Atlas of Heaven and Man.

Chapter 138 Butterfly
When Chen Chuan arrived at the company, he met a man in his thirties wearing the official uniform of the affairs department. The man's eyes lit up when he saw Chen Chuan and he took the initiative to come forward and shake hands with him.

"This must be Expert Chen, right? I'm Wang Bian from the Jia County Government Affairs Office. Expert Chen can call me Officer Wang or Little Wang." He seemed very enthusiastic. Instead of having the airs of an office employee, he seemed to be trying to please.

Chen Chuan shook hands with him and said, "Hello, Secretary Wang."

After greeting each other, both parties sat down. Secretary Wang sighed and said, "This strange story has caused panic among the people recently. We really have no other way, so we found Yangzhi City. A colleague from the Government Affairs Office recommended your company to me. Oh, I heard that it was you who solved the flying head monster incident before. It's amazing, amazing."

Chen Chuanshuo said: "I heard the general idea before coming here. Can Secretary Wang tell me more about it?"

Secretary Wang said distressedly, "Oh, that's what happened..."

Following his narration, Chen Chuan, Ren Shu and others gradually understood the matter.

Because of the local customs and habits in Jia County, many young people in the county like to get tattoos. Recently, someone found that a butterfly-shaped pattern appeared on his body inexplicably, and it could not be washed off.

Because this tattoo is very beautiful, bright and lifelike, and seems to dance as the body moves, people who have this tattoo will show it off to others. But when asked how they got it, no one can explain it clearly.

But these young people soon discovered that something was wrong, because the number of such tattoos increased almost every day, and in just a few days, their entire bodies were covered with them.

What is most frightening is that these tattoos will overlap each other densely, and once there is no empty space on the body, they will turn into real butterflies and fly out from the body, not only on the surface of the skin, but even in the internal organs.

At this point, people realized that the tattoo was actually inside the body, but it was invisible, and in the end, what was left of the man was just a pile of rotten flesh and bones full of holes.

When Director Wang said this, he also showed a look of horror. He had also seen the corpse and vomited on the spot. He had nightmares for several days after returning. The first thing he did when he got up in the morning was to check his whole body to see if there were any similar butterfly tattoos.

In just ten days, the local government office received more than a dozen similar incidents, and these are the ones that were reported. It is unknown how many more were not reported.

It would have been fine if only the civilians were in trouble, but the officials of the Government Affairs Office were also worried that they and their relatives and friends would be infected with this thing, so they ordered these people to be arrested. However, this was only a temporary solution and such incidents continued to occur afterwards.

The most troublesome thing is that some people, for some reason, deliberately tattooed this kind of thing on their bodies after hearing about this incident, which made it more difficult to deal with the matter, forcing them to look for experts everywhere to deal with it.

After Chen Chuan heard this, his expression became more serious. He thought about it and said, "I understand the situation. I need to look up some information on this matter and I will give you a reply this afternoon."

Secretary Wang said, "Okay, then I'll leave it to Expert Chen. I'll wait for Expert Chen's reply at your company."

After Chen Chuan returned, he looked through the strange stories that Cheng Zitong had given him. These days, he would look through these things every night in his spare time to increase his knowledge and background, but due to the large number of them, he had not been able to finish reading them until now.

He checked the compiled catalog and finally confirmed that there was no such butterfly tattoo in the collected ghost stories. This means that this is a ghost story that Cheng Zitong has never seen or heard of.

He didn't have a high degree of confidence in accepting such a commission, so he could have simply not accepted it. However, after careful consideration, he decided to give it a try.

As he encountered more strange stories and saw more examples, he also gained some experience.

Most of the strange stories encountered before, including those mentioned in the materials, were fixed in a certain place and the scope was not too large. They might cause chaos in a certain place, but unless there were human-driven or involved factors such as the Flying Head Cult, they were generally not enough to cause social unrest and unrest.

Strange stories like this that can be spread often have a root cause. As long as the root cause is eliminated, the problem can be solved.

In fact, the strange stories he had dealt with before were basically based on data and previous experience, so he just had to follow the procedures. But he had never dealt with this kind of thing himself, which was something he had never seen or heard of before.

But as he received more and more commissions in this area, he always encountered similar strange stories, so this time he did not intend to avoid it, but to try to take the initiative to solve it.

However, even though he had the idea, he did not lose his caution. He called Cheng Zitong, asked him about the matter, and told him his analysis.

After listening to the story, Cheng Zitong said, "Xiaochuan, your idea is correct, and the premise is accurate. Sometimes it is not the story itself that affects your judgment, but the person."

Chen Chuanshuo said: "Teacher, I understand what you mean. Because ghost stories affect people, the solution to ghost stories actually lies in handling human affairs first, and human affairs are often more complicated than ghost stories themselves."

"Yes." Cheng Zitong said, "So you have to be mentally prepared. Solving ghost stories is not just about the ghost stories themselves. Especially when you are outside Yangzhi City, you have to be more careful."

Chen Chuanshuo said: "Teacher, I understand."

Cheng Zitong hummed, "If there is anything you need me to solve, just give me a call."

Chen Chuan ended the call, thought for a while, and then called the company to say that he had accepted the assignment and needed to go to Jia County immediately to take a look.

Ren Shu immediately told Secretary Wang about it. When the latter heard that he was willing to set off immediately, he was overjoyed and said yes and that he would come to pick him up immediately.

Half an hour later, Chen Chuan got on Wang's car and headed for Jia County. In order to understand things more conveniently, he and Wang sat in the back seat, and the driver drove in the front. Ren Shu considered that he was going to another county, so the company also sent an empty car to follow him to facilitate his movement. Among the six counties in Yangzhi City, Jia County is located in the northernmost position in the southwest and is also the smallest one. The county is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and it is not easy to enter and exit. However, because a tributary of the Baihe River makes a bend here, it is located right at the exit, so shipping is more convenient and not too closed.

After leaving Yangzhi City, it was just over two hours' drive before the vehicle drove onto a winding mountain road. After more than ten minutes, the sky on both sides suddenly darkened, and we entered a canyon passage. The light on both sides was blocked by the mountain walls.

Secretary Wang also introduced this place to Chen Chuan. It is called Pingkong Gorge. It was a very famous dangerous place in the old times. It was widened during the great development period. If you don’t take the water route, this road is the only way to enter and exit the county.

Chen Chuan glanced upwards and saw outposts and wall passages on both sides that were dug out during the great development period.

At this moment, a number of two-wheeled motor vehicles quickly passed by the car. One of them even came in front of the front of the car and lingered for a while before speeding past.

Secretary Wang was a little embarrassed and said, "These are a group of wealthy students, not only from Jia County, but also from several nearby counties. They especially like to travel here."

After about five miles, we finally got out of the canyon. The sky suddenly brightened, making people feel like they were back in the world.

Shops and residential buildings gradually appeared on both sides. Perhaps because the county town is not large in area, the population seems very dense and there are many people coming and going on the streets.

Secretary Wang said, "I will arrange a place for Expert Chen to live. The conditions are simple, so please don't mind."

Chen Chuanshuo said, "Don't worry." He picked up the map in his hand and said, "I just took a look. The butterfly tattoo first appeared in the Chang Street area, as well as Bo Street, and here..."

He circled a few places on the map with a pen, drew a large circle on it, and handed it to Secretary Wang, "Secretary Wang, it's best to bring some people and follow this to walk around."

Secretary Wang took it, looked at it, and said with a serious expression, "I'll go make a phone call." After the car stopped, he went to a roadside phone booth to make a call. After waiting for a quarter of an hour, two vehicles from the local public security department drove over. He got in the car again and said to Chen Chuan, "The people have been called, Expert Chen, shall we go now?"

Chen Chuan nodded and said, "Don't drive too fast."

"Ok."

The car drove for only ten minutes before arriving at the street at the edge of the map. Chen Chuan saw that both sides were decorated with lights and lanterns were hung high on the shops. People walking by had red marks on their cheeks, so he asked, "What festival are they celebrating?"

Secretary Wang said, "Yes, in two days it will be the local Qiaoshen Festival. The custom is to weave fabrics and apply festive paint on the face. The Government Affairs Office is also afraid that something will happen at this time, and hopes to resolve this matter as soon as possible."

Chen Chuan looked at the second me at this time, because whenever he encountered a strange story, the second me would inevitably become virtual, so he planned to use the simplest method, which was to take a car around the main places where butterfly tattoos appeared. As long as there were people involved in this kind of strange story, they would definitely be observed by him.

Then, if we follow the movements of these people over the past few days, we should be able to find the source if everything goes well.

The area circled on the map was not large, and the vehicle drove around it for more than an hour, but found nothing. He then said, "Narrow the area and go around it again."

Secretary Wang didn't know what his purpose was, but since he was an expert in dealing with ghost stories, he must have a purpose, so he told the driver to continue driving according to his instructions.

As the vehicles continued to narrow the range, the driver didn't say anything, but the members of the Public Security Bureau behind him became impatient and came over to complain. Officer Wang hurriedly tried to appease them and looked at Chen Chuan in embarrassment.

Chen Chuan then asked: "Secretary Wang, do you have a night market here?"

Secretary Wang said: "Yes, especially when the Qiaoshen Festival is approaching, some young people like to go out at night, and the night market is particularly lively these days."

Chen Chuanshuo said: "Tell them that if they can't find any clues, we will continue to look for them at night. We need to trouble them to work harder now, so we won't bother them at night."

"well."

After Officer Wang said this, the members of the Public Security Bureau stopped saying anything. Instead, they felt a little sympathetic towards those members who had to run errands at night, and they also felt like they had gotten a bargain.

At this time, the vehicle has reached the innermost block in the area marked on the map, and if it passes here, it will have completed the entire area marked on the map.

But at this moment, Chen Chuan suddenly saw that the second me suddenly became slightly blurred, and then passed quickly.

He turned his head to look at the side of the street and saw a bald man with a dull look walking by, but the man's muscles were unusually strong. His eyes moved and he immediately said, "Wait a minute, stop the car and stop that man."

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(End of this chapter)