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At three in the morning, the world was silent, and the entire Yun City was enveloped in tranquility, with only the lights of the forensic center still shining, as if it were the only place in the city that remained awake.
Su Mu stood before the autopsy table, his fingertips trembling slightly, as if he could feel the coldness of the stainless steel surface.
On the table lay a man, his face serene, as if he were merely asleep.
However, if one overlooked the Y-shaped suture line on his chest, he was just an ordinary man.
Ye Qiu handed a report to Su Mu, his voice barely above a whisper, as if afraid to break the suffocating silence. "The time of death was within 72 hours." Su Mu took the report, his gaze falling on the cold lines of text, while turmoil raged within him.
"The DNA comparison results..." Ye Qiu paused, taking a deep breath. "It is indeed Uncle Su."
Su Mu's hand jerked violently, and the autopsy knife clattered to the ground with a sharp sound that echoed unnaturally in the stillness.
His eyes were fixed on the bronze family emblem tightly grasped in the corpse's left hand, its coiling double-headed serpent pattern glimmering with an eerie green light.
"Who is lying?" Su Mu murmured to himself. "I am indeed a descendant of the Su Family, but my parents are both adoptive. They told me my biological parents had long passed away. So who is this person lying here, whose DNA matches mine as father and son?"
Thirty years ago, when his father went missing, this emblem had been worn around his neck.
Su Mu remembered clearly; he had been just a child then but had already formed a deep impression of this emblem.
Now, it reappeared before him, bringing with it more mysteries and questions.
"Interesting." Another forensic expert suddenly exclaimed. He deftly used tweezers to gently part the corpse's right ear.
As the ear was exposed, an astonishing discovery unfolded: livor mortis behind the ear displayed a peculiar starburst pattern, resembling countless stars scattered across the night sky.
"This is a sign of prolonged contact with Nether Grass," Dr. Wang's voice was calm and assured, as if he were already accustomed to such findings.
However, the expression of Su Mu, who stood beside him, suddenly changed. He quickly formed a seal and pressed it against the corpse's forehead.
A faint light shot from Su Mu's fingertips and instantly sank into the corpse's brow.
This was the "Qi Identification Technique" from the "Heavenly Medical Codex," a secret art capable of perceiving the breath of life within a body.
With his eyes tightly closed, Su Mu focused intently on sensing the lingering aura within the corpse's seven orifices.
Suddenly, Su Mu's eyes snapped open, revealing a hint of shock in his voice. "Someone is using his body to raise a Gu!"
Before he could finish speaking, a harsh scraping sound erupted from the cold storage cabinet, as if something was desperately struggling to escape.
Ye Qiu and Su Mu turned sharply, only to see three corpses draped in white cloth slowly sliding out of the cold storage cabinet.
The foremost corpse was the most bizarre; its fingers curled and stretched in an extremely unnatural manner, scratching deep bloodstains into the frosted metal surface, as if expressing some form of unwillingness and resentment.
"Step back!" Su Mu shouted, swiftly tossing out five yellow talismans.
These talismans flew through the air rapidly, crackling with lightning like a swarm of startled bees, heading straight for the three corpses.
However, just as the Thunder Talismans were about to strike the corpses, a golden needle flew from Su Mu's hand like lightning.
This seven-inch-long needle traced a golden arc in the air and accurately pierced through the corpse's Laogong acupoint.
The corpse, which had been convulsing, suddenly stiffened as if under a binding spell.
Even more astonishing was that the tail of the golden needle began to form a thin layer of ice crystals, as if enveloped by an extremely cold force.
Su Mu's pupils constricted sharply, his voice filled with disbelief. "This is the 'Soul Locking Needle' technique recorded in the Medical Codex..."
Just as Su Mu's words fell, an unexpected event occurred—Father Su, who should have been lifeless on the dissection table, suddenly sat up!
Even more bizarre was that where the sutures had torn apart, instead of blood flowing out as one would expect, a swarm of black beetles surged forth.
These beetles poured out from the corpse's wounds like a tide, as if driven by some unseen force.
Seeing this, Su Mu wasted no time and unleashed the Thunderfire Technique, engulfing the swarm in roaring flames.
The beetles crackled and sizzled in the fire, struggling and writhing, but ultimately unable to escape their fate of being completely incinerated.
However, just when Su Mu thought everything had come to an end, a hoarse voice suddenly emerged from the corpse's throat: "Mu Er... the medical volume is..."
The voice was chilling, as if it came from the depths of hell.
Su Mu stared in shock at the scene before him, momentarily at a loss for what to do.
Meanwhile, in the Qing Song Temple's library at the hour of Chen, Ye Qiu stood before a yellowed copy of "Yunzhou Zhi Yi."
Sunlight streamed through the window onto the pages, stirring up a bit of dust.
Ye Qiu pointed to one page and said to the person beside him, "Look at this—In the twenty-third year of the Republic, the Su Family medical clinic tested medicine on living people; twelve corpses had star-like livor mortis behind their ears."
Upon hearing Ye Qiu's words, Su Mu felt a jolt in his heart.
He hurriedly stepped forward to scrutinize the entry in the book.
When he saw the words "Su Family medical clinic," his expression turned grave.
Instinctively, Su Mu rubbed the engraved mark on his family crest. Suddenly, as if struck by a realization, he pressed the crest against the map location on the page without hesitation.
Surprisingly, the bronze serpent pattern perfectly aligned with the waterways of the old city, and the location indicated by the emblem was precisely in the current demolition zone!
Su Mu furrowed his brow tightly, murmuring to himself, "It's not a drug test..."
As he spoke, he swiftly drew a golden needle and unhesitatingly pierced his fingertip.
A drop of bright red blood fell from his fingertip, landing directly on the family crest.
In an instant, it seemed as if that droplet of blood was consumed by some force, quickly transforming into a dark green hue.
Su Mu stared at the dark green stain, and the doubts in his heart gradually unraveled: "It’s to suppress the water vein's yin eye... My father must have discovered this secret back then..."
Outside the window, thunder roared like a disturbed beast, its deafening growl exploding in the night sky.
The two of them turned their gazes toward the forensic center as if drawn by a magnet.
There, thick smoke billowed up like a ferocious giant beast, clawing its way into the sky.
Ye Qiu's phone suddenly vibrated wildly as if startled by the thunder.
The screen lit up, and a message from Liu flashed before her eyes like a bolt of lightning: "The child has woken up; he is drawing the snake you mentioned."
On the remnants of a wall pierced by rebar, the once pristine surface was now stained a shocking red with blood.
The blood seemed to have a life of its own, winding and flowing across the wall until it coalesced into a bizarre image—twisted symbols danced grotesquely in the bloodstains like cursed demons.
Su Mu's footsteps crunched on the shards of glass scattered across the floor, producing a crisp sound.
He slowly approached the central altar, each step feeling exceptionally heavy.
Suddenly, he felt as if struck by an invisible force, pressing his hand against his chest.
A burning sensation radiated from his chest; it was the family crest, now glowing with heat as if warning him of impending danger.
In the bronze cauldron on the altar, half of a charred medical tome titled "The Medical Treatise of the Underworld" quietly soaked in a pool of crimson blood, rising and falling with the ripples.
"Your father is very brave," a deep voice emerged slowly from the shadows, like a demon from hell.
Su Mu's gaze shot towards the source of the voice like a bolt of lightning.
A man dressed in a white coat appeared, gliding out of the shadows like a ghost.
On his badge, the words "Judge" were emblazoned in a striking crimson, as if stained with fresh blood.
"Unfortunately, he does not understand that some ailments must be excised along with flesh and blood," the Judge's voice was cold and merciless, as if he held not a scalpel but a ledger of life and death.
He twirled a jade ring on his left hand, which glimmered faintly under the light with an icy sheen.
As he moved, the blood in the cauldron began to churn violently as if boiling, producing bubbling sounds that echoed like the howls of demons from hell.
Seeing this, Su Mu acted without hesitation.
His left hand shot out like lightning, and a golden needle darted straight for the Judge's throat.
At the same time, his right hand swung swiftly, sending a thunder talisman soaring like a burning flame, crashing down towards the Judge with overwhelming force.
However, the Judge did not flinch or evade; instead, a faint smile crept across his lips.
He stood there, allowing Su Mu's attacks to pass through his ethereal form—his true self was merely a reflection cast by the blood in the cauldron!
On the fifteenth of July, the ominous eyes reopened.
On this day, an eerie atmosphere enveloped the hospital ward.
The baby in Liu's arms suddenly burst into laughter, the sound echoing strangely in the silent room.
Both Liu and Su Mu were startled by the unexpected laughter, and they instinctively turned to look at the baby.
The infant's tiny hand clutched tightly at Su Mu's collar, as if trying to convey something important.
A strange feeling surged within Su Mu as he lowered his gaze to meet the baby's eyes, only to catch a fleeting glimpse of a serpentine vertical line darting across the infant's pupils.
At that moment, the surveillance screen in the ward suddenly flickered with static, and then, astonishingly, an image of a young father Su appeared on the screen.
In the footage, father Su looked youthful and handsome, but behind him stood three figures wearing bronze masks.
The masked individuals were tall and imposing, obscuring their true faces; one of them had a mask that seemed to be peeling away, revealing a patch of pale skin underneath.
This bizarre scene left both Su Mu and Liu dumbfounded; they had no idea what was happening.
Meanwhile, the baby continued to giggle, seemingly unfazed by it all.
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