Chapter 274 The Impulsive Crow Boss Snowball's pink nose twitched rapidly in the air, then it made a disgusted expression, covering its nose with its little paws:
[Sister, this smells awful!]
[It smells like...like meat that's been sitting out for days, mixed with sand and mold! It's even stronger than the rotten meat our weasels hid up for the winter but forgot to eat!]
It carefully discerned: [However, the densest "deathly aura" inside has almost dissipated.]
Based on our experience storing food, this stuff has definitely been rotten for more than half a month!
At this moment, Xue Tuan suddenly leaped lightly down from Xia Zhi Ning's arms, carefully approached the edge of the pit, stretched her neck, and sniffed hard in the direction of the corpse.
[elder sister! ]
As if she had discovered something, Xue Tuan immediately ran back, her tone filled with certainty.
[They had a faint smell of hay and beans on them!]
[I smelled this same scent at the Northwest Wildlife Conservation Centre; it's the feed they give to their camels!]
After listening to Xia Zhining's translation of the information in the weasel language, Ji Shuyun's eyes sharpened: "The smell of camel feed... this is interesting."
"This at least indicates that the deceased had prolonged and close contact with camels before his death, or..."
He paused, then offered another hypothesis that better fit the desert environment: "Their bodies were transported here by camels."
At this moment, the guard rushed over to report: "The Loulan City police have replied that they will arrive as soon as possible, and they are entrusting you and Officer Ji to conduct a preliminary investigation of the scene."
Upon hearing this, Ji Shuyun deftly put on a mask and gloves, then bent down to carefully examine the three corpses in the pit.
He gently pinched a corner of the white shroud, and Xia Zhining shone a strong flashlight on him so he could examine it.
Ji Shuyun twirled the white cloth strip between her fingers: "The texture and color of this fabric...it looks a lot like the bleached cloth commonly used in hotels."
"Hotel?" Xia Zhining immediately caught the key word.
"In this vast desert, the only place with hotels is the resort area ahead. Could these three people have been murdered in the hotel?"
“Not necessarily.” Ji Shuyun analyzed calmly, “There is another possibility: the murderer is connected to the hotel, so he took advantage of the hotel’s linens to wrap the body.”
"But if three people really died inside the hotel, or three guests went missing at the same time, the news would have spread long ago."
Xia Zhining thought about it and realized that it made sense. In such a large desert resort area, if something happened, rumors would definitely spread all over the internet.
The military intelligence system couldn't possibly be completely unaware, and they certainly wouldn't recommend that they visit the desert resort area.
Just then, police cars from Loulan City arrived with sirens blaring.
As soon as the police officer in charge got out of the car and saw Xia Zhining and Ji Shuyun, he quickly stepped forward and saluted.
"Expert Xia, Officer Ji! I didn't expect to meet you two here."
He then reported the preliminary investigation results: "As soon as we received the report, we immediately checked the information with all hotels and guesthouses in the desert resort area."
No missing persons have been reported recently.
Wow, that's strange.
Xia Zhining felt suspicious.
At that moment, the scene immediately sprang into action.
Police technicians began taking photos and collecting evidence from all angles of the body and the scene.
After a preliminary examination, the forensic doctor stated, "The body needs to be transported back to the city bureau's professional autopsy room before these shrouds can be safely removed."
"And perform facial reconstruction and identity verification."
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