Chapter 156: The Deceased Deserve Respect, and It's a Special Case Again!!

That afternoon, the case took a new turn.

They say many hands make light work.

Tracking the suspicious vehicle and the interrogation went on simultaneously, and a breakthrough came quickly.

According to the staff of the dissection lab, the bodies they purchased were mainly used to produce "allogeneic bone graft implant materials."

The information was quickly synced to the Hongkou branch bureau.

When Yu Dazhang heard that technical term, he was caught off guard and didn't understand what it meant.

Only after reading the detailed confession materials did he learn the term's specific meaning.

Allogeneic bone refers to bone tissue from the same species but different individuals.

For humans, it means bone tissue from other human bodies.

This bone tissue goes through a series of processing treatments, such as deep cryogenic freeze-drying, pasteurization, radiation sterilization, and so on.

Put plainly, it's all kinds of sterilization and disinfection, then made into implantable material.

As for its uses~

There are far too many.

First, cosmetic surgery.

Guess what the best filler material for a "nose job" is?

Compared to artificially made materials, processed allogeneic bone is the best choice for replacing rib cartilage and improving nose shape.

Craniofacial repair and reconstruction, mandibular reshaping, and so on.

The range of applications is extremely broad.

In the medical field, there are even more places it can be applied.

Orthopedic fracture repair, spinal fusion, and oral surgery repair of mandibular and alveolar bone defects, among others.

No need to list them one by one.

In short, whether medical or cosmetic, both require massive amounts of allogeneic bone.

Yet allogeneic bone is scarce in supply, which drives its price extremely high.

Inside the office of the Hongkou branch bureau detachment commander.

"Buy corpses, then do deep processing on them."

Yu Dazhang closed the confession materials and sighed helplessly:

"In the end, it's all for the money."

The profits in this are simply unimaginable.

According to those lab staff, the price of a cadaver is determined by the specific circumstances.

For example, cadavers of those who died from major illnesses are priced relatively low—sometimes just a few hundred yuan.

Cadavers from accidental deaths fetch a higher price.

There's also the age breakdown—children's are the most expensive, the elderly's the cheapest.

In Yu Dazhang's view, they were just short of putting out a price list.

And once those corpses are disassembled and processed, their value multiplies several times over, even tenfold or more.

"This case is getting more and more complicated." Li Jun's tone carried a hint of weight:

"Tracking down the dissection lab is only the first step. Next, we'll conduct a thorough investigation of every medical institution related to dissection."

"That serious?" Yu Dazhang didn't catch the serious implications for a moment. He looked at Li Jun and asked:

"Finding leads first and then investigating thoroughly would be more efficient, right?"

"Besides, we already have related suspects in custody. Follow-up interrogations will yield more accurate information. There's no need for an all-around investigation."

"And besides, the municipal bureau doesn't have that many police officers. Are we supposed to mobilize the entire Songhai criminal investigation force?"

In his view, the municipal bureau was making a mountain out of a molehill.

Solving a case is inherently a process of following the vine to the melon—when has anyone ever launched an all-out strike the moment they caught the first whiff?

"Where's your brain?" Li Jun looked at him, his face wearing an expression of exasperation at his inability to learn:

"What those lab people confessed goes beyond just the case itself."

"If you only look at it from the angle of solving the case, that's just the criminal process."

"But if you start from the big picture…"

"I got it." Yu Dazhang cut in immediately:

"Industry insider secrets!"

He immediately guessed the municipal bureau's intention.

It was the big picture.

Two dissection labs were found to have problems in one sweep, and a complete industrial chain had already formed.

That meant the entire industry was riddled with many behind-the-scenes deals unknown to the public.

At a time like this, a thorough all-around investigation is definitely warranted—you can't let these black sheep keep evading the law. Having never been a leader, he lacked the big-picture perspective when considering problems. That was where Yu Dazhang fell short.

On the exact same matter, Li Jun, as detachment commander, could immediately grasp the municipal bureau's intent.

While he could only analyze it from the angle of solving the case.

"Watch and see—this case might just turn into another special case."

Li Jun said to him with a solemn face:

"If this industry insider secret is confirmed in Songhai, the whole country will then launch a large-scale industry-wide investigation."

"By then, the impact will even surpass those two previous special cases."

"The number of trafficked cadavers will no longer be in the hundreds or thousands—the final figure, I don't even dare imagine."

"The amount involved in the case will also be an astronomical figure."

"It can be said that the entire domestic cosmetic surgery industry and medical institutions will be thrown into turmoil."

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After hearing Li Jun's analysis, Yu Dazhang felt even his heels going numb.

That's right, this case is tantamount to lifting the lid on the dark underbelly of an entire industry.

And the nature of it is extremely vile.

The dead are paramount... this is both a tradition and a taboo.

From ancient times to the present, people have held death in great awe and reverence.

Especially toward departed family and friends.

If this matter were to spread into society, the impact it would cause would be enormous and incalculable.

Therefore, it must be thoroughly investigated and struck down to the end!

Yu Dazhang walked out of the detachment commander's office in a daze.

Now whenever Li Jun has a new case report, he would call Yu Dazhang in to discuss it.

First, this case had been one Yu Dazhang had been following all along.

Second, it was a sign of how much Li Jun valued him.

So far, this fatty had never once let anyone down.

Not only was his case-solving rate high, every time he also managed to give people a pleasant surprise.

Back at the detachment, sitting at his own seat, Yu Dazhang's mood was somewhat complicated.

At first he had merely been investigating a case of grave-robbing involving supernatural tricks.

How had it turned into a special case again?

Could it be that he was the legendary natural-born physique for special cases?!

Otherwise, why was it that every time he encountered a case, as he investigated it would turn into a special case?

Why hadn't his past self had this kind of luck?

Yu Dazhang's mind was in a bit of a mess; he could hardly tell whether this was a good thing or a bad thing.

If you were to call it a bad thing, successfully cracking the case would not only Can earn merit, but would also be of tremendous help to his future promotion in police rank.

But if you were to call it a good thing, he was merely an ordinary police officer who had only recently been confirmed in his post; logically speaking, he shouldn't have access to cases like this.

Cracking major cases like these one after another would inevitably attract the attention of certain people.

Being targeted by those scheming fellows would not be a good thing for either himself or his family.

In fact, there were already people who could no longer hold back and wanted to make a move against him.

Matters of the world have always come with both pros and cons... Yu Dazhang sighed helplessly, tidied his desk neatly, and prepared to get off work.

With the case having progressed to this point, there was essentially nothing more he could do.

When all was said and done, his rank simply wasn't high enough.

The follow-up investigation was no longer something a little police officer like him could get involved in.

When it was time to get off work, Yu Dazhang left the sub-bureau, and was just about to go get his car when, from a great distance, he spotted a familiar figure.

Why had she come?

He saw Qu Tuotuo standing beside that off-road vehicle, glaring at him with a face full of grievance.

Striding quickly up to her, Yu Dazhang's tone could not help but carry a hint of reproach:

"I already told you I've been very busy these past few days, why did you still come all the way to the sub-bureau to find me?"

(End of this chapter)