Looking at the old book on the table, Chen Ziang, Yu Ashiya and Suzuna Tsukimiya all started to get inspired.
In the vision of inspiration, the book exudes a strong aura of death and decay. It is clearly a huge source of pollution. Even one more glance at the contents may lead to a sharp increase in spiritual vision.
Take a look at Naoya Yasui, the famous and high-spirited author who became famous for the "Kamigakure" series of novels. At this time, he is like a bereaved dog slumped on the sofa, and his mind has almost collapsed.
"Should we call the police?" Yu Ashiya asked Chen Ziang.
Although the main business of a detective agency is to make money, it does not dare to make any money.
It is obvious that something like this is extremely dangerous, so of course it is safest to hand it over to the Sheriff's Department for handling.
"Forget it." Chen Zi'ang shook his head, "They are very busy now, so it's better not to cause any trouble to them."
"Really? Oh, pretend I didn't ask." Yu Ashiya reacted quickly.
The strongest operator of Section 6 has been driven out, and the rest are just chickens and dogs. How can they fight?
"Humph." Tsukimiya Suzuna sneered sarcastically from the side.
"Then I'll leave this book to you." Ashiya Yu laughed and said, "Just think that I called the police."
"Mr. Yasui, where did you find this book?" Chen Ziang asked in confirmation.
Naoya Yasui didn't speak, just closed his eyes tightly, took out his cell phone from his trouser pocket, and threw it to him.
Chen Ziang caught the phone. The screen was not locked and opened with a swipe. Inside was a memo interface filled with text - the author seemed to be using the memo software that came with the phone to record his writing process and creative inspiration.
:
"On April 20, I got this book from the depths of an abandoned mine. The content in it was beyond my expectation. Although it seemed to be mostly the ravings of madmen and psychopaths, as long as it is combined with smooth logic,
With a slight adaptation, it is very suitable as the background setting for my new book."
Nothing was recorded later. Chen Ziang quickly browsed forward and quickly found the specific location of the "abandoned mine":
"On March 14, there is still no clue about the new book."
"A reader who calls herself 'Miss Nishikawa' recommended a suitable target for me - Lingyi Town."
(Miss Nishikawa? Could it be the witch Mie Nishikawa?)
"This remote town, like other industrial towns outside the Far North City, initially prospered due to the discovery of metal minerals, but eventually declined due to the exhaustion of superficial mineral resources, and is now completely abandoned."
"But what's different is that before Lingyi Town was completely abandoned by the residents, a strange folk shrine once sprung up."
"The shrine maiden claimed that as long as the bones were sacrificed to the so-called 'God of Mines', the depleted mineral deposits could be regenerated. For some reason, the local residents believed their lies and dug up the graves of their ancestors one after another.
The bones were taken out and presented to the shrine."
"Later, every household was even proud of the dead. Once an old man who was about to die appeared in the family, they would happily dress him up and entertain guests to celebrate. After the old man passed away, he would be buried in glory.
The light is sent to the shrine to be dedicated to the strange and weird 'mine god'."
"I personally think that this story is just a microcosm of countless cases where people in declining towns and villages want to organize self-rescue, but even among the various folklore of the eight million ancient gods of our island people, this story is
It’s the kind that can make people’s hair stand on end if they think about it carefully. I hope my trip to investigate and collect materials will go smoothly this time.”
"Lingyi Town." Yuegong Suzuna searched for this place name on her mobile phone and whispered to Chen Ziang, "It's more than 1,200 kilometers away from Jibei City, so far!"
"It's hard to get started at work." Chen Ziang thought for a moment and said, "I'll give this book to Rio Suofeng first and see what she can research."
He picked up the paper bag brought by Naoya Yasui next to the sofa and put the old books on the table back into it.
When the two were about to leave, they heard Yasui Naoya curled up on the sofa and suddenly said in a hoarse voice:
"When you get that book, He's already watching you."
"I know." Chen Zi'ang said coldly, "Thanks for the reminder."
The two took the subway to the Jibei City Public Security Department, took the elevator down to the large intelligence warehouse, and soon Rio Hokaze received the news.
"I heard that you have been suspended?" She led the two of them to the door of the office. She turned back and looked at Suzuna Tsukimiya beside her, "If you don't go on a date with your little girlfriend, why did you come to see me?"
"Don't talk nonsense." Chen Ziang raised the paper bag in his hand, "Otherwise I will give this thing to others."
Honokaze's eyes lit up. Apparently she noticed the source of the pollution by inspiration. Without saying a word, she picked up the paper bag and turned away, closing the office door.
"What should we do now?" Tsukimiya Suzuna asked.
"Stay here." Chen Zi'ang replied, "Go there from time to time to urge her, otherwise she will study it forever and won't notify us of the results next year."
The two sat down on the bench outside Honikaze Rio's office, and Tsukimiya Suzuna asked again:
"So we are going to this...Lingyi Town?"
"If this book really comes from there, then we have to go there." Chen Ziang replied, "Because you can't guarantee that there are no other mysterious things there, which will be taken by explorers like Naoya Yasui who are not afraid of death in the future.
Walk."
"But it's so far there." Tsukimiya Suzuna hugged her legs, "I've grown so big, and I haven't even left Jibei City."
"Actually, neither have I." Chen Zi'ang laughed, "I heard that there are currently ten empty towns outside Jibei City. Only the elderly remain in the towns and villages, and there are basically no young people left."
"Is it because young people like to come to Jibei City?" Tsukimiya Suzuna asked.
"Not entirely." Chen Ziang gave her some popular science, "You know that our Gaotianyuan star region is actually a mining planet, right?"
"More than a hundred years ago, Gaotianyuan was still a remote planet unsuitable for human habitation. It was cold, dead, and desolate... Only the polar region of the planet, which is the current area of the Far North City, was considered a remote planet because of its particularly rich geothermal resources and suitable climate and temperature.
Space pirates occupy it as a lair."
"Later, the imperial scientific research ship discovered that there were some rich mineral resources beneath the surface here, so they sent a fleet to destroy the pirates and designated it as a mining-producing planet for the empire, and then began to colonize it on a large scale."
"Then in the past thirty years, the minerals that are easy to mine on the surface have almost been exhausted, and the cost of mining deep minerals is too high, including interstellar freight, there is no competitive advantage, so the mining conglomerates continue to lay off employees and reduce the number of workers.
scale."
"Most of the towns in the central industrial belt are made up of miner families. Massive layoffs have caused these families to lose their source of livelihood and have to move to the Far North City to find low-level jobs. This is the main reason for the shrinkage of the township population...
"
"Don't take the history class there." Rio Hokaze suddenly opened the door and pushed a box with special materials into his hand, "This book of yours has serious problems. It must be sent back to where it belongs as soon as possible."
Go wherever you are.”
"Is the problem big?" Chen Ziang asked in surprise.
This was the first time he heard such a comment from Rio Hokaze.
"Yes." Suifeng said concisely and concisely, "It has the gaze of the gods on it."