Chapter 166 Investigation in progress

"Xiao Haoting... what do you mean by saying my brother might still be alive?"

Inside the room, the three sat together on the bed. Shen Yuan looked in Wu Xiaoting's direction and asked a question.

"I didn't dream about Shen Xing's death in my dream," Wu Xiaoting said after thinking for a moment. "Although my dreams aren't always accurate... at least they were very different from my last dream."

"Since there's no news of his death, did you see him in your dreams?" Shen Yuan pressed.

"No, not at all." Wu Xiaoting shook her head, a hint of doubt in her expression. "In the dream, none of the three of us mentioned your brother."

Shen Yuan and Wu Xiaoting's thinking seemed to have reached a stalemate.

On the other side, Lu Wenying's expression was complicated.

She knows more and has more to think about.

Wang Xinran has been here; she is the culprit who caused a large-scale infection among residents of No. 1 Garden and the Old Town Fruit Street neighborhood.

Lu Ling brought her here... Has Wang Xinran already been recruited into the Ninth Detachment?

Moreover, before Wu Xiaoting touched him, his memories of the previous period of time had been almost completely erased.

It's like my brain is covered by a fog; I don't actively think about what happened recently, nor do I feel that anything is wrong with it.

If Wu Xiaoting doesn't help her break free from that state, she can still live a normal life, and might not even realize anything is wrong until she dies. What's going on?

Did the Ninth Detachment and Wang Xinran reach this kind of deal or cooperation? Did they directly cause all the parties involved to lose their memories?

Why didn't Lu Lingyun tell him the truth after he lost his memory, when he was clearly also a member of the Ninth Detachment?

There is one possibility.

That is, after his serious injury, Lu Lingyun did not want him to get involved in the affairs of the Ninth Detachment anymore... He did have the idea of ​​retiring, but not because of his injury, but because he felt that he was not suitable and not qualified.

Now she understood Lu Lingyun's previous good intentions and the weight of that slap. She truly needed to learn from the grassroots and gain more experience. The two girls in front of her were still discussing the details of the strange occurrences. They seemed completely unafraid of the supernatural. After learning about such terrifying things, they didn't think of backing down but instead wanted to continue their investigation.

After considering it for a moment, she said, "I think you shouldn't get involved in this anymore... We adults will handle these things."

As soon as Lu Wenyin finished speaking, she caught the gazes of the two girls. Their eyes seemed to be filled with displeasure, as if they both hated being treated like children. "Do you have a way to make others return to an uncontrollable state?" Shen Yuan asked directly.

"...There's no other way." Lu Wenying was silent for a while before speaking honestly.

"So, are your people still under control?" Wu Xiaoting asked. "Can we trust them?"

"..." Wu Xiaoting's words left Lu Wenying speechless.

She didn't answer, but her silence spoke volumes.

Lu Wenying was also unsure.

Wang Xinran has already used her strange physical abilities to control the people in the Ninth Squad? Lu Lingyun's uncle has also been controlled?

Now that Wu Xiaoting has eliminated Wang Xinran's backup plan, Wang Xinran must already know... If Wang Xinran considers Wu Xiaoting a threat, she will definitely use the Ninth Squad...

At that moment, Lu Wenying received a phone call.

It was the liaison officer in charge of coordinating the city's Ninth Detachment who called.

After receiving the call, Lu Wenying listened in silence. After hanging up, she looked at the two girls in front of her again.

On the phone, the person in charge asked where I was and who I was with... I've been seriously injured for so long and they haven't called to check on me once. Why are they calling now?

It seems the members here are truly under Wang Xinran's control, and perhaps even Lu Lingyun's uncle...

Hesitating for a moment, Lu Wenying looked at the two girls in front of her and made a decision in her heart.

She looked at Wu Xiaoting and asked, "Did you dream about the Li Ya family massacre?"

Wu Xiaoting looked at Lu Wenying and paused for a moment. She shook her head and said, "Never heard of it."

"Did you see Wang Xinran in your dream? And Anning Street?" Lu Wenying pressed.

"I haven't dreamed about Wang Xinran, but I have dreamed about Anning Street, and that Anning Street was blocked off..." Wu Xiaoting began, telling Lu Wenying how she had discovered the possible trouble on Anning Street.

Lu Wenying's brain was working at lightning speed.

Wu Xiaoting was unaware of Li Ya's family annihilation case, so it never appeared in her dreams. She might not dream of things she hadn't seen before, and that so-called precognitive dream might not be a true precognitive dream.

Wang Xinran could dream about it, but in her dreams, everything about her was normal—even when Wu Xiaoting saw people turn into ghosts, Wang Xinran was normal.

Furthermore, Wu Xiaoting distorted the reason for the street blockade, making it seem less like a blockade by the Ninth Squad and more like the SARS outbreak. Regarding the bizarre dreams, it's very likely that they won't be dreamt of at all, but will instead transform into something more "normal," something that can be understood using Wu Xiaoting's "common sense."

Combining these perspectives, we can explain some of Wu Xiaoting's dreams.

She knew Shen Xing, which was why she had dreamt of his death before, but he didn't appear in the new dream. Combined with the fact that the salvage team failed to recover Shen Xing's body... Shen Xing might really not be dead.

Or perhaps he died, but in an abnormal way. He wasn't actually stabbed to death or drowned in the river; rather, he died at the hands of a strange being, which is why Wu Xiaoting couldn't dream about him.

There's too little information... These speculations lack solid evidence, and there are many inexplicable inconsistencies. Why would a strange entity target Shen Xing? He's just an ordinary person who simply helped the Ninth Squad resolve a crisis.

Are there any areas I might have overlooked?

"Xiao Yuan." Lu Wenyin looked up at Shen Yuan and asked, "Can you take me to see your brother's room?"

Shen Yuan paused for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay."

Shen Yuan climbed out of bed, picked up her phone, and led Lu Wenying out of the room. She opened Shen Xing's door and let Lu Wenying go in to take a look.

After Lu Wenying went inside, Shen Yuan picked up her phone and sent a message.

Wu Xiaoting, who followed behind, glanced at Shen Yuan, who was texting, and asked curiously, "Who are you texting?"

"Ask my brother if he can let Sister Lu in," Shen Yuan sent the message without looking up, then put her phone back in her pocket. "No reply means he agrees." "But your brother might already be dead," Wu Xiaoting said. "My dreams aren't always accurate."

"If you can have precognitive dreams, then what about fireballs, lightning, time reversal, and resurrection?" Shen Yuan shook her head and said, "Besides, Sister Lu also said that the body hasn't been found."

Only by believing that her brother might still be alive could Shen Yuan have the motivation to continue taking action.

Meanwhile, Lu Wenying, who was investigating in Shen Xing's room, also noticed something amiss.

"Was your brother's room always this clean?" Lu Wenying asked, closing the wardrobe.

"I don't know, I haven't been inside since he moved in," Shen Yuan shook her head.

That's so strange...

Lu Wenying scanned the room, a sense of doubt creeping into her heart.

According to Wu Xiaoting's information, Shen Xing chose to pack his things and leave after receiving the information that "he would die," mainly to avoid implicating Shen Yuan.

But Shen Xing, did he believe it too quickly? Regarding Wu Xiaoting's dream?

Moreover, this room is far too clean... Almost all traces of Shen Xing's presence have been wiped clean. Only personal items like toothbrushes and towels, which would seem rather odd to take with him, have been left behind.

He took all the laptops and DV cameras he had seen before.

This doesn't seem like a desperate "escape" or hiding...

"It's not safe here. Someone might come looking for us. Let's find somewhere else," Lu Wenying said.

They are currently outnumbered and isolated, and these events combined create a complete mess that they cannot investigate thoroughly on their own.

We must use Wu Xiaoting's abilities to restore some people to "normal," and then investigate all the abnormal situations, including Wang Xinran's purpose in using her abilities to influence these people.