Serial Killer

Exhausted, Lu Ren could no longer hold up his heavy eyelids. They slowly closed, and he passed out.

"Ding, Evil Sacrifice complete. Spatial Super-Sense shutting down. Time-space merger is about to depart. All..."

As the System Prompt Sound surfaced in his mind, he vaguely heard a sudden burst of noise beside his ears. Hands kept touching his body.

"We found an injured person from the car accident here. He's still alive, but he isn't in good condition. Get an ambulance over here!"

"A stretcher! Stretcher!"

"Everyone, move back! He needs air circulation. Don't crowd around him!"

He suddenly opened his eyes and blankly swept his gaze over the crowd surrounding him. When he saw several people in white coats gathered around him, the taut string in his heart snapped. His tensed body abruptly relaxed, and he completely lost consciousness.

"Ding, triggered event Silent Forest World complete. System assessment: three strands of world fortune may be obtained. Host's overall evaluation: Grade A. Three attribute points awarded."

"Hyperdimensional Perception shutting down..."

Three days later, in a private ward at Shu Capital First People's Hospital.

"Shocking!! The statue inside an Earth God Shrine in Shu Capital's Marquis Wen District suddenly spoke..."

"Something huge has happened! The police are searching for a tall, suspected foreign man in armor near the Luo River. He carried a sharpened greatsword and shouted along the way, 'Where is my Demacia?!' before suddenly vanishing!"

"Shocking! A mirage became real!! Someone actually did this..."

"I was dumbfounded after watching this. A famous martial arts master knocked dozens of people to the ground with one palm strike, but the truth is..."

"You have to see this! A hiker captured this scene deep in the Kunlun Mountains..."

Leaning against the hospital bed, Lu Ren put down his phone and looked at the male and female police officers standing before him.

"Lu Ren?" the male officer asked.

Lu Ren nodded. "That's me."

"My name is Chen Wen. I'm in charge of investigating this incident," Chen Wen said politely.

Had what I did been exposed? No, absolutely not. Those people were all burned into charcoal. It was self-defense. Wait, if I said I'd crossed over to another world and then came back, would they think I was insane?!

Despite the drama running through his mind, Lu Ren calmly said, "Officer Chen, just ask whatever you need. I'll tell you what I know."

Chen Wen nodded. The silent female officer beside him took out a recording pen and began recording.

"According to our investigation, at around six o'clock on the evening of February 27, 2021, roadside surveillance captured you, Wang Gang, Zhang Qingya, and Luo Zixuan passing through Du Pass Tunnel when you suddenly disappeared for a period of time. Where did you go during that time?"

Lu Ren asked instead, "How long were we gone?"

Chen Wen paused. He had never encountered someone who actually questioned the police back. After glancing at the records in his hand, he answered, "You disappeared for nearly seven full hours."

"To be exact, six hours and thirty-seven minutes," the female officer beside him added.

Chen Wen continued, "Then, according to the surveillance footage, the vehicle you were in came rushing out of the tunnel at over two hundred kilometers per hour, smashed through the guardrail, and crashed into the mountainside beside the road."

Over two hundred kilometers per hour?

Lu Ren's brow twitched. He had no memory of it at all—nothing relevant whatsoever. He only vaguely remembered hearing voices after he had fallen asleep.

Chen Wen's expression was somewhat strange. "At present, you're indeed alive, but your other three companions have disappeared."

As he said this, his eyes sharpened as he stared directly at Lu Ren. "We found many injuries on your body. Your ribs, back, cheeks, and eye sockets all suffered heavy blows. Forensic examination determined that they were signs of an assault."

Chen Wen placed both hands on the bedrail and leaned forward slightly. "Furthermore, the bloodstains on your clothes aren't yours. DNA comparisons identified them as belonging to Zhang Qingya and Luo Zixuan. Tissue fragments extracted from beneath your fingernails indicate that you once fought Wang Gang. Judging from the wounds between your thumb and forefinger, you held a long-handled weapon, which you used to kill Wang Gang, Zhang Qingya, and Luo Zixuan.

"Our investigation found that the four of you had no conflicts serious enough to be fatal. You even had a fairly good relationship back when you were in school. This trip was meant to go hiking on Mount Emei. What happened between you?"

Chen Wen's voice was filled with pressure. "What puzzles me most is that, according to the examination, at least three of your wounds were inflicted three days before you left the tunnel. Your wounds range from old to new. How exactly did they happen?"

Danger!!!

A huge word appeared in Lu Ren's mind. The evidence extracted from his body alone was enough to send him to the death penalty!

"And where are their bodies?" Chen Wen pressed blandly.

Seeing Lu Ren remain silent, Chen Wen did not mind. "We are formally notifying you that the police have identified you as a criminal suspect and will file public prosecution. If you cooperate, you may still have a chance to receive leniency. Lu Ren, the current suspicion is that you personally killed three people and hid their bodies."

Hearing himself practically sentenced to death in advance, Lu Ren finally raised his head and looked at the two of them. Though Chen Wen was cold and appeared entirely businesslike, there was a trace of hatred and disgust in his eyes.

The female officer beside him looked at him as though she were looking at a murderous madman, her wariness mixed with undisguised revulsion.

These two were good people who hated evil!

Lu Ren slowly said, "Officer Chen, you said I killed them. Then where are the bodies?"

A gleam flashed through Chen Wen's eyes. "Where did you hide them?"

"Ding, Chen Wen has used Fishing Technique on you, attempting to draw your attention."

Lu Ren: "..."

Lu Ren did not answer directly. "You should have searched the entire Du Pass Tunnel, perhaps even dug three feet into the ground. You didn't find anyone, did you?"

Lu Ren chose his words carefully. The other side had been guiding him, trying to make him admit that Wang Gang and the other two had become corpses. Once that was confirmed, he would be finished.

Entrapment was unacceptable!!!

Seeing Lu Ren's extremely calm demeanor, the two could not help exchanging a glance. At the same time, they gave Lu Ren a label.

An exceptionally calm serial killer with extremely strong psychological resilience.

Lu Ren continued, "Officer Chen, you said we disappeared in Du Pass Tunnel for a full eight hours. Didn't Du Pass Tunnel have surveillance cameras?"

Without waiting for Chen Wen to answer, Lu Ren said, "I checked before. It seemed that a regional earthquake suddenly occurred in the direction of Du Pass a few days ago, severing the underground lines. Repairs are still underway, so there aren't any surveillance cameras inside Du Pass Tunnel. Inside the tunnel, Wang Gang and the others suddenly attacked me. I fought back desperately and eventually seized the chance to escape. Then, while half-conscious, I drove the vehicle out of the tunnel at over two hundred kilometers per hour and crashed into the hillside beside the road."

Lu Ren stared directly at Chen Wen and the other officer.