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Chapter 76: Su Ming Proposes to Lockdown Happy World, A Provocation to the Police!

The sudden appearance of the bloody hand and severed head.

Made Su Ming and the two others present raise their eyebrows in suspicion.

Though as criminal investigators, they were not easily frightened by such scenes, it still left them with an indescribable feeling of unease.

Especially since…

The video playing on the laptop had a very poor quality, and the old-fashioned filter added an unsettling atmosphere to the scene.

But the next second.

When Lin Tian carefully looked at the severed head, he immediately clenched his fist, gritted his teeth, and suppressed his inner anger, saying.

“The victim in this video is Wu Jingqing, the victim of the 5.13 Magic City University dismemberment case.”

“Even though it’s been many years, and even though the victim’s head in the video is covered in blood and difficult to identify…”

“One glance is enough for me to clearly determine that this head belongs to the victim of the 5.13 dismemberment case from twenty years ago.”

His words.

Though they sounded somewhat eerie.

Su Ming and Xu Changsheng did not doubt their authenticity.

Because.

That Magic City University dismemberment case had been reviewed countless times by Lin Tian over the past twenty years, and the case had been re-investigated multiple times.

Even though the victim’s head found at the time had been completely cooked by the killer, making it impossible to discern the face.

Back in the pre-beautification era, it was still possible to restore the victim’s appearance using portraits and photos taken during their lifetime.

So now, when Lin Tian saw this old video, he could be so certain.

…

At this moment.

The three remained silent, watching the video on the laptop.

The bloody hands in the video were not merely holding the victim’s head but were actively rotating it.

As if…

They were displaying their work.

After several seconds.

When the head’s display ended, the video transitioned to a new scene.

The screen now showed a workspace completely wrapped in black plastic, with a simple workbench, a cutting board, and several knives on it.

Then.

A man in a black raincoat, wearing yellow rubber gloves, and a thick cotton face mask that only revealed his eyes, slowly walked into the frame.

In his hand, he held a cooked female upper arm, placing it on the workbench.

Since the bones had been removed in advance, the entire arm appeared limp.

Then.

The man picked up a meat cleaver from the workbench, swung it lightly a couple of times, then, seemingly dissatisfied, casually threw it aside.

He grabbed another one.

But after a couple of swings, he threw it aside as well, unsatisfied.

He then picked up a third one.

After lightly swinging it twice, the man suddenly seemed to understand something.

He set the knife down.

Hastily removed the yellow rubber gloves he was wearing, then picked up the cleaver again, swung it a couple of times, and nodded in satisfaction.

Without hesitation.

He awkwardly began to slice with his right hand, stopping after each cut to carefully examine it for a few seconds, as if making comparisons.

In this segment.

Though there was no noise, the simple sound of cutting meat was enough to impose a heavy psychological burden.

If this video were posted online, few would be able to withstand the shock it would cause.

After all.

The meat being sliced was not from pigs, cows, or sheep, but… humans!

Thus.

After the killer in the video slowly finished cutting the entire arm, he looked at the irregular chunks of meat and, trembling with excitement, said.

“It’s even more urgent and nostalgic than the 0.618 golden ratio¹ of cutting.”

“This is truly perfect… truly perfect work!”

As his voice dropped.

The video ended and began a new loop.

A pair of bloody hands, holding…

…

After watching the video once.

Xu Changsheng raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised, and said in a low voice.

“This video must be the recording of the 5.13 dismemberment case’s killer.”

“If that’s the case…”

“Did Qu Pengfei, knowing he would inevitably die, really leave us evidence pointing to that drug trafficking organization?”

“This must be footage downloaded from their organization’s dark web?”

“After all, such a recording could only have been made by the actual killer.”

Standing beside him, Su Ming quickly noticed the USB drive plugged into the side of the laptop and thoughtfully spoke.

“There’s a USB drive next to this laptop.”

“Most likely, this video is stored on that drive.”

“If Qu Pengfei knew that failing the assessment would mean being dealt with by other members of the organization, then this USB likely contains other case files or videos meant to incriminate them.”

“But if there are no other criminal files and it’s just this 5.13 dismemberment case video, I think this could very well be…”

“A provocation from that drug trafficking organization.”

“Because twenty years ago, our Huaihai police team failed to solve that dismemberment case, and the killer from that case is now a member of that drug trafficking organization.”

Lin Tian didn’t respond immediately.

Instead, he took out his phone, snapped a few photos of the scene, and with a cold expression, walked up to temporarily close the video.

He first opened the relevant folder, found no other videos, then checked the file path.

He fell silent.

His jaw visibly tightened, clearly showing his anger, and he said coldly.

“Looks like Xiao Ming was right.”

“This is not the criminal data Qu Pengfei wanted to report. It’s clearly a provocation video from that drug trafficking organization!”

“Ha… A criminal organization this arrogant… I’ve really opened my eyes today!”

After forcefully exhaling, he calmed his anger a bit and stood up, signaling.

“Let’s go check elsewhere for clues.”

Without needing to be reminded, the three of them silently moved to the location of the earlier explosion on the balcony. A small hole the size of a fist had been blown into the wall, not very big.

But tied to a person’s waist, it was enough to be lethal, especially considering it had been blasted down the stairs by the shockwave.

There was still some residue of explosives and a thick, lingering smell of gunpowder.

Su Ming gently picked up a piece of the explosion fragment, lightly pressed it to check for residue, then smelled his fingers and said gravely.

“Director Lin, Brother Sheng.”

“I think… we need to reassess the danger level of this drug trafficking organization.”

“Because the purity of this explosive is already quite shocking, far stronger than the homemade bombs of normal criminals.”

“It’s very likely…”

“That within this drug trafficking organization, there’s a member highly skilled in making gunpowder bombs.”

“By the way, when Qu Pengfei was blown off the balcony earlier, I noticed something…”

“Though he was very emotional, with a lot of anxious movements, he didn’t seem to expect to be blown off the balcony immediately. He wasn’t waiting for death.”

“So, the bomb on Qu Pengfei’s back was most likely a miniature remote-controlled bomb.”

“As for the specific range of the remote control…”

“Because this miniature bomb was already crushed beyond recognition, it’s difficult to determine through the internal chip.”

“But I think…”

“Should we attempt to lockdown Fantawild Happy World and conduct a thorough screening?”

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—The golden ratio, often denoted by the Greek letter Φ (Phi), is an irrational number approximately equal to 1.6180339887…. It is commonly found in mathematics, art, architecture, and nature.

The number 0.618, or its reciprocal, represents the inverse of the golden ratio (i.e., 1/Φ). Therefore, 0.618 is the ratio you get when dividing a line segment into two parts such that the longer part divided by the shorter part is equal to the whole length divided by the longer part.

Mathematically:

The golden ratio Φ = (1 + √5) / 2 ≈ 1.618.

The reciprocal of the golden ratio is 1 / Φ ≈ 0.618.

This ratio is significant because it appears in various patterns in nature, including the arrangement of leaves, flower petals, and the spiral patterns of shells and galaxies.