Chapter 276 It's Almost Time to Come Out for a Breath

Zhang Heng moved down the utility knife in his hand, cut Zhang Jingli's thumb, and saw the flesh and blood below. In a still world, living things do not follow the rule of touch and effect, so the blood in the blood vessels will not flow , but you can still clearly see the color of the blood inside after cutting it open.

Different from the black blood on Zhang Jingli's calf, the blood vessels in his hand flowed the same red blood as ordinary people. To be cautious, Zhang Heng scraped off the scab on his calf and found that only the upper layer was black. So far, Zhang Heng has been able to confirm that Zhang Jingli is not the thing he met before, but just an ordinary child in the orphanage, but he should have a certain relationship with that thing, otherwise he would not voluntarily cover the vat and hide the gauze on the bed, He even did not hesitate to insert an arrow into his own calf, even an adult may not have such ruthlessness.

It's just that he obviously doesn't know what the price is for what he did. If Zhang Heng hadn't realized the abnormality of the orphanage staff, as long as the utility knife was pressed down a little, it would be difficult for Zhang Jingli to survive.

Zhang Heng put away the utility knife in his hand, his target tonight was that monster, not the cynical kid in the children's welfare home, but if Zhang Jingli wasn't the one who attacked them tonight, then where was the one who attacked them tonight?

More than 20 hours have passed since he entered the still world, and the hour hand of the starfish will make a full circle in about two hours. If the time to go back is also counted, there should be only one and a half activities left for him It took about an hour, and Zhang Heng had already searched the main building of the Children's Welfare Institute at this moment. Except for Zhang Jingli, he did not find any suspicious targets.

If the other party just bandaged up in the orphanage and then left, it would undoubtedly be the worst situation for Zhang Heng, because it would be difficult to conduct a large-scale search like before in the remaining time, but Zhang Heng did not think that the other party Choosing the orphanage was just a coincidence. Children like Zhang Jingli who lived in the orphanage rarely had contact with the outside world, and many of them did not trust outsiders for various reasons.

But the current situation of the Children's Welfare Institute is indeed not like the loss of a child just happened, so there is only one possibility left.

Zhang Heng went back to the file room not far from the B-ultrasound room, found the recent adoption records, and dug up the files of the children who were adopted in the most recent period according to the names above.

Zhang Heng originally thought it would take a while, but when he saw the photo on one of the files, he froze there because he actually knew the person on it.

——Zhao Xiaotian, this name was newly given by the orphanage, but the person in the photo is no stranger to Zhang Heng. It was the child he saved when he first encountered that monster that could melt walls. When passing by that remote alley, I tried to rescue the old woman who scavenged, but was unsuccessful. In the end, I only had time to take away her little grandson who was standing by.

He later reported the case to the police station and left the child there. According to regulations, if the police station could not find any other relatives of the child, he would be sent to the orphanage. Therefore, Zhao Xiaotian entered the orphanage about a month ago. Welfare home.

Coincidentally, on Christmas Eve a few days later, Zhang Heng saw Zhao Xiaotian again in the corner of the amusement park, but he only saw the back of the other party in the crowd, and did not contact Zhao Xiaotian with that back at that time Together, and Hayase Asuka and the boy chasing her came out of the haunted house, Zhang Heng didn't take this matter to heart.

But looking back now, Zhao Xiaotian actually has a lot of doubts. Under preconceived circumstances, both Zhang Heng and the female policeman in charge of recording the statement at the police station thought that Zhao Xiaotian was the grandson of the old man who was murdered. He played the role of the victim in the incident, but in fact there is no evidence to prove the blood relationship between the two. Among the low-level homeless people, in order to dispatch loneliness and tide over the difficulties together, many of them had no relationship at all. people will accompany each other.

Especially when the pool of black liquid swallowed up the old scavengers, Zhao Xiaotian just stood aside and watched quietly, neither crying nor fussing. Zhang Heng thought he was frightened, but in fact his performance was also okay. It is interpreted as the hunter admiring his own masterpiece.

Shen Xixi once said that the target of that thing is the scavengers on the edge of the city, so what is easier to approach them than to be one of them, so that they can relax their vigilance? Coupled with Zhao Xiaotian's age, most of the scavengers No one will be wary of him, he is like a wolf with his tail tucked among the sheep, no one will find out his true identity, and he can choose his own dinner in a calm manner.

So now there is only one last question left, where is Zhao Xiaotian?

Zhang Heng saw in the file that Zhao Xiaotian was adopted by a middle-aged couple who could not have children two days ago. The address of the other party was in a mid-range community in the Fourth Ring Road.

But Zhang Heng did not leave in a hurry. Zhao Xiaotian was the most cunning opponent he had ever met, and he was very good at disguising himself. So far, he had caused Zhang Heng to make three misjudgments.

In addition to Zhang Heng treating him as a victim when they met for the first time, he also tried to use Li Shengyue to confuse Zhang Heng on the top floor of the library. Reese's Arrow]'s locked target, followed by this confrontation at the Children's Welfare Institute. With Zhang Jingli who is willing to cooperate with him, his layout this time is even more confusing.

Zhang Heng believes that Zhao Xiaotian's inducing himself to kill Zhang Jingli is definitely not the end, but the beginning of a counterattack. He should have follow-up arrangements. If Zhang Heng really steps into the trap, he will probably be charged with murder because of it. Although Heng has some game props with supernatural powers and rich life experience, this is not Nassau in the 18th century. Personal power cannot compete with the state machine. Even if he can escape the follow-up investigation, he can only Live in darkness for the rest of your life.

This is also in line with the consistent characteristics of that thing. He understands human society very well. Not only has he been hunting carefully, avoiding the public eye and the attention of authorities, but he also uses the rules of human society to solve his threats. The only thing he missed The only thing I don't know is that Zhang Heng has an extra 24 hours a day.

And based on Zhang Heng's understanding of that thing, he usually doesn't leave after making a hunting plan, but hides on the spot. On the one hand, it is more conducive to him to control the direction of things, and on the other hand, he seems to like it very much. Witness the futile struggle and resistance of the prey.

But this time, he apparently set himself on fire.

Zhang Heng took out the design drawing of the Children's Welfare Institute from the archives, held the design drawing and searched the orphanage again, this time he finally made a new discovery, the length of the corridor on the second floor was probably shorter than indicated on the design drawing 50cm, and there is no window on the design drawing, in other words, the structure of this section of the wall has been changed.

"It's almost time to come out and get some air."

Zhang Heng left the Children's Welfare Institute and turned to the construction site next door. When he came back ten minutes later, he had an extra hammer for demolishing the wall.