First-floor stairwell.
Wang Zhong, clad in a black cloak, crouched down and looked at Xiao Zhe's body sprawled across the stairs. Holding a fruit knife, he flicked the blade and gouged out one of Xiao Zhe's eyes.
Crack.
With Wang Zhong's monstrous strength, a casual squeeze split apart the silicone outer layer of the prosthetic eye. A precisely crafted mechanical eye was then revealed, resting in his right palm.
"Gulp!"
At that moment, a familiar feeling of intense desire rose in Wang Zhong's heart once more.
Wang Zhong was no stranger to this craving. He had felt the same thing before when he encountered Mien's corpse.
"So this prosthetic eye is what stirred my desire?"
"In that case, come on."
With that thought, Wang Zhong stopped restraining the craving and allowed it to surge forth completely.
Crackle!
The next second, a dazzling blue electric energy emerged from Wang Zhong's right palm.
"Crackle!"
Visible to the naked eye, strands of flickering blue arcs appeared in Wang Zhong's right palm. Then, the arcs burst apart and spread rapidly at a terrifying speed.
At last, beneath Wang Zhong's curious gaze, the mechanical prosthetic eye resting in his palm was engulfed by blue electric arcs so brilliant they were almost impossible to look at.
Crack.
A moment later.
The dazzling blue arcs seemed like swallows returning to their nest, gathering toward Wang Zhong's right hand before finally sinking into his body.
The mechanical prosthetic eye that had rested in his right palm had vanished as well.
Boom!
When the last traces of blue arcs returned to Wang Zhong's body, he clearly felt a faint chill spread through him. Dim blue light representing psionic energy flickered across his body.
Thump!
Thump!
Immediately afterward, the powerful sound of a heartbeat rang clearly in Wang Zhong's ears, and an even greater strength surged through his body.
However, the enhancement was not especially significant. Compared to Wang Zhong's previous Psionic Feedback, it was only around forty to fifty percent as effective.
[Host: Wang Zhong] [Holy Profession: Primary Saint] [Companion Holy Relic: Mechanical God Book] [Mechanical Remains: Electric Heart (Primary Mechanical), Electric Mechanical Right Eye (Right Eye)] [Upgrade Progress: 1.2/6]
By the stairs.
"Looks like the power contained in a mechanical right eye still cannot compare to that contained in a mechanical heart..."
Coming back to his senses, Wang Zhong lowered his head and looked at the corpse before him, now missing its right eye. After thinking for a moment, he suddenly took out a bottle of developing solution and splashed it over Xiao Zhe's right palm.
Sizzle.
After a corrosive hiss, a black tattoo in the shape of a Cyber Spider appeared clearly on Xiao Zhe's right palm.
This black Cyber Spider tattoo was the mark identifying every Sain Mechanical Killer of the Sain Mechanical Company.
As long as this camera developing solution was used, it could reveal the invisible Cyber Spider tattoo.
Wang Zhong had discovered this secret by accident while monitoring Xiao Zhe.
Expose the Sain Mechanical Killers inside the bureau.
Keep the Sain Mechanical Company too occupied to worry about anything else.
That was Wang Zhong's Stumbling Block Plan!
After finishing all this, Wang Zhong stood up. He stepped directly over Xiao Zhe's dead-eyed corpse and walked down the stairs, quickly disappearing from sight.
At the entrance to an alley.
Wang Zhong rode his small electric scooter toward his rented apartment.
By the time Wang Zhong returned to his apartment, it was exactly [9:05].
After washing up again and changing into a fresh outfit for going out, Wang Zhong first browsed through the chat logs in his messaging windows. Only then did he hurriedly leave the apartment and head toward the agreed meeting place.
9:23 p.m.
Beside a barbecue stall.
Wang Zhong, dressed in blue casual clothes, rode his small electric scooter to a stop near the barbecue stall.
After parking the scooter, Wang Zhong walked straight toward the stall. He casually chose a seat, took out his phone, photographed the table number, and sent it to Xiao Zhe.
[Wang Zhong: Image, image.] [Wang Zhong: Xiao Zhe, I'm already at the barbecue stall. Why don't I see you? Have you set out yet?]
After doing all that, Wang Zhong held the Mechanical Phone A10 and began reading a novel with great interest.
Meanwhile.
Outside the residential building where Xiao Zhe lived.
A group of people wearing Basic Psionic Battle Suits had sealed off the entire building.
"Captain Li, we have already examined it. The spider tattoo on the deceased's palm was not recently applied. It has been attached to the skin for at least five years."
A middle-aged man with a white scanning device over his face, looking like a forensic examiner, held a paper report as he gave his findings to Li Ying, who stood at the building's stairwell entrance.
"So Xiao Zhe was not framed?"
"He really was a Sain Mechanical Killer from the Sain Mechanical Company?"
Hearing this, Li Ying, his chin covered in a thick black beard and dressed in a Basic Psionic Battle Suit, raised his head and asked the forensic examiner grimly, "Then are there any other clues at the scene?"
"Captain, I know. I found three clues."
At that moment, a valiant-looking woman who had just finished examining the scene strode over and called out proudly.
"Oh, Manni, tell me what you found!"
Hearing his beloved female disciple speak, Li Ying immediately became interested.
"First, there was a bottle of developing solution beside Xiao Zhe. I investigated it, and Xiao Zhe's right palm was covered in the solution. So I deduced that the developing solution could reveal the tattoo on his palm..."
"Second, Xiao Zhe was not weak. I just tested him with this detection device, and the psionic energy intensity in his body had reached the level of a Level 2 Psionic Warrior..."
"I suspect that he definitely had ulterior motives for infiltrating our bureau."
"..."
Clap, clap.
Hearing his beloved disciple's analysis, Li Ying's eyes lit up. He applauded and praised her, "Not bad, not bad, Manni. Your analysis makes a great deal of sense, just like the conclusion I reached after examining the scene..."
After a pause, Li Ying asked Manni curiously, "Then what was the third point you discovered?"
Uh!
An awkward expression appeared on Manni's valiant, pretty face as she said helplessly, "I'm not sure whether this third point is related to the case, but I found a line of text in Xiao Zhe's phone memo."
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