Chapter 623: Chen Xiao Written in Blood!
After encountering numerous cases,
Chen Xiao is well aware that human spiritual power is incredibly strong, an inexplicable phenomenon.
Of course, when people become mentally fragile, they can collapse in an instant and be difficult to restore.
But those who grow up enduring hardships have more mental resilience than those who grow up in a comfortable environment.
Although Chen Xiao also feels that in the environment he is presently in, even the strongest and most resilient person would break down.
But what if there's that one percent, one thousandth, one ten-thousandth chance of hope?
The thought of chance is the main melody in Chen Xiao's heart at this moment.
He walked back into the cell which he believed Zhu Nianying had stayed in.
After employing the Power of Capture, Chen Xiao borrowed a flashlight from an officer.
The officers and forensic team watched Chen Xiao disregard the filth of the place and start scrutinizing every inch of the corner.
However, as the examination deepens, the hope in Chen Xiao's heart gradually fades.
He ultimately realized he had been somewhat wishful.
In such a cruel environment, could anyone really withstand this near-destruction level of mental assault?
Chen Xiao let out a long sigh.
But when he stood up, he wasn't sure if it was dissatisfaction or a realization of his overly simple thinking.
So he stood there pondering for a while.
"If I were in such an environment, what would I wish for most?"
"It would be to escape."
"Yes, the first thought is to escape. But as time passes and the possibility of escape diminishes, despair sets in."
"Then at this point, one might think of leaving something behind."
"At this time, her heart is filled with despair, yet retains some rationality. That rationality comes from her desire to make the opponent pay as well."
"Rationality is thin, but it could be a concentration of her wisdom."
"Therefore, if there are clues, they wouldn't be on the surface, but rather in a very hidden place, or a place the opponent wouldn't bother with."
"Given the environment, a space the size of a bathroom, where could she leave clues without attracting attention?"
"Wait, for her, it's almost an absolutely despairing space. What she should aim for is not merely leaving clues, but sending them out!"
"What could she send out, believing it to be most likely to get out?"
"Looking around, aside from corpses and bodily excretions, there's nothing else. But a person must eat and drink to survive."
"After eating and drinking, there would usually be leftover trash, yet there is none here."
"It means that someone would periodically clean up some trash here, but not the waste."
Thinking about this, Chen Xiao felt he was pondering in the right direction.
The only reason he hadn't had an epiphany must be related to the specifics.
Thinking, Chen Xiao subconsciously asked one of the officers behind him:
"Comrade, in such an environment, what thing should be sent out most?"
The officer responded almost without hesitation:
"The corpse. If someone dies, anyone would think the corpse should be handled first. But the person who imprisoned them here is insane, allowing many corpses to live with potential survivors...!"
Chen Xiao didn't listen to the officer's latter words.
Because the two words spoken by the officer stunned him.
Yeah!
Anyone arriving here first recognizes that the corpses might be taken out!
As for the trash, perhaps they witnessed the criminal take it out.
But who would search through trash?
Clues left too obvious are easily discovered.
Clues left too obscure, how can they be found among a heap of garbage?
But corpses are different.
Once thrown out and discovered, they'd be thoroughly investigated.
So the corpse is the survivor's hope!
Though the corpse had never been cleaned up, the thought of leaving clues couldn't have just arisen at the end.
Chen Xiao agreed with the officer, so he went again to the corpse in the adjacent cell.
According to location, Zhu Nianying's cell was deep in the basement.
She had no space to move, so she could only handle things nearby.
Chen Xiao estimated the position of the corpse relative to the distance from Zhu Nianying's cell.
The two were divided not by walls, but by a grille iron door.
From the environment and the last position of the fallen corpse, it seemed Zhu Nianying could indeed leave something on the corpse.
Earlier, Chen Xiao had checked everything again, including the surface of the body and clothes.
Except for the internal parts of the corpse or oral cavity which he hadn't examined.
Internally Zhu Nianying might have struggled, but inserting something into the deceased's mouth could be done.
Thinking of this, Chen Xiao put on gloves and began to pry open the deceased's tightly closed mouth.
Witnessing this, the officers behind felt somewhat unsettled again, but Chen Xiao directly reached into the deceased's mouth, which hadn't yet fully decomposed.
When Chen Xiao's fingers felt something, his eyes instantly lit up with immense joy.
He guessed correctly!
Zhu Nianying's Spiritual Power is strong!
She indeed left something behind!
Seeing Chen Xiao's changed expression, the officer behind immediately understood something and hurriedly approached to ask:
"Advisor Chen, is there any discovery?"
Chen Xiao nodded: "Seems like a note?"
"Ah?"
The officer exclaimed as Chen Xiao had already pulled out a note from the deceased's mouth.
To be precise, it wasn't a note.
Given the texture, it seemed to be cigarette paper that wrapped around the cigarette tip, torn from the cigarette pack.
Seeing it was cigarette paper, the officer instinctively commented: "Where did the cigarette pack come from? Could it be the culprit even gave them cigarettes to smoke?"
This was a rhetorical question.
However, the next second, the officer's gaze visibly changed.
His body instinctively tensed.
Even his hands moved toward his waist!
In his waist was a gun!
Chen Xiao was oblivious to his actions.
His eyes were filled with horror.
After the horror came confusion.
On that cigarette paper were two words.
And those two words were unmistakably written in blood!
The two words were not just known to him, but also recognizable to the officer behind.
One was "Chen," the character for Chen in "ear east Chen!"
The other character was "Xiao," the Xiao in "free-spirited Xiao!"
The two blood-written characters, combined, were Chen Xiao's name!
The officer's professional instinct led him to subconsciously believe the name on the note indicated the culprit.
After a brief shock, Chen Xiao's thoughts were: Why is it his name!
How could it be his name!