Chapter 25

But regardless, it at least proves something.

Next, the travel check-in tasks issued by the system were indeed related to his girlfriend's last wishes.

Unintentionally.

He saw the item column.

Three items: a black-tech bicycle; if nothing unexpected happened,

it should already be stored in the built-in garage beneath the motorhome.

He would look again tomorrow.

A cloak.

Named "Magma Defender"?

Was this a reward given in advance, fearing he might perish in the upcoming volcano?

Did Ning Chen couldn't help but smile; it didn't matter.

As for the last one.

Clue fragment.

What is this thing?

Did Ning Chen looked at this thing.

In an instant, his phone suddenly vibrated.

Did Ning Chen picked up the phone.

One look revealed it was an email notification.

He opened his email inbox and entered that message.

Inside, an electronic photo slowly unfolded.

But it only unfolded halfway.

It was diagonally cropped, leaving only half of the electronic photo.

Did Ning Chen glanced at it once.

His entire body, in that instant, froze and tensed like a lightning-struck leopard.

Still expressionless, but his pupils began to contract.

In this photo that was only half remaining.

It was a city scene.

Although torn diagonally by seventy degrees, leaving only half.

Did Ning Chen still identified it immediately.

This scene!

It was Donghai City!

Chengnan in Donghai City!

The intersection in the photo, the landmark building on the left: Donghai Hotel!

Did Ning Chen looked at this photo.

He raised his hand and tapped to open the photo's properties.

The properties displayed a string of numbers:

2020/05.14/15:06PM

The time this photo was taken.

Was two years ago.

May 14th.

3:00 PM.

This time.

Was exactly the day Did Ning Chen's girlfriend, Si Shiya, died in the line of duty.

And the intersection at Donghai Hotel in Donghai City.

Was the scene where Si Shiya was shot by an armed criminal during her duty assignment that day.

Did Ning Chen looked at this photo.

From the remaining portion, he could see the position of the intersection below.

The road had been closed.

There were large numbers of police personnel and police cars.

This was indeed a photo of the scene from that day.

And from the photographer's perspective,

this photo should have been taken diagonally downward from across Donghai Hotel.

Part of Donghai Hotel naturally appeared in the frame.

Did Ning Chen raised his hand and continuously zoomed in on every detail of this incomplete photo.

His action suddenly stopped.

In the zoomed-in position of Donghai Hotel in the electronic photo,

there was a window.

At the window, a gun was mounted.

And the gun-wielder was reduced to only an arm.

The cropped portion of the incomplete photo happened to split right there, so the other person's appearance was not visible.

In other words, if this photo could be pieced together completely, one would finally know the other party's appearance.

Ning Chen looked at this fragment, his face still showing no expression.

But.

A deathly aura from purgatory spread through his cold pupils.

His entire person, it seemed.

Like a terrifying shark that had caught the scent of blood.

Cruel to the extreme.

23. A long road ahead, a lone man and a lone woman, sharing one car?

Regarding the major case two years ago, as Si Shiya's fiancé, Ning Chen was permitted to know some details of his fiancée's sacrifice.

At that time, Si Shiya was killed by a cold shot hidden in the darkness.

Precisely because of this, a gunfight erupted.

It also made the police realize that what they faced was not simple drug dealers.

But an organized criminal group with a powerful firepower base.

And as things stand now, it is obvious.

This clue photo, intended to be provided to him.

Was from the gunman who killed Si Shiya at that time.

This gunman might have been just an assassin, a henchman, a tool sent out from behind the scenes.

But he was the one who directly killed Si Shiya.

Ning Chen, without showing any emotion, pressed the phone to turn it off.

The clue fragment was one of the rewards issued after completing the first travel check-in task.

That means.

Next, as long as he continues to complete the check-in tasks.

He will have another chance to obtain such clue fragments.

And it is very likely.

After completing the second check-in task, he will be able to piece this photo together completely.

At that time, he would see the killer's face for the first time.

In his heart, he softly called out to the System.

"System, is there any pattern to the rewards for check-in tasks? Or are all rewards random?"

The System's voice came through: