Qinghe Bay Police Branch.
Two police cars pulled up one after the other at the entrance of the station.
The doors opened, and seven people stepped out.
Leading the group were Han Fei and Xu Mo, followed by several members of their team.
As soon as Han Fei and his team arrived, an officer approached to greet them.
The officer in charge of reception was one of the three who had visited Han Fei’s station for training the day before.
“Captain Han, Captain Xu,” he said with visible anxiety as he approached them.
After greeting Han Fei and Xu Mo, he forced a smile toward the officers behind them.
The smile was strained, and his face was filled with bitterness, making it look more like a grimace than a genuine expression.
“Any leads?” Han Fei asked.
The officer shook his head. “None.”
If they had any leads, they wouldn’t have needed to call Han Fei for help.
Led by the officer, the group entered the station.
At the front of the office area was a whiteboard, which the officers often used to organize clues during investigations.
At the moment, a group of officers stood around the whiteboard, looking utterly perplexed. Among them was Director Gao, who was deeply troubled by the loss of a subordinate’s firearm.
The station was as quiet as stagnant water, the silence almost suffocating.
A voice broke the stillness.
“Director Gao, Captain Xu and Captain Han are here.”
Hearing this, the officers’ faces lit up with hope.
Help had arrived!
Xu Mo’s reputation preceded him. Many in the system referred to him as a “super detective.”
As for Han Fei, while his fame might not match Xu Mo’s, he was no ordinary figure either.
According to the officers who had gone to learn investigative techniques from him, Xu Mo, the super detective, had been mentored by Han Fei.
This alone spoke volumes about Han Fei’s expertise in solving cases.
With both Xu Mo and Han Fei coming to assist, the officers felt much more at ease.
Not only the officers but even Director Gao’s eyes gleamed with hope.
“This is Captain Xu, and this is Captain Han… This is Director Gao,” the officer introduced.
“Director Gao,” Xu Mo and Han Fei said in unison.
Director Gao waved his hand. “No need for formalities. The case is what matters now…”
In the presence of these two investigative experts, he didn’t put on airs.
The most pressing issue at hand was the missing firearm.
“Xiao Li, give Captain Han and Xu Mo a detailed rundown of the case!” Director Gao continued.
The officer called Xiao Li stepped up to the whiteboard and began explaining everything they knew so far.
“Yesterday afternoon, Hao Qi, the officer who lost his firearm, went out on a mission with his service weapon. He was only out for two hours, but when he returned, the gun was missing. According to Hao Qi, he never encountered a situation where he needed to draw his weapon, so he never took it out of its holster. The gun stayed in the holster the entire time, and he didn’t stop to rest anywhere during the mission, so it’s unlikely that he accidentally dropped it. He suspects the gun was stolen, and we agree… The places marked on the whiteboard are all the locations he passed through yesterday.”
Since the officer himself didn’t know when or where the gun was lost, there weren’t many clues to go on. The entire summary took only a few sentences.
After listening to Xiao Li’s explanation, Xu Mo fell silent for a moment, deep in thought. Then he asked a question.
“When Hao Qi went out on the mission yesterday, was he in plain clothes or in uniform?”
“He was in uniform,” Xiao Li replied.
To have a gun stolen while in uniform… This pickpocket had some nerve, targeting an officer directly.
“Besides the gun, was anything else stolen? Was his phone taken?” Xu Mo asked again.
“No, nothing else… Only the gun was stolen. His phone is still here,” Xiao Li replied with a bitter smile. That was the crux of the problem.
With mobile payments being so convenient nowadays, most people don’t carry cash when they go out, so the only thing a pickpocket could steal is a phone.
But in Hao Qi’s case, the only thing stolen was a gun. The thief didn’t even take the phone, which strongly suggested that the gun was the target all along.
Hearing this, Xu Mo’s expression changed, and so did Han Fei’s.
The phone wasn’t taken, but the gun was… It seemed the thief was after the gun. What did he want it for?
Both of them had the same thought: they needed to find the missing firearm as soon as possible.
Otherwise, the consequences could be dire.
Xu Mo began to analyze the situation.
The officer had been on a mission when his gun was stolen, and he only realized it was missing after returning to the station.
This suggested that the thief was a seasoned professional, with skills honed to perfection.
As for why the thief wanted the gun… To sell it for money?
A gun could fetch a decent price on the black market, but the risk involved wasn’t worth the reward.
If the thief was just after money, he could have targeted more valuable items instead of a gun.
A pickpocket capable of stealing a gun from an officer without the officer noticing must have had exceptional skills. Xu Mo was certain the thief could have stolen more valuable items if he wanted to.
After all, Hao Qi’s gun had been in its holster. Police holsters are specially designed to prevent accidental loss and theft, making it difficult for an ordinary person to quickly remove the gun.
So, if the theft wasn’t for money, was it for use? Xu Mo wondered.
Wait a minute!
The holster has a unique design, making it hard for an ordinary person—even a professional pickpocket—to quickly remove the gun. The thief wouldn’t have been able to access the holster or the gun. That was the key point!
Xu Mo’s eyes lit up with realization.
Noticing the change in Xu Mo’s expression, Han Fei instinctively asked, “Did you figure something out?”
Xu Mo nodded.
He turned to Xiao Li. “You said Hao Qi’s gun was in its holster the entire time during the mission, right?”
“Yes,” Xiao Li nodded, then added, “At least, that’s what he said.”
“Could a pickpocket really steal a gun from a holster right under an officer’s nose? The holster has anti-theft mechanisms. Even if someone tried to snatch it openly, it would be hard to do so quickly,” Xu Mo pointed out.
Hearing this, the officers’ faces showed signs of contemplation.
Xu Mo was right. The holster’s design made it difficult for an ordinary person to quickly remove the gun.
This was something they had overlooked earlier. As officers, they were used to handling holsters and drawing guns with ease, but they hadn’t considered that ordinary people wouldn’t have the same familiarity with firearms and holsters.
“Are you suspecting that Hao Qi staged this himself?” Director Gao looked at Xu Mo.
Before Xu Mo could answer, Director Gao shook his head. “No, that’s impossible. I personally recruited Hao Qi. I know his character well. He wouldn’t do something like this.”
Xu Mo smiled.
“It’s not necessarily Hao Qi staging it himself. That’s just one possibility. There’s another possibility…”
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?!
end. Thus one must continue to cultivate, and become a saint or great emperor, in order to prolong one's life. Chen Xia, however, completely reversed this. Since his transmigration, he has gained immortality, and also a system that awards him with attribute points for every year he lives. Thus between the myriad worlds, the legend of an unparalleled senior appeared. "A gentleman takes revenge; it is never too late even after ten thousand years." "When you were at your peak I yielded, now in your old age I shall trample on you." - Chen Xia
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
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)
