Chapter 37: It

The stone bricks of the entire tomb door were like out-of-control dominoes!

In an instant.

The entire wall tilted down!

Clatter!

Accompanied by the falling stone bricks, the entire tomb became filled with dust.

Choking Professor Ding, who was wearing a mask, to cough repeatedly.

Tears even came out of his eyes.

It wasn't because the dust had blinded his eyes.

It was because he was anxious and impatient.

After everything had settled.

On the livestream screen.

Professor Ding stood as if petrified, staring blankly at the tomb door before him.

"How... how could this happen!?"

His voice trembled, his eyes wide as saucers.

His tone was filled with disbelief and astonishment.

He had only tapped it lightly with a rubber mallet.

The force hadn't been great either.

How could it have caused the entire tomb door to collapse!?

At this moment.

The elderly Professor Ding nearly fainted.

Several young students rushed forward, carefully supporting him.

It was only after he took several breaths of pure oxygen that Professor Ding managed to recover.

He pushed away the young people beside him.

Then, he carefully approached the entrance of the tomb.

A stroke of luck amidst the misfortune...

Only the tomb door had collapsed; the burial chamber inside remained intact.

It was just covered in dust and debris.

However, very soon.

As Professor Ding craned his neck to look inside.

Wanting to see what was within.

Before the camera.

He looked as if he had been struck hard by something.

Professor Ding’s body swayed, nearly falling backward.

After gasping for breath for a few seconds.

A miserable cry from Professor Ding echoed throughout the entire livestream.

"Ah—"

The sudden, tragic scream startled everyone.

[WTF!? What happened!]

[Is Professor Ding crying tears of joy?]

[Why does that laugh sound like crying?]

[Could it be that he saw the legendary national treasure?]

[Is it the legendary Seven-Star Sword?! A tiger tally?]

[But that scream is way too miserable? What’s going on!]

[Damn, the smoke is too thick, can't see anything inside...]

However, contrary to everyone's expectations.

On the livestream screen.

Professor Ding stared with wide eyes, pointing at the tomb in disbelief.

His voice filled with despair and loss, he roared tremblingly:

"Where are the things!?"

"Where are the things inside!?"

"Damn it! No wonder the tomb door was so loose..."

"This tomb has been visited by grave robbers!"

"It's empty!"

"It's empty inside!"

At this moment.

The staff, cameramen, and students on site...

All stood frozen.

Countless people held their breath, shocked by this news.

The moment the dust slowly cleared.

The items inside appeared before everyone.

They were...

A few bottles of mineral water.

A pack of cigarettes and several cigarette butts.

Two boxes of Kangshuai-fu beef noodles...

The scene went quiet.

Half an hour later.

A piece of news topped the national trending list—

[Cao Cao's tomb robbed!]

Countless related topics directly occupied the trending lists of major platforms.

#Professor Ding faints on the spot, only two boxes of instant noodles left in Cao Cao's tomb?#

#Grave robbers, have some humanity!#

#National treasure stolen#

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#Cao Cao's tomb is empty, Cao Cao himself was stolen!#

#Professor Ding hospitalized for high blood pressure#

Similar trending topics...

Occupied the top ten of major social media trending lists.

The entire internet was shocked.

No one expected that the famous Cao Cao tomb had long since been visited by grave robbers.

Now, netizens across the country couldn't sit still.

Countless people were filled with righteous indignation, demanding the grave robbers be caught.

Soon.

Industry insiders broke the news.

Through cooperation between police and archaeologists, traces left by a group of grave robbers were discovered.

And this group of grave robbers might have had extremely high grave-robbing skills.

But their anti-reconnaissance capabilities were truly average.

Over the next two days.

Under the tireless pursuit of the police.

The clues to the grave robbers' escape were peeled away layer by layer.

Soon.

The first grave robber was caught.

Following that, the second and third were captured one after another.

By the time the fourth grave robber was caught.

And it was at this juncture.

The police livestream program "Directly at the Scene" and the archaeological livestream program "Today's Archaeology."

Two programs from cross-platform fields actually had a dream collaboration. ===== CHAPTER 99 =====

Viewers could see the staff of the archaeology program on the screen of "Directly at the Scene."

And likewise.

The figures of the police appeared on the screen of "Today's Archaeology."

Both programs were livestreaming the same case simultaneously.

This was a major event involving both criminal investigation and archaeology.

The event's attention across the internet exceeded twenty million!

The combined viewership of the two programs was over three hundred thousand!

"Hello, audience friends, this is the 'Directly at the Scene' production team!"

"Right now, we are livestreaming a special collaborative program between 'Directly at the Scene' and 'Today's Archaeology'—"

"Where did Cao Cao go?!"

"I am the dual host for both 'Directly at the Scene' and 'Today's Archaeology,' Xiao Yang!"

In the livestream room.

Reporter Xiao Yang was earnestly explaining the situation.

"Two days ago, a tomb robbery case shocked the entire internet."

"Because the owner of the robbed tomb was not an ordinary person, but the historically famous Cao Cao!"

"The grave robbers were extremely arrogant."

"Not only did they eat and drink in the tomb owner's burial chamber, but they also left a pile of household trash inside."

"However, through the concerted efforts of public security officers and archaeological departments, as well as the support of new police investigation technologies."

"The grave robbers were soon caught."

"In the subsequent time."

"A total of four grave robbers were captured one after another!"

"At this very moment, they are being held in the interrogation room behind us." ===== CHAPTER 100 =====

"At this very moment, they are being held in the interrogation room at the back."

On the screen.

As the camera shifted.

Viewers soon saw four men in prison uniforms with shaved heads.

Being held in four separate small rooms.

Then the camera turned back to Xiao Yang, who continued to introduce:

"Although the four grave robbers have been caught."

"The treasures from Cao Cao's tomb remain missing to this day."

"The next interrogation goal is to extract clues from the four suspects."

"It is worth mentioning."

"Upon learning that the grave robbers were caught."

"Professor Ding, who was hospitalized for heart disease and high blood pressure... his condition improved rapidly."

"He has already completed his discharge procedures and is rushing here."

"And the person we are about to interview next..."

"Is the provincial special appointee—the head of the Cao Cao Tomb Task Force, Captain Xu Qiong."

As the screen slowly shifted.

A very capable-looking female police officer in her thirties.

Slowly appeared in the camera frame.

This was the image of a heroic female police officer.

A neat ponytail, combined with a slender figure and tall stature.

Her appearance wasn't outstanding, but she excelled in temperament.

Her whole person exuded the temperament of a female knight-errant.

"Audience friends, this is Captain Xu Qiong."

"She has led teams to solve multiple major cases, such as the '11.7 Arson Case' and the 'Cross-Provincial Serial Murder Case'."

"And the task force established after the theft of Cao Cao's tomb is led by Captain Xu Qiong."

"Captain Xu Qiong, I wonder what your plans are next?"

Unlike Captain Ding He...

An old-school grassroots criminal police officer who had been tempered over the years and was well-versed in all walks of life.

The old-school criminal police's reasoning method started from logic and human weaknesses.

Handling cases by peeling away layers like a cocoon.

Xu Qiong belonged to the cutting-edge technology school.

Belonging to a different set of case-handling systems.

Under this system.

A footprint, a fingerprint, the speed of a heartbeat...

Under the new technology mastered by Xu Qiong, many important pieces of information could be analyzed.

And the reason why she was able to capture all four grave robbers in just two days this time.

The modern technology utilized by Xu Qiong played an indispensable role.

Facing the camera now, she introduced:

"Higher-level leaders attach great importance to the Cao Cao tomb theft case, so they asked me to bring new technology to solve the case."

"Therefore, for the interrogation, we have brand-new technological support."

"First is the lie detector equipment."

"After collecting data on cerebral cortex nerve signals, we can use nerve signal-related wave frequencies..."

"To effectively know whether the suspect's answers are valid."

"The accuracy rate is as high as over 99.9%."

"In this situation."

"Behaviors like lying, colluding, or fabricating facts by suspects... are meaningless in front of us."

As a technician transferred from the technical department to the criminal investigation department.

Xu Qiong naturally had her own strengths to become someone who could handle things alone.

Before the camera.

She told the viewers in the livestream.

The lie detector their task force was using this time—

Was a lie detector in the true sense!

Not the crude heart-rate machine invented during World War II.

After all, such an opportunity with extremely high attention was one in ten thousand.

Captain Xu Qiong naturally wanted to, before the camera.

Properly showcase the case-handling technical level of her criminal investigation team.

Xu Qiong, facing the camera now, said calmly:

"We can completely distinguish whether a suspect is lying through special technology."

"A person's mouth might tell lies, but a person's brain will not."

Before the livestream camera.

Viewers were stunned as they listened to Captain Xu Qiong's introduction.

Good heavens!

Has the current level of technology developed to this point?

[Awesome, WTF! The current technology is too awesome!]

[For the laymen, Captain Xu Qiong used to be a national team tech personnel!]

[It is said that this criminal investigation department is... one of the first departments in the country to trial lie detectors!?] ===== CHAPTER 101 =====