All the perpetrators involved in the Antian Group frame-up case had been arrested, and they had confessed to the crime process; however, they had not confessed the mastermind behind the scenes, and interrogation was still ongoing.

With the confession of the culprits, the police could finally officially lift the ban on Antian Group's shipments. Therefore, he immediately shared this good news with his close friend Lin Yifan, to relieve Lin Yifan and his boss of their worries.

Receiving such uplifting news understandably made Lin Yifan happy; however, with An Qi's life still hanging in the balance, he couldn't bring himself to feel joy.

Having nothing better to do, he asked Zhao Dabing how their police department had managed to capture these criminals.

Hence, Zhao Dabing began to narrate the story.

Strangely enough, the police were able to arrest these criminals solely due to an important clue provided by Lin Yifan—a green lizard tattoo on the wrist of one of the criminals.

The small mountain village where the criminals abandoned their vehicle, as well as the nearby towns, were plastered with wanted posters, all containing the crucial searching clue provided by Lin Yifan.

Yesterday, when a merchant from the mountain village was transporting his chickens and ducks over a hundred kilometers away to a city, he happened to spot the criminals feasting at a restaurant next to the poultry wholesale market.

As the criminals rolled up their sleeves and devoured the pieces of chicken with a ravenous hunger akin to reincarnated hungry ghosts, they attracted the attention of the crowd.

This small merchant was also drawn in; he walked over and took a look, only to be shocked; for he saw a grimy, disheveled, stinky-haired, stubble-covered man with skinny, yellowish skin and a wrist adorned with a green lizard—though obscured by the dirt on his hands, its outline and color were still clearly visible.

Thus, the merchant boldly speculated that these dirty, unkempt men, wolfing down their food, might indeed be the criminals from the frame-up case involving the Antian Group that the police had been diligently pursuing for months.

Thinking of the hefty reward mentioned on the wanted poster, he didn't hesitate, hurried out of the restaurant, and covertly called the police to capture them.

In fact, his certainty about these diners being the culprits was also significantly influenced by their appearance and dressing.

These criminals had abandoned their vehicle in his mountain village and fled into the deep forests surrounding it; if they had spent several months in the deep forest, their appearance would likely be just as he saw them: grimy, disheveled, stinky-haired, surrounded by stubble, with skinny yellowish skin, and physically emaciated.

Because in the deep forest, they couldn't wash their hair, cut their hair and shave their beards, or wash their clothes; they had no place to bathe daily and lacked sufficient food...

In fact, the reason these criminals came out of the mountains was that they simply couldn't bear it any longer; surviving on fruits every day, constantly on edge, unable to have a peaceful sleep; moreover, they believed that after such a long time, this incident would have faded from memory; coupled with their current appearances, they thought they wouldn't be recognized, so they emerged from the mountains.

However, what they never expected was that a tattoo would completely expose their identities.

Upon receiving the report, the police immediately dispatched officers to arrest them; soon, the group of criminals was completely apprehended.

After capturing this group of criminals, the local police force quickly handed them over to the Guiyuan City police for a personal examination of the case.

Having heard Zhao Dabing's story, Lin Yifan admired the criminals' endurance for managing to survive several months of primitive life in the deep forest. However, the inability to punish An Gang irritated him; thus, he thought of the Small Knife Gang.

The Xiao Dao Association has now disintegrated, and the transaction ledger between An Gang and the Xiao Dao Association might be at the Poisonous Snake's lair; if they find the ledger, they would have a reason to accuse An Gang of murdering his niece, An Qi.

So, he went to the police station to give a statement and took the opportunity to bring up the matter.

Zhao Dabing's eyes lit up upon hearing this, thinking it was a good idea. If they had the transaction ledger, they could sue An Gang. Once An Gang was behind bars and unable to protect himself, persuading the perpetrators of these framing cases to confess An Gang as the mastermind behind the scenes would likely be easy.

Now that the Second Master and Third Master of the Xiao Dao Association were dead, there might not be many people left who knew about An Gang's lair; fortunately, they still had one ace up their sleeve.

Tiger Brother of the Xiao Dao Association was still in prison, and being a somewhat influential figure in the association, he probably knew where the Poisonous Snake's lair was.

Thus, they called Tiger Brother in for interrogation.

When Tiger Brother was asked by the police to divulge the Chief's lair, he remained silent and refused to answer.

Seeing this, Zhao Dabing disclosed the deaths of Poisonous Snake, Poisonous Scorpion, Poison Frog, and Poisonous Bee to make Tiger Brother reconsider.

Upon hearing that all the top figures of the Xiao Dao Association had died and the association had dissolved, Tiger Brother felt somewhat shattered; but he still didn't believe it, thinking it was just a police interrogation tactic to extract the Chief's lair location for a single strike.

Zhao Dabing and his team had no choice but to show the photos to make Tiger Brother take a closer look.

Seeing the photos of the Chief, Second Master, and Third Master dead, Tiger Brother was stunned as he did not expect all the top individuals of the Xiao Dao Association, who had once commanded the winds and rains in Guiyuan City, to be dead.

"This... how is this possible?" Tiger Brother found it hard to believe, unable to accept the reality.

The Chief was a formidable figure at the Breaking Mortal Fourth Realm! How could he possibly be killed so easily? Unless a High Realm cultivator took action.

At this moment, he quickly thought of one person, Lin Yifan, who had overpowered him and left him powerless.

"Could it be him who took action?" Tiger Brother felt it was very likely.

Since Lin Yifan dared to go alone to the Golden Leaves Nightclub to challenge a branch of their Xiao Dao Association, he must have had extraordinary abilities, and his backing was likely a significant force.

After some thought, as the era of the Xiao Dao Association had finally ended, he no longer wanted to fight like a trapped beast, so he gave out the Chief's lair address.

After obtaining the Xiao Dao Association Chief's lair address, Zhao Dabing immediately led his crew to the North City District to search for the crime evidence accumulated over the years by the Xiao Dao Association.

After a day of searching, they finally unearthed the crime evidence of the Xiao Dao Association and the transaction ledger of the dark deals.

The ledger recorded evidence of An Gang's involvement in financing the Xiao Dao Association to murder An Qi, the general manager of Antian Group, so they immediately went to Lingdong Technology Company to arrest An Gang.

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