[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-gene-fusion-system-crime-hunter":3,"chapter-gene-fusion-system-crime-hunter-gene-fusion-system-crime-hunter-chapter-523":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Gene Fusion System: Crime Hunter",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1397154,1850,"Chapter 523 - 258: The Strange First Crime Scene","gene-fusion-system-crime-hunter-chapter-523",523,"\u003Cp>After the Wine Cellar Confinement case concluded, Luo Fei and the others enjoyed a period of leisure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this time, apart from handling their usual duties, there were no other tasks, so it was a rare moment of peace for them to relax.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On this particular day, Luo Fei was sitting with Zhang Wei and the others, discussing cases and chatting, when suddenly Zhou Fan passed by with a gloomy expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old Zhou!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Fei called out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What were you doing this morning? Got time? Let’s have lunch together.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing Luo Fei’s invitation, although Zhou Fan was still a bit upset, he came over, sat down, and let out a long sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others gathered around, clearly sensing it was a troublesome case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At such times, having Luo Fei step in was undoubtedly the best choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These past few days, our team’s tasks have been proceeding very orderly, and there weren’t any big issues. But this morning, there was a murder case at a hotel in the south of the city, which is giving me a headache.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tell us more about it... I can’t speak for others, but our team leader would surely be willing to help.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Wei patted his chest, pointing at Luo Fei, then wore a nonchalant, ’not my business’ expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Luo Fei couldn’t help but laugh in exasperation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You rascal, you think you won’t have to do anything, do you? You pass tasks onto me so easily, from now on the whole team’s burden is on you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone burst into laughter, and Zhang Wei stepped aside, looking abashed and not daring to speak again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This little interruption eased Zhou Fan’s tension a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here’s the situation, the hotel in the south reported an incident today, saying someone was found dead inside. When we arrived, we witnessed a very eerie scene.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside him, Luo Fei thought of something and made a joke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you come across a hanging corpse or a mysterious cause of death?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This joke wasn’t particularly funny, but Zhou Fan maintained a serious expression and continued the conversation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Both!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, everyone doubted their ears. How could such a situation happen out of nowhere?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing their disbelief, Zhou Fan took out his phone and showed them the photos taken at the scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon seeing the images on the phone, everyone, including Luo Fei, fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No way... This is...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Wei stared at the images on the screen, unable to look away for a long time, while Lin Jie and He Xin were utterly flabbergasted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Fei crossed his arms, looking incredulous. Such images were not unfamiliar to him, having imagined similar scenes more than once when he was an unlucky novelist in a previous life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to see it in reality was utterly shocking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the image, a man was hung upside down in the room in a very bizarre posture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body was displayed quite freely, as if flying in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, it was all inverted, with half of his body already pale and stiff, indicating he had been dead for at least six hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above his head, the ceiling had two notches, where the hanging ropes were attached.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A piece of red silk thread went through the lower half of his body, tying the waist and legs together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A large bundle of black leather rope went under his arms, binding him tightly with his hands behind his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being stripped bare and suspended in such a highly difficult pose, it looked like a piece of art, yet its perverse nature left everyone present in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uh, this scene is hard for me to handle.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s not just you, I feel the same...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eh, just everyone quiet, let me settle down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides Luo Fei, the other three returned to their seats, gripping their noses, feeling overwhelmed! Reflecting on how they were just joking moments ago, now they were filled with regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silence among them was deafening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"See, even you can’t take it, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Fan continued to scroll through the photos on his phone, revealing more pictures taken from different angles, each more shocking than the last.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most importantly, the expression on the victim’s face was one of extreme ecstasy, adding an eerie feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Looking at the binding style, it’s clear he was an enthusiast in this area, who knew how to play with ropes and had such an enraptured expression... It’s absurd.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Fei pinched his chin, forcing himself to stay calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Fan chimed in with some clues from the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We found a small amount of sedative in the victim’s body.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Drug-induced death?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, it was only a small amount, not enough to cause death, probably just for sleep.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eh... for sleep, that’s quite something. Even with poor sleep quality, he could make such a fuss, this guy isn’t simple.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So he died from intracranial hypoxia, being hung for so long.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Fei pondered aloud, but sitting across, Zhou Fan was still shaking his head, with a particularly serious expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That was my initial assumption too, but unfortunately, it’s not the case.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Fei was full of astonishment. He had already considered all possible causes—neither death by hanging, nor by sedatives, nor by cerebral hemorrhage... he couldn’t fathom a fourth cause of death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing his confusion mirror his own, Zhou Fan opened the last photograph.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Fei froze the moment he saw it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Wei and the others began to recover slowly, but as they leaned in, they all teetered and could no longer bear it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last photograph depicted an even more horrifying scene.\u003C\u002Fp>",934,"2026-06-05T23:15:08.731Z",1,"novelbin.me","222bad0a998dfe51125c824157a8b3ea2e26e853fe3f8f4721e67bd48db3aa1a","gene-fusion-system-crime-hunter-chapter-351","gene-fusion-system-crime-hunter-chapter-522",986,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgene-fusion-system-crime-hunter-cover.jpg"]