Nightmare Apostle

"We preliminarily judge that there are more than three people on the other side, all have received professional spy training and have extremely strong abilities to disguise and conceal behind enemy lines, and at least one of them is a woman."

"This woman is their lookout post. After all, the male and female workers’ dormitories are separate, and entry and exit are strictly checked, with a wall separating the two zones."

"To thoroughly understand the action routes of some victims, it is absolutely impossible without an internal informer passing on information."

Chief Zhou spoke convincingly, showcasing the judgment a seasoned security chief should possess.

Upon hearing this, Yang Xiao shook his head secretly, regretting that he had chosen the wrong opponent; from the beginning, this was a problem beyond his ability to solve.

"Did the neighbor who stayed next to Old Zhang that night hear any strange noises?" Yang Xiao asked.

"No." Chief Zhou shook his head. "There are people living on both sides of his room, and they all reported no abnormalities."

"Chief Zhou, tell us about the third case." Someone urged.

"The third case is even more bizarre. It’s about a female worker from our factory named Pan Xiaoxiao. She came to our factory at the end of last year, counting fully, it’s not even a year yet."

"She was responsible for documenting the workpieces and disappeared during her night shift. Her last movement was going into a warehouse to fetch something, but she never returned."

"Her coworkers in the same group found it strange and went to look for her, only to see the warehouse door open, but she was nowhere to be found."

"The corpse was finally discovered by the wild lakeside at the back of the factory, floating face down by the shore."

"It was accidentally discovered by a young couple of workers dating. It scared the hell out of them. Now the factory has arranged for them to stop working and rest." Chief Zhou looked heavy. The consecutive three tragedies have completely disrupted the work and life of the factory, and brought immense psychological pressure to him as the security chief.

He hadn’t had a good night’s sleep for many days. As soon as he closed his eyes, he would see three faces peeled off corpses.

If it continues like this, within ten days, the factory will shut down. The country’s assigned targets will be unachievable, bringing an immeasurable series of collateral losses.

And this is undoubtedly the purpose of the enemy agents, to disrupt the normal process of national development and obstruct the great rejuvenation of the nation.

But they absolutely cannot comprehend, true warriors possess an iron-like resolve and will, unfazed by any difficulties.

Chief Zhou swore to bring them to justice, no matter what the cost, even if it means sacrificing his own life.

"Chief Zhou, did Pan Xiaoxiao go anywhere or do anything before she disappeared?" Someone pursued for details.

"She was a very diligent girl. Knowing her cultural level was insufficient, she actively enrolled in night school. Before the night shift, she attended night school classes." Chief Zhou explained.

"Where is the night school?" A man with a buzz cut looked up to ask.

Chief Zhou raised his arm and pointed towards the door. "It’s over there, out the door, straight ahead, and you’ll see it."

"Is the night school in this building too?" Someone asked strangely.

"That’s right, this Workers’ Cultural Palace undertakes nearly all of our factory’s cultural and recreational activities, as well as major meetings and so forth. It’s the spiritual and cultural granary for our factory workers." Chief Zhou nodded naturally.

Yang Xiao knew a bit about this. Such nationalized factories with tens of thousands of people are actually semi-closed mini societies.

This is not only a factory but also a place where workers live and survive, with shops, hospitals, schools, restaurants, cinemas, dance halls, and other living leisure places all available, carrying memories for several generations.

Yang Xiao once had a good classmate who grew up in such an environment. He belonged to the third generation of the factory, but by his generation, the factory had long declined, now becoming a ghost town in the Gobi desert.

"Chief Zhou, is there any connection between these three victims?" Yang Xiao set aside his thoughts about changing times, as the problem before him was survival.

"No connection, these three people didn’t even know each other, and their life paths and circles don’t overlap." Chief Zhou answered with seriousness, having intricately investigated these matters, confident in his answer.

Upon hearing this, Yang Xiao unintentionally frowned. No connection between the three dead is a problem, indicating Ghost’s killing method is extremely covert and highly targeted. These three might have just walked into the line of fire.

The only common points Yang Xiao discovered among the three deceased are that they all visited this Cultural Palace underfoot before they died, and the times they were murdered were all at night.

The first deceased female worker Zhang Xiujuan mysteriously disappeared on her way back to the dormitory after dancing on the second floor of the Cultural Palace.

The second, Equipment Department’s Old Zhang, vanished at night alone in the dormitory after watching a movie in the Cultural Palace’s first-floor grand hall.

The third, Pan Xiaoxiao, was rather special; she disappeared during her night shift work after attending night school on the Cultural Palace’s third floor, tragically located in the warehouse, her body discovered by the lakeside, disappearing four days ago.

Before Yang Xiao could continue pondering, footsteps outside were heard, instantly alerting everyone, followed by a gentle knock on the door.

The knocking pattern was two quick, one slow, like some sort of code.

Hearing the knock, Chief Zhou stood up, swiftly announcing: "Alright, time is tight, we’ll pause here temporarily. Next, I’ll talk about everyone’s work arrangements in the coming period."

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