Chapter 96: Unfathomable Methods of Solving Mysteries

“Ding Lizhong! You need to come with me!” Shen Yinchuan pointed at the nearby car. “Everyone inside this vehicle, including the car itself, must come with us!”

Two police officers appeared on either side of the car. “Open the door and get out!”

Ding Ruoshui glanced at Lin Xiaosu, his eyes silently asking, What now?

It was his clever plan.

The plan had already borne fruit.

But what came next?

What should they do?

At this moment, they were all suspects.

Even the car was considered suspicious.

You want to investigate a case that happened somewhere unknown, but now you’re a suspect. Do you have the right to probe?

Perhaps it was the careless oversight of her and her father from the start, neglecting a crucial issue. He had orchestrated the crime to use this opportunity to investigate, but the Jiangcheng Criminal Investigation Unit wasn’t his to command. As a suspect, could he just investigate the case at will?

While she was tangled in this inner turmoil, unsure whether to get out and open the door...

A beautiful woman gracefully approached!

She stood before Shen Yinchuan, the head of the Criminal Investigation Unit.

Shen Yinchuan’s gaze locked onto this beauty, his expression shifting.

From his perspective, this woman was a genetic being—and an extremely formidable one.

Perhaps only he could perceive this.

After all, Shen Yinchuan himself was a genetic individual.

Moreover, he was a seasoned criminal investigator with extraordinary eyes.

What was she here for?

The woman gently raised her hand, and a white jade plaque appeared before Shen Yinchuan.

The plaque was translucent and flawless.

A divine dragon was engraved on it.

As the jade plaque tilted slightly, clouds swirled, and the dragon seemed to come alive...

Shen Yinchuan’s entire body trembled—this was the Hidden Dragon Jade Plaque!

She was a Hidden Dragon, and among Hidden Dragons, she was an even more elite Hidden Dragon!

A Hidden Dragon’s status surpassed that of an ordinary genetic specialist.

This jade plaque was even more prestigious than the Golden Dragon Plaque.

In investigations, encountering a Hidden Dragon meant obeying their orders—an ironclad rule.

“This case is now under my jurisdiction. Do you understand?” The newcomer was Leng Ye.

Shen Yinchuan’s expression shifted like storm clouds, and he nodded gently. “Understood.”

Leng Ye’s gaze swept over the car. Ding Ruoshui’s eyes widened—my heavens, the girl who sells glasses was actually her!

Lin Xiaosu pushed open the car door and stepped under the streetlamp for the first time.

Leng Ye smiled faintly. “Let’s go investigate this case! Captain Shen, come with me. The rest, stand by to follow his orders.”

“Yes!”

Captain Shen personally drove the car down Hushan Hill. “Chief, how do we proceed?”

Before Leng Ye could answer, Lin Xiaosu spoke first. “To the crime scene!”

Captain Shen glanced at Lin Xiaosu in the rearview mirror, momentarily unsure. This young man was Ding Ruoshui’s boyfriend—should he listen to him?

“Xiaosu here is a detective! Follow his lead!” Leng Ye said.

“Yes!”

At the crime scene, the body had already been removed, but bloodstains in the yard remained uncleared. Several forensic experts were still cleaning up, and the police tape was still up.

Captain Shen soon returned, bringing two others.

All the officers present were startled—these were...

Lin Xiaosu’s gaze settled on a corner of the yard. He activated the temporal reversal...

A gigantic spider!

Its eight legs stretched wide, spanning more than two meters in diameter.

Even with legs folded, it was still about two feet across.

Its legs were lethal weapons, piercing through Zhou Yibo’s skull with a single, fatal strike—precisely executed to a terrifying degree.

The spider had crawled silently out of South Lake, climbed a tall tree, like a killer precisely positioned in the dark night.

After the strike, it jumped back into South Lake.

Conventional methods could never catch it.

A police officer whispered into Captain Shen’s ear, and Shen’s face darkened as if dripping water...

Because the officer told him: based on the traces left at the scene, the mutated spider, after killing, escaped through the waterways into South Lake.

As an experienced veteran detective, Captain Shen knew the difficulty of this case.

South Lake wasn’t as large as East Lake, but its circumference was still thirty kilometers. The spider could come ashore anywhere—who could find its landing point?

It was like searching for a needle in a haystack.

Ordinary needles might be lost, but this was a five-star danger-level mutated spider.

It could kill at any moment.

In a metropolis of millions, such a spider was terrifying. If word got out, no one in Jiangcheng would dare go outside.

Even if people stayed indoors, the spider could still come ashore and enter buildings...

The comprehensive conclusion: from this moment on, the Jiangcheng Criminal Investigation Unit would never have a moment’s peace.

“Into the water!” Lin Xiaosu’s gaze turned to South Lake. “Send a speedboat!”

A speedboat soon docked.

Lin Xiaosu, Leng Ye, and Captain Shen boarded.

Captain Shen furrowed his brow. Could this really work?

Tracking an alien species’ traces underwater—Jiangcheng’s top detective, He Jiang, probably couldn’t do it.

Only a Hidden Dragon’s special means could achieve this.

Lin Xiaosu behaved exactly like he was using a special technique.

His hand dipped into the water, wearing glasses, holding some kind of metallic device. His brow furrowed and relaxed intermittently...

Directing the speedboat’s course.

Not to mention Captain Shen’s complete lack of understanding.

Even Leng Ye, versed in various Hidden Dragon technologies, was puzzled by the process.

She knew Lin Xiaosu’s investigative skills were extraordinary.

But even she couldn’t grasp the current method...

Everyone knew that creatures on land left a distinctive scent.

But could scent remain underwater?

If not scent, then a change in water quality?

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