Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

Chapter 260 Labor Party Contacts

Miskatonic University is located on the edge of High Street, which used to be an affluent area of ​​High Street.

Wealthy people like to buy real estate closer to the university, perhaps because they think that the vitality of young people can infect their spirits polluted by alcohol and sex?

Until a few years ago, the municipal government of Yanan City decided to dig an underground subway tunnel near Miskatonic University, and weird incidents happened one after another.

The people who were buried in the concrete wall of the construction site at night, the "fresh" cat corpse dug out from the ground, the students who disappeared into the half-dug tunnel, and the legendary "stars" under the underground cavity...

At that time, the underground railway track was halfway laid, and the foreman went crazy all night. He personally blew up the entrance of the tunnel with explosives, and buried the excavation team that was still working at night.

It is said that the sound of the explosion and the successive collapses even woke up the most soundly sleeping mangy dog ​​in the lower city.

It stands to reason that only the entrance of the tunnel collapsed, and it only needed to be dug up to rescue the excavation team inside—this is not a difficult task for the city of Yanan, which is rich in human resources.

But when the temporarily organized rescue team dug the entrance of the tunnel, they suddenly found that the tunnel had disappeared——

The space behind the tunnel entrance has been completely filled with cement, and human limbs can be seen faintly in the cement...

Since then, none of the municipal councilors in Yanan City have mentioned the need to build the subway.

The matter of the subway came to an end, but the strangeness seemed to stay here, never far away.

Since that day, inexplicable murders have occurred one after another near Miskatonic University.

The way of death of the victim was as strange as that of the victims when the subway was built. The police couldn't collect enough clues, so naturally they couldn't solve the case.

So a vicious circle, panic spread.

In just a few months, more than half of the residents near Miskatonic University moved out one after another. Those who are still here are either old, weak, sick and disabled who cannot afford to move, or have no money to rent a house. poor ghost.

"Mr. Chen, are you listening?"

On the bus, Chen Yan was immersed in the strange world described by the driver, Uncle Donald, and couldn't extricate himself from it. At this time, he was called by him and finally woke up.

"Ah...does such a thing still exist...it's unbelievable..."

Donald changed shifts with other drivers today, and it was luck to meet Chen Yan.

Donald smiled and said in a mid-spirited voice: "It's just that the police are incompetent. If I'm in charge of the police station, I'm sure the murderer will be brought to justice within three days! I'll give you an explanation!"

Faced with the other party's obvious bragging, Chen Yan immediately changed the subject in order to avoid embarrassment: "How is the election going these two days?"

Speaking of this, Donald was immediately a little irritable, and the surging emotion flushed his neck, and at the same time strengthened his spittle:

"Awful...Mr Chen! Awful! The Conservatives got most of the idiots' votes through their cheap kindness and we're still struggling to get thirteen council seats for the sake of those idiots. one of them!

Oh!damn it!why is that?Because none of us stand up!

Those leaders of the Labor Party are playing dead!Those eggless sons of bitches!We promoted them, and now they just want to be cowards!How blind we were!
We're fucked! "

Chen Yan was a little surprised and said: "No one stood up? What's going on?"

Speaking of this, Donald suddenly lost his temper.

After a while, he sighed and said: "Because we are too weak and don't even have guns. Once we are targeted, how can we protect ourselves..."

Chen Yan listened to his words thoughtfully.

Vivienne's father, Mr. Murgwin left the list in order not to expose the Labor Party candidates.

Thinking of this, an inexplicable conjecture appeared in Chen Yan's mind.

Could it be...it was because no one contacted the candidates on the list that the situation Donald mentioned happened?

Chen Yan tentatively asked: "Uncle, do you know a steam bus driver named Sergey?"

It was one of the names on the Labor list left by Mr Mergowyn.

Donald burst out laughing: "Ha! Big-eyed Sergey, I'm changing his shift today."

His tone didn't change, and the tone of his question was so casual: "Why are you looking for him?"

Chen Yan said in a normal tone: "I saw his tutorial article on repairing fuel engines published in "Mechanic" magazine, and found it very interesting. A steam bus driver has the ability to repair fuel engines. I want to chat with him. .”

That was the description of Sergey on Mr. Mergwin's list.

Donald grinned: "Then you have found the right person. The big-eyed boy Sergey spent almost half his life continuing to buy a fuel engine that was almost scrapped. He didn't know how long he was tinkering with before he could come up with such a piece of paper." article--

Puff haha!But the manuscript fee he earned is not enough for three days of meals! "

Whispering...is it so miserable...

Chen Yan asked: "Where can I visit him?"

Donald responded readily: "He's a bachelor and doesn't have his own house, so he lives in the staff dormitory of the steam bus operating company. When the time comes, you can go to room 329 on the third floor. That's his dormitory."

Chen Yan nodded and expressed his thanks.

At this time, the steam engine made a whistling sound, and accompanied by the screeching sound of the brake pads rubbing against the wheels, the steam bus slowly stopped at the station.

Chen Yan said goodbye to Donald and was about to get out of the car, but the red-necked uncle suddenly turned his head and grinned at him:
"Your vote hasn't been cast yet, has it? You didn't just come to Sergey to ask about gas engines, did you?"

Before Chen Yan could respond, Donald made a "I understand" expression, winked at him and said:
"Here we go! Smart boy, see you later!"

Chen Yan twitched the corners of his mouth, but still didn't laugh.

After getting out of the car and stepping on the fresh snow at the station, a gust of cold wind blew into his collar, making him feel refreshed.

He glanced around, and found that this place was really just like what Donald said, it was full of desolation——

The surrounding residential area is dilapidated and dilapidated, and even the buildings beside the street have collapsed.

The streets and alleys further away from the street have been completely submerged in the withered grass and thick snow, even if there are occasional birds passing by, they can't bring any vitality to all this barrenness.

It was an almost impossible sight for a high-street academic school - in fact, it was still a bustling city in front of another university a block away.

Fortunately, the weather is good today, which makes the barren scene next to Miskatonic University less intrusive.

This university has been around for some years, and the black pine trees inside and outside the school walls have grown so tall that it is almost impossible to see the inside of the school from the outside.

(End of this chapter)