The lights in the escape room venue have all been turned on.

Bright as day, the once terrifying scenes in the darkness now seem a bit childish.

And the staff here are already standing in rows.

Hu Huixin is currently leading her B City Branch criminal investigation subordinates to interrogate them one by one.

Officer Hu is following closely behind Zhang Feng and Lin Rui, seemingly awaiting their preliminary forensic examination of the skeleton.

Of course, such a public forensic examination has nothing to do with Zhang Feng anymore.

He's standing to the side like a mascot.

However, he noticed some other problems.

It was Ma Xiaotong.

Even standing in the shadows cast by the lights,

Zhang Feng could still notice.

At this moment, all of Ma Xiaotong's attention is focused on the victim's bones.

Logically speaking, under normal circumstances, Ma Xiaotong should be more interested in her kind, that is, ghosts.

She shouldn't be so concerned about a skeleton.

Especially when Ma Xiaotong seemed to be looking in his direction, as if she had something to say to him.

This also aroused Zhang Feng's curiosity.

So he found a moment, quietly left the crowd, and came to Ma Xiaotong's side.

Seeing Zhang Feng approach, Ma Xiaotong politely said:

"Brother, are you done with work?"

Ma Xiaotong had become increasingly accustomed to calling Zhang Feng "brother," and Zhang Feng had grown used to hearing it.

So he directly asked:

"What's wrong? You seem a bit off, is it because of this victim?"

Ma Xiaotong's grey eyes looked at Zhang Feng, then at the skeleton laid flat on the ground and reassembled.

Afterwards, she hesitantly shook her head and said:

"I... don't know."

"You don't know?"

This answer puzzled Zhang Feng even more.

When asked for a yes or no answer, you say you don't know?

So what's going on?

Before Zhang Feng could ask further, Ma Xiaotong softly said:

"It's just... I find it strange."

"I've actually seen many corpses, and even helped bad people at times..."

"But I've never, at first sight of a corpse, or a skeleton, felt sympathy."

"Even that poor little girl in the orphanage, I only felt that way after knowing her story."

"But I don't know why, upon seeing this skeleton, even without doing anything, I felt a sense of sympathy towards it..."

Sympathy?

Zhang Feng paused slightly.

It's indeed unusual for a ferocious ghost to sympathize with others.

Among the reasons for sympathy, could it be empathy?

What's there to empathize with?

She hasn't turned into a skeleton herself.

Emm...

For a moment, Zhang Feng was left confused.

But at this time, Officer Hu's voice came from the front:

"Someone bring the body back to the branch and have the two forensic doctors conduct a further autopsy."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Feng understood.

Surely, Lin Rui intended for him to use his methods to perform an autopsy on the body again.

There's no helping it, this is his job.

And doing this job can also help restore his abilities.

So Zhang Feng patted Ma Xiaotong on the shoulder and said:

"Alright, don't think about it too much."

"We'll figure out what's going on, after we get back, I'll ask its soul."

Ma Xiaotong said nothing, just nodded.

Zhang Feng, Lin Rui, and the other two classified as "uncommitted" by the system, Shen Xing'Er and Ma Xiaotong, returned to the B City Branch together with the skeleton.

Upon entering the branch, Lin Rui glanced at Zhang Feng with an aggrieved expression.

That look made Zhang Feng sweat on his forehead.

Clearly saying, you insisted on taking a vacation, but ended up back at work!

Zhang Feng immediately whistled, pretending he knew nothing, saw nothing, and was the first to enter the autopsy room.

Lin Rui, following behind, rolled her eyes playfully and followed him in.

To Zhang Feng's surprise, the first thing Lin Rui did upon entering the autopsy room and closing the door was to grab his arm.

Then she directly pinned him against the wall!

Pouting, she immediately blocked his mouth.

Zhang Feng's pupils slightly dilated.

What in the world are you doing?

Always causing a scene, don't you have any serious work?

Ever since what happened last night, this morning under the table, in the afternoon in the escape room, and now in the autopsy room,

Lin Rui's daringness has undoubtedly increased!

Before that final layer of window paper was pierced, Lin Rui still maintained her modesty, her shyness.

But now, it's me who's become the shy one!!

Not until Lin Rui was almost out of breath did she reluctantly let go of Zhang Feng.

But those slightly flushed cheeks, that pair of eyes gazing at Zhang Feng, seemed like they were about to melt.

Her eyes bore a tinge of love, and a certain glow that seemed like an imminent volcanic eruption.

This made Zhang Feng's face tense, and in a stilted manner, he said:

"Um... shall we do the autopsy first? Calm down a bit...."

Lin Rui's sticky gaze remained fixed on Zhang Feng, her teeth softly biting her lip. She tugged at Zhang Feng's collar, whispered into his ear in a thick voice:

"You ruined my vacation, tonight, I'm going to make up for it on you!"

"Hiss——"

After hearing those words, Zhang Feng inexplicably felt a chill in his pants.

Fortunately, after saying this, Lin Rui let go of Zhang Feng.

She took several deep breaths, and said to Zhang Feng:

"Alright, begin your performance!"

Time to start performing again.

But indeed, only he could currently perform this act of raising the corpse.

Zhang Feng spread his hands, walking towards the bones, listening to Lin Rui's account:

"My preliminary examination revealed that the head's detachment was not due to bone decay or jolting."

"The bones have clear cut marks, suggesting it was decapitated and reassembled, hence not very secure."

"As for whether the victim was decapitated pre-mortem or post-mortem, that I cannot ascertain."

"Plus, these bones didn't degrade naturally; it seems to be deliberate."

Lin Rui, wearing half-rimmed glasses, appeared stern, her slightly mature voice sounded quite appealing.

But it left Zhang Feng with a peculiar expression.

He thought to himself, how could a woman rapidly shift from that blissful state to a work-focused one?

No idea, who cares, it's possible women are just fickle?

By now, Zhang Feng had already formed a seal with one hand, eyes slightly closed.

A blue light flickered gently:

"Taishang Laojun commands as law!"

"Rise!!"

The familiar sound of wind, the familiar drop in temperature.

Not to mention Zhang Feng, even Lin Rui had become accustomed to these phenomena by now.

With a "whoosh!", the skeleton lying horizontally on the autopsy table sat upright.

This scene is quite intimidating, but...

"Gurgle...." As Lin Rui had stated earlier, the head was indeed severed by someone!

So it rolled onto the ground instantly.

This left Zhang Feng and Lin Rui rather helpless.

When Zhang Feng bent down to retrieve the fallen head,

suddenly noticing a flash of red within the hollow eye sockets.

Zhang Feng froze instantly!

"This isn't good!"

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