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Chapter 180: [179] Uncontrolled Desire is the Most Terrifying and Bizarre

Entering the garden.

On both sides of the entrance were rows of vivid horse heads, each with a pair of colorful butterflies perched above.

Upon closer inspection, it seemed to be a combination of several types of flowers.

This was not a simple combination, but rather formed a peculiar symbiotic relationship.

At this moment.

As the warm breeze blew, the butterfly wings fluttered slightly, as if about to take flight.

The round eyes of the horse heads seemed to be spinning, as if observing their surroundings.

At first glance, the horse heads and butterflies seemed to come alive.

Such a scene demonstrated the ingenuity of the design.

The owner of the winter garden, Fang Qinghuai, looked proud as he said, "Soldier Cheng, it took our Fang family fifteen years to cultivate this 'Welcoming Horse Orchid'."

Cheng Han praised, "Indeed, it's impressive!"

To achieve such a level as an ordinary person was commendable.

Fang Qinghuai led the way while explaining the types of flowers, and casually talked about the various twists and turns in the Fang family's cultivation process.

Fang Tingyuan also took the opportunity to interject a few interesting stories, showcasing the image of an astute young man.

After a while.

The female assistant joined the conversation.

She behaved like a competent public relations personnel, perfectly promoting the achievements of the Inspection Bureau.

"This 'Snow Drifting Orchid' is one of the most famous flowers in the winter garden. Whenever it snows outside, the Snow Drifting Orchids automatically bloom without wind. When the garden opens on snowy days, they attract the most visitors."

"I remember two years ago in winter, a group of thieves wanted to sneak into the winter garden and steal a few pots of Snow Drifting Orchids. The Inspection Bureau received relevant information through the underground intelligence network and caught the thieves in advance."

Fang Qinghuai followed up with a joke, "When the Inspection Bureau sent people over afterwards, I found out that a temporary hired gardener had actually been bribed by the thieves. It gave me quite a scare."

The middle-aged man looked at the female assistant and timely praised, "The public security in Anhua City is so good, thanks to the efforts of the Inspection Bureau!"

His son, Fang Tingyuan, took the opportunity to steal a glance at the beautiful face of the female assistant, his eyes showing a hint of infatuation.

Cheng Han sighed, "Just like the tourists who only see a few precious flowers like the Snow Drifting Orchids, the Inspection Bureau's perspective is no different."

The female assistant's face changed slightly as she made a metaphor, "For so many years, the Inspection Bureau has been diligently acting as a gardener, carefully tending to every flower in the garden."

Cheng Han neither agreed nor disagreed, "Is that so?"

The feedback from the black cat's underwater bone images, as well as the encounter with the old woman outside the city, had proven how serious the problems in Anhua City were.

And through deduction, each set of bones came from the lower class of society, which also meant the destruction of a family.

Therefore, Cheng Han didn't even trust the other party's punctuation marks.

Just then.

Fang Tingyuan, whether he was genuinely convinced or infatuated, echoed, "The Inspection Bureau's work is indeed very responsible..."

Before he could finish his sentence.

Fang Qinghuai forcefully tugged at his son's sleeve and whispered, "Shut up! You have no right to interrupt here."

Fang Tingyuan suddenly woke up and quickly closed his mouth.

Cheng Han sneered, "There are plenty of flowers that the gardener can't take care of."

His gaze swept over a patch of "Lanhe flowers" and he lightly waved his right hand.

In the next instant.

Something astonishing happened.

This large patch of thousands of Lanhe flowers suddenly came to life.

These flower buds resembling crane heads stretched out like real cranes, then separated like waves, revealing an exceptionally small Lanhe flower.

The female assistant was dumbfounded.

Fang Qinghuai and his son witnessed such extraordinary power for the first time and were equally shocked.

Cheng Han stared at the Lanhe flowers and murmured, "I am an orphan, and I understand the life of the lower-class citizens better than anyone else.

"In this city, I don't know how many people, like this Lanhe flower, are completely ignored..."

With his words, even more marvelous scenes appeared.

"They silently grow..."

The Lanhe flowers began to grow rapidly, in just a few breaths, they grew from the size of a palm to over half a meter tall in a mature state.

"They silently bloom..."

The Lanhe flowers grew flower bones and quickly expanded into buds, then bloomed in full glory.

"They silently wither..."

The Lanhe flowers instantly withered.

Cheng Han added in his mind: Even if they die, they are intentionally ignored by people.

And this astonishing performance left the three of them speechless for a long time.

Although the female assistant was a martial artist, she had never encountered such extraordinary power and was still greatly shocked.

As for Fang Qinghuai and his son, their jaws almost dropped.

After a while.

The female assistant regained her senses and asked with a tone of grievance, "Are you really so dissatisfied with the work of the Inspection Bureau?"

Cheng Han shook his head, "Whether the Inspection Bureau is doing well or not, it's not for me to say, justice will prevail."

He suddenly lost interest, "Let's go!"

*

The black cat finally found something in its search of the waterway.

In a certain hidden section of the waterway, it discovered a narrow fork.

This section was extremely narrow, not even half an arm's width, even a child couldn't swim through.

The black cat had two smaller fish clear the way, and its shadow clone followed into it.

After swimming for hundreds of meters, it entered an underground lake without any daylight.

The shadow clone witnessed a terrifying scene:

At the bottom of the lake.

There are numerous shrine-like objects deposited, with a quantity of no less than thirty.

Each shrine is made up of countless white bones.

Just a rough estimate reveals that the number of bones used is no less than one hundred.

It can also be inferred that the white bone shrines have existed for a considerable amount of time.

The black cat did not linger for long and controlled the school of fish, leaving this place.

And now, for others, everything is still shrouded in mist.

Who built the white bone shrines?

And what is their purpose?

But for Cheng Han, each shrine and each bone is a connection, and the answer is already clear.

This so-called "extraordinary creature cannibalism" case, cannibalism is indeed happening.

As for the extraordinary creature, heh!

Next, all that is needed is for everything to unfold logically and reasonably.

*

The next day.

The investigation of the outpost extortion case has concluded.

The entire outpost was almost completely implicated, and most of the patrol officers were found guilty.

Half of them were heavily punished and temporarily transferred to the Black Armor Army for hard labor.

Their only task was to search the river.

This time, they searched with even greater intensity, even dredging up the mud at the bottom of the river.

Soon, the first set of bones was salvaged.

Followed by the second, third, and up to the fifth set of bones, everyone realized that things were not simple.

During this process, Cheng Han only used a slight mental suggestion to help the salvagers find the submerged bodies more quickly.

Then.

Senior team leader Ao Feng began to request more manpower from Anhua City to excavate the river on a large scale.

All of this was part of a plan.

Of course.

Cheng Han was the one behind the scenes, while Ao Feng was the one doing the work on the surface.

The third day.

Thanks to the efforts of hundreds of people, over sixty bodies were dug out from the river.

This was a huge number.

Even the governor of Anhua City was alarmed and personally came to inspect the placement of the bodies.

The governor solemnly expressed his willingness to do everything possible to provide assistance and bring the culprit to justice.

Ao Feng still had one request - I need more people.

The fourth day.

The number of people searching the river had exceeded two thousand five hundred.

According to Cheng Han's instructions, these people did not overlook any suspicious places.

In the afternoon of that day.

A hidden waterway was found.

Cheng Han rushed to the scene and sensed it for a moment, saying a prophecy, "I sense the breath of death."

If someone else said this, they would definitely be considered crazy.

But when it came from the mouth of a genius teenager, it made Ao Feng decide to find out more at all costs.

The Black Armor Army urgently brought a tool and drilled into the terrifying underground lake.

And then.

The situation completely exploded.

The guardian Xuan Shi of the city personally arrived on the scene and used Xuan magic to blast open the underground lake.

After confirmation, it was determined that the white bone shrines at the bottom of the lake were part of an evil longevity ritual.

In other words, sacrificing the lives of ordinary people to build white bone shrines allowed the sacrificer to age slower and gain additional spiritual power.

The guardian Xuan Shi also concluded that the purpose of the sacrificer was most likely to challenge the Xuan Shi checkpoint.

The final part was quite simple.

The guardian Xuan Shi brought in a Xuan formation and conducted a trace back, finding the real culprit - the director of the patrol office, Huang Xiansheng.

After a round of interrogation, everything was revealed.

It turned out that this person was already in his sixties and his soul was on the verge of decline. He was unwilling to accept his remaining years and had secretly conducted these evil rituals for the past six years.

According to reason, with so many missing people, it was necessary to report to the Black Armor Army to prevent any cultists from conducting blood sacrifices that could endanger the safety of the entire city.

But as the director of the patrol office, Huang Xiansheng quietly suppressed these matters and regularly burned certain scrolls and records.

However.

The long-term evil rituals had caused significant problems with his spiritual power.

In a recent hunting incident, Huang Xiansheng lost control.

He brutally killed several passersby, dismembered their bodies, and devoured their organs.

And this scene happened to be witnessed by a group of patrol officers.

Unable to kill them all to keep it a secret, Huang Xiansheng was forced to jump into the waterway and escape.

Thus, the case of the aquatic extraordinary creature cannibalism was exposed.

Regarding this, Cheng Han could only sigh deeply, "Uncontrolled desires are the most terrifying strangeness."

In the history of Taian Little Spirit Realm, there were only a few cases of strangeness where more than two hundred people were killed.

Huang Xiansheng alone had the souls of two hundred and twenty-seven people in his hands!

(End of this chapter)