Chapter 269: If you make me work overtime, I'll knock your head off.

Most forensic methods today rely on experience and what is learned from books, with very few advanced testing technologies available, and many techniques are still immature.

There's no way around it. These days, the country's technological development is completely controlled by foreign countries. This applies not only to industrial machinery but also to medical and testing equipment. It's even more so for a county-level city's public security bureau like theirs. He only managed to get a forensic doctor by working with the bureau chief.

Previously, he had always relied on the experience he learned from his teacher and his own eyesight to judge these limbs and body parts. In fact, he had suspected one of the limbs and always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure it out or come up with a good way to deal with it.

Honestly, if his teacher weren't so far away in Kyoto and it wasn't so inconvenient for him to come over, he would have started asking for help half a month ago.

At this moment, Bai Nuo's method of deboning and shaving meat gave Qiu the forensic doctor an idea. He was also a decisive person, and once he thought of something, he prepared to start doing it.

He found another set of dissection tools, but just as he was about to start, he felt a little uneasy. The forensic doctor turned to Bai Nuo and sincerely asked, "Comrade Bai, do you think it would be okay if I cleaned up all these limbs and used the bones to match and assemble them?"

Bai Nuo looked over speechlessly, and just as she was about to speak, she suddenly realized that DNA technology did not exist in China at this time, and many scientific tests were incomplete or even non-existent.

Therefore, if you want to piece together a bunch of dismembered limbs and body parts that are not known to belong to each other, you really can only use the most rudimentary method: using bones to identify them.

"This method is good. Everyone's bone growth and development is different. In cases of severe damage to the skin and flesh, this should be considered the most effective method."

“I think so too. I was wrong before. I was only studying the surface of these limbs and forgot that the bones are the true nature of the body. The appearance can deceive, but the bones cannot. I have to thank Comrade Bai for giving me this inspiration. It is so great that you can come and provide technical support to us.” Forensic doctor Qiu sincerely thanked Bai Nuo.

"Forensic Doctor Qiu, you're too kind!" Bai Nuo smiled slightly, then turned back to continue her work.

They're doing meticulous work now. This isn't like slaughtering pigs or sheep; they have to peel away the skin and flesh bit by bit, and they can't be too brutal, since they have to report it to their superiors. These days, you have to be careful with everything you do to stay safe.

Bai Nuo had a notebook and a pen beside him. As the charred flesh on the head was gradually peeled away to reveal the deepest flesh, even though it had shriveled and dried out due to baking, the texture of the flesh tissue could still be clearly seen.

Bai Nuo drew out the texture of each layer of skin and flesh one by one, mainly focusing on the key points of each texture.

Finally, as darkness fell, the skull of one of the heads was revealed, and by then Bai Nuo had more than a dozen sketches with various strange patterns in his hand.

"Have some water!"

Seeing that Bai Nuo had stopped, Liu Yanan quickly stepped forward and carefully fed the little girl water from the military water bottle in her hand.

"How is it?" Forensic doctor Qiu asked Bai Nuo anxiously from the side.

He had already processed the limb that was originally suspected to be a leg bone. Sure enough, the bone was not a shinbone, but an arm bone. The key point was that the arm bone could not be connected to the other three forearm bones.

This proves that the victims were not the three people they originally guessed, but four people!

This put their case in a difficult situation again. They couldn't find the victim's identity, the actual location of the crime, or the main cause of the case. For a month, they had been conducting various investigations, going door-to-door, and working together. But it seemed like the team members had been working for nothing for a month, and they were all holding their breath in frustration.

The greatest hope now rests with Bai Nuo. If it weren't for Lao Li blocking the way outside, people would probably be camping out at the entrance of his forensic lab.

Bai Nuo nodded: "I understand all the textures, muscle lines, and the degree of skull development. Did you bring the clay back?"

"I got it back, I got it back!" Forensic doctor Qiu forced a smile and nodded repeatedly. "Old Li came back two hours ago. He didn't dare to bother you since you were busy. The clay is in my office. I'll go get it for you now."

"How about tomorrow? It's already dark now," Liu Yanan quickly stopped the forensic doctor Qiu.

They're just here to provide technical support, not to risk their lives. They got up early this morning to rush to the city, hurriedly ate some food from the canteen at noon, and haven't had dinner yet. We can't let their specially hired portrait artist go hungry and stay up all night.

Forensic doctor Qiu paused, subconsciously glancing at his wristwatch, and was immediately embarrassed by what he saw.

It's already 7 PM!

Even exploiting workers wouldn't be done this way, since they weren't regular employees of their branch office. The saying goes, "If you borrow and repay, it's not hard to borrow again."

But there's a condition: you have to return it intact before you can borrow it again!

For the sake of the future, we really can't exploit them to the point of exhaustion.

"Look at me, we've been so busy we've lost track of time. We really didn't think of that, we're so sorry. How about this, it's my treat, let's go..."

Damn, it's seven o'clock, all the state-run restaurants must be closed by now!

Liu Yanan's lips twitched slightly, suppressing the urge to roll her eyes, and she said, "Forensic Doctor Qiu, you're too kind. Everyone has had a long day, so Forensic Doctor Qiu should go home and rest early. Don't worry about our meals; my colleagues should be able to prepare them."

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