“Wait, there's a problem...”
Hearing Xu Mo's words, everyone turned to look at him.
“What is it?” Chen Ke asked.
“The location of his phone hasn't changed at all,” Xu Mo said, pulling out his phone and opening the location interface that he had implanted from a computer into his own phone. “When I called to get his location earlier, he was at this spot. Now that we've rushed over here, the location of his phone is still the same.”
Han Fei immediately understood what Xu Mo meant. His eyes lit up with excitement.
“You mean... the guy is hiding nearby and hasn't left!?”
“It's possible, but there's also a chance he left his phone here on purpose to lure us here while he uses that time to get away,” Xu Mo nodded.
Then, he pulled out his phone and dialed a number from the call history.
No phone ringing sounded from the vicinity.
“The phone is on silent mode. Let's look around! The location shows it's within this area, with an error margin of no more than twenty meters.”
The group dispersed to search.
If the culprit was hiding here, the case could be solved directly.
Even if he wasn't, he must have left the phone here. Finding just the phone could still provide some clues for the investigation.
Within a twenty-meter radius, most of the area was open ground, with nothing to hide behind except for the abandoned factory.
The officers immediately flocked into the abandoned factory.
“Quick, there's another body here!” Chen Ke shouted, being the first to rush into the factory.
Another body? The other officers quickly followed.
Entering the interior of the abandoned factory and following Chen Ke's pointing direction, everyone saw a body leaning against the wall to the left of the factory gate.
This was another male corpse.
Among the officers present, only Xu Mo could perform an autopsy.
The others wisely stepped aside to give Xu Mo space.
Xu Mo stepped forward, crouched beside the male corpse, and carefully examined it.
“The deceased was tied up with rope, covered in injuries... He must have been tortured before his death. The time of death was about three to four hours ago, but these injuries weren't fatal. The real fatal wound is in the chest, just like the previous male corpse, killed by a knife piercing the heart, one strike to the kill. Judging from the wound shape and technique, the same killer is responsible for both murders.”
At this point, Xu Mo's eyebrows furrowed slightly.
“However... besides the torture, this body has a significant difference from the two bodies we found earlier.”
“How so?” Wang Dachuan asked instinctively.
Before Xu Mo could answer, Han Fei pointed at the body and spoke on Xu Mo's behalf.
The previous two bodies belonged to men who were dark and thin, with poor skin conditions, and thick calluses on their hands, caused by long hours of toil or labor. It's clear they lived in the lower strata of society. But this body is different...
The most significant difference between this body and the previous two was that the owner of this body was clearly a 'successful person'. His skin was fair, his skin condition was good, and he was slightly overweight, giving him a prosperous appearance.
Additionally, his clothing also indicated this. His attire was very refined, and although the brand wasn't immediately recognizable, it was clear that he wore high-end clothing. This man was wealthy, at the very least, a member of the middle class.
“So... ?” Wang Dachuan's face was filled with confusion. He still didn't quite understand what Han Fei and Xu Mo were getting at.
“He's not from the same group as the burglary gang, or rather, he's not a member of the burglary gang. He wouldn't go crawling through sewers for money,” Xu Mo explained, glancing at him.
“Then why is he here?” Wang Dachuan was even more puzzled.
If he wasn't part of the burglary gang, why would he be in the same place as them?
Xu Mo pondered for a moment.
“Maybe he was an accidental encounter on the escape route, and the burglary gang decided to rob him on the spot.”
To the right of the body was a wallet that had been opened, containing only items like an ID card, passport, and business card, but no bank card.
This was the basis for Xu Mo's conclusion that the body had been kidnapped and robbed by the burglary gang.
These audacious thieves had stolen valuables worth nearly a billion yuan, so it wouldn't be surprising if they also committed robberies on the run. After all, they were already committing a huge crime, so what was one more?
The next moment, Xu Mo shook his head and sighed.
“Speaking of which, these thieves are quite something. They stole so much and still weren't satisfied, even managing to get the idea of robbery while on the run. Don't they fear that the time wasted on kidnapping will allow us to catch up to them?”
As he spoke, Xu Mo picked up the wallet that had been carelessly discarded beside the body and took out the ID card, passport, and business card.
He didn't pay much attention to the ID card and passport, but the business card made Xu Mo pause.
The business card read: Chairman of Huadun Insurance Company, Zhang Quan.
The name on the ID card and passport was also Zhang Quan.
The deceased was the insurance company boss who had been missing all along!
Not just Xu Mo, but the other officers also froze upon seeing the business card.
“They not only stole from the insurance company but also kidnapped the insurance company's boss!?” Chen Ke exclaimed in surprise.
Kidnapping, theft, murder—they had done it all!
Xu Mo's eyelids twitched.
This man was the boss of the insurance company, and the time of death was about three to four hours ago. I called about an hour ago... So the person who answered the phone back then wasn't the boss of the insurance company; in fact, Zhang Quan was already dead when I called. The person who answered the phone wasn't him!
The reason the phone's location hadn't changed was now clear to Xu Mo.
The person who answered the phone wasn't the owner but the killer. He certainly wouldn't take the dead man's phone with him. Most likely, he had answered the call and then casually discarded the phone somewhere before leaving on his own.
This explained why Zhang Quan hadn't gone to the company to check the situation. He had been kidnapped; how could he have had the chance to go to the company?
It seemed the mastermind behind this wasn't him.
At that moment, an officer's words drew the attention of everyone present.
“Captain Han, Captain Xu, we found the phone!” the officer shouted, holding up a phone.
He brought the phone over to Han Fei and Xu Mo.
Coincidentally, as the phone was handed to Xu Mo, it vibrated.
It was a notification from a ticket-booking app, and the content was a boarding reminder...
close your eyes and open them again, only to find yourself transmigrated into the role of a villainous male supporting character. Readers familiar with urban wish-fulfillment novels know that it is only through the relentless antics of the villainous male supporting character that the plot between the male and female leads can progress. As the villainous male supporting character, Long Aotian not only has to bully the female lead, harass the second female lead, and flirt with the third female lead, but he also has to go all out to antagonize the male lead. In the end, when his body is discovered, he is still clutching half a moldy fried dough stick in his hand. Fully aware of the plot, Long Aotian is determined to change his fate, starting with the female lead! In the beginning, the female lead lacks confidence: "Big brother, I hope I didn't scare you?" In the middle, the female lead treads carefully: "Brother Long, please don't hit me, okay?" Later on, the female lead becomes coquettishly clingy: "Aotian, it's time to pay the 'public grain' tonight." Long Aotian's legs go weak, and he feels like crying: "I taught you to be thick-skinned, not shameless!"
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
n Our Village Many years later, Xiushui Village had transformed from a remote, impoverished hamlet into the renowned and flourishing Xiushui City of the Shifang Continent. All of this, solely because it was the birthplace of the Shifang Continent's number one sect—the Lingxian Sect. This is the story of a group of village youths, family, and friends, building a sect and growing together. Lin Xiao: As the sect master, my days are filled with countless tasks. Cultivating really gets in the way of building the sect. System: Received. Understood. Arranging it immediately. [Ding—Congratulations, Host, on successfully activating the Auto-Cultivation Function] Lin Xiao: Oh no, we're out of spirit stones. System: Received. Understood. Arranging it immediately. [Ding—Sect Mission issued. Mission Reward: Spirit Stones xN] No one loves their host more profoundly than this System!
invincible power, Gu Changge transmigrates into a fantasy world, bound to a sign-in system that grants him cultivation rewards and various peerless treasures daily. While others struggle desperately to break through their cultivation realms, he has long since reached the pinnacle of the Great Dao, becoming a reclusive Emperor whose true strength even he himself cannot fathom. Originally planning to lie low and retire peacefully on Purple Bamboo Peak, the system suddenly issues a new task — take on disciples. With no other choice, Gu Changge casually picks up a few disciples: The eldest disciple, born with a War God Constitution, is thrown a copy of "War God Stratagems" by him, and ends up conquering the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, becoming a peerless War God who sweeps across the cosmos. The second disciple, possessing a Chaos Sword Body, can break all techniques with a single sword, his swordsmanship unmatched throughout history. He points his sword at the heavens: "My master said, the sword and the man stand together. If the sword perishes... my master will give me another one." The third disciple, a reborn Empress who returns to her throne, her elegance and grace overshadowing all beings. And without anyone noticing, his own sect, the Qingxuan Sect, has become the number one sect on the continent. Looking at these unbelievably formidable disciples, Gu Changge, holding the "Primordial Purple Qi" he just signed in for, falls into deep thought: — Wasn't this supposed to be a peaceful retirement? How did I become the ultimate master?!
