amaotonovel Chapter 3159: Detective is dying ()
Chapter 3159: Detective is dying ()
Chapter 3159: The Detective is about to die (Ten)
Following the Transcendent's shout of "Battle Begins!", everyone entered into their second battle here, and their opponent was naturally Madeline, who was now behaving strangely.
But now a strange situation has arisen. Madeline does not want to fight with them, she just wants to get the pistol. This proves that the monster called the Prowler does have a certain pattern of action. Although it is not known whether it is to complete the last action of the possessed person before death, it is definitely related to this, otherwise she would not have such a strong obsession with this pistol.
But Greed was faster than her. As soon as he rushed downstairs, he picked up the revolver that she had thrown down from the second floor, and he was determined not to give the revolver to the monster.
If it was something else, other people would probably try to persuade him, but guns are indeed dangerous. They may not be useful for killing monsters, but they can definitely kill people with one shot. It doesn't seem like a good idea to just give it to the monsters.
Greedy refused to give it to Madeline, who insisted, so she chased him away, and the others could only watch as they went around in circles in the snow.
Taking this opportunity, Schiller observed Madeline and found that the speed of this monster was not actually very fast, which was equivalent to the medium-speed running speed of an adult.
If she was chasing someone else in the team, she might be able to catch up, but Greed had definitely increased his dexterity. The monster chased him for a long time, but only left a lot of footprints on the ground, and didn't even touch the corner of his clothes.
Greedy once again ran past Schiller, stopped to catch his breath, waved his gun at the monster and said, "Keep chasing me, do you believe I can run with you here for a year?"
This remarkably provocative attitude apparently angered the monster, and Madeline suddenly roared, and Schiller saw that her head split open, and just like the detective, her entire upper body was divided into two halves.
She walked backwards, and her speed was much faster than walking with her hands. Everyone else was ready to give up the chase out of greed, and the main universe Batman even raised his shotgun.
Greedy dodged her first attack, but he was not in the least bit panicked. By this time the fire in the house was already very big, so he turned around and ran straight towards the house, with the monster following closely behind him.
When Greedy arrived at the door of the house, he paused for a moment, dodged Madeline's second pounce, and then threw the revolver in his hand into the burning house.
Madeleine threw herself into the flames.
If this were a movie, this would have been considered a perfect ending, but unfortunately, everyone knows that fire can burn the body but it cannot destroy the monster.
Everyone walked to the front of the house and watched the raging fire burning in the house in silence. Madeline was soon burned to a crisp, but she still stood up unsteadily and reached out for the revolver on the ground, but the collapsed beams fell on her and she never moved again.
"Is it over?" Greedy asked knowingly.
"Can the monsters in this game possess us?" Schiller asked the Transcendent in his heart.
The Transcendent replied: "Yes, but they will abide by the original restrictions."
Schiller nodded to indicate that he understood. He turned to the others and said, "I speculate that this monster called the Prowler must possess a living person. Madeline must have been possessed before she shot herself."
"First possession, then death?" The main universe Batman accurately summarized what Schiller said.
"That's right. Possession probably won't lead to death." Schiller thought for a moment and said, "Even for a period of time after possession, the possessed person doesn't know they are possessed and can still move freely until they trigger certain rules, at which point they will be killed."
"We are the only ones alive here now." Night Owl said, "If the monster can continue to possess us, we will be the only ones to choose."
"One of us may have been possessed." The main universe Batman spoke with a hint of coldness.
"Then how about trying to walk a few steps?" The clown suddenly grinned and said, "Whose footprints are wrong? Maybe we can kill him in advance."
Greedy stood in the snow and stared at the ground. Everyone else walked over. Greedy pointed at the marks on the ground and said, "Our speculation is correct. Human blood can erase the footprints of monsters."
After everyone got closer, they discovered that Greedy had not run with the monster without a purpose. He led the monster around here for several circles, and the monster had passed by his footprints.
Madeline was shot in the head before she jumped out of the window, and her leg was broken after she jumped. Although the amount of bleeding was not large, there was still some, and it was inevitable that blood would fall to the ground while she was running.
Everyone discovered that when human blood fell on the goat's hoof prints, the dark marks completely disappeared, which proved that human blood can indeed cover footprints.
Schiller immediately thought of the key point. He said, "There is no blood from the first floor to the second floor of the house. If the person is not dead, will the monster not leave footprints?"
"I think the Prowler can be considered a virus," Greed said. "The process of his possession is: he possesses a living person, there is an incubation period, the virus breaks out, the living person dies, he controls the corpse, and leaves footprints."
Batman from the main universe went over the status of the three bodies in his mind, and then said, "I also think that the possessed person will not die immediately, but there will be an incubation period."
Batman from the main universe picked up a branch nearby and began to draw on the snow. He said, "A normal adult has about four and a half liters of blood in his body. If it is used to cover footprints in a very precise way, I think it can probably erase about five miles of footprints. But the question is, can the monster use such a precise method?"
Schiller thought of the posture of the first corpse. It was impossible for a person to bleed at such a slow rate by directly splitting his upper body. This kind of wound would probably cause a person to lose 30%-40% of his blood within a few seconds.
"With the way the monster uses blood, it's pretty good if it can cover 1-2 miles of footprints." The main universe Batman said, "But this cabin is very remote, about seven or eight miles from the village. If there are no footprints along the way, it's obviously not as simple as covering them up with blood."
Schiller understood what Batman was saying. An adult's blood was not enough to pave a 7-8-mile road. Even if the monster could control the blood perfectly, it would be impossible to cover all the footprints along the way.
So if the detective was killed in the village and was cut open at the time, it is very likely that he ran out of blood halfway, and there would definitely be footprints around the house.
Although the outside of the house was covered with snow and even if there were footprints, they could not be seen, there would definitely be black goat hoof prints left inside the house because there was no blood to cover them.
But there was actually blood in the house, but no footprints, which means that he was still bleeding until the detective arrived at the cabin.
This proves that the detective could not have started bleeding in the village, but was more likely chopped in halfway, so that there would be enough blood for him to use in the cabin and cover up the footprints in the house.
So now there is only one question left, was the detective possessed halfway and died immediately, or was he possessed in the village, but the monster lurked for a while and only killed him halfway?
Schiller is more inclined to the latter. On the one hand, the monster, the Wanderer, appeared in the village. On the other hand, if someone was possessed, they would die immediately, so Madeline would not have the opportunity to commit suicide.
So it is very likely that the detective received a letter from the owner of the diary and prepared to come to the village to investigate. After arriving here, he rested in the village for a night, but was possessed by the wanderer.
The next day he set out for the diary owner's cabin. On the way, he triggered the monster's killing rules. After being killed, he came back to the cabin.
The snow kept falling and the atmosphere became very silent. They didn't feel very cold because the cabin was still burning, but this raging fire would eventually go out.
No one present seemed anxious; they just watched the burning of the house as if they were appreciating an art performance.
"One of us may have been possessed." Bruce brought up the topic again. He said, "We just don't know what conditions will trigger the monster to erupt."
Schiller thought of Madeline's death. She was not killed by the monster, but committed suicide, but was also controlled by the monster.
This means that monsters have two ways to control humans. Either they wait for humans to trigger certain conditions, kill the humans themselves and control their corpses, or the humans commit suicide or are killed by others, and the monsters can still control the corpses.
"Is it time to leave here?" said Night Owl.
Schiller looked at him but shook his head. The main universe Batman said nothing. Night Owl frowned and said, "I don't understand what you are talking about."
"Madeline's performance has proven that the monster will indeed control the corpse to complete the last thing the possessed person wants to do. Madeline wants to trap or kill the monster by guiding it to commit suicide, but this will not work."
Schiller's voice was colder than the snowstorm. He said, "But what if the last thing I want to accomplish is to kill all of you? What will he do?"
Night Owl paused.
The clown suddenly laughed wildly. He held his cheeks and said, "Did you hear that? Little guy, if you were inside me, I would do this. You would listen to your good mother, right? Hahahahahaha!"
The Pale Knight frowned, and he thought about what Schiller was going to do.
Now they are in a deserted place with nothing but snow around them. It can be said that there are basically no animals around, except for these few living people.
Within the range of footprints covered by the blood of an adult human, there is no other civilized settlement to be found.
If it was Schiller who was possessed, and the last thing he did before dying was to kill all living people within range, then the monster that took control of his corpse after his death would have to do the same.
This will have two results. One result is that all other people will be killed because the monster cannot possess the dead. It can only leave using Schiller's body, but his blood can only cover a very small distance of footprints. Then when the monster appears again, people can immediately see his abnormality through the footprints.
Another result is that he cannot kill the people around him. The people around him escape and he has to chase them. He cannot kill anyone else until he completes his goal.
"What's scary about this monster is that the desires of ordinary people are always simple," Schiller said. "To get to a certain place, to eat something, to figure out certain problems, these limits are almost unlimited."
"But we are different." Schiller turned to look at the main universe Batman, smiled and said, "If your wish is to save a city that cannot be saved, then maybe there will be another superhero named Prowler there?"