Chapter 46

A large pile of items was brought back to the station. Chen Fan found Master Liu and explained the situation. After hearing him out, Master Liu agreed that once the simulated crime scene was processed, he would let these kids get some hands-on practice.

Chen Fan returned to the observation room and sat down. Bai Lu handed Chen Fan a glass of water, while Gao Ye wanted to give him an orange, but upon seeing the water glass, she silently put the orange back down.

Zhang Yishan asked, "Did they tell everything?"

"That kid couldn't handle the interrogation at all. It cracked me up. Not only did he confess everything, but he also spilled the beans on a few other things."

"You're saying Brother Long slept with his goddess?"

"Yeah, a lot of people have slept with her."

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Teacher He couldn't react for a moment and asked, "What do you mean?"

"I mean exactly what I said."

"Doesn't that kid know?"

"What if he knows? What if he doesn't? They're all just a bunch of fair-weather friends hanging out; it's normal. I heard it from Old Song too."

Teacher He seemed to think of something and said, "This really isn't suitable to be said on the livestream."

"Everyone has different views on choosing a partner and different outlooks on life. We teach them how to do their jobs; we aren't saints, are we? So, let it be. By the way, how is the case investigation going?"

Here, Old Zhou said, "The simulated scene is a homicide case involving a hiker. The hiker was found dead in the forest. This person had been in the news before. Because the location was a primeval forest, the case was shelved and has been sitting there for seven years now."

Bai Lu said, "I think I have some impression of that. Was it someone who wrote for a magazine?"

"You know about it too?"

"Yes, yes, I know. Our school organized a spring outing at the time, and that's how I found out about it. My parents didn't want me to go on the outing and forced me to stay home."

Old Zhou said, "The simulated scene contains everything we could find, but when the body was discovered back then, it was already in tatters, and nothing could be detected."

Teacher He asked, "Was it eaten by wild beasts?"

Old Zhou said, "In the wild, a body will accelerate its decomposition within three days. Microorganisms, all kinds of insects, and wild beasts will show you what nature's digestive capacity for humans is really like."

At the scene, the five students began searching for relevant items.

Plants, soil, relevant clothing, and some bloodstains.

On one side, Qu Yiling was very clever; she looked at the ground and said, "Xiang Qinqin, come here."

Xiang Qinqin asked, "What's wrong?"

Qu Yiling said, "You stand here, let me think."

Xiang Qinqin stood at the location of the bloodstains, and Qu Yiling looked at the ground and said, "This isn't right."

"Not right?"

Qu Yiling said, "The distribution of the blood is wrong. I've done blood spatter patterns in the lab and investigated them. With blood like this, in this position, the person's bleeding point should have been at this height."

After speaking, Qu Yiling squatted on the ground and compared a height.

Master Liu, off to the side, sipped his tea, squinting his eyes without saying a word.

Xiang Qinqin said, "At this height, you're basically..."

After saying this, Xiang Qinqin sat on the ground and looked up at Qu Yiling.

Qu Yiling said, "Yes, yes, yes, exactly that high, that very height. So, why do I feel like this person knew the deceased? That they were familiar?"

Old Zhou sighed and said, "Qu Yiling is actually half right. The deceased was indeed sitting when they died, but she's fallen into her old habit of over-deducing."

Teacher He said, "If someone is killed while sitting, shouldn't it be someone they were familiar with?"

"What if they were being threatened?"

Teacher He fell silent immediately.

Old Zhou continued, "And they've also read the files; this hiker went up the mountain alone. Don't forget, if they went up alone, where would a familiar person come from? If there were a familiar person, wouldn't this case have been solved already?"

"This case was handled by Li Tian. Bringing it out specifically is actually because it's a thorn in Li Tian's heart."

Zhang Yishan said, "During my internship, I discovered a point: many veteran police officers worry most about the fact that when they retire, their cases still haven't been solved. Some even spend their whole lives chasing a single murderer."

At the scene, Master Liu began grading the students.

On the other side, Chen Ti proactively suggested that the others carry him.

As it turned out, they couldn't handle it for long; Chen Ti was too heavy.

"Why do you think they would go through the trouble of carrying these people so far into the mountain forest?"

This question was actually inappropriate; it wasn't something a forensic examiner should say.

Cheng Ruofei didn't try to deduce; instead, he collected soil and gathered useful evidence.

As for how to experiment or anything else, he didn't pay any attention to it.

Simulating a crime is the police's business; as forensic examiners, what we simulate shouldn't be like that.

Xiang Qinqin calculated and said, "Um, Master... I've heard of this case. I want to ask, has this case been solved?"

"No. This case had a huge impact at the time, and many people received disciplinary action because of it. We forensic examiners fear primeval forests the most; it's truly impossible to find evidence in a primeval forest. Much of it gets destroyed."

"Moreover, in the early years, conditions were very poor, and much of the evidence couldn't be preserved. Collecting fingerprints and such was crude, to the point where there was simply too much that needed to be compared."

Just then, a voice rang in Chen Fan's ear.

[Ding, heart without pixels, naturally divine.]

[Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining a new skill: Image Enhancement.]

[Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining intermediate forensic theory knowledge and physical enhancement.]

Oh my god, finally something reliable, but why do I feel like this skill is a bit off?

[Heart without pixels: Any mosaic is something you don't need to care about; you can see through it directly.]

[Skill extension: Blurred images; you can use technology to restore any blurred image.]

Damn.

Chen Fan couldn't help but curse. This skill itself, along with the extended skill, is a textbook example of extortion in the entertainment industry.

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