Chapter 13 Nine Pillars

The Public Affairs Security Supervisory Office has high authority and has the cooperation of various local law enforcement and functional departments, so it is very efficient. After the information was summarized, a new breakthrough was made in the corpse pit incident within half a day.

There is no relevant information on missing persons, especially foreign nationals in Dongou, not even those who have entered the country.

However, regarding religious worship, we have gained some clues after investigation.

There are quite a few Chinese people who have religious beliefs, but they are all Taoism or Buddhism, with the latter being the majority.

Mummies are the product of the ancient Egyptian era, and ancient Egypt believed in polytheism. Therefore, let alone Nangang, it is almost impossible to find believers in the ancient Egyptian gods in the whole country or even the whole world.

But just half a month ago, an ancient Egyptian female businessman opened a religious cultural exhibition hall in Nangang, called the "Nine Pillars" Cultural Hall, but it was not open to the public. Only a few people from the upper class who received invitations could enter.

According to feedback from other units, the things in the Nine Pillars Cultural Center are basically related to the ancient Edo culture.

This undoubtedly proves that the investigation findings previously proposed by Bai Yue were correct.

By the time the information was gathered in Bai Yue's office, it was already evening.

"Nine Pillars?" Bai Yue, who had been sitting there for the whole afternoon, rubbed his brows and looked up at Meng Yong. "Is there anyone in the Nangang branch who knows about the ancient Edo culture?"

"It seems so." Meng Yong scratched his head. "Xiao Chu, that's Chu Yu. He studied mysticism and religion overseas before, so he should know something about it."

"The guy who turned the time traveler into a vegetable?"

Meng Yong nodded awkwardly.

"Don't you have any other talents in your branch?" Bai Yue said helplessly, "He was the one who went to the scene last night, and he was the one who raised questions about the corpse pit this morning. Now he is the one who is looking for someone who understands ancient Egyptian religious culture?"

Meng Yong laughed awkwardly.

He also thought this was quite strange, as there were too many hidden talents in the branch.

There are those who can kill a cow with one punch, those who can break rocks with their chests, those who can eat seven kilograms of beef in one meal, and a bunch of real men who can drink a pound of liquor without getting red in the face or out of breath.

As a result, when a supernatural event finally happened, none of these tough guys were needed. Instead, Chu Yu, who worked in a civilian job, shined.

"Forget it, call him in."

In fact, it’s not that Bai Yue has any problem with Chu Yu, but there are many unwritten rules in the headquarters.

The first is that their responsibilities are different. Civil servants are civilians after all. They have not received the kind of psychological training such as stress resistance like front-line personnel. If they are exposed to too many supernatural events, they will inevitably suffer a mental breakdown. After all, they deal with things that ordinary people have never heard of.

Generally, those who have been in the industry for a long time know that it is best not to employ civilian personnel if possible. In fact, this also serves a kind of protection.

Just like what happened at the scene today, because of the emergency and we arrived too late, there were not enough manpower, so many civilian staff went to help cordon off the scene.

Providing logistical support and collecting information only requires sitting at a desk, which is completely different from going to the front line.

It can be seen from today's scene that, except for Chu Yu, the civilian personnel who saw the corpses either vomited or retched, and were obviously greatly shocked.

After all, there were more than 30 corpses. Although the corpses were filled with various spices, they had been buried underground for quite some time. The mixture of various smells, coupled with the visual impact, caused many young civilian personnel to experience strong discomfort both physically and psychologically.

Of course, the most important thing is the feeling Chu Yu gave her.

Bai Yue observed Chu Yu while eating noodles at noon.

At that time, she specifically ordered a bowl of wide ramen, and even pretended to joke casually that the ramen looked like the strips of cloth wrapped around the corpses in the grave pit.

Chu Yu nodded at the time and said that it was indeed a bit similar. Then he took two more bites of garlic and drank all the noodle soup. Finally, he burped as if nothing had happened.

She always felt that she couldn't see through this unknown branch clerk.

At the headquarters, including those she met when she went to other branches, everyone was timid when they saw her.

It’s not that Bai Yue likes this feeling, but she thinks this situation is normal.

Those who can join the Public Affairs Security Supervisory Commission are all atheists.

If someone is an atheist to begin with and has no respect for authority or superiors, then this person must be extremely extreme.

Obviously, Chu Yu had no respect for her, and might not even have much respect for his direct superior in the branch, Lao Meng, otherwise he would not have resigned due to "boredom" and "nightmares".

Bai Yue felt that "having a nightmare" was complete nonsense. She was not a front-line staff member handling Class A incidents and had never seen anything, so how could she have a nightmare?

On the contrary, the reason of "boredom" is more reliable, at least that's Bai Yue's analysis.

But Bai Yue was not sure whether Chu Yu was an extremely dangerous person.

She just instinctively felt that Chu Yu was not simple and seemed to be hiding many secrets.

The way he was not affected at all after seeing so many corpses but instead analyzed the situation calmly, including his performance when dealing with Wang Fan last night, made her feel that this ordinary civilian worker was extraordinary.

In the morning, she watched the contents of the on-site recorder repeatedly. Judging from Chu Yu's performance, this kid was definitely not the first time to encounter a supernatural event.

Moreover, this kid is very cunning. He uses Sun Minhui as a human shield, so he won't get beaten.

From this point we can also see that at least this kid is kind-hearted and has a bottom line, knowing that he should not beat the elderly, the weak and the disabled.

What surprised Bai Yue the most was that Chu Yu revealed the identity of the time traveler last night.

Bai Yue thought about it from another perspective. If she was at the scene, let alone revealing Wang Fan's identity as a time traveler, she wouldn't even associate it with that.

The headquarters has been established for twenty-three years, and time travelers have always been a legend, and no one has ever seen one.

After Meng Yong walked out, Chu Yu walked in not long after.

"Sit down." Bai Yue didn't say much, but pushed the documents on the table over.

Chu Yu glanced at it and muttered, "Jiuzhu Cultural Center?"

"Yes, it is said to be related to ancient Egyptian culture. What do you think?"

"Yes, the Ennead is indeed related to the ancient Egyptian gods culture." Chu Yu had come across some of it when he was studying mysticism and religion overseas. He looked at the information and explained, "In Greek, ?ννε?? also means 'nine', and it is also the nine most important gods in ancient Egyptian mythology, called the Ennead."

"Ennead, is that the name of the nine gods in ancient Egypt?"

Chu Yu nodded, until he saw the two names on the last page, his pupils shrank slightly.

Bai Yue asked, "Did you find anything?"

Bai Yue had read the information many times, so she knew it by heart. The last page was just a brief introduction of two people, one was a foreign woman named Nephthys, and the other was a local wealthy businessman Fang Musheng.

There is very little information about Nephthys, all we know is that she was a foreign female businessman.

Fang Musheng is a businessman in his seventies and chairman of the board of directors of the local Leco Beverage Group.

There has been a lot of information about Fang Musheng recently, and all of it is negative. Both Fang Musheng and Leko Beverage Company are at the center of public opinion.

Before, Fang Musheng, who was over 60 years old, was also a well-known philanthropist in the province, and was highly praised by both the business community and the public.

The Lecoco Beverages founded by Fang Musheng is a star enterprise in the province. Its flagship products have enjoyed good sales in the country over the past decades.

Just half a year ago, Lecoco drinks were questioned by all walks of life.

You should know that drinks such as soda contain carbonic acid. Long-term drinking will cause varying degrees of damage to the human bone structure, including osteoporosis.

Faced with external doubts, although Lecoca publicly stated that its products have the function of supplementing vitamins and electrolytes, its sales volume still plummeted.

As sales declined, so did Loco's stock price, and its corporate image was in crisis.

It was under this premise that the female businessman Nephthys came to Nangang. In addition to injecting capital into Lecoco, she was also said to be planning to develop several new products with Lecoco.

As a local, Chu Yu is also very familiar with these situations.

However, this foreign woman named Nephthys aroused his interest more.

Most importantly, Lecoco, dopamine, and the woman named Nephthys connected the clues in his mind.

After closing the information, Chu Yu said, "Nephthys is one of the nine ancient Egyptian goddesses, the goddess in charge of houses and death. Coincidentally, this female businessman is also called Nephthys."

"Using the same name as the legendary god?" Bai Yue laughed dumbly, "This woman is too pious."

"No, it's not piety." Chu Yu's expression was inexplicable. "If she really believed in the ancient Egyptian gods, she would never be called Nephthys. This is blasphemy."

Bai Yue looked puzzled, "But if you don't believe in them, why open a cultural center to promote the ancient Egyptian gods?"

Chu Yu shook his head. This was also something he couldn’t understand.

"She has the same name as a god, but she doesn't believe in that god. But she doesn't believe in that god, and she opened a cultural center to promote the ancient Egyptian gods?" Bai Yue joked, "This woman can't think that she is one of the ancient Egyptian gods, and promote herself?"

Chu Yu laughed dryly, not knowing how to respond.

He also felt that this was not possible. Even in the future in nightmares, there were no real gods.

Bai Yue stood up, picked up her coat and asked, "Does your branch provide overtime pay?"

"Ah?" Chu Yu raised his head, confused.

"Come with me to the Nine Pillars Cultural Center. Go back and change your clothes first. I'll meet you there in an hour."

Without waiting for Chu Yu to speak, Bai Yue walked out of the office first.

As for Chu Yu, he sighed slightly.

Deep down, he didn't want to have much contact with Bai Yue.

He always felt that this deputy governor, beneath his unremarkable appearance, had a pair of eyes that could see through people's hearts.