Chapter 172: Fighting Violence with Violence – “The End” of the Human Trafficking Village

Chapter 172: Fighting Violence with Violence - "The End" of the Human Trafficking Village

The criminal gang from the abandoned building was basically rounded up and sent to prison.

It was reported that three or four of them, realizing the situation was dire, tried to flee, but they were eventually found, and this also led to the involvement of a bunch of suspects from the same village.

Several police officers were also puzzled.

They were all men, and they were all pregnant. Even the tabloids wouldn’t make this stuff up.

If it weren't for the doctors conducting blood tests again and the family members bringing ultrasound films to plead for their release, the whole situation would have been as ridiculous as a fifth-rate bad movie.

Several men were pregnant and had kidnapped another young man, somehow obtaining controlled substances.

This matter had to be reported to the city and provincial levels, and the person in charge didn't dare to delay, pulling all-nighters to re-interrogate suspects and draft countless reports, repeatedly emphasizing that everyone in the bureau should keep their mouths shut, praying the TV station wouldn't get involved.

...Otherwise, the entire county would lose face.

Was this some kind of matriarchal society? Had the mountain water been nuked or something?

Keding skimmed through part of the transcript on the system, and although many parts were amusing, he still sighed deeply after reading it, left with only exhaustion.

He helped Huang Yuxin reunite with his family and was almost entirely occupied with trying to calm down Huang's parents.

The old couple was heartbroken, crying until they looked aged and haggard.

Half of the pregnant men were in jail awaiting further interrogation, while a few others had narrowly escaped, previously hindered by their large bellies, unable to participate in the foolish plan to burn Huang Yuxin to death.

Pregnant men cannot be imprisoned, but they must still be legally tried for their crimes.

It's unclear which weak-willed individual panicked at the first question and confessed to everything before the police could even figure out their background.

"Police comrade, I... I've killed someone."

"I'll tell you everything, I'll tell you everything!"

The police, realizing the gravity of the situation, urgently borrowed additional personnel from the neighboring county to investigate the kidnapping case and also began to track down a murder case.

The news quickly reached the ears of the other paroled individuals, causing an immediate uproar.

They were all in the same boat, and the worst thing was internal collapse.

When Huang Yuxin had previously threatened them with either going to prison or getting pregnant, they all warned and advised each other, thinking they were united in fighting this madman. Who would’ve thought someone would crack so fast?

Anyone with half a brain panicked.

If one person confessed, others would likely follow, and that was a dangerous precedent.

At first, it might be a voluntary surrender, but once things got out of hand, who knows how it would develop? In the end, it might turn into a dog-eat-dog situation, with everyone implicating each other.

No, absolutely not.

Soon, someone found a lawyer who was a relative from the provincial city to go into the bureau and help mediate the situation, ostensibly to seek leniency. In reality, it was to warn them off, as one person's recklessness would lead to everyone's downfall.

Surprisingly, the lawyer returned with a message from the other side.

"The one who confessed said... his condition has improved."

The lawyer’s expression was almost surreal.

In the provincial city, they had never seen so many unexplainable phenomena.

The expectant fathers, who were smoking and drinking in the living room, were left speechless.

"Is it over?"

"What do you mean by 'over'?"

"The person said that after turning himself in, his belly gradually went down day by day. He even had the police doctor check him. They said it was just ascites, not a pregnancy at all."

As soon as these words were spoken, several of the heavily pregnant men turned pale.

The man who called the lawyer snapped angrily.

"Don't listen to that bastard's nonsense!!"

"There's no such thing in the world. Huang Yuxin isn't a god. How could he have that kind of power? Bullshit!"

The lawyer had wanted to say a few more words to calm them, but seeing their guilty expressions, he wisely shut up.

The leader found a reason to escort the lawyer out, and after returning, he held a meeting and gave instructions, emphasizing repeatedly not to disrupt the morale.

That very night, two more people secretly turned themselves in.

One had pushed his wife off a bridge and taken almost all of her dowry and land.

The other had drowned two female infants and thought since it was others asking him to help, the guilt shouldn't be too great.

The police were working overtime until their heads were spinning.

The work pressure was already high, and now there were inspections from both the provincial city and the municipal city, as well as out-of-province criminal police working together on the case. How did all these things happen at the same time?!

The small county was seriously understaffed, and the case-handling experience wasn't sufficient. Without the extra help from higher-ups, they would have spent all night just organizing case files.

As luck would have it, around seven or eight in the morning, during the shift change, people who had been working overnight were yawning and preparing to sleep in the duty room when they heard the alarm bell ring loudly again.

"Get moving! Someone reported a mass fight in the corridor of the south city hotel!"

"Coming!"

"Be careful when you go out this time. It seems to be pregnant people fighting. Pay attention to their physical condition when maintaining order!"

"Not again! Not this shit again!"

With ashen faces, the police officers rushed to the scene, where several big-bellied men were still rolling on the ground, fighting fiercely.

"Damn it! You betrayed me! Traitors will die a horrible death!"

"I'm going to call the police right now!!"

"No need to call the police," said the cop rubbing his dark circles. "Everyone here, please come with us. Do you need handcuffs?"

The whole group was once again marched into the police station.

The seasoned cop handling the interrogations was worn out. "How is it you guys again?!"

"You're carrying kids. Can't you just calm down?!"

The bruised individuals looked at each other and suddenly realized that the once unbreakable alliance was finished. They slammed their hands on the table and started cursing at each other.

"F**k his mother, Officer, the guy next to me is trafficking women!!"

"Officer!! I want to report something!! I want a sentence reduction!!"

"Sentence reduction, my ass! Traitor! Shut the f**k up!"

Keding turned down the live stream volume a bit.

"Looks like I don't need to do anything anymore," he rubbed his temples and said, "These bastards are ratting each other out. They probably know some dirt on each other and are using this chance to screw over their accomplices."

The system also sighed in relief and said, "I just confirmed something."

"Hmm?"

"Old Lady Wei, one of the masterminds behind the trafficking case, has completely lost her mind," the system said, "We didn't intervene, but she couldn't handle the pressure. Her brain has shut down some functions to protect itself. She’s basically lost it."

It is said that during the banner clashes at the hospital entrance and lobby the past two days, the old woman wandered around, laughing foolishly at everyone. Later, she was taken away by a psychiatric ambulance.

— It's for the best that she was taken away.

The people of Weijia Village have already started pointing fingers at her, saying she cursed her husband to death and almost got her son killed, that she's a disaster.

Living is hell, and going mad is just surviving. There are no good endings left for her.

"I’m wondering if I should even bother visiting Wei Haoyu," Keding pondered, "Given how bad he looks, he’s not likely to turn himself in."

Huang Yuxin handed over clear and complete evidence of the crime to the police. The two Weijia brothers, one as the principal offender and the other as an accomplice, couldn't escape their fates.

At this point, he didn’t want those two scumbags getting off easy by turning themselves in.

The system checked on Wei Haoyu and Wei Jiehua’s mental states, feeling a bit gleeful.

"Serves them right. Those who harmed the girls never thought they'd end up like this!"

Everything was coming to an end.

Before this, with the kitchen being demolished and the quilts and winter clothes disappearing from the ceiling, anyone in Weijia Village who had anything of value had already fled overnight, dispersing to other villages and adapting to life in different communities.

The guilty were getting their comeuppance like clockwork. Hardly anyone could stay calm.

— Even if they could stay calm, they couldn't defend against the grudges and false accusations of others. Once the community turned on them, they had no way out.

Keding, in Huang Yuxin's identity, attended Huang Xuerui's funeral ceremony.

He watched as Huang Xuerui's bones were properly laid to rest, accompanying her back to her hometown and allowing her to sleep in the place closest to her home.

It's over. He whispered to himself.

Sleep well, it's over.

Before leaving this world, Keding had a suit made and gave it to Jiang Yi in this world.

"I know... you're about to leave too."

"I plan to investigate prehistoric creatures," Jiang Yi looked at him, "Who knows when we'll meet again."

Keding stared at him, momentarily speechless.

Formation, Yongyu, Dragon's blood.

To find these three things, they might finally be able to meet again.

He will search too. He will do his best to find them.

"I have already found Yongyu, in that world... it's a leaf in the sanctuary."

The man raised his hand and gently touched Keding's forehead with his dry yet warm palm.

"Just wait a little longer."

Keding's face felt a little warm as he spoke again.

"I know that after your soul leaves, Doctor Jiang will return to his place and live out his life in this world."

"But I spent a long time choosing a suit, wanting to give you, and also him, the best-looking one."

The man's hand stayed where it was, as if he were about to lean down and kiss him, but he just looked at Keding.

"Doctor Jiang, I hope that in every world, even if the color and shape of your soul are different, you can all live a full and happy life."

Keding's breath unconsciously quickened as he spoke, and the next moment he was held in an embrace, his eyes involuntarily widening.

Jiang Yi's jaw rested on his fluffy hair, his voice restrained.

"I need to see you first."

And see you every day from then on.

Keding softly hummed in response, breathing deeply before saying, "Goodbye, Doctor Jiang."

"Goodbye."

The moment the task ended, Keding's consciousness completely detached, returning to the vast and illusory stream of data.

The baiji dolphin swam and rotated in the ocean current, and a newborn swam over to touch his palm.

All relevant data was being finalized, but the young man's gaze remained fixed on the spot where Jiang Yi had been for a long time.

"Interrupting for a moment," the system said, "the points mall has new items."

"Oh."

"I need to remind you," the system scratched its head and said, "there's a set of instructions for the array you two need to meet in the mall."

Keding slowly turned his head. "Say that again...?"

"I suspect it was deliberately placed by the AI," the system chuckled dryly. "It's ridiculously expensive, 100,000 credits."

Keding let out a sharp, kettle-like screech.

"100,000!! They might as well just mug me!!!"