Profiler: I receive memories of the dead every day

The Yuzhou Public Security Bureau Building is located in the Tienan District.

The building has eleven floors; the top five floors belong to the Municipal Public Security Bureau, and the bottom six floors belong to the Tienan District Public Security Bureau.

The Research Center for Abnormalities of the Ministry of Public Security is an internal unit directly under the Ministry of Public Security. Due to Professor Yang Fan's special status and work needs, a permanent independent office was set up in the Yuzhou Public Security Bureau building, located on the west side of the seventh floor of the Public Security Building.

The Ministry of Public Security's Anomaly Research Center has three main responsibilities: assisting local public security bureaus in handling difficult cases and providing technical support; analyzing, organizing, and summarizing past cases to train large-scale AI models; and regularly providing psychological support to its internal staff.

As a senior researcher, Lin Wei's workload is actually not high.

With the rapid development of technology, crime scene investigation techniques are becoming increasingly efficient. Coupled with the support of big data and AI in the Hengzhen system, the efficiency of case solving has been greatly improved, and the possibility of serial crimes has almost reached zero.

Therefore, he spent most of his time organizing past case files, compiling profiling records, and sorting out the behavioral logic, growth factors, and crime preferences of different types of criminals to form a database.

Furthermore, relying on a massive database of crime profiling data as a training base, the AI ​​of the criminal investigation system will be trained in a long-term, targeted manner to develop its logical ability to deduce criminal psychology.

When he has free time, Lin Wei closes his eyes to rest and maintain his mental fortitude.

Because of the frequent fragmented memories that have been surfacing recently, Lin Wei is somewhat sleep-deprived, and he looks drowsy with dark circles under his eyes.

Buzz... Buzz

The two buzzing sounds sent a jolt through Lin Wei's body.

He straightened his posture, coughed lightly, and then answered the phone. Professor Yang's voice came from the other end.

"Xiao Lin, we need you to go on a field mission. Captain Jiang Chi is waiting downstairs."

"Okay, I'll be right there."

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The research center is affiliated with the Criminal Technology Department of the Ministry of Public Security. It generally does not undertake front-line tasks, but mainly provides technical support.

Fieldwork is only required when applying for expert profiling.

However, this situation is rare now.

When going to the field for on-site work, Yang Fan usually serves as the lead profiler, and Lin Wei serves as the profiler's assistant.

Professor Yang has been traveling recently to attend the National Conference on Abnormal Research in Criminal Psychology.

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When Lin Wei came down from the Ministry of Public Security building, Jiang Chi was having a fight with the cigarette in his hand.

Thick wisps of smoke clung to his shoulders like soft clouds, blurring half of the car window.

Lin Wei felt a vague unease. Jiang Chi was the captain of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Tie Nan District Bureau. If he was smoking like that, what was going to happen next was definitely not simple.

The two exchanged a smile and both noticed the dark circles under each other's eyes.

"You're staying up late too?" Jiang Chi said with a smile, tossing Lin Wei a cigarette.

"Yes! Captain, why did you come in person?"

"Get in the car. I've sent everyone out to investigate. This murder case is a ritualistic one. Information spreads so fast these days, the higher-ups are taking it very seriously. It's quite tricky."

Lin Wei was taken aback, as he keenly grasped the deeper meaning in Jiang Chi's words.

With current forensic techniques, it takes less than half an hour to identify someone from collecting and analyzing biological information. As long as they are within the surveillance range of Skynet, the criminal can be apprehended within two hours.

In this era, it is quite inconceivable that conventional investigative methods have reached a stalemate and grassroots police resources have become largely ineffective, requiring Captain Jiang Chi to choose to apply for expert profiling.

What kind of case is this?

On the way, Lin Wei opened the online case file and looked at it. Sure enough, it was exactly as he had expected.

Surprisingly, the lead investigator was Jiang Chi.

At 4:13 a.m. on October 17, the Tienan District received a report of a murder case in Unit 3, Building 6, Xinhua Community. The deceased was Wang Lei, 24 years old, who worked at Hengji Heavy Industry. The time of death was between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. The preliminary cause of death was determined to be that his neck was severed by an axe.

The autopsy report has not yet been uploaded, and there are basically no results from the on-site investigation.

Monitoring, fingerprints, and footprints are all shown as absent.

Next were photos from the scene. Because he had to go to the scene, Lin Wei didn't look at them carefully. Just as he was about to close the file, a photo made him pause.

That big white door!

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When the two arrived at the scene, most of the work had already been completed.

The technical staff waited outside the cordon, waiting for Jiang Chi and Lin Wei to finish inspecting the scene, move the body, and then conduct a new round of careful examination.

Jiang Chi stood in front of the corpse, seemingly lost in thought.

As a veteran criminal investigator with twelve years of experience, Jiang Chi has always had a keen intuition.

Lin Wei didn't speak, but just looked intently at the situation in front of him.

It was a scale made of wooden furniture and a corpse.

The body was placed in the very center of the scale, its hands and feet bound with the deceased's own belt and clothing.

The room reeked of blood, with bright red blood spilled all over the floor.

An axe was still sticking out of the gruesome wound.

Lin Wei felt a churning in his stomach.

Although there are many similar images in the memories I receive.

However, the simultaneous impact of smell and sight still made Lin Wei feel somewhat physically uncomfortable.

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The entire balance set is composed of a solid wood dining table, a multi-tiered floor shelf, and a low side table, occupying the center of the room.

The beams, supports, and trays are connected seamlessly, the entire structure is slightly suspended in the air, and there is a finger's width of space between the bottom and the ground. There are no supporting blocks, and the furniture achieves perfect balance solely by its own weight and positioning. Visually, it completely defies common sense and has a strong sense of eeriness.

The cold light fell on the sharp edges of the wooden structure, creating a striking contrast of light and shadow, like a judgment altar built with living people.

Binding materials: The deceased's own genuine leather belt and clothing were used, with the belt wrapped symmetrically around the upper arm and thigh.

The metal belt buckle faced the main entrance of the room, and clothes were crisscrossed around the neck and waist, the fabric carefully smoothed out.

The deceased's umbrella and shoes were placed on the "trays" on both sides of the scale, forming a complete visual symmetry.

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He's mocking fairness and justice!

What did he want to say?

On the man-made scales, what is imprisoned between the umbrella and the shoes is a lifeless body.

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"Captain, has the technical department finished the 3D drone mapping?"

"The surveying has been completed."

"I'll go back to the police station's simulation room; there are some things I want to verify."

"OK."

Jiang Chi just saw that Lin Wei seemed to have become a different person. He actually tried to stand in front of the body, bend down and talk to the corpse. If Jiang Chi hadn't pulled Lin Wei back, Lin Wei's feet would have been standing in a pool of blood.

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Inside the crime scene simulation room.

Lin Wei slowly walked up to the deceased and tried to reconstruct the events of the case from the killer's perspective.

He slowly bent down and whispered those words in the deceased's ear.

You'd better watch out for the police!

Then he stood up, slowly circled around the deceased's head, inhaled, raised his hand, and chopped down fiercely!

Blood spurted from the lacerated wound, falling to the ground and splashing onto his body.

On his body?

Lin Wei quickly left the spot where the murderer was standing, his gaze falling on the empty space.

The surrounding area was covered with dripping blood, forming a clearly defined area.

The murderer stood there for at least an hour after committing the crime!

He was appreciating the passing of life; he wasn't just watching, he was waiting for the blood splattered on his body to drip away and congeal.

Then he calmly left the crime scene.

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At this moment, Lin Wei had fallen into a state of confusion!

His knowledge and logic told him that the murderer was absolutely meticulous in his thinking and extremely arrogant in his attitude.

The current clues, plus the memory fragments Lin Wei received.

Lin Wei conducted a comprehensive psychological profile.

The perpetrator is 178-185 cm tall, male, and between 30 and 40 years old.

They have an excellent educational background and are financially secure.

Physically robust and strong.

It can move solid wood furniture on its own and complete the assembly and construction of the entire suspended balance pavilion.

Extremely skilled with hands, proficient in the principles of mechanical equilibrium, and possessing experience in woodworking, mechanical assembly, or engineering.

Living alone, having ample free time, and being undisturbed by family and neighbors, provides ample opportunity to commit crimes.

The core motive of the entire case is rooted in the collapse of faith.

Completely lacking empathy, he is a typical example of a cold-blooded antisocial personality.

The investigation will focus on five areas:

1. Individuals who have lost lawsuits, been framed in the workplace, or suffered financial losses without being able to protect their rights within the past three to five years;

2. Professionals with expertise in mechanical structures, such as carpenters, decorators, equipment repairmen, and civil engineers;

3. A solitary man who lives alone, has a strict symmetrical arrangement of items in his home, suffers from severe obsessive-compulsive disorder, and rarely socializes;

4. Individuals with no history of alcoholism or drug abuse, who are extremely self-disciplined, calm and patient in the face of adversity, and who never engage in direct conflict with others.

After organizing this information, Lin Wei sent it to Jiang Chi. After waiting for a while without receiving a reply from Jiang Chi, Lin Wei closed the simulator and left.

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Downstairs from the Ministry of Public Security.

It was already evening, and the afterglow faded slowly, with a cool evening breeze carrying fallen leaves.

Lin Wei squatted on the stone steps, his brows slightly furrowed, his gaze drifting elsewhere, his fingertips unconsciously twirling the cigarette holder, hesitant to move.

The wisps of smoke gradually thinned and became clearer, until a faint smell of burning filled his nostrils. Only then did he snap out of his daze, flick the cigarette holder with his finger, take a deep breath, slowly exhale, and then open the communication interface.

-Wen Xu, your memories and reality have merged.

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