Chapter 420: The Chilling Trail in the Hidden Chamber

Chapter 420: I’m coming for you… (7 updates)

A strong stench of blood and rotting corpses drifted through the air.

Even ordinary people without extras could detect that faint, eerie odor.

In an instant.

The Criminal Police lost their composure, their faces betraying shock, disgust, and something akin to shame.

If Xiao Yu hadn’t discovered this place…

the consequences would have been unimaginable!

The power switch was found, and the lights below flickered on.

Following the fixed escalator that led downward, Xiao Yu began his descent…

After about five meters, his eyes met the ground.

Before him lay a passage about two meters high and one meter wide.

Roughly five meters in length, it ended at an iron door.

Stepping forward, he reached the door, gripped the handle, and pushed it open.

As the door swung open, a heavy stench of blood and decaying flesh assaulted his senses.

A sealed chamber unfolded before Xiao Yu’s eyes.

The moment he stepped in, his gaze fell to the floor.

His pupils constricted rapidly as he beheld a bizarre corpse.

It resembled the body of Gan Xinlei when he was found.

This body too had been dismembered into countless fragments.

And these parts were arranged into a grotesque human structure.

The horrific scene was even more spine-chilling than any horror movie.

For anyone with a weak mind, it might well be enough to knock them unconscious.

Yet Xiao Yu’s expression remained utterly unchanged.

He calmly observed the gory, haunting spectacle before him.

His eyes fixated on the victim’s severed head and its contorted face.

The suspect: Shi Wangmei!

A massive question mark flashed through Xiao Yu’s mind.

Why?

Shouldn’t Shi Wangmei be an accomplice of Lai Jun, the primary suspect?

All these years, she had been completely devoted—

even going so far as to help sink her own husband.

And yet, you actually killed someone?

Does your conscience not hurt at all?

And now, you’re lecturing a criminal about morality?

How foolish can you be!

Feeling his heart sink, Xiao Yu glared at the corpse, sensing a deep, malevolent force from above.

Still, the professional training he had honed over two lifetimes quickly restored his calm.

His mind raced through the possibilities…

No, if we assume Shi Wangmei was killed by Lai Jun,

then why would Lai Jun do such a thing?

Could it be that all these years you merely used Shi Wangmei for your own ends,

and then disposed of her once she served her purpose?

Even if you were to commit murder, did you really have to be so depraved?

Why dismember a person to such an extreme degree?

And then arrange the parts into a human structure?

That sense of provocation from the murderer surged up from deep within Xiao Yu once more.

Are you provoking me?

A sinister smile curved Xiao Yu’s lips.

How long has it been?

Whether in a past life or this one…

How long has it been since a criminal dared to provoke you like this?

An uncontrollable fire of anger began to rise within him.

Remember, don’t let me find you.

Otherwise, I’ll make you regret it in the most humiliating way!

Taking a deep breath, Xiao Yu’s neurons fired with heightened activity.

Adrenaline surged wildly, uncontrollably fueling his rage.

Before he knew it,

Xiao Yu slipped into a particular state of mind.

Let me guess first.

How exactly did you leave here?

A living person can’t just vanish after committing murder.

Of course, there was another suspicious detail.

Why was the suspect Shi Wangmei seen at the escape room store?

Only to be later found murdered and dismembered inside this sealed chamber?

Surveillance footage from the store two days ago was fetched.

After thorough analysis,

around 11 a.m., the footage clearly showed Shi Wangmei deliberately disguising herself as she entered the escape room store…

Matching the timelines,

this was the same period when Shi Wangmei taunted the police over the phone.

Shortly after, she came directly from the coastal area to the escape room store.

The police had already investigated.

When they had issued a verbal summons to Shi Wangmei,

her phone’s signal pointed to the coastal area…

And judging by the decay on the corpse,

it was evident that Shi Wangmei had only just arrived at the store.

It seems that after suspect Lai Jun arrived,

he killed her.

But how can we be so certain?

The corpse!

For most people after death,

within 1 to 2 hours, livor mortis and rigor mortis begin.

After 8 to 10 hours, the corpse’s abdomen starts to bloat.

Between 48 to 52 hours, the blood vessel network begins to form.

At that point, hair tends to fall out and blisters appear.

These exact signs were apparent on the corpse fragments before him…

He Li once remarked,

if Xiao Yu ever took up forensic work, she’d probably be out of a job.

Xiao Yu’s unique ability wasn’t solely due to his Medical Expert skills.

It also stemmed from his past-life experience and knowledge of corpses.

…… Please shower me with flowers……

Based on this,

if we start from when suspect Lai Jun arrived at the store two days ago,

murder takes time, doesn’t it?

Dismemberment takes time as well, doesn’t it?

And constructing a human structure from the remains would also require time, right?

Xiao Yu’s mind raced like a high-speed processor,

calculating rapidly every detail.

Murder, tool preparation, meticulous dismemberment, and finally constructing the structure…

Even if Xiao Yu did it himself, it would roughly take between 6 to 9 hours.

Maybe even longer.

Could it be that they began their escape a day and a half ago?

No… Xiao Yu bowed his head.

There were no footprints, no fingerprints, and no tools left at the scene.

Once the murderer cleaned up after the killing, they left without a trace.

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So, how long would it take to completely erase all evidence?

At least one to three hours…

“Aren’t you taking a break?”

Xiao Yu sneered, “Do you really think that after killing, dismembering, and cleaning up, you wouldn’t be exhausted?”

Just ask the butchers.

After slaughtering a pig, how utterly drained would one be?

Not to mention dismembering a body into 57 pieces!

If you weren’t using any shortcuts… Xiao Yu squinted his eyes.

Surely, you’d need a long rest afterward, right?

At the very least, six hours to recover your strength?

That would mean you left during the daytime yesterday, right?

No.

Right after the murder, no sane person would dare walk around during the day.

Besides, the escape room lacked any place to freshen up.

Even if you carried a change of clothes, the stench of blood and fresh decay would be overwhelming.

So the murderer wouldn’t have left during business hours.

“Did you leave just last night?”

Xiao Yu murmured to himself, “The store’s locks show no signs of tampering, and the Tianyan Surveillance Camera didn’t capture your departure. The only possibility is that you exited from inside… perhaps via the sewage pipe?”

His nose crinkled as he detected a peculiar human scent.

A cold smile gradually emerged on Xiao Yu’s face.

Five minutes later, he arrived at a drainage exit of the store’s sewage system.

He lifted the cover and crawled down.

You little bitch, I’m coming for you!

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PS: 7 updates. Thanks for the support, dear readers! I’m off to sleep! Over and out.