Ke Meng returned home, got into his car, took out the Bone Whistle, and gently rubbed it.
He closed his eyes, cleared his mind, and kept picturing what the two dead people had looked like.
No, those weren't their original appearances. I need to track the Shadow Stream members, not the corpses.
Ke Meng shifted his attention to the Bone Whistle, using the contact with his fingertips to pick up any connection that might exist.
He kept recalling what the two living dead had said, trying to reconstruct their original appearances from their tones of voice.
Ke Meng sat in the car with his eyes closed, deep in thought. Only after ten minutes did he faintly sense two weak connections from the Bone Whistle.
They were far too faint. Without the connection provided by Life-and-Death Communication, Ke Meng would never have found a starting point.
Fortunately, that starting point worked. Ke Meng immediately drew on his considerable experience to sense their surroundings.
Ke Meng saw a dark bedroom. The large bed had a black-and-red goose-down mattress, the windows were covered with thick, layered curtains, and white jade tiles covered the floor.
He could see the scene, but he still couldn't tell where it was. Even the curtains had been drawn.
Ke Meng called Director Lei and described the results of his Synesthesia.
Director Lei fell silent for three seconds. He apparently hadn't thought of having Ke Meng track down the culprits directly, since he had already used Synesthesia himself and found no clues.
Director Lei then sent a professional artist to Ke Meng's home. Ke Meng described what he had seen, and the professional recreated the scene.
Once the picture was drawn, specialists would analyze the lighting, furniture materials, layout, and other details to determine the location.
The specialists would