The Canal Pact: Blood and Maps
运河血契
by Xnoval Originals · Adventure · 100 chapters · complete series
The Canal Pact: Blood and Maps is a Adventure web novel by Xnoval Originals, with 100 chapters.
Synopsis
Cornelis De Jong, a 42-year-old forensic expert with a cold, suspicious temperament, receives a final challenge from a dying friend: solve the mystery hidden in a navigational chart. The map does not just mark waters; it records a murder that has haunted them for years. As Cornelis digs into the past, old debts surface and rivals close in. He is aided by Hester Vis, an investigative journalist obsessed with reclaiming her family’s honor, despite their bitter past. Together, they navigate a web of secrets guarded by Judith Smit, a ritualistic society leader, and William Van der Berg, a museum curator with his own hidden files. Anna Bark, a meticulous archive restorer, helps decode the faded ink. The truth is buried deep, but the past is ready to claw its way back, demanding that Cornelis choose between loyalty to the dead and survival against the living.
老友争一本藏着凶案的航海图，旧账未清，对手已至。
Chapter 1: Rainy Night Autopsy
By the third night of rain, De Jong had lost the ability to distinguish the tolling of bells from the dripping of water. The cold fluorescent lights in the morgue buzzed and hissed, like some insect struggling to death inside a metal casing. He held the scalpel, its tip gliding across the pale thoracic cavity of the drowned man, pressing down slowly along the curve of the costal arches. When the blade sliced through the skin, there was no sound, only a dull, wet resistance, as if cutting into a thick piece of leather soaked through with water. The cold light fractured on the blade’s edge into a thin, elongated streak of white, reflecting off the deceased’s hollow clavicles before slipping into the shadows within the chest.
The intake log read: Unknown male corpse, approximately fifty years old, recovered from the canal. But De Jong did not believe it. He snipped open a lobe of the lung; what gushed from the incision was not water, but a thick liquid with an amber sheen. Its scent was sharp, like nutmeg and pepper. The fluid seeped slowly along the texture of the lung tissue, pooling into a small depression in the metal tray, its surface shimmering with an oily glaze. De Jong set down the knife, leaned in to sniff, and frowned. As the odor pierced his nasal cavity, it carried a burning sensation, as if someone had sprinkled a handful of crushed spice powder directly onto his nasal mucosa.
“This is not river water,” he told his assistant. “This shouldn’t be in his lungs.”
Details
- Author
- Xnoval Originals
- Genre
- Adventure
- Status
- Completed
- Chapters
- 100
- Length
- 1398527 words
- Updated
- Updated 2026-11-08
- Languages
- 简体中文, 繁體中文, English, Français
Frequently asked questions
Is The Canal Pact: Blood and Maps complete?
Yes — The Canal Pact: Blood and Maps is complete, and all 100 chapters are published.
Who wrote The Canal Pact: Blood and Maps?
The Canal Pact: Blood and Maps was written by Xnoval Originals.
How can I read The Canal Pact: Blood and Maps?
You can read The Canal Pact: Blood and Maps online on Xnoval. The first 3 chapters are free, and the book is available in 简体中文, 繁體中文, English, Français.