Chapter 593 The Corpse Waxes

It was already late September when I returned to Liancheng again, approaching the National Day.

Time is running like water. In the blink of an eye, it is the National Day again. It has been a full year since the serious crime team of the Liao Provincial Detective Brigade was established.

On National Day last year, Chen Yan attended a commendation ceremony at the Liao Provincial Detective Brigade and took up the post of leader of the serious crime team. Immediately afterwards, he solved a corpse sinking case in a pond in Shen City.

Now, a year has passed. In the past year, Chen Yan has basically maintained a frequency of solving 2 to 3 cases a month, and there has not been a single unsolved case.

This record of solving crimes should be among the best in the national criminal investigation system.

The weather in Liancheng at the end of September is no longer hot, and the cool sea breeze is very comfortable. This season is the best time in Liancheng.

After half a month's rest, Chen Yan's mood had completely adjusted and he once again devoted himself to work with passion.

Boom, boom, boom.

"Please come in."

Chen Yan, who was reading the case report of the grassroots detective team during this period, raised his head and saw Wang Jun from the detective team entering the door.

"Team Chen, the fourth team just reported that a body was found in the water storage tank of a high-rise residential building in the jurisdiction."

"Wu Zhiguo's side? Did you just discover it?"

Wang Jun nodded: "I just discovered it. Captain Wu Zhiguo called me personally. He has now arrived at the scene."

Chen Yan put down the report in his hand and put on his police uniform: "Let's go to the scene."

On the top floor of Building 3 of Shanhe Jiayuan Community, Wu Zhiguo has arrived at the scene with on-site survey personnel.

Lin Sheng and Zhao Ye are being questioned.

Zhao Ye's hands were shaking uncontrollably now: "Before calling the police, Brother Lin and I... Colleague Lin Sheng received a repair call from the owner, saying that there was grease dripping from the faucet at home."

"We have received five or six similar repair reports in the past few days. We initially suspected that there were any debris in the water pipeline, but after a step-by-step inspection of the water pipeline, no abnormal findings were found."

"So Lin Sheng and I suspected that there might be something wrong with the drinking water storage tank on the top floor, and debris might have entered it."

"The two of us came up after getting the keys at the property, intending to open the water storage tank to take a look and check it. When we got to the top floor, we found that the lock of the water storage tank had been damaged and fell to the ground."

On the other side, Lin Sheng was also being questioned: "Water storage tanks are generally inspected regularly. According to regulations, we inspect them twice a year."

"The last inspection was probably in the middle of May this year, about four months ago. Zhao Ye and I also inspected it. The lock must have been in good condition at that time, otherwise we would have discovered it at that time."

"Now that the lock is damaged and has fallen to the ground, someone must have deliberately damaged it, so I asked Zhao Ye to take out his cell phone to record the video, and I opened the top opening of the water tank for inspection..."

Time went back to twenty minutes ago. Zhao Ye turned on his mobile phone and prepared to record. Lin Sheng put on his gloves and opened the opening on the water tank.

"Brother Lin, have you discovered anything?"

Lin Sheng was in front and Zhao Ye was behind, so Zhao Ye couldn't see clearly what was going on in the water tank at the first time.

Lin Sheng shook his head: "You can't see clearly, but there is no smell inside. There should be no small animals dead inside. Please pass the flashlight to me."

"okay."

Zhao Ye handed the flashlight to Lin Sheng and looked into the water tank himself. The video on his cell phone in his right hand was still open.

The flashlight flickered, and the water inside was as calm as a mirror: "Brother Lin, you can't see anything."

As he spoke, Zhao Ye also shrugged his nose: "It seems there is nothing strange about it."

Lin Sheng nodded, put his flashlight into the water jar, and checked again: "There should be nothing wrong inside, but I don't know who broke the lock."

While speaking, Lin Sheng was about to raise his head when his flashlight shined directly below his sight, and there seemed to be a vague shadow.

Zhao Ye's sharp eyes spotted it immediately: "Brother Lin, please see if there is anything in the water?"

"thing?"

Lin Sheng looked again and followed Zhao Ye's gaze. The calm water surface clearly reflected Lin Sheng's face like a mirror: "Are you dazzled? Isn't it just the two of us? How can there be... ah!"

thump!

The flashlight fell and caused a handful of water splashes. Lin Sheng and Zhao Ye looked in horror at a human face breaking the calm water surface in the water tank, and fell to the ground in fear.

"Call the police! Call the police! Call the police!"

Twenty minutes later, Wu Zhiguo arrived at the scene.

"Zhao Ye and I are sure we saw a human face, very clear."

Zhao Ye's inquiry is over.

"Team Wu, Zhao Ye insisted that it was not an illusion. He and Lin Sheng saw a face indeed emerging from the water."

"Didn't they keep recording with their mobile phones? Did they capture anything?"

"No, they were frightened at the time. When Lin Sheng's flashlight fell into the water, Zhao Ye's cell phone also fell outside, so nothing was recorded."

"Captain Wu, do you think we should turn on the water and check it?"

Wu Zhiguo nodded, that was all he could do now.

After Wu Zhiguo arrived at the scene, he arranged for Zhao Ye and Lin Sheng to be questioned separately.

The two men's confessions were very consistent, and they were sure they saw a human face inside the water tank.

However, when Wu Zhiguo and others arrived at the scene, they found nothing in the water storage tank.

The only way now is to drain the water in the water storage tank and thoroughly check if there is anything abnormal inside the water storage tank.

Draining the water storage tank is not troublesome. There is a drain valve on the top floor. As long as the water inlet is closed and the drain valve is opened, the water in the water storage tank can be quickly drained.

However, residents on the upper floors of this building will have their water cut off for a short period of time.

"This will allow the property management company to send a notice of temporary water outage in Building 3 in the community group, and then empty the water storage tank."

"yes!"

Notifications were quickly issued and the water storage tanks were quickly emptied.

As a result, it didn't matter that the emptying occurred, and the detectives who investigated the scene were quite frightened.

Lin Sheng and Zhao Ye did not lie. Inside the water tank was not just a human face, but a corpse.

It's just that this corpse is different from the corpses everyone found before.

The whole corpse felt crystal clear, as if the whole body was sealed with beeswax.

"The corpse turns to wax!"

The person responsible for investigating the scene determined at first glance why the body was in this condition.

Since it was a murder case, the detectives present at the scene were all top-notch, but this was the first time these people had seen a corpse that had turned into wax.

Wu Zhiguo frowned. He had heard about corpses turning into wax, but he had never seen one before.

Just when everyone was in shock, Chen Yan arrived.

The body had been taken out of the water tank and placed on the rooftop of the top floor.

"Captain Chen, you are here."

Seeing Chen Yan's arrival, Wu Zhiguo finally breathed a sigh of relief: "The body was found in the water storage tank. We just took the body out of the water storage tank."

"The report was made by two maintenance workers of the property. In the past two days, the property owner has received maintenance calls one after another, saying that oil and wax substances were dripping from the faucets at home, and then the body was discovered when the water storage tank was inspected."

Wu Zhiguo gave Chen Yan a brief report on the general situation of the case.

"And because the body was soaked in water for a long time, there was a certain waxing phenomenon."

"The corpse waxes?"

Chen Yan was slightly startled: "Are you sure the corpse has turned into wax?"