Exploring Immortality Cultivation
Chapter 480 - 234 Live Reconstruction

"One to one, the crime scene was recreated with every detail intact."

Stepping into the illusion, Xian Tianwei was momentarily taken aback, "You actually recreated everything? But isn't there just too much extraneous information here?"

Chen Feng nodded in agreement, "Simply packing everything into the reconstruction can indeed recreate the scene, but there's just too much we need to sift through in here."

Wang Qi glanced at Chen Feng from the corner of his eye, "As disrespectful as it is to ask, Boss, are you blind?"

Wang Qi raised his hand and gave an instruction to Jarvis, "Jarvis, emphasize all the marks of scratches within the model and fade out other details."

"Just a moment, teacher."

In the eyes of both Law Enforcement Officers, the tragic colors of the small village began to fade away, yet parts of it started glowing with a green luminescence. Soon, the surrounding background became extremely faint, nearly devoid of detail, with houses and ground turned into geometric models sketched out by black lines. However, numerous scratches remained suspended in the void.

Wang Qi furrowed his brow, "Bring out the scenario where all the victims' bodies, including the injured Humans, were found, and emphasize that. Don't fade the bloodstains either."

Against the almost pure white backdrop, four injured people lay alongside a pile of animal corpses in their original places.

Wang Qi snapped his fingers again, "Old man, come out and help."

An elder in black robes appeared at the doorway and asked, "What do you want to do?"

"Recreate the scene where that person charged in here and went on a killing spree."

Zhen Chan looked into Wang Qi's eyes, "You won't be happy to see it."

"Just do as I say."

Zhen Chan sighed, stood at the doorway, and began to speak while looking at the models of the two injured lying on the ground, "The wounds on these two are on the left arm and the chest, respectively. The reasons for their unconsciousness..."

Wang Qi flicked his finger, sending out a ray of Spirit Light, forming a screen in front of Zhen Chan with written information on it, "A forensic doctor among the Law Enforcement Officers performed a wound examination, and the result was erosion by Sword Qi."

"I see... Cultivation is the path of extreme cruelty and utter ruthlessness," Zhen Chan lamented before continuing his analysis. He stepped forward two paces and touched the mark on the door, "This sword mark..."

Seeing this, Wang Qi commanded, "Jarvis, extend the cross-section of that scratch."

The cross-section of the sword mark expanded, forming an angle with the ground. Zhen Chan mimicked a sword-swinging action, and then asked, "May I see that sword mark again?"

"Restore it, and then enlarge the trace."

Jarvis worked quickly. In a short while, the sword mark on the wall was magnified tenfold, presented in front of Zhen Chan as a three-dimensional hologram.

Zhen Chan, unaccustomed to controlling the illusion with his fingers, fumbled like an elderly person from Earth who couldn't use a smartphone. Then he made a judgment, "The perpetrator swung his sword here..." he positioned himself at a spot, gesturing with his left hand, "Swung such a stroke with his left hand. The one who was injured on the arm was right beside the other one, probably talking to him. And the other one had already formed a Spirit Formula with one hand, probably on guard and also performing the routine checks. Yet, they were both taken down by a single stroke... Either this perpetrator's sword speed is too fast, too quick for the Spirit Formula to form, or he's too strong, so strong that this defensive Spirit Formula was of no use at all."

Wang Qi ordered, "Jarvis, restore that piece of ground beneath Zhen Chan's feet, and display the footprints."

The ground was restored and then cluttered with seven or eight overlapping footprints.

"Remove the footprints of the Spirit Awakening Master and the Law Enforcement Officers."

Footprints remained, but only three.

Xian Tianwei squatted to examine them and gasped in shock, "These are from a single person."

"Based on the length of the footprints, we can estimate the approximate height of the killer," Chen Feng also estimated visually, "about five feet one inch, with a margin of error of no more than an inch and a half. Shoulder width...stride...arm length..."

"Jarvis, create a humanoid model." Following Wang Qi's command, a pure black 3D figure appeared where Zhen Chan had just demonstrated combat power. The body measurements were similar to those estimated by Chen Feng, the figure even holding a sword in its left hand.

"According to the records, both guards were at a weighted eight or so in the Early-Stage Foundation Establishment. If it was an Ancient Method Practitioner, that would be equivalent to the Golden Core Stage..." Zhen Chan walked in front of the model, estimating the abilities of an Ancient Golden Core Stage practitioner, and used a finger in place of a sword to demonstrate. The model reproduced the actions behind him.

After entering the gates of Spirit Awakening Village, there was a tree where six bird-demons lived. Demon Beasts must return to their nests when resting. But that night, a little spotted cat slipped out and lay atop the tree.

Then, that was the first victim.

A slash of Sword Qi severed the spine, and the spotted cat screamed miserably. The six nesting birds peeked out one after another, one of their heads directly blown apart by a targeted blast. The remaining five flew out, each felled by Sword Qi. Aside from one that couldn't withstand the erosion of Sword Qi and died on impact, the remaining five struggled for a while.

In front of the tree was a fork in the road; behind it, a sandpit, in which two little land turtles were housed, both killed with a single stroke piercing their shells...

Finally, the strange noise awakened You Mengran. He rushed out of the house, only to be pierced through the chest by a slash of Sword Qi...

A massive crescent-shaped Sword Qi flipped the roof of the Demon Beast hut, startling awake all the beasts inside...

It was only then that Hu Buxue reacted, trying to go out to investigate. She was struck down by a slash of Sword Qi through the door, without even seeing the assailant's face...

During the massacre, You Mengran, struggling to rise and call for help, was finished off with another sword strike...

There weren't many Demon Beasts here, but the slaughter lasted a long time. The murderous fiend was thorough, distributing pain evenly among every individual.

Wang Qi's eyelids drooped, he remained silent.

After Zhen Chan finished simulating the killing of the last member of the Demon Clan in his deduction, he said, "That should be about it."

Where the killer last stood was between Hu Buxue's cabin and the Demon quarters.

"Next... this person broke the Spirit Prohibition above Spirit Awakening Village and left," Xian Tianwei swallowed hard. With just one search, Wang Qi had grasped all the data of the opponent, even using the footprints to estimate the weight of the killer and deducing their physique from various small movements during swordplay.

This had already surpassed what law enforcement officers had achieved in two or three years!

He glanced at Zhen Chan and asked, "Respected senior, where are you from? Where did you study forensic medicine?"

Zhen Chan smiled and said, "Living in an era where it's quite possible to be killed, fighting others every now and then, and then after a few thousand years, heh-heh, anyone can become a quite decent forensic doctor."

Wang Qi ordered, "Jarvis, replay the humanoid model's movements in animation form. Allocate a thread of my thoughts to study the person's swordsmanship."

Xian Tianwei walked several rounds around the virtual scene, touching the deepest sword marks, "It seems this is a key area for sampling..."

Zhen Chan asked, "What are you going to do?"

Xian Tianwei replied, "Objects can retain a trace of Spiritual Power, which can be measured for its inherent mana attributes with a special Magic Artifact."

Zhen Chan pointed to a small mark on the ground, "In that case, I suggest you use the soil here." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it on Qidian (qidian.com), your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)

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