There were thirty-one bodies lying in the salon. The cause of death was the same. Shrivelled up brains rotting prematurely. Everything was the same. There were no traces left by the culprit. 

As he looked at the dead bodies, a chill ran down his spine. Xia Lei knew who the killer was, yet he had no way of solving this problem. 

Standing from the perspective of justice, conscience and law, he should tell them the truth.

However, his better judgement refrained him from doing so. Zhu Xuanyue was a non-human presence that was involved in the secret of the ancient alloy and AE capsule. More importantly, he had the looming threat of the black-robed man. The man had said that he would return three years later to kill him. Zhu Xuanyue was the only person who could defend him. It was obvious she would help him when the time came. 

Solving the secret of the ancient alloy and AE capsule was his life’s wish. For now, he could...