We both thought we were going to fall at that moment, but the stairs were completely fine. Instead, a mocking voice immediately came from upstairs: "Haha, did the two officers scare you? Well, sorry about that, haha, that was just a sound effect, not real! Not real!"
"Jile Feng Man Lou, don't think I don't know you're not really here. You're quite clever, daring to trick us into coming here, but your little plan won't last long!"
"Oh? So Officer He, you knew all along? But that makes it even more interesting. Do you know where I am?"
"No, but we'll find out!"
"How will you find me, relying on my voice alone? Hahaha!"
"We'll find a way!" I replied as I reached the top of the rope. Liu Yuning followed close behind, and I pulled her up.
No sooner had we tried to stand up than we hit the ceiling. The place had a triangular roof, and at this height, we could only walk with our backs bent. As we carefully moved forward in the darkness, a strange thumping sound came from a gap ahead. I raised my gun, almost pulling the trigger, but Liu Yuning held me back, saying, "Aren't you afraid of being tricked again?"
I didn't shoot, but stumbled a few steps forward. Liu Yuning, not slowing down, crashed into my back. Feeling the softness of her chest against me, I couldn't think of anything else, because a bloody human head rolled towards us!
The head was bald, smooth, and appeared to be a man's. As it rolled towards us, I heard a loudspeaker announcing six minutes. Time passed so quickly. I suspected Jile Feng Man Lou had tampered with the timer, otherwise, time wouldn't have advanced so rapidly under normal circumstances.
Sure enough, in less than a minute, the announcement switched to four minutes. I cursed and sped up, ignoring the head. Fortunately, Liu Yuning was quite brave and hurried to keep up.
We continued for some distance and found ourselves at the top of the pavilion. Didn't Jile Feng Man Lou say he was on the roof? But when we got there, we found a scarecrow tied to a cross, covered in numerous densely packed talismans. As I approached, I noticed some Sanskrit script drawn on them.
I vaguely recalled seeing these characters in a previous case. This made me wonder if members of the organization liked to use this script as their symbol.
I took pictures of the script. Time was running out, and I figured I wouldn't find Jile Feng Man Lou. This game was a trap; he wasn't really here.
As time neared its end, I wasn't afraid. Instead, I angrily cursed, "Jile Feng Man Lou, what kind of rotten game have you designed? This is impossible to achieve. Do you think this is meaningful? Knowing it couldn't be completed, why even challenge us? I've never met anyone as bored as you! Do you really think these live broadcasts are so exciting? To all my fans out there, this is an utterly boring, trash game, completely unfair and worthless. Only a fool would come up with something like this!"
My cursing was deliberate, but Jile Feng Man Lou seemed furious. "What nonsense is this, Detective God? The games I design are naturally the most exciting. Look at my fans, how much they've rewarded me!"
"That's not because your broadcasts are exciting; it's because they're as twisted as you are! You freaks, who have no meaning in this world, might as well die. Why are you still out there harming people?"
"Say another word, and don't think you're safe just because you're here. I'm telling you, there's no signal even where you are. You'll starve to death and turn into two white skeletons!"
"Is this your so-called exciting broadcast? Utter garbage!" Liu Yuning, for some reason, started cursing in my tone.
I usually thought she wouldn't utter such vulgarities, and I looked at her in surprise. To my shock, she stuck out her tongue at me, looking gloating.
This girl was quite cute sometimes.
Hearing our incessant curses, Jile Feng Man Lou grew even more enraged. "You two cops, you just wait. I won't spare you. I'll make you kneel and lick my shoes!"
"Lick your grandma! Even dogs wouldn't spare a scoundrel like you!"
We continued to curse. Suddenly, with a bang from behind, a strange sound echoed. We turned around and saw that several bottles that had been placed there had shattered. At the same time, streams of blue poisonous mist surged towards us!
Fortunately, Liu Yuning and I were prepared and put on our gas masks. Although our presence here seemed impulsive, we had made many preparations!
Seeing that the time was right, I shouted, "He Xin, you can make your move!"
Upon hearing these words, Jile Feng Man Lou was astonished. His voice trembled, "What, Detective He, what did you just say?"
"Don't you understand yet?" As soon as I finished speaking, the sound of dense police sirens erupted around the pavilion. The reinforcements had arrived. Soon, the pavilion was completely surrounded by our police force. He Xin emerged, surrounded by several technical officers, and threw two grappling hooks towards us, which we caught.
As we descended using the grappling hooks, the police had already breached the surrounding walls. While He Xin was scanning the area with a strange rectangular device, I asked her, "What is that?"
"This is a metal detector. I need to find the equipment used for the live broadcast!"
With it, there was no need to search randomly. Indeed, a few minutes later, He Xin found a camera at the head of the female corpse at the base of the pavilion, and then a repeater on the floor near the head.
As she placed the repeater in an evidence bag, she suddenly seemed to have an epiphany. "The signal range of this device is only 500 meters. It seems Jile Feng Man Lou is nearby!"
Upon hearing this, Li Fan and others immediately dispersed to search for Jile Feng Man Lou, and Liu Yuning and I followed suit!