Chapter 2: Great Demon Heize!

Involving dozens of skeletons, the Cangxi City Law Enforcement Guard attached great importance to the matter.

At the prompt of the Law Enforcement team member, Zhang Lie opened the video.

When dozens of stark white, chilling skeletons appeared on the screen.

The Law Enforcement Guard chief led the team in person, rushing to the Dahuang Mountain Range, and various professional talent expert groups arrived shortly after.

The Law Enforcement Guard met Zhang Lie, and under Zhang Lie's guidance, they passed through a mountain cave into a valley, or rather, half a valley.

Upon seeing the piles of white bones, the Law Enforcement Guard members present all felt that something major was about to happen.

After a preliminary survey, there were a total of 47 skeletons here.

Cangxi City Law Enforcement Guard chief Zhao Guoyan furrowed his brows; his square face made him look very stern.

Expert Liu Chengchao looked at the skeletons on the ground, adjusted his glasses, and frowned: "The ground is Ordinary red Earth, and these skeletons have not undergone any special protective measures; left in the open, they would generally rot into mud in about five years."

Within 1 hour after a person dies, the body becomes stiff, and then cold.

30 hours after death, a large number of maggots and bacteria appear in the human body, gnawing and decomposing the internal organs and flesh, eventually becoming a skeleton.

If skeletons are left in the open, weathering and decay will be very fast, and they generally cannot be preserved for many years.

If buried in dry underground, skeletons can generally be preserved for over 300 years.

If they have undergone special treatment, then the body's preservation time will be even longer.

"According to this deduction, these bones only have a history of three years, but... what about the clothes? The ornaments?"

"Could it be that after the killing, the clothes were stripped off and they were dumped here?" Law Enforcement Guard chief Zhao Guoyan offered his opinion.

"These bones are all adult males, approximately thirty to forty years old."

Judging the gender of skeletons mainly relies on the pelvis and the skull, especially the pelvis.

The pelvis connects the lower limbs, encloses the abdominopelvic cavity, and houses the pelvic organs.

Males do not need to give birth, while females need to accommodate a fetus and serve as the birth canal, so there is a clear difference between the two.

The upper opening of a female pelvis is wider horizontally than vertically, forming a horizontal oval, and the lower opening is wider than a male's.

"Go investigate the recent missing persons cases." Law Enforcement Guard chief Zhao Guoyan immediately ordered the team members beside him.

At this moment, his expression was extremely gloomy.

This is 47 skeletons; this kind of case is incomparably heinous, can reach the highest authorities, and will surely cause a massive uproar!

Given the national situation, every step of progress in such a major case must be publicized online.

It would be fine if it could be solved, but if it cannot, the entire Cangxi City will experience a massive earthquake.

"Chief, there is a stone tablet here."

Suddenly, Law Enforcement team member Xiao Wu shouted.

Chief Zhao Guoyan and expert Liu Chengchao's attention was immediately drawn over.

Arriving at this place, they had not found any other important clues besides the skeletons.

Here, there was actually a stone tablet.

Several people walked over, and a granite stone tablet appeared before everyone's eyes.

It was less of a stone tablet and more of a rock that looked like a stone tablet.

On it were carved crooked characters.

"Does this kind of symbol have any special meaning?" Law Enforcement Guard chief Zhao Guoyan's brows were tightly locked.

"This is Wolf Tribe script, no, it is Ancient Wolf Tribe script." Expert Liu Chengchao looked at the stone tablet and took out his phone, "I will take a photo and send it to my friend; he is a linguistics professor."

"Good." Law Enforcement Guard chief Zhao Guoyan nodded, his face filled with doubt, "Ancient Wolf Tribe script, is that the Wolf Tribe that legends say had Giant Wolves?"

"Yes." Liu Chengchao explained, "The Wolf Tribe was located in the area of the Taxian Grasslands and was a nomadic people. The earliest records appear in the Great Feng Kingdom Records. The Wolf Tribe was very strong and repeatedly invaded our people. At its peak, it even almost succeeded in seizing the Nine Cauldrons and taking the throne."

Back then, the Great Feng Kingdom was weak, and the Wolf Tribe almost fought all the way to the capital Feng'an to replace it, but strangely, the Wolf Tribe's strongest elite, the Wolf Guard, which should have appeared on the battlefield, disappeared and did not join the fight.

Regarding the failure of the Wolf Tribe, many historians are still debating, and there are suspicious circumstances involved.

However, one hundred years ago, during the world war, the Wolf Tribe was wiped out."

"I don't know much about the Wolf Tribe, but I have heard the story of the Giant Wolves.

I heard that the Wolf Tribe's Giant Wolves were taller than horses and were one of the best mounts for ancient cavalry," Zhao Guoyan said.

"Correct, the Wolf Tribe's strongest asset was its cavalry, and their Giant Wolves had an overwhelming advantage against Ordinary horses." Expert Liu Chengchao said while looking at the stone tablet, "This stone tablet is estimated to be at least several hundred years old and should be unrelated to this case."

"The message is here." Liu Chengchao's phone screen lit up; he looked at the phone and fell into a moment of hesitation.

"Old Liu, what are the characters on this stone tablet?" Zhao Guoyan asked curiously.

"Great Demon Heize."

These four characters, for some reason, struck the hearts of everyone present like a heavy hammer.

"My friend told me that the term 'Great Demon' is extremely special in the Wolf Tribe, especially the Ancient Wolf Tribe.

Great Demon means enemy, but not an Ordinary enemy—it is the enemy of an entire tribe!"

The enemy of an entire tribe; such hatred can be said to be irreconcilable.

For one person to become the enemy of an entire tribe, this is absolutely terrifying.

In history, has there been such a person?

"Sigh, if it were normal times, I would be curious about who this Heize is, but now..." Zhao Guoyan looked at the bones beside him, his brows tightly furrowed.

47 skeletons, 47 human lives!

Just dying like this in such a remote place, without stirring up any ripples.

And this is supposed to be a peaceful and prosperous age.

"Chief, another skeleton has been found here; there should be many more skeletons in this Earth."

A voice came, and Zhao Guoyan's heart could not help but tremble.

Are there more victims?

Zhao Guoyan and Liu Chengchao hurried over.

"The remains were discovered inside the mountain, buried by Earth."

Zhao Guoyan looked at the rocks and soil ahead, stunned for a moment.

Was the new set of remains pressed inside by the cliff?

It was somewhat bizarre.

"We will continue digging into this cliff face; there are other bones inside, more than one..."

Before them stood what could be considered a short, steep mountain.

The cross-section was very flat, making it impossible for anyone to climb.

Why would one bury corpses at the foot of these cliffs?

Zhao Guoyan was puzzled.

The other remains had all been placed casually, so why go to such great lengths to put these in the soil now?

Just how many more were inside?

Could it be that what they were seeing now was merely the tip of the iceberg?

Not just 47, but perhaps even more than 50?

More than 50 adult males had died so quietly; who among those present did not feel a chill run down their spine?

At this moment, Liu Chengchao, standing to the side, looked at the remains and the surrounding soil and stones.

"Strange, the soil here has not been disturbed at all in recent years.

How were these bones and corpses put inside?"

Once these words were spoken, those present also felt puzzled.

How were these corpses buried inside?

"Could it be that these remains are not from a few years ago? But rather..."

(End of chapter)