The place where Su Yeye and the members of the 10th Brigade disappeared was located in a mountain village called Fuquan Village on the outskirts of Dongcheng.
Honestly, if it weren’t for the driver who led the way, Bai Ming would never have imagined that there was a village hidden in such a mountain nook.
It is just a small dot on the map. Only when you visit it in person do you realize how remote it is.
There are still many good-looking self-built houses scattered in the village, and some traces of farmhouses from the early years can also be seen, such as several dilapidated restaurants with faintly visible signs.
However, there are still many self-built houses with good appearance here.
And there are still traces of the hotel that remain from the former farmhouse.
After asking, I found out that the "Rural Idyllic Scenery" project was launched here many years ago, which once attracted many wealthy people from the city to come for vacation.
However, after an important meeting, the policy changed and everything quickly declined.
A burly man took the initiative to introduce that he was a newly dispatched member of Bai Ming's temporary squadron. The level 5 player Chen Dazhuang had already come to investigate in advance because he was nearby: "There are no special sacrifices in this place now, but there was a diagonal incident decades ago."
Bai Ming said: "It was that year. Damn, that's not unusual. It was similar all over the country at that time. "
Chen Dazhuang said: "But the religion they believed in was a bit special. It was the Kitchen God. At that time, even the officials didn't know how to deal with it."
"Later, it was found that the relevant people took the opportunity to swindle money and gather people to defraud, and the higher-ups set the policy, so they dealt with it."
He paused: "And now the anomaly discovered by Captain Su and the others is related to the Kitchen God."
Bai Ming frowned and asked: "What about the Xuanyin spectrometer? Have you scanned it with a spectrometer?"
Chen Dazhuang looked solemn: "That's the problem. Except for Captain Su and the others who had detection records that time, all the spectrometers brought by the team have failed here."
"If the last signal before the disappearance was not located here, we would even suspect that we found the wrong place."
Bai Ming mused: "Did [Void] do anything, use some transfer method?"
Chen Dazhuang shook his head: "We are still investigating."
The subsequent visit went extremely smoothly.
With his official status, the villagers answered almost all questions. Not only did they not hide anything, they were also full of curiosity about the sudden arrival of the large number of people, and enthusiastically went about their daily routine.
But once asked about the disappearance of the 10th Brigade, everyone immediately looked blank, as if nothing had ever happened.
Even if cognitive tampering intervention methods are used, there is still no gain.
Bai Ming felt inexplicably agitated, so he simply led the team to launch a blanket search.
With the 27 points of perception after activating his willpower, he visited every corner of Fuquan Village, but still found nothing.
"I'm sorry, uncle..."
A little girl of four or five years old timidly said to Chen Dazhuang.
Bai Ming remembered that she accidentally let go when she was playing with a ball. The ball flew towards him. He habitually activated [Cowardless Mouse] to get out of the way, and hit Chen Dazhuang.
"It's okay, uncle, it doesn't hurt."
Chen Dazhuang squatted down and smiled gently.
The little girl seemed to have been informed of their origins by the adults. She did not feel scared. Instead, she asked curiously: "Uncle, what are you here for?"
Bai Ming did not interrupt Chen Dazhuang from playing with the children. There were no clues at the moment. Coupled with the pressure brought by [The Void], the team members were a little anxious. This kind of interaction could actually relieve their emotions.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Did Sisi disturb your work?"
An old woman with all white hair, a thin figure and a slight stoop came hurriedly from the side yard. She looked to be at least eighty or ninety years old.
Bai Ming responded with a smile: "It's okay, grandma, it's okay."
The old man looked at him and said slowly: "You are also official people, I have seen such people when I was a child. My father left with them at that time and never came back..."
Bai Ming said solemnly: "Your father is..."
“He is just an ordinary person. There are many people who walked with him in the village, but none of them regret it.”
> "Life is good now. It's much better than when I was a child. It's hard to live long."
So Chen Dazhuang continued to play with the little girl, while Bai Ming chatted with the old lady, ranging from the family's shortcomings to the customs, from the trivial matters in the neighborhood to the changes in the past and present.
Combined with the information collected by other teams, the outline of Fuquan Village gradually became clear in Bai Ming's mind. It was an ordinary-looking village, very similar to other villages in the vast land of China.
As if he was nostalgic for the past, the old man added: "Actually, there was a reason why they believed in the Stove Lord back then. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, "Fudo Tao" had a branch here, and they believed in the Stove Lord. In fact, the Kitchen God is not called the Kitchen God, but... what is he called the God of Destiny? "
� "
Bai Ming was unable to complain. He wanted to say that "Fudo" only appeared in the Republic of China, which was when you were born.
But think about it, it's not worth arguing with the old man. After all, the old man just wants someone to chat with her to recall the past. It's not a debate about winning or losing at all.
However, he also came to the conclusion that this belief with the Kitchen God as its core has a long history in the local area, and some people used it to make trouble a few decades ago.
But one thing doesn't make sense. The Kitchen God has never been part of the temple of obscenity, and the imperial courts of all dynasties did not prohibit the worship of the Kitchen God.
It is a bit bizarre to say that it is related to ghosts.
Oh, that’s not right either.
The twilight game only appeared two years ago. The formation of ghosts may have nothing to do with the beliefs of the human world, but follows some unique laws.
But Bai Ming had a strong intuition that the disappearance of Su Yeye and the members of the Tenth Brigade must be related to this special Kitchen God belief.
This is the sixth sense brought to him by 27 points of perception.
Of course, this news was also reported.
In the subsequent chat, other elderly people in the village continued to join in, some with their children.
The team members were reluctant at first, after all, they were on a mission.
But Bai Ming convinced them that since there was no progress, it was better to change the direction.
It is possible that these old people and children are not ignorant, but are unable to express themselves due to cognitive tampering.
Perhaps after getting closer to each other, we can find information unintentionally revealed in the actions of the person involved.
In the end, I actually got some clues, saying that I vaguely remembered an extremely beautiful girl coming, but I don’t remember much as I get older.
As dusk approached, news finally came from other teams, and the Fifth Brigade discovered important clues.
So, Bai Ming led his squadron and hurried away.