Next to the studio where silicone dolls were made, there was another room.

At this moment, Sun Zhidong no longer dared to look inside and was squatting by the door, vomiting.

The breakfast he had in the morning was completely emptied, and a foul smell filled the air.

Li Xiang waved his hand, dispersing the strange smell at the tip of his nose, and walked into the room past Sun Zhidong, only to be shocked by the scene inside.

Directly in front was an operating table, and next to it was a clothes rack, on which half of a processed human skin was hanging.

Black dried blood stains were everywhere in the room, and various slaughter tools were neatly hung on the wall.

If it weren't for that half piece of human skin, Li Xiang would have thought he had come to a slaughterhouse.

"Homicide, major case."

Li Xiang's mind went blank. With so many dolls outside, if they were all real human skin, how many people had to die?

Unexpectedly, a simple missing person case turned out to uncover a major case.

Bang~

Suddenly, Li Xiang was startled by a strange sound outside the door.

Upon coming out, he saw Sun Zhidong, who had just been vomiting, knocked out by a blow, his right cheek lying in his own vomit. Li Xiang quickly looked away and focused on the person holding a steel pipe.

The person was about 1.73 meters tall, wearing a suit that made him look fairly presentable, holding a steel pipe that had been bent—it seemed like the steel pipe skeleton used inside dolls, likely grabbed at random after entering.

"Did you do all this?"

"You shouldn't have come in, but since you're here, you might as well stay. It's just a pity that men's skin is too coarse for my doll-making needs."

The person spoke to himself, obviously confirming Li Xiang's suspicions.

Before Li Xiang could ask more questions, the person charged with the steel pipe again.

He wanted to knock Li Xiang out in the same manner.

Having killed before, he acted without hesitation, aiming every move at vital spots.

The steel pipe in his hand danced densely, even Li Xiang found it hard to get close.

Forced into a corner, Li Xiang scanned his surroundings for anything usable as a weapon. The experience points he accumulated through free quests had already advanced his Maga Skill to a master's level, which meant he excelled at using any available weapon for counterattack.

The nearest thing to him was a chair.

Without hesitation, Li Xiang picked up the chair and raised it above his head to defend.

For a moment, the steel pipe clanged against the chair, unable to harm Li Xiang at all. He used the chair's defense to break through the opponent's guard and wrest the steel pipe from his hands.

Without a weapon, the person was like a lamb to the slaughter before Li Xiang. A high whip kick struck his temple, knocking him out instantly.

With the fight over, Li Xiang went to check on Sun Zhidong, lifting him from the vomit. A large bump was visible on Sun Zhidong's head.

"Wake up, wake up."

After pinching his philtrum with no response, Li Xiang picked up his phone, ready to call the police.

Taking out his phone, the system issued a task related to what just happened:

[Ding, random task triggered!]

[Task Name: Investigate the Doll Case]

[Task Description: In an abandoned stationery factory, you discovered someone using human skin to make dolls. Shocked and furious, you wonder how people can be so cruel.]

[Task Requirement: Identify the real culprit and capture them personally]

[Task Reward: Experience +400, Diamonds +2500]

[Ding, task completed, reward: Experience +400, Diamonds +2500]

The diamonds for the third quest were already filled, but Li Xiang had no time to play quests now—the priority was to report to the police.

His first call was to their chief, Zhao Jianguo, since he'd reported the missing person case to Zhao previously. Now with this situation, he should report again.

Zhao Jianguo was surprised to see that the call was from Li Xiang.

Calling him at this time, surely the person had been found.

"Chief Zhao, something big has happened. A major case involving homicide."

"What's going on? Tell me slowly."

Hearing Li Xiang's agitated tone, Zhao Jianguo realized something was amiss. He sat up straight and listened intently.

Li Xiang reported the situation to Chief Zhao in detail, emphasizing the case of the human-skin dolls, suggesting that the victims might not only be Wang Liping.

Zhao Jianguo did not expect his guess to be only half-correct. Wang Liping was indeed found, but only half of her skin was recovered. The nature of the case was so heinous that even Zhao felt a chill.

Having served in the police for thirty years, he had never encountered such a bizarre case. Cautious not to mislead, he left Li Xiang and Sun Zhidong with instructions to stay put and immediately reported to Director Song.

"Is it Li Xiang again? Why did he go to Jinling? Didn't he refuse Director Yan's offer?"

Director Song's reaction was not much better than Zhao's upon hearing the news.

Once he understood the situation, Director Song promptly sent a task force back to Jinling to work on the case while also notifying the Jinling police.

The case happened in Jinling; Jinghai's police couldn't investigate across jurisdictions without cooperating with them.

The fact that such a huge case occurred in Jinling, yet the local police were slow to react and only knew through Jinghai's assistance notice, infuriated Director Xu Yuanjie.

He berated the criminal investigation team leader Yu Chuanfei without pause, who didn't dare to retort.

"Send someone to the Sunshine Stationery Factory immediately and take control. No unauthorized personnel are allowed. Jinghai has dispatched their comrades, and I don't want to see us outdone by Jinghai at every turn."

At this point, it was pointless to say more. After instructing Yu Chuanfei, Director Xu also rushed to the Sunshine Stationery Factory in his car.

With such a major case in his territory, how could the director sit still?

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The security guard at the stationery factory was reading a newspaper when he suddenly saw many police cars rush to the main gate of the plant.

Just as he was about to check the situation, he was promptly restrained by the criminal policemen who charged in.

"Are you mistaken? I'm just a gatekeeper! Why are you detaining me?"

"Behave yourself. Where are the gate keys?"

From the old man, the detectives found the gate keys and opened the gate to the plant smoothly.

One by one, police cars drove in, quickly spotting a man standing at another factory door, waving them over.

The police cars stopped in front of him, and Xu Yuanjie got out of the car. Seeing the man before him, he was immediately surprised:

"Li Xiang? Why is it you?"

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