I Sent You to Take the College Entrance Exam, and You Ended Up Solving a Murder Case?! - Chapter 49

“Continue to expand the search area! Don’t miss an inch of land!”

“yes!”

Just then, Lu Hui, the technical investigation officer in charge of the search on the other side, also shouted.

“Captain Chen! We’ve found something here!”

Everyone was startled again and immediately ran over.

This was an even more secluded earthen slope than the previous one, overgrown with weeds.

Lu Hui pointed to a patch of ground that clearly showed signs of being disturbed: “The soil here is very fresh, as if it was recently dug up.”

Chen Mo’s eyes sharpened.

“dig!”

At a command, the excavation work resumed.

This time, what was unearthed made everyone’s hearts leap into their throats.

It’s a corpse!

Although it was highly decomposed, the human form was still discernible.

Soon, the first body was carried out intact.

Then came the second body.

The third one!

Three more bodies were buried in this new burial pit!

Yuan Weiguang immediately stepped forward to conduct a preliminary examination.

A few minutes later, she stood up, took off her mud-covered gloves, walked to Chen Mo’s side, and her face was more solemn than ever before.

“Team Leader Chen, the situation is a little different.”

“These three bodies all died relatively recently.”

Yuan Weiguang extended his finger.

“Based on the degree of decomposition, it is preliminarily estimated that the topmost body died about two months ago.”

“The middle one is about four months ago. The bottom one is about six months ago.”

Two months, four months, six months.

Chen Mo’s pupils suddenly contracted.

Such a clear time pattern!

“The killer… seems to kill someone every two months.”

Yuan Weiguang’s voice was very low.

“And look, if you calculate it back, they are all even-numbered months.”

A terrifying thought flashed through Chen Mo’s mind.

This is a psychopathic killer with a strong sense of ritual and a fixed killing cycle!

Chen Mo took out his phone, walked to the side, and dialed the number of Liu Chengpei, the director of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Municipal Public Security Bureau.

“Chen Mo, what’s the situation at the scene?” Liu Chengpei’s voice was steady and powerful.

Chen Mo took a deep breath and gave a concise report of what he had discovered at the scene.

“…The first pit contained eight skeletons, preliminarily determined to be all female.”

“The second pit contained three new corpses, who died six months, four months, and two months ago, respectively.”

There was a long silence on the other end of the phone.

Even a seasoned detective like Liu Chengpei, who had seen it all, was stunned by this number.

It’s been so many years since Shucheng has seen such a heinous case!

“I see.”

After a while, Liu Chengpei’s voice rang out again, sounding tired.

“Chen Mo, the city will definitely attach great importance to this case, and it’s inevitable that a special task force will be established.”

“I see.”

“You are still young and inexperienced. You may not be the one to lead the task force,” Liu Chengpei said bluntly.

This isn’t about distrust, it’s about the rules.

Such a shocking case must be led by a person of sufficient caliber in order to mobilize police resources from the entire city and even the entire province.

Chen Mo’s level is clearly not high enough.

“Director Liu, I understand.”

“Now is not the time to think about these things; let’s deal with the immediate issues first.”

Liu Chengchengpei on the other end of the phone and Lu Mingrui, who was listening beside him, exchanged a glance and both saw admiration in each other’s eyes.

“Okay, you keep things stable for now, I’ll report to my superiors immediately and get more manpower to support you!”

“yes!”

After hanging up the phone, Chen Mo walked back inside the cordon.

Yuan Weiguang was still conducting a more detailed examination of the three new corpses.

“Any new discoveries?” Chen Mo asked.

Yuan Weiguang pointed to the corpses and explained them one by one.

“The most recent death was caused by a blunt force trauma to the head, resulting in a comminuted fracture of the skull.”

“This body, which had been dead for four months, had multiple blunt force injuries to the chest, at least three broken ribs, and a punctured lung.”

“The body that died six months ago was caused by a violent blow to the shoulder and chest, which resulted in a rib piercing the spleen.”

She paused for a moment, then concluded.

“All three people died from severe internal bleeding.”

“However, the specific method of killing is different each time.”

Chen Mo’s brows furrowed even more.

Why is that?

Is the perpetrator constantly changing their methods to avoid being identified by the police?

Or is it…?

Is there more than one murderer?

Just as he was pondering this, Lu Hui’s urgent voice suddenly came through the walkie-talkie.

“Team Leader Chen! Team Leader Chen! Area Three! A discovery has been made in Area Three!”

Not again?!

Chen Mo felt a chill run down his spine and immediately led Yuan Weiguang and several team members toward the area number three that Lü Hui had mentioned.

That was a more remote slope.

Lu Hui was kneeling on the ground, pointing to a patch of muddy ground washed by rain, his voice trembling.

“Boss, look…”

Following the direction of his finger, Chen Mo saw something protruding from the soil.

It is a foot.

Chen Mo’s gaze froze instantly.

“Get people here immediately! Be careful, use the smallest tools, dig little by little!”

“yes!”

“Yuan Weiguang, prepare to take over!”

“clear!”

The atmosphere at the scene was extremely oppressive.

Everyone was divided into several groups, taking turns to eat and rest, and the digging and searching work never stopped.

Several high-powered portable lighting devices were urgently transported up the mountain, and the blinding white light illuminated the mass grave as if it were daytime.

Under the play of light and shadow, everyone’s face was etched with exhaustion.

Excavation work is still ongoing.

“Boss!”

A gasp broke the silence once again.

A team member discovered another patch of soil covered with fresh soil less than 20 meters away from the third burial site!

The fourth burial site!

Chen Mo slowly straightened up and stood in the center of several burial sites.

He looked at the mountain forest, fragmented by the lights.

Looking at the pits of varying depths, I quickly sketched out their locations in my mind.

The first pit contained eight skeletons.

The second pit contained three new corpses.

The third pit contained a newer corpse.

Now, there’s a fourth one…

Is there any pattern among these burial sites?

Was the killer’s choice of these locations random, or… deliberate?

Chen Mo slowly closed his eyes, then suddenly opened them again, forcibly suppressing the chaotic clues in his mind.

Now is not the time to think about patterns.

The most urgent task is to determine just how much evil is still hidden on this mountain.

“Wu Che! Yan Guangxiu! Jiang Weiyi!”

“arrive!”

Three muscular team members immediately ran over.

“You three, come with me.”

Chen Mo pointed to the four areas that had been roughly cleared and said in a deep voice.

“Using these four points as a baseline, conduct indiscriminate exploration of the entire searched area!”

He took a nearly two-meter-long metal probe from a technician.

“Director Liu has given me full command of the scene. I now order the remaining personnel of the Fifth Squadron to be deployed to provide support!”

“Fourth Squadron and First Squadron, immediately descend the mountain and conduct door-to-door investigations of all villages, towns, and households in the surrounding area, with Hualong Mountain as the center!”

The order was quickly relayed via walkie-talkie.

The previously somewhat chaotic scene instantly became orderly.