Licheng Yongli County, mountainous area.

"Thank you, Master Xiao, thank you, thank you!" An old woman with a hunched back pulled her granddaughter who got off the car, touched her face carefully, pulled her behind her, and expressed her gratitude to the postman in front of her.

"You're welcome, you're welcome. It's just such a young child. Oh, I can't help you in the future." The postman surnamed Xiao said angrily, "I'm going to retire soon. The young man who will take over from me doesn't dare to help take care of the child."

"Thank you, thank you!" the old woman said, "Please wait for me."

As she spoke, the old woman slowly took out a small string from her arms, took out a turquoise from it, and then began to slowly search her pockets. After a minute or two, she still couldn't find a suitable string. After thinking for a while, she handed it directly to the postman: "This stone is for you. Boshi Olu will bless you!"

Boshi'olu means Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in Naxi language. The postman didn't want to accept the turquoise at first, but after hearing this, he took it, thanked him, started the motorcycle and left.

The old woman looked at her granddaughter's face and rubbed it carefully for a while, "I'm sorry for your hardship."

“Not bitter,” the child shook his head.

"Do you miss your parents?" The old woman took the child into the house and closed the door.

"Yes, I want them to die sooner." The girl said it calmly, as if it was not a big deal.

"Silly child, what are you talking about?" the old woman scolded, "That's such a bargain for them."

…

Belvedere, a bar street.

Some people say that Belvedere is a combination of realism and idealism. Some people come here with dreams, while others only think about money and pornography.

The lights were flashing, and more than a dozen people were showing themselves to their heart's content on the stage to the dynamic beats.

An audience member took a bottle of Hoegaarden that cost 50 yuan, opened the lid, inserted 100 yuan in it, and handed it to a performer on the stage.

The performer took out some money and stuffed it into his clothes, then drank 330 ml of Hoegaarden in one gulp. Then he put the bottle aside and bowed to express his gratitude to the guest who had brought him the wine.

On one side of the wine bottle, there were more than 20 bottles and cans scattered around.

There were several tables near the door, all occupied by pretty young girls, and the tables were filled with wine, including some expensive-looking foreign liquors - bottles.

"I told you! Licheng is a good place!" In a private room, a fat man said loudly to another man.

There's no way, this place is too noisy, and I can't hear anything at all if I lower my voice.

"Brother! It's great to be rich!" This one was also a little fat, but still of normal build: "I don't want to live in poverty anymore!"

"Oh! Of course! I'll take care of what happened last time!" The fat man stuffed something into the man's pocket and said, "Enjoy it!"

The man touched it and found it was a card, so he quickly took it out and pushed it to the other party: "Don't mention our relationship..."

Halfway through his words, he realized that this was not a bank card or a shopping card, but a room card. Then he smiled and said, "Oh..."

…

On this night, different things were happening in different places. Of course, it was like this every moment. At every moment, there were people dying of illness in the hospital, people getting drunk in the bar, and people being born and dying in the hotel...

…

Licheng City Bureau.

"The cause of this fire is too serious," Bai Song looked at the appendix behind the fire responsibility determination letter with a serious expression.

There is usually no appendix, but the version Bai Song got has one, and it is very detailed.

"What does this mean?" Shu Yuan asked.

"A lot of carbohydrates and KNO3," Bai Song said, "This is what makes earth rocket fuel. I analyzed the carbohydrates here to be white sugar, and the amount is huge."

"Could this be related to the sugar smuggling case we encountered before?" Shu Yuan thought of something.

"I'm not sure. I'm talking about a large amount, that is, tons. It's easy to buy through legal channels, and of course we can't rule out smuggling channels," Bai Song said. "Some small countries often use this stuff as a fuel for earth rockets. The cost is quite low. A few thousand dollars worth of earth rockets requires millions of anti-aircraft missiles to shoot them down. If this stuff is used to ignite forests, the effect is also surprisingly good."

"Of course," Liu Shuyuan said, "If it can be used as rocket fuel, how can it be bad? Why not use gasoline or something like that?"

"One is sugar, and the other is fertilizer," Bai Song said. "Neither is difficult to obtain. They are easier to obtain than gunpowder. Otherwise, it would be difficult to ignite a wet forest. As for a few tons of gasoline, to be honest, it is too dangerous to transport it, and it is easy to catch fire."

"If that's the case, this was really planned for a long time," Wang Huadong said, "This is really enough to make the Licheng Public Security Bureau drink a pot."

"I haven't found any clues about the person in charge who ran away in Tianhua New Port District," Bai Song said a very difficult sentence.

Generally, when Bai Song speaks like this, he is thinking about something, and he is not so particular when speaking.

"Okay," Liu Shuyuan said, "There are so many of these fuels burning in the forest, and the most that can happen is property damage. So what is the motive? If it's sabotage or terrorism, then this is not a good option."

"There must be some experts here," Wang Huadong scratched his head. "I feel that the main purpose of the forest fire is to create an ash-raising environment in the ancient city, thereby creating the spectacular 'Light of God'."

"Is this technically feasible?" Shu Yuan looked at Bai Song.

"I just mentioned this to Professor Xu," Bai Song said, "It's not that difficult to create air colloids. If we can know the general outcome of the fire and the wind direction in advance, and the weather in advance, it won't be very difficult."

"Then what is the purpose of creating this macroscopic scene? Don't tell me it's just for show!" Liu Shuyuan raised his doubts again: "This is a bit too exaggerated."

"This isn't an exaggeration. There have been many such incidents in history, and there are many young people who are more daring than this one," Wang Huadong said. "Maybe they find it very exciting? Or maybe the planner of this incident is a physics major and is too paranoid?"

"This is not a question of paranoia or not," Bai Song shook his head. "I said that all the things that happened in Licheng might have been done by a group of people. What you said can explain this fire and the scene, but it can't explain other cases."

"Yes, and this time the commotion is so big, it's really the biggest case I've ever seen," Sun Jie said, "I don't know what the situation is on the Internet now."

"It's a mess," Wang Liang said, "I'll climb over the wall and take a look..."

The incident in Licheng fermented very rapidly, and after the cause of Professor Ye’s death was made public, it caused an uproar.

Professor Ye has many students and friends, and these people have a good impression of Professor Ye, especially some students who like him very much. After seeing the public security announcement, many people did not believe it, and even some people criticized the post posted by Bai Song.

"Let's ignore these pressures," Bai Song said, "Everyone in the world is motivated by profit. Let's first understand what this case is all about and determine the motive. Then everything else will be easy."

"What motive could there be? It's a mess," Wang Liang said. "I think the suspects may be deliberately trying to confuse us. For example, they might draw lots or something, and do whatever they get. This way, they themselves don't know what they are doing, and naturally we will be even more confused!"

"Uh..." Bai Song said: "How many episodes do you think such a brainless organization can survive..."

"That's right..." Wang Liang was speechless.

"An organization that can create wildfires and divine light must have a master behind it, although we don't know the purpose..."

"What you're talking about is quite fantastical," Wang Liang complained, "What's the point? What kind of deification ceremony is this?"

"Hmm?" Bai Song glanced at Wang Liang and suddenly his eyes lit up.

After pondering for more than ten seconds, Bai Song looked at Wang Liang and said, "What you said may really be the truth."

"What?" Wang Liang was stunned for a moment: "Someone has transcended the calamity? Cultivated Taoism?"

There is a joke on the Internet that says that if one day, the cultivation techniques are suddenly officially made public, you will find that when you just start practicing, others have already started to overcome the tribulation!

"No, it's something we have encountered before." Bai Song ignored Wang Liang's teasing.

"Is there something evil happening again?" Wang Huadong recalled what happened in Linyang City a few days ago.

"If so, Lin Yang's case is just a small one," Bai Song said, "Nowadays, crimes are increasingly moving towards high technology and high intelligence. In comparison, Lin Yang's use of the 'Tin Plague' to deceive people is really child's play. So, maybe we don't see any problems now, but what happened in Licheng these days is really a big hidden danger."

"Then tell me, why did you choose Licheng? This place is not a backward place." Wang Liang expressed his confusion.

"Both Yongli County and Ninglang County in Licheng are impoverished counties, but this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that there are many idealistic people in Licheng. These people are actually very easy to be influenced, such as Professor Ye," Bai Song said, "Do you remember the Lin Yang case? When we went to Meng Province to handle the relative of the main criminal, the fat herdsman, I said that such people would never commit suicide or believe in anything. In reality, most people like money, women or handsome men. These people will not believe in something casually, but idealistic people are different. They are actually easier to be changed, and once they really yearn for something, they are willing to give everything for it."

"I agree with this," Liu Shuyuan said, "I don't look down on idealism, but these people are indeed more stubborn. They may not care too much about money, but they care especially about spiritual enrichment."

"So, they are also a group of people who are easily influenced and exploited," Bai Song said, "Then, is it possible that we think that some of the things that happened these days are... rituals?"

"Ritual?" Everyone fell into deep thought.

Sun Jie paused and asked, "So, climbing Jade Dragon Snow Mountain... is also one of their rituals, right?"

"Brother Jie," Bai Song said, "Do you think it makes sense logically?"

Everyone nodded. This made perfect sense! Not only that, but even the spread of AIDS and the like made sense!

Some people say that the spread of AIDS has something to do with rituals. This may not be related to rituals, but it may be an act used to disrupt the situation and attract attention.

Just as several people were shocked, Bai Song received a message.

The knife Professor Ye used to kill people was tested. The black ash on the knife was mainly composed of potassium carbonate, or simply plant ash. Analysis showed that it was related to forest fires. The main material of the knife was nickel-titanium alloy.

"Is this alloy expensive?" Wang Huadong asked.

"It's not very expensive, but it's memory metal." Bai Song thought for a moment and said, "If I remember correctly, it's like this."

"Memory metal?"

"Professor Ye was also deceived," Bai Song read the content of the message. "This is very similar to the tin plague incident, and it is also a common method used by these people to show a 'miracle'. Nitinol is a shape memory alloy. After a knife-shaped alloy is bent into another shape, it will return to its original shape as long as it is heated to more than 40 or 50 degrees. Since there is ash on this knife, it is likely that it was found after a forest fire. The counterfeiters can use this to say some deceptive words, making the 'iron block become a sharp blade after being bathed in holy fire', and then let the people below believe that this is a miracle."

Bai Song knew that there really was no God in this world, at least not now. However, countless people would try to deceive others, interpret God on their own, and create miracles on their own to prove that God existed. As long as someone believed that God was really wrong, then as God's spokesperson, it would be easy to obtain huge benefits.

If we hadn't had the experience of the Linyang City case, no one would have thought of this, but now that we had discussed it, we felt that it might really be such an incident.

The "leader" in Linyang City is a person who swindles money and sex, and mostly affects people with low cultural level. His motives are relatively simple, and the scale of his activities is not particularly large, and it will take a long time to become successful.

This is not the case with Licheng. This organization is very tight and the structure is very responsible. In a short period of time, through a series of major cases, the influence generated is greater than that of the person caught before in his lifetime.

"Report to the unit?" Liu Shuyuan asked.

"We can report it," Bai Song said, "but we should tell Ren Hao to report it. He's under enough pressure, and it would be easy to screw him over if we report it."

"Okay, you've thought it through very carefully." Shu Yuan nodded: "Then let me call him and tell him about this. Just say you're busy."

"Well, you've considered it more thoroughly than I have." Bai Song nodded and understood what Shu Yuan meant.

"Tell me more details," Sun Jie instructed, "We can't predict what will happen in Licheng next."