Wei Xuan opened his eyes, saw the corpse on the ground, and looked blankly at it: "Is it over?"

Lu Ning nodded: "Mm."

Wang Qiwen's lips twitched, and he touched his still sore neck: "Lu Ning, you went too far!"

"If you hadn't been bewitched, I wouldn't have hit you."

Wang Qiwen's face flushed red, and he fell silent.

Qiu Yuelin glanced at Gao Tianlin with lingering fear: "This guy is really scary. After the mutation, he shouldn't be at the first level anymore, right?"

"I don't know." Lu Ning shook his head.

Then he suddenly frowned and stared at Gao Tianlin's corpse.

Seeing Lu Ning's expression, everyone's hearts skipped a beat.

"Hey... don't tell me he's not dead yet." Wang Qiwen's face was grim.

Lu Ning shook his head: "He's already dead, but..."

Lu Ning thought for a moment, then stepped forward, opened Gao Tianlin's pajama pocket, and took out some things from it.

Those were several broken pieces of pink incense.

The incense emitted a faint, alluring scent, though it was very subtle, but Wang Qiwen and his two companions, along with Lin Fei and his two companions, could smell it from a distance.

They looked at the incense burner with a hint of apprehension.

"What is this? I have a feeling that after smelling it, I suddenly have some unpleasant thoughts," Wang Qiwen said, frowning.

Wei Xuan nodded: "It's somewhat similar to Gao Tianlin's charm ability just now, but it also seems a little different."

Lu Ning looked at the incense. In his vision, the incense emitted wisps of white mist, which was even more concentrated than the one in the villa.

"The concentration of spiritual radiation on these incense sticks is quite high. They should be special items similar to Horcruxes," Lu Ning said.

Wei Xuan suddenly thought of something and said, "Could it be the source of mental radiation that Gao Tianlin left in the villa before?"

"Possibly."

"Judging from what Gao Tianlin said earlier, his illness seems to be related to a cult. I wonder if this thing is related to that cult?" Wang Qiwen also asked.

Lu Ning put away the incense and said, "Give it to Vice Captain Colin later."

"Okay." None of the three, including Wei Xuan, had any objections.

Just then, three figures emerged from the forest, and Colin's voice rang out: "What do you need me to give you?"

Lu Ning and the others turned their heads and saw Colin, Bowen, and the young sheriff who had been standing guard walking over.

"Captain Colin! What brings you here?" Qiu Yuelin's eyes lit up.

Colin adjusted his glasses and said gently, "We came after you. If you can't handle this, we'll take care of the aftermath."

Colin looked at Lu Ning with a complicated expression: "Your performance was much better than I expected. In such a dangerous situation, you showed no fear, acted decisively, and remained clear-headed."

Bowen, standing nearby, exclaimed in amazement, "Yes, Lu Ning, your performance was truly astonishing. Especially when the other three team members were charmed, you made the judgment immediately and knocked them unconscious. That was incredibly decisive."

"..." Wei Xuan and the other two looked embarrassed.

Lu Ning looked at Colin and asked, "When Nick was hit by machine gun fire just now, could you save him?"

Upon hearing this, Wei Xuan and the other two's expressions changed slightly.

Wang Qiwen stood there, stunned, and said in disbelief, "...Nick was hit by a machine gun? No wonder, no wonder he's not here."

Wei Xuan had a good impression of Nick, and he hurriedly asked, "How is he?"

Lu Ning said, "He's already dead."

Qiu Yuelin covered her mouth, somewhat incredulous.

Wang Qiwen and Wei Xuan looked extremely grim.

"Damn it, wasn't he perfectly fine just now?" Wang Qiwen exclaimed angrily, "He was alive and kicking just now, and now he's dead?"

He suddenly realized something and looked at Colin, saying, "Vice-Captain, didn't you say you were just here? Why didn't you save him?"

Colin said calmly, "There's no way to save him. We were just in the direction of the villa when we heard the gunshots and rushed over. We were about as fast as you. Nick was already shot when we got here."

Bowen also explained, "Yes. Nick's sacrifice was a tragedy, and it wasn't that Lieutenant Colin didn't want to save him."

Colin looked at Lu Ning and the other three and said calmly, "The captain has already said that the mortality rate of our Mist Bureau's action teams is not low. Nick died in this operation, and perhaps Wang Qiwen will die in the next operation, or maybe it will be me. If you lose your mind because of death, then perhaps you can choose to leave now."

Lu Ning shook his head: "I just wanted to know if you could save him."

Wang Qiwen and the other two remained silent.

Bowen also said seriously, "I think, as Lin Fei said before, Nick shouldn't regret it. As for his family, we will take good care of them."

There was a moment of silence. Colin looked at Lu Ning and asked, "What did you say you wanted to give me?"

Lu Ning took out a few broken pink incense sticks and handed them to Colin.

Colin immediately noticed the abnormality in the mental radiation above, as well as the abnormality in the incense.

He took the incense, frowned as he examined it, and then put it away: "When we get back, we'll have this checked by the inspection department at headquarters."

Wang Qiwen pointed out, "When Gao Tianlin was ill before, what he said seemed to be related to some evil god and cult organization."

Colin nodded slightly: "I heard you."

He thought for a moment, then said, "As far as I know, the only cult that involves charm and similar diseases is Pleasure Heaven."

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