Chapter 123: Who’s Afraid of Whom?

Xiao Yu’s face turned pale.

It was a twenty-day system case limit?!

The cases he’d encountered in the past that took over ten days were what kind of cases? The more days given, the harder it was to solve the case. This often meant unknown risks, dangers, and mysteries.

Because of his shock, the knowledge about dismantling bombs, which was just poured into his brain by the system as a “bomb disposal expert,” was ignored by Xiao Yu. His heart was pounding. Having died once, he cherished his life. He wouldn’t risk his life without confidence. But this time…

Xiao Yu shook his head, hoping he was overthinking.

At the morgue, two corpses lay in front of Xiao Yu.

The first victim, a female. Chen Jiali, 25 years old, from another province, a company secretary, fit and attractive. The property was bought with her savings from work.

Although her profession was as a secretary, her personal life was normal, with no abnormalities.

The time of the murder was three months ago, discovered by her boyfriend, who called the police.

National Security had investigated and found no issues with her boyfriend.

Looking at the female corpse in front of him, Xiao Yu had mixed feelings.

The victim showed signs of sexual assault, repeatedly. Just this point made Xiao Yu’s face display a cold smile.

Would an animal be interested in humans sexually?

In unusual circumstances, it might happen. Under normal circumstances, let’s not joke around! If it was a predatory bird, how would it be interested in humans sexually?

Because of this, National Security concluded that this case was the work of a human.

It couldn’t possibly be a non-human creature. The victim’s lower body was relatively intact, with no other abnormalities.

His gaze moved to the upper body of the female corpse.

Xiao Yu frowned, internally cursing. The victim’s chest and abdomen had been torn open, with her internal organs spilling out.

Torn open? Could a human do that?

The likelihood was slim.

Humans had significant bite strength. The average bite force of the upper and lower front teeth was about forty kilograms. But, the sharpness and tearing ability weren’t sufficient.

The easiest comparison was to try biting raw pork with your teeth.

Although human muscle resistance wasn’t as strong as pork muscle, tearing open a human chest and abdomen with teeth was extremely difficult. Like in movie scenes where people bite and eat others—what kind of teeth would you need for that?

With the limited bite force humans have, after just five minutes of biting, your jaw would likely be dislocated from exhaustion.

Additionally, the bite marks on the corpse didn’t match human bites. There was no saliva residue left.

Human bite marks were ruled out.

Animal?

No, there was no animal tissue residue either.

There was no previous evidence or cases to compare, reference, or infer from. The female corpse’s chest was a bloody mess, with ribs clearly visible and some fragments of flesh still attached.

Moving his gaze upward, Xiao Yu saw that the victim’s face was unrecognizable, leaving only a red-black skull.

Red from flesh, black from dried blood, with empty eye sockets, it was indescribably nauseating. The skull not only lacked facial features but also had gnaw marks on it.

Facing such horror movie-like elements and visuals, a normal person would probably be scared to the point of wetting themselves, easily imagining demons and paranormal activities, and would panic.

Luckily, Xiao Yu wasn’t a normal person.

Like a coroner who dealt with corpses daily, his mental resilience was comparable to that of a pervert. Even so, seeing the blood-smeared skull of the female corpse made Xiao Yu’s stomach churn.

The victim’s body matched the records in the dossier, with no significant discrepancies.

‘Finding clues on the corpse…’ Xiao Yu frowned, finding it challenging.

National Security’s conclusions aligned with his current thoughts. The possibility of the crime being committed by an animal or unknown creature was very low. The focus was still on humans.

Assuming the case was human-made, looking at the female corpse before him became interesting.

What was interesting?

Three points.

First. What method did the perpetrator use to mimic wild animal bites?

Second. Where did the victim’s flesh and blood go?

Third. Judging by the signs of pre-death assault on the victim, was the perpetrator male?

Xiao Yu turned his attention to the second female corpse.

Zhu Xiaoying, 26 years old, owner of a milk tea shop, a local resident, property gifted by her parents.

She was found dead at home by her mother the day after her death.

From the two cases, it was not hard to see that if these were human actions, the perpetrator specifically targeted young women living alone.

If it wasn’t animals or unknown creatures. Could animals even appreciate beauty?

Xiao Yu became more certain that the perpetrator was a human and a male.

The condition of the two female corpses was almost identical: violated, with missing flesh and facial features that appeared to have been gnawed away. Whether these parts were eaten or something else happened to them couldn’t be determined at the moment.

Leaving the morgue, Xiao Yu got into the National Security vehicle and headed straight to the crime scene.

The first stop was the home of the first female victim, Chen Jiali.

Although the case had occurred three months ago, the crime scene had been sealed by the police, and no outsiders could enter.

A police officer was assigned to guard the scene. Upon seeing the National Security personnel, he quickly saluted.

When he saw four National Security agents following a young police officer, he was dumbfounded. Seeing Xiao Yu’s rank insignia, the officer was not just dumbfounded but completely stunned.

The officer’s name was Liu Lei. He had just been promoted this year and was assigned the task of guarding the crime scene.

Being of low rank, he had no choice in the matter.

However…

Was this first-class police inspector even older than him? Had he graduated from university?

An inspector? And a first-class one at that?

But that wasn’t the point.

The point was that a group of National Security agents seemed to be following this inspector as if he were their superior.

Liu Lei suddenly felt as if his years had been lived in vain.

Smiling at the officer in front of him, Xiao Yu put on disposable shoe covers and walked into the scene.

To avoid contaminating the scene, shoe covers and gloves were necessary for indoor investigations.

Entering the scene, Xiao Yu activated his Monarch Butterfly’s nose and detected no non-human scents.

He let out a sigh of relief. It was good that it was a human perpetrator. If there were actually non-human creatures or vampires involved, his worldview would have shattered, and he’d probably end up having a breakdown.

What do transmigrators fear the most?

A world filled with supernatural ghosts and monsters. In such a world, you might not even know how you died. In a normal world, if you were still dealing with humans, with his system abilities, there was nothing to fear.

With a huge psychological pressure lifted after accepting the system task, Xiao Yu’s mood finally relaxed completely.

‘Bring it on, little brother perpetrator, let’s hurt each other. Who’s afraid of whom?’