Decrypting the Footage

Inside the Dimensional Limit Organization's office, a briefing on the television station case was underway.

Photos of everyone involved were pinned to the activity whiteboard, and the red "deceased" marks in the left column were especially glaring. Since the Jiangcheng branch had been established, this was the first casualty incident involving abilities of such severity.

In the end, all nine people had died. Aside from Lu Lixin, no one else had made it through the night. The forensic report listed multiple organ infections and failure as the cause of death, likely due to massive bacterial invasion from their exposed internal organs.

"We've obtained the identity information of the primary culprit." The one giving the report was Wang Qianduan, another assistant to the new captain. At forty, he looked quite dependable. Though his gaze carried a slight fierceness, his temperament was unexpectedly steady. In a sense, he seemed more like a captain than Xiao Kanong. "Simply put, this was another family tragedy."

Honglian looked over the report in her hands. According to the police investigation, Lu Lixin's original name had been Lu Sisi. She was twenty-six, and her parents had divorced early before starting new families of their own. Unwelcome at home, she had lived alone for years since high school. Her only connection to her biological parents had been the monthly living expenses they transferred to her.

Lacking family supervision, she had been exceptionally unruly in high school, often hanging around with street punks. In the end, she had failed to get into university. After her allowance was cut off, she could only survive on odd jobs. In her earlier years, she had repeatedly gone to prison for theft and fraud, most recently being released a year ago.

"So she was a repeat offender." Wang Baihu scoffed. "She got lucky