Entrapment

"It's now—"

"Action!"

The moment Zhong Wei moved, Chu Ling's voice rang out.

Gu Shen, having adjusted his breathing to the optimal state, had a sharp glint flashing in his eyes.

He knew... the time had come!

Pulling down his hat brim, Gu Shen, like a ghost, bypassed the surveillance according to the original plan and quickly approached the old building. It had to be said that Chu Ling's plan was flawless. This disturbance not only drew away the most troublesome Transcendent, but also completely attracted the attention of the security personnel!

Gu Shen's infiltration was exceptionally smooth.

He reached the shadows of the old building, moving quickly, turning and shifting under Chu Ling's guidance, avoiding surveillance, and finally arrived at the rooftop staircase protected by a double cordon.

One more step forward, and he would be at the scene of the crime.

Forty hours had passed.

The scene was well-protected, with almost no objects moved.

"Due to the fire, the original surveillance on the rooftop has been damaged." Chu Ling reminded, "See that pile of wooden planks? The Truth Ruler is buried at the very bottom."

Gu Shen nodded, stepped over the cordon, slowly squatted down, put on gloves, and lifted the not-so-thick wooden planks.

A Silver Ruler lay in the dust.

Fortunately, the Ruler hadn't been discovered...

The moment he touched the Truth Ruler, Gu Shen breathed a long sigh of relief. He grasped the Ruler, and his originally tense nerves relaxed, as if a clear stream was flowing through his heart.

"Phew... got it."

Gu Shen didn't leave immediately, but turned around and looked at the corpse so close at hand, just watching quietly... This Transcendent had already been burned to charcoal by the flames, his clothes reduced to ashes, leaving only a dry, charred skeleton.

"Got the thing, you can evacuate now."

Chu Ling reminded him, but Gu Shen didn't move, instead asking in a low voice, "What are the Tribunal's technical methods?"

The girl was stunned.

"The general technical methods are to extract DNA through blood, bones, and body fluids, and search for the original owner in the Deep Sea database... It's just that the genes of a life destroyed by Transcendent power may mutate, and this method may fail." She slowly said, "This time, the Tribunal may send a mental-type Transcendent to conduct Profiling through the well-preserved first scene. There are many methods, what are you asking this for?"

"Finger bone."

Gu Shen suddenly opened his mouth and said, "This person's finger bone is missing a section."

Chu Ling was stunned, because of the lack of surveillance, she couldn't mobilize her authority to observe Gu Shen's current scene situation, she could only communicate with Gu Shen through voice.

But even if there was video, what could she do?

Who would notice in such a dark environment... that the little finger bone of the corpse burned to charcoal was missing a section?

The missing section of the finger bone meant that someone had already taken away the key evidence from the scene in advance.

"It's Mr. Shu." Gu Shen said in a low voice, "The protection of the rooftop is just a facade, the information that should be extracted has already been extracted, he has already set up a trap waiting for people to enter."

Since he was already prepared... then how could the Transcendent guarding the old building leave so easily?

Gu Shen had a sentence appear in his mind.

Play a long game to catch a big fish.

"Gu Shen, leave here quickly."

Chu Ling's voice suddenly became tense, "There are Transcendent ones appearing, one... no, two! They are approaching here!"

"Heh."

Gu Shen was not surprised. He quickly got up, went to the rooftop, and with a casual glance, he could see the white bedsheets scattered everywhere, stained with splattered scarlet blood, shocking to the eye. Even he found it hard to believe that he had done this.

No wonder those people from the Tribunal gave him an "S" grade rating.

This was indeed something only a devil could do.

If he guessed correctly, Mr. Shu extracted a severed finger and the blood from the rooftop. These two pieces of evidence were enough to trace the genetic sequence... His coma and the details of the rescue were confidential, and Mr. Shu's arrival at the scene was also confidential.

Those guys who wanted to destroy the scene and eliminate the evidence had no idea about this information and could only passively choose to fight to the death.

The cleaver had already been raised.

The fish could only await its death.

"Whoosh—"

The wind on the rooftop was fierce.

Gu Shen gripped the Ruler, leaped down, this time he did not use too much mental power to imagine a grand scene, but simply imagined wind spreading behind him into wings.

The Ruler rang out with a clear chime.

The fierce wind supported his body, gently pushing him out a distance.

The young man glided in the night wind, landing steadily on the roof of the slightly shorter old building.

"Gu Shen... you are smarter than I thought."

After leaving the narrow corridor space, Chu Ling's "vision" also widened, and she saw the scene of the young man riding the wind.

After only using the Truth Ruler for the second time, Gu Shen had already mastered the trick.

Truly an amazing learning ability.

After landing, Gu Shen immediately crouched down, hiding in the darkness.

He grinned, his face obviously paler than before.

The outside sounds were a bit harsh at this moment, and bursts of stinging pain went straight to his mind.

Gu Shen found that for a period of time after using the Ruler, he could not concentrate, and his spirit was scattered. This should be a side effect of using the Ruler, possibly related to his lack of proficiency, and also related to his lack of mental strength.

He took a few deep breaths to adjust his spirit.

For him, it was not difficult to try to visualize the scene, and with the Ruler in hand, opening it was not a problem.

But the consumption of using the Truth Ruler was a considerable hidden danger.

The use of the "Truth Ruler" was like a power switch, as long as it was used for even a second... it would consume a lot of spirit.

Just a few seconds, and I'm already feeling overwhelmed?

This won't do!

I wonder if Mr. Shu has any special methods for honing mental strength... Gu Shen secretly resolved. The Truth Ruler is currently his greatest asset and trump card for survival!

After returning, he must improve his mental strength to better control it.

"You just said... you sensed a Transcendent approaching?"

Gu Shen sat slumped in the dark corner, only recovering after several minutes.

"Yes, I did." Chu Ling's tone was somewhat puzzled, "However, these two Transcendents... didn't appear together."

"Of course not..."

Gu Shen chuckled softly, "Looks like you're not omniscient after all."

Chu Ling was even more confused.

"The Transcendent stationed by the Tribunal was lured away, but this... is actually a trap." Gu Shen said concisely, "With the guard gone, the real big fish will appear. And that's when it's time to close the net."

Chu Ling finally understood, "You mean... one of the two Transcendents I detected is from the Tribunal?"

"Yes."

"The one who sneaked into the old building earlier probably wanted to destroy the scene on the rooftop, unaware that he was already being watched." Gu Shen found it somewhat amusing, "This kind of behavior, we call 'entrapment'."

As soon as he finished speaking.

"Rumble—"

At the rooftop entrance of the old building above, a burst of air exploded.

Two figures, one in front and one behind, crashed out of the narrow rooftop passage.

Gu Shen hid in the darkness, looking up... he saw the familiar figure in the windbreaker, heroic and spirited, with twin swords in hand, hacking and slashing, overwhelming the opponent with no chance to fight back.

["I have important matters to attend to tonight, so I won't keep you company."]

So, the important matter Nan Jin was referring to... was this...

Gu Shen breathed a sigh of relief, glad that he had chosen the right time and escaped in time.

This battle was one-sided.

The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.

Thousands of sword lights bloomed in the night.

Accompanied by an angry and shrill scream, the poor mantis was pierced through the shoulder by the oriole's sword, hanging in the air above the rooftop.

The windbreaker fluttered.

Nan Jin's arm strength was astonishing, holding the sword out at a ninety-degree angle, the tip piercing the struggling man. She said softly, "Move again, and I'll kill you."

"Hiss..."

The opponent gritted his teeth, looking down at the position where he was hanging.

This is eleven stories high... With his current injuries, if he broke free from the blade and fell, he would surely die.

Moreover, this crazy woman's combat power is too terrifying.

After some consideration, he chose to submit obediently and stopped struggling.

Nan Jin expressionlessly shook her blade, a flash of silver returned to its sheath, and like throwing a sandbag, she slammed this already crippled Transcendent to the ground.

"...Hmm?"

She suddenly frowned, her gaze fixed on the adjacent old building, fixed on a certain point in the shadows.

Why did she feel like someone was spying on her?

Nan Jin raised her blade again, the tip aimed at the direction she sensed, and a powerful blade aura surged out.

Retracting his head immediately, hiding behind the huge earthenware pot on the rooftop, Gu Shen's breathing suddenly became stagnant... This bad woman's perception is too strong, right?

From this distance, she wouldn't try to deliver a blade, would she?

Gu Shen's back was soaked with cold sweat.

His intuition told him that if Nan Jin really delivered a blade, he might be torn to pieces.

Fortunately... this vast blade aura hovered for more than ten seconds before slowly dissipating.

"I didn't detect the aura of a Transcendent... Am I overthinking it?"

Nan Jin relaxed her brow, the most urgent task was to bring the man in front of her back.

She sheathed her silver blade, leaped back to the rooftop, picked up the half-dead sandbag, and said faintly, "Come with me."