CHAPTER 72: CHAPTER 69: ANOTHER BODY FOUND

"Officer, hello."

This ghost was rather polite, greeting Huo Xun.

Huo Xun was completely overwhelmed; it completely shattered his previous understanding.

Qin Zhao: "She says she is the deceased, and she knows where the murderer is."

Huo Xun took a deep breath and took a long time to regain his composure.

"Then will she lead us to the murderer?"

"Possible."

Before Qin Zhao could speak, Chen Shu answered for Huo Xun.

At that moment, the police who had gone to search nearby returned, "Captain Huo, we still haven’t found the head and torso, and we suspect the murderer has moved them."

"Is there anything abnormal in the surveillance footage?"

"There are several periods where the screen goes fuzzy, without capturing the key scenes.

The murderer probably left during those times."

Huo Xun turned to Chen Shu and asked, "Why did the murderer kill you?"

"I don’t know; he suddenly burst in and started chopping me with an axe."

"Do you know his identity?"

"I have no idea; I’ve never met him before."

"Then how do you know where he is?"

"I followed him when he fled, so I know where he is hiding."

Throughout the questioning, Qin Zhao remained silent.

After the questioning was over, Huo Xun thought for a moment and said to Qin Zhao, "Miss Qin, we might need to trouble you to come with us to apprehend the murderer, is that alright?"

In his many years of handling cases, he had never encountered a ghost involved in a situation.

Since Qin Zhao could communicate with ghosts, Huo Xun thought it was better to bring her along to avoid any accidents on the way. If this ghost caused any trouble, Qin Zhao should be able to handle it, right?

"Possible."

Qin Zhao curled her lips and gave Chen Shu a somewhat playful look.

"Then let’s go."

Huo Xun left the deputy captain at the scene and drove off with several officers.

Qin Zhao sat in the front passenger seat, and three officers sat in the back; their strong, righteous aura would make the ghost feel uncomfortable, so Chen Shu was not in the car.

She floated in front leading the way, as ghosts could fly and moved very quickly.

Before long, she led them to a desolate factory established by the riverbank, the surrounding overgrown with weeds and tree shades, creating an eerie atmosphere.

As the sky darkened, the haze in the area worsened, and the air became misty.

"He’s hiding inside there."

There were many buildings inside the factory, arranged haphazardly. Chen Shu flew ahead swiftly, turning a corner and then disappearing.

"Captain Huo, how do you know the murderer is here?"

"Exactly which building, I feel like we’ve been going around in circles here."

Huo Xun furrowed his brow - why had the female ghost disappeared?

"The murderer isn’t here."

Qin Zhao, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke up.

Huo Xun too sensed something was wrong; the female ghost was problematic!

It seemed... they had been deceived by the ghost!

"Escape rooms are popular among the youth, and the staff at such places are generally young.

Although there’s no record, Chen Shu works part-time, so she must be young too.

Moreover, Chen Shu has a large tattoo on her calf, but that thing didn’t have any on its legs."

Huo Xun suddenly turned to Qin Zhao, his gaze intense, "Miss Qin, what exactly is your involvement in this? Why did you use such means to mislead me?"

"It wasn’t to mislead you."

Qin Zhao smiled, "If we didn’t follow her out, how would she have revealed her slip?"

"You knew all along that she was problematic?"

"Yes, indeed, she was deceiving us. But one thing she said was true."

"What?"

"She knows where the killer is."

Huo Xun remained silent, his eyes thoughtful.

He felt a surge of unease.

Perhaps, the most dangerous person was this woman beside him!

"Don’t go there."

Miss Qin warned solemnly.

The incident just now had caused Miss Qin to lose Huo Xun’s trust. He didn’t heed her words and continued driving in the originally planned direction.

That was the road leading away from the factory, with the gate right ahead.

But in the next second, everyone felt a sensation of falling weightlessness.

The scene outside the car changed rapidly,

The gate disappeared!

Somehow they had driven towards the river, and the car went straight into the water!

"I told you not to go this way," Miss Qin muttered, quickly opening the car door.

If the car fell into the water, it would be very difficult to open the doors. Miss Qin was the first to open her side of the door, and the river water instantly gushed in, while the others hurriedly opened their doors as well.

Those policemen knew how to swim and now headed towards the shore.

"Ah!"

Suddenly, someone screamed.

"Something’s got my foot!"

The officer looked down and saw a dark shadow under the water.

He didn’t know what it was, growing more panicked, and Huo Xun quickly turned back to rescue him.

As the river water submerged his teammate’s head, Huo Xun plunged into the water, thinking the teammate’s foot was entangled by seaweed and trying to free it.

To his surprise, it was a grayish-blue human hand grabbing his ankle!

"Run!"

Miss Qin’s voice came from the surface of the river.

Then, a pale blue light struck the eerie hand, forcing it to let go.

Huo Xun grabbed his teammate and hurriedly pulled him away.

Everyone climbed onto the shore, only to see Miss Qin rummaging through her bag before pulling out several wet talisman papers, which dried at a visible rate.

"This is her lair," Miss Qin explained briefly, pulling out a Thunder Talisman.

After reciting the spell, she threw the talisman into the river.

Suddenly, the light of lightning flashed, a blue-purple electric net covering the entire surface of the river, brightening the sky.

Everyone, including Huo Xun, watched the scene in shock.

"Was that a hand that grabbed me just now?"

The entangled officer looked down at his ankle, where there was a vivid red handprint.

The others followed his gaze and couldn’t help but shiver, their scalps tingling.

"Could we have encountered a ghost?"

Huo Xun didn’t answer but instead frowned at the river before them.

"Why aren’t there any fish in this river?"

"Because there are corpses."

After Miss Qin spoke, the thunder and lightning on the river gradually faded, and indeed no fish surfaced.

Moments later, a corpse floated up.

This factory had been abandoned for a long time and was particularly heavy with yin energy. Thus, when someone died here, the body underwent mutation, attracted to the slightest breath of the living.

However, the body hadn’t been dead for long, so the mutation was not very severe.

A single Thunder Talisman from Miss Qin could resolve it.

"That’s the body?"

"Yes, that’s its true form," Miss Qin said, looking at the officer with the mark on his ankle, "It’s also what grabbed you."

They all stared at the floating corpse on the river, none daring to retrieve it.

Going to fetch it now, who knows what might happen.