Chapter 714 - 337: Cooperating with the Police Investigation

Chapter 714: Chapter 337: Cooperating with the Police Investigation

An hour later, night had fully fallen.

The support forces at the foot of the mountain finally arrived on the scene, and the high-powered searchlights illuminated the entire abandoned mine area like daylight.

The forest police officers set up a cordon and began a detailed on-site investigation and evidence securing.

Medical personnel performed emergency treatment on the injured criminals, and then escorted them along with the other offenders onto the police vehicle.

Sun Changji was beyond tears, like a soulless statue, blankly watching the forensic doctor cover his daughter’s body with a white sheet, as two policemen led him away.

Soon, the two soldiers who went to the sniper point also brought back the latest news.

"Report to the captain!" A soldier ran to Yang Zhen, handing over the deformed SVD rifle.

"The sniper has been confirmed dead, and no items were found at the scene to identify the individual."

Yang Zhen furrowed his brow, knowing full well this was a professionally trained person with a strong counter-surveillance sense.

At this time, the leader of the forest police team walked over, gripping Yang Zhen’s hand tightly, overflowing with gratitude.

"Hello, Captain Yang, I’m Li Jian Country, the detective responsible for the 312 poaching case."

"This time, thank you so much! Without your sharp action, who knows what bigger price we’d have to pay to take down this gang that’s been entrenched for years."

Yang Zhen shook his head, not displaying much joy from the victory as he glanced at the dirt road leading out of the mountain, and said in a deep voice, "Unfortunately, the main culprit got away."

"Hehe, he didn’t get away."

"Captain Yang, just as you took down that sniper, our checkpoints deployed at all the exits already received the directive from the command center."

He paused, looked at Yang Zhen, and said, "Half an hour ago, a checkpoint at the far east reported they successfully intercepted a suspect trying to charge through on a three-wheel motorcycle."

"The person has been controlled, and the photo just came through. Take a look."

Li Jian Country handed over the phone, the screen showing Uncle Ghost’s deeply wrinkled face, now devoid of its previous calm, only left with post-capture panic and defeat.

"That’s him!" Yang Zhen confirmed.

"That’s right. The net of the Celestial Net, sparse but not revealing." Li Jian Country took back his phone, a knowing smile crossing his face.

Learning the main culprit was caught, Yang Zhen’s perpetually tense, steel-like face finally showed a genuine smile.

He let out a long sigh, feeling the muscles across his back relax completely.

He clasped Li Jian Country’s hand firmly, sincerely saying, "Caught him, that’s good! Caught him, that’s good!"

But he then seemed to recall something, raised an eyebrow, and half-complained, half-seriously said to Li Jian Country, "Honestly, I really don’t get it."

"What don’t you get?"

"This old guy," Yang Zhen motioned towards the phone, "when we had him trapped before, he was so calm and composed."

"Claiming you guys couldn’t catch him, and talking about snipers too, hyping up the atmosphere so much, I really thought we’d encountered a big fish, like some international crime syndicate."

"I was even contemplating whether this guy had a backup plan, like a secret passage hidden in the mountains, ready for a long-term guerrilla battle."

"So, what happened?" He spread his hands, his face full of "Is that it?"

"Turns out, his biggest reliance was just a sniper hidden at the mountain top and a broken tricycle?"

Li Jian Country burst into laughter, his voice echoing through the empty mine area.

"Captain Yang, Captain Yang, you’ve been dealing too much with vicious drug dealers and terrorists, imagining all criminals as movie characters," he chuckled, shaking his head.

"These poachers, to put it bluntly, are just a bunch of fools blinded by greed."

"They might be brutal and know the mountains and forests, with a bit of cunning, but in front of the real state machinery..."

Li Jian Country’s gaze sharpened, "their so-called trump cards and schemes are as fragile as paper."

"He thought a sniper could control the situation, but he didn’t know we had eyes in the sky; dozens of nets outside the mountains waiting for him to fall in."

"In the end," Li Jian Country made a final conclusion, "the progress of the times made his outdated violent intimidation methods laughably pathetic."

These words dissipated the last bit of heaviness in Yang Zhen’s heart.

He smiled in relief. Yes, indeed, he was too tense.

Glancing again at the dirt road leading out of the mountain, this time, his eyes filled with ease and pride for his comrades after mission accomplishment.

With the biggest worry resolved, Yang Zhen immediately turned to another key issue: "However, the identity of the sniper..."

Li Jian Country’s expression also grew serious: "This is also our next focus area. From the scene, the counter-surveillance sense is very strong, a tough nut to crack."

"We will immediately conduct DNA and fingerprint comparisons on the body and conduct an urgent interrogation of those criminals."

"Rest assured, the sniper’s background will soon be brought to light. Anyone daring to fire a gun on our territory, we’ll trace their ancestry to the eighteenth generation!"

After handling the site, Lin Yu’an and Xiaoli also withdrew from the high vantage point.

A young public security officer walked up politely to Lin Yu’an and said, "Hello, Mr. Lin, I’m Zhang Wei from the City Bureau’s Criminal Investigation Division."