My blind date failed, so I had to ascend the throne and become emperor.

Chapter 99 Major Case
The next day.

Zhou Ping felt refreshed.

Looking at Chen Xue lying on the bed, completely unable to get up, he slapped her fair buttocks, splashing layers of water. "See if you're still cocky. Don't think you can resist me just because you've passed the threshold of a cultivator."

Chen Xue covered herself with the quilt and said, "Hubby, I was wrong. I will pull Tian Xiaoqin over tonight and let her bear you well."

Zhou Ping rolled his eyes and said, "You deserve to be punished. Wait, I will continue to fight tonight."

"So are you going to take care of me, one or both?"

Chen Xue joked.

Zhou Ping's mouth twitched, and he slapped him again. After flirting with him for a while, he got up and washed up.

Stand in front of a mirror.

Looking at my handsome and masculine self.

A smile appeared on his lips.

He has been practicing for almost four months since the beginning of autumn. Compared with before, he has completely changed. If he meets those guys in the dormitory, I guarantee they won't recognize him.

After washing up.

He went out to buy breakfast, then placed it on the coffee table and said, "It's getting late. I'm going to report to the Special Affairs Department first. I'll buy it for you later. Let's go to the Hanlin Hotel for lunch."

"good husband."

Leave Taiyuan Villa.

Before reaching the gate of the Special Department, Zhou Ping received a call from his aunt.

"Xiaoping, Tongtong is missing!"

"what?"

Hearing his aunt's anxious voice, he hurriedly asked, "Aunt, where are you?"

"I'm at Huiyuan Shopping Mall."

"Okay, I'll be there right away."

laugh.

He stepped on the accelerator suddenly and the car started to move quickly. After more than ten minutes, they arrived at the gate of Huiyuan Shopping Mall.

When I came to my aunt.

My uncle and Captain Wu are all here.

"Aunt, uncle, what's going on? Why is Tongtong missing?"

Zhou Ping saw that his usually calm uncle was now anxious and even panicked, and he couldn't help but ask repeatedly.

The aunt said with a sense of self-blame: "It's all my fault. I didn't take good care of Tongtong. She and I came here together to buy clothes today, and I also bought one for your uncle. As a result, Tongtong disappeared after I went to the bathroom. When I went to the bathroom, I took her with me, but, but it was only a few minutes..."

My uncle couldn't help but ask, "How many minutes do you think it takes? You're taking so long to go to the toilet!"

"I've always been like this. Nothing ever happened before when I was with Tongtong."

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel.

Captain Wu quickly stopped him, then looked at Zhou Ping and said, "Zhou Ping, this is it. I suspect this matter is related to a cult organization or foreign infiltration organizations, because this is not just one incident, but several."

Zhou Ping's expression suddenly became serious. "Several cases?"

My uncle gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, in Jiangcheng, there have been four cases of missing and abducted children since last month. All four of these cases targeted those who had cultivated spiritual roots. Before you came back, the Special Affairs Department and the Security Department had been following this case, but they still have no clue."

"I warned her over and over again, fearing something might happen to her, but I didn't expect it to still happen..."

He said as he punched the tiles on the wall next to him, causing spider cracks to appear on them. His face was filled with regret as he said, "This is all my fault. I knew there were four cases this month, but I didn't pay enough attention. Captain Wu and I checked the surveillance cameras and the surrounding area, but we didn't find any clues."

"If anything happens to Tongtong, I, I..."

Zhou Ping said in a deep voice, "Uncle, Aunt, now is not the time to blame yourself. Aunt, tell me carefully, how long has it been since you found out Tongtong is missing?"

My aunt said, "It's been more than half an hour. I came out of the bathroom and saw that Tongtong was gone. I thought she ran out to play, so I walked around, but I walked around two or three times and asked around but couldn't find her, so I quickly called your uncle."

My uncle also said hurriedly, "Ten minutes after Captain Wu and I came here, we went directly to the monitoring room. There is no surveillance inside the women's restroom, only outside the restroom, but we didn't see Tongtong from beginning to end."

"Array?"

Zhou Ping almost blurted out.

Captain Wu nodded, "Now it's 80% likely to be a formation. The other party must have been targeting Tongtong from the beginning."

"Take me to the bathroom."

My uncle and aunt hurriedly took Zhou Ping to the restroom on the fifth floor of the mall. At the same time, my aunt said, "Xiao Ping, this restroom is next to the haunted house park. Tongtong originally wanted to go in and play, but I didn't want her to go there, so I went to the restroom first and planned to take her out directly after that."

When he arrived outside the bathroom, Zhou Ping sensed a special spiritual energy fluctuation, "It is indeed the fluctuation of the formation!"

Captain Wu asked, "Zhou Ping, are you sure?"

"determine."

"I've done some research on formations. If my guess is correct, this formation is the Hidden Palace Formation of the Nine Palaces Formation. It's one of the more complex ones among the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams and the Nine Palaces and Eight Gates. It's much more complicated than the formation I encountered at the entrance to the Special Department last time!"

Zhou Ping went into the women's restroom and checked back and forth, confirming his judgment. He then said, "Captain, I need to check all the surveillance cameras in the mall."

Captain Wu said, "Let's go to the monitoring room."

Several people came to the monitoring room.

This place has been guarded by personnel from the Special Department and the Security Department.

"Captain Wu and I also checked the nearby surveillance cameras."

"Xiaoping, can this hidden palace formation conceal people's sight?"

My uncle asked.

"Correct."

"The Hidden Palace Formation not only blocks sight, but also shields perception. This type of formation cannot be deployed directly; it must be prepared in advance and made into a formation disk before use. It also lasts for a very long time. However, this is just my guess. If it's true, it will be troublesome."

Zhou Ping's expression was solemn.

Captain Wu said, "I'll give the order right away to set up surveillance throughout the city."

"Row."

As Zhou Ping spoke, he began to carefully review the surveillance video.

We checked all the surveillance cameras in the entire mall and every intersection and exit over and over again, but still didn't find any figure.

My uncle took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. "Zhou Ping, how long can this formation last?"

"If there is a supply of spirit stones, it can last a long time."

"how long?!"

"At least half a year!"

My uncle's face turned grim. "Half a year...if the other party used a formation to take Tongtong away, wouldn't it be impossible to investigate?"

Captain Wu shook his head and said, "There are very few people in the country who possess spirit stones, but after the last spaceship trip, the number of spirit stones has increased. In addition to Jiangcheng, there have been cases of children with spiritual roots going missing in other areas. Zhou Ping, I suggest that this incident be classified as a nationwide serious incident, and your emergency team must resolve it."

Each team of the special emergency response team is equipped with formation masters and talisman masters.

Zhou Ping's formation skills were extremely high, even higher than those in the team, but in order to confirm, he immediately called the formation master in the team.

Soon.

The formation master and the rest of the team have arrived.

After checking it again and again, Cheng Yi slowly said, "Captain, it is indeed the Hidden Palace Formation. Currently, there are two main types of concealment formations in China, but the only one that can be maintained for a long time is the Hidden Palace Formation in the Nine Palaces and Eight Gates."

"And there are very few formation masters in the world who can create this kind of formation."

My uncle's eyes lit up. "Then we should be able to find out by following this clue."

Cheng Yi said helplessly, "It's hard to find out. Although few people know about the Hidden Palace Formation, this thing can be made, and almost all major organizations and forces in the world have it."

Jiang Xia, who had rushed over, couldn't help but say, "This isn't the only time they've committed this crime. Before I came here, I retrieved case files from other regions, and the situations are basically the same. This suggests this is an organized and premeditated child robbery, most likely for some purpose."

Su Qier said, "Could it be a sacrifice?"

"Sacrifice?!"

My aunt and uncle's faces changed suddenly.

Zhou Ping frowned and said, "If it's a sacrifice, it's actually a good thing. At least we have a clue, and Tongtong's life won't be in danger for the time being. I'm just worried about it being something else!"

Everyone's expression was solemn.

They didn't expect that they would encounter such a difficult and vicious incident just after being transferred to the Central China Emergency Response Team.

"I suggest starting with the Palace Formation Plate."

"There aren't many organizations that can purchase this kind of formation. Let's first check the entire country to see if anyone has used this kind of formation recently!"

Hearing Zhou Ping's words.

My uncle nodded repeatedly and said, "This is the only way at the moment."

After calming down, he regained his usual criminal investigation sense and continued, "Also, I suggest sending people to investigate all children in Jiangcheng City who have registered and nurtured spiritual roots, and to secretly monitor and protect them. So far, the other party has committed five crimes in a row and has also committed crimes in other areas, which means that they will continue to commit crimes!"

(End of this chapter)