Shen Qiang locked himself in the study for the entire afternoon, using three computers along with his phone, continuously reviewing case summaries and key points within the records. Even as the sky outside darkened and the lights needed to be turned on, he still couldn't find a method to quickly locate the person he was searching for.

"Nobody could possibly leave no trace at all. His characteristics are so obvious; there's no reason we can't find him."

Shen Qiang frowned, once again meticulously reviewing the case summary for any useful clues about the killer's behavior patterns, but he still found nothing.

At that moment, the little creature Jin Chan, who had been sitting quietly on the heater and watching Shen Qiang the whole time, suddenly spoke: "Master, can I sit somewhere else? The room heater is too hot, and I feel like I'm about to have a heatstroke."

Hearing this, Shen Qiang was stunned and looked at Jin Chan in surprise.

This little guy, with her red face, was awkwardly sitting on the heater. With Jin Chan's words, Shen Qiang suddenly realized that due to the tendency of hot water and air to rise, the higher the floor, the hotter the heater tends to be.

In the northern winter evenings adorned with lights, this time was exactly the peak heating period.

So, it was perfectly normal for Jin Chan, who was wearing padded clothes handmade by Xiu Ju, to feel uncomfortable sitting on the heater.

Seeing Shen Qiang staring at her.

Jin Chan, surprised and embarrassed, said, "I'm sorry, Master, I didn't mean to disturb your thoughts. I'm just feeling too hot, like I'm on the verge of heatstroke, and wanted to ask if I could sit somewhere else."

Shen Qiang's eyes suddenly lit up.

He grabbed Jin Chan and gave her an unexpected kiss on her beautiful little face, then laughed wildly: "I got it! I know how to find this guy now! Jin Chan, you are simply amazing!"

Jin Chan was immediately dumbfounded, her face flushed red, looking at Shen Qiang with innocent and puzzled eyes, yet somehow adorable.

Meanwhile, downstairs, in the living room.

With the lights turned on, Qian Shanxue sighed as she looked at Ali and Ye Xiaolei, both fatigued but quickly browsing through medical files.

"You've been at it all afternoon. Take a break, or you'll wear yourselves out before finding the person."

Hearing this, Ye Xiaolei smiled: "Colonel, I'm fine, being a Cultivator, this work intensity doesn't bother me. But Ali, on the other hand, you should rest since you're not alone now."

Ali put down the mouse.

Shaking her neck, she sighed: "I've got nothing. An entire day's time and I haven't even gone through one-tenth of the old pathologies from one hospital. At this rate, even if there's a record of no fingerprints, we obviously won't make it in time."

Glancing at the time, Ye Xiaolei said solemnly: "There's less than twenty-four hours left before the Major General competition ends, and I too feel we're unlikely to find the killer before it ends."

Qian Shanxue smiled bitterly, saying: "It's okay. Victory and defeat are common among warriors. We've done our best, and that's better than anything else. The two of you take a break; I'll make dinner."

With that, Qian Shanxue went to the kitchen.

Then, Ye Xiaolei quietly took her phone and logged into the Major General competition webpage.

As expected, Wenren Meiqiao and Qian Xiangming's points had been updated again.

Wenren Meiqiao had extended her lead to 223 points, while Qian Xiangming also maintained a lead of 91 points over Qian Shanxue, who hadn't increased her points.

The gap was so wide.

It silenced Ali and Ye Xiaolei.

Meanwhile, the comments section became sharper.

"Qian Shanxue and Shen Qiang have already lost. There are less than twenty-four hours left until the Major General competition ends, and Qian Shanxue hasn't gained a single point all day. They have no chance for a comeback."

"Comeback to what? Xiangming is almost a hundred points ahead of Qian Shanxue. Even if they strive harder in the next twenty-four hours, there's no chance."

"They should have given up already. Even an Immortal couldn't change this situation."

"Hahaha, I always said Shen Qiang is good for refining Elixir Pills and bullying people. He has no place meddling in Dragon Group's security affairs."

"Exactly, it's laughable. Before he helped, Qian Shanxue always came first. This time, with his involvement, they're at the bottom. Shen Qiang is undoubtedly the most useless advisor in history, bar none."

"Yeah, he's practically a useless teammate!"

Scanning the Dragon Group members' comments full of ridicule.

Ali and Ye Xiaolei exchanged a look, sighed in unison, but didn't have the courage to refute.

Because if Qian Shanxue can't increase her points and turn things around, no matter what Ali and Ye Xiaolei say, the label on Shen Qiang as an incompetent advisor and useless teammate won't be removed.

"We've definitely lost." Ali sighed.

Ye Xiaolei said, disappointed and helpless: "There's no chance for a comeback."

But at that moment, as the sound of energetic footsteps approached, Shen Qiang, with a smile, appeared at the top of the stairs.

"Who said we've definitely lost?" Shen Qiang excitedly said: "Qian Shanxue, stop cooking, come quickly, I have a major discovery."

Hearing this, Qian Shanxue walked over, eyes wide in disbelief, and said: "Shen Qiang, what did you say?"

"Come take a look!"

Shen Qiang said as he placed the laptop on the coffee table and sat in the redwood chair, saying: "Look here, this killer committed crimes more than once a month on average over the first thirteen years, but in the fourteenth year, he only did it once in the summer."

"And from then on, every summer, for three months, he has this vacuum period where he stops his activities."

Feeling Qian Shanxue quietly sit beside him, the warmth from her delicate body wafted over with a subtle enchanting fragrance.

As Shen Qiang glanced at Qian Shanxue, he saw her beautiful eyes shining as she looked at him, softly speaking with slightly parted lips: "You mean this is the key to solving the case?"

"Yes, this is the key to solving the case!" Shen Qiang said, eyes bright with excitement: "A person doesn't easily change their habits. Previously, he committed crimes at least once a month, but in the fourteenth summer, he stopped for two months. Why? What did he encounter?"

The three women furrowed their brows in astonishment, looking at each other, utterly unsure of what Shen Qiang was talking about.

Seeing this, Shen Qiang pointed at the screen, switched the interface, and the computer screen displayed an old newspaper headline: A Rare Heatwave in Three Decades Strikes the City!

Looking at the three girls still adorably puzzled.

Shen Qiang's eyes gleamed as he said: "Still don't get it? The feature of someone with no fingerprints is they don't have sweat glands. Without sweat glands, this means the killer wouldn't sweat during high temperatures in summer, making their body temperature much higher than ordinary people, so I have reason to believe that during that year's summer, he had a heatstroke, thus changing his behavior pattern from then on!"

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