Chapter 128: Office

The blood is still warm.

Elliot frowned, dipped his fingers into the blood on the ground, "The distance can't be far."

The bloodstains on the lawn are mostly spattered and splash patterns; under the seats, they are drip and stream patterns. After a stretch of bloodstains trailing forward along the path, they gradually thin out until they vanish entirely.

Li Cheng carefully examined the bloodstains, paying special attention to the untouched blank area on the backrest of the seat, "There were at least three people at the scene. Two were sitting on the seats resting when they were suddenly attacked; their necks were slit, spraying blood with small bubbles—spatter patterns."

They did not die immediately, stood up, clamped their necks, and fled hastily with the help of a third person.

The injured were a woman in her twenties, oval face, willow-leaf eyebrows, a mole at the corner of her mouth, single eyelids, blood type A; and a man in his thirties, round face, beard, narrow eyes, blood type AB."

"Huh?"

Not only Duizhan Qibing's face was stunned; the others also cast bewildered glances.

The forensic technique of judging the number of people and their movement trajectories from bloodstain patterns was still within comprehension.

But being able to discern blood types and physical features like oval face and narrow eyes—doesn't that go a bit too far?

Even hospital blood cell analyzers don't work like this.

Li Cheng offered no further explanation; he subtly rubbed his thumb along the back of the bench, wiping away the bloodstain.

The worm gene in the Infection Sequence of the Worm Master can alter facial appearance based on absorbed DNA samples.

He deduced the victims' features based on this.

Of course, this ability of the worm gene is limited to innate appearance determined by DNA; it does not include postnatal lifestyle-induced changes in appearance.

When blood is collected from someone whose mouth was surgically removed due to long-term betel nut chewing causing oral cancer, the reconstructed face remains exactly as it was before the removal.

Hmm, from this angle, this ability could also be used to identify plastic surgery faces.

"The spatter and spray bloodstains here suddenly stop, leaving only drip patterns. That means the two injured parties had their wounds urgently healed."

Li Cheng continued following the bloodstains along the path, "Among these three people, at least one is a transcendent with medical abilities."

"There was already a transcendent ahead of us? Are you sure?"

Duizhan Qibing raised an eyebrow; to ensure relative fairness, the Killing Field system generally does not assign two or more task teams to the same location.

"Based on current clues, this is the most likely possibility."

Li Cheng said casually, "Of course, other possibilities can't be ruled out—like an ordinary person carrying a miniature life potion or some other emergency medical item.

Or maybe no one was injured at all; perhaps three vampires held a plasma tasting party here, halfway through realized the blood had HIV, dumped it, and went to hunt down the blood dealers."

What the hell is this? I shouldn't have asked.

Duizhan Qibing's eye twitched; he decisively fell silent.

"A transcendent with medical abilities arrived before us." Elliot's expression remained unchanged, pondering the potential implications of this statement.

In the entire Killing Field game, medical skill scrolls have extremely low drop rates and exorbitant prices; even large guilds don't have everyone learn medical skills.

"A blood loss of 2500ml, averaged between two people, means 1250ml each—enough to impair mobility; they couldn't have run far."

Li Cheng stood at the point where the bloodstains vanished, recalling the amusement park map, "They're trapped inside the park, being hunted by someone or something. After the attack, they had to find a nearby hiding spot, clean off the blood, rest, and recover their strength."

The others followed his gaze forward; directly ahead stood a restroom, its men's door tightly shut.

The further they walked, the more pronounced the smell of disinfectant mixed with blood became.

Elliot stood outside the door, calling from a distance, "Is anyone inside? I'm an outsider trapped in the amusement park—perhaps we can help each other?"

Inside, silence. No response. "Please rest assured—I'm definitely a living, normal human. I saw the visitor rules at the park entrance!"

Elliot slightly pursed his lips, tapped his briefcase several times with his left hand, entered the password, then slowly placed the case on the ground, directly facing the men's restroom door.

The key to team cooperation is playing your role well: neither too outstanding—risking teammates shirking responsibility—

nor too lazy—risking teammates deeming you worthless and abandoning you early.

Even college group projects require everyone to contribute; those who don't work aren't allowed on the roster. Players are no different.

Earlier, Bai Lang located the bloodstains using his Snake Taming technique; Master Pi Fu further pinpointed the location using a suspected blood-tracing skill.

It's time for others to contribute.

Click-click—

The briefcase slowly deformed; from its narrow interior, a barrel, sight, recoil mechanism, and return mechanism extended, aiming at the wall beside the restroom door.

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The childish, mischievous notes don't obscure the fact that the briefcase is, in truth, an excellent combat cannon utilizing space-compression technology—packing artillery-level firepower into a compact form.

"I truly mean no harm. Please open the door, alright?"

Elliot stared at the cannon barrel, prepared to blast half the restroom apart and drag out whoever was hiding inside.

Just as the cannon was about to fire, movement finally came from within.

A slightly childish voice said, "Sorry, if you've read the visitor rules, you should know they clearly state: don't trust any relatives or friends who've been separated even once.

We're better off going our separate ways, leaving each other alone."

The reply came—but not the one they wanted.

Elliot's fingers twitched slightly, continuing to aim the briefcase cannon at the wall.

"Wait,"

Li Cheng, who felt the voice inside the door was oddly familiar, urgently called out to Elliot to stop, stared at the men's restroom door, and hesitantly said, "Su Jie? Is that you?"