Chen Xingjian dragged Ye Xunyi to the side of the car, but instead of pushing her in immediately, he pinned her against the door. I was stunned, and before I could react, I saw him flash a sinister smile under the camera's gaze. A gleam of light flashed by, my heart racing with shock, as he drew out a dagger from his waist and plunged it into Ye Xunyi's abdomen.

  Yves, who was in a coma, let out a mournful cry, which sounded particularly desolate in the dead of night. As I watched Chen Xingjian pull out his dagger and stab again without hesitation, I was stunned into immobility. Within my line of sight, a black figure suddenly darted out from the side of the road, grasping a baton as he sprinted towards Chen Xingjian. Meanwhile, at the other end of the street, Shen Shiyan also rushed out, holding a police gun.

  In the dark of night, I saw these two men rushing towards the victim at full speed. Everything happened quietly and quickly, from a distance, it was like an unexpected silent drama. Chen Xingjian heard the noise, turned his head around, and Wu Yu was already very close to him. Chen Xingjian threw Ye Xunyi to the ground, turned around and started fighting with Wu Yu. Shen Shiyan was still running with all her might.

  I watched this scene, only to feel a daze in my mind. There was a strong feeling that something was wrong, but for the moment, I couldn't grasp it.

  Shen Shiyan has already arrived, and the two immediately took the upper hand. Chen Xingjian was forced to the side of the car.

  But how could this be?

  A serial killer, why suddenly changed the modus operandi? He was eager to kill people on the spot, no longer enjoying the process of torture, captivity, abuse, and dismemberment. No, this is not right! This is completely unreasonable.

  Why did he want to do this?

  Why did they suddenly take action at the crime scene, causing Wu Yu and Shen Shiyan to rush out to rescue the victim?

  Why?

  ……

  Unless he did it on purpose.

  This is a trap. A trap set for us.

  How could he possibly? We're from the future, he has no way of knowing, we can predict his actions.

  But what if our last ambush had raised his suspicions? He was so cautious and meticulous in history, he might not understand why we could do it, but what if this time was his test? Would we still appear if we were the ones being tested?

  A chill ran through my heart. Although I wasn't clear what his trap was, I knew it wasn't good. I looked up to see Shen Shiyan had already pinned Chen Xingjian to the ground, with handcuffs on him, while Wu Yu was helping Ye Xunyi, who was seriously injured, to her feet...

  I dropped the telescope and flung open the classroom door, shouting at the top of my lungs: "Get away from there! Be careful—"

  I saw Shen Shiyan and Wu Yu simultaneously lift their heads and look in my direction.

  "Bang, bang, bang." The sound pierced the air. I didn't react at all to what I had just heard, but my eyes were fixed on Shen Shiyan suddenly falling down, and it seemed like he also pushed Wu Yu down beside him. I was stunned, gunshots, they were gunshots, coming from a dark corner of the campus.

  They had two people, and another was the mastermind, who did not hesitate to use his companion as bait.

  My reasoning was wrong, completely wrong! Another person hid too well, even Wu Yu and them thought there was only one. Now, he has set an ambush for us at the next crime scene that the police don't know about yet, and he's already started a direct confrontation with us!

  In the pitch-black night, my heart was icy cold. I heard from afar what seemed to be the sound of a motorcycle engine fading away, but I couldn't care about anything else. I stumbled out of the classroom and ran towards them. The closer I got, the more I saw Ou Yun's left shoulder bleeding profusely as he struggled to get up from the ground. Next to him was the victim on his last breath.

  I almost cried out, my heart still not at ease, Wu Yu was already shouting, pouncing on Shen Shiyan who was on the ground: "Shen Shiyan! Shen Shiyan! Hold on! You damn well better hold on for me!"

  Shen Shiyan and Chen Xing were lying on the ground together. Shen Shiyan's hand was still clutching half of the shoukao. Both of their chests had bullet holes. Their eyes were both open, clearly Chen Xing had been discarded by that person. And Shen Shiyan still maintained an angry glare, motionless, his mouth tightly pursed as always. That one shot was right in the heart, no matter how Ou Yu shouted at him or shook him, there was no response.

  My mind suddenly went blank.

  Just then, my phone rang urgently. I picked it up and faintly heard the voice of Zhuang Yu, seemingly asking what had happened.

  And in front of me, Wu Yu's blood had flowed all over his body, and his eyes were bright red. One hand still refused to give up and pressed down on Shen Shiyan's chest, while the other hand was making an emergency call.

  "What's going on?" Zhang Yu suddenly roared into the phone, "Speak up!"

  I finally heard it clearly.

  "Zhuang Yu, Shen Shiyan is dead." I heard myself say, "He was murdered. I don't know...I really don't know...if a person can be saved after they're dead..." I burst into tears.

  The phone hung up, and finally there was silence.