Its Ghostly Wonders Are Beyond Pursuit

Chapter 25: Identifying the Culprit

"I saw the culprit's appearance!"

Zhang Yuanqing's dull eyes regained their vitality as he immediately turned to look at his two colleagues.

As he spoke, he felt a strong sense of fear, the shadow of death lingering in his heart, unable to dissipate for a long time.

The feeling of devouring the spirit was both satisfying and uncomfortable.

Li Dongze and Guan Ya felt relieved, with the former quickly asking:

"What does he look like? Um, any distinctive features?"

Zhang Yuanqing recalled while speaking: "Male, 30-35 years old, medium build, sturdy, with a half-finger-long scar on his left cheek, sparse eyebrows, and fierce eyes."

Li Dongze listened patiently, sketching a rough outline of the culprit in his mind.

The culprit's facial features were very distinctive, making identification extremely easy.

After Zhang Yuanqing finished speaking, Guan Ya asked:

"Did he assault the female victim?"

Zhang Yuanqing thought back to the scene at the end of the memory, "I believe he did."

Guan Ya confirmed a suspicion in her mind and immediately looked at Li Dongze, frowning as she said:

"Chief, I suspect the culprit may have mental issues."

Zhang Yuanqing didn't understand, thinking to himself that anyone capable of such cruelty couldn't be mentally stable.

Li Dongze nodded and said angrily: "This bastard deserves to go to hell."

Seeing Zhang Yuanqing's confused expression, Chief Li stroked his beard with two fingers and explained:

"Remember the punishment mechanism for moral values?"

Zhang Yuanqing nodded.

"The culprit killing Zhao Yingjun's mistress was for the purpose of silencing a witness, which is considered normal behavior. But assaulting the female victim before killing her would deduct additional moral points."

Li Dongze believed that with the intelligence of this Songhai University student, it wouldn't be difficult to understand the meaning.

Uh, it's really possible he's mentally unstable, Zhang Yuanqing understood.

Spirit Realm Walkers lose a certain amount of moral value when they commit crimes, so anyone with a normal mind would try to avoid triggering the punishment mechanism. Killing to silence witnesses is a desperate measure, but assaulting before killing, which deducts additional moral points, is behavior that can only be explained by two situations: either having too many moral points and being fearless, or the culprit having mental issues and being unable to suppress their inner beast.

Comparatively, the second possibility was more likely.

The experienced Guan Ya was now extremely serious, one hand supporting her chest and the other her chin, saying:

"Spirit Realm Walkers with unstable mental states, whether in lawful or evil professions, must be eliminated. Such people lurking in big cities are like ticking time bombs."

Even if their moral value drops below 60, revealing their location in the Spirit Realm and attracting hunters from other Spirit Realm Walkers in the city, in that interval, a powerful individual with supernatural abilities could kill from one end of the street to the other.

The veteran looked at the only newcomer present and warned:

"The Spirit Realm is full of dangers, especially single-person realms, where the death rate is extremely high. Many Spirit Realm Walkers, even if they successfully complete their missions, are left with indelible psychological trauma. Over time, mental issues become inevitable.

"Especially for Night Travelers like you, if you ever feel that your mental state is off, you must notify us. The organization will provide psychological counseling."

Zhang Yuanqing couldn't help but recall everything he experienced in the Mountain God Temple, nodding with lingering fear: "I understand."

"By the way, was the culprit's DNA found at the crime scene?" Zhang Yuanqing asked.

Guan Ya shook her head.

Did the culprit take all his descendants with him? Zhang Yuanqing felt somewhat disappointed. If they had the culprit's countless descendants in their hands, the Red Shoes could help find him.

At this point, Li Dongze finished thinking and asked:

"What else did you see in Zhao Yingjun's memory?"

"Yes," Zhang Yuanqing had been waiting for this question and quickly said:

"The culprit was interrogating Zhao Yingjun about the whereabouts of the 'Holy Grail' and the 'Register'."

Holy Grail, Register... Guan Ya and Li Dongze exchanged glances, both seeing confusion in each other's eyes.

Li Dongze said:

"What do the Holy Grail and Register represent?"

Zhang Yuanqing shook his head: "There was no related information about them in the memory."

Li Dongze thought for a moment, frowning:

"This case is more complicated than we imagined. Zhao Yingjun has kept quite a bit from us."

He patted Zhang Yuanqing's shoulder, praising: "Well done, you've found important clues for us. After we arrest or eliminate the culprit, I'll recommend you for a commendation. Now, go with Guan Ya to create a facial composite of the culprit."

"Yes, Chief."

Zhang Yuanqing immediately followed the long-legged beauty out.

"Oh, right," Li Dongze called out to Guan Ya, saying: "Have a formal suit made for him, to wear in the unit from now on."

Zhang Yuanqing was about to say he doesn't come often, when he heard Guan Ya beside him say: "Understood."

Leaving the morgue, Guan Ya chuckled: "You must wear formal attire in the unit from now on."

Zhang Yuanqing nodded slightly: "I know, big companies have strict dress codes."

Guan Ya giggled: "No, this has nothing to do with the organization. It's the Chief's requirement; he thinks casual wear isn't elegant enough."

What does this have to do with elegance... Zhang Yuanqing thought to himself, but as his gaze swept over Guan Ya's black stockinged long legs, short skirt-clad round buttocks, and white shirt-covered slender waist, he suddenly felt the Chief was right - one should pursue elegance in life.

As they walked, he checked his attribute panel:

[Name: Primordial Heavenly Lord]

[Race: Human]

[Profession: Night Traveler]

[Level: 1]

[Skills: Night Travel, Spirit Devouring, Tai Yin Spirit]

[Experience: 44%]

[Moral Value: 60 (Initial Value)]

The experience value had increased from 42% to 44%. After devouring the spirit, he felt a warm current surge through his body, feeling comfortable all over, and the Tai Yin power seemed to have grown.

"Sister Guan Ya, I gained two points of experience?" Zhang Yuanqing said excitedly.

Experience represents strength. Even among Level 1 Night Travelers, the difference in strength between 1% and 99% experience is immense.

Guan Ya was stunned for a moment, "Oh, yes, that's right. You Night Travelers can increase your experience by absorbing spirits. However, the Night Travelers from Taiyi Sect seem to dislike doing this. Every time they help with spirit interrogations, they always have black faces, unwilling, with very bad attitudes."

"Why?"

The mixed-race beauty rolled her beautiful and charming eyes, "How would I know? I'm just a scout with no fighting skills."

Nonsense, even if scouts aren't good at combat, the basic attributes of a Level 2 should still crush mine, and after the fourth-level transformation, scouts have terrifying single combat abilities. The physical attributes at the superhuman stage must be very strong.

Zhang Yuanqing didn't believe it: "Really no fighting skills?"

Guan Ya looked at her new colleague, her gaze dropping slightly, smiling:

"Why don't you let big sister try her hand?"

Zhang Yuanqing seriously refused: "Don't be like that, I'm still a child."

He then took out his phone and said: "Are you free tonight? I'll book a hotel online now. If you don't mind, you can also practice some squats."

"Hahaha, you're so funny." Guan Ya laughed, her body shaking: "Yuanshi, you should really come to the unit more often. With you around, big sister will never be bored."

The two left the glass building and entered the Public Security Bureau building. Guan Ya skillfully led him to the Technical Department.

After carefully inquiring about the culprit's facial features, the Technical Department staff spent a full two hours roughly reconstructing the culprit's appearance.

Zhang Yuanqing looked at it, stroking his chin, and said:

"It looks a bit like him, but also feels not quite right."

The experienced technician Old Zhang pondered for a moment and asked: "Is it the facial features or the aura?"

"The aura, I guess. The culprit's aura feels very fierce."

"How fierce? Can you describe it specifically? I know it's hard to describe, but it's best if you have a reference."

"As soon as I entered the door, I saw Chang Wei beating Lai Fu."

"...Very good."

Finally, the new criminal sketch was completed, and Zhang Yuanqing nodded in satisfaction:

"It's about right, about 70-80% similar."

Next, through comparison with the population information database, they locked onto the target individual.

"Ou Xiangrong, from Wushi City, Jiangnan Province, long-term resident of Songhai, sentenced to prison in 2012 for intentional injury, no trace after release."

Sitting in her office chair, Guan Ya smiled:

"With this information, we should be able to catch him by this morning at the latest."

"So fast?"

"Hehe, you should trust the capabilities of the government and scouts." Guan Ya stood up and walked out, saying: "Yuanshi, your work is done, you can return to school now. You don't need to worry about the follow-up. Although Night Travelers have extremely high combat power, you don't yet possess the courage and psychological qualities of a warrior."

"Alright." Zhang Yuanqing happily agreed.

In the glass building office, Li Dongze finished reading the information sent by Guan Ya and opened the "Kangyang District Spirit Realm Walker Management Group", synchronizing the culprit's information in the group.

Big Muscle: "Our new Night Traveler is quite efficient, already confirming the culprit's identity."

Water Skimmer: "@Li Dongze, how does it feel to have a Night Traveler subordinate at your disposal?"

Li Dongze: "It feels quite good."

Tang Guoqiang sent a red envelope.

White Dragon: "Alright, stop being smug, quickly deploy. Notify Songhai Public Security Headquarters to arrange personnel to strictly check vehicles entering and leaving Songhai, notify all district Spirit Realm teams to cooperate with our search at any time. Hopefully, Ou Xiangrong hasn't fled Songhai yet."

The culprit committed the crime this morning, and five to six hours have passed since then. Not to mention a Spirit Realm Walker, even an ordinary person who prepared in advance would have fled Songhai by now.

Ordinary people can be tracked through surveillance, but tracking Spirit Realm Walkers is much more difficult.

Green Vine: "Compared to an evil profession practitioner waiting for an opportunity to retaliate against the authorities, escaping Songhai might actually be a good thing."

The former implies that official Spirit Realm Walkers would be assassinated.

Li Dongze: "He won't leave Songhai."

Big Muscle: "So certain?"

Li Dongze: "If Ou Xiangrong only wanted to kill Zhao Yingjun, he would have done it long ago. Even with our Night Traveler, by the time we identified him, he would have already fled Songhai. So why choose this particular time?"

Big Muscle: "Don't keep us in suspense, just say it."

Green Vine: "So it's still about retaliating against the authorities?"

Li Dongze: "No, things might be even more complicated. My Night Traveler saw some clues in Zhao Yingjun's memory. Ou Xiangrong was interrogating Zhao Yingjun about the Holy Grail and the Register."

Holy Grail and Register? While other team leaders were using their brains to think about these two items, Big Muscle directly sent a question:

"What are those?"

Li Dongze ignored him and waited for a while. Seeing that his colleagues had no comments on the Holy Grail and Register, he could only reluctantly skip this matter and send a message:

"Let's set aside the Holy Grail and Register for now and take action first."

(End of Chapter)

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