Xu Yuanjie had a deep impression of Li Xiang. This young man was exceptionally skilled, even catching the attention of the provincial Drug Enforcement Bureau's director, who personally went to Jinghai to recruit him, but supposedly failed.

But now, seeing Li Xiang appearing in Jinling made him somewhat suspicious. Was Director Yan just making excuses when he said they couldn't recruit him?

Or was there another arrangement?

"Director Xu, I have the suspect under control and am handing him over to you now."

Li Xiang had seen Director Xu before, during the capture of Yue Cheng at the Jinling Public Security Bureau. Now that even he came, it was clear how much Jinling Public Security valued this case.

They had no choice but to take it seriously; such a case was rare even on a national level.

Following Director Song's instructions, Li Xiang still handed over the crime scene to the Jinling police.

"Alright, thank you for your hard work."

Along with the police car came an ambulance, and Sun Zhidong was taken to the Jinling City First People's Hospital.

Before coming, Director Xu already knew the suspect used human skin to make dolls and had mentally prepared himself, yet upon seeing the scene, he still gasped.

On one side was a delicate human skin doll, on the other, a hellish slaughterhouse.

The contrast was enough to shock anyone's worldview.

It was unimaginable what kind of mindset drove the suspect to commit such a monstrous crime.

"Report, Director Xu, no other victim's organs or tissues were found at the scene except for the human skin."

The on-site examiners were experienced detectives. Apart from half a piece of human skin and dried blood, no other victim's tissues were found.

Which meant the body was missing.

"Dig deep, even if it means digging three feet into the ground at this stationery factory, keep digging until we find it."

Then, Xu Yuanjie glanced at the unconscious suspect and said, "If we really can't find it, the suspect is right here. As soon as he wakes up, immediately interrogate him intensively; extract whatever information we can."

Li Xiang's kick was no light matter, even after waiting for this long, the suspect had not woken up.

"That can be handled."

Li Xiang was nearby when he heard Director Xu say that everyone was waiting for him to wake up, suddenly not so complacent about everyone waiting for this one person.

Amid curious glances from others, he walked over to the suspect and kicked him in the stomach.

"Ow~"

He woke up!

All the detectives present, including Director Xu, were shocked by Li Xiang's simply brutal approach. In the age of social media, no officer dared to abuse their power in broad daylight, even if the person was a vicious criminal.

Though they didn't dare, seeing someone else do it was quite satisfying internally.

Many quietly gave him a thumbs up, as the law's penalty for such villains was truly too lenient.

"You've got some tricks up your sleeve, aren't you afraid of being reprimanded, this all violates discipline." Xu Yuanjie couldn't help but chuckle. Whenever he saw this kid, he was always hands-on, not one to be messed with.

"Anyway, I'm just a temp, what's there to fear!"

"Ah, I forgot, you're auxiliary police, but you can't stay auxiliary police forever, you still have to be careful."

Li Xiang knew Xu Yuanjie meant well, so he didn't continue the conversation.

Once the suspect woke up, the detectives immediately conducted a surprise interrogation. They quickly found the victim's body in a septic tank on the factory grounds.

Perhaps due to the cold weather, until the manhole cover was opened did people smell some dead rodent odor. A detective leaned over to look and immediately ran to the side, retching.

This detective was well-versed, yet facing the sudden horror of the bodies, he felt his stomach churn, acid refluxed, and he vomited.

Li Xiang had mentally prepared himself. He rushed over to take a glance, and immediately felt his own stomach wanting to expel its contents.

How could one describe such a terrifying and brutal scene?

Indescribable.

A mountain of corpses may be seen, but a mountain of skinned corpses?

These bodies, some fresh, some already decayed, by Li Xiang's rough estimate, there were at least ten.

It indeed was a vicious serial murder case.

"Quickly, haul them up."

"There's too many; we may need someone to go down and get them."

"Who's going down?"

Those present looked at each other, nobody dared to volunteer: I'll go down.

Li Xiang didn't dare either.

He feared that once he got down, his legs would give out, and he'd need someone to pull him back up first.

"Wait a bit before going down. There's biogas in the septic tank, once someone goes down, they might not come up, wait for a professional rescue team to come with oxygen masks."

Director Xu immediately made a call, bringing in the relevant personnel to take safety measures, then went down to retrieve with ropes.

One, two, three… thirteen.

A total of thirteen bodies were neatly retrieved and lined up in body bags.

The sight deeply shocked everyone present.

At this time, the special investigation team from Jinghai also arrived, coordinating the related work with Director Xu.

Mao Ji found Li Xiang and silently gave him a thumbs up.

Among the auxiliary police, Li Xiang was the one he admired most.

An initially overlooked missing persons case was dug into deeply enough to expose a case that shocked the entire nation.

With this alone, another person like him couldn't be found across the country.

"Brother Mao, no need for formalities. Without your intelligence support, I wouldn't have found this place. You deserve the most credit for this case."

"There are plenty with my skills in the police system, but there aren't many like you who can delve deep into a small suspicion. Yu Zhidu said when he came that he'd ask Director Song to promote you quickly. Your skills are wasted in the auxiliary police. By the way, where's that colleague of yours?"

"Sun Zhidong, he got ambushed and hit on the back of the head, sent to the hospital. Probably has a concussion, not sure if he's awake."

"Go check on him, we'll handle things here. You should also rest."

With the scene so busy, indeed no one paid much attention to Li Xiang. After informing Director Xu and the arriving Yu Zhidu, Li Xiang went by taxi to Renmin Hospital.

At the hospital, Sun Zhidong's head was already bandaged, the vomit on his face cleaned, and he was in a new hospital gown.

You don't say, this kind of treatment, not everyone gets to enjoy.

When he was brought in, Director Xu had instructed them to spare no effort in his treatment.

Fortunately, the CT showed a severe concussion.

"Awake?"

"Xiang, what happened to me, why am I here?"

Sun Zhidong, upon seeing Li Xiang, was curious about his situation, but thinking for a moment made his head throb painfully.

"You should rest well, the killer's been caught, you've gained great merit this time."

"Great merit? How great?"

"Getting regularized shouldn't be a problem."

"Holy crap, regularized? Ow, my head!"

Excited, Sun Zhidong inadvertently strained his head and gasped in pain.

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