The matter has become a big deal, and there is more than one person!

Lin Yuan smiled faintly and explained, "It's very simple!"

"The texture of ashes is relatively light; they've all been burned. If what I had in my hand were ashes, your breath just now would have almost completely blown them away."

"But concrete has a harder and heavier texture because its composition is completely different from ashes."

"So even if you blow hard, it's difficult to blow it all away."

Upon hearing this, Team Chen carefully examined Lin Yuan's palm and fell into deep thought.

"Hiss~~ According to what you're saying, it really does make some sense~~", he said.

Lin Yuan nodded with a smile, "Besides that, there's one last, and easiest, point to distinguish: the smell!"

"Ashes themselves don't have a distinct smell, while concrete is a chemical product. If you smell it carefully, you can detect a clear chemical odor."

After speaking, he looked at Team Chen and raised an eyebrow, "How about you smell it!"

Hearing this, Team Chen's eyes widened, and he sharply inhaled a cold breath.

He glanced at the Police Officers next to him, only to find that they had all quietly retreated a few steps.

Looking at the grayish-white substance in Lin Yuan's hand, he felt his head ache.

Make him smell it?

If it was really concrete, that would be fine; at most, he'd inhale some dust, which is harmless to the body.

But if it was ashes...

Just thinking about inhaling ashes into his stomach, he probably wouldn't be able to eat for the rest of the month.

But at the moment, Lin Yuan had already spoken. As the captain, he could only lead by example, with nowhere to hide.

At this moment, he regretted it!

He regretted teasing Lin Yuan twice.

Now, the retribution had arrived.

In his opinion, this was Lin Yuan's open plot, a straightforward kind of revenge.

In fact, he was overthinking it; Lin Yuan had no intention of taking revenge on him right now.

He just wanted to prove that what he threw earlier was not ashes, but concrete.

If that were the case, he wouldn't have to face accusations from the funeral home and the family members.

However, he still hadn't figured out why there was concrete inside. Perhaps it was a mistake, or perhaps there was an unknown secret hidden within.

After a few seconds ofstunned, Team Chen smiled wryly, lowered his head, and leaned close to Lin Yuan's palm, smelling it in front of everyone.

However, the next second!!

Team Chen's pupils suddenly contracted, his expression instantly turned to shock, and he stood frozen in place as if fixed.

The others, seeing this, realized something was wrong and focused intently on the changes in Team Chen's expression.

In their view, after Team Chen froze for two seconds, his eyes seemed filled with uncertainty.

Then he actually brought his nose even closer to Lin Yuan's palm and sniffed hard.

At this moment, the air seemed to solidify, and everyone's heartbeats paused.

Team Chen's face grew increasingly serious, his brows furrowed, and his eyes revealed an indescribable astonishment.

He tried to steady his emotions, but his trembling hands could not conceal the turmoil within him.

"This... this is really concrete?" Team Chen's voice trembled, each word seemingly squeezed out from between his teeth.

As soon as these words were spoken, the scene erupted in an uproar, and everyone's faces showed expressions of shock.

They looked at Team Chen, then at Lin Yuan, unable to adapt to this result for a moment.

Lin Yuan stood still, his expression calm, and said, "Based on my analysis just now, it can basically be concluded that it is not ashes."

"But if you want to be 100% sure, you can use tools like an infrared spectrometer or a densimeter to test it, and you'll know if my judgment is accurate!"

At this moment, the netizens in the live broadcast room were all stunned.

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— — [What the hell? It's really concrete? Concrete in an urn? Where are the ashes then? Where did they go? I smell a cover-up here; there must be some unspeakable secret hidden within.]

— — [I'm utterly stunned, he actually managed to turn this around? He's an agent, yet he even knows how to distinguish between ashes and concrete, and he explained it so logically. Seriously, you sell houses; did he used to work at a crematorium or something?]

— — [That's unlikely, right? I think it's more possible that he studied Forensic doctors-related knowledge, but that's too outrageous. This is the first day in my life I've heard someone explain ashes, and it's from a house seller, no less.]

— — [Indeed, don't jump to conclusions too early about things that happen to Lin Yuan; nothing is absolute. Ashes turning into concrete—could that woman also have a twist? Then he'd truly be a Son of Destiny!]

Team Chen took a deep breath, composed himself, and without another word, directly ordered the Police Officer next to him, "Call the bureau and tell them to bring the instruments over immediately for testing."

"Understood!"

At this time, everyone present vaguely felt a sense of unease.

It seemed like just ashes turning into concrete, but the implications behind it were significant.

As the old saying goes, the deceased are paramount!

A person has died, and the only thing left is that urn of ashes.

But now, the ashes have mysteriously disappeared, replaced by concrete to fill the void.

How is this any different from stealing a corpse?

It's fortunate that the family hasn't come to claim it yet. If the family, unaware, came and took it.

Who would open it to see if it was ashes or something else inside?

Even if they did open it, most people wouldn't be able to tell if it was ashes.

That would be too terrifying.

At that time, the unsuspecting family would inevitably bury the concrete-filled urn, for future generations to worship.

But they would never know that what they were worshipping was merely an urn of concrete.

If it weren't for Lin Yuan's accidental encounter with the female ghost today, who used him as a projectile to throw it.

If he didn't happen to know relevant information about ashes.

This secret would be buried forever, undiscovered.

However, this was not the most terrifying part.

After a moment of contemplation, Lin Yuan voiced his biggest doubt, "Team Chen, I'm thinking... is there a possibility..."

Before he finished speaking.

Team Chen immediately interjected, "I know what you're going to say... You're going to ask if all these urns are concrete, right?"

"Yes!" Lin Yuan nodded with a solemn expression, "It can't be such a coincidence that I just happened to get one like this, so I suggest that once the instruments arrive, we open all of them for testing."

"If these are all concrete, then—"

Hiss~~

Lin Yuan didn't finish, but everyone present understood his meaning.

If they were all concrete, then what happened today was no laughing matter.

At a crematorium, the ashes of the deceased had mysteriously disappeared, all replaced by concrete.

Once this news got out, it would surely shake the entire West Sea City, and even the whole country!

It would cause immense shock to society as a whole.

Its impact would certainly be no less than the previous deaf-mute incident, perhaps even far greater.

After all, people live their whole lives, and everyone places great importance on their last rites, hoping to return to their roots.

Now, if someone told them that after death, their ashes would mysteriously disappear, all replaced by concrete.

Then they would probably crawl out of their sickbeds to fight.

As for the family members, there's even less need to say.

When an elder is gone, leaving ashes allows for worship and a sense of remembrance.

But then you tell them they're worshipping concrete.

They would probably feel like dying.

Not only that.

If this matter proved true, who knew how many deceased people's ashes had been replaced with concrete and buried before this.

Perhaps it was just that one, perhaps this batch on the wall cabinet, perhaps all the previous ones...

Once the news spread, how many people would have to dig up their ancestors' graves to see if the ashes were concrete.