Start from a baby to become a Taoist

Chapter 41 The truth is getting closer and closer, the carrier of the nightmare mother is coming?

Ye Ping's tone became heavier, and he spoke each word with emphasis: "You mean—inside a pregnant woman's body?!"

Ye Ping, a veteran of many battles, directly responded to the idea.

Xu Ran's eyes lit up: "Isn't that possible?"

"Hiding inside a pregnant woman, it has its own perfect cover. It also has special creatures that mask the ghost's aura, which is a second layer of protection. As long as it disguises itself as a normal fetus, even with X-ray equipment, it won't be able to find any flaws, right?"

"On the other hand, hiding inside a pregnant woman has another huge advantage..."

Uncle Ye looked surprised: "Can you move freely?"

Xu Ran nodded. "Yes, it can move freely. Uncle Ye, your repeated searches of the city, even the occasional surprise inspections, are certainly very scary. But what if it leaves Jing City soon after causing a nightmare throughout the city?"

"Everyone's attention was drawn to Jing City. Everyone was searching for it there, but it had fled to another city, happily accepting sacrificial energy from all over the country, growing little by little..."

Xu Ran made an extremely bold guess.

His guess has no factual basis and is illogical. His biggest reference is [Body Mystery] and [Parasite Pocket].

The whole guessing process highlights the word "wild".

Regardless of whether it is right or not, just say whether it is wild or not?

But even though there was no factual basis, Ye Ping was already terrified: "So we were all deceived?"

Xu Ran shook his head: "I can't guarantee it. I'm just guessing and offering a possibility."

Listening to Xu Ran's words, Ye Ping frowned, even closed his eyes and rubbed his eyebrows.

"No, your guess is of great reference value."

"Perhaps we have truly been misled. The monster that appeared in the children's dreams during the city's nightmare is actually intended to mislead us into thinking that the Nightmare Mother is a ghostly creature even larger than a building!"

"We were led to believe it must have a unique hiding place. But it was only the size of a fetus!"

"It hid in a pregnant woman's belly, using the pregnant woman and a special ghost creature to conceal its presence. Then it walked around unscrupulously!"

Speaking of this, Ye Ping breathed heavily.

"Damn it! Was the intelligence we got at the beginning misleading?"

Ye Ping's heart was pounding.

The wrong intelligence led them to go in the opposite direction, wasting a year's efforts.

"More than three hundred and thirty days have passed since the city-wide nightmare! The Nightmare Mother has probably gathered her strength. She has probably returned to Jing City and is preparing to launch an attack!"

At this moment.

Ye Ping's expression was more serious than ever. "To be honest, I've been getting increasingly anxious lately. Perhaps this is my spiritual roots, warning me. The Nightmare Mother has probably already gathered strength, preparing to evolve and strike!"

Xu Ran was stunned: "Huh? There should still be a little time, right?"

Ye Ping took a deep breath. "I'm afraid we don't have much time left. Ten days at most, one or two days at least."

Xu Ran: "Then if we catch it a day or two in advance, will that prevent it from evolving?"

Ye Ping: "Absolutely! But the key is... I can't find it!"

Ye Ping rubbed his eyebrows.

"Wait a moment. I'm having the investigation team screen the information. All pregnant women in Jing City with suspicious behavior will be screened out. Wait half an hour."

Xu Ran nodded: "Then let's go directly to the investigation team and wait for the results."

Ye Ping: "Let's go."

More than twenty minutes later, two dark shadows arrived at the General Affairs Department.

After waiting for more than ten minutes in the investigation team’s office, the screening results finally came out!
Head of the delegation, He Sifang, took the report and reported seriously: "In the past five years, there have been a total of 50 pregnant women. There were also pregnant women who had two or more pregnancies and had left Jing City during their pregnancies."

Xu Ran and Ye Ping were both silent.

Searching for the nightmare mother among ten thousand people is undoubtedly like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"Continue screening! How many are still pregnant?"

Three minutes later, He Sifang came over and said, "Sir, there are a total of 1,600 pregnant women.

However, there is one thing that may be worth noting: 233 pregnant women had three miscarriages.

Ye Ping seemed to recall something. "I have a vague recollection of this incident... These pregnant women once complained to the hospital, and the investigation team's final conclusion was that the pollution from the ghost planet increased the risk of miscarriage for some pregnant women with sensitive constitutions."

Xu Ran: "Are they pregnant now?"

He Sifang: "All of them are pregnant."

Xu Ran stared. "Three miscarriages in five years, and four pregnancies. It's impossible to say there's nothing fishy going on. And three miscarriages exactly correspond to the number of times Guhuo's accomplices have been killed."

Ye Ping suddenly spoke up: "Look at the time of their miscarriages. Is there any connection between this and the Guhuo Chan incident?"

He Sifang's subordinates were sifting through the data on their computers. "Sir, the three or four months they were pregnant coincided with the outbreak of the Guhuo Chan incident."

Hear the words.

A gleam flashed in Ye Ping's eyes.

"That must be it. The Nightmare Mother's true form must be hiding in the bellies of these pregnant women!"

Ye Ping took a deep breath.

He stood up and twisted his body, and his bones crackled.

After being frustrated for three hundred and thirty days, can I finally kill the nightmare mother?

Ha ha!

"Find out their residential addresses and I'll check them one by one! Also, prepare enough pinhole cameras for me."

Although it was just a guess, Ye Ping decided to give it a try. After all, there were only 233 people. It was worth checking them one by one.

If you don't notice anything wrong the first time, use a camera to monitor them for a day or two.

He Sifang: "Okay, sir. There are five pregnant women here who were outside Jing City a day ago. They returned to Jing City yesterday afternoon."

Xu Ran and Ye Ping were both stunned: "Huh? Just got back?"

He Sifang: "Yes, they returned to Jing City yesterday afternoon."

Xu Ran: "Uncle Ye, these five pregnant women who just returned are the most suspicious."

Ye Ping agreed: "Yes, the five of them are likely hiding the real body of the Nightmare Mother in their stomachs! Take out their information separately, and let's investigate them first!"

He Sifang nodded repeatedly: "Okay, sir."

Soon, the information and addresses of the five suspected pregnant women were compiled into a single document. The information of the other 228 pregnant women was also divided into separate documents.

Ye Ping opened the document and scanned it for more than ten seconds. "Very good. I'll check it out right away."

Xu Ran: "Uncle Ye, I'll go with you."

Ye Ping: "So let's set off now?"

Xu Ran: “Let’s go!”

Three twenty in the morning.

Xu Ran and Ye Ping stood on the roof.

Ye Ping's mental power followed the tall building and penetrated the house, checking the pregnant woman's breath. "The five most suspicious pregnant women have already been checked. There's nothing unusual? Xiao Ran, can you see anything wrong?"

Xu Ran: "I don't find anything wrong either. Install the pinhole camera and let the investigation team monitor it."

While talking.

Xu Ran took back his Ant No. 1.

Ye Ping: "It's installed. Let's go check on the remaining 228 suspicious pregnant women!"

He did not find it tedious, but instead was full of energy, as if the case was about to be solved.

time flies.

Of the 233 suspected pregnant women, only over 120 were ruled out, but it was almost dawn.

Uncle Ye glanced at Xu Ran with concern. "Xiao Ran, are you tired? If you are, go back and rest."

As the king of self-discipline, how can I be tired?
Xu Ran shook his head: "I'm not tired, let's continue to eliminate."

Two hours later.

Six o'clock in the morning.

Ye Ping and Xu Ran, who had been investigating for most of the night, had gained nothing and could only stand on the street staring at each other.

Ye Ping: "... This is embarrassing. Two hundred and thirty-three inspections ended in failure?"

In fact, search failures have happened hundreds of times, and usually Ye Ping can handle it alone.

But today Xu Ran was watching right next to him, and it was extremely awkward!

He felt somewhat ashamed...

Xu Ran's EQ was full: "It's okay, Uncle Ye. We haven't failed yet. Let's go back and check the surveillance. We will definitely find some clues through the surveillance."

Ye Ping: "I hope so! By the way, Xiao Ran, are you going to other places to gain experience?"

Xu Ran shook his head: "I have completed my training."

This time when he went out, he detained fifty "souls", which gave the main force of paper-folding an unprecedented boost.

The training has been successfully completed!

As for the nightmare of blaming his mother, he also did his best.

Ye Ping patted Xu Ran's shoulder and asked, "Is the training really complete?"

Xu Ran: "It's really done." Ye Ping: "How about spending some time with me to find the Nightmare Mother? You have a very unique way of thinking, maybe you can actually find her!"

Xu Ran smiled faintly: "Okay. It would be difficult to report to the headmaster if I go back now."

Ye Ping: "...Alas, I'm so tired... I'll call He Sifang and ask him to send a car to pick us up."

Xu Ran: "Isn't there a bus?"

Ye Ping: "Take the bus? That's fine too!"

So the two of them got on the bus.

Uncle Ye, who hadn't slept a wink all night, was exhausted and fell asleep as soon as he sat down.

Xu Ran closed his eyes and rested.

The bus drove slowly and stopped at a roadside stop after a few minutes.

A small girl with a schoolbag on her back ran onto the bus and swiped her bus card.

"Please insert a coin."

The mechanical voice was cold, and the little girl was a little panicked. She looked at the coin box, looked at the bus card, turned around and wanted to get off.

Xu Ran opened his eyes: "What's wrong, little sister? Aren't you going to study? Why did you get off the car?"

The little girl looked at Xu Ran timidly and said, "I...I have no money left on my card."

Xu Ran stood up and said, "I'll pay for you. Just find a seat and sit down."

As he spoke, he asked Uncle Ye for his officer card. With a beep, the driver nodded without saying anything. Uncle Ye smiled faintly, put away the officer card, and went back to sleep.

The bus ran smoothly.

Xu Ran kept frowning in thought.

Twelve or thirteen minutes passed by unknowingly.

The little girl suddenly stood up and walked to Xu Ran. She looked serious and said in a childish tone, "Brother, when I help others in kindergarten, the teacher will reward us with a little red flower. Since you helped me, I will reward you with a little red flower too, okay?"

She held up the watercolor pen in her hand, wanting to give Xu Ran a reward.

Xu Ran was surprised: "Okay, but where is the painting?"

Little girl: "On the forehead?"

Xu Ran: "It will disappear after washing your forehead. How about drawing it on my paper?"

As he spoke, Xu Ran took out the small white origami paper he carried with him.

Little girl: "Sure."

She took a stack of papers, knelt on a chair beside her, and concentrated on drawing a little red flower. Although it was a simple sketch from kindergarten, her little face was full of seriousness and every stroke was full of emotion.

"I want to reward you with a hundred little red flowers~"

The little girl smiled sweetly and concentrated on drawing more than thirty little red flowers.

At this time, the bus announced, "Xiyangyang Kindergarten has arrived at the station."

The little girl handed the folded paper to Xu Ran: "I'm at the kindergarten. Thank you, brother. Goodbye."

After saluting Xu Ran, the little girl jumped out of the car.

Xu Ran: "Goodbye, little sister."

Ye Ping opened his eyes and said, "Those who take the bus to school are all children from ordinary families. You're doing a good job of helping them."

"What an innocent and kind little girl."

"Will I give birth to such a lovely daughter in the future?"

Hear the words.

Xu Ran smiled knowingly, staring at the little red flowers that the little girl had drawn with simple skills but sincere feelings. After a few seconds, he put the origami into his pocket with satisfaction. It was worth it to exchange one dollar for a bunch of little red flowers.

Another twenty minutes later, Ye Ping and Xu Ran returned to the investigation team.

Uncle Ye was worried: "Xiao Ran, do you think I can find any loopholes in the next two days? Sigh... the premonition of crisis is becoming more and more imminent!"

Xu Ran's eyes lit up: "Uncle Ye, I suddenly thought of another possibility."

Ye Ping was curious: "Which possibility?"

Xu Ran paused and asked, "What if the pregnant woman is not from Jing City?"

"What if she only stayed in Jing City for a while when the city-wide nightmare started, and then left Jing City?"

"This is much more discreet than having three miscarriages and four pregnancies!"

Ye Ping's eyes lit up: "You make sense. If I were the Nightmare Mother, I would do the same.

Well, I'll let He Sifang sort it out now. Maybe we can find the Nightmare Mother!"

As we were talking, the headmaster called.

"Ye Ping, is Xu Ran safe? Is nothing wrong?"

Ye Ping was embarrassed: "No, no, I'm healthy and full of energy!"

Principal: “That’s good.”

"Also—have you found any trace of the Nightmare Mother?"

Ye Ping: "There are some clues, but I still haven't found any trace. I'll try harder, maybe I can find it."

The headmaster raised an eyebrow: "Oh? There really is progress?"

Ye Ping repeated Xu Ran's bold guess.

The headmaster pondered, "Is the Nightmare Mother's true form only the size of a baby? This seems a bit counterintuitive, doesn't it? With tens of thousands of baby zombies attached to her body, how could she possibly fit into a pregnant woman's belly?"

Ye Ping sighed helplessly: "Even if it's impossible, I'm going to try this idea."

The headmaster said, "Okay. I've already tried dozens of ideas, so this one won't be any different."

"Help me take good care of Xiao Ran. Don't be careless!"

Ye Ping: "I understand."

Putting down his phone, Ye Ping smiled awkwardly.

Soon, He Sifang walked up to Ye Ping and Xu Ran with the screening data.

"Inspector Ye, the screening results are here."

"A month before and after the city-wide nightmare, fifty pregnant women happened to be traveling in Jing City!

We got all the information about these pregnant women, and they all had miscarriages later. But... they never came to Jing City again."

Haven’t been here before?

Another clue lost? Sigh...

Ye Ping's expression was serious as he gave He Sifang an order: "Keep an eye on their movements over the next few days."

Damn it! Where is the Nightmare Mother hiding?
"Shall we go check the surveillance?"

Xu Ran: “Okay.”

So the two of them came to the monitoring room.

There are more than 200 cameras and more than 200 images in the monitoring room.

More than 30 investigators watched for eight hours...

No results!

Ye Ping's heart sank to the bottom: "Xiao Ran, it seems that your thinking is not the right one..."

Xu Ran frowned: "Let's see..."

I watched it for more than an hour.

Six o'clock in the evening.

He Sifang suddenly ran over.

"Inspector General Ye! New moves!"

"A pregnant woman drove to Jing City from another city! She is three months pregnant. She entered our city a minute ago."

Ye Ping was startled and stood up.

"Could it be her?!"

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　　……

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　　……

(End of this chapter)