Spiritual Recovery: Gamification of Reality

Chapter 144 - 144: Consecutive Human Body Compulsion Case

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Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation     Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

‘Yes.’

On the undamaged 1.5 -meter-long bed lay a charred corpse.

This scene…

No matter how he looked at it, it felt a little strange.

“Spontaneous combustion again?”

When Su Meng saw the corpse, she was stunned for a moment before looking at Xu Bai. “Master, including the five cases yesterday, this should be the sixth case, right?”

Xu Bai nodded.

This was not the first time he had been burned on the bed. Other than himself, the bedsheets and even the blanket were fine.

Yesterday, there were five similar cases.

‘Still… ‘ “Not six. Twelve.”

“What?”

Su Meng heard the voice and looked at the forensic doctor, Old Xu, who was doing an autopsy with his head lowered. “Forensic doctor Xu, 12 cases? That’s impossible.”

Xu Bai also looked at the forensic doctor, Old Xu.

Old Xu carefully picked up the hair he had just collected from between the victims’ fingers with tweezers and put it away. After instructing the apprentices behind him to pack up the corpses, he took off his gloves and looked at Xu Bai and Su Meng. “It’s 12 cases. When we encounter such a strange case, we will take it out and discuss it with each other.”

Su Meng blinked.

“The forensic doctors of our police station.”

Xu Bai answered Su Meng’s question and looked at the forensic doctor, Old Xu. “Are there similar cases in other police stations?”

The forensic doctor, Old Xu, nodded. “It’s the same as this one. It’s strange and natural. Moreover, the first corpse appeared yesterday. The Second, Eighth, and 53rd Precincts received similar corpses yesterday.”

Xu Bai frowned.

Second Precinct.

The 53rd round.

Just these two sub-bureaus alone could almost represent the straight-line distance of the entire Feng City.

This natural human body case appeared in every corner of Feng City yesterday? Su Meng frowned and said, “Strange, why didn’t they report it?”

Old forensic doctor Xu smiled and didn’t say anything. He brushed past Xu Bai and Su Meng and left the clean bedroom with the guests and his apprentice.

It was strange.

The victim had died of spontaneous combustion, but the strange thing was that not only were there no signs of burning on the bedsheets and blankets, but there was also no smell of burning in the air.

Su Meng looked at the forensic doctor, Old Xu, who had turned around and left. Then, she turned around and looked at Xu Bai.

“Master?”

“They’re all waiting.”

“They’re waiting to see which precinct reports first so that they can throw them off.’

Xu Bail s expression did not change as he explained to Su Meng why according to the procedure, the murder case had to be reported, but the other police stations did not report the root cause.

It was still the same thing.

The Feng City Police Department was very big, and there were a total of 53 sub-bureaus. The 53 sub-bureaus guarding the Feng City Police Department weren’t just about cooperation or competition.

Similarly, sometimes, they would push the blame to each other.

For example, this case.

Not to mention the others, if any other police station had reported a similar case yesterday, Xu Bai would have handed it over without hesitation.

Anyway, this case did not trigger the system mission.

‘Yes.’

It was very strange.

In the past, when a murder happened, the system’s mission would basically be issued immediately. However, when Xu Bai received the first case of spontaneous combustion yesterday, the system’s mission did not ring until the end of yesterday.

This made Xu Bai wonder if there was an unknown malfunction in the mission module of this lousy cheat.

Of course.

This case also made Xu Bai a little suspicious.

Especially after Su Meng routinely asked her neighbors on the third floor, the second floor, and the fourth floor, Old Fu.

Su Meng found Xu Bai, who was still in the bedroom. She looked at the small notebook in her hand and shook her head. “Just like the five cases yesterday, the neighbors all said that they didn’t hear any movement or anything unusual.”

It was the same as the corpse today.

The victims of the five spontaneous combustion cases yesterday had all died from spontaneous combustion in their bedrooms. Moreover, the time of death had been at night.

But at night, it spontaneously combusted.

Not only did no one see the burning flames outside the window, but even the neighbors did not hear the cries for help.

This time was no exception.

Xu Bai nodded and looked at Su Meng. “Can you see it on the river of fate?”

Su Meng shook her head. “Master, we tried yesterday. We can’t find these people in the long river of fate.”

Xu Bai frowned.

“Can’t find it?”

“Perhaps it’s as Uncle said. It’s because of the chaos in the heavenly secrets.

After I went back last night, I asked Uncle, but he couldn’t find it.”

“Fine. ”

Xu Bai nodded and looked around one last time. Then, he did not stay here for long and brought Su Meng back to the police station.

On the board in the office.

Including the corpse today, the 38th Precinct had received a total of reports since yesterday. All of them were about the deceased who died from spontaneous combustion.

Xu Bai crossed his arms and stared at the information on the six victims on the board.

Whether it was in terms of age, family background, or interpersonal relationships, there was no connection between the six victims.

The six victims ranged in age from thirty to fifty.

Their families came from different backgrounds. Some came from the countryside, some came from the slums of the city, and some came from business families.

There was no connection between their interpersonal relationships. Su Meng imitated Xu Bai and stood beside him with her arms crossed.

“Coincidence?”

“Six spontaneous combustions a day?”

Xu Bai glanced at Su Meng. “If this is a coincidence, I’d rather believe that I won a first-class prize today.”

At the very least, his chances of winning the first prize were higher than six spontaneous combustion cases a day.

Just now, the forensics office called and confirmed that the sixth body had just been found. The time of death was between one and two in the morning the day before yesterday, similar to the time of death of the five bodies yesterday.

This was the only connection between the six corpses.

Other than that, there was no other connection.

At this moment.

Chen Shan pushed the door open from the outside and entered. He looked at the master and disciple who were deep in thought with their heads lowered in front of the board. He walked over and looked at Xu Bai. “In three minutes, you’ll have to thank me.”

Xu Bai looked at Chen Shan.

Three minutes later.

A surveillance video captured by a pinhole camera played on the screen in front of the three of them.

“What’s this?”

“The fourth victim’s bedroom surveillance.

“Bedroom…surveillance?”

Su Meng blinked. “Why? I think it’s weird that the bedroom is connected to the surveillance camera.”

Chen Shan smiled and said, “This should be very strange in the first place. I checked the information. The fourth victim was a pinhole surveillance camera bought last month. I deciphered his phone. Guess what he bought it for.”

Su Meng was stunned.

Xu Bai looked at Chen Shan expressionlessly and did not speak.

Chen Shan looked at Xu Bai and said that he was bored. Then, he chuckled and said, “I even found his account on the Soup Net. This guy posted the video of him and his wife at night.”

This time, Xu Bai’s face was not expressionless.

Su Meng’s jaw dropped. “What? This guy posted his relationship with his wife on the soup web?”

Chen Shan nodded.

The next second.

Chen Shan was a little suspicious. He looked at Su Meng. “Mengmeng, you know about the soup web too?”

Su Meng was stunned for a moment before she shook her head like a rattle drum. “No, I don’t know. I’ve never heard of it.’

Chen Shan obviously did not believe him and started laughing.

Xu Bai shook his head and interrupted him. “Alright, let’s play it.”

Only then did Chen Shan snap out of his daze. He pressed the play button and began to play the surveillance footage. “This is the real-time surveillance footage I retrieved from the USB drive of this guy’s camera on the night of the murder. Don’t blink.”

Chen Shan had already retrieved the surveillance footage.

Therefore, there was no boring prelude. Just ten seconds after the progress bar, it directly entered the climax scene.

Flames.

The victim, who had been lying on the bed playing with her phone on the surveillance footage a second ago, tilted her head in the next second, as if she was demonstrating some supernatural ability to fall asleep in a second.

However, the next second after the deceased fell asleep, a cluster of flames suddenly appeared on the surveillance screen.

The black flame was like a black hole. In less than a second, it covered the dead man’s entire body.

Meanwhile, the dead who were devoured by the black flames did not respond at all. It was as if they had fallen into a deep sleep, allowing the black flames to burn them alive.

The black flame appeared and disappeared strangely. From its appearance to the end, it only took less than ten seconds.

By the time the black flames disappeared, the dead person who was confirmed to be alive ten seconds ago had already appeared on the surveillance screen in the shape of charcoal.

Su Meng looked at the contents of the surveillance footage and could not help but gape in shock.

Xu Bai frowned as he watched the scene.

This flame…

Xuan Hei?

Transcendent?

“That can’t be right.’

There were no transcendent fluctuations at the scene.

When the second spontaneous combustion case happened yesterday, Xu Bai, who had rushed to the scene, saw the corpse that was no different from the first corpse. He began to suspect that this case involved some transcendent.

‘But…

Xu Bai had specially sensed it yesterday. There were no unusual auras left at the crime scene. There were no fluctuations of transcendent auras at the crime scene.

But this black flame?

It also didn’t match the color of the flames when the human body self-ignited.

This was because when the human body combusted spontaneously, the color of the flames was usually blue. In the few videos of the real human body combusting spontaneously, there had never been a black flame.

Chen Shan looked at Xu Bai, who had his head lowered in deep thought, and blinked. “How is it? Do you want to thank me? This can be considered proof that the fourth victim should have died from spontaneous combustion.”

Xu Bai did not say anything.