Looking at the wooden sword in his hand.
The police officers had strange expressions; what kind of lethality could a college student wielding a wooden sword have? How was it worth firing a shot over?
Isn’t this foreign organization a bit too timid?
Wang Kai quickly looked Lin Beichen over and asked with concern, "You didn’t get hit, did you? Are you hurt?"
"No."
"That’s good, that’s good."
Wang Kai breathed a sigh of relief, then asked again, "What happened after the gunshot, did the lightning from the sky strike and kill him?"
"No."
"No?"
Wang Kai was momentarily stunned, showing a puzzled expression, and then asked, "Then why did he end up like this?"
"Because of this."
Lin Beichen shook the Thunder Tribulation Sword in his hand once more.
Wang Kai: ?
He didn’t understand what Lin Beichen meant.
"What’s with the wooden sword? This corpse’s cause of death is clearly due to a lightning strike, what does it have to do with the wooden sword?"
"This sword is made from Thunderstruck Wood, so it can also discharge electricity."
Lin Beichen originally wanted to demonstrate, but after exerting all his power to kill Hu Nodun, the electric element in his liver was completely drained and he couldn’t demonstrate.
He felt a bit of regret.
But he still said boldly, "I infused Palm Thunder into this sword, turning it into a Thunder Sword, and struck him dead with one slash."
"..."
The group of police officers was at a loss for words. He was answering questions just fine a moment ago, how did he suddenly start talking nonsense?
Was it because he went through all this...
The shock was too much?
They couldn’t believe Lin Beichen’s words, thinking he might have been mentally unstable due to the shock.
"Alright, Lin Beichen, we’ve understood. You should rest here for now."
Qian Yi patted Lin Beichen’s shoulder.
Originally, he wanted to ask about other things, like what happened to the other two corpses at the scene, whether Lin Beichen had seen the bodies at the bottom of the mountain...
And so on.
There’s no need to ask now.
It would be pointless to ask.
He would probably just continue talking gibberish.
It’s better to let him rest until he’s in a better mental state and capable of normal communication before asking again.
There was a lot of work to be done on-site.
Qian Yi didn’t linger with Lin Beichen any longer, and he and the other officers busied themselves with the investigation.
Under Qian Yi’s arrangement, the on-site examination was carried out methodically.
Having arranged everything, Qian Yi needed to return to the headquarters to follow up on subsequent work. So he took Lin Beichen and his parents, along with Tang Ru who was found in the cave, back to the Imperial Capital.
Upon arriving at the Imperial Capital.
They split into two groups.
One group took Zheng Xia, Lin Xiangdong, and Tang Ru to the hospital for treatment.
The other group went straight to the Imperial Capital Police Headquarters.
Qian Yi led his officers towards the interrogation room to take Lin Beichen’s statement, but midway, an officer intercepted them.
"Captain Qian, let me report on the investigation status on the mountain."
"Okay, go ahead."
"Near the location where the first two corpses were found, another corpse was discovered. There are now six corpses in total found on the mountain."
The officer handed the report to Qian Yi while saying, "Captain Qian, this is the autopsy report sent by the technical department after examining the corpses. Have a look."
"Alright."
Qian Yi picked up the autopsy report and started reading.
At the same time.
The officer began to verbally report the contents of the autopsy report, so that the officers beside Qian Yi who couldn’t see the report could still understand the gist.
"The direct cause of death for all six corpses was electrocution."
"However, the degree of electrocution varied among the six corpses."
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"Moreover..."
"Three of the corpses were particularly odd."
"One is the newly discovered corpse. In addition to electrocution, there’s a penetrating wound at its back. The inside edge of the wound is smooth, likely caused by an extremely sharp weapon. However, no such weapon has been found on the mountain, and the strange thing is... the penetrating wound seems to be the source of the electrocution, which is more severe than the electrocution of the whole body."
"Another strange corpse lies at the cave entrance. It received the most severe electrocution, and the source of the electrocution is a large gash on its chest that spans from shoulder to waist, seemingly caused by a blade."
The reporting officer said up to this point, and Qian Yi had just read up to this same point.
For a moment, Qian Yi and the officers frowned, their expressions somehwat serious, filled with doubt in their eyes.
Unlike the reporting officer.
They clearly heard Lin Beichen’s statements at the cave entrance, and now, the contents of the autopsy report made them subconsciously recall Lin Beichen’s earlier words.
"Infusing Palm Thunder into the wooden sword..."
"Could the wooden sword turn into a sharp weapon?"
Qian Yi and the other officers didn’t know if Palm Thunder existed, nor if it could be infused into a wooden sword, nor if Palm Thunder could make the wooden sword a sharp weapon.
But they knew...
If all these were true.
Then everything strange in the autopsy report would make perfect sense.
"But..."
"Could it be true?"
Before they could think any further.
The reporting officer continued giving his account, and Qian Yi continued reading subconsciously.
"The last strange corpse was still at the cave entrance. It had the source of electrocution at its wrist, and its wrist bones had melted into bone pearl particles, forming a contour that somewhat resembled a palm outline."