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The bomb-proof lights provided by the Provincial Department illuminated the grave pit in a stark white. Chen Yu donned three layers of rubber gloves and began to inspect the Silk Cocoon. Inside the silken strands lay a curled-up fetus, its umbilical cord attached to the Thunderstruck Sophora at the bottom of the coffin.
As he used tweezers to pry open the fetus's eyelids, Forensic Expert Zhang suddenly screamed—reflected in those pupils was a scene from the 1996 teahouse fire, where Zhou Fulai was fleeing with a growing Silk Cocoon in his arms.
"This is not an ordinary fetus," Xu Wenshan said, shining a Purple Light on the body. Underneath the skin, dense inscriptions appeared, "It's a living contract of the Yin Marriage Contract. Using a Police Badge..." He suddenly lunged toward the foot of the coffin and extracted half of a bullet-riddled Police Badge from beneath the Silk Cocoon, its number belonging to Chen Guohua's service weapon from 1996.
Chen Yu's service weapon unexpectedly discharged, and a bullet grazed Xu Wenshan's ear before embedding itself into the coffin. The Silk Cocoon erupted with a bang, and forty-nine Acupuncture Needles shot out, embedding themselves in the bomb-proof shield to form a Bagua Formation.
At the center of this formation, an Acupuncture Needle suddenly softened, pooling on the ground to form blood characters: "Three-Quarter Hour of the Dog, Rebirth Formation activated."
In the Zhen Dong Ancestral Hall, when Xu Wenshan kicked open the decaying Lingxing Gate, all forty-nine soul-calling lamps hanging from above ignited simultaneously. In the firelight, each lampshade was wrapped in human skin, embroidered with Rebirth Knots that were seeping blood.
He lifted a hidden compartment beneath the offering table and found half of a genealogy soaked in blood, where under Zhou Mingde's entry was a fragment of a bullet-riddled Police Badge. Suddenly, his phone received an Encrypted Email; results from the Evidence Department indicated that the DNA of the Silk Cocoon fetus shared 25% similarity with Chen Yu.
Xu Wenshan staggered back and knocked over a bronze cauldron on the Incense Altar; from within its ashes rolled out a Microfilm—when developed, it revealed Chen Guohua handing over his service weapon to Zhou Huaisheng in 1996, while Widow Lin was sewing police uniforms in the background.
"So I am the final sacrifice," Chen Yu's cold laughter echoed from deep within the ancestral hall. He stood before his ancestors' tablets, gripping his grandfather's service weapon in his right hand and holding a dripping Silk Cocoon in his left. "The Zhou family needs the Yang energy of a Criminal Investigation family to activate the Rebirth Formation, while the Chen Family..." The gun barrel suddenly turned toward his temple. "Since the Republic of China era, we have been guardians of this formation."
In an instant of Yin Yang Reversal, Xu Wenshan found himself ensnared by invisible Hair as Widow Lin pressed her scissors against his throat. Zhou Huaisheng emerged from behind the tablets; in his hand, a Wenwan Walnut had cracked into a Lotus Shape, with a fetus curled at its center rapidly aging: "Those born during Xu Time who are Criminal Investigators will sever themselves at the formation's eye; only then can the Rebirth Knot complete its final calamity."
At that moment when Chen Yu pulled the trigger, Xu Wenshan threw out a Carved Wooden Comb. As its teeth pierced through the Silk Cocoon, forty-nine Virtual Shadows of Lipstick Coffins manifested within the ancestral hall. Simultaneously, every Coffin Lid exploded open, each coffin shooting out bloodied Police Badges that formed into seven stars in midair.
Under their starlight, Zhou Huaisheng's chest—stitched with Braids—began to tear apart, revealing beneath it a decayed Republican Era Police Uniform. "Your grandfather was indeed at the formation's eye!" Taking advantage of this moment, Xu Wenshan severed his bindings and raised his Purple Light to illuminate the genealogy. Hidden fluorescent characters appeared: "In Bingzi Year and Hai Hour, Criminal Investigator Chen sacrificed himself; Rebirth Formation activated."
Chen Yu abruptly redirected his gun; a bullet pierced through Zhou Huaisheng’s fetus. Amidst its piercing cries, all Silk Cocoons ignited simultaneously.
As dawn broke through their formation, seven coffins had turned to charred remains. From within the ashes, Chen Yu unearthed a deformed Police Badge that matched perfectly with his grandfather’s service weapon number.
As he wiped the emblem with a cotton swab, the dark red bloodstain formed the last words of Chen Guohua: "Destroy the formation eye, sever the Reincarnation."
Xu Wenshan found a half roll of Kodak Film in the ruins of the ancestral hall. After developing it, the images revealed Zhou Huaisheng and Widow Lin in the police station's archive room, inserting 2016's sewing thread into the 1996 case files. The calendar in the background displayed today's date, while the reflection of the Sophora Tree branches outside formed the character for "death."
" Rebirth Formation hasn't been broken yet." Xu Wenshan pressed a wooden comb into Chen Yu's palm. Suddenly, Comb Teeth pierced through the skin to draw blood. "The Zhou family used a Time-Space Loop to continue the formation; we..." His words were interrupted by the jarring sound of combing hair. In the shadows of the crumbling walls of the ancestral hall, the figure of the Hair Combing Old Woman was solidifying, her hair tips stained with Chen Yu's fresh blood.
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