"Um?

The seventh case has already happened?

So fast? "

Shen Ting was a little surprised when he heard Shao Ming's words on the other end of the phone.

"We didn't expect the punisher to be so hasty."

Shao Ming sighed:

“I haven’t had time to learn about the specific case yet.

So, Shen Ting, come to the parking lot first.

Let's go to the scene together, and we'll discuss the details of the case on the way."

"no problem!"

More than ten minutes later, Shen Ting, Xiong Beibei and others arrived at the parking lot and got into the police car.

"Shh~~"

The police car started and drove quickly to the crime scene.

As soon as they got in the car, they noticed that Shao Ming looked very ugly.

It was much uglier than when the fifth and sixth cases were discovered.

Xiong Beibei said carelessly:

"Team Leader Shao, is there anything special about this seventh case?"

Shao Ming nodded heavily:

“To be precise, the crime scenes discovered so far include more than just the seventh case.

The murderer's eighth and ninth core targets were both killed in this case.

In addition, there are some other doubts.

For example, there seemed to be quite a few murders at the crime scene, but there were only three bodies..."

There are only three bodies?

only?

The other bodies are missing?

Shen Ting was stunned for a moment.

The torturers did not seem to have the habit of dealing with other corpses specifically.

In previous cases, there was no corpse involved, or it was just randomly thrown at the crime scene.

Or they throw it into the river to mislead the police.

This time, he suddenly hid other bodies. What did that mean?

Xu Xinyi: "There are three bodies at the scene, which should correspond to the seventh, eighth, and ninth hells.

Of the ten kings of hell, only the last one remains.

If I remember correctly, this hall is a little special.

It is controlled by the Wheel-Turning King, there is no hell punishment, and its function is the final reincarnation and rebirth in the six realms.

Could it be that the Punisher is collecting those corpses in preparation for the tenth level of hell?"

"That's possible."

Shen Ting frowned slightly.

No matter how you think about it, the tenth level of hell made up of multiple corpses is definitely not simple.

Shen Ting looked at Shao Ming again:

"By the way, what kind of hell do the methods used to kill those three victims correspond to?"

“The seventh core deceased should correspond to the Rib Piercing Hell.

The eighth core dead is the Broken File Hell.

The ninth death corresponds to the hell of disembowelment."

In the Rib Piercing Hell, the ribs are pierced with iron spears and the prisoners are hung up for public display.

In the hell of shredding, the body is chopped into pieces with an axe, and theoretically needs to be pieced together before being resurrected.

In the Intestine Pulling Hell, the intestines are pulled out with iron hooks and then wrapped around the neck, causing suffocation.

Xiong Beibei looked at the information he found on his phone and scratched his head:

“Every one of them is quite creepy!”

Shao Mingze said:

“The identities of the three victims have not yet been fully confirmed, and the police are verifying them.

I have asked the police to add three new methods of death to the screening criteria.

Conduct a second screening of the previous list of over a hundred people."

As they were talking, the police car stopped outside a scenic spot.

"Xianju Mountain?"

Shen Ting lowered his head in the car and looked at the plaque on the archway.

“It is said that immortals once lived on this mountain, and there was an immortal pool where the immortals bathed.

Later it was developed into a scenic spot.

The case happened in the scenic area!"

Under the guidance of the police, Shao Ming and others went deep into the scenic area and quickly approached a blocked building complex.

"Taoist temple?"

Xiong Beibei raised his eyebrows.

From a distance, those buildings are obviously Taoist temples that often appear in film and television dramas.

The key is!

In the sixth case, he speculated that the murderer might choose Taoist believers who betrayed their faith as their target.

But the murderer chose the investigator who betrayed his faith.

But this time, a Taoist believer was chosen?

But if Shen Ting remembered correctly, among the crimes that the Yama Kings of the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Palaces were in charge of, there didn't seem to be any related to betrayal of faith.

Entering the Taoist complex, it was clearly blocked.

Occasionally, a Taoist priest would poke his head out of the room, looking curious, as if he didn't know what was going on.

The group did not stay in the main building complex for long, but instead walked around the main hall, Sanqing Palace, and came to an area slightly behind.

This place has obviously just been developed and all the buildings are new.

The police officer who first received the report was stationed here.

Seeing Shao Ming and others arrive, the police immediately came forward:

"Team Leader Shao, the crime scene is inside."

He pointed to the main hall at the core of the new building.

The plaque reads "Zhenwu Hall"!

The door is closed!

There is a cordon around it!

There were faint traces of brown-red blood on the threshold.

Shen Ting and others followed the police and entered the hall through the side door.

As soon as you enter, you can smell the distinct smell of blood.

The most striking picture is——

A thin female corpse was pierced through the chest and ribs by a giant spear held in the hands of a towering stone sculpture. Her limbs drooped and she lay face up on the stone sculpture's fist holding the spear.

Her long hair hung down, her face tilted back, and her eyes were wide open.

On the exposed forehead, the word "Seven" was tattooed with red material!

This should be the seventh level of hell corresponding to the dead.

The forensic doctor immediately stepped forward and said after a brief examination:

"Based on the body temperature, rigor mortis, livor mortis, and ambient temperature, the time of death was around one or two in the morning."

"So, this woman was killed just after Saturday?

However, it was late at night and her clothes were disheveled and looked quite frivolous.

What are you doing in this unfinished Zhenwu Temple dressed like this?

A special police officer asked curiously.