In the alley filled with the atmosphere of the old era, Chen Xian nibbled off the heads of two paper figurines without any hesitation. During this process, his eyes did not change at all, and the expression on his face was as if he had just eaten two paper figurines. It was as plain as a piece of bread, and the breathing mask that he had pulled from his face before was now lying quietly at his feet, covered with those filthy and foul-smelling "blood".

At this moment, Lu Yisheng, who was on the sidelines, had already confirmed that those paper figurines were abnormal beings with brains. Although looking in from their translucent skin, they could not see any brain-like tissue at all, but Lu Yisheng still believed in them. Have the ability to think independently.

Because when Chen Xian started to eat the two paper figurines, almost all the paper figurines stopped moving.

They no longer crowded forward and approached Chen Xian, and they no longer made those strange sounds like bamboo and wood tearing, as if they had lost the desire to fight in an instant, and they also seemed to shrink, even if their eyeballs The structure is not the same as normal human beings, but Lu Yisheng can still see from their eyes... they are afraid.

It's like an animal encountering a natural enemy that hunts itself for food. The indescribable fear is deep in their bones. The two dark eyeballs in their eye sockets, which are parasitized by flies and maggots, are also exuding that kind of panic all the time. Emotions, even Lu Yisheng can see...they are shaking.

Suddenly, Lu Yisheng heard a voice that made him extremely uneasy.

"The body tissue is the same as the spirit body...no smell..." Chen Xian put down the paper figurine in his hand, took out a tissue from his pocket, and wiped his mouth slowly. Like a gentleman who has just finished eating, his movements are natural and elegant, and his tone of speech is so calm that Lu Yisheng is afraid, "Eating it is like eating a paper man...it's unpalatable..."

"Old... boss?" Lu Yisheng shouted cautiously, looking at Chen Xian with a pale face, "Are you okay?"

Although Lu Yisheng knew that Chen Xian's special ability was "eating strangeness", this was the first time he had seen Chen Xian move his mouth, so the visual impact Chen Xian brought him was not just scary and simple to him. , Just like a familiar friend around him suddenly turned into a cannibal, that kind of fear is much more complicated than pure fear.

Chen Xian shook his head to indicate that he was fine, and he didn't care that there were dozens of paper figurines standing in front of him. He slowly bent down to pick up the breathing mask on the ground, and glanced at Lu Yisheng apologetically.

"I'm sorry, did I scare you?"

"No... let's not talk about this for now!" Lu Yisheng suddenly woke up, his expression became calmer, and he pointed at the dozens of paper figures standing in front of him anxiously, "Boss! What are you going to do with these? deal with?!"

Hearing this, Chen Xian turned his head and glanced in the direction of the paper figures.

"Eat it." Chen Xian said, fumbling for a while in his pocket, took out an unopened box of stomach-strengthening and digestion tablets, tore off the packaging film as if talking to himself, and said expressionlessly, "Stay. It is also a scourge, so forget it.”

Facts have proved that these paper people can understand human speech.

When Chen Xian said these words, most of the paper figurines started to step back. They didn't wait for Chen Xian to do anything else, only to hear a messy sound of bamboo and wood tearing, these paper figurines seemed to be crazy He ran back, almost rolling and crawling out of Chen Xian's sight.

In just a few seconds, the previously crowded alleyway became empty now, and no paper figurines could be seen anymore. Chen Xian couldn't help but be surprised by the speed of running.

"Is this scared away by you?" Lu Yisheng asked. Although there was no trace of the paper figurines within the visible range, he still did not dare to relax his vigilance. He still carefully glanced around with the flashlight." They won't come again, will they?"

"Not any time soon."

Hearing Chen Xian's reply, Lu Yisheng couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief, but soon he became confused again: "Boss, what are you doing?"

"An autopsy." Chen Xian replied calmly.

"Do you understand forensic medicine?" Lu Yisheng asked curiously.

Chen Xian looked up at him: "What do you think?"

Lu Yisheng was stunned for a moment, remembering what Chen Xian had said before. He didn't seem to know anything about criminal investigations, let alone forensic science... So what kind of autopsy is he doing now?

"I was going to eat them whole...I wanted to see if this could restrain their ability to split...but it doesn't seem to be so troublesome..." Chen Xian looked at the remnants of the paper figurines on the ground, and said to Lu Yisheng without raising his head, "Their ability to split should be limited, and they can't split without their heads, you see."

Chen Xian poked the stump of the paper figurine a few times with his fingers, with a strangely excited expression on his face.

"The yin particles in their bodies are rapidly draining, and it is estimated that they will decompose themselves in a short time, and then turn into air like those spirit bodies... This structure seems to be different from other abnormal beings with entities. I It's the first time I've seen you."

"......"

At this time, Chen Xian was not like the chief of the investigation department, but more like a child who got a novelty toy, studying the wreckage of the paper figurine with excitement, and a look on his face that Lu Yisheng could not understand. smile.

Is he all right?

Lu Yisheng muttered in his heart, although Chen Xian spoke to him softly, but it was undeniable... Chen Xian brought Lu Yisheng a stronger sense of oppression than Tu Sen.

The change of Chen Xian's expression before and after seems a little nervous to Lu Yisheng, especially after eating such a disgusting thing, he can still laugh... This kind of psychological quality is no longer a normal person, right? ?

"Boss, why don't we study it later?" Lu Yisheng couldn't help but remind Chen Xian, "We have other things to do, isn't it bad to delay here..."

"Don't worry, I'm just doing business."

When Chen Xian said this, his right hand had already stretched out from the paper man's broken abdominal cavity. Before Lu Yi could make a sound to stop him, Chen Xian had slowly moved his right hand with the sticky sound of stirring the meat filling. He pulled it out from the inside, holding a piece of bamboo the length of a chopstick in his hand.

Chen Xian found out when he was playing against the paper people before. The bones of their bodies are all made of bamboo pieces, from head to toe. There are no exceptions, but one of them is quite special. It is close to the ventricle. In this position, the bamboo pieces are wider and thicker than those in other places. They are almost half a palm wide and as long as chopsticks. Since they are erected on the side near the ventricle, it is difficult to find it from the front. It can only be found from the side.

"I was thinking when Section Chief Song suspected that the investigators were cursed... Will there be some artificial factors in this case..." Chen Xian and Lu Yisheng said. , flipping through the piece of bamboo covered with the stench-smelling liquid a few times, and soon an expression like this appeared on his face, "Come and have a look."

Hearing Chen Xian's words, Lu Yisheng could only endure his nausea and lean over. When observing the piece of bamboo, he also held his breath and did not dare to breathe, because he didn't want to smell the pungent smell in his heart.

With the light of the flashlight, Lu Yisheng squinted and looked at the bamboo sheet carefully, his expression gradually becoming confused.

"Is this a talisman?"

Lu Yisheng could vaguely see a concave talisman on the bamboo sheet soaked with the paper figurine's blood. Since the depth of the talisman was very shallow, he felt extremely difficult to read it.

"Edict... 歙... Drop Yin..." Lu Yisheng said to Chen Xian in a eloquent manner, trying his best to interpret the content of this talisman, "The following circle seems to be It's not a word...it's a picture of Rengui..."

"Is this talisman from Taoism?" Chen Xian asked tentatively.

"It should be, but I have never seen this talisman, nor have I seen anything like it..." Lu Yisheng couldn't help frowning when he said this, "Each talisman has its own meaning. The characteristics of the dharma, whether it is the orthodox Daoist religion or the folk dharma, there are traces of the connection between the talisman and the dharma, but this... I can't see it."

"We don't need to think about the pulse now, I just want to know what this talisman is for." Chen Xian smiled, his eyes a little curious, "Can you see this?"

"This talisman is definitely the most complicated talisman I've ever seen, so I'm not sure." Lu Yisheng took a closer look and frowned, "I feel like a Taoist talisman used to raise ghosts, maybe It is used to control the spirit body, and there are incantations for nourishing yin in it, but if you look carefully...the pictures on the feet of the talisman are also for gathering yang, which is opposite to the incantation for nourishing yin above. I have seen this picture in ancient books, not only can it gather Yang, but it also seems to have the effect of suppressing evil."

After Lu Yisheng finished the analysis, Chen Xian was already confused. This talisman is both nourishing yin and gathering yang... Why does it feel a little conflicted?

"Forget it, don't study this, let's go."

Chen Xian threw the bamboo pieces in his hands aside, patted the dust on his clothes and stood up slowly.

In fact, for Chen Xian, it is not so important to understand the function of this talisman. He just wanted to find an answer, and this answer was found when he saw the talisman on the bamboo piece...

"Where are we going now?" Lu Yisheng asked.

"Go find someone."

Chen Xian picked up the meat saw that was put aside, turned around and walked towards the garden square. It seemed that because he had found the answer, his footsteps could not help but become a little brisk.

"Find him and kill him, this case should be declared closed."