The Lost City of Alien Beasts

Chapter 138 The crime scene
Gao Yang and Hui Xiong followed Xiao Liu into Bai Xing Lane.

This alley is very cramped, with messy signs above and dazzling neon signs, all kinds of garbage and dirty water pools at the feet, and the air is filled with a cheap, pungent fragrance.

Girls in sexy clothes and heavy makeup stood outside their stores smoking cigarettes, looking at Gao Yang and his group as they passed by, their expressions lazy and numb.

Soon, Xiao Liu walked to a massage shop called "Authentic Thai Massage" at the end. There was a cordon in front of the shop and a policeman was guarding it.

Hui Xiong showed his ID and led Gao Yang into the store.

The light inside the store is dim and kitsch pink.

There is a coffee table and several cheap sofas in the front room for guests. The coffee table is filled with melon seeds, snacks and some marinated meats. The cigarette butts in the ashtray are all covered with bright lipstick marks.

Several scantily clad women lowered their heads as they were questioned by police.

One of them was an elderly woman, wearing a rich red dress, with an out-of-shape figure, permed and curly hair, and the thick foundation on her face was creased by wrinkles. She looked like the boss's wife at first glance.

She was holding a brand-name bag in her right hand and a women's cigarette in her left hand. She kept covering her chest and explained emotionally while holding the cigarette in her voice:
"I really don't know anything. The customer came to the store and asked for a massage. I arranged several massages for him, but he was not satisfied and even kicked the girls away."

"The store was busy at the time, and I didn't have time to talk to him, so I decided to leave him alone for a while. Half an hour later, I opened the door to find him. Oh my God, I gave him a heart attack."

"Are you the boss's wife?" Hui Xiong walked up and asked.

"Hello, police officer, you must be the captain, just call me Xiao Luo." The landlady smiled and winked.

Hui Xiong didn't appreciate it: "According to seniority, I'll call you Sister Luo. In this case, you can take me to the scene to see it."

"No, no, no!" The landlady was shocked, "It's the last room on the third floor. You have to go and see it for yourself. I don't want to suffer again."

"Okay, just wait, I'll ask you again later."

After giving the instructions, Hui Xiong turned around and went upstairs, followed by Gao Yang and Xiao Liu.

Climbing up the narrow and irregular spiral corridor, the three of them arrived at the third floor.

The renovated house was very old and in disrepair. The smell of staleness and essential oil mixed together, which was indescribably weird.

Xiao Liu explained the basic information of the deceased on the side: "The deceased's name is Duan Geng."

"Beginning?" Hui Xiong sneered: "What a good name."

Xiao Liu continued, "43 years old, single, opened a mobile phone repair shop nearby. I often visit this kind of place on weekdays, but this is the first time I have been to this shop. The time of death was an hour ago, and the cause of death was a blunt instrument on the chest. Puncture, heart bleeding..."

Gao Yang and Hui Xiong walked through the dim corridor and came to the innermost room while listening to Xiao Liu's report.

The wooden door was ajar, and Hui Xiong stepped forward and gently pushed it open. The strong smell of blood hit his nose, making people feel sick to his stomach.

Hui Xiong subconsciously covered his nose, and Gao Yang held his breath. He could now easily do it without breathing for a minute or two.

Inside the door is a massage room of more than ten square meters, with no windows, pink lighting, and large-scale erotic movie posters on the walls.

On the massage bed in the middle, there lay a man wearing only big underpants. He was bloated, with rough pores and dull skin. He lay flat on the massage bed with his limbs spread out, his head hanging back, and his mouth was full of black. There was blood, the face was distorted, the pupils were dilated, but not excessively deformed, and the whole face was full of fear.

His chest was bloody and bloody, with a half-meter-long black iron awl stuck in it.

Blood spread evenly from his chest, covering his entire upper body.

There was also a large pool of wet and sticky blood on the massage table and floor.

There were signs of a fight at the crime scene, various essential oils on the small table were knocked to the ground, and the simple wardrobe in the corner also collapsed.

It is worth noting that on the wall above the head of the deceased, among the messy erotic movie posters, there is a pattern drawn with the blood of the deceased.

The pattern is a circle with sharp lines resembling light or flames on the periphery of the circle, and an upright eye in the middle of the circle.

As Gray Hero said, it is some kind of evil totem, giving people a very ominous sense of oppression.

To be cautious, Gao Yang quietly entered the system and confirmed that his lucky earnings had not doubled before slowly entering the room.

Gao Yang has seen the corpses of many beasts, some more tragic than this, and has become accustomed to it. On the contrary, Xiao Liu beside him is inexperienced, so he pretends to be calm, but his expression is still a bit bad.Gao Yang carefully inspected the appearance of the corpse and found that there was some dust in the fingernails of the deceased, which was most likely wall dust, possibly scratched during a struggle.

Judging from the deceased's expression, he was frightened and a little confused, as if he had seen something terrible and incomprehensible.

"It's that perverted murderer again!" Hui Xiong took one look at the evil totem on the wall and came to a conclusion.

"Every time a dead person has this pattern?" Gao Yang asked calmly.

"Yes." It was Xiao Liu who replied: "We have checked and found out the origin of this pattern. Experts speculate that this murderer should be a psychopath or a fanatic of a new evil organization."

Gao Yang stared at the center of the totem on the wall for a while, carefully observing the circle in the center of the totem without making any comment.

A few minutes later, the three of them walked out of the massage room.

When going downstairs, Hui Xiong asked Xiao Liu: "Have the fingerprints been detected on site?"

"They were all fingerprints of the store staff. No fingerprints were found on the deceased's clothes, and no suspicious traces or remnants were found at the scene."

"Have you watched the surveillance in the store?"

"I've seen it. This store is very irregular. Only the front hall on the first floor has surveillance cameras, but not elsewhere." Xiao Liu thought for a while and added, "The windows on the second floor are not equipped with security windows."

Hui Xiong nodded: "In other words, the murderer might have climbed in through the window to commit the crime, and then escaped quietly."

"It's possible." Xiao Liu continued, "But we checked the windows and found no obvious signs of climbing."

The three of them came to the front hall on the first floor.

Sister Luo was still complaining to the police officer who was questioning her: "What should I do? If something like this happens, how will I be able to do business in this store in the future?"

"Business? Don't think about it for now." Hui Xiong waved to Sister Luo, "Call the people in your store to clean up and follow us back to the bureau to make notes."

"Wait." Gao Yang called to Hui Xiong.

Hui Xiong immediately turned around: "Qi...Mr. Jin, what did you find?"

Gao Yang was noncommittal. He took a step forward and looked at the proprietress: "Sister Luo, how is the business in the store recently?"

"Okay, it's very good. It's full every night." Sister Luo was quite proud: "The massage skills of the girls in my shop are all professionally trained..."

"Massage?" Hui Xiong smiled playfully, "Is it really just a massage?"

"Of course! They are all regular massages!" Sister Luo's expression remained unchanged.

"Do you have the habit of keeping accounts?" Gao Yang asked.

"Oh, yes, but I don't know how to use a computer. I keep everything in a ledger."

"Show me your account book." Gao Yang said.

Hui Xiong was confused, why check the account book?However, even though he is young, he must have a lot of skills since he has been acting as a Dharma protector since he came here.

Hui Xiong was also very knowledgeable, "Go quickly and show it to Mr. Jin."

"Okay, just wait."

Sister Luo turned around and walked into the house. After a while, she came out with a thick account book.

Gao Yang took it and turned it over casually. He paid special attention to the date on the account book, thoughtfully.

Soon, Gao Yang closed the account book and returned it to Sister Luo.

"I have no problem." Gao Yang's face remained calm, and he had a preliminary guess in his mind.

(End of this chapter)