QT- I’m Almost Died
Chapter 260. The Case Closed
Zhang Yang had never known that hunger and thirst could feel so painful, and the loss of power weakened even his soul. His mind had completely lost the ability to think, and he had degenerated into a wild beast.
What is the instinct of wild animals? It’s to eat!
He would do anything to get food and water!
He opened his mouth and drank the blue drug in one gulp. The sensation of his lips and tongue being moistened was like a sudden rain in a parched desert, so comfortable that he groaned on the spot. However, the amount of the drug was far too small, it only moistened the burnt skin on his lips before it was gone.
He tilted his head back, mouth agape, arms trembling as he tried to expel the last drop of the drug. He had no idea that his greedy, twisted face had been clearly captured by several hidden cameras, cropped into images by Song Rui, and placed side-by-side with the image of the real culprit captured during the tragedy that night, before being posted in the comments section.
The comparison has convinced netizens of Fan Jialuo’s words.
This fierce expression, greedy face, and ferocious demeanor were exactly like the murderer from that night! And the real Fan Jialuo stood beside this man, his expression calm, his demeanor composed, and the light emanating from his eyes deep and unfathomable.
They clearly possessed identical faces, yet at this moment, standing together, their diametrically opposed souls made their physical appearances bear no resemblance. One was vicious and ruthless, like a demon or a beast, the other was calm and serene, like water and the wind——they were not even one person!
There’s no mistake! The murderer is Zhang Yang under a disguise!
When netizens reached this conclusion with absolute certainty, Zhang Yang, nourished by the drug, visibly became plump. This scene, ironically, overlapped with his ruthless act of killing and devouring hearts.
At this point, netizens had no more doubts about Fan Jialuo’s words. The murderer who committed three tragedies was definitely Zhang Yang! There was no one else but him! His expression, his eyes, his posture, his movements, all were so terrifying, and so unforgettable!
His previous several changes of expression have led netizens to imagine even more terrifying things.
One netizen said in a terrified tone: 【Oh my god! It might be a bit harsh to say this, but I’m really glad he used Teacher Fan’s face when he killed someone. Because Teacher Fan has the ability to find out the truth and prove his innocence, but others can’t! Just think about it, if Zhang Yang had used my little Xuanxuan’s face when he killed someone, wouldn’t my little Xuanxuan be doomed? 】
Ouyang Xuan’s fans: !!!
Fans of the other dozens of popular celebrities: !!
Holy crap! Thinking about it this way is absolutely terrifying! Only Teacher Fan could handle something like this, if it happened to someone else, their life would be ruined! Even if they had a hundred mouths, they couldn’t explain themselves!
The dozens of celebrities involved were completely stunned. They hadn’t even considered the possibility of it before, but now, seeing Zhang Yang’s slightly fuller face, they instantly got goosebumps!
【Teacher Fan, you are my idol’s savior! You are like a mountain, shielding him from a catastrophic disaster! Zhang Yang is like a malevolent fox spirit, he’ll die if he doesn’t devour people’s hearts. Thank goodness he chose to target you first and fell straight into your trap, he never got the chance to harm anyone else. If he had gone after my idol instead, my idol would have been absolutely done for! Zhang Yang replicated so many faces just to hide his true identity, right? He’s planning to frame one person after another, knowing that even if the crime is exposed, someone else will always take the blame. He’s absolutely ruthless! 】
This netizen’s imagination made Zhang Yang’s terrifying image even more vivid and also provided him with a motive for murder.
Many people believed this story and lined up to thank their idol’s savior on his behalf. The more fiercely Fan Jialuo was criticized before, the more highly he is being praised now. His Weibo is almost entirely filled with the words “I’m sorry,” and his follower count has jumped from 150 million to nearly 200 million.
This is absolutely a world record number.
Dozens of celebrities also logged onto Weibo to sincerely thank Fan Jialuo, and then announced their contract termination with the Zhang family’s film and movie company. When Su Fengxi’s incident occurred, the Zhang family had protection from higher authorities, after a period of turmoil, things stabilized. They thought they had chosen the right path, but now they realize it wasn’t a path at all, it was a complete trap!
Zhang Yang, like Su Fengxi, is a monster! Perhaps everyone in the Zhang family is a monster!
Before the live broadcast even ended, the Zhang Group’s stock price plummeted.
But a more ferocious wave, a more devastating tsunami, was brewing beneath the calm surface. This was because Fan Jialuo had not only exposed Zhang Yang’s crimes, but also destroyed the very foundation of his power. The drug he had developed was highly poisonous, once the higher-ups found out, the Zhang family’s fate would be sealed.
Zhang Yang was completely controlled by the urge to eat. One vial of drug could not quench his body’s thirst and his soul’s turmoil, instead, it only intensified the deep-seated craving. Every cell in his body was screaming—— I want energy! More, more, more energy!
He still has the face of Fan Jialuo, but his twisted and ferocious expression will never be mistaken for anyone else.
He crouched down like a dog, sticking his head into the storage compartment to lick the medicine leaking from the broken glass bottle. His tongue was cut by shards of glass, gushing blood, but it did nothing to restore even the slightest bit of his sanity.
Seeing Zhang Yang’s beastly behavior, the chief investigator standing in the observation room tried his best to suppress his emotions, but his hands, clasped tightly behind his back, trembled in waves. He finally realized what an abyss he had fallen into.
As he struggled to suppress his inner panic, Fan Jialuo looked down at Zhang Yang and slowly said, “This is the consequence of blindly pursuing power.”
What is the fate of those who blindly pursue power? They are reduced to half-human, half-monster slaves forever shackled by their dependence on drugs. How can a slave speak of freedom, true strength, or climbing the ladder of success? A slave’s ultimate fate is simply to be discarded once their usefulness is spent.
The chief investigator recalled the experiment and immediately realized that if the drug was addictive, the people who participated in the experiment would be discarded by their superiors. They would still be used, but no longer carefully cultivated and strongly supported. Instead, they would be used like a knife, forced to be at the forefront in everything, and once their blades were dulled or broken, they would be thrown away.
The chief investigator, drenched in cold sweat, thought to himself, it’s over! It’s all over!
Just as he thought of this, Director Lin quickly entered the observation room, accompanying several high-ranking officials. A smile tugged at the corners of their mouth, yet their eyes betrayed a look of panic and bewilderment.
After exchanging greetings with Chief Yan, the officials fixed their gaze on whatever was happening on the other side of the observation mirror and asked in a deep voice, “How is Zhang Yang doing?”
Chief Yan glanced at Song Rui.
Song Rui waved the notebook in his hand, “He has completely lost his mind. After five days of abstinence, his bodily functions are in complete failure. Two doses of drugs are not enough to replenish his energy. In addition to drugs, he may need the heart or flesh of a living person to supplement his nutrition.”
Upon hearing this, the faces of several officials twitched involuntarily. If this was a side effect of the drug, then was their carefully trained force of two thousand men a powerful weapon or a cannibalistic monster?
If it is the latter, the consequences would be so severe that they dare not even imagine them!
As the officials were trembling with fear, Chief Yan’s phone rang, it was the supreme leader.
Upon seeing the caller ID, everyone fell silent.
Chief Yan hurriedly left the observation room with his phone in hand, then returned a few minutes later, saying in a deep voice, “The Leader has ordered me to thoroughly investigate Zhang Yang’s case. This experiment must be aborted immediately, and everyone involved in the experiment must be investigated. Director Lin, you should go with them.”
Chief Yan pointed to the two soldiers following behind him.
Director Lin clenched his fist suddenly, then slowly released it, and argued, “Chief Yan, we have already conducted withdrawal experiments, and none of the participants have shown symptoms like Zhang Yang. He is a mutant, and his mutation has nothing to do with our drug.”
Chief Yan waved his hand, signaling his subordinates to take Director Lin away.
Director Lin was filled with resentment and wanted to argue further, but Song Rui shook his head and said, “Every test subject’s constitution is different. How can you be sure that the drug has no side effects without undergoing two or three years of withdrawal experiments? Although I don’t understand its composition, I can guess how it works. It’s like a combustion accelerant, which can promote the body to burn and release energy. And combustion accelerants will have different effects when used on different materials.”
“Put it on wet firewood, it burns slowly, put it on dry firewood, it burns quickly, put it on gasoline, it burns out immediately. Some of the test subjects were wet firewood, some were dry firewood, and some, like Zhang Yang, were gasoline, so the reactions were naturally different. You didn’t even consider this, what kind of experiment were you conducting? You treated the lives of more than two thousand people like a joke, you can’t shirk this responsibility.”
Song Rui’s words completely sealed Director Lin’s fate.
Director Lin glared at him through gritted teeth, but was shoved hard by two soldiers and fell awkwardly out of the observation room.
The chief investigator didn’t participate in the experiment openly, instead, he secretly took the drug, thus avoiding detention. However, he knew this was only the beginning of his suffering. Once the experiment ended, the drug would no longer be produced, and once withdrawal symptoms appeared, he would completely descend into madness!
He will kill people everywhere like Zhang Yang, then be wanted, rounded up, and eventually shot!
The chief investigator closed his eyes briefly, and when he looked at Zhang Yang again, his eyes were filled with hatred.
Chief Yan waved his hand at his subordinates, “The truth behind the three tragedies is already very clear. Make the platform stop the live broadcast. Get Zhang Yang a few more doses of the drug to bring him back to his senses. We need to interrogate him immediately. All the test subjects who took the drug must be taken into custody immediately to prevent them from endangering society. Zhang family’s business must also be completely sealed off.”
The soldiers nodded in agreement and prepared to leave.
Song Rui added, “The effects of this drug are astonishing, and there have always been more people who blindly pursue power than ever before. On the surface, more than two thousand people participated in the experiment, but behind the scenes, how many more did the Zhang family send out to win people’s hearts? Chief Yan, have you thought about that? The biggest hidden danger is not those experimental subjects, but those who are already addicted to it and lurking in the shadows.”
Song Rui patted the chief investigator on the shoulder and asked with a half-smile, “Deputy Bureau Chief Zhang, do you think I’m right?”
The chief investigator nearly collapsed to his knees on the spot.
Chief Yan shot a meaningful look to several of his subordinates, and the entire investigation team was handcuffed and taken to a secret interrogation location. Once Zhang Yang regains his senses, the authorities will definitely make him produce the complete list of those who took the drug. These are man-eating monsters! They absolutely cannot be tolerated!
However, in reality, the cannibalism was just a charade staged by Zhang Yang to frame Fan Jialuo, and the withdrawal symptoms were not that severe.
He never dreamed that not only would he fail to kill Fan Jialuo, but he would also lose all the connections he had carefully built.
The once bustling and arrogant investigation team is now completely wiped out. With just a live broadcast and a single machine, Fan Jialuo destroyed Zhang Yang, as well as a behemoth like the Zhang family and the network of relationships they had painstakingly built.
“I never imagined this thing would be used like this! It’s Zhang Yang’s bad luck that he came to you.” Chief Yan pointed at the cartoon-shaped vending machine and sighed.
Song Rui chuckled and said, “Calculating people’s hearts is my specialty, and facing off against the opponent is Teacher Fan’s specialty. We are simply doing our respective jobs.”
Chief Yan gave a thumbs up and sincerely praised, “The two of you together are absolutely amazing! It’s my luck to have such excellent advisors as you.”
“You flatter me.” Song Rui waved his hand modestly, then looked at Fan Jialuo in the interrogation room.
He stood beside Zhang Yang, silently observing the other’s beast-like behavior.
After licking the remaining liquid from the machine, Zhang Yang’s bloodshot eyes finally lost some of their madness. He rolled over, his stomach bulging, and began to pant heavily. He was still in great pain, his skin felt like it was crawling with insects, tingling and itching in waves, making him wish he could scratch it raw and tear his flesh out.
Fan Jialuo bent down to look at him and asked in a low voice, “Why did you scheme against me?” He wanted to confirm whether the Zhang family was connected to the antique case.
These few words were imbued with Fan Jialuo’s irresistible magnetic field, causing Zhang Yang’s eyes to momentarily mist over before he spoke in a venomous tone, “To take revenge!”
“Who are you taking revenge for?” Fan Jialuo was taken aback.
“For Su Fengxi!” Mentioning his lover’s name, Zhang Yang immediately came to his senses.
Fan Jialuo tilted his head and pondered for a second or two, then suddenly realized.
He didn’t say a word, but his reaction clearly showed that if Zhang Yang hadn’t mentioned it, he would have almost forgotten about Su Fengxi.
The person he had killed in such a brutal manner was cast from his mind after a mere few months. Had no one else brought it up, he would never have even thought back on it. He had fallen for Su Fengxi’s tricks and taken hits from her before, but he still forgot all about her. To him, getting bitten by a stray mosquito once in a while wasn’t something to lose sleep over.
Just swat the mosquitoes and that’s it. Who would keep thinking about it?
As Zhang Yang gradually realized what Su Fengxi meant to Fan Jialuo, his heart shattered. His pent-up hatred surged forth like a tsunami, but it only hurt himself and did nothing to disturb the person in front of him.
He began to laugh softly, and as he laughed, two lines of bloody tears streamed down his face. He murmured, “Do you know? She kept calling your name until she died. She often talked about the giant whale because the giant whale was you, and you were her nightmare. I always tried to persuade her to think more positively, but I made the same mistake as her.”
He had originally been glaring up at Fan Jialuo with his head tilted back, but now he slumped down dejectedly and closed his eyes, and said, “I finally understand the helplessness she described to me. A giant whale, darkening the sky, swims through the deep sea, and we blind shrimp can only sway to and fro with the waves it creates. We have no control over our own destiny. We are blind shrimp——the kind of freebies vendors toss in by the bagful when you buy seafood. What are we then? Hahaha……”
Zhang Yang laughed maniacally for a while, then said, “Fan Jialuo, help me kill someone, and I’ll give you all of mine……”
He omitted the words “fish jade pendant,” but Fan Jialuo knew what he meant. So he crouched down and effortlessly extracted six jade pendants of varying sizes from his mind. He did it very discreetly, without anyone noticing.
“Why are you able to remove them from other people’s bodies?” Fan Jialuo asked telepathically, because it seemed that only he could do this.
Zhang Yang opened his mouth, wanting to speak, but his soul was imprisoned. Someone was not allowing him to give an answer. His eyes flickered slightly, and he repeated what he had said before, “Fan Jialuo, help me kill someone. His sins are greater than mine, greater than Su Fengxi’s. I’ll tell you the address, go and kill him! When you get there, you’ll know everything.”
He uttered an address and then fell into a coma, the resentment on his face slowly twisting into a vicious smile.
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