04 Hong Kong Island Amusement Park

Lin Long and Zhou Yun followed them in. Lin Long hurriedly tried to pull the stop valve, but it was no use; he couldn't stop it no matter how hard he pulled.

Fang Cheng calmly analyzed: "The equipment has been tampered with; the controller has been replaced."

Zhou Yun looked out the window at the roller coaster in the distance. "The car is still moving. I haven't seen the murderer. The song hasn't stopped. According to our guess, he should be about to kill someone now! Where could he be?"

The control room can only see a part of the roller coaster; if the roller coaster is further away and enters the tunnel, it is impossible to know what is going on inside.

But they can't get into the tunnel now. There are three tunnels in the entire long track, and they are all in mid-air. If they can't get in, how did the murderer commit the crime?

Zhou Yun frowned, unable to immediately figure out the murderer's intentions.

Fang Cheng left the control room and walked to the fence closest to the roller coaster entrance. From there, he could see the entire roller coaster route.

The roller coaster never stopped for a moment, so where was the murderer? Just as this thought crossed my mind, the roller coaster suddenly stopped and got stuck in a tunnel.

Fang Cheng stared intently at the passageway: "It's here, right there!"

Lin Long stared at the passageway, frowning. "How do we get across this passageway?" Unless we climb over the tracks.

Just as Lin Long was about to order his subordinates to take action, Fang Chengjin spoke up again, "Wait, the car is about to move."

Soon, the roller coaster continued forward. Luckily, no one climbed over the tracks, or they would have been run over by the car.

The roller coaster quickly returned to the starting point and exit, and with a few screeching sounds, it came to a stop.

Everyone looked toward the last open-air seat on the roller coaster, where the deceased sat slumped, his death mirroring that of the previous victim on the Ferris wheel, with the purplish-blue ligature marks on his neck particularly noticeable.

**

Fang Cheng stared at the passageway for a while, and then he saw a figure in a black robe jump down the rope from the passageway.

He reminded Lin Long, "Over there, hurry!"

Lin Long also noticed the figure slipping away and immediately sent men down to capture him. Looking at the lush grass below, which could conceal a person's figure, the black-robed figure vanished instantly, making him impossible to catch. He slammed his fist on the railing, then turned and followed his teammates in the chase. He couldn't rest easy; he had to catch him himself.

Fang Chengjin turned his attention back to the third victim. He walked to the parking space and carefully examined the body.

Pan Xiaoxia had arrived at the deceased's side early to check the state of death. She was so engrossed in her work that she didn't notice Fang Chengjin behind her and mistook him for her boss, Lin Long, and reported the deceased's condition.

“The time of death was no more than half an hour ago, and the blood is still fresh, so it was obviously just murdered. This body is different from the previous two. This one is not made up and the complexion is normal. The murderer is very strong, and there are ligature marks on the neck…” Pan Xiaoxia stared at it for a long time. She had also noticed these ligature marks when she examined the previous two bodies. She tried to reconstruct the appearance of the murder weapon.

The ligature mark is so deep; even a regular rope, when used to strangle someone, wouldn't leave such a deep mark, about five centimeters deep.

"A thin rope, extremely thin, must be an extremely sharp rope. Only a rope that is thin enough can slide across the skin, like cutting a throat," a female voice said.

Hearing the familiar voice, Pan Xiaoxia looked up and flashed her white teeth, "Captain Zhou!"

Zhou Yun nodded. Since it was a crime scene, it wasn't appropriate to exchange too many pleasantries. The two were former colleagues from Hai Shi. Last year, Pan Xiaoxia had the opportunity to come to the Hong Kong Island Police Station for an exchange program.

Pan Xiaoxia stood up. "If thin ropes are to be used in a scenic area, the workers will be the ones using them the most!"

Upon hearing this, the景区 manager wailed and whispered, "My God, what kind of sins have we committed? Why did this have to happen? People these days are truly deranged. Does murder really solve everything...? The pressure to survive on Hong Kong Island is immense, but we in the景区 always help each other out when needed. How could this happen...?"

Zhou Yun listened but didn't know how to respond. Based on the cases she had solved in the past, the murderer's motives were varied, but even for pitiful reasons, it was wrong to kill.

There's always a reason why someone is pitiful.

Zhou Yun asked the manager, "Do you have any suspects? The murderer is so familiar with the layout of the scenic area, so he is most likely one of your people. This person's behavior has been strange lately. Perpetrators of psychopathic murders are those who reach a certain psychological threshold and can no longer tolerate it before they take action."

The scenic area manager shook his head and sighed, "Everyone's busy making a living every day. Who isn't struggling? Who doesn't have elderly parents to support and young children to raise? Does a little pressure mean you have to kill someone? Life is precious. No matter what you've been through, you'll get through it. Sigh... I don't have time to worry about the employees' emotions. They're here to work; am I supposed to comfort anyone who's upset...?"

The manager's grumbling stemmed mostly from a lack of understanding and an inability to figure out which employee was so upset. It seemed like he didn't care much about his employees, or perhaps the pressure in Hong Kong was too great, with many people at the bottom, and the leadership simply didn't have the time or inclination to think about them.

**

Zhou Yun searched for Fang Chengjin. He had glanced at the body and then gone to the parking spaces in front, especially the very first one. He stood there alone, quietly.

Zhou Yun followed him and came to his side, only to find that he was staring at a tripod. The tripod was all black, with a buckle in the middle that allowed it to extend and retract. There were also some circular marks and stains on the floor, which looked like the tripod had left its mark, as well as a scratch line.

"This thing looks familiar." Zhou Yun couldn't immediately think of its use.

Fang Chengjin replied without hesitation: "Live broadcast."

**

Zhou Yun was stunned for a moment, then a chill ran down her spine. "You mean... a live-streamed murder?!"

The small frame on the tripod was indeed suitable for holding a phone, but it was empty now, just a stand. Perhaps Zhou Yun had raised her voice, because everyone around heard her and looked on incredulously.

Fang Chengjin turned around and looked at everyone. "As far as I know, there are people on the black market who are willing to pay high prices for bizarre videos. Ever since the incident at the haunted house, this murder has been like a game, going on and on. The tripod is very messy, and the marks on the floor have been moved. The murderer probably didn't have time to pack up the tripod before he fled. There must have been this tripod in the previous two incidents as well. He was in such a hurry this time that he didn't even apply white powder to the body. He must have known we were already here, but he still risked killing someone and taking action."

The scenic area manager gasped, "This...this is insane! Absolutely insane!"

Pan Xiaoxia nodded, "There are indeed such perverts, some even buy autopsy videos."

Zhou Yun pondered: "Was the murderer's motive merely to film a video for novelty? Or for money?"

Fang Chengjin: "Not necessarily. This live stream... doesn't seem like something a murderer would do."

Zhou Yun frowned, glancing down at her watch. "Ten minutes until the song starts again. We need to confirm the killer's identity quickly. The fourth place, there's a fourth location!"

Fang Chengjin's eyes flashed: "The killer's timing for each attack is predictable, and there's a time limit for when the song starts and stops. We need to be quick!"

Zhou Yun took out a map and browsed through the project locations one by one. She mentally reviewed the rhyme she had just heard, extracting keywords related to the locations…

Behind the trees, in the grass, in the garden, in the old wooden crates, until the sun sets... the sun sets...

Zhou Yun looked at the attractions on the map. There were only ten attractions. Apart from the haunted house, Ferris wheel, and roller coaster, there were bumper cars, water park, circus, cinema, opera house, drop tower, carousel... Which one was it?

Fang Cheng cautiously uttered, "The sun sets, the sun rises in the east and sets in the west."

Zhou Yun immediately understood and pointed down, "Here! The drop tower!"

Only here is the west side. According to the scale and direction on the map, when the sun sets, the drop tower will rise high and you will definitely be able to see the sunset!

Fang Chengjin turned around and said, "Let's go, this farce should end." His voice was light, yet carried a firm authority.

Zhou Yun caught up with him and couldn't help but ask, "Do you know who the murderer is?"

Fang Chengjin did not respond. Of course he knew; amidst the endless fragrance of flowers, only that person could bear such a scent. The killer's scent and the victim's scent were intertwined; Fang Chengjin had smelled this scent many times, and he was certain of it.

He's the murderer!