The three of them followed the clean, neatly landscaped pedestrian path into a modern building brimming with technological flair.
Blue Demon stepped forward. A beam of green light shot into her brow, spread across her face, and locked onto her irises. A number appeared on the door: 3.
Then the door opened!
The three entered.
A thread of Lin Xiaosu's voice reached Changye's ear. "Sister Blue is that badass? Ranked third among the Heavenly Kings?"
Changye did not know Secret Voice Transmission. She leaned close to his ear and whispered, "That's not what it means. Three means Level Three clearance. Dragon Head has Level One clearance, Red Banner and the eighteen chief directors of the Decision Bureau have Level Two clearance, and Heavenly Kings have Level Three."
"What about you?"
Changye held out one hand.
Level Five clearance.
That meant Level Three clearance was already damn impressive.
It granted direct access to anywhere one needed to go.
Blue Demon led them into an elevator and descended straight into the depths underground. Judging by the speed and time, Lin Xiaosu estimated they had gone down at least five hundred meters.
The doors opened, and he saw a room resembling a morgue.
Countless dark compartments.
Compartment No. 757 opened. Inside lay Wang Zhongze's frozen corpse.
He had already undergone a full autopsy and had been sewn back together. Lin Xiaosu extended a finger and touched Wang Zhongze's brow.
The two women beside him were somewhat puzzled, but also somewhat excited.
They were excited because every time they watched him solve a case, it felt novel.
They were puzzled because they truly had no idea where he could possibly find a breakthrough.
Wang Zhongze was already dead. Even his brain had been opened up. Everything that could be examined had been examined. Qianlong's