Solving the case: Combining the police dog's olfactory genes at the beginning

A cold, damp wind, carrying a musty and strangely fishy smell, suddenly burst out from the bottomless cave, causing everyone's clothes to flutter and their hearts to tremble!
"My God...it's a tunnel!"

Chen Fan stared in amazement at the entrance, which resembled the gaping maw of a monster.

Luo Fei turned on his phone's flashlight, and the beam of light entered the cave entrance.

All that could be seen at the edge of the opening was a solid cement structure, and a rough but sturdy cement staircase, at an almost vertical angle, wound its way down into the unfathomable darkness below, a place from which no one could see the bottom!

"I'll go first, everyone follow, and stay alert!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Luo Fei bent down and crawled into the cave entrance, stepping onto the stairs leading to the unknown abyss.

The team members followed closely behind, turning on their phone flashlights and filing in one after another.

The stairwell was unusually dark, the air damp and cold, with only the heavy breathing and footsteps of the group echoing in the narrow space. The beams of cell phone flashlights flickered on the rough concrete walls, illuminating the tense yet determined faces of the group.

This is clearly a man-made, stepped cave, only a little over one meter wide and about two meters high, barely wide enough for two people to pass side by side, making it feel very oppressive.

The group carefully descended the stairs, walking about seven or eight meters deep, feeling that they had already exceeded the depth of a normal basement.

"This depth... is even deeper than the basement of that Japanese school last time!"

Zhou Xiaobei lowered his voice, his tone filled with surprise.

After walking down another seven or eight meters, Zhou Xiaobei estimated again.

"This must be at least ten stories high... Just how deep did Xie Junshan dig?"

Wu Peixiong gripped his gun tightly, looking warily at the endless darkness below, and said.

"Do you think... Guo Mengyun, Gong Xiaorui, and that couple might be locked up down here?"

"Probably!"

Chen Fan responded in a deep voice.

"If this really is Xie Junshan's lair, then those missing people are very likely here!"

Continuing down for another ten meters or so, the surrounding air seemed even colder and more biting.

Zhou Xiaobei looked at the altimeter on his phone to assist in the calculation, his voice a little dry.

"Almost thirty meters... Are they digging towards the center of the earth?"

Wang Feifei tried to ease the tense atmosphere with jokes.

"If we keep going down, will it really lead to the legendary eighteen levels of hell?"

Luo Fei walked at the front without looking back, his voice steady and firm, echoing in the dark staircase.

"Even if we end up in the 108th level of hell, we'll drag this charlatan Xie Junshan out today!"

Finally, after struggling down nearly twenty meters, the path ahead changed. The narrow, cramped staircase came to an end, and a bright and open space opened up before us!
The staircase connects to a square hall that is about ten meters long, and about four or five meters wide and high.

The walls and ceiling of the hall were also made of rough cement, without any decoration, making it feel empty and oppressive.

At the far end of the hall stood a huge, dark-colored, heavy wooden door carved with intricate and strange patterns!
Standing before that enormous carved wooden door, everyone in the special task force held their breath.

This door seems to be the last barrier in this dark underworld, and the secret hidden behind it may very well be the horrifying truth behind the entire case.

The wooden door was heavy and dark in color, with complex and eerie runes and cloud patterns carved on it, exuding an ancient and mysterious aura.

On either side of the door hangs a bronze-cast Qilin head, its eyes wide open in anger, a huge bronze ring in its mouth, appearing both majestic and slightly sinister.

Without hesitation, Luo Fei reached out and pressed his hand against the cold door, giving it a slight push. Unexpectedly, this seemingly incredibly heavy door was not locked. Accompanied by a creaking, teeth-grinding, heavy scraping sound, it slowly opened a crack inward!
More light shone through the cracks in the door, accompanied by a strange wind that was even stronger, a mixture of sandalwood, damp earth, and some indescribable, sweet-smelling odor.

Luo Fei took a deep breath, used all his strength to push the door open completely!

The scene behind the door instantly left all the experienced members of the special case team dumbfounded and utterly shocked!
Before us lay an unimaginably vast underground space! A rough estimate puts it at least tens of thousands of square meters in area! The dome of the space was extremely high, probably close to the height of a twenty-story building, seemingly simulating the sky, dotted with some faintly glowing, star-like bright spots.

In the center of this vast space stands a complete, ancient-style Taoist temple!

Blue bricks and gray tiles, flying eaves and brackets, vermilion gate, and stone lions and incense burners in front of the gate!
This Taoist temple is extremely well preserved, as if it was completely cut out from some historical time and space and then carefully placed deep underground!
Luo Fei immediately activated the Eagle Eye function of his [Genius Eye], instantly widening his vision to cover a distance of over a hundred meters, clearly seeing the plaque hanging above the Taoist temple gate—

Feixian Temple!
The three ancient characters, like three heavy hammers, struck the hearts of everyone!

"Feixian Temple...it turns out it wasn't moved...it was moved entirely underground!"

Zhou Xiaobei murmured in a daze, finally solving this long-standing mystery.

What's even more bizarre is that at this moment, there are more than a dozen men and women dressed in blue or gray Taoist robes walking around inside and outside the Taoist temple. They are sweeping, talking, or meditating, with focused expressions, just like a normal Taoist temple carrying out its daily practice.

The sudden intrusion of Luo Fei and his group was like a boulder thrown into a calm lake, instantly shattering the "tranquility" of the place.

The Taoist-looking people were stunned when they saw a group of people dressed in modern clothes and carrying weapons pouring in from outside the gate. Then, their faces showed extreme panic and fear!
"Ah! An outsider has broken in!"

"Quick! Get in there!"

They screamed in terror, like startled rabbits, dropped what they were holding, and scrambled toward the gate of the Taoist temple, then slammed it shut from the inside with a loud bang!
"action!"

Luo Fei roared and charged towards the Taoist temple a hundred meters away like a tiger descending a mountain!

"Load! Take control of the scene!"

Chen Fan followed closely behind and gave a loud command.

The special case team members immediately spread out in tactical formation, and the crisp "click" of bullets being chambered rang out in the empty underground space. The group shot towards Feixian Temple like arrows!
Luo Fei was the fastest, and in just a few breaths he rushed to the tightly closed gate of the Taoist temple.

Without pausing for a moment, he raised his right foot, gathered his strength, and kicked the heavy vermilion wooden door!

"Boom!"

With a loud crash, the seemingly sturdy wooden door, along with the latch behind it, was kicked into pieces by Luo Fei, sending wood chips flying everywhere!

The scene inside the Taoist temple came into view.

This is a spacious courtyard, directly opposite the main hall.

At this moment, a dozen or so young men and women dressed in Taoist robes stood neatly at the entrance of the main hall. They held whisks or long swords in their hands, and their faces wore a complex expression that mixed fear, anger and determination.

Standing at the very front of these people was a tall, handsome man with an extraordinary air about him.

He was about thirty-five or thirty-six years old, wearing an exquisitely made blue Taoist robe, with his long hair tied up in a Taoist bun on top of his head, with a wooden hairpin inserted.

His eyes were calm as water, yet so deep they seemed to devour all light. Even when faced with the special task force breaking down the door and armed with guns, there was no panic on his face, but rather a kind of... composure as if he were facing death.

Luo Fei's gaze instantly locked onto him! At the same time, the [Genius Eye] was activated, and a line of information appeared above the man's head.

[Xie Junshan, Sin Value: 1280] It really was him! And the sin value of 1280 clearly shows that his hands are stained with blood. His so-called "cultivation" obviously did not succeed, or rather, he has taken a completely evil path!

"Don't move! National Security Special Case Team!"

Chen Fan stepped forward with his gun and shouted sternly.

"Put down your weapon, put your head in your hands and squat down!"

However, Xie Junshan and his followers seemed utterly unafraid of the dark muzzle of a gun.

Xie Junshan slowly raised his hand and took a gleaming longsword from a disciple beside him.

The dozen or so people behind him also drew their ancient bronze swords, pointing the blades at the Special Case Team, their eyes filled with fervor and determination.

"Stubborn fools! For the sake of illusory immortality, you have harmed the innocent and have long since fallen into the demonic path!"

Luo Fei's voice was icy as he approached step by step.

Xie Junshan looked at Luo Fei, a strange smile suddenly appearing on his lips. He abruptly pointed his longsword forward and let out a roar like that of a wild beast.

"Those who blaspheme against the divine destiny, die! Kill them!"

"kill!"

The followers behind him, like brainwashed puppets, shouted wildly, brandished their longswords, and charged at the special case team members without regard for anything else!
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Gunshots rang out instantly in the ancient Taoist temple!
Luo Fei took the lead, not using a gun, his figure flashing like a ghost as he cut into the crowd. He sidestepped a slashing sword, his hand delivering a precise chop to the neck of a believer, who fell to the ground. With a backhand elbow strike, he sent another flying!
Chen Fan, Wu Peixiong, and the others aimed at the opponent's lower body, and the bullets whistled out, accurately hitting the legs of the first few believers who were charging forward!
"what!"

Screams rang out as the wounded believers fell to the ground, their blood instantly staining the bluestone pavement red.

However, the remaining people seemed to have lost their sense of pain and fear, and still rushed forward frantically, swinging their longswords wildly, like madmen!
The scene instantly descended into chaos! Gunshots, the clanging of metal, screams, and roars mingled together!
Luo Fei was like a tiger among sheep; wherever he went, people flew about, and no one could withstand a single blow from him.

His goal was clear: to take down Xie Junshan at the heart of the matter!

Seeing Luo Fei charging forward with unstoppable momentum, Xie Junshan's eyes sharpened, and with a loud shout, he thrust his long sword straight towards Luo Fei's chest, the sound of it cutting through the air!

This sword strike was fast and ruthless; the user had clearly practiced it!

But in Luo Fei's eyes, this sword strike was as slow as a snail.

He shifted his feet slightly, his body sliding sideways at an incredible angle to avoid the attack, while his right index finger flashed out like lightning, striking the side of the sword with pinpoint accuracy!

"clang!"

A crisp, metallic clang rang out!

Xie Junshan felt an irresistible force coming from the sword, his tiger's mouth instantly split open, blood gushing out, and the longsword flew out of his hand.

It crashed to the ground in the distance with a loud bang!
Xie Junshan, clutching his bleeding hand, looked at Luo Fei, who was now right in front of him, and for the first time, his face showed utter horror!
Luo Fei didn't give him any chance to react, and struck him in the chest with a palm!
"puff!"

Xie Junshan's body trembled violently, he spat out a mouthful of blood, the light in his eyes dimmed instantly, and his body went limp as he fell unconscious.

With the leader subdued, the remaining few followers who were still putting up a stubborn resistance suddenly lost their backbone and were quickly either knocked down or subdued by the special task force members.

The battle ended in just a few minutes. The scene was a mess, with wounded believers groaning in pain on the ground, and the air thick with the smell of gunpowder and blood.

"Brother Fei, these people..."

Chen Fan looked at the injured person on the ground.

"Wang Feifei, contact the ground immediately and call an ambulance!"

Luo Fei gave the order.

Wang Feifei quickly took out her phone, only to find that the screen displayed "No Signal".

"Brother Fei, no signal!"

"Go and fight him yourself! Now!"

Luo Fei frowned.

"Yes!"

Wang Feifei didn't dare to delay and immediately turned around and ran back to the stairs she had come from.

"Peixiong, take two men and guard these wounded soldiers to make sure they are unable to resist until the paramedics arrive!"

Luo Fei continued making arrangements.

"understand!"

Wu Peixiong and two other team members immediately drew their guns and stood guard.

Luo Fei then turned his gaze to the silent main hall and said in a deep voice.

"The rest of you, follow me into the hall! We must search for the missing!"

The group crossed the courtyard and entered the main hall of Feixian Temple. The hall was dimly lit and filled with the rich scent of sandalwood. At the very center stood a massive circular altar constructed of bluestone!

Around the altar were several bronze incense burners taller than a person, filled with countless burnt-out incense sticks.

Right in front of the altar, there were twelve young girls dressed in white, sitting quietly on prayer cushions in the lotus position!
Their eyes were closed, and their faces were so pale they were devoid of any color, like twelve lifeless jade sculptures.

It's them!

Those missing girls!

Chen Xuanran's voice trembled.

Everyone rushed forward to check.

A finger was placed near the nose; there was no breathing. A touch to the carotid artery revealed no pulse. The skin was still warm, and the limbs were not yet fully stiff; clearly, the person had only recently died.

Strangely, they had no obvious wounds or signs of rigor mortis on their bodies.

"Their foreheads..."

Chen Xuanran pointed to the center of each girl's forehead, where there was an extremely tiny, almost invisible red pinhole!
"His soul... could it really have been taken away?"

One of the team members' voices went dry, and he felt a chill run down his spine.

Luo Fei's face turned ashen. He suppressed his anger and chill and said in a deep voice.

"Search! Split up and search! See if Guo Mengyun and Gong Xiaorui are inside! Any other discoveries?" (End of Chapter)