Nightmare Light

Chapter 38 Being Watched by the Gods

Hearing the words of Miss Saint, Lin Wang's expression became solemn. He took a deep breath, held his breath and fell into deep thought.

I guessed that the tree had a special origin... but I didn't expect it to be so special...

A tool for divine control?
Why did it die?
Why would you give it to me?

Who is that voice...?
Is this tree...really the legendary "World Tree"?

A flood of thoughts rushed through Lin Wang's mind, but he was currently on the phone with Sen, so Lin Wang tried to control his thoughts and said to the Saint, "I heard a detail. What you just used was 'the tool that God uses to control the world,' not..."

"Yes, I'm not talking about my mother," Sen whispered. "The temple's collection of books contains some extremely ancient materials, dating back to an ancient time even before the Three Emperors."

After a pause, she said, "These materials contain a lot of extremely dangerous knowledge that should not be made public. Therefore, only the highest levels of the temple are qualified to read them."

"And you just happened to..."

"Yes, I am the person closest to my mother, but I said something..." I hope my mother will forgive me.

Sen's tone was a little low, and Lin Wang could even imagine her making a praying gesture on the other end of the phone. Lin Wang didn't know how to comfort her for a moment.

So he changed the subject: "These are documents that only the higher-ups in the temple can access. Is that really okay with you telling me this?"

"No one cares about this knowledge because it's ancient, not because it's taboo," Sen replied, still using a serious tone. "I'm the Holy Maiden of the Temple. I know exactly what I can and cannot share... Ah!"

She suddenly exclaimed, and then she said to Lin Wang in a nervous and rapid voice: "I can't say any more, let's just stop here!"

"what?"

"Mother just looked at me!"

The phone was hung up with a click.

Lin Wang: “……?”

I just made a phone call, but the gods were watching me?
Lin Wang shook his head and put away his phone.

He already has clues about the origin of the giant tree, and the next investigation cannot be completed in a day or two.

So, it's time to go out.

He wanted to go to the Public Security Bureau to learn about the procedures for handling unusual incidents - after all, whether the tree could be saved depended on how many little monsters he could catch.

In addition, he also wanted to understand the complete details of the previous Blood Cult case - this would help him complete the clue network.

Thinking of this, Lin Wang called Tian Taozi's cell phone.

A few seconds later, the call was picked up.

Before Lin Wang could say anything, the sound of a fierce table tennis fight came from the other side of the phone, mixed with the sheriff's daughter's vigorous shouting and cursing.

A series of "auntie", "cut you", "grenade at your service", and swear words with a high concentration of banned words came out quickly on the phone, and finally ended with "my chocolate".

"..." Lin Wang's face trembled. "Hello? What are you doing?"

"Oh my god, my phone's talking on its own!" Tian Taozi exclaimed again, then came to her senses, "Eh? Lin Wang? When did you call?"

She quickly became nervous: "You didn't hear anything you shouldn't have heard!"

"I didn't hear anything I shouldn't have heard." Lin Wang said expressionlessly.

After a pause of one second, he heard Tian Taozi sigh in relief, then added, "I only heard you curse at me, it was really ugly."

"It's over... my majestic image..." Tian Taozi gasped, her tone sad and angry, "I'm at a crime scene. What do you want from me?"

"I wanted to talk to you... Were you at the crime scene? Was it an unusual incident?"

"Yeah! We're in the Abnormal Affairs Department, so of course it's an abnormal incident!"

Lin Wang suddenly became happy: "Can I go and have a look?"

There was a sudden silence on the other end of the line.

After a full five or six seconds, Tian Taozi's somewhat incoherent voice came: "You, want to come... to see?"

"Yes!" Lin Wang was very excited. "Is it against the rules?"

"It's against the rules... No, you're not from the Public Security Bureau, so of course it's against the rules!" Tian Taozi's tone rose a few degrees. "Besides, it's not a matter of whether it's against the rules or not!"

"This is an unusual incident, an abnormal event! Any normal person would run as far away as possible after hearing it! They'd be so scared that they'd drop their shoes! Why are you still coming closer?"

Tian Taozi's exploding voice came from the phone.

She spoke for more than ten seconds before stopping.

The next second, she heard Lin Wang's serious tone: "You are right, abnormal events are indeed very dangerous." Tian Taozi breathed a sigh of relief: "That's right, so..."

"So I've made up my mind. I'll prepare a weapon for myself before I go."

"I lost to you... But no, we have discipline. The previous case was because you were involved, so we agreed to your help. This case is completely unrelated." Tian Taozi finished speaking quickly and hung up the phone.

"I was rejected." Lin Wang muttered.

He didn't feel any frustration. After all, it would be unreasonable for an organization like the Public Security Bureau to have no discipline. He just had a sudden idea and wanted to try his luck.

"I have to change to the second plan."

Lin Wang stood up and stretched his body: "Anyway, I still have the identity of a reporter, so I can shamelessly come here uninvited... Is this basic exercise okay?"

At this moment, his cell phone suddenly rang. It was Tian Taozi calling.

"Why are you calling again?" Lin Wang picked up the phone curiously.

On the other end of the line, Tian Taozi's somewhat muffled voice came: "Our boss Jiang said that you are allowed to come to the crime scene."

Lin Wang was delighted when he heard this: "Thank you!"

"Humph!"

……

After Lin Wang went out, he first went to the convenience store nearby, and then it took him twenty minutes to reach the crime scene - thanks to Tangsheng City's relatively developed transportation system, it was very convenient for him to take a taxi to the scene.

During this time, Lin Wang observed and calculated the currency system and prices of Tangsheng City, and then came to a conclusion that puzzled him -

Tang Shengcheng's economic model does not hold true.

For such a large city, everyone's income is not low, but the prices are ridiculously low, to an unbelievable level.

This is simply impossible!
Take taxi drivers as an example: with such cheap car prices, a taxi driver can’t make much money in a day and there is no way to complete a reasonable cycle!
But if you look closely at the entire city, you will find that everyone's income is not low, and everyone lives and works in peace and happiness.

Why is this happening?

Lin Wang's brows were tightly knitted together, and he gradually frowned.

Twenty minutes passed in a flash. As the taxi braked, Lin Wang looked towards a two-story wooden house not far away.

Arrived.

Lin Wang opened the door and got out of the car, then walked towards the door of the wooden house, which was surrounded by a dozen armed sheriffs.

Because of the helmets, Lin Wang couldn't recognize who they were, but the sheriffs nodded to him to show that they knew him.

Lin Wang nodded in return and looked for Tian Taozi in the crowd. He smelled a strange smell in the air - it was slightly fragrant and burnt, but also had a strange stench of decay.

What does this smell like?
Lin Wang frowned and was about to ask when he heard Tian Taozi's loud voice: "Lin Wang! Here! Here!"

He turned his head and saw Tian Taozi standing next to a commuter bus, waving at him vigorously.

But when Lin Wang walked over, she deliberately snorted and turned her face away: "You actually let our Jiang Tou speak for you, don't I have any face... What's this?"

She stared at Lin Wang's hand and began to swallow uncontrollably - in Lin Wang's hand, there were chocolates, potato chips, and some snacks that Lin Wang didn't recognize, all colorfully held in his hand.

"Do you want to eat?" "Yes."

"Will you emphasize discipline next time?" "What discipline?"

The sheriffs around turned their heads away and covered their faces.

Lin Wang stuffed the snacks into Tian Taozi's hands and said, "What's going on in there now? Can you take me in to take a look?"

Tian Taozi took the snacks and nodded subconsciously, but suddenly remembered something and raised her hand to knock on the car door next to her.

"Oh right! Let me introduce you to someone! He's from the military! We're working together on this case!"

As she finished speaking, the door of the commuter car beside her opened and a figure slowly walked out of the car. With every step he took, the heavy security car shook.

The figure jumped out of the car and fell to the ground with a "bang". Lin Wang even felt the ground shaking.

He stood up straight, took off his helmet, and turned to look at Lin Wang.

After seeing his face clearly, Lin Wang lost control of his emotions and asked in surprise, "Fat Tiger?"

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