Chapter 12: First attempt to investigate the cause of the change 2024·February 2·The 29th day of the first lunar month in the Fire Calendar. 15:06 in the afternoon. Calm down for a while. After reluctantly accepting the truth that he was sterilized in disguise, Chen Yun decided to implement the first item in the phased summary and plan. That is: investigating the causes of physical changes. He didn't expect to figure it out in one go; this was just a preliminary attempt at investigation. I arrived in City S on the 18th night of the first lunar month. He slept for twenty hours and did not wake up until the afternoon of the nineteenth day of the first lunar month in the Fire Calendar. He then discovered a series of changes in his body and began a series of experiments. The changes in myself are most likely related to the whole day of traveling on the 18th day of the first lunar month. So Chen Yun's initial plan was to check the surveillance video of himself returning to the community on the 18th night of the first lunar month to see if there was anything special.

Perhaps I was infected with some infection on the road, which led to my changes. It is now the afternoon of the 20th day of the first lunar month, and the security room still has the community video footage from the past two days. Chen Yun does not have the authority to adjust the surveillance. However, not everything in this society strictly abides by the rules. He just silently handed the security guard a pack of cigarettes he bought on the way here. The security guard went out to smoke with a smile and gave Chen Yun ten minutes to check the surveillance records. Chen Yun stayed in the guard room of the community, watching the surveillance video on the screen in front of him and fell into deep thought for a long time. The eighteenth day of the first lunar month in the Fire Calendar. That is February 27th in the Gregorian calendar. At 9:45 in the evening, I appeared on the surveillance camera at the entrance of the community dragging a suitcase. Although the image quality is not clear. But one could vaguely see a hint of fatigue on his face. The moonlight fell on his shoulders. Casting a mottled shadow. Through surveillance, it can be seen that he was walking silently towards his home with a suitcase. Didn't come into contact with anyone along the way. There was nothing unusual in his steps except the fatigue from the journey. Even after watching the surveillance footage at the door of my house and watching myself open the door, I still didn't notice anything wrong. Look at the entire trip.

Didn't find anything wrong. If he really came into contact with something on the way home that caused the physical changes, it would most likely not have happened on the way from the community gate to his home. Instead, I was on my way from J Province to Sichuan Province by plane, and then taking the subway back from the airport. It’s a long distance. It’s a full 1700 kilometers of travel, if we really want to investigate. It will be an extremely long journey. and so. Chen Yun pondered for a moment. For now, I gave up the idea of ​​continuing the investigation. That's all. Further investigation would take too much time and energy. And there is a high probability that nothing will be found, just like this time. After weighing the importance of continuing to observe changes in his body, Chen Yun prefers to explore his own changes first. Investigate the reasons for the changes in this planning matter. Postponed for now. This does not mean not dealing with it, but just a decision to postpone it after weighing the pros and cons. Think so. Chen Yun was just about to stand up from his chair in the security room when he suddenly remembered something. He cleaned up his browsing traces and walked out of the security room. I came to the security guard who was smoking and asked casually: "Handsome guy, how long can the surveillance footage here be kept? Why can't I find the footage from two months ago?" "Due to cost reasons and storage space limitations, it can only be kept for about a week." The security guard smoked a cigarette and cheerfully explained Chen Yun's doubts. He is quite knowledgeable about this aspect. After all, every now and then, some elderly people would come to check the surveillance to see if anything was lost. "A week." Chen Yun murmured. A week goes by quickly. After a few days, the surveillance video of his return was almost cleared.

Although there was nothing special in the video, the surveillance image quality could not show the changes in Chen Yun's body shape hidden under his clothes. But since it will be emptied as soon as possible, it is better than not emptying it at all. This will make Chen Yun feel more secure. He didn't actively suggest clearing the surveillance video right away. It will be cleared in a few days anyway. Doing more may only lead to more mistakes. "Thank you for your help this time, handsome boy." As Chen Yun spoke, he shook hands with the security guard. At the same time, he casually stuffed a pack of cigarettes into the security guard's hand. Everyone understands what this means. Watching surveillance is not against the rules. The first pack of cigarettes was to get the security guard to agree to let him watch the surveillance video, and the second pack of cigarettes was to prevent the fact that he watched the surveillance video from being told to others. In this regard. The security guard nodded with a smile. While putting away the new pack of cigarettes, he quickly said you're welcome. Rules are dead, people are alive. Obviously, both sides were very satisfied with the conversation. Chen Yun bids farewell to the security guard. Walk towards the direction of your own apartment building. Unknowingly. I walked to the road that I took when I returned home on the eighteenth night of the first lunar month in the solar calendar. When I walked the road again, I still didn't notice anything unusual. However, Chen Yun has an extraordinary sense of smell. There are still some people who refuse to give up. He began to try to analyze the world from a completely new perspective. Countless smells that were supposed to be so weak that humans could not detect them were exploding one by one around them. Various smells linger around. Under Chen Yun's perception, a world with a completely new perspective is created. This feeling intoxicated Chen Yun.

Fumes, cleaning agents, garbage, flowers and plants, second-hand smoke, dampness and mold... A variety of flavors show themselves to their fullest. Chen Yun replayed everything that had happened nearby in his mind. Near the public gardens and fitness equipment, people are sweating while doing morning exercises. The children were running and playing on the lawn. Familiar neighbors chat on the road. The old people sat together and watched the two old men in the middle playing chess. Everything that is happening now. No other senses need to be involved; everything can be sensed by the sense of smell. And what happened before. Through smell, you can vaguely detect some residues. Just like when he was looking for the naughty kid's home that day, Chen Yun focused on paying special attention to his own smell and reduced his perception of other smells. Suddenly. Chen Yun's trajectory of action is revealed. The smell that was too old could not be detected at all. After all, Chen Yun had spent more than a month in his hometown in J Province. The smell that once lingered in this neighborhood has long disappeared. but. The itinerary for these two days is clear and concise. Even though his scent had somewhat dissipated in the past few days, a vague trace of it still remained. Follow these traces. Chen Yun gradually relaxed his inhibitions on his ability to perceive other smells. Taking the traces of his own scent as the main branch, he continued to search the surroundings carefully to determine whether there were any other special, never-before-seen smells in the traces he had left. But the answer is... No. Even with my extraordinary sense of smell, the answer I got was the same as what I saw when I checked the surveillance footage: There seemed to be nothing unusual on the day I came back. At least there is nothing unusual on this road near the community. Groaning. Chen Yun rubbed his temple.

I put aside the idea of ​​continuing the investigation for now. (End of this chapter)