to her diet,

take medicine on time, keep exercising, and be admitted to the hospital as

soon as possible. What a pity..."After that, Li Ang shook his head.The surrounding people cast their strange glances at Li Ang, and Officer Wang

couldn’t help taking a puff of cigarettes, “Young man, you studied medicine?”"When I was a child, I had constipation. The doctor said that a little bit of

corkscrew was good, but I dropped the whole bottle of corkscrew on the stool,

and it was still not good."Li Ang said calmly: "After that, I read some medical books and taught myself."Young man, you are really wonderful in bones, are you a second-hand?Li Ang looked at the police uniform worn by Police Officer Wang and said with

some envy: "Police officer, in fact, I have always wanted to be a glorious

people's policeman. For this reason, I often go to the comic shop to see the

famous detective Conan to exercise my criminal investigation ability. UU Read

the book and mark the murderer with a pencil on the comic

book,The last time I saw a thief bravely in an amusement park, I had more than two

hours dealing with the suspect and was finally driven off the carousel by the

amusement park administrator. "Police Officer Wang twitched the corners of his eyes. Although there were a

lot of spots, he didn't know where to vomit, so he could only put out the

cigarette butts, then turned and walked towards the seven buildings."The windows on the second floor of 208 do not seem to be opened yet." Li Ang

raised his head and said casually: "I don't know what Aunt Zhang has raised

for those cats, dogs and dogs. What to eat and live for two days."Ok?Officer Wang paused in his footsteps.Li Ang continued without anyone else: "If Aunt Zhang fainted and fell to the

ground due to acute complications of diabetes, the cats and dogs she raised

noticed the owner's fault and should try to wake her up by licking the skin of

the dead.""It's a pity that the attempt to wake up the owner was unsuccessful. Instead,

these cats and dogs became agitated because they broke their skin and tasted

the smell of blood. In addition, there was no owner to feed the food, so the

pets spontaneously looked for and could eat. s things.""For example...their master.""Generally speaking, the soft and boneless face without clothing is the first

to be eaten, and the fingers, toes, forearms, and calves that are easy to sag

are also targets."Li Ang didn't care about the strange gazes from others, and just smiled and

said,"When a whale dies in the ocean, its carcass will continue to sink to the

bottom of the sea, and eventually provide food for marine life such as

hagfish, clams, and blind shrimp. Biologists named this process'whale fall' .

This is the last tenderness the whale leaves to the sea.""Heaven's reincarnation, life and death are as usual..."