Chapter 218 Painter
Chen Chuan looked at the river outside and said, "If my guess is correct, he originally wanted to use Molan to obtain esoteric materials and use the waterways of Yangzhi City to complete an esoteric ritual. This might include part of Yangzhi City or even the entire city."
There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone. Then Director Lei's voice came through clearly, with a serious tone. "Student Chen, please tell me everything you saw and the clues clearly and completely. Speak slowly. I'm listening."
Chen Chuan said hello and told me about what he had seen during his previous commission, combined with his findings today. Finally, he said, "Director Lei, I suspect that the things leaked by Molan Company may be part of the esoteric materials being used.
If this can be confirmed, then I suspect the rumor about the supposed beauty and health benefits of this soil was likely intentionally leaked by the person behind it, and there may be people arranged by this person among the buyers."
Director Lei said, "My Censorship Bureau has examined that thing before. We haven't come to a conclusion yet on what it is, but it's not enough to be considered esoteric cult material. However..."
He added, "Yangzhi City's water quality has its own unique characteristics. If the two are combined, it's hard to say whether they will produce any special effects. This is an easy thing to overlook. I will arrange for someone to check it out later."
Chen Chuan said: "Director Lei, this person can do such a thing in the river next to Molan Company. The company itself must be aware of this matter. Maybe Molan Company is pushing it behind the scenes.
It's just that nothing happened to the Molan Company until it collapsed, so it probably wasn't completed in the end. But from the current situation, it seems that this person hasn't completely given up on his original idea."
Director Lei said, "Based on what you've discovered, the ceremony was arranged along the waterways, so the entire city should be included. But that's not enough. This is only the outermost edge. The center must also be filled with a lot of filling, and that can't be accomplished by just the river..."
Having said that, he paused, "Wait a moment..."
On the other end of the phone, Director Lei seemed to be flipping through something. After a while, his voice came again, this time becoming very serious:
“If the ritual is arranged along the river line, then the previous ritual on Olive Street was probably not just to divert vital energy, but used this as a cover to make it part of the entire grand ceremony.
If you look at it this way, the old factory where you worked in the west of the city should also be one of the nodes.
Before this, we discovered and destroyed various rituals in the south and north of the city. Although the distances are not equal, there are undoubtedly large and small waterways or underground rivers on the outer edges of each place that can correspond to them."
From this perspective, this person must have had this grand plan long ago and was very patient, taking several years to slowly push forward, improve his skills, and then slowly put the whole puzzle together."
At this point, Director Lei said calmly, "But his business is too big, and his plan is too good. To achieve that kind of effect, the people from the Yangzhi City Esoteric Cult Review Bureau must not exist."
Chen Chuan nodded silently. Now it seems that even if the Esoteric Censorship Bureau did not know about this plan in advance, they still managed to destroy most of the plan with their extraordinary professionalism.
But that was also because the Review Bureau had the experienced Director Lei. What if Director Lei was no longer in office? He couldn't help but think of the incident with Director Lei's son three years ago. This didn't seem like a coincidence.
He thought for a moment and asked, "Director Lei, if this esoteric ritual is completed, what effect will it achieve?"
Director Lei pondered for a moment and said, "It's hard to tell at the moment, because this ritual doesn't exist in any records. It must have been modified by him based on the actual situation.
There has never been a tantric ritual of this scale before, and even its success or failure is uncertain, so perhaps even he himself does not know. This time, he should only pursue success in his technique. Perhaps only after trying it out, he will pursue the effect in the next step.
Chen Chuanshuo said, "So, Molan Company might have been used by him. Or maybe Molan Company didn't care about these investments. Although Molan Company is no longer there, it seems that he is still trying to restore the ritual."
Director Lei said solemnly, "We've already destroyed many key points. It's impossible for him to achieve the original scale of the ceremony. If he only completes part of it, it won't make much sense. But there is still one possibility..."
If he thought that the waterway was the boundary, and was not facing inward but outward, and was targeting the areas and people outside the river, then that would be possible.
"Beyond the river...that's outside the city?"
Chen Chuan suddenly remembered that the Blood Scar Gang had previously attacked Caijiazhai, and that there were also members of the Secret Sect among them. Could it be that they had this purpose?
wrong!
It is too far away from the main river channel, and I don’t know where it is. If we want to arrange it outward, we can only achieve the effect by distributing it along the river channel.
As for the more important and usable areas outside the river...
A place name suddenly popped up in his mind.
Laxia Mountain!
This mountain in the southeast is very close to the Baihe River, and there is a railway line under the mountain, which has been blown up many times before.
Even though it has been repaired now, there is no guarantee that it will not be targeted again.
Moreover, Xieshan is one of the three mountains in the legend of the Three Mountains, and it is also a place where strange stories frequently appear. He eliminated the mountain ghost in Xieshan!
But this does not mean that there is only this one strange story in Xieshan. If the esoteric ritual can drive out the strange stories that already exist in Xieshan, then even if the Xieshan section of the road is opened to traffic again, it will become extremely dangerous.
Especially since the resistance organization has repeatedly caused trouble here, and now the resistance organization seems to be involved with the Bloodstain Gang and the person behind it, so could the key lie here?
The more he thought about it, the more he felt it was possible. So, after changing his mind, he told Director Lei about his thoughts. Director Lei said, "Mr. Chen, this conjecture is very likely. The key is to see what the person is trying to achieve. Judging from his actions, if he can't achieve a certain effect, it will be meaningless to him."
He said in a deep voice: "Recently, the ownership of Molan Building has to be decided. Many large companies will come to Yangzhi. Domestic companies can choose to take their own armored vehicles, while some foreign companies can only take the railway. Then the newly repaired railway section may be a target for attack.
Even if there's even a sliver of possibility in this speculation, we can't ignore it. I'll try to communicate with the relevant departments and will also secretly investigate this matter first."
At this point, he added, "If this is confirmed, we must try to stop it. Mr. Chen, we may have a commission for you then. Wait for my call."
After Chen Chuan put down the phone, he came out of the phone booth and looked at the river flowing outside.
He had no interest in protecting people from those corporate giants, but most of the people passing by on the train were ordinary passengers, and these people were innocent.
Besides, whether it was the previous incident with Shen Zheng or the incident with the old factory that was directly related to him, there was a shadow of the person behind the scenes involved, so he should also be rewarded.
At about the same time, in a secret base in Shangbu City, Bao Yuan, the captain of the resistance organization, was communicating with someone on the phone.
"Manager Han, I will do what I promised you, but isn't it time to deliver the guns and funds you promised us?
...You yourself have gone to hide in the chaotic place, but you have left your brothers to deal with those greyhounds. If you want to fight and have enough food, you need weapons...
The last batch? Forget about it. They were caught on the way by those Greyhounds, and never made it into their hands...
Haha... I will do it. What have I not done that I promised your Molan Company?
...Having said that, let me tell you the truth. Manager Han, you know exactly what we do. If I don't stand up, the brothers below me will not obey me. Don't you agree?
So you don’t have to worry that I won’t work. As long as I get the things, I will definitely move. No matter how much or how little I work, you won’t suffer any loss, right?
Yeah, okay, I'll be waiting. As soon as the funds and guns are in place, we'll take action immediately...
...Just wait and see, I will give you a gift in return this time."
With a click, Bao Yuan hung up the phone and looked up at the team member next to him and said, "We've talked it through. The stuff will arrive in a few days. Once we have the money and the tools, we'll head back to Yangzhi City. This time, we're going to give them a big fight."
The team member perked up, thought for a moment, and reminded him: "Captain, the Caijiazhai gang seems to be looking for us everywhere recently. Should we..."
Bao Yuan frowned, "They're lucky the Blood Scar Gang didn't take care of them. We don't have time to bother with them now, so just ignore them."
The team members complained: "Captain, they are holding us back. Many things can't be accomplished. They also keep slandering us to the higher-ups. Why don't we just..."
Bao Yuan said solemnly, "No, we can't do it on our own. Anyway, we won't confront them this time. But if they really dare to come and provoke us, then we'll fight them together. Go down and tell the brothers to stay quiet and don't cause any trouble."
"Okay." The team member left in disappointment.
Bao Yuan thought for a moment, then went to the telegraph room next door and said to the operator waiting there, "Send a message to ask Mr. Painter if the painting can be delivered on time."
The operator immediately sent the telegram according to his instructions.
Bao Yuan didn't leave, but waited here. However, after more than an hour, there was no response. However, he seemed very patient. When almost two hours had passed, the operator finally received a call back. He couldn't help but stand up and ask, "What did you say?"
After the telegraph operator translated the message, he looked up and said, "Captain, the painter said that he has all the supplies and canvas, and the painting will be delivered on time."
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(End of this chapter)
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