[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi":3,"chapter-reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-30":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Reborn in 2014: I Am the King of Criminal Investigation",{"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},2315886,4529,"Chapter 30: You Finally Look Like a Human","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-30",30,"\u003Cp>“I was just saying it offhand, you actually took it seriously,” Yu Dazhang smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you could solve cases just by guessing, what’s the point of the technical team?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Qian Cheng’s expression returned to normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That makes sense—ultimately, determining an object’s composition still depends on test results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll go right now; as soon as the report comes out, I’ll bring it to you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, Qian Cheng left the conference room in a hurry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the large conference room was left with only Yu Dazhang alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When assigning tasks earlier, he had already noticed that everyone on the task force—including his master—didn’t understand his approach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He told Lu Zhongxin to investigate toward innocence, and everyone else to look into the social backgrounds of both parties involved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just these two points show that Yu Dazhang has already concluded Kong Lingjie is not the real killer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one knew where his confidence came from.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang was also frustrated; he wanted to explain everything, but some things couldn’t be said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his past life, Kong Lingjie’s alibi was definitely genuine—that was the key evidence that let him escape punishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that big lawyer? Someone else must have paid to hire him for Kong Lingjie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From these two points, it’s clear Kong Lingjie was merely a puppet pushed to the front.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, Yu Dazhang couldn’t speak of events that hadn’t happened yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His current situation: he understood clearly, but couldn’t speak it aloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he claimed he was a reincarnated soul, someone would still have to believe him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Near noon, Qian Cheng returned, holding a test report in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The report’s out—guess what that particle is?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qian Cheng looked excited; whenever it involved his specialty, he became unusually energetic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Carbon,” Yu Dazhang answered without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“More precisely, activated carbon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qian Cheng: !!!!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I slipped up—I let it slip!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You just said guessing alone can’t solve cases, yet you guessed it perfectly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this something you can identify with the naked eye?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did your eyes get connected to a spectrometer?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What kind of creature are you even made of?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Qian Cheng gaping, staring blankly at him, Yu Dazhang smiled and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nothing to be surprised about.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The crime scene report shows the body was placed supine on the bed, with the head positioned at the foot of the bed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And that particle was found precisely at the foot of the bed—the only logical explanation is… the particle fell from the victim’s hair.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is the only hypothesis that links the particle to the victim.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Combined with the condition of the rented apartment, it’s easy to deduce the particle’s function.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What function? Qian Cheng wore a “ghost just appeared” expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brother, keep going!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I could’ve guessed it myself, I wouldn’t be in the technical team!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Qian Cheng’s hesitant, half-speechless look, Yu Dazhang was momentarily baffled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ve hinted so clearly already—still don’t get it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Helplessly, he continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When we went to the scene together, didn’t you notice anything odd about the room?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qian Cheng thought for a moment, then helplessly shook his head:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nothing special—we arrived after the scene had already been fully examined.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That Yu Dazhang had found two new clues already surprised him; he simply couldn’t imagine what else might be wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The smell!” Yu Dazhang gave him an exasperated look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Under normal temperatures, a corpse begins to emit odor after twenty-four hours; after forty-eight hours, it becomes unbearable to approach.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But when Zhang Yan’s body was discovered, she had been dead four days—given Songhai’s current temperature, it should’ve been reeking.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even if the body was moved, the odor would linger for at least a week. But when we were in the rented apartment, there was a faint odor—so weak you’d miss it unless you sniffed carefully.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You yourself said at the scene: the principle of crime scene preservation is maintaining the original state.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So no one would’ve deodorized the scene.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Therefore, the killer must have used some method to preserve the body…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yu Dazhang spoke these words, Qian Cheng’s eyes lit up—he immediately raised his hand to interrupt:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I—I—I get it! The killer used activated carbon’s strong adsorption properties to deodorize and preserve the body!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had thought of it—but only after Yu Dazhang was about to reveal the answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qian Cheng stared at this unconfirmed rookie beside him and began doubting his own intelligence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We went to the scene together—how did he notice so many unusual details?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, I was just a tourist at the scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please… Your Majesty… collect 6…9…books…please…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, he felt his thinking had opened up, his mind alive again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The killer must have read forensic textbooks—possibly even studied forensic science specifically.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qian Cheng said, thinking aloud:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Preserving a corpse with freezing would be obvious during autopsy—that’s a method only amateurs use.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Only someone who has studied forensic science would think of using activated carbon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This method not only masks odor but also effectively slows decomposition.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That means the victim’s actual time of death must be pushed further back!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You finally look like a person… Yu Dazhang nodded in satisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had once suspected Qian Cheng was just filling a quota, since technical staff rarely joined task forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after several interactions, Yu Dazhang realized Qian Cheng’s professional knowledge was truly expert-level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone like this doesn’t need him to analyze cases—just needs to give professional input when he raises doubts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang had deduced the killer used activated carbon to preserve the body, but didn’t know activated carbon could also slow decomposition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s the gap between a specialist and a layperson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Also,” Qian Cheng spoke more fluently, beginning to correct Yu Dazhang’s mistake:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What you said about forty-eight hours being especially foul is inaccurate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The corpse actually begins to soften at forty-two hours—urine and feces are expelled from the body due to muscle relaxation…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough, enough,” Yu Dazhang quickly interrupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No need to lecture me—I get the general idea.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lunchtime’s almost here—I think you’re deliberately ruining my appetite… Yu Dazhang knew these tech nerds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once they start talking about their specialty, they get fired up and want to dump everything they know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he was grateful for Qian Cheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without his expertise, Yu Dazhang wouldn’t have realized the time of death could be manipulated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the time of death is pushed back, Kong Lingjie’s alibi falls apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Qian Ge, you need to go to the forensic center again,” Yu Dazhang said quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Explain the new developments to the forensic pathologist, request a second autopsy, and determine the time of death as soon as possible.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang knew this was critical—time of death is evidence too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And you can’t just say it—you need an authentic, valid autopsy report.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll go right now,” Qian Cheng said, handing Yu Dazhang the particle test report.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The inaccurate time of death was deduced using his professional knowledge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That meant he, too, had helped advance the case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Precisely because of this, Qian Cheng now felt highly motivated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang then went to the room beside the interrogation room and picked up the microphone:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master, let’s take a break—the case has changed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1194,"2026-06-20T14:22:46.062Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","bf96b6cca5129ed90a2a72082db90f552b8b571163e0acb9fee7e5194dd8a932","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-31","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-29",763,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-cover.jpg"]