National Forensic Doctor
Chapter 471 - 471 433 Edge

471: Chapter 433 Edge 471: Chapter 433 Edge Jiang Yuan worked the whole day.

Those familiar with three-dimensional modeling know that once the functions and formulas are set, the work speeds up, especially when you’re familiar with what each variable represents.

As long as you have the mental stamina, sustained work over a long period doubles and redoubles efficiency.

But once interrupted, to get back into the previous flow might require another hour or two of immersive work.

This is also why many who work in mathematics, physics, and computer programming often have poor digestion.

When it’s time to eat, if work is going smoothly, they simply can’t bear to step away; and when it’s not, they still can’t leave because they have to make up for lost time.

As Jiang Yuan was working on a backlog of cases, he didn’t have such an intense demand, but with so many people watching, especially Medical Examiner Zhai who, although not understanding, tried hard to keep his eyes open while drinking goji berry tea, Jiang Yuan couldn’t bear to stop.

This round of Skull Restoration Skill kept Jiang Yuan busy until after six in the evening.

The restoration of skull number 2 was almost complete.

Of the eight new forensic doctors in training, the two who had worked the hardest had already depleted their mental energy and fallen asleep.

The other six were also slouching, their consciousness drifting.

Medical Examiner Zhai drank goji berry tea, half strong tea and half goji berries.

He listened to what he could understand, and combined with the lack of sleep from the previous night and his over thirty years of experience and accumulation, even if he only understood a little part, he was listening.

Doctor Ye ordered burgers for everyone, prepared water and drinks, brewed goji berries for Medical Examiner Zhai, and had a very fulfilling time coordinating and dealing with some work from the criminal police team.

“Let’s have dinner first,” Jiang Yuan checked the time, and it was time to clock out.

“Sure, what shall we eat?” Doctor Ye responded enthusiastically.

Medical Examiner Zhai and others looked bewildered.

“Medical Examiner Zhai, let’s eat first, then continue working later,” Jiang Yuan called out again.

Perhaps because of his voice, Medical Examiner Zhai suddenly snapped awake.

“What you’re doing is too complex,” Medical Examiner Zhai sighed deeply.

“It certainly has some difficulty,” Jiang Yuan admitted.

If it weren’t so tricky, he wouldn’t be chasing Guihua around.

Just the time he had invested in mastering this Skull Restoration Skill to LV3 had taken half his lifetime.

“Too complicated,” Medical Examiner Zhai sighed again, took a sip of tea, and said, “But I think, it shouldn’t have to be so complicated.”

“Oh?” Jiang Yuan was slightly surprised.

“I don’t understand those functions you mentioned.

What if I just learn to use this software and then directly invoke these functions?

Would that work?” Medical Examiner Zhai’s tone suddenly brightened.

In recent days, he had been thinking about this issue.

It was like many students facing college entrance exams or even higher education exams who, having completely lost hope in mathematics, would try to find a field where mathematics wasn’t required.

And Medical Examiner Zhai was thinking along the same lines; it was definitely too late for him to start learning mathematics from scratch.

But what if he bypassed mathematics?

It was naturally possible to do the work without mathematics.

The initial form of Skull Restoration Skill was a collection of knowledge that combined somewhat artistic and eerily forensic anthropological knowledge with a great deal of data accumulation.

Mathematics…

Mathematics was a requirement for LV3 or, rather, a prerequisite skill needed for LV3.

Therefore, theoretically, Medical Examiner Zhai didn’t need mathematics.

Jiang Yuan hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

Achieving a proficiency of LV1 to LV2 would be quite good, even if it was generally of limited practicality.

Considering Medical Examiner Zhai’s age, if he really aimed for LV3, he might not reach it until he retired.

“Using only the software, without considering the specific relationships between these functions, you can reconstruct most skulls, but the accuracy will be slightly lower.

Maybe off by ten to twenty percent,” Jiang Yuan stated honestly, softening the blow a little.

“That’s enough, that’s enough.

I’ll learn this technique later…” Medical Examiner Zhai said, his voice becoming more relaxed.

“I’ll write a reading list for you later,” Jiang Yuan didn’t hear Medical Examiner Zhai’s response and turned to look, only to find he had fallen asleep.

Doctor Ye saw that in just a few seconds, Medical Examiner Zhai had already begun to snore.

She tidied up his thermos and then summoned the younger people, saying, “Find a stretcher…

Oh right, there’s no stretcher here, use a cot instead, the basement is too cold, don’t let him catch a cold from sleeping there.

Carry him to the office to sleep.”

The basement had been cleared for the forensic doctors and had been equipped with a cot for easier transportation of bodies.

The cot was similar to the stretcher beds used on ambulances, but firmer.

A few forensic doctors skillfully and effortlessly lifted the small old man onto the cot, thoughtfully covering him with a blanket, and then escorted him out of the basement.

They pressed the elevator button, got on the elevator, and the elevator halted at the first floor.

Two police officers entered the elevator, then glanced at Medical Examiner Zhai lying in front of them, and couldn’t help but look at each other…

“Seems like there’s no smell yet.”

“Today’s murder case?”

The two police officers sniffed and guessed professionally.

“A murder case?” Medical Examiner Zhai grumbled in his throat and sat up.

“Oh my god!”

The two police officers shuddered with fright.

…

Over the next two days, Jiang Yuan and his team holed up to work on skull restorations.

The skulls of the two deceased, from their ghostly white state, were gradually reconstructed on the computer screens.

“Let’s check,” Jiang Yuan said as he first finished the reconstruction of Victim No.

1 and handed it over to Wang Chuanxing.

His reconstruction was highly detailed; Wang Chuanxing immediately opened the police terminal, took a photo for evidence, and started the search.

The result came up instantly.

“Shang Feng.

27 years old, from Kangzhou, 171 cm in height, weighing 120 pounds, associate degree, only a work record from three years ago…” Wang Chuanxing read the information from the police terminal and furrowed his brows.

This was a societal outcast.

And societal outcasts, both mean a higher probability of murder cases and a higher probability of suicide.

Although there are no statistics, the chances of them being pushed to their death were probably also higher than that of average people.

Hou Lejia quickly arrived, and read through the meager information of Corpse No.

1 in detail.

Seeing his keenness, Tang Jia busily said, “Captain Hou, this case was sent over from Changyang City.”

“I know, I’m just looking,” Hou Lejia replied without turning his head.

“You want to work on this case, don’t you.” Tang Jia didn’t believe he was just there to look.

The power ranking list was provincially ranked and also a baton within the entire system.

Ranking high on this list meant an influx of various resources, including but not limited to promotions, raises, honors, and collective and individual commendations.

And those lagging on the list would naturally face penalties and neglect.

Helping other units to solve cases, especially homicide cases, came with extra rewards.

Assisting in arrests and fugitive pursuits were common points for addition.

The Longli County Criminal Police team had struggled to rank in the middle-lower tier before, and only after much effort did they manage to maintain that position.

This time, Hou Lejia had spent a lot of money to bring in Jiang Yuan, and he had to find a way to recoup the expenses.

But in front of others, Hou Lejia said with righteous indignation, “Even if I work on this case, it’s to help Changyang City.

Besides, the last case, the one with the unidentified body, isn’t finished yet, so I’m not in a rush.”

“Hasn’t the interrogation finished yet?” Meng Chengbiao asked with concern.

“Dead ducks are stubborn.

He smothered his wife with a pillow, threw away the pillowcase, but kept the filler, which we’ve already found.” Hou Lejia paused before continuing, “He’s just not speaking, probably something he read somewhere, but it’s not a big problem, it just needs some time.

Has the other skull been put together?

Can you see the address?”

His calculation could probably be heard at the firearms department in Changyang City.

If the newly reconstructed skull could directly reveal information like ID and address just like the previous case, then solving the case and arresting the criminals would be a bundle job, not requiring much cost, but the rewards would be solving a cold case involving two lives.

Longli County would then truly be on the rise.

Jiang Yuandao said, “The characteristic points of Female Corpse No.

2 need to be adjusted again.”

In the process of restoring skulls, there are also dozens of characteristic points to determine.

This step was a bit like creating a face in a game, but even more meticulous.

Although the soft tissues on the skull are all interrelated, the marking of characteristic points still allows a certain degree of freedom, especially in females.

Hou Lejia sat down with a flop: “I’ll wait for you guys.”