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This time, Chen Hai entrusted all authority to Shen Jingshu.

She personally led the team to oversee the case, with Chen Hai's capable team members Lin Feng and Ye Shuang accompanying and assisting throughout the process, and all actions were subject to her command and arrangements.

After hanging up the phone, Shen Jingshu immediately went to the counselor's office to report and ask for leave.

As soon as I finished the formalities and walked out of the Peking University gate, a black standard sedan came to a steady stop on the side of the road near the school gate.

The car door opened, and a man and a woman got out one after the other. They were Lin Feng and Ye Shuang, the team members who had accompanied them.

The two men were delighted to see Shen Jingshu approaching. Lin Feng, with his cheerful and enthusiastic personality, stepped forward first to greet her respectfully and familiarly: "Master Shen, we've come to pick you up."

Without exchanging any pleasantries, the group quickly got into the car, packed up, and set off.

Lin Feng was in charge of driving, and Ye Shuang sat in the passenger seat. The first thing she did after sitting down was to hand a stack of neatly organized case files to the back seat, her tone serious and solemn:

"Master Shen, this is the detailed information of all the victims, including their personal information, photos taken before their deaths, dates of disappearance, and preliminary investigation records of the incident. Please take a look and see if you can spot anything unusual from their appearance and demeanor."

She paused, then repeated Chen Hai's arrangements with a very serious attitude: "Captain Chen specifically instructed that the situation of this series of murders in Ning City is bizarre and the risks are unknown. You will be in charge of leading and commanding the entire operation. Lin Feng and I will only be responsible for cooperating and assisting, and following your instructions."

Shen Jingshu responded with a light, concise "Mm".

She took the thick file, lowered her eyes and head, and gently turned the pages with her fingertips. Her gaze was calm as she went through the victim's information one by one, carefully examining the strange connections hidden within.

The car engine hummed softly as it steadily drove away from the city center, speeding towards Ning City, the scene of the crime.

The black sedan sped along and soon arrived at the Ning City Public Security Bureau.

The three of them got out of the car and walked quickly into the municipal bureau building, heading straight for the bureau chief's office.

Lin Feng stepped forward and showed his special credentials from the Special Affairs Bureau.

They were received by the director of the Ning City Public Security Bureau, a middle-aged policeman in his forties, slightly overweight, with a bit of a beer belly.

Having been in the police force for many years, he was extremely experienced and could tell at a glance that the two women and one man in front of him were young, but they possessed credentials with the highest special case-handling authority. He immediately dared not be negligent in the slightest.

Even though the three looked too young and didn't seem like people who had been investigating serious and mysterious cases for years, he still put aside all his contempt and treated them with respect and solemnity. He personally led the three to the forensic morgue to examine the remains of the three missing and murdered girls.

The morgue was chillingly cold, filled with a deathly, oppressive atmosphere.

Three cold corpses lay silently in the freezer. The most shocking thing was that the skin of the three people had been completely peeled off, and their flesh and blood were exposed. It was extremely gruesome and made people's scalps tingle and their hearts go cold.

The bureau chief stood aside, secretly speculating.

Shen Jingshu and Ye Shuang both had beautiful features and slender figures, and looked delicate and quiet. Such a bloody and terrifying scene would frighten an ordinary girl into screaming and backing away, her face turning pale.

But to his utter surprise, the two girls remained calm throughout, their gazes indifferently fixed on the corpse, without even a furrowed brow, showing no fear whatsoever.

Lin Feng, who was standing to the side, had long been accustomed to all kinds of bizarre murder cases and was used to it.

He stepped aside at the opportune moment and quietly gestured to the bureau chief, "Bureau chief, please wait outside first. The three of us will examine the scene alone."

The bureau chief nodded hurriedly, not daring to linger, and turned to leave the morgue, closing the door behind him.

Inside the sealed morgue, only Shen Jingshu, Lin Feng, and Ye Shuang remained.

Lin Feng and Ye Shuang immediately focused their attention on sensing the fluctuations of Yin energy around them, carefully probing the surrounding aura. However, after sensing the entire space, they found it to be clean, cold, and empty, with no trace of the deceased's remaining soul.

The two exchanged a glance and then turned their gazes to Shen Jingshu, who was in charge of the core affairs, awaiting her judgment.

Shen Jingshu naturally knew that the victim's soul had long since left this place.

She twitched her fingertips slightly and silently chanted a soul-summoning incantation. Runes appeared and disappeared as she tried to summon the remnant souls of the three unjustly killed girls, hoping to find the truth of the case and clues about the murderer from their mouths.

However, after several attempts to cast the spell, it remained empty, with no response from any soul.

Shen Jingshu's gaze darkened slightly as she quickly made a judgment in her mind.

There are only two possibilities right now.

First, after the souls of the three victims departed, they successfully entered the underworld for reincarnation, completely escaping the entanglements of yin and yang in the human world; second, their souls were completely scattered and devoured by the murderer, dissipating into the world and being utterly annihilated.

She preferred the first option, hoping they would enter the cycle of reincarnation early to avoid the suffering of wandering and loneliness.

At the same time, she keenly detected the faint residual Yin energy left behind by the three corpses. The Yin energy was condensed and strange, and could not have been left by ordinary wandering ghosts.

Without a doubt, this case was committed by an evil spirit with considerable cultivation and profound Taoist abilities.

Shen Jingshu traced the faint yin energy remaining on the corpse, but the yin energy was clean and decisive, without any flaws. It broke down completely after a short while, and no trace of the murderer could be found.

This series of skinning murders was far more intractable and bizarre than they had anticipated.

After completing the examination, the three men turned and left the morgue, returning to the chief's office to review the case.

By combining all the case files and missing persons records kept by the Municipal Public Security Bureau, the team pieced together a clear pattern of the killer's modus operandi.

The killers had a very consistent target: young, only daughters who were outstanding in appearance and beautiful.

The crimes were all committed in areas with little surveillance, such as the suburbs, old alleys, and remote roads, where there were few people and the view was hidden, perfectly avoiding all surveillance equipment and leaving no human clues.

Manual criminal investigation, technical screening, and trajectory tracking have all failed.

The atmosphere inside the room was heavy, and everyone remained silent.

After a long while, Shen Jingshu looked up at Ye Shuang. Their eyes met, and without saying a word, they instantly understood each other's thoughts.

Routine investigations, stakeouts, and tracking were all in vain.

The only solution right now is to lure the snake out of its hole.

Shen Jingshu immediately finalized the plan: "Ye Shuang and I will split up, use a feigned trap to lure out this evil spirit hiding in the shadows."

Upon hearing this, Lin Feng immediately stepped forward and solemnly advised, "Master Shen, this matter is extremely risky. That evil spirit is quite powerful and its skinning methods are ruthless. I am worried about the two of you acting alone. It would be better if I split into two groups to accompany you and provide cover."

Shen Jingshu gently shook her head, explaining the reason clearly: "The evil spirit only targets beautiful young women who are alone. If a man is with her, it will never show itself. If you are with her, it will only disrupt the trapping plan."