"It's now--"

"Take action!"

At the moment when Zhong Wei moved, Chu Ling's voice sounded.

Gu Shen adjusted his breathing to the optimal state, and his eyes flashed with sharpness.

He knew... the time had come!

Lowering his hat, Gu Shen moved like a ghost, following the original plan to bypass the surveillance and quickly make his way to the old building. It must be said that Chu Ling's plan was seamless. Not only did it divert the attention of the most troublesome Transcendent, but it also completely attracted the attention of the security personnel!

Gu Shen's infiltration went exceptionally smoothly.

He arrived at the shadowy old building and quickly moved forward, turning and avoiding the surveillance as prompted by Chu Ling. Finally, he arrived at the rooftop corridor protected by a double-layered security line.

One more step forward, and he would reach the crime scene.

Forty hours had passed.

The crime scene was well protected, with almost no objects moved.

"Because of the fire, the original surveillance on the rooftop has been damaged," Chu Ling reminded, "Do you see that pile of wooden boards? The Truth Ruler is buried at the bottom."

Gu Shen nodded, crossed the protective line, and slowly squatted down, putting on gloves and lifting the not-so-thick wooden board.

A silver ruler lay in the dust.

Fortunately, the ruler had not been discovered...

The moment Gu Shen touched the Truth Ruler, he let out a long sigh of relief. He held the ruler, and the previously tense nerves relaxed, as if a clear stream flowed through his heart.

"Phew... it's in my hands."

Gu Shen didn't leave immediately. Instead, he turned around and looked at the corpse just within reach. He silently watched... this Transcendent had long been burned to charcoal by the flames, with his clothes reduced to ashes, leaving only a dried-up and charred skeleton.

"We have the item, we can leave now."

Chu Ling reminded, but Gu Shen didn't move. Instead, he asked in a low voice, "What are the technical methods of the Judgment Bureau?"

The girl was stunned.

"The usual method is to extract DNA from blood, bones, and bodily fluids, and search for the original owner in the Deep Sea database... However, the genes of a life destroyed by Transcendent powers may mutate, rendering this method ineffective," she slowly said, "This time, the Judgment Bureau may dispatch a Transcendent with psychic abilities to conduct a side investigation based on the well-preserved primary crime scene. There are many methods, why are you asking this?"

"Finger bone."

Gu Shen suddenly spoke, "This person's finger bone is missing a section."

Chu Ling was stunned because she couldn't access the surveillance due to its absence. She could only communicate with Gu Shen through voice.

But even if there was video, so what?

Who would notice... that the little finger bone of the charred corpse was missing a section in such a dark environment?

The missing finger bone meant that someone had already taken the crucial evidence from the crime scene in advance.

"It's Mr. Shu," Gu Shen said in a low voice, "The protection on the rooftop was just a cover. The information that should have been extracted has long been taken. He had already set up a trap and was waiting for someone to fall into it."

Since they were prepared... why would the Transcendent guarding the old building leave so easily?

A sentence appeared in Gu Shen's mind.

Let out a long line to catch a big fish.

"Gu Shen, leave here quickly."

Chu Ling's voice suddenly became nervous, "A Transcendent has appeared, no, two! They are approaching here!"

"Heh."

Gu Shen was not surprised. He quickly stood up and came to the rooftop. With a casual glance, he could see the white sheets floating around stained with splatters of crimson blood. It was shocking to the eye, and even he found it hard to believe that he had done such a thing.

No wonder those people from the Judgment Bureau gave him an "S" grade evaluation.

This was indeed something that only a devil could do.

If he guessed correctly, Mr. Shu had taken a section of a severed finger and the blood from the rooftop. These two pieces of evidence were enough to trace the genetic sequence... His coma and the details of his rescue were confidential, and Mr. Shu's arrival at the crime scene was also confidential.

Those guys who wanted to destroy the crime scene and destroy the evidence had no idea about this information and could only passively choose to fight to the death.

The butcher's knife was already raised.

The fish could only accept its fate.

"Splash--"

The wind on the rooftop was chilling.

Gu Shen held the ruler and leaped down. This time, he didn't use too much mental power to imagine a grand scene. He just imagined that there was wind behind him, spreading out like wings.

The ruler emitted a clear sound.

The chilling wind supported his body, gently pushing him a short distance.

The young man glided in the night wind and landed steadily on the rooftop of a slightly shorter old building.

"Gu Shen... you are smarter than I imagined."

After leaving the cramped corridor space, Chu Ling's "vision" widened, and she saw the scene of the young man riding the wind. It was only the second time Gu Shen had used the Truth Ruler, but he had already mastered the trick.

His learning ability was truly astonishing.

After landing, Gu Shen crouched down on the spot, hiding in the darkness.

He grinned, and his complexion became noticeably paler than before.

The sounds from the outside were somewhat harsh at this moment, piercing directly into his mind.

Gu Shen found that he couldn't concentrate for a period of time after using the ruler. His mind was scattered. This should be a side effect of using the ruler, possibly due to his unfamiliarity with it and his insufficient mental power.

After taking a few deep breaths, he managed to adjust his focus.

For him, it wasn't difficult to visualize the scene with great detail. With the ruler in hand, opening it was not a problem.

But the consumption of using the Truth Ruler was a hidden danger.

The use of the "Truth Ruler" was like flipping a switch on an electrical circuit. Even if it was used for just a second... it would consume a considerable amount of mental power.

It had only been a few seconds just now, and he was already feeling a bit overwhelmed?

This wouldn't do!

Gu Shen wondered if Mr. Shu had any special training methods to sharpen his mental power... He made up his mind. The Truth Ruler was now his greatest reliance, his trump card for survival!

After returning, he must improve his mental power in order to better control it.

"You just said... you sensed the approach of a Transcendent?"Gu Shen sat in a dark corner, catching his breath after several minutes.

"Um, yes." Chu Ling's tone was somewhat puzzled, "But these two Transcendents... didn't appear together."

"Of course not..."

Gu Shen chuckled softly, "It seems you're not omniscient after all."

Chu Ling was even more confused.

"The Transcendent left by the Tribunal to guard the town fell for a diversion, but this... is actually a trap." Gu Shen explained succinctly, "When the guardian leaves, the real big fish will show up. And at that time, it's time to cast the net."

Chu Ling finally understood, "You mean... one of the two Transcendents I detected is from the Tribunal?"

"Yes."

"The one who sneaked into the old building ahead probably wanted to destroy the rooftop scene, not knowing that he was already being watched." Gu Shen found it somewhat amusing, "We call this kind of behavior 'fishing law enforcement'."

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Just as he finished speaking.

"Boom--"

Above, at the entrance to the rooftop of the old building, a blast of air exploded.

Two figures, one after the other, crashed out of the narrow rooftop entrance.

Gu Shen hid in the darkness, looking up... He saw a familiar figure in a trench coat, strikingly heroic, wielding two blades, pressing the opponent without any chance to fight back.

["I have important matters tonight, so I won't accompany you."]

So this was the important matter Nanjin was referring to...

Gu Shen breathed a sigh of relief, glad that he had chosen the right timing and escaped in time.

The battle was one-sided.

The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.

Thousands of blade lights bloomed in the dark night.

Accompanied by a furious and piercing scream, the poor mantis was pierced through the shoulder by the oriole's blade and hung in the air above the rooftop.

The trench coat fluttered in the wind.

Nanjin, with her astonishing arm strength, held her blade at a ninety-degree angle, the tip of the blade picking up the struggling man. She spoke softly, "Move again, and I'll kill you."

"Hiss..."

The man gritted his teeth, looking down at the place where he was hanging.

This was eleven stories high... With his current injuries, if he struggled off the blade and fell, he would undoubtedly die.

And this crazy woman, her combat power was too terrifying.

After some consideration, he chose to submit and stopped struggling.

Nanjin expressionlessly shook her blade, a flash of silver light returned to its sheath, and like throwing a sandbag, she harshly threw the crippled Transcendent onto the ground.

"...Hmm?"

She suddenly furrowed her brows, her gaze fixed on a point in the darkness of the adjacent old building.

Why did she feel like someone was watching her?

Nanjin raised her blade again, the tip of the blade pointed at the direction she sensed, a powerful blade intent surged out.

Gu Shen, who had quickly ducked his head behind a large rooftop water tank, suddenly found his breath hitching... Was this woman's sensing ability too strong?

From such a distance, she wouldn't try to throw her blade, would she?

Gu Shen's back was soaked in cold sweat.

His intuition told him that if Nanjin really threw her blade, he might be chopped into pieces.

Fortunately... the overwhelming blade intent hovered for about ten seconds before slowly dissipating.

"Didn't sense the presence of a Transcendent... Was I overthinking?"

Nanjin relaxed her brows, her priority was to take the man in front of her back.

She put away her silver blade, jumped back onto the rooftop, picked up the half-dead man, and said in a low voice, "Come with me."