I Play Dungeons in the Police Station

Chapter 435 - 262: Sun Zhidong’s Grievance

The body was lying on its back, the trench coat was unbuttoned, the sweater was pulled up, and the underwear was not removed. The skirt was hitched up to the waist, panties were hung on the right knee, and shoes were kicked off nearby.

There were no visible injuries on the head. A pair of stockings was around the neck. Removing the stockings revealed ligature marks that matched strangulation by stockings.

Continuing down, the arms showed no injuries, but the left index fingernail was torn, possibly damaged during a struggle. This detail, mentioned in the forensic autopsy report, was accurately recreated.

Aside from this, Li Xiang didn’t find other injuries, indicating signs of a struggle before death.

The soles of the stockings were dusted, showing that the shoes were kicked off during the fight.

"Signs of struggle, wait a minute..."

Li Xiang removed the stockings from the victim’s neck and spread them out in his hands.

The stockings were confirmed to have been taken off the victim, showing signs of wear. According to the victim’s colleagues, she indeed wore these stockings on the day of the event and several snags and tears were visible upon inspection.

"Something doesn’t seem right."

Li stared at the stockings, feeling something was off.

The simulation advantage was its precision in recreating the crime scene; there were police and onlookers, but none disturbed Li Xiang once he started the autopsy.

Allowing him to fully immerse himself in the investigation.

After all, simulations were costly; squandering time interacting with NPCs would be a huge loss.

Undistracted, Li Xiang tested the stockings’ elasticity and strength by stretching them,

then wrapped them around his own neck, tightening them slowly until breathing became difficult.

"Cough, cough."

It’s impossible for someone to strangle themselves, not even a strongman.

Li Xiang wasn’t trying to experience strangulation for its own sake.

When near choking, he loosened the stockings and looked at them.

"Just as I thought."

There was a problem with these stockings.

The stockings were now severely deformed, with the previous snags widened, creased and stretched, showing deformation from the recent tugging.

These stockings were not the true murder weapon but were taken off after death to create the false appearance that the victim was strangled with her own stockings.

Why would the killer do this?

Suddenly, the scene dissolved like snowflakes, and Li Xiang was back in the task space; unknowingly, over twenty minutes had passed, and his simulation time was up.

He found himself once more in the Virtual Space.

"So soon?"

When focused, time always seemed to fly. He had only just made a discovery, but without enough diamonds, the simulation was forcibly halted.

This was only one case.

The remaining 10 cases still needed simulation, and the diamonds he had saved up were completely used up.

"Should have used them sparingly."

Reflecting now, Li Xiang felt he had wasted a lot of time; in twenty minutes, he could have simulated three cases. The initial inexperience and the time spent contemplating new clues caused him to lose track of time.

But with the first experience, Li Xiang knew how to be more efficient next time.

Exiting the system, Li Xiang only wanted to verify if this was a unique occurrence.

Or if all 11 cases were similar in nature.

If all were the same, this clue had evidently been neglected.

Everyone had missed this discovery.

Or rather, hadn’t given it enough attention. With the victim strangled and a pair of stockings conveniently around the neck, everyone instinctively assumed death by self-inflicted stocking strangulation.

But now, having discovered this, it must be confirmed.

Li Xiang quickly went to find Wang Ruigang.

"Captain Li, what can I help you with?"

"I want to see all the evidence from Yuncheng Case No. 1."

Though the case files were given to the guidance team, all evidence remained in the evidence department, governed by strict protocols, generally not accessible.

"Alright, I’ll take you to the evidence department."

Li Xiang wanting to examine the evidence required Wang Ruigang’s accompaniment.

They arrived at the evidence department together, signed in, then proceeded inside.

The evidence room was spacious and filled with shelves, all packed with various items, some quite strange.

There was even a shrunken female head preserved in formaldehyde, her dead fish eyes still open, although completely white.

Even Li Xiang, used to such sights, felt his heart skip at first glance.

"This head is from an unsolved case, here for ten years due to the case remaining open."

Noticing Li’s confusion, Wang Ruigang casually explained.

"Been here so long? Creepy, solve Case No. 1 and I’ll help solve this one too, let it rest in peace."

Hearing Li Xiang might solve the case, Wang Ruigang was pleased, "That would be great."

After passing a couple more shelves, they arrived at the rack marked for Yuncheng Case No. 1.

"Here it is, all evidence for Case No. 1 is on this shelf, each case is in a separate evidence box."