In the area of ​​flat-panel houses scattered across the hilltop, five people began to wander separately.

It was just after noon, and most of the miners had already gone down to the mines. They seemed to have forgotten that an explosion had just occurred in a mine not far away. For them, perhaps life is far less valuable than money.

It was already 5 o'clock in the blink of an eye, and the soundproofing effect of the flat-panel room was extremely poor. People on the night shift were sleeping, and they could clearly hear the snoring inside while standing outside the door.

By the same token, if the murderer takes action, people outside the door should be able to hear the sound.

Xia Lan's steps were light, but her face was filled with sadness. For some reason, ever since she arrived here, she felt that the murderer's target would not be here.

There are so many people here, and the risk of being exposed by killing one person is too high. Moreover, after leaving the flat house area, there is an empty hilltop with no woods. Even Xia Lan, who has carried out countless assassination missions, is not sure of escaping unscathed.

If Sun Yu and Wang Letao hadn't both thought that the murderer would take action here, she would definitely have raised questions.

The time came to 5:20, and Xia Lan felt worse and worse. When passing by a flat house, Xia Lan saw the sneakers placed at the door.

There is a five-pointed star logo on the sneakers.

Xia Lan patted her thigh hard, took out her mobile phone and quickly dialed Sun Yu's number. Although it was on the top of the mountain, there was some signal here.

"Did you find anything?" Sun Yu's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Wrong, wrong! This is not a five-pointed star!" Xia Lan's voice was a little anxious, and she didn't know how to express it. "If you think the murderer kills according to the layout of the five-pointed star, then you are wrong."

Fortunately, it was Sun Yu. He immediately understood the point of Xia Lan's words and cursed on the phone, "Gather at the entrance."

Five minutes later, five people came to the entrance panting.

"What's wrong?" Sun Yu's previous performance had already convinced Wang Letao, so he had no objection to the assembly order.

Sun Yu looked ugly. He gritted his teeth and said, "The mountainside is narrower than the foot!"

It is common sense that the mountainside is narrower than the foot of the mountain, but when Sun Yu said it, it shocked Wang Letao like a bolt from the blue.

If the murderer killed on the top of a mountain, then the crime scenes of the five cases would be connected into a triangle, not a five-pointed star at all.

Being influenced by Feng Shui culture for many years, Wang Letao believed that the five-pointed star was far more likely than the triangle, so they looked in the wrong place.

Bao Youliang and Zhang Yao also understood what Sun Yu meant. Based on the four known murder scenes, they put a five-pointed star on it...

The top of the five-pointed star should be in Changle County!

In the police car, Sun Yu clenched his fists angrily. Because of his mistake, the murderer might have succeeded now.

Glancing at Xia Lan who was concentrating on driving, Sun Yu felt ashamed for some reason when he made such a serious mistake in front of Xia Lan.

"Can you confirm the approximate location?" asked Wang Letao in the back row. His police car was left on the mountain. Five people were in the same car at the moment. Wang Letao was naturally asking about Sun Yu.

Sun Yu closed his eyes, forcibly driving away the distractions that affected his reasoning, constantly reminding himself that this was just a serial murder case.

Three of the four major surnames have been killed. The person who died with a stick in the woods is still uncertain, but judging from his clothes, he should not be from Liu's company.

The murderer has been selecting his victims, and each victim represents a different company. So the only one left is Liu?

Another point is that the murderer used complicated methods in the previous killings, and became simpler as he went on to do the killings, because he knew that his intentions would be exposed later.

So the murderer has been misleading us. He misleads the public into thinking that this is the evil spirit's revenge on the other three families. In this case, the Liu family is most likely to be ignored by us!

"Where is Liu's Mining Company located in the county?"

Wang Letao immediately replied: "Chengnan!" When Sun Yu reminded him, Wang Letao's eyes widened. He took out his phone, opened the map, and took a screenshot.

This is a flat map. Wang Letao marked four points on the screenshot, which are the locations where the first four murders occurred.

They are on both sides of the north mine, fairly symmetrical.

Then Wang Letao drew a somewhat lame five-pointed star with a very pointed head, which fell on an area in the south of the city.

Wang Letao pointed to the area and said excitedly: "Their company is here."

The police car's engine sound became louder, conveying the police car's sense of urgency throughout the mountain road.

Along the way, Wang Letao began to analyze based on his understanding of Changle County, "It can't be the company headquarters. There are security guards and surveillance there, and there will be many employees there at this time."

"It can't be outside the company, because Liu's company is on a relatively prosperous street, and every storefront is open for business. It's a warehouse! To the south of the company, across the street, is Liu's warehouse, which usually stores some mining equipment.

and equipment.”

The car parked outside the gate of Liu's warehouse. There was only one security guard at the gate, enjoying life with a 2-ounce bottle of liquor.

Wang Letao rushed into the gate, took out his ID and threw it on the table.

"How many people are in the warehouse?"

Although the security guard was a little confused, he could still see the police ID clearly. He thought for a while and said: "There are five more people, respectively in warehouses 1, 2, 7, 9, and 11."

The police car drove into the warehouse compound. Two rows of large factory-style warehouses were on both sides of the road.

Every time they arrived at a warehouse number mentioned by the security guard, someone would get out of the car. The car finally stopped in front of warehouse No. 11. Xia Lan got out of the driver's seat and ran into the warehouse.

This is a warehouse that stores small accessories. A long row of shelves is neatly facing the door, and there are several rows behind it that are difficult to see clearly.

The first time she entered the warehouse, her years of combat experience made Xia Lan feel alert. She had a strong feeling that there was a pair of eyes full of murderous intent staring at her from the dark.

Xia Lan took steps and carefully walked through the first row of shelves.

Second row, third row, fourth row...

The further inside, the darker the light becomes, and the sense of crisis becomes stronger and stronger.

When Xia Lan reached the seventh row of shelves, she saw a man sitting on the ground in the middle, leaning against the shelves. His head naturally drooped to one side, and blood was flowing out of his neck.

Seeing the man's fingers twitching, Xia Lan was shocked. The man was not dead yet?

As soon as Xia Lan took a step inside, she suddenly felt a gust of cold wind on her back, and she rolled forward without hesitation.

Ding!

The sound of metal friction sounded.

Looking back, I saw a man wearing miner's clothes standing at the entrance of the seventh row of shelves. The man's hair was very long and he looked a little awkward.

But what’s even more awkward is that the man is holding a long sword in his hand, a long sword that can only be seen in TV series, and is held by Jianghu people!


Chapter completed!