[{"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-68":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},2315924,4529,"Chapter 68: Case Escalation!","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-68",68,"\u003Cp>Connected, all connected!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything that happened afterward now makes sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I reincarnated last year, the first thing I wanted to do was visit the place where I died in my past life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten years had passed; back then, I wasn’t sure if the abandoned radar station was still dangerous, so I brought Wei Chuang along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Calling the police directly wouldn’t work—they wouldn’t mobilize a large force based solely on one person’s claim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, I didn’t even know if anyone was inside the radar station back then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To get the police to take it seriously, I needed evidence first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So stupid… Yu Dazhang couldn’t help but want to bang his head against the wall thinking these were his own actions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was so embarrassing he could’ve dug out a three-bedroom apartment with his toes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You were practically rushing to be reborn!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And you dragged Wei Chuang into it too—what a hypocritical saintess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pretending to be some righteous savior, showing off, pfft~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang originally thought his past self was stupid enough—daring to investigate such a remote place alone, dying was his just due.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his present self, just reincarnated, was even more absurdly foolish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You knew the mountain was dangerous and still went? Do you have a brain tumor? Can’t you just not be an idiot?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh my god, my hands are shaking from anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang might be one of the very few people who almost died from anger at himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stupid actions inevitably lead to tragic consequences—that’s reality’s version of… courting death!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, I’ve become one of the victims in the serial disappearance case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And worse—I’m a victim who walked right into it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After mentally berating himself, Yu Dazhang gradually calmed down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then how did I come back?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, eliminate the possibility that I escaped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I could’ve escaped, I would’ve done it long ago—I wouldn’t have waited nine months until I turned into a fat pig.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most likely, they let me go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before releasing me, they erased my memory using some method.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only this explanation fits the logic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that doesn’t make sense either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None of the people who disappeared in my past life ever returned—why was I the only one let go?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m not special in any way… Yu Dazhang couldn’t figure this out for the life of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the reality was right before him—he had to face it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seems Liu Wenfu’s disappearance never happened because of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was my unauthorized intrusion into Xiaofeng Mountain’s radar station that triggered all these changes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Obesity, amnesia, the disappearance case never occurring—all the problems plaguing me, after all this investigation, looped back to square one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The past life’s serial disappearance case!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang went to work as usual; his mental state looked fine, no different from normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do your best and leave the rest to fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d already tried every solution he could think of; obsessing further wouldn’t help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wouldn’t dig himself into a corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe one day his memory would suddenly return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there’s a lead, keep investigating; if not, set it aside—life must go on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though he’d figured it out, he still went to Xiuyuan Community after work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By 7:30 p.m., Liu Wenfu never appeared at the community entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day, same thing…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For five consecutive days, he showed up punctually at the Xiuyuan Community entrance after work every day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within those five days, Liu Wenfu appeared at the entrance only twice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though infrequent, it was enough to prove that in this life, Liu Wenfu wouldn’t disappear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang even entertained a ridiculous thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The criminal, after kidnapping me, had a change of heart and stopped committing crimes?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He only used that idea to fool himself for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crimes of that caliber don’t involve any notion of ‘conscience’—they always act for some specific purpose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that, he never went back to Xiuyuan Community.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Yu Dazhang’s view, the lead had ended here. Two days later, his service pistol was issued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant Yu Dazhang officially became a criminal investigator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From now on, he could undertake operations like any other regular officer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being singled out for special attention wasn’t pleasant—the recipient inevitably felt inferior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he learned he’d been assigned to the force through police academy arrangements, Yu Dazhang felt like he was lesser than others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No way around it—he’d never taken shortcuts in two lifetimes; he just wasn’t used to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That afternoon, the First Squad held an emergency meeting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The meeting was chaired by the branch leadership.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sole topic: the First Squad would deploy personnel to investigate the previous trafficking case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The trafficking case that Zhou Zizhe had provided a lead on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please... collect... 6...9...books...!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang didn’t understand at first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He remembered that over ten days ago, the branch had already sent two criminal investigators to look into it—why was the First Squad being called in now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, trafficking falls under crimes against citizens’ personal rights; strictly speaking, it’s not a violent crime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most trafficking cases rely on deception or bribery; direct violence is extremely rare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So it’s not among the eight major crime categories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that’s the case, even if the branch was eager to solve the case, they shouldn’t involve the First Squad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only at the end of the meeting did he learn the reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two officers sent out had been out of contact for two full days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were two armed criminal investigators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What did that mean?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The case has escalated!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Undeniably a violent crime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both people and guns were gone—this was a massive disaster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to limited manpower in the First Squad, the branch leadership made a decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Qian would lead, with the Second and Third Squads assisting, forming multiple two-person teams for tracking and investigation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the only option left—only this way could they recover the people and guns as quickly as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, spread out the personnel; if any team found a lead, others could immediately rush to the scene for backup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the meeting, Yu Dazhang learned from his Master Lu Zhongxin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the first day the two officers went missing, the branch hadn’t taken it seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Losing cell signal during field operations was common.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as time passed, it became suspicious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time the branch realized the severity, the two officers had been missing for over twenty-four hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both were completely silent; their phones remained unreachable, and they hadn’t contacted the branch at all during that time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The branch immediately reacted and dispatched personnel to investigate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why not report it directly to the bureau?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The matter was too big!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Losing firearms, in any era or department, was always a massive incident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially losing two guns at once, plus two active-duty officers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The branch would naturally try to contain it, handling the search internally—but this internal investigation had to be completed within twenty-four hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the twenty-four-hour window passed without reporting, the justification for internal investigation would collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they were accused of failing to report promptly, Li Jun, the branch chief, would be finished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Concealing such an incident and causing serious consequences was punishable by law.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knowing the gravity of the situation, Yu Dazhang silently prayed: Please, let those two colleagues be safe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I hadn’t solved the frame-up case in this life, none of this would’ve happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regret was impossible—but those two officers’ disappearances were indeed indirectly tied to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When an outcome changes, no one can predict how subsequent events will unfold—just like this time…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The false confession case uncovered a human trafficking case, which then escalated again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang pondered for a moment, then asked for leave from Lu Zhongxin:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master, I’m going to the detention center—I need to ask Zhou Zike some questions in person.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1290,"2026-06-20T14:22:46.062Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","176db1601d11401976a05d8c6f7be4d866089956cf85c4aada7809826bfd6ae5","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-69","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-67",763,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-cover.jpg"]