Chapter 529: Chapter 293: Even Expert Bai Mo Is Wanted?
End of work hours.
Bai Mo shut down the computer after finishing the paper.
Cradling his apprentice, Flying Electric Claw, he looked out at the evening twilight.
The sky was painted with the last red glow of sunset, and the wind carried drifting black ash.
The Earth Element Festival has arrived!
"What should we eat tonight? Shall we go have Earth Element Cake?"
Flying Electric Claw nudged his master playfully, his face full of obedience.
"Whimper, whimper, whimper!"
The master decides what to eat, then that’s what we’ll eat!
Beside them, Fang Xiaoyu held her phone, secretly chatting.
Wu Qingyun also held her phone, occasionally replying to messages.
What Bai Mo didn’t know was that they, along with Su Yaoyao, were discussing big plans.
Su Yaoyao sent a frustrated emoji.
"I’m already in West State, at the Celestial Universe Building!"
"But I don’t have time to eat, I’m afraid I’ll be on alert until very late."
Tonight, the Committee was on full alert, and Su Yaoyao was urgently sent to West State to join the collective vigilance.
Fang Xiaoyu frowned.
"But after what Expert Bai Mo went through, he’ll be very upset, right? Can you spare some time? The four of us can have a meal together?"
Wu Qingyun replied too.
"If nothing happens, perhaps you can find a moment?"
Su Yaoyao replied.
"Invite him for a late-night snack. After midnight, the Earth Element Festival will be over, take him to a midnight restaurant."
The women were planning, while Bai Mo was about to leave work but received a call.
Seeing the caller ID, it turned out to be Chairman Chen Shu.
"Hello? Expert Bai Mo?
"We’re really sorry for what you went through earlier!
"Many committee members, many experts, have had their relatives’ urns stolen.
"Some had car accidents, some wives had difficult childbirths, some choked on water and ended up in the hospital.
"Our task force has been taking action to combat this crime and capture the corresponding criminals.
"We managed to catch many small fry, and even a big fish from Sequence Eight..."
Bai Mo listened to the call, his expression slightly awkward.
Was Chairman Chen Shu talking about the progress during the Earth Element Festival to soothe him?
It’s actually unnecessary...
"All the criminals we caught were interrogated fiercely, pressed to the limit!
"But it’s weird, as soon as it’s related to your incident, the criminals keep their mouths shut, insisting they don’t know. The truth serum couldn’t pry their mouths open. Even harsher methods couldn’t break them..."
Bai Mo’s expression grew more peculiar, he had no choice but to exchange some pleasantries with Chairman Chen Shu.
"This will be a long-term struggle!
"We vow to protect all the ashes of our comrades and their families!
"Our task force will continue to follow up on this matter.
"I believe our comrades and kin, if they have spirits in heaven, will protect us. If they reincarnate, they will reunite with us."
After exchanging some pleasantries, Chairman Chen Shu ended the call.
Bai Mo frowned, thinking deeply.
Spirits in heaven?
Reincarnation?
Once, he was a firm materialist, a good student, who didn’t believe in reincarnation.
Now he is a staunch materialist Immortal Technique Master and still doesn’t believe in reincarnation.
After years of immortal cultivation, with lots of observations, he has long seen through this matter...
The soul is nurtured in the mother’s womb, cultivated by earth and heaven.
When the soul dies, it disperses into the earth and heaven, leaving behind only legends for memorial, with nothing else remaining.
In a person’s life, there are the Three Souls and Seven Spirits.
Life births the soul, death extinguishes the soul.
No spirits in heaven, no reincarnation.
In the deepening twilight outside the window, amidst the descending night, the burning paper money and the ash flying in the air are unrelated to the deceased; rather, they comfort the living, easing their hearts.
Bai Mo picked up his apprentice.
"Let’s go, time to eat!"
Opening the office door, he saw someone standing outside, wearing a shabby jacket, with an old wrinkled face beaming with a smile.
"Hehe, Expert Bai Mo, tonight I’m treating you to a meal!
"And then... ask for your help."
It was Professor Ye!
...
At the Immortal Committee, North Suburb Base.
The brightly lit studio was equipped with a dozen high-definition cameras and a stern black table.
On the table were a thick stack of documents and the latest Array Grass Detector.
Mo Lanyou stood behind the table, studying the script, preparing for the upcoming live broadcast.
Committee Member Gu Lin, Secretary Zhang, and others were beside him, all looking serious.
"Expert Mo, don’t worry, just perform normally."
"It’s just a broadcast, nothing will go wrong."
Mo Lanyou nodded.
Tonight, during the Earth Element Festival, he would be in this studio, addressing thousands of households, reporting crime statistics related to immortality, commemorating comrades and civilians who died in such crimes, and introducing the Array Grass Detector, announcing the upcoming nationwide survey!
"Promoting this large-scale survey isn’t easy either.
"Take advantage of the Earth Element Festival opportunity, the emotions and atmosphere during the holiday, to propose this massive survey."
Mo Lanyou continued to read the script, still feeling uneasy.
"Tonight... nothing unexpected will occur, right?
"Something just doesn’t feel quite right!"
Committee Member Gu Lin reassured him.
"Relax!
"Tonight, the forces in West State City are beyond your imagination!
"Not just our own power, Committee Member Su Yaoyao has returned, Beihai Boss has been invited here, Committee Member Su Ruhua, Pipa Lady Committee Member, even Committee Member Gu Lingtong has been moved to West State First Hospital’s intensive care unit.
"And that’s just what is visible!
"Many skilled experts from the Immortal Committee, those whose names we do not know, have secretly arrived, already lurking in the streets and alleys.
"Tonight’s West State is an invincible fortress!
