You went on a blind date and presented an A-level wanted criminal as a meeting gift?

The controversy surrounding the campus music festival came to a perfect end in the most dramatic and impactful way.

Amidst the reverent gazes of the entire school's teachers and students, as if looking up to a god, Lin Chen and Ye Qingcheng calmly departed.

The peaceful routine did not last long.

Two nights later, a sudden ringing of a cell phone woke Lin Chen from his light sleep.

The call was from Su Qingge, and her voice carried an undisguised seriousness and confusion.

"Lin Chen, come to 'Platinum Mansion' apartment building, Building A, room 1704 immediately. Something has happened."

Who was the deceased?

As Lin Chen put on his clothes, he asked in a deep voice.

Su Qingge on the other end of the phone was silent for a few seconds before slowly uttering a name that made Lin Chen raise an eyebrow.

Richard.

When Lin Chen arrived at the scene in his RS7, the entire apartment building was already cordoned off, and the flashing police lights cast an eerie blue and red glow on the night.

Lin Chen showed his identification and arrived at the 17th floor without any hindrance.

As soon as I stepped out of the elevator, I was hit by a strong, pungent stench of burnt protein.

Su Qingge was standing at the door, her face pale.

When she saw Lin Chen, she felt as if she had found her pillar of support and immediately came to greet him.

"You've arrived. Something's a bit strange here. Be prepared."

Lin Chen nodded, put on gloves and shoe covers, and walked into the crime scene.

This is a luxuriously decorated high-end studio apartment.

All the doors and windows in the living room were locked from the inside, and there was a thin layer of dust on the window latches, with no signs of tampering.

This is a perfect secret room.

In the very center of the living room, there was a scene that even Lin Chen, who was used to seeing bloody scenes, couldn't help but frown at.

A human-shaped charcoal figure lay in an extremely contorted position on a magnificent Persian carpet.

The body was completely carbonized, making it impossible to identify the face. Only the general outline could be used to determine that the deceased was Richard, who was slightly overweight.

The air was filled with a nauseating smell of burning.

However, the most terrifying and incomprehensible thing is that although Richard's body was burned to a charred state, the expensive carpet under him, the leather sofa not far away, and even the utility bill under his body showed no signs of being burned!

The white overdue payment notice, except for some slightly scorched yellow edges from being baked by the high temperature, had all the writing clearly visible!

It was as if that destructive flame had spontaneously combusted from within Richard's body!

"vomit……"

Li Mingyu, who followed behind, could no longer hold back upon seeing this scene. He covered his nose and rushed to the corner to dry heave.

It took him a while to recover before he walked back, his face pale. Looking at the charred corpse, he spoke in a tone tinged with fear.

"This...this can't be the legendary...spontaneous human combustion? This guy has done so many bad things, he's being punished by heaven!"

"Don't talk nonsense!"

Su Qingge sternly stopped him.

Although she couldn't explain the bizarre scene before her, as a criminal investigator, she refused to believe in anything supernatural or superstitious.

Lin Chen did not speak.

He crouched down and activated [God-level Insight].

His gaze swept across every corner of the scene, not missing a single speck of dust.

Soon, next to the charred corpse, in the gaps of the carpet fibers, he found a tiny, almost blended-in-with-dust, white powdery residue.

Immediately afterwards, the [God-level Trace Identification Technique] he had just acquired was activated in his mind!

In an instant, the world before his eyes seemed to change!

Those tiny powder residues were quickly deconstructed and analyzed in his mind, and countless chemical formulas and reaction equations flashed through his mind like a waterfall!

A silent, eerie reconstruction of a crime scene began to clearly emerge in his mind...

A dark figure, whose face was obscured, added some special chemical substance to Richard's drink.

After drinking the alcohol, Richard fell into a coma. The shadowy figure placed him in the center of the living room, then applied another colorless and odorless catalyst to his body. The two substances underwent a violent, targeted chemical reaction within Richard's body and on his skin…

Flames ignited instantly from within!

The entire process was precise, efficient, and imbued with an artistic quality of death.

Lin Chen slowly stood up, his eyes turning cold and sharp.

He glanced at Li Mingyu, who was still muttering about "divine retribution," and a disdainful sneer curled at the corner of his mouth.

"Divine retribution?"

"No, this is not divine retribution."

Lin Chen's voice sounded exceptionally clear and cold in the silent crime scene.

"This is an extremely sophisticated and brutal form of chemical murder."

"A new guest has arrived in Jiangcheng City."

"A deranged chemical killer who loves playing with fire."