Chapter 32: A town without sunlight (2)

Liu Weijun was assigned to the timber distribution office. When he entered the office, he felt that it was both quiet and lively.

It was quiet because there were always many workers here during the day, bustling and busy. Even at night, there were about half as many workers as during the day, because they were busy transporting wood. But today, there was not a single worker here. Under the bright lights, there were only some tools that resembled levers reflecting a cold light.

The lively part is that although there are no workers here, there are more people who look nervous. These people all have weapons in their hands, such as rifles. They may or may not be workers, but their presence always makes people feel a suffocating pressure in the air.

Lin Jianguo walked at the front, and everyone followed behind him, step by step, toward the hill where the lumber yard was located.

Because of the appearance of the female corpse, the dilapidated wooden house on that hill had long been burned down, but perhaps because of habit, or perhaps because of its special geographical location, with only one road leading up and down, it always gave people a sense of psychological security, so after the corpse was discovered, the second-in-command rushed to the workers who found it and transported it to the top of the hill.

On the way, the second-in-command had already repeated his feelings many times. He said that the appearance of the male corpse was not as strange as the female corpse. At least the workers on the job did not feel anything unusual. It was only after the female corpse that he gave the order that any corpse found should be reported to him, so he was able to arrive at the scene as soon as possible.

“At first glance, I knew that something was wrong with the corpse. It was wearing a black satin dress and a big red flower tied to its chest. It looked like it was going to marry a bride! Can you not imagine? And it was hugging a tree… I looked at it and almost peed my pants. I can’t describe it. The most amazing thing was that I felt like it was staring at me. I couldn’t stand up. I was only able to stand up with the help of a few workers standing next to me.”

“But I’m a leader, I have to keep secrets, and I have to set an example of composure in front of the workers. I barely managed to speak, thinking about the founding of the country, and I directed these people to carry the corpse up the low slope… But who knows that I was almost scared crazy at that time, and my heart had already collapsed. If I hadn’t suppressed it, I would have peed my pants.”

When the second-in-command said these words, there was no trace of the authority of a leader, but rather the voice of a child seeking comfort. Liu Weijun sensitively realized that the comfort should come from Lin Jianguo.

But Lin Jianguo only twitched his mouth and smiled… and the others didn’t react much either. It seemed that they had heard it many times before, but Liu Weijun, who had heard it for the first time, listened with relish, feeling both nervous and excited.

He had no sense of awareness, but simply felt that under the protection of a superior, everything was an insight, not a risk. He never imagined that from that day on, the town would usher in a life of darkness and no light…

“At that time, I thought Lin Jianguo was like a great general in ancient times.” Uncle Wei Jun recalled Lin Jianguo, and his expression finally changed a little. I can’t explain what kind of emotion it was, but I always felt a faint sense of admiration added to it. I wanted to understand this emotion, but I was afraid that I could only understand it after listening to the whole story.

“Why is he like a great general?” I was full of curiosity about Lin Jianguo, because in the story he was clearly a strange person, and the things he worshipped were also full of evil, and this kind of thing has now spread throughout the town, just like the human skull I saw at Old Wang’s house. But why did Uncle Wei Jun recall him with such a certain… well, at least a positive emotion.

“I told you, that night the lumber yard was full of people with guns. They probably didn’t know what was going on, and they were nervous because their leaders were nervous. But when Uncle Lin walked in front of them, passing by everyone, everyone’s eyes fell on him, and their expressions and looks relaxed, and they all let out a sigh of relief… It was like a new recruit going into battle, seeing an invincible general who had seen a hundred battles, and immediately feeling at ease. I don’t know why it was like that… Actually, I felt at ease when I saw his back then. I think it wasn’t because I was listening to the story. Even if I hadn’t heard my father tell the story that night, I think that back would still have made me feel at ease.

In fact, I don’t know what kind of person Lin Jianguo is or what special abilities he has, but after thinking about it, I came up with this answer: “You know, Uncle Wei Jun, a person has a kind of aura. Do you understand what I mean? It’s like a woman in love, who is extra cute and beautiful… It’s like a pair of soldiers who are determined to die, and there is always a kind of solemn and unwavering atmosphere around them. Well, this is something that can influence people. It’s like maybe in a group of 100 soldiers, there are some who don’t have the determination to die, but when this aura spreads, they start to be determined. You said that at that time, Lin Jianguo only had one choice. When he had already made his decision, he might have given you a sense of peace of mind. Even though, at the timber distribution office at the time, many people didn’t know the truth.

“Some truth.” Liu Weijun was lost in thought. During this conversation, Mr. Liu told me that he couldn’t hold on for much longer, but during the slow conversation, I felt that he was not in a hurry, as if he had a lot of time to talk to me like this.

In the continuation of the story, Liu Weijun looked at Lin Jianguo’s back with a sense of relief, and with the group of people, he followed them up the hill with a sense of relief.

In the howling northwest wind, it seemed that his father’s sighs were not so serious. He wanted to see a different world, and this was the innocence of a teenager.

On the hillside, there were inexplicably more than twenty people. These people were different from those at the bottom of the hill, all wearing the same military uniform. Liu Weijun was a military fan, and at that time, he was particularly yearning for the army, so he knew a lot about it. He could quickly determine what kind of army it was from some details on the uniform, such as the shoulder patches.

What does the light blue shoulder patch mean?

Compared to the others at the bottom of the hill, the people in this army looked much more composed. They stood in groups of three or five on the flat ground of the hillside, seemingly without any method. Some were smoking, some were polishing their guns, and some were polishing their bullets. They all looked lazy.

However, at this time, Liu Er’s face became extremely serious. At this time, Liu Er seemed to have a certain realization and began to let go of a certain restriction in his heart. He pulled Liu Weijun over and whispered, “You see, these people don’t look like they belong here, but in fact, the position they are standing in is very important.”

“What’s the point?” Liu Weijun was curious about everything. He talked to Liu Er while looking around.

There was a blazing fire here, and not far from it was the ‘ruins’ of the small shack that had previously been used to hold the bodies. A white cloth tent was pitched, and on the tent were stuck what looked like very old talismans. In addition to this, there were also very complicated patterns… The red ones were painted with cinnabar, and they looked shocking but also full of mystery.

Liu Weijun thought all this was simply amazing and novel.

But Liu Er obviously didn’t share this sentiment. He whispered to Liu Weijun, “I can’t see any particular significance. I’ll be honest with you. Your father is just a half-baked Taoist priest! But even if I can’t see it, I can roughly tell that this should actually correspond to a formation of the heavens and earth and stars. This is a magical Taoist formation.”

At this point, Uncle Weijun seemed to remember something interesting, looked up at me and asked, “Speaking of this, you are a Taoist, right? Do you know any formations? It feels very powerful.”

I was a little stunned. There was no other reason, but I didn’t expect the last “sober” leader who had always protected the town to be someone who didn’t even understand Taoist formations. What was he protecting it with?

I said subconsciously, “I started to learn about formations when I was very young, so I understand a little bit. I can say that the formations are very powerful, very powerful… I can’t even imagine it. It’s a knowledge that I can’t explore in a lifetime, and that’s still standing on the shoulders of the ancestors! To draw a new formation yourself, you probably need to be a genius.”

“So powerful?” At this time, Uncle Wei Jun was still full of curiosity like a child. As he spoke, he suddenly stared at me. Although his eyes were covered by sunglasses, I couldn’t see his eyes, but I always felt that at that moment, he seemed to really put some kind of hope in me.

I didn’t care much about it, just waiting for the story to continue, but suddenly I thought of something and involuntarily let out a cry.

Uncle Wei Jun couldn’t help but ask me, “What’s wrong?”

“You mean the blue-shouldered troops? They know how to use formations? They even disposed of the bodies beforehand?” This discovery made my heart beat faster.

“Yes, what is the significance of this?” Uncle Wei Jun asked.

I didn’t say anything because I couldn’t tell what was going on. I just knew that they were the secret organization’s troops, or to put it another way, they were the troops that dealt with supernatural events.

Don’t think they don’t exist, they really exist!