Chapter 110: The Headless Corpse Case

  After finishing "The Legend of the Condor Hero", Tang Xiao Sheng only did two things. One was to find the person who cut off the steel wire, and the other was to cultivate his martial arts skills.

  With his current martial arts skills, if placed in the modern society of the 21st century, he would absolutely be considered a top-notch master, and very few modern people could be his match.

  He now knows that apart from Little Dragon Girl and Guo Xiang, there are actually other crossers on earth. Suddenly, he has a sense of insecurity, because he doesn't know whether these crossers are friends or foes, and how high their martial arts skills are.

  To protect himself, he decided to seize the time to practice his martial arts diligently, just in case. As for his idea, Little Dragon Maiden also fully agreed with it. They then accompanied Guo Xiang during the day at the Beijing Wujing Hospital in search of cross-dressers, and practiced the "Jade Maiden Heart Scripture" together at night.

  For Tang Xiang, practicing the Jade Maiden Heart Scripture not only increased his power, but also had another benefit. After finishing the exercise, due to the whole body's heat and steam, he would feel dizzy. This way, after finishing the exercise, he didn't have the energy to do anything else, so Tang Xiang didn't have to worry about Little Dragon Girl asking him to fulfill his marital duties.

  They spent their days searching for people and their nights practicing their skills, and two whole months passed like this. And in those two months, they hadn't found any news about the crosser. Until July 18th, a terrible murder case happened.

  On that morning, in a luxurious hotel in Beijing, a female servant fainted when she opened a room on the seventh floor. Because she found two corpses lying on the bed in the room, one male and one female, both naked.

  What's most shocking is that both of these corpses had their heads missing, only the bodies remained, they were truly headless corpses!

  Bright red blood flowed from the twisted neck, the white bed sheet was a dazzling crimson, and on the floor beside the bed, there was also a large pool of blood.

  After discovering the tragedy in the hotel room, the hotel manager immediately reported to the police. The Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau's Criminal Police Brigade also rushed to the scene of the crime, and among them was Lin Shishi.

  After some investigation and inquiry, the police found that both victims were guests of the hotel. The man was 42 years old, the boss of Jinghua City Jinling Electronics Co., Ltd., a multimillionaire. The woman was an ordinary white-collar worker, a mistress kept by the rich man. They came to the hotel for an illicit affair, but unexpectedly, such a heinous murder case occurred.

  The forensic pathologist was astonished to find, after examining the neck wounds of the two headless corpses, that their heads seemed not to have been cut off with a sharp instrument, but rather twisted off. This discovery left the forensic pathologist perplexed.

  Because if a person does not use a knife, but only uses their bare hands to completely twist off someone's neck and take down the head, the strength required is extremely surprising, and ordinary people simply cannot do it.

  What's even more bizarre is that the severed heads of these two headless corpses were not found in the room, as if they had been taken away by someone. However, after the police retrieved the surveillance footage from the hotel on the night of the incident, it was discovered that except for the two deceased, no one else had entered this guest room.

  This case has become a cold case and the police almost don't know how to start investigating.

  Who is the killer?

  How did the killer kill them?

  Why did the killer twist off the victim's head?

  What method did the killer use to twist off the head?

  Where is the victim's head now?

  Countless similar questions are also in front of them, and the police feel that this case is very tricky. Therefore, an emergency task force was immediately set up to thoroughly investigate the case.

  This heinous murder case has caused widespread concern in all sectors of society, with everyone accusing the perpetrator of being cold-blooded and brutal. Various speculations about the reasons behind the murder have also been put forward.

  Tang Xiaosheng also saw relevant reports in the media. After learning about the case, the first word that flashed through his mind was "traveler".

  This headless corpse case is really too bizarre, it's almost impossible for an ordinary person to complete such a murder program, but if the murderer is a traverser with extraordinary martial arts skills, then it's much easier.

  To get to the bottom of things, Tang Xiaosheng found Lin Shishi, the criminal police officer in charge of the case, and with her help, obtained several photos of the murder victims.

  Xiaolongnv also saw these photos, after carefully identifying the wounds on the deceased's neck, she came to a conclusion: the victim's skull was shattered by someone using internal force!

  In this way, the identity of the murderer can be basically determined, and it is indeed a traverser! And the inner strength of this traverser is not weak either!

  But who is this time-traveler? Is he the same person as the one who cut off the steel wire on the set of "The Heroic Shooting"? What is the purpose of this time-traveler?

  Similar questions began to revolve in Tang Xiaosheng's mind, and after the murder case occurred, he thought about these problems almost every day, not daring to slack off. Because he knew that there were not only traversers on earth, but also these traversers might come with malicious intentions, otherwise they would not have created such a cruel and insane murder case.

  Just as he hadn't found any leads yet and the police investigation had made no progress, similar murders occurred one after another.

  On the third day, July 21st, another headless corpse appeared in a commercial building in the center of Beijing City. The victim's head was still missing and the deceased was identified as the boss of a food company in Beijing City.

  On July 23, a black sedan on Heping Road was found to have a corpse inside, also with the head severed and missing. The deceased was identified as the deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Finance Bureau.

  On July 24, another headless corpse appeared in a private mansion in the suburbs of Beijing, and the deceased was the boss of a real estate company in Beijing.

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  Like this, almost every one or two days, Jinghua City has one or two headless corpses. The death characteristics of the deceased are also exactly the same, all with their heads twisted off alive and then taken away. From the modus operandi, the murderer should be the same person.

  One headless corpse after another appeared, making the entire city of Jinghua anxious, many citizens dared not go out, some schools temporarily stopped classes, some shops temporarily stopped business, and even many people directly sold their houses in the urban area and left this strange city.

  But more anxious than ordinary citizens are some people in high society. Because in the following two months, a total of 49 headless corpses appeared in Beijing. After the police investigated and analyzed the identities of the victims, they found a phenomenon: those who were killed by the murderer were either officials or rich businessmen, with no ordinary citizens.

  This way, many officials and wealthy businessmen in the capital felt tremendous pressure, living on tenterhooks every day, as if they themselves might become the killer's next victim.

  Several officials may have been under too much psychological pressure and could not hold on, so they resigned voluntarily. Some rich people also spent all their wealth to leave the city of Beijing.

  Seeing the entire city of Jinghua in chaos, Tang Xiaosheng's heart was also impossible to be calm. The situation was worse than he had imagined. This cold-blooded traverser had caused the entire city to lose its normal order.

  For safety's sake, he, Little Dragon Girl and Guo Xiang lived together every day, almost inseparable. In case they encountered this ruthless killer from another world, they could take care of each other.

  Although life seems to be in a mess, there is still good news.

  On October 30th, after several months of post-production, the TV series "The Legend of Archery Hero" finally officially met with the audience and premiered on Beijing Television's Metropolitan Channel at 8 pm.

  Due to the headless corpse case, many citizens of Jinghua City have reduced their outdoor recreational activities and stayed at home watching TV. The broadcast of "The Legend of the Condor Hero" has provided them with an excellent way to kill time. Many citizens have been looking forward to this TV series for a long time, and the reason is none other than Tang Xiaosheng.

  Last year, by the end of the year, when Tang Xiaosheng was still in a mental hospital, he had already become a focus figure in Beijing City. News reports about him emerged like a flood, and the name "Tang Xiaosheng" had long been spread throughout every street and alley.

  After Tang Xiaosheng left the mental hospital, he became a synonym for "King of Acting". Many citizens were eager to see him act, but unfortunately, there was no video or film data starring him that could be found online.

  Now that "The Legend of the Condor Hero" is showing, these citizens finally got what they wanted and are eager to see how Tang Xiaosheng portrays the silly and honest Guo Jing in "The Legend of the Condor Hero".

  After "The Legend of the Condor Hero" was broadcast, the effect was also unexpectedly good, with ratings soaring all the way, and it took less than two days to steadily take the crown of Beijing TV's ratings champion.

  At the same time, on various media platforms, whether it's online forums or newspapers and magazines, comments about this TV series are also increasing. And for the quality of this play, most netizens have given extremely high praise.

  In a related vote on Sohu.com, more than 80% of the over 47,855 netizens who participated in the vote thought that the new version of "The Legend of the Condor Hero" was good or very good. On Douban.com, netizens also gave high scores to the new version of "The Legend of the Condor Hero", with an average score of 9.1!

  The audience responded strongly to this TV series, and naturally, Tang Xiaosheng and Guo Xiang, the male and female leads, became the focus of media attention. Their performances in the play were also widely praised.

  If Tang Xiao Sheng's successful portrayal of Guo Jing was expected by the audience, then Guo Xiang's outstanding performance as Huang Rong was beyond their expectations. Many people were curious about where this lovely and clever little girl came from, and Guo Xiang's popularity soared with the broadcast of the TV series.

  Apart from discussing Tang Xiao Sheng and Guo Xiang, there is another topic that has attracted a lot of attention, which is the martial arts design in this TV series.

  Although the martial arts film has a history of nearly a hundred years and countless films have been shot, the action design of Tang Xiaosheng's version of "The Legend of the Condor Hero" is still refreshing and eye-catching to everyone. Because they had never seen such an action design before.

  These martial arts designs were compiled by Xiaolongnu based on the essence of Jiuyin Zhenjing, and are truly practical moves that not only have a high entertainment value but also possess great practicality in actual combat. Many citizens who watched the TV series "The Legend of the Condor Hero" even imitated the martial arts movements from the show.

  Those interested in these novel martial arts designs are not only ordinary citizens, but also many action stars in the film and television industry. Because they have already vaguely realized that the thinking behind these martial arts designs is very forward-looking, and may bring about a revolutionary reform to the entire action movie market.

  Whether from the audience's reaction, or from media reports, whether from TV ratings, or from peers in the film and television industry, the Tang Xiaosheng version of "The Legend of the Condor Hero" has undoubtedly been a success.

  On the tenth day after the TV series was broadcast, Director Zhang Zhi-zong held a celebration banquet at a large hotel near Jinghua Film and Television City to celebrate the achievements of the play. Tang Xiao-sheng, Guo Xiang, and Little Dragon Girl were invited to attend, and the three went to the banquet together that evening.

  At the celebration banquet, in addition to the main creators of "The Legend of Archery", there were also many well-known figures from the film and television industry who attended, but the biggest focus of attention was Tang Xiaosheng.

  As everyone knows, Donnie Yen is not only the male lead of this TV series but also its martial arts consultant. Those impressive fight choreographies in the show were designed by him.

  Although these martial arts designs were actually designed by Little Dragon Girl, her identity was that of a rich girl. If she suddenly knew how to design martial arts moves, it would be easy for people to speculate. To avoid unnecessary trouble, from start to finish, she never exposed the fact that she knew martial arts, and the outside world thought that the martial arts designs were Tang Xiaosheng's achievement.

  At the banquet, Tang Xiaosheng also met martial arts director Wu Gang. Since that trial, the two became friends regardless of age. Wu Gang introduced several well-known martial arts instructors in the film and television industry to Tang Xiaosheng, who were all very interested in Tang Xiaosheng's martial arts design.

  The celebration banquet lasted until 10 pm, and Tang Xiaosheng's trip was not in vain. Not only did he show off his skills, but he also got to know many familiar celebrities in the film and television industry.

  After the banquet, Tang Xiaosheng, Little Dragon Girl and Guo Xiang returned to their residence in Jiayuan Community together.

  When they opened the door and walked into the house, they were instantly stunned.

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