An Qingyu fell silent.

Indeed, according to their hypothesis, two people had been nailed to the wall that night, but the blood analysis at the scene only showed Sun Xiao's blood, so their hypothesis was not feasible.

"And if there was a second person who died that night, where was his body?" Lin Qiye continued, "He was wearing the waiter uniform of this tavern, but none of the other waiters died, so who was the dead one?"

After reasoning to this point, both of them began to doubt that their reasoning was wrong, but if it was not the case, they could not explain the direction of the wound on the body...

The case became more and more confusing.

Just as the two were deep in thought, Lin Qiye's cell phone rang. He took out his phone and took a look, a light flashed in his eyes.

"The deputy captain said he found some clues about this mysterious creature. I have to go back." Lin Qiye put away his phone and said to An Qingyu, "I've shown you the body. You should leave now."

An Qingyu sighed helplessly, "This case is more complicated than I thought. There is not much that can be analyzed based on these four bodies... I think I need to go to the crime scene to take another look."

"This is my phone number. If you find anything, call me."

"...I didn't think I said I would help you solve the case? I just wanted to take a look at the body." An Qingyu had a strange expression.

Lin Qiye turned his head and looked into An Qingyu's eyes without saying a word.

An Qingyu smiled bitterly and said, "Okay, I get it. Since you didn't hand me over to the Night Watch, I'll tell you as soon as I find out."

"Um."

…

Peace Office.

underground.

At the long table, all the members of Team 136 were already present. Wu Xiangnan was holding a thick stack of information in his hand, his eyes full of seriousness.

"After Qi Mo reported the mysterious features of East City to me the day before yesterday, I immediately investigated the database within the Night Watch to try to find out what it was..."

For the Night Watchmen, the most important step in dealing with mysterious incidents is to confirm the identity of the "mystery". As long as they confirm what the "mystery" is, they can roughly know its abilities, strengths, habits and weaknesses.

In some mysterious events, the identity of the "mystery" is obvious at a glance, such as the Ghost-Faced Man and the Flame-Veined Earth Dragon, which are very distinctive. But there are also "mysteries" that are difficult to find out the specific identity from the event itself, such as the Nanda Snake Demon and the mystery in front of us.

"According to Wen Qimo's keywords, invisibility, telekinesis, finger cutting, and electronic device interference, I didn't find any mystery that met these conditions. The only one that fits this condition is the Ten-Cut Ghost Child, but it doesn't have the ability to be invisible or telekinetically control objects, and its intelligence is low, so it can't solve such a complicated case.

In other words, what we are facing this time is likely to be a mystery that has never been recorded."

Wu Xiangnan distributed the information in his hand to everyone and his expression became serious.

"Then I looked into the rituals associated with finger-severing and nailing people to the wall, and found some fascinating clues."

Lin Qiye took a piece of information, opened it and started reading, frowning slightly.

"A long time ago, before the fog descended, there was an ancient rumor in a small religion in the West. The rumor told of a ritual for the promotion of wronged ghosts. This ritual was used to transform weak wronged ghosts into powerful ghosts. In history, there were indeed two ghosts who passed this ritual and were promoted directly from the river realm to the sea realm.

To complete this ritual, one must sacrifice a human soul every two days, cut off their ten fingers within ten seconds before killing them, and their feet cannot touch the ground when they die. The time of death must be 3:33 in the morning.

When Lin Qiye saw the time, his eyes narrowed slightly. The forensic doctor estimated the time of death of the body in the tavern to be between three and four in the morning, which did match up.

And judging from the technique, it is completely consistent with the ritual.

"After sacrificing five human souls in succession, the ritual will be initially completed. As long as a large amount of soul power is injected, the weak wronged ghost will be reborn through the ritual and become a truly powerful ghost..."

"Soul power?" Hongying scratched her head in confusion.

"You can think of it as sacrificing the souls of hundreds of ordinary people. Of course, this is just a question of the total number of souls. It doesn't necessarily require so many people. Some people's souls are extremely powerful and can be worth dozens of people, such as those who possess the Forbidden Ruins, or even the Mystery itself."

"You mean, if it wants to complete the ritual, it has to kill five people and then kill hundreds of people in one go?" Chen Muye's face darkened slightly.

"That's right, and there are strict requirements for the location of the ceremony." Wu Xiangnan continued, "In the materials in your hands, there are drawings of the location where the ceremony will be held."

Lin Qiye flipped through the documents in his hand and found a photo on one of the pages. The photo showed a pattern carved on an ancient stone tablet. Five black dots were distributed in a position similar to that of five stars, and there were lines connecting them. There were some crooked characters written on the lines, as if they were annotating something.

"Combining the locations of the four previous cases, I built a plane model and substituted it into the location of the ceremony in this photo to deduce the approximate location where the last ceremony took place."

Wu Xiangnan took out a map and drew a small circle with a red pen at a certain location on it.

"High-end residential area?" Wen Qimo asked in surprise when he saw the scope of this small circle.

"That's right." Wu Xiangnan nodded. "According to the steps of the ritual, it will definitely sacrifice the fifth dead person here, and then kill hundreds of people to meet the conditions for soul sacrifice, and then be promoted to the sea realm."

"Judging from the time, it will take action tonight...that is, at 3:33 tomorrow morning." Lin Qiye said in a deep voice.

Then, everyone turned to look at Chen Muye.

Chen Muye nodded and said slowly: "In this case, our next phase of action is very clear. The scope of this red area is not large. Tonight, the seven of us will be scattered in different directions and monitor the situation here at all times.

If anyone finds any mysterious traces, please send a signal immediately. Within 20 seconds, all of us will be able to arrive at the scene and kill it.

This is a residential area, and the crime was committed in the early morning. If it wanted to kill so many people in one go, it must have made some preparations...

Everyone, get ready. We'll set out early and wait there. Maybe we can catch it before the ceremony begins."

"yes!"

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