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Chapter 438 - 404: The Liu Town Tragedy

Chapter 438: Chapter 404: The Liu Town Tragedy

"Nonsense! Pure drivel! Baseless fabrications—everyone mustn’t believe these students’ biased accounts!"

The above statement came from the cunning Principal of Qingshan.

Next up were announcements of personnel casualties and property damages.

"Student: Jiang Xiao (Missing)"

"Student: Xin Yi (Missing)"

Hmm?

Jiang Xiao narrowed his eyes—this missing notice was intriguing.

He was indeed missing, while Xin Yi... unless something unexpected happened, she should be in jail by now.

He had thought that was the end of it.

Not until Jiang Xiao saw the following list of property damages caused by a magnetic storm at the school...

"Teaching buildings: Two (need rebuilding)"

"Plastic track: Completely vanished (needs relaying)"

"All electronic devices of school principals and teachers: All unusable (require public funds for replacements)"

"Principal’s Audi A6: Totally wrecked (beyond repair, needs replacement)"

"800 pounds of various meats stored in the cafeteria..."

"All fitness and entertainment equipment on the school’s playground..."

"Teacher Sun’s summary report..."

"Teacher Li’s planned gift for his wife..."

"Teacher Huang’s Yadea electric scooter..."

Jiang Xiao’s expression grew darker the more he read.

What’s the deal?

Why did he feel like he had inadvertently taken a huge loss?

Using his rear, he could guess just how smug the potbellied principal’s face must be at that moment.

But there’s more!

"Hypotheses regarding the Liu Town Tragedy"

Here we go, this is the mission target.

"On January 1st, on the banks of the Xiliang River, an unidentified female body was found. After investigation by the relevant authorities, it was confirmed to be Dalian, the only daughter of the Song family from Liu Town..."

Here are some related interviews.

Reporter: "There are rumors out there that Dalian died at your hands?"

Dalian’s Father: "Complete fabrication, utter nonsense, these are baseless rumors and defamation against me!"

Reporter: "But some people have seen Dalian crying bitterly at night, isn’t it because of your abuse?"

Dalian’s Father: "She’s my only daughter! Our family adores her too much to ever abuse her. Reporter, it seems there’s a significant problem with your thinking, leading the charge in rumor-mongering!"

Reporter: "Yet, there are also rumors that it was because Dalian did something disgraceful to the family that..."

Dalian’s Father: "Enough! Speaking of rumors with no evidence—using baseless gossip to judge someone’s character—I’ve also heard that you got your position after being passed around by nineteen leaders!"

The interview was thus concluded.

Below are the testimonies from villagers in the area.

"Poor girl, on several nights I heard her weeping softly in the attic..."

"Dalian died so unjustly, we neighbors have seen her wronged spirit several times!"

"Wronged spirit... I’ve seen it too, but I believe there must be a scientific explanation for all this."

"Is that so?"

Through the discussions of the diners downstairs, The Chosen One learned that the target was something to do with Liu Town’s Dalian.

And this newspaper clarified the specific details.

So, the mission is to find evidence that Dalian’s father killed her or drove her to death, right?

But... could it really be that simple?

Wronged spirit...

Sounds dubious, but no matter how unreliable, there’s no smoke without fire.

Weren’t Wang Qiang and Er Long’s testimonies just as dubious?

Yet what they said turned out to be true.

"Xiao Bai, are you done eating?"

With a ’pop’, Bai Yi pulled the bone out of her mouth—this was the last chicken leg she had finished.

"Daddy, it was so yummy~ I’m full now."

Silly girl~

Jiang Xiao was quite curious about how flexible Xiao Bai’s tongue could be.

A whole chicken leg went into her mouth, chewed and chewed, and in the end, only a bare bone was perfectly pulled out by her.

"Okay, let’s go get that Liu Town then."

"Let’s hit the road!"

...

Liu Town was still a distance away from the Eight Immortals Building, requiring a three to four-hour walk.

It would definitely be dark by the time they arrived.

Alternatively, one could choose to hire a rickshaw puller like Jiang Xiao had.

"It’s so strange, according to the newspapers, Hangzhou and Qingzhou should be connected. But why does this place seem like ancient times?"

There weren’t even modern cars or cell phones.

It was exactly like the scenes from period dramas on TV.

Jiang Xiao thought for a moment and realized that he couldn’t view the world of Analog Horror from the perspective of Blue Star.

"And you’re one to talk? Didn’t you and Sun Wei live in a village from the late ’90s? A little game console had you completely hooked."

Liu Town could be understood as an expansive ancient town.

Or perhaps some people who disliked modern technology preferred this ancient style and chose to live here long-term?

Of course, Jiang Xiao had another hypothesis in mind.

That is, not all origins of these Kaidan stemmed from modern times.

What if it was from ancient times?

Like the Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio.

If they occurred in modern times...

Um, how to put it, those so-called beings like Nie Xiaoqian who supposedly needed to absorb a man’s yang energy could probably get their fill easily.

In ancient times, such calamities were desperately avoided.

In the eyes of modern people... What? There’s such a thing as free lunch?!

Forget about Nie Xiaoqian, with the various peculiar fetishes of modern people, even the witches of Hei Mountain might have some takers...

...

"What? 599 yuan?!"

The Chosen Ones shivered at the terrifying price.

Having seen the newspapers, they naturally wanted to head to Liu Town, given that they only had seven days.

But they were all shocked by the frightening transportation costs.

"This is more expensive than hiring a whole car..."

"A car?" The rickshaw puller scoffed, "Here, if you can find a car, I’ll admit you’re awesome!"

It was clear that the rickshaw puller wasn’t a native "ancient person."

After some inquiries, they found out that 599 was the going rate.

And most of these rickshaw pullers weren’t ancient people but folks from other major regions trying to make a buck.

Expensive?

Certainly!

But the price was not high at all.

A foot journey of four to five hours, plus the labor of pulling someone, deserved this reward.

So, as expected,

The Chosen Ones unanimously chose to run there instead.

If a meal costs over a hundred, and a ride will set them back another six hundred.

They would really be out of money.

...

The moon shone brightly, scattered with stars.

The small town up ahead was faintly visible, but the rickshaw puller was unwilling to go any further.

"Bro, what if we pay you more?"

"No, no, no, bro, please don’t make it difficult for me. Who doesn’t know Liu Town is haunted, especially at night?"

With that, the rickshaw puller turned his head and hurried back with his rickshaw.

"Daddy, I’m really scared."

Bai Yi followed closely behind Jiang Xiao, her nerves on edge.

"I’m scared too."

Jiang Xiao was honest; what scared him was Bai Yi’s fear.

After walking another ten minutes on foot, the two of them finally arrived at the site of the grisly events.

Not a single person in sight?

Jiang Xiao frowned—if they walked back for less than twenty minutes, they would be at the brightly lit, bustling Jiangnan Ancient Town.

This place really had that chilling air one would find in a funeral home.