The year when the strangeness struck, others were stocking up on supplies, praying to gods, and hiding in shelters.
I was admitted to a public institution.
Iron rice bowl, five insurances and one fund, two holidays. The full name of the unit is a bit long - Abnormal Phenomenon Emergency Response Center.
When I was on duty for the first time, Lao Liu asked me to collect a piece of clothing that had been hanging on the balcony for fifty years.
The second time I went to work, I said to a disconnected phone, "He has been waiting for you for a long time." There was a sigh from the other end of the phone.
It's not a difficult job. As long as you are not afraid of death, not afraid of ghosts, and not afraid of going down a well to fish for something at twelve o'clock in the middle of the night.
But I slowly discovered that every case I handled was leading me in the same direction.
The real secret of this city lies underground. And they recruited me not because they were short of people.
It's because those things are waking up.
