"How did he die?" Lu Ning asked, puzzled.

“Hanging himself.” Colin shook his head and said slowly.

"Suicide?" Qiu Yuelin asked, somewhat confused. "Why would he commit suicide?"

"Who knows? Maybe he got sick because of that birthday party. Li Yang was involved in it, and he committed suicide out of guilt?" Wang Qiwen said, pursing his lips.

Wei Xuan said, "It's not necessarily suicide. After all, awakened beings have so many abilities, it's not impossible for them to fake a suicide."

"Originally, I had no clue about this, but now that I hear what you're saying, Li Yang might have been killed by people from Happy Paradise, perhaps to eliminate any clues."

Qiu Yuelin said with some distress, "Then, won't both of Zhu Jianyi's and Li Yang's connections be completely cut off? It's unlikely that we'll get much out of that Miss Samantha, right? After all, judging from Han Yu's previous behavior, that lady was probably just a victim of unspoken rules, wasn't she?"

"No matter what, as long as there's a glimmer of hope, we shouldn't give up the investigation. The increasingly frequent activities of Happy Paradise give me a bad feeling," Colin sighed.

After that, no one said anything more.

Lu Ning and Qiu Yuelin had been running around all day, and Colin had also gone to the scene of Li Yang's suicide.

The group was a bit tired, so they rested in the activity room.

More than two hours later, when it was already dark, Lin Xiao returned to the activity room.

Qiu Yuelin glanced behind Lin Xiao and asked, "Captain, where's Jeff?"

“We have interrogated him carefully. Jeff really doesn’t know anything. He has also shown signs of being controlled. Zhu Jianyi’s matter should have nothing to do with him.”

"All right."

Colin stood up, clapped his hands, and said, "That's all for today. Let's order some food, I'll go buy it. Everyone's worked hard today, it's on me, let's have a good meal."

Lu Ning's eyes lit up: "Braised pork!"

The others cheered as well.

"Long live Captain Colin!"

After they ordered their food, Colin left the room to buy some.

…………

Over the next few days, Lu Ning and his group continued to cooperate with the Public Security Bureau and other departments in investigating the leads, as always.

Unfortunately, there has been no progress.

Zhu Yunxiao's whereabouts remain unknown. After Li Yang's autopsy report came out, all the data indicated that it was suicide, and naturally there were no further clues.

Samantha was also being watched, but nothing was discovered.

The police have already infiltrated Gao Tianlin's business, and so far the source of the decadent incense on him has not been discovered.

As for Lu Ning himself, he killed several infected individuals when he went to find Zhu Jianyi, and played a crucial role in killing the Happy Heaven cultists, so his contributions were considerable.

This credit was naturally used to pay off the debts owed to the white rose and the red rose.

Unfortunately, there haven't been any new soul crystals recently, so Lu Ning's mental energy tempering speed has slowed down, and his mental energy improvement is much slower than before.

However, the physical tempering remains as strong as ever.

This is thanks to Lu Ning's enhanced recovery ability after reaching the second tier.

This allows Lu Ning to use mental resonance to temper his physical body more recklessly.

Although the process was somewhat painful, it actually made Lu Ning feel very at ease.

This lets Lu Ning know that he is still alive.

Of course, besides the mission in Paradise, there are other abnormal events that occasionally occur in District 7.

However, these pathological events are relatively simple, and the treatment mainly involves patients with first-order pathological changes.

They didn't even need Lin Xiao and Colin to make a move; Qiu Yuelin and the others could handle it.

Ten days passed in this way.

On this day, Lu Ning and Wang Qiwen were on duty at the branch office, while Lin Xiao, Colin, Qiu Yuelin, and Wei Xuan went to deal with a case of disease.

Lu Ning and Wang Qiwen were engrossed in playing video games.

Just then, footsteps approached quickly, and a moment later, the door to the activity room was pushed open. Yu Ran stood in the doorway, panting, and said, "Lu Ning, someone came to report that her lover has been missing for the past two days."

Wang Qiwen was being suppressed and beaten by Lu Ning. Lu Ning seemed to master everything instantly, becoming a master in no time.

Wang Qiwen has never beaten Lu Ning in games.

He was feeling rather annoyed, and upon hearing Yu Ran's words, he frowned and said, "Missing persons shouldn't be under the jurisdiction of our Bureau of Mystery, right?"

Yu Ran said, "Normal missing persons are definitely not under the jurisdiction of the Fog Bureau, but the missing person is a registered second-level awakened one, and the person who came to report the case is also an awakened one."

Upon hearing this, both Lu Ning and Wang Qiwen stopped playing the game.

Lu Ning stood up and asked, "Where is he?"

"I told her to wait in the reception room."

"Let's go take a look."

Lu Ning and Wang Qiwen followed Yu Ran out of the activity room and went to a reception room on the second floor.

Inside the reception room, a middle-aged blonde woman held a cup of hot tea, looking around nervously.

Upon seeing Lu Ning and Wang Qiwen enter, she quickly stood up, spilling the hot tea from her paper cup onto the table.

Yu Ran said, "Ms. Farin, you don't need to be nervous. These two are members of our Fog Bureau's action team, Lu Ning and Wang Qiwen. You can talk to them if you have any questions."

Farin nodded quickly and said, "Sirs, my lover went missing yesterday. I hope you can help me find him."

Lu Ning calmly looked at Falin and said, "Tell us what you know first."

Farin nodded quickly and said, "I know. My lover's name is Yu Yin. He's a second-tier shapeshifter. Because his shapeshifting ability is very effective in certain areas, he works as a private investigator. My lover said he took on an investigation job at the Tree Bar, which is exactly his forte. However, yesterday when he went to do the job as usual, I lost contact with him. Normally, he would reply to me with a goodnight message at 10 pm! I called him this morning, but no one answered!"

Wang Qiwen looked somewhat surprised and asked, "You picked him up at the One Tree Bar?"

"Yes, sir. As you know, many of us awakened free spirits take on missions in bars to make a living."

"Do you know who your lover's target is?" Lu Ning asked.

Farin thought for a moment and said, "I heard my husband mention her, I think she's a celebrity, what's her name again... let me think."

"Samantha?"

Farin's eyes lit up, and she nodded repeatedly, saying, "Yes, yes! That's the name... How did you know, sir?"

Farin looked at Lu Ning with some confusion.

Wang Qiwen said somewhat impatiently, "Our action team will also keep an eye on the bar's mission."

Farin nodded in realization.

Wang Qiwen spoke again: "Tell me more about your partner's investigation. When did they set off? Where do they usually investigate this celebrity? When did you discover he was missing? Do you know where he disappeared?"