After a long while, Director Yin recovered and walked out of the freezer with everyone, all of them pale as death.
"Xiao Zhou, block off all the roads around here," Director Yin said, taking out his walkie-talkie.
Xiao Zhou said, "Yes, Director Yin, what's the situation inside?"
"Stop talking, it's too cruel. I estimate dozens of people died. We haven't seen the killer yet, call for backup." After saying this, Yin turned off the walkie-talkie.
Then, he took out a dedicated satellite phone and notified his superiors.
Ten minutes later, the area was completely sealed off, and a large number of police officers, forensic doctors, and doctors rushed over.
Meanwhile, a large number of media personnel set up cameras outside the cordon, and some nearby residents also came to watch the spectacle.
Director Zhou from the Municipal Public Security Bureau led a large group of people into Fuxiang Lamb Restaurant, followed by more than a dozen fully armed forensic doctors.
"Xiao Yin, what's the situation down there? How many victims are there in total? Is it a drug trafficking ring? Have the people down there been rescued?" Director Zhou asked a series of four questions as soon as he arrived.
"No, we didn't dare go down. We really did vomit!" Before Yin could finish speaking, he vomited again, but since there was nothing left to vomit, he only vomited some stomach acid.
"How did you do your job? Are you even police officers? Look at you, what kind of people are you?" Director Zhou scolded the pale-faced men.
Then, Director Zhou led those people to the entrance of the basement. The vomit did not make him frown at all. He stepped onto the stairs and walked down them with a thud.
However, just as the person above was halfway down, Director Zhou immediately shoved him, and the two of them ran up together.
"Ugh!" Even Director Zhou couldn't hold back.
"Director Zhou, Director Zhou"
Then, those people, not believing it, ran to see for themselves, and one by one they were all lying there vomiting uncontrollably, making a complete mess of the entire freezer.
Even seasoned forensic doctors are like this.
In the end, one of the female forensic doctors persevered, took a large white cloth, and, despite the intense nausea and dizziness, covered the sixty corpses.
Without that gruesome corpse, the forensic doctors could finally work in peace, since they had seen corpses many times before.
This time, the only reason they vomited was because they had never seen so many corpses at once before. They took the body bags and began to collect the bodies one by one.
As for Director Zhou and his men, who were so weak from vomiting, they didn't dare go down. Instead, they sent the police outside to rescue the imprisoned civilians.
Chapter 537 Main Quest
"Sigh, I didn't expect this book to still be unfinished, and it only features characters at the Nascent Soul stage, even those at the Deity Transformation stage can't defeat him." Lin Qing felt a bit of a headache after finishing the novel.
“However, the combat system here is not simple.” Lin Qing was speechless at this point.
The realms here are divided into eight major realms: Qi Refining, Innate, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation, Return to Emptiness, Dao Integration, and Tribulation Crossing.
Leaving aside the previous realms, Lin Qing found it somewhat unbelievable that someone at the Nascent Soul stage could live for tens of thousands of years, while someone at the Dao Integration stage could live for millions of years.
Moreover, the divine sense of a Nascent Soul cultivator could actually cover an entire planet. Even before Lin Qing advanced to this level, it was still barely considered possible.
The Dao Integration Realm is even more impressive; it can devour the sun. With that kind of combat power, it's probably enough to rival Lin Qing. As for the Tribulation Transcending Realm, it goes without saying that, according to Lin Qing's estimation, it's definitely at the Saint level in terms of combat power.
Such a powerful being as Chen Fan actually died under the heavenly tribulation. Lin Qing now realized just how advanced this world was.
Lin Qing couldn't even imagine how powerful the Immortal Realm of this world was, or how explosive the strength of the immortals there was.
"It seems I still need to get to know Chen Fan better," Lin Qing thought to himself, making up his mind.
[Ding! Main quest issued. Please check it yourself.]
Lin Qing joked, "Oh ho, System, you finally spoke up." Then he continued, "By the way, what's going on with this aura around me, and what happened during the past few days you disappeared?"
After a while, the system remained silent. Lin Qing rolled his eyes inwardly and, too lazy to ask any further, directly checked the main quests that had been released.
Main quest: To usher in a new era of cultivation in China and make China the ruler of the desolate land.
Task Reward: 50 million Evolution Points, Divine Dragon Technique upgraded by 10.
Mission failed: Unable to advance to the next world.
"It seems quite easy, but China still needs a strong person to oversee it; otherwise, even if one becomes the Lord of the Heavenly Wasteland, he probably won't be able to hold it."
After thinking it over, Lin Qing chose Chen Fan, since he was the protagonist of this world and a powerful figure who had cultivated to the Tribulation Transcending stage in his previous life.
"Huh, it seems my strength is increasing in this world? No, no, it's this world itself that's growing stronger."
The strange aura emanating from Lin Qing was slowly dissipating, and although his strength had not increased, the power he unleashed seemed to surge to a level that even Lin Qing himself was alarmed by.
In an instant, as the strange aura around him dissipated, Lin Qing unleashed his divine sense, and the entire situation on Earth came under his control.
"Tsk tsk tsk, as expected, the Earth here is really not simple." Lin Qing chuckled.
"Huh? Chen Fan has only been cultivating for a few days and he's already at the Foundation Establishment stage? But this Foundation Establishment is so weak."
The Foundation Establishment here refers only to the basic cultivation foundation of the Foundation Establishment cultivator, so it doesn't even qualify as the entry level. However, on Earth, it is already comparable to a Grandmaster of Transformation Realm.
"As expected of the pretentious Chen Beixuan." Lin Qing saw Chen Fan showing off in front of Old Wei and his granddaughter.
Chen Fan plucked a leaf, gathered his true essence, and flicked it with his finger.
"Whoosh!"
The leaf shot out instantly, as fast as a bullet, grazing the woman's cheek before flying towards a willow tree a dozen meters away.
"Watch out!" Old Wei's expression changed drastically the moment the shadow shot out, and he blurted out, but it was too late.
Just as the leaf was about to embed itself into the willow trunk, Lin Qing suddenly appeared, gently pinching the incoming leaf between his two fingers.
"What is this?" Wei Ziqing was stunned. Her long hair on the right side had been cut off at the root, and her crystal earring had also fallen off.
She touched her cheek and saw a trace of blood. Turning her head, she saw a strange man holding a leaf.
"Tsk tsk tsk, not bad, you've already achieved such skill after just a few days of cultivation." Lin Qing picked up the leaf and played with it in his hand.
Upon seeing this, Chen Fan's expression changed slightly: "Who is it?"
"How did he appear there without me noticing at all, and how could he so easily neutralize my attack?" Chen Fan thought to himself.
“Flying flowers and plucked leaves can all cause injury, yet you can use these flying leaves.” Old Wei was deeply shocked.
Lin Qing ignored the two men and looked at Chen Fan with a half-smile: "Me? Heh, didn't we just meet a few days ago? How could you forget?"
"I only arrived in Chuzhou a few days ago. Who are you? Stop playing games." Chen Fan was already considering a strategic retreat.
"Oh, this is how I look. I can't help it. I'm too handsome, and I'm afraid it will cause a riot, so I have no choice but to leave it like this." Lin Qing then remembered that his appearance belonged to someone else.
Immediately, a golden light flashed around him, revealing his true form: a tall man of 1.85 meters, dressed in a golden robe that exuded nobility.
The moment that perfect face appeared, Wei Ziqing was instantly captivated.
"So it was you. I knew you weren't an ordinary person back then." Chen Fan couldn't possibly forget someone as outstanding as Lin Qing after just one meeting. Besides...
"Ah, you, you are the suspect from Fuxiang Lamb Restaurant! Oh no, Ziqing, retreat quickly, Xiao Qi!"
Old Wei immediately pulled over Wei Ziqing, who was still infatuated with Wei Ziqing, and then informed the burly man beside him.
The man named Xiao Qi immediately pulled out a pistol, shielded the two men behind him, and then pointed the gun at Lin Qing: "Don't move."
"Ah, Grandpa, he's that wanted criminal on TV, the handsome wanted criminal who killed dozens of people." Clearly, Wei Ziqing knew about him from television.
"Huh? How did you know it was me? The people I saved wouldn't recognize me. How did you know?"
At that time, Lin Qing deliberately hid himself, not letting those people see his clothes, which appeared to them as just white.
Now, Lin Qing's identity has been exposed, and he has even appeared on television, becoming a wanted criminal.
He stayed in his room the whole time, didn't watch TV, and didn't go out, so he had no idea that his identity had been exposed.
Old Wei didn't reply, but simply instructed, "Quickly, Ziqing, call the police. Xiao Qi, shoot him as soon as he makes a move."
"I'll call right now." Wei Ziqing hurriedly took out her phone and dialed 111.
"Okay, Mr. Wei!" Xiao Qi stared intently at Lin Qing.
Lin Qing looked at Chen Fan, who chuckled and said, "Don't you know there's something in this world called surveillance?"
"Surveillance? Do you think I'm an idiot? I burned all the surveillance footage inside to ashes, even the hard drive on the computer is the same. You're telling me it was captured by surveillance cameras?" Lin Qing rolled her eyes.
Chapter 538 Sample
For some reason, Chen Fan was no longer afraid. He immediately shook his head and said, "No, no, no, there's still a laptop you didn't burn. It was all mentioned on TV."
"And people online are joking that you're not only a careless suspect, but also the most handsome wanted criminal in history."
"Although you destroyed all the surveillance footage, the footage was uploaded to a local area network in real time, and the storage device on that local area network was the laptop you didn't burn down."
"A notebook? Holy crap, I thought the notebook I saw in the safe contained their transaction information, buyer information, and some criminal evidence."
"So I just took some money and left. I thought if the police got the laptop, it would be a good way to crack down on the criminal group. Who would have thought that it would end up like this?" Lin Qing said helplessly.
"Haha, you're really unlucky. But you shouldn't be afraid of these things, right? After all, the lady over there has been calling the police for a minute now, and you're still here chatting with me leisurely."
Chen Fan burst into laughter. For some reason, he felt that Lin Qing posed no danger to him, and he laughed unconsciously.
"Little guy, you're pretty good. You're not afraid of me at all. Look at that old man over there, he's almost scared his old wounds out." Lin Qing completely ignored Xiao Qi, who was holding a sharp weapon.
Old Wei's heart skipped a beat, but out of respect for Lin Qing's status, he didn't dare to speak.
"Um, sir, can you see my grandfather's injury?" Wei Ziqing looked at Lin Qing's face without fear and asked.
"Ziqing," Old Master Wei quickly stopped him.
Chen Fan suddenly spoke up, "Your grandfather used too much internal energy and injured his lungs." Lin Qing was pretending to be smug, but he didn't expect Chen Fan to interfere.
Upon hearing this, Wei Ziqing's eyes suddenly lit up, and he quickly explained:
“My grandfather joined the army when he was young and fought in battles before liberation. Once, when the enemy was besieging him, he forcibly used his internal strength, which he had not yet fully mastered, in order to protect his comrades during their retreat, which resulted in a lung injury. He didn’t have time to get treatment at the time, and later it turned out that he had developed a chronic illness.”
"This is an internal injury that has been difficult to treat for decades. The only thing that can be done is to suppress it with medicine. You are so skilled and you can see my grandfather's injuries. Is there any way to cure him?"
Her beautiful eyes looked at Lin Qing with a hint of anticipation.
"To be honest, sir, our Wei family has some influence in Jiangbei. If you can cure my grandfather's injuries, we can send you safely abroad." The woman with the ponytail looked directly at Lin Qing and said decisively.
"Hehe, you little girl, you're quite filial. However, in this world, nothing can hurt me yet," Lin Qing said domineeringly.
Upon hearing this, Chen Fan chuckled inwardly: "This country bumpkin is probably some recluse on Earth who has no idea how vast the universe is or how powerful the strong are."