Chapter 112: A Legend of the Yin Soldiers' Passage Was Left Behind (Second Update)

Everyone had this strange feeling in their hearts.

The white mist quickly swallowed these people's shadows, and soon nothing could be seen clearly on the surveillance; it only captured a thick blanket of fog that enveloped the vicinity.

There was no one else near the road; only they had entered the mist.

Since the surveillance had no sound, they could only judge from the footage; now, at a glance, everything was just white mist, with nothing to see.

If it weren't for the fact that this was a reconstruction from inside the Police 749 Bureau, they might have thought someone had added special effects.

For a moment, everyone fell silent, merely staring intently at the surveillance footage, their expressions somewhat incredulous.

When the mist gradually dissipated, the few people earlier had already collapsed on the ground. The surveillance showed little gore; it could even be called peaceful, the whole scene appearing tranquil.

Nearby residents were drawn by his words; hearing his vivid description, they felt as if they were there, becoming somewhat intrigued by the supernatural.

Captain Zhou was like a deflated balloon, after all he had been working on this case for several sleepless nights.

Captain Zhou, lost in thought, said, "Based on the traces found at the scene this time, they brought nothing with them except some tools."

Those who didn't know might think the mastermind behind the murder had prepared everything in advance, but he couldn't possibly foresee the future—how could he know that fog would appear at this time?

The large black characters looked shocking, and the words on them invited endless speculation.

Officer Sun immediately contacted the Wu Du Police; through their communication, they also exchanged a lot of information.

Recalling the previous cases, Sun Zhenbang's expression also showed considerable emotion; after all, he had been tempered by experience, and now he could remain unmoved even if Mount Tai collapsed before him.

"Besides, you see that the police still haven't caught the killer to this day, which is enough to prove this case is not simple."

"Probably at the Police 749 Bureau, with so many people around, the drunkard's face no longer showed fear; instead, he grew curious and spoke mysteriously."

"Yin soldiers passing through?"

"But someone didn't buy it, saying, 'Maybe you're just drunk and seeing things.'"

"Bang!"

Accompanied by a dull thud, Officer Sun picked up the stamp, saw the bright red 'secret' character on the kraft paper, and then affixed a seal.

Soon, the drunkard received a summons from the Police 749 Bureau; when he came to the interrogation room to cooperate with the investigation, he still wore a look of lingering fear.

Captain Zhou and Bai Yanfei exchanged a glance; the place where the drunkard was was not the crime scene.

Bai Yanfei couldn't help interrupting the drunkard's words, "Wait, you mean where did you encounter it?"

The talk of yin energy spread widely, to the point that during that time, the eastern suburbs park at night had not a soul, not even a ghostly shadow.

The drunkard had no reason to lie, so what he said must be true. Afterwards, they retrieved the relevant surveillance and found it exactly as he had described.

Was it a coincidence, or was there another reason?

"Because this case also has a faint connection with them over there."

After hearing Sun Zhenbang's account, Captain Zhou's expression grew wistful.

Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes showed some surprise, because when they had previously looked at the surveillance, the white mist in that spot was essentially a stationary presence.

"Officer Sun, you've worked in this line for so many years; you know that being police means pursuing the truth to the end, restoring the facts, and bringing criminals to justice."

"Moreover, this thing must be extremely important to them; otherwise they wouldn't keep coming back over and over."

How could such a thing happen? It's not a novel or TV drama; hearing it sounds like pure fantasy.

"Is the Ghost Festival coming soon?"

Looking at Captain Zhou's and Bai Yanfei's solemn faces, the drunkard couldn't help swallowing, probably due to some nervousness, making his speech halting.

The drunkard patted his chest, "I guarantee with my integrity that I definitely didn't see things; those eyes I will never forget in my lifetime—it was truly terrifying, the chilling cold air that rose from within almost scared me to death."

Even if the mist and the killer are indeed eerie, they can't possibly be related to supernatural incidents, right?

Bai Yanfei spoke in an official tone: "Thank you for cooperating with our work; if we need anything further, we'll contact you again—you may go now."

Sun Zhenbang, speaking from experience, advised: "I think you don't need to continue investigating this case; going on would just waste time and yield no results. You'd be better off focusing your attention on that overseas antiquities smuggling ring."

At the time there were no direct eyewitnesses; aside from the first sanitation worker who discovered the corpse, the drunkard could barely be considered the second.

"Alas, there's nothing to be done; after investigating this long with no leads, we can only treat it as a cold case for now and seal it away."

"And you? Have you caught the killer or found any clues so far?"

It turned out that this tomb-raiding gang's initial target was the ancient tomb over there; after their entire force was wiped out, they didn't expect them to be undeterred, sending another group over.

Sun Zhenbang pondered for a moment and said: "We currently have a few leads, but not many; based on this tomb-raiding gang's second visit, we can infer they are looking for something."

But according to the drunkard's description, the mist not only moves, but its speed is not slow!

The drunkard swallowed and said, "I'm sure, because at the time I was startled and almost hit a streetlamp."

Thus, the white mist did not dissipate but spread to other places.

Bai Yanfei said: "During our inquiries, a late-returning drunkard claimed he had seen a ghost yesterday and also saw white mist drifting by the roadside, insisting that there were two balls of ghost fire floating in the mist."

Moreover, with everyone adding embellishments, the story became ever more mysterious.

Originally, they thought the surveillance footage would clarify the whole case, but instead it once again plunged everyone into the fog.

Just when everyone was at a loss, a Police officer came running up and said, "Captain Zhou, the Wu Du Police just called."

At the same time, this case was indeed significant, so it couldn't be kept hidden, sparking heated discussion locally.

The drunkard's words did not dispel the Police's doubts; instead, they made people even more perplexed.

Both groups came from the same place, belonging to that overseas smuggling syndicate, and both ended up annihilated, making it hard not to let one's imagination run wild.

Perhaps the killer is the same individual.

Officer Sun didn't notice anything unusual about him.

If no new leads or progress emerge after a long delay, the case can only be left unresolved, to be handled as a cold case.

Looking at Officer Sun's furrowed brow, she wanted to speak but held back, "This case——"

Even those who went for morning runs have dwindled considerably, after all a homicide occurred there, making people feel uneasy and worry about bumping into something unclean.

"I, I was drunk yesterday, probably walking near the 13th streetlamp in the eastern suburbs park, then I saw that mass of white mist and the ghost fire——"

"Police comrade, I think maybe this mist is like the folk legend of yin energy; could it be that the killer isn't human at all, but rather yin soldiers passing through?"

But later some facts proved that perhaps in this world there really is a power beyond ordinary people's imagination, but he couldn't say it openly to Officer Zhou.

Their conversation came to an abrupt halt here.

The drunk's imagination ran wild, while the other police felt somewhat helpless.

Bai Yanfei seemed to think of something, her face suddenly froze, and she hurriedly said: "There's a clue that isn't really a clue!"

"Good heavens, this is too spooky; now I don't even dare walk at night."

One could say everyone was completely baffled about the case, like the endless white mist in the surveillance footage, with no thoughts at all.

Yet precisely because of that, everyone felt a strange sense of unease.

This operation might still end in failure.

Sun Zhenbang sighed; the statement made sense, and he had once thought the same way.

【522 East Suburb Park Yin Energy Murder Case】

The one saying this was precisely the drunk, and by now a crowd had gathered around him.

After hearing Captain Zhou's account, Sun Zhenbang just smiled and said, "What's this? I've seen nothing stranger."

But this time, the whole force was still wiped out.

The drunk, not understanding, said, "Near the 13th streetlamp in East Suburb Park."

The Public Security Bureau's information databases are interconnected, so after Sun Zhenbang found out, he immediately contacted Captain Zhou and others, informing them of the full story.

Captain Zhou pondered for a moment before asking, "How's the nearby sweep going?"

If you ask me, this isn't mist at all; it's clearly yin energy. That night, although I was drunk, I saw it clearly.

Many people know that several people died suddenly near East Suburb Park, and it's said that to this day the killer hasn't been found; all they saw was a patch of mist, and they couldn't see the full process.

"So, this is yin soldiers passing through, and the killers are also yin soldiers!"

Even the property prices here have dropped considerably, though that's a story for later.

But since this antiquities-smuggling group operates overseas, the police haven't infiltrated them yet, so we also don't know what they're looking for.

Captain Zhou and his team, while investigating that group, uncovered their identities.

Up to now, not only are the autopsy results strange, but after finally obtaining surveillance footage, a bizarre thick fog suddenly appeared, and everything reveals a hint of the uncanny.

Bai Yanfei is sharp; she immediately grasped it: "Yes, we can't rule out that he was drunk then, but as the only person who saw the mist at the time, he surely has something new to reveal, so I'll have him come to the police bureau to give a detailed statement."

There were no leads whatsoever; neither the killer nor the weapon could be traced, and even after watching the surveillance footage several times, it showed nothing.

Originally everyone thought it was nothing, but after the drunk said that, it actually made some sense, and many began to feel that the mist was yin energy.

Captain Zhou, also a veteran detective, sensed something off with a keen nose, pondered a moment, and said: "So you're saying the drunk also saw the white mist last night?"

"But the matter of the overseas antiquities-smuggling group still needs investigation; we should stay in touch with our comrades in Wu Du, share information, and join forces to eliminate this serious threat."

"You need to brace yourselves; this case is quite bizarre, we can only provide limited information here, and I feel that in the end we might come up empty-handed."

"Please recount in detail everything you saw of the white mist yesterday, leaving out no details, thank you."

"When I arrived, I heard that someone had died near East Suburb Park, right?"

The police investigating together with Bai Yanfei felt dejected, saying, "Residents all say they heard nothing abnormal last night, and there are no clues."

"I personally saw, within that yin energy, a pair of green, glistening eyes that made my hair stand on end and raised goosebumps; I said, those must be the eyes of yin soldiers!"

As for the eyes in the mist, they tend to think the drunk was just seeing hallucinations from drinking too much.

As for the eyes in the mist, they tend to think the drunk was just seeing hallucinations from drinking too much.

Bai Yanfei pressed her lips tightly, her expression somewhat solemn, and asked, "You sure?"

In the 749 Bureau, there are many cases to handle each day; it's impossible to devote most of our time and manpower to just this one case.

The drunk continued, "Moreover, in that white mist a pair of green, glistening eyes appeared; I don't know what they were, but I was so scared my heart felt like it would jump out, yet it ignored me and vanished with the mist, and this mist drifted away quickly, disappearing before long."

Captain Zhou looked over and said, "What? Speak!"

Sun Zhenbang's reply, however, was somewhat vague; he didn't answer directly but instead asked about the progress of their case.

"Yes!"

Sun Zhenbang's words didn't make Officer Zhou give up; instead he chose to continue investigating, but in the end, as he said, they found nothing.

Meanwhile, Sun Zhenbang seemed to think of something and fell into silence.

"I never expected there to be such a twist; does that mean the people they previously sent also died? Have they tracked down the killer?"

"Captain Zhou, all the case files are right here."

Afterwards, the surveillance footage was played at fast speed, but aside from the sanitation worker who first discovered the corpse appearing in the video, no one else showed up from start to finish.

Hearing this, Captain Zhou felt somewhat displeased; since the matter hasn't been settled, saying such discouraging things, he doesn't agree.

At this moment, in the police bureau, a month has passed since the murder case; Bai Yanfei gathered all related materials together and handed them to Officer Zhou.

"Is the killer actually a yin soldier ghost general?"

Officer Zhou, hearing this, felt doubtful: "Why did they suddenly call us?"

Only see the seal inscribed with several large characters:

Of course, we cannot rule out other possibilities.

The corpse was found at East Suburb Park 156, roughly a street's distance away in between.

"No kidding; if that's the case, it's really unlucky—I might as well move out next month."

Moreover, everyone involved is dead, so there's nowhere to investigate, and the leads are cut off again.

Everything around was shrouded in white mist, so they noticed nothing abnormal.

What a coincidence: just as the murder case happened last night, a thick fog rolled in, blocking the surveillance cameras so nothing concrete could be captured.

This case caused a big stir locally, with many citizens discussing it, eventually evolving into the saying 'yin soldiers passing through kill,' and thus the case acquired this nickname.

The file bag was sent to the top shelf of the storage room, beside which many dust-covered documents were listed; as for the cold case of 'yin soldiers passing through,' no one knows when it will be reopened……

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