The third hexagram.

The third "lucky guy" was a man who was a bit older.

The man had a righteous look on his face, which gave people a sense of seriousness at first glance, especially at this moment when his face was full of worry.

"Miss Jiang."

As soon as he came up, he nodded and greeted Jiang Ye, then introduced himself: "My name is Zhou Boyan, I'm a police officer. I came to see you today mainly because of a strange phenomenon in our city."

"Perhaps calling it a strange phenomenon isn't accurate enough, but from what we know so far, it's certainly strange."

"In addition, this matter has to start from half a month ago."

Half a month ago.

The city where he lives is called Linyang District. Although Linyang District is not a first- or second-tier city, it is located in a very prosperous area. Therefore, the city has been very peaceful and harmonious until half a month ago.

But just half a month ago, a family suddenly came to report that their father had died at home.

Although the father of that family was an old man in his seventies, he was in good health and had a physical examination every year. He had never been found to have any hidden diseases, let alone any that could be fatal.

Of course, some people may say that after the age of seventy, one may die at any time and pass away naturally.

but.

But when the family reported the case, they also brought their father's body. The body looked very abnormal. The old man had a calm face, but when they lifted his eyelids to look at his pupils, there was fear in his pupils!

After making this discovery, they immediately called a forensic doctor to examine the case.

After the forensic examination, the medical examiner told them that the old man was frightened to death. Apart from the fear left in his pupils, his entire body was in a posture of great fear.

When they heard this, they immediately frowned.

An old man who was usually kind to others was actually scared to death in his own home. What's more, the family thought carefully and found that they did not hear any unusual sounds from last night until their father's death.

There was no unusual sound, but it could scare people to death. This is no longer a simple case.

They immediately went to the family's home and conducted an on-site investigation.

Unfortunately, the scene was very clean and tidy, with no signs of fighting or struggle.

The family even brought in the surveillance cameras at home (because they had a child under five years old, and for safety reasons, they had installed surveillance cameras a long time ago).

However, the surveillance footage showed that no one had entered the old man’s room from last night until his death!

The family did not live on the first floor, but on the nineteenth floor. It was impossible for someone to hide outside the window at such a height, just to wait for the old man to fall asleep and scare him to death.

So, when they watched the surveillance video, they were all stunned.

But the forensic examination showed that the old man was indeed frightened to death, and the family also felt that their father's death was suspicious.

However, the case has not only failed to find any clues, but has also reached a deadlock.

They stared at the surveillance video for a long time, and even suspected the owner of the house (the one who took out the surveillance video). After all, if the surveillance video was real, he should not have reported the case after watching it.

However, they had no evidence, so they had to leave after a long silence and told the family that the police would open a case for investigation and might need their active cooperation later.

The family quickly agreed.

After they returned to the police station, they told everyone else about the incident and watched the surveillance footage (they made a copy), but after watching it, they all fell silent, just like they had before.

This case is very strange, or a little weird.

But what is certain is that—

The forensic doctor submitted the autopsy report of the old man, which made it clear that the old man was scared to death. The old man suffered from tremendous fear that ordinary people could hardly imagine during his lifetime!

After confirming that the cause of the old man's death was abnormal, no matter how silent or difficult the situation was, they still filed a case.

Start investigating.

But the next afternoon...

Another family came to report the case!

And it was almost exactly the same as the family that reported the case yesterday. Someone in the family died suddenly overnight, and the corpse looked as if it had suffered great fear.

At this point, they could no longer sit still and firmly believed that there must be a serial killer.

So they immediately set up a special investigation team and set out to investigate.

But, just like the family yesterday, they found nothing.

The case reached a further stalemate.

On the third day, the fourth day... until this morning, identical cases appeared one after another, and documents filled the desks in the police station. Everyone in the police station felt an unprecedented sense of weirdness and anger!

They are the people's police. Even though they know that there are ghosts in this world because of the emergence of masters like Jiang Ye, they did not think about it that way at the first time.

During this half month, they applied for reinforcements from their superiors many times, and the superiors also took this matter very seriously. After all, this serial murder case had lasted too long, and if the police could not find the murderer, the people in the city might fall into panic.

But things are so strange that it makes them feel like they are punching cotton and they can't find the point to exert force!

The more Zhou Boyan spoke, the uglier his expression became, and his anger was almost uncontrollable.

His thick eyebrows knitted into a knot as he looked at Jiang Ye and said, "Ms. Jiang, the police have been working diligently on this case since it first came to light. Everyone in the police station has been working eighteen hours a day, desperate to find the murderer immediately!"

"But after another mysterious death at home this morning, we can no longer deceive ourselves into thinking there's something paranormal going on."

"After all, the number of people who have mysteriously died at home in the past two weeks has risen to nearly a hundred. Five or six families report this to the police almost every day. To prevent panic and catch the murderer, the police have installed surveillance cameras in every corner."

"We even deployed plainclothes police officers to every corner of the city, but even with this almost complete surveillance, people still kept dying."

"Especially the family who reported the case this morning. They not only have surveillance cameras in their living room, but also in the deceased's room. Yet, there's nothing on the surveillance footage. All they can see is that the deceased suddenly died of fright after falling asleep."

"Things have developed to this point. Everyone in the police station has sat down and discussed it carefully. We can almost rule out human involvement in this serial murder case. The only thing left is..."

At this point, Zhou Boyan's brows knitted tightly together, and he sighed, "Because Miss Jiang, you've become quite famous recently, we've also seen some of your live broadcast clips. In one of them, there was an evil cultivator who wanted to become a corpse-reincarnating immortal and committed a serial murder case."

"So, we suspect that there might be a similar evil cultivator behind this case. After careful consideration, we have no choice but to come to you."

"Miss Jiang, does this case... involve the supernatural?"

Zhou Boyan looked at Jiang Ye with a tired face and asked.