Sen Lang knew that continuing to lock horns with the "Giant Skull Case" would not be wise.
Even though he was still in charge of the "Giant Skull Case," it was no longer the focus of attention above.
The "Giant Skull Case" was merely a tool. Its current phase of tasks had been completed. Even if it was dug back up and refined or modified in the future, that would be a matter for later. Someone of his rank had no place commenting on it.
Furthermore, if a new conclusion was reached, it might very well break the current deadlock.
Yet this was the outcome that the priests and bureaucrats of the "Great Thoroughfare System" had worked so hard to achieve. They had not withdrawn yet. If the balance was broken, blood might splash across their faces.
Further investigation would bring a hundred harms and no benefits, but a sudden flash of inspiration urged him on and helped him find an excuse:
Just make some adjustments. No report needed!
He merely wanted to clear his mind and form a definite prediction so that he could avoid the mire ahead.
So Sen Lang opened that electronic document after all. His gaze skimmed past the formulaic text at the beginning and landed directly on the first meaningful sentence:
"The murderer possesses an extreme sense of order."
Sen Lang had typed those words himself, and naturally, they reflected a corresponding line of thought.
Sen Lang naturally recalled the relevant footage—the surveillance recording from that wandering space station where the "Giant Skull Case" had occurred.
Several weeks had passed, yet the scene from the recording remained vivid:
There, whether the corpses at the scene or the accumulated "materials" from before—the severed limbs and body parts—they seemed to possess self-awareness. They "automatically" made their way