Burning, killing, looting, they call me a saint

Chapter 26 Go and do something

Fengzi had been silently tinkering with the little gadgets she brought from the border market.

The other three girls in the dormitory have already started preliminary communication and getting to know each other, and she will only speak a few words when others take the initiative to approach her.

The three girls also talked about the increasingly rampant murderers in Yuguang District, but Fengzi did not show the same interest as Levi.

These little things her father left in the border city are actually very common in the central area, but when they are in the sun, especially in a place like Yuguang District, they are especially cherished.

The most valuable ones are the two communicators that can rely on artificial light clouds to transmit signals across cities.

The underground cities are isolated from each other and can only communicate with each other through intercity railways that were dug at the cost of huge manpower and material resources.

Guangyun Communications, a cross-city communication device, is particularly valuable, and is usually only managed by the government organization of a city.

In addition, there are electronic devices that use artificial light clouds to charge. Fengzi left those that are temporarily useless together with Levi's cash box in the rental house, and only brought a recorder.

She was adjusting the two devices until she turned off the lights and went to bed, and did not notice that the three girls had become a small group and were showing a tendency to exclude her.

But then again, even if Fengzi found out, she wouldn't care.

The next morning, after getting up at the prescribed time, Fengzi secretly handed one of the adjusted communicators to Li Wei.

Levi fiddled with the palm-sized device, which was the size of a smartphone.

Its surface is a whole touch screen with no other applications. There is only a chat box on it, and the only input method is handwriting.

[We will use this to communicate later, don’t let others find out]

A text appeared in the chat box. Levi looked up and saw Fengzi winking at him in the girls' team.

Levi put the communicator into the inner pocket of his clothes, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

This is what socially anxious people are like.

Then his attention was focused on Wang Xiaole, who had been busy since breakfast time.

The boy did not recognize him. After asking around, Levi learned that he had come to the church to seek refuge with his relatives. After getting the bishop's approval, he was kept here to do some odd jobs.

This made Levi's vigilance dissipate a little. This encounter between two strangers was most likely just a coincidence.

".The police car was found by our people in the 45th Labor Block. Several workers thought it was abandoned by the police station in the wild, and they fought over it and injured someone."

"After we found the police car, we conducted a thorough search of blocks 35 to 55, but found no traces of Miss Fengzi and the biological man. As you requested, we also invited the head of the Yuguang Labor Union to come over. He is now waiting outside to see you."

Labor Block 1, move the command headquarters here Tian Yuan frowned as he listened to his subordinate's report, then waved his hand, motioning him to bring the person in.

Soon, a middle-aged man with half black and half white hair walked in. His face did not look too old, but looked particularly tired and weathered.

"Long time no see, President Li Ming."

Facing the nominal chief of Yuguang District, Tian Yuan, the superintendent of the police department, clearly acted like a superior.

Li Ming also kept a low profile. He knew very well that the so-called union president was actually a dog tied up by the parliament to prevent trouble in Yuguang District.

"It's been a long time, Inspector Tian. You should have informed me of your arrival in Yuguang. It would be wrong not to treat you well."

"We are here to perform official duties, so let's not talk about those trivial things." Tian Yuan was blunt in his words, with a businesslike attitude, "I asked you to come here because the task this time requires the union to allocate personnel to help the police department conduct a large-scale search of the entire Yuguang."

Li Ming's brows furrowed deeply.

"How many days do you need our assistance?"

"It depends on the results. If we can find someone quickly, it won't take even a day. If things don't go well, it will take at least three days."

"The union members are basically ordinary workers. If they ask us to help, their work in the factory will definitely be affected. Does the police department have any idea about this?"

Tian Yuan looked at him with dissatisfaction.

"It is the duty of every worker to assist the parliament and the police department in handling cases. Is it necessary for the police department to pay for hiring people to do such a small thing? What's the point of having a union then?"

Li Ming opened his mouth, wanting to argue with him about this matter again, but after seeing Tian Yuan's gaze, he finally sighed.

"If there is no compensation, then there is no compensation. But since a large number of police officers are on duty in Yu Guang, can we investigate the murder cases that have been going on for more than a year?"

He almost used a pleading tone.

"Because of this incident, the workers are in a state of panic all day long, and even their daytime work has been affected. The parliament and factory owners certainly don't want to see production efficiency drop, right? At least give the people of Yuguang some hope and let them know that the police department is doing something!"

Tian Yuan tapped the table frequently with his knuckles. He seemed to be in a very annoyed mood, but he finally agreed to it.

"Send all the union files on this case here. But let's make it clear in advance that Miss Fengzi's case is the priority. I don't know how many gentlemen in the parliament are watching it. As for Yu Guang's case, I can only promise to have someone investigate it as well. Whether there will be any results in the end is up to fate."

Even though it was just this promise, Li Ming could accept it.

He nodded, turned around and left Tian Yuan's office. After he left, Tian Yuan called the subordinates who had reported before over again.

"The union will send us a case file on a serial torture and murder case later. You can assign a three-person team from our group to investigate the case and see if you can find a result without forcing us to do so. Also, publish a notice in Yuguang in the name of the police department, saying that we have launched an investigation into the torture and murder case and will be able to give the public a reasonable explanation soon."

The subordinate who was transferred to Tian Yuan because of this incident had a hesitant expression on his face.

"Director, a three-person team wants to investigate this case while investigating. Isn't that a little short of manpower?"

Tian Yuan just said expressionlessly.

"I just said to give them a reasonable explanation when the announcement was released. When did you really say that you would give them an explanation? Brainless idiot, go get back to work!"

Chapter 27 Wang Xiaole

It has been three days since I came to the Twilight Church.

The past few days have been very dull. Aunt Cheng, who is in charge of the choir, started by teaching them to read the church's gospels, and then to memorize complete hymns praising truth, goodness, beauty and other human qualities. Today, they have already started learning to read music.

Life in the church is indeed much better than that of laborers in other places in Yuguang. In order to maintain cleanliness and hygiene, Levi and his colleagues are required to take a shower every day, and they eat food that ordinary laborers cannot taste.

Li Wei got along well with the three boys in his dormitory. During the lunch break that day, one of the boys asked them to go to the cemetery behind the church to sweep the graves.

His grandparents were buried there. His parents were usually busy at the factory and had no time to visit the grave to pay their respects.

The other two boys in his dormitory agreed to go with him, but Levi didn't want to leave the church casually.

In the past two days, the police department and the Yu Guang Labor Union conducted a carpet search of all blocks. Even though the church has a figure like the bishop to support it, it was still inspected twice.

Although Levi and Fengzi were not caught both times, Levi would never take unnecessary risks if he could be cautious.

Besides, he had never thought about getting along well with his three roommates in the dormitory. He and Fengzi would definitely make a big fuss later. The better the relationship he had with the people around him now, the more harm it would do to them.

During the lunch break, Levi did not go to look for Fengzi, leaving the lame man to find books in the church's public library. Instead, he sat on a bench in the hall, watching the boy named Wang Xiaole doing his daily cleaning work.

"Who is Madam Cheng to you?"

Levi asked casually.

After these few days, he also found out who the relative who was taking care of Wang Xiaole was.

When the boy who was sweeping the floor seriously with a broom heard this question, his body visibly tensed up. He raised his head nervously and looked at Levi, not expecting that he would suddenly ask this question.

"Why do you ask that?"

Levi raised his eyebrows.

"I just saw her talking to you privately last night. If it's private, forget it. I'm just curious and I don't have any bad intentions."

Out of a child's intuition, Wang Xiaole felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity from Levi, especially the voice, although he was sure that he did not recognize this face at all.

But it was also because of this close familiarity that he believed Levi's words and felt that the other party really had no ill intentions.

"Madame Cheng is my great aunt. If possible, please keep it a secret for me. She doesn't want anyone to know about my relationship with her."

"Why is that? It's not like she used some backdoor to let you join the choir. What's there to hide?"

Wang Xiaole put down the broom. He looked like a depressed and bullied person and sat next to Li Wei.

"Mrs. Cheng doesn't like children. I really don't have any other relatives, so I can only come to the church to find her and ask her to agree to be my guardian until I am old enough to get an ID card and go to work in the factory."

In Yu Guang, if you want to become a laborer and earn money in a factory, there is also an age limit.

You must be 14 years old to apply for an ID card, but the guardian must sign the application, otherwise you will not be able to get the ID card and will become an illegal resident.

That's why Wang Xiaole had to find a legal guardian for himself after his parents died.

"Where are your other relatives?"

"My father died of illness when I was very young, and my mother worked alone in the factory to raise me. But the foremen kept looking for her. They came to my house, tied my hands with a rope, and tied them to the door to prevent me from running around. Then they closed the door and bullied my mother."

Wang Xiaole's voice was very calm, as if he had long been accustomed to it and did not feel how sad the matter was.

"There was something wrong with my mother's brain. Sometimes she would suddenly hug me and say that she saw my father, who was leading a dog and biting all the bad guys to death, and then took us to live a good life. The neighbor's grandmother said she was crazy, but my mother always said that she was not crazy, but everyone else was crazy."

"I was very scared and wanted her to come to the church to see the pastor, but she didn't dare to ask for leave because she thought the factory would fire her. Then last month, she died in the coal mine. I heard she died of exhaustion."

"After my mother died, I didn't know if I had any other relatives except Aunt Cheng. She also helped arrange my mother's grave in the church. I came to her with the remaining money in the family. I can give her all the money as long as she promises to support me and not let me become an illegal resident in the future."

"My mother was very afraid that I would become an illegal immigrant, because it is much harder for illegal immigrants to survive than normal laborers. She was also afraid that my body would be disabled. She believed in Twilight and always felt that if my body was damaged, it would not be complete even if I entered Twilight."

It seemed like he had finally found someone to talk to. A simple question from Levi made him open up and tell him all his experiences.

But it was obvious that Wang Xiaole also knew what to say and what not to say. For example, the "leftover money at home" was most likely the compensation that Li Wei had asked for him and other workers' families. He had always kept his mouth shut about this.

After listening to him, Levi suddenly didn't know what to say.

He was just a little bit curious. At first, the boy got the compensation from him, and then he wondered whether a child like him could keep the money in such a harsh environment as Yu Guang.

Unexpectedly, he never thought of keeping the money for himself at the beginning, but used it to find a chance to survive in this broken society.

From the contact over the past two days, Li Wei could see that Nanny Cheng was obviously a profit-seeking character. She would take special care of some children because they had received money from their families.

Wang Xiaole asked her to be his guardian, so he would have to give away at least half of the 21,000 yuan in compensation.

In the end, Levi could only speak in a tone that was unclear whether it was comforting or persuasive.

"Now that you have come to church, your life will be better."

The boy tightened his grip on the broom, laughed and nodded vigorously.

"Of course!"

Just as Levi stood up and prepared to end the slightly depressing chat during lunch break, a burst of hurried footsteps suddenly came from the back of the church.

He turned around and saw his three roommates who were going to the cemetery on the back hill to visit the graves. They looked pale and nervous as they were surrounded by a group of faculty members and taken to the hall.

"Tell me clearly! How did you find out that all the graves in the cemetery were empty?"

Chapter 28: Empty Tomb and Apology

The noise was very loud, and the faces of the faculty and staff were very solemn, as if something big had happened.

Among Levi's three roommates who were surrounded in the middle, one of the boys answered the question tremblingly.

"We went to the cemetery to sweep the graves. When we were cleaning the tombstones, we found some new soil in the cemetery. I even tripped and fell. After I got up, I found that a corner of the coffin that was supposed to be buried in the ground was exposed."

"People who came to visit the graves outside the church also saw the exposed coffin. Some of them found that the coffin was incomplete and there was nothing inside! Later, they also found that there was something wrong with the soil on their relatives' graves. Someone directly dug up the graves and found that the coffin inside had been moved. Then, the coffin was empty."

The boy finally finished telling the story after stuttering, and the entire church hall fell into silence at this time.

The priests and nuns looked at each other in bewilderment. They obviously didn't understand why all the graves in the cemetery were empty, but they all understood how great an impact this matter would have in Yu Guang if it got out!

After the church presided over the construction of this cemetery, almost all of Yu Guang’s bodies were buried here, including countless parents, wives, husbands, and children.

Now only a few graves have been found to be empty. If we wait until everyone else comes back to open the cemetery for verification, and then we find that all the thousands and thousands of graves in the cemetery are empty, how should we explain to these people?

The faculty members all thought of this, and none of them could afford such a thing.

"We must tell the bishop about this immediately! We must find out how many empty graves there are in the cemetery as soon as possible!"

One of the priests left in a hurry, and no one paid any attention to the three boys. The other maids and priests also knew that something big was going to happen soon, so they hurried to prepare.

Levi was sitting on a bench and saw this scene, he narrowed his eyes.

This incident seemed to have nothing to do with him and Fengzi, but in the game, would those people in the plot team arrange for players to encounter completely useless events?

He had great doubts about this.

Just after lunch break, just as the pastors had guessed, the news of the empty grave in the cemetery quickly spread throughout the working class neighborhood.

Many elderly people who were unable to work and laborers who were taking a day off flocked to the cemetery behind the church.

This is a public place, usually managed and cared for by Twilight's pastors, and anyone can visit at any time if they have relatives buried there.