This actor is full of tricks.

"How could there be a corpse inside the wall?!"

Xiaozhu's face was paler than paper. The thought of spending several nights here with a dried-up corpse made his stomach churn.

"It looks like more than just a mummified corpse."

Lin Jue brought his head close to the hole, squeezed the hammer, and banged it down repeatedly until the neighbors started cursing loudly before he finally stopped.

All the hollow parts of the wall were smashed open, revealing a total of four corpses inside, both male and female. Their bodies were desiccated and tightly bound with plastic tape, with all the moisture and blood gone.

"Four corpses, could it all be the work of that thing that knocked on the door?" Hu Rui was shocked. In all his years in the industry, this was the first time he had ever seen such a horrific scene.

"It should be. That thing seems to really like blood, but as a supernatural being, it wouldn't think of hiding the corpse. The landlord must have been involved."

Lin Jue pondered, "Perhaps, every tenant was just nourishment that landlord used to feed the thing that was knocking on the door, letting it drain his blood, and then hiding the corpse inside the wall."

"Should I call my colleagues over and cordon off the area?" Hu Rui asked.

“Brother Hu, don’t forget our purpose. We’re here to catch the guy who knocked on the door. And I have a feeling that the landlord is definitely hiding nearby. If a group of police suddenly show up, it will definitely alert him.”

Lin Jue's words made Hu Rui suddenly realize: "Sorry, this is the first time I've seen a scene like this, I didn't think it through."

"It's nothing." Lin Jue stepped back and sat down on the sofa. Even in the face of four mummies, his expression did not change. He even poured himself a glass of water. "Let's wait. There are still three hours until midnight. We'll know what's knocking on the door then."

Hu Rui and Xiao Zhu admired Lin Jue's courage from the bottom of their hearts. As expected of the Minister of the Investigation Department, he was calmer than the murderer when he saw so many corpses.

Time passed slowly, and Xiao Zhu felt like she was sitting on pins and needles on the sofa. After Hu Rui couldn't help but yawn, when the time came to twelve o'clock, Lin Jue, who had been looking relaxed, suddenly sat up straight.

boom!boom!boom!boom!
Sure enough, a knock sounded at the door right on time. The moment the knocking started, Lin Jue jumped up from the sofa, rushed to the door, and yanked it open.

The knocking stopped the moment he opened the door. The outside was empty; all the residents had their doors tightly shut. The black door blended into the darkness, and no one could be seen.

Is it so fast?

Lin Jue frowned. From the moment the knocking sounded until he opened the door, only a second had passed. In just one second, that guy had disappeared. That speed must have been at 120 miles per hour.

And we didn't hear a single footstep. Did that guy float away?

Lin Jue looked at the empty corridor, slowly closed the door, and just as it was about to close, he suddenly pulled it open again and looked outside.

Did they really escape?
He closed the door again, then yanked it open again, only to find the outside still empty.

"Minister Zhou, what are you doing?" Hu Rui was full of questions. From his perspective, Lin Jue seemed to be blinded by a ghost, constantly opening and closing the door.

"I'm wondering if I'm opening the door the wrong way," Lin Jue said half-jokingly. But as he opened and closed the door for the third time, he suddenly realized something was wrong.

His gaze was fixed on the heavy security door, which was vermilion in color, while the other residents' security doors were black. Black doors were probably standard equipment provided by the developer; generally, few people would replace their front doors during renovations.

He reached out and gently knocked on the door, moving his fingers up, down, left, and right as he tapped. Finally, near the peephole, he heard a hollow, crisp sound.
Although security doors are not solid, they contain fireproof boards and other fillers, so they wouldn't make this kind of sound when knocked on.

Hu Rui, who was standing nearby, immediately understood. He went back into the room, picked up the hammer from the table, and handed it to Lin Jue: "Minister Zhou, here's your hammer."

Lin Jue grabbed a hammer and slammed it down on the door.

"What are you smashing! Can't a person get any sleep at night?" The neighbor next door couldn't take it anymore, opened the door and started cursing.

"The Inspection Department is handling a case, please understand." Hu Rui went out and began to soothe the emotions of the residents. Upon hearing that the Inspection Department was handling a case, the residents immediately fell silent and closed their doors tightly, fearing that they would be affected.

As Lin Jue's second hammer blow landed, a crack was smashed into the door panel. He reached out and grabbed the crack, tearing off most of the door panel.

This power.

Hu Rui and Xiao Zhu looked at Lin Jue as if he were a monster. If such power were to hit them with a punch, it would probably shatter their bones.

"This is?"

It wasn't until the door panel was torn off that Lin Jue could see what was inside.

A large hole was cut in the middle of the fireproof board, and a withered hand was stuffed inside the hole, its wrinkled flesh resting on the bone. As the door was lifted, the hand began to twist wildly, trying to escape.

Lin Jue grabbed the hand. Was this the thing that was knocking on the door in the middle of the night? The hand had been hiding inside the door the whole time, no wonder he couldn't see anyone when he opened the door.

And this hand looks so familiar, it's kind of like a missing part of the body of the Rift-Zang.

It's possible, really. The cracked finger belonged to the patient, and the heart belonged to the patient's black-clad bodyguard. The owner of this room is also a patient.

"It's quite possible. The body parts of the Rift Monk all needed to be nourished by fresh blood, which corresponds to the mummies hidden in the wall. The landlord was nourishing this hand with the blood of his tenants."

Hu Rui and Xiao Zhu stared in horror at the dry hand struggling in Lin Jue's grasp. They never imagined that such a thing was hidden inside the room.

Just as Hu Rui was about to speak, Lin Jue's ears twitched as he heard a door close outside in the corridor.

Someone is spying!
Lin Jue suddenly turned his head and stared at the room at the end of the corridor. Although the residents on this floor had been woken up, Hu Rui had persuaded them to go back inside. Who would secretly open the door to peek?

"I remember when I went out just now, no one opened that door," Hu Rui muttered.

Lin Jue's eyes narrowed suddenly, and he ran towards the room. He roughly knew where the landlord, who was hiding behind the scenes, was. (End of Chapter)