603: Section 603

Their retreat was also completely cut off.

Until the dawn broke.

A touch of soft morning light broke through the thick clouds and spilled onto the streets of Xinghai City.

Inside an old residential complex.

Li Xuewen gasped for air, his body and face covered in dried blood.

It was impossible to tell which was his and which belonged to others.

He leaned against the wall, his body extremely weak.

There was no color left on his pale face.

Just then, a cleaner wearing a uniform was sweeping the ground with a broom.

Suddenly, she lowered her head and saw drops of blood stretching out into the distance.

People living in the Old District were actually long accustomed to this.

Basically, every night, someone would die a miserable death.

They either died in the jaws of a Yao Beast, ending up as a midnight snack.

Or they were killed by human hands.

Regardless of how they died, the Public Security Bureau would always attribute it to a Yao Beast.

Solving the case? That was impossible.

At most, they would come to investigate the scene and then collect the corpse.

If there were family members to claim it, they would let the family take it away.

If no family claimed it, it would be directly cremated.

The cleaner followed the bloodstains for a distance.

Until she slowly raised her head and looked forward along the blood trail.

There, surprisingly, was a patch of weeds.

In the waist-high weeds, there seemed to be a shadow moving.

And the blood led right into it.

Seeing this, the cleaner's pupils gradually dilated.

Finally, fear overcame her reason, and she screamed as she ran away into the distance.

Half an hour later.

Two police cars from the Public Security Bureau arrived at the residential complex.

With practiced movements, they quickly cordoned off the area within ten meters of the scene.

When several officers from the Public Security Bureau arrived, they saw the cleaner, still shaken, recounting what she had just discovered.

"I, I just saw these bloodstains leading into the weeds over there. I saw with my own eyes something move inside, and it was still alive. I, I was so scared that I thought it was a Yao Beast, so I ran away immediately..."

After hearing her out, the officers walked towards the weeds.

When they got close, they saw a person leaning against the wall.

They had long since stopped breathing.

"The person is dead!"

"Wait, this person looks familiar? Hmm, isn't he Li Xuewen?"

"It really is Li Xuewen. How did he die?"

After the Public Security Bureau officers recognized whose corpse it was, they were all quite shocked.

Thus, while they had someone collect the body, they immediately called Captain Tang Zhan.

Meanwhile.

Military District Command Center.

Lin Yi, Captain Tang Zhan, Regimental Commander Luo, and Wei Shang were there.

They were currently organizing the cleanup of the remaining Blood Handprint members.

"Contact the reporters, the more the better!"

"Spread the news of Lin Yu's death!"

"Beat the grass to startle the snakes, see how many snakes we can flush out. Catch them one by one as they come out!"

"If anyone resists arrest, execute them on the spot!"

After Lin Yi finished speaking, everyone else nodded.

Captain Tang Zhan volunteered, "I'll contact the reporters. I know some of the TV stations and media outlets in Xinghai City. If I give them this news, they will definitely be very interested!"

Lin Yi nodded.

Just then, Captain Tang Zhan's phone rang.

Twenty-some minutes later.

Public Security Bureau Headquarters.

Lin Yi, Captain Tang Zhan, and Wei Nan arrived at the morgue.

The moment they saw Li Xuewen's corpse, Lin Yi and Wei Nan couldn't help but furrow their brows deeply.

That pale, bloodless face.

However, it gave Lin Yi and Wei Nan an inexplicable sense of unfamiliarity.

"Just how great was the temptation to make them willing to risk everything and work for the Blood Handprint?"

"Even going so far as to harm their own families..."

Wei Nan's eyes turned slightly red.

After all, the person lying here was once their friend.

After just one year, such a huge change had occurred.

Lin Yi sighed softly and said, "When one's beliefs are shattered, it's easy to go down the wrong path!"

"If it weren't for the problem with his leg!"

"Perhaps he would already be in the New District by now!"

Recalling the meeting with Li Xuewen a few days ago.

The things he said were actually half-truth and half-lie.

There were truths and there were lies.

But his obsession with the Martial Arts University had never faded.

Perhaps this was the culprit that changed his fate.

Failing to get into the Martial Arts University as he wished.

He failed his parents, failed himself, and even more so, failed those eighteen years.

Which caused him to become disheartened about hope.

He could have taken his family to live in the New District and enjoy a better environment.

Yet now, he could only end up in the Old District, mixing with the Public Security Bureau.

Being with those incompetent people.

For him, it was even more of a pain and torture.

Perhaps this was exactly why Li Xuewen couldn't see any hope for the future.

And thus his beliefs were completely shattered.

He willingly fell into depravity and became a member of the Blood Handprint.

"Perhaps other Blood Handprint members have had similar experiences to Li Xuewen!"

"This is also their main method of recruiting members!"

After Lin Yi finished speaking, Wei Nan didn't speak until Li Xuewen's corpse was pushed back in.

Lin Yi then led Wei Nan away from there.

The moment they walked out of the Police Station building, Wei Nan let out a deep breath.

Looking up at the blue sky, he whispered, "Lin Yi, when do you think there will no longer be a distinction between the New District and the Old District?"

"When everyone can live under the same blue sky, enjoying the soft sunlight and the gentle breeze!"

"Without having to struggle for eighteen years for the Martial Arts Exam!"

"And without having to fight for one's life just to survive?"

Lin Yi turned back and looked at him.

For a long time, he didn't answer.

Because even Lin Yi himself didn't know when the kind of life Wei Nan spoke of would truly be realized.

"Aren't we working towards that direction right now!"