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Xu Wenshan steadied himself and used the Razor to pry open the Charred Corpse's skull, only to be astonished to find a tiny Kodak Film embedded inside. Once developed, it revealed an image of his ancestors from the Republic of China sewing a Rebirth Knot in the mortuary, using the very Bronze Razor he held at that moment.
Just then, the dome of the Qinghe Town Archive suddenly collapsed, and a torrential rain mixed with Sophora Tree leaves rushed into the basement. Xu Wenshan stumbled backward within the Coffin Formation, and the crushed remnants of the town's records floated into the air, reassembling into a complete Yin Yang Contract. When he pressed his bloodied palm onto the center of the contract, all the coffin lids exploded simultaneously, and the Forty-Nine Cocooned Infants, connected by their umbilical cords, wove a Rebirth Knot that enveloped the entire town.
At midnight, as he prepared to burn the contract, Xu Wenshan struggled to climb up to the bell tower. Upon touching the lightning rod, the bronze bell emitted a doomsday-like roar. He pulled out half of a Police Badge that Chen Yu had pressed into his hand before self-immolating. When he placed the Police Badge against the base of the lightning rod, the entire electrical system of Qinghe Town suddenly overloaded, projecting a star map of the Rebirth Formation into the air.
"It’s time to end this," Xu Wenshan declared as he hurled the Bronze Razor into the storm clouds. The blade absorbed a bolt of lightning and transformed into a Azure Dragon that lunged at the Coffin Formation. In the downpour, he tore apart the Yin Yang Contract; as the paper scraps touched the lightning, all Forty-Nine Cocooned Infants ignited simultaneously.
The flames illuminated the missing final chapter of the town records: "Xu Time Criminal Investigator feeds his soul to the knife; Hai Time Rebirth Formation breaks; Midnight Eternal Night of the Green River." Chen Yu's Virtual Shadow suddenly materialized in the lightning, his remnants morphing into a human-shaped lightning rod. When the ninth bolt struck his raised severed arm, all Gray-White Strands ignited in mid-air, forming a purifying rain of fire that covered the entire town.
Xu Wenshan saw within the burning Rebirth Knot that generations of Chen Family souls were tearing at each other as they fell into an abyss. When firefighters found Xu Wenshan, he was kneeling among the wreckage of the bell tower, cradling a completely carbonized Bronze Razor. As dawn pierced through the clouds, cracks suddenly appeared on its blade, revealing a brand-new Police Badge inside—its number exceeded current systems by forty-nine digits, with "Bing Shen Year Midnight Rebirth" engraved on its back.
The Evidence Department sifted through ashes to uncover a fragment of Thunderstruck Sophora embedded with an unburnt wedding invitation among its growth rings. Under ultraviolet light, two new lines emerged clearly: "Xu Wenshan, born in Bing Shen Year Midnight; Chen Yu, perished in Bing Shen Year Midnight." When the Old Forensic Doctor touched its wooden grain, an electric shock surged through him; he quickly withdrew his hand—those were not growth rings but infinite symbols woven from Hair.
Three months later on Zhongyuan Night, Xu Wenshan stood before the newly erected Qinghe Monument. An electronic screen displayed results from a campaign against organized crime and evil, while his shadow suddenly split under the moonlight. The Virtual Shadow of Hair Combing Old Woman pressed against his right shoulder; amidst the rustling sound of her wooden comb scraping against his scalp, a bloodied infinity symbol emerged on the ground.
His phone suddenly received a multimedia message from an unknown number. Opening it revealed a yellowed old photograph: Xu Mingde from the Republic of China era stood at what was once the monument's site, standing over a Lipstick Coffin. The edge of the photo bore blood-written words: "Life not yet finished; seven lives continued."
Xu Wenshan ignited the photograph and tossed it into the night sky, the flames twisting in the wind to form the shape of the Rebirth Knot.
As he reached for his sidearm, he suddenly noticed an inscription on the inner side of the trigger guard.
Xu Wenshan's pupils constricted; this was indeed his signature from three days ago on the case report.
As the night breeze scattered the ashes, fragments of the Zhenhun Bell glimmered beneath the base of the monument, resembling a blood-red pupil that would never close.
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