Modern Teyvat, bound to the Abyss Spiral

“Who is coming in and out of the community?”

"Screening is in progress, it will take some time."

Now we have to rely on them to find some clues first.

There is one household per floor in this residential complex, and the three of them came to the deceased's home, which was cordoned off.

"Ye Lan, you are here."

A middle-aged man in police uniform happened to walk out of the house with several of his men.

"The case has been handed over to us, so you have to come and take a look." Ye Lan greeted him and then introduced him to Li Qingping, "Old Wu, the one I called you last time was him."

Li Qingping remembered that Ye Lan had given him a contact at the police station in order to prevent Keqing from always reporting things to Qixing. That contact was Old Wu.

But since then, Li Qingping has never encountered any trouble, so he just saved the phone number and hasn't called it yet.

Li Qingping and Keqing greeted Officer Wu and introduced themselves to each other.

Upon learning that the two people in front of him were the main contributors to the Liyue Police Station who had been "praised" by their superiors in recent days, Old Wu looked strange.

What are you all doing for a living? You are not as reliable as two young people!

The director's scolding was still ringing in their ears, and Old Wu and the others had no way to refute it. After all, those two young men were really fierce.

When handling cases, they were fair and square, and the executor caught one in winter.

But now that he had seen the real person, he finally found an excuse.

They work as a team of men and women, so the work is not tiring!

"We have completed the investigation and evidence collection. The scene is well protected. The autopsy report will be sent to you shortly."

After Old Wu and Ye Lan completed the handover, they left someone to guard the place and hurried away.

Li Qingping and the other two put on shoe covers, entered the house, and saw the horrific crime scene.

The nearly 50-square-meter living room was covered in dark red bloodstains, and blood even splashed onto the ceiling.

The smell of blood in the air has not dissipated yet.

Li Qingping couldn't help but feel fortunate that it was still winter, which suppressed the growth of bacteria, otherwise the smell in the house would be even worse.

The body had been moved away, with only traces of fixed lines marking the movements of death, exactly the same as in a world-famous painting of a well-known group leader before his death.

Alongside the traced lines, a series of obscure symbols were painted on the marble floor.

Li Qingping had never seen it before and guessed that it was the alchemy circle that Ye Lan mentioned.

"What exactly is alchemy?" Li Qingping asked.

"Throw a bunch of things in order, combine them with different conditions to activate their properties, and out comes something you can barely understand. This is the most basic alchemy."

Ye Lan used the simplest language to explain.

"What about the advanced ones?"

"You throw in a bunch of stuff you don't understand, and out comes a finished product you can't even understand. The finished product might even be alive. This is advanced alchemy."

Li Qingping didn't understand, but he could feel that advanced alchemy was magical.

"How do you calculate Keqing's Rock Green? Do I remember what kind of five-star alchemical weapon that sword is?" Li Qingping asked again.

Now even Keqing became interested.

Old Yuhengxing did not allow her to learn alchemy. When she was a child, she was curious and found a book about alchemy at home.

It says that alchemy was once very popular in Teyvat, but suddenly declined for some unknown reason.

Then the next day, when Keqing wanted to continue reading and went to look for the book, she couldn't find it anymore.

"It's a product of the fusion of alchemy and weapon forging techniques, a craft long lost. Now, every five-star alchemical weapon is a unique piece."

Ye Lan said, "However, in Mondstadt, alchemy seems to be showing signs of revival. I heard that a master alchemist has emerged."

Li Qingping and Keqing wanted to hear Ye Lan talk about alchemy again, but were rejected.

"Investigate the case! If you're not here tomorrow, I'll be the only one doing this. You're getting paid more than me now, so you need to work harder."

Li Qingping felt that Ye Lan didn't seem like someone who was short of money, and this explanation was probably just an excuse.

Forget it, if Sister Lan doesn’t want to talk about it, then just ask someone else.

Let’s investigate the case first.

Li Qingping squatted down and carefully looked at the symbols on the alchemy circle, but found no clues.

He couldn't understand it either, so he could only look for clues elsewhere.

He soon discovered a problem.

"The amount of bleeding is not right. According to the situation at the scene, it should be from at least two people."

When it comes to alchemy, Li Qingping really knows nothing about it. He thinks his level is even higher than that of love.

But he really knows too much about bloodshed and death.

It all comes down to Jiliu Laodeng.

Thank you for your patient guidance over the years.

Anyway...thank you!

"Do you have the autopsy report? I want to see the wounds on the victim's body."

Ye Lan sent the autopsy report to his mobile phone.

Li Qingping clicked it and started reading, then felt even more strange.

"That's not right." He frowned.

"What's wrong?" Ye Lan and Keqing came over.

There was a huge wound on the victim's neck. Judging from the wound alone, the murder weapon was definitely not a sword, but more like the claws of a wild beast.

Putting aside this unbelievable wound, Li Qingping couldn't understand how the nearly 3.5-meter-high ceiling of the living room got stained with blood.

Could it be that the blood he shed when he was chopped by Jiliu before was fake?

If it was real blood, why didn't it splatter higher than others?

Li Qingping was very young at that time, and his heart was strong!

Li Qingping told the two of them the suspicious points he had discovered.

"Indeed, it's very strange here." Ye Lan nodded in agreement, her brows furrowed.

If she were to check, she would probably be able to discover this, but she wouldn't be as quick as Li Qingping, a professional.

This guy was right, I have good taste!

"This isn't right either. Why is the bloodstain on this wall the same as on the ceiling?"

"And here, the bloodstains on the ground are the same as the previous two places."

More and more doubts arose, and finally they became tangled together, turning into a complete mystery.

This case is so strange!

But the three people present reached a consensus on one point: this crime was definitely not committed by humans.

At least the creature that killed that novelist wasn't human.

"You're right. The police station sent a blood test report. There were two people's blood at the scene."

Ye Lan updated the information again.

"Do we have any alchemy masters in Liyue? How about asking someone?"

Li Qingping looked at Ye Lan.

He felt that Ye Lan had great powers, and thought that he must have made friends with such a person.

"There are no masters, but I do know a few who know alchemy."

“You can invite...”

Halfway through his words, Li Qingping was stunned.

He had just opened his elemental vision and discovered that all the walls of the house were covered with elements, especially at the locations where the suspicious bloodstains were previously located.

Li Qingping told Keqing and Ye Lan about his discovery, and they also activated their elemental vision.

"This is recorded in the report, but I haven't had time to show it to you yet."

Ye Lan took a page from the information handed over by Old Wu and handed it to Li Qingping.

The cameras in Teyvat are not advanced enough to have divine eyes, so the remaining elements at the crime scene are all drawn on the spot by police officers with divine eyes.

Li Qingping took it and took a look, then took a breath.

The same was true for Ye Lan, who had activated her elemental vision.

"Keqing, come to me!"

Li Qingping pulled out the Fang of Osiel and dragged Keqing, who had not yet reacted, behind him.

Keqing didn't react and her pretty face turned red.

"Old Wu! Notify the police station and seal off the entire building! Evacuate the residents at the same time!" Ye Lan had already made the call.

Old Wu on the other end didn't know the situation on Ye Lan's side, but out of trust, he immediately turned the car around and rushed back downstairs, and contacted the police station at the same time.

"What's wrong?" Keqing asked without seeing the information. Her heart rate was now running at 120.

"There are more elements attached to the wall!"

Li Qingping took Keqing's hand and carefully opened the balcony curtains with the Fang of Osel, but found nothing.

After hearing this explanation, Keqing understood and immediately took out the Rock Green with a blushing face.

Damn it, why are you so excited!

It's just embarrassing for yourself!

"The monster that killed the novelist is still here!"

"It's not ruled out that it's on other floors!" Ye Lan was still explaining the situation to the police and took the time to explain.

Li Qingping looked at the time when the document was completed and inferred that it was just completed by Old Wu and his men.

In other words, the monster appeared in the house during the gap between the two sides going in and out!

Li Qingping gestured to Keqing and Ye Lan to stay together, and he began to check the other rooms in the house.

This house is a bit big, with five bedrooms, three living rooms and four bathrooms.

Li Qingping looked around but didn't find any monsters.

But his well-honed intuition told him that something nearby was watching him, waiting for an opportunity to strike.

When he arrived at the guest bedroom, Li Qingping found elements attached to the wall again.

He followed the traces and came to the other side of the wall, which was the bathroom, and the same elements were attached to the wall of the bathroom.

The same wall, with the same elements attached on both sides...

This thing can go through walls!

Li Qingping finally understood.

At this moment, a cold wind blew.

Osel's Fang automatically released a water curtain to block it.

Wow!

The water curtain blocked the sneak attack, and Li Qingping also saw the monster's face clearly.

A dark wolf-headed monster that has been floating in the air!

Several joints of the monster were empty, filled with filthy mist.

What’s even more exaggerated is that its body is broken in the middle, with only the filthy mist connecting the back half!

It's a monster I've never seen before!

"That's a wolf from the Beast Realm. How could you encounter such a monster?"