Zheng Yongzhen, the general manager of Miliu Township Cemetery and the village chief of Miliu Township, turned into a zombie in a locked room.

"Get rid of this zombie quickly!" Director Xue didn't want to take another look at the terrifying zombie, and said with disgust: "It's too dangerous to stay here!"

The people from the two village committees wanted to stop him, but seeing Zheng Yongzhen's terrifying appearance, they felt it was inappropriate to stay here, so they chose to remain silent.

"Check whether there are any external injuries on its body first!" Chen Chuyao said while looking at the zombie.

"I'll check it out!"

Mr. Adam volunteered to step forward and leaned down to examine the zombie's body.

After a while, Mr. Adam stood up and said to everyone: "No wounds were found!"

"What……?!"

Everyone was surprised and didn't understand how Zheng Yongzhen turned into a zombie if he was not injured.

"Didn't I just say that our general manager has been hiding in his room and has never had any contact with zombies!" The village committee member immediately said: "You still don't believe what I said, now you can prove that what I said is true.

That’s right!”

"Have you never come into contact with zombies? How could he become like this! Impossible!" Director Xue said in confusion.

"This is really strange! How did this person get infected with the virus?!" Mr. Adam was also confused, and he stepped forward to check the zombie again as if he was worried. But the result was the same as before, and nothing unusual was found.

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"Chuyao, what do you think?!" Andy Li asked Chen Chuyao.

"There is no clear idea yet!" Chen Chuyao said softly: "But I think this person's transformation into a zombie is related to the crime index warning!"

Hearing this, Andy Li immediately agreed: "I think so too. The sudden crime index warning and the zombies in the secret room cannot be a simple coincidence!"

"You mean, this person turned into a zombie artificially?!" Mr. Adam continued: "But by what means can a person be infected with the zombie virus without coming into contact with zombies?!"

"Zheng Yongzhen may have accidentally consumed food or water containing the virus without knowing it, or he could have used a syringe to inject the virus into the target's body to infect it!" Andy Li speculated.

"That's right! This way, even if there are no zombie bites, you will still be infected!" Director Xue immediately followed, as if the problem had been solved.

"But when I checked just now, I didn't find any pinholes!" Mr. Adam continued: "It should have been poisoned!"

"There is another question!" Chen Chuyao stared at the zombie with her big, beautiful eyes and whispered softly: "If someone indeed infected this person through some method, how did the murderer leave this locked room from the inside?

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"Let me check the windows!" Mr. Adam reacted immediately and suggested.

"No need!" Chen Chuyao said softly: "I just checked, and there are no signs of opening the windows in the room. The snow on the windowsill outside and in the yard is intact, without any footprints."

"So, it's another secret room!" Mr. Adam suddenly said.

Andy Li frowned and thought attentively for a moment, then said, "Do you still remember the several secret rooms that Miss Litchi introduced?"

Except for Chen Chuyao, everyone present looked at Andy Li with confused expressions. It was obvious that they had no idea about Miss Lizhi's theory about the secret room.

"Miss Litchi once said that there is a type of secret room called an 'internal bleeding chamber', which means that after Zheng Yongzhen was poisoned, he returned to the room and locked the door from the inside. Or the murderer did it without the victim's knowledge.

After poisoning the victim, he left the room, and then the victim locked the door himself from inside." Andy Li explained.

"That is to say, Zheng Yongzhen locked the door himself!" Mr. Adam suddenly said: "Then this is the so-called 'pseudo secret room'! It just looks like a secret room, but in fact the death of the victim and the killing method have nothing to do with the secret room!"

"It is indeed possible!" Chen Chuyao followed with bright eyes: "Now we need to investigate who has been in this room or had contact with Zheng Yongzhen from last night to now."

"We live in the room next to the general manager and haven't heard anything!" a member of the village committee said.

"The soundproofing effect of the rooms here is very good! You should not be able to hear the movement next door in the room!" Anna explained.

"Director Xue, now we need staff to question everyone." Andy Li said to Xue Ruike: "The first is to ask them if they have seen Zheng Yongzhen, and the second is to ask them what they did after coming here yesterday, and whether anyone can prove it.

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"Understood! Just investigate everyone's alibi!" Director Xue responded solemnly.

At this time, Chen Chuyao looked out the window and said softly: "The snow has stopped!"

Hearing the words, everyone came to the window and saw the first light of morning. There was snow everywhere, and the zombies outside the wall were still tirelessly trying to enter the yard.

"I'll inform the police headquarters about the situation here!" Andy Li said in a deep voice.

"I will cooperate with the inquiry!" Chen Chuyao said softly.

"What should I do with this person?!" Director Xue pointed at the restrained zombie.

"Lock the door!" Andy Li said simply: "When the people from the Technical Bureau of the Police Headquarters arrive, they can inspect it!"

"Oh...!" Director Xue responded.

Then, everyone left the room and went about their own business, and the door was locked again.

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A total of 51 villagers and hot spring hotel guests, and a total of 29 institute staff, were all in the banquet restaurant on the fourth floor of the Baroque Hotel.

After inquiries, it was found that except for a few village committee members who lived in separate rooms, everyone else basically lived together. This could be corroborated by each other. No one noticed any unusual behavior by others at night.

After the crime index warning was issued, when everyone gathered on the fourth floor, they were too busy running to pay attention to the people around them.

In a hurry, Chen Chuyao and others were unable to find any useful clues.

Soon after, the first batch of border police flew aircraft to the Baroque Hotel and immediately launched rescue operations for all trapped persons.

The border police were all fully armed and equipped with a full set of chemical protection equipment. At the same time, all trapped persons in the institute were put on protective clothing that could block the spread of the virus, covering everyone from head to toe.

After that, everyone got on the aircraft one after another and was sent to Xindu Hospital for examination. The main task was to conduct blood tests on everyone to see if they were infected with unknown viruses. Only after it was confirmed that all these people were fine,

Only then can everyone's protective equipment be lifted.

After three days of comprehensive isolation and inspection, it was finally proved that all trapped persons were not infected.

At Andy Li's request, police officers from the Criminal Bureau of the Xindu Police Headquarters conducted individual interviews with all the quarantined persons and recorded all their circumstances during the period of confinement in the case file.

On this day, Su Fang, deputy section chief of Pre-Search Section 1 of the Criminal Bureau of the Police Headquarters, came to the isolation ward to visit Andy Li and others who were isolated here.

Because it was confirmed that no one was infected, but they still need to stay in the hospital for observation. So Andy Li, Chen Chuyao and Mr. Adam were allowed to gather together to meet with Deputy Section Chief Su Fang.

Although it was confirmed that there was no infection, out of caution, Deputy Section Chief Su Fang wore a full set of protective clothing and came to the isolation ward.

"How are Andy and Chu Yao doing lately?!" Su Fang looked at the few people with a smile. Even though she was wearing tight protective clothing, she could not hide her mature and beautiful temperament.

“We are all fine!”

Andy Li's serious report.

Because the police officers from the Criminal Bureau had interviewed everyone before, Su Fang already knew the identity of Mr. Adam, but the identity he introduced was still that of Abel. As friends, Andy Li and Chen Chuyao did not specifically tell the truth.

this matter.

"Excuse me, what happened to those zombies that suddenly appeared? How did the border police deal with those zombies?" Andy Li asked. These things have been worrying Andy Li for the past few days.

"According to experts from the Xindu Police Headquarters Technical Bureau and Xindu Medical University, those zombies were caused by fungal infection. Experts currently name this first-discovered fungus 'zombie fungus', which is a type of group-thinking fungus.

Fungi that can control corpses. After research, it was found that just spraying a fungus-killing agent can kill those fungi, thereby making the zombies incapacitated!"

"Those wriggling tentacles turned out to be fungi?!" Mr. Adam said suddenly.

"Yes! It's fungus." Deputy Section Chief Su Fang continued to explain: "After the fungus invades the corpse, it grows rapidly, then controls the brain stem, and after spreading its tentacles all over the body, it can control the corpse and turn it into a zombie that can move!

"

Chen Chuyao frowned slightly, with some confusion in her clear and beautiful eyes, and continued: "Fungi rely on saprophytic or parasitic nutrition to survive. They cannot directly use water and carbon dioxide to produce nutrients through photosynthesis, but rely on decomposition and absorption.

Inanimate organic matter serves as the energy source for metabolism and the material basis for reproduction and growth.”

Andy Li and Mr. Adam were a little confused after hearing Chen Chuyao's words and did not understand what she really meant.

Chen Chuyao immediately explained: "In other words, according to the characteristics of fungi in the traditional sense, this kind of 'zombie fungus' should not be interested in living people!"

After hearing this, Deputy Section Chief Su Fang said: "Chu Yao is right! According to experts' research, these zombies transformed by fungi will not attack living people!"

"What……?!"

Andy Li and Mr. Adam both showed shocked expressions.

"But why do those zombies keep chasing those villagers!?" Mr. Adam said puzzledly: "They also besieged us in the courtyard of the research institute. What is it that attracts them?!"
Chapter completed!