Sitting in the passenger seat, Bai Ge swallowed.

This car is Tao Xuanran's, it is estimated that it has been driven for at least ten years, it looks slightly dilapidated from the outside, and many places have rubbed off the paint and have not been repaired, but the inside is clean and clean, without a little strange smell.

Maybe it's been cleaned too.

“...... Tao Lao, I haven't experienced this kind of thing before, uh, why don't I wait for you in the car later? ”

Bai Ge said as he watched the street gradually become unfamiliar.

"It's okay, you'll always find out in the future anyway, it's not a few days."

Tao Xuanran chuckled, drove the car skillfully, and bought a bunch of white daisies for Bai Ge to hold, heading away from the city.

It's quite emotional.

"It's not good to hide your love like this."

Bai Ge thought of the love that might still be sleeping now, if she knew, hey, Bai Ge didn't dare to think about it.

"It's okay, Lao Huo should tell her."

Wouldn't that be even more terrifying?

Bai Ge trembled.

Soon, though, he noticed that the view from the window had changed from the building to the bungalow, which was the way out of the city.

To be precise, it's the road out of the living quarters.

Beyond the living quarters of the city is a converted agricultural area, and beyond that, there is a real wasteland, which is not a place that can be reached by such a car.

Outside, it had turned into a green field with golden greenery, and the road had become bumpy, and it was not until nearly thirty minutes later that the car came to a halt in a park-like place.

Bai Ge glanced at his mobile phone, the signal was already very weak, in the current situation when human beings could not fly into the sky, electronic communication all relied on the signal towers in the city, and far away from the city center, the branches of the signal towers were naturally scarce, he put away the mobile phone and looked around.

There was almost no one here, Bai Ge raised his eyes, and soon saw the name of this park.

Jingjiang City Cemetery.

It's a cemetery.

"So...... Are you here to worship? ”

Bai Ge looked at Tao Xuanran and seemed to be a little incomprehensible.

He himself had never been to his parents' graves, and since that accident, Bai Ge left home, came to Jingjiang, and never went back, so worshipping the dead or something was very strange to Bai Ge.

Tao Xuanran didn't make a sound, just walked forward, he was very familiar with the road, and it seemed that he had been here many times.

Bai Ge honestly followed behind Tao Xuanran, walked into the park, and first saw a huge black stone stele.

It reads "Monument to the Victims of the Great Collapse", and it seems that it was erected to commemorate the victims of the Great Collapse period.

The cemetery does not have the gray color as Bai Ge imagined, but is full of flowers, fragrant green grass, and the environment is extremely good.

The entire Jingjiang City Cemetery is built on the mountain, and at a glance, you can only see dense tombstones, giving people a full sense of shock.

Tao Xuanran walked up and came to a platform.

He walked over to a tombstone and asked Bai Ge to put the flower down.

Is this Tao Xuanran's relative?

Bai Ge thought, bent down, and caught a glimpse of the front of the tombstone.

“！”

He was shocked because there was no writing on the tombstone.

No word monument.

Not only the name of the owner of the tomb, but also some basic information commonly found on the tombstone.

This is a square-shaped tombstone made purely of obsidian as dark as night.

"This ......"

Bai Ge looked at Tao Xuanran, the man with gold-rimmed glasses who was closing his eyes, as if in silence.

Three minutes later, Tao Xuanran opened his eyes.

"Your predecessor is buried here, and today is his death day."

The corners of his mouth curled slightly, as if he was smiling bitterly.

"Senior ......"

Bai Ge quickly understood that the "seniors" that Tao Xuanran was referring to were the inspectors of the Abyss Relic Affairs Division.

"His name is Yang Zhengbang, and I joined the Abyss Relic Affairs Department under his introduction, and later he died in an incident and is buried here."

Tao Xuanran said very calmly, and he didn't know how many years it took to calm his sadness like this.

"But why doesn't his tombstone even have a name?"

Bai Ge couldn't help but ask.

The Abyss Relic Affairs Department is the official agency of Zhuxia anyway, and the lack of an official office explained by Lao Huo before is barely acceptable, but why can't even the names of the members be placed on the tombstone after they die?

"Heh, when the Abyss Relic Affairs Division was first established, well, about a few hundred years ago, it was indeed the same as the police station and other institutions, it was placed on the surface, with its own office building, and the inspectors did not have to hide it from their families, they could wear uniforms and accept the respect of others."

Tao Xuanran's eyes fell into memory, he let out a long sigh, looked at the sunset that was gradually sinking towards the west, and continued.

"But then, those who broke the law became more and more emboldened, not only launching multiple attacks on the building of the Abyss Relic Affairs Division, causing a large number of casualties, but even taking action against the family of the Ombudsman."

"In the most tragic case, those madmen actually killed the family of the Ombudsman and the entire community in retaliation, and manipulated their corpses to kill other innocent people, so that the Ombudsman had to destroy the bodies of his own family members with their own hands."

"And those who follow their families when they come to the tomb to pay their respects, and follow them to the inspector's home to retaliate, are some atrocities that pale in any word."

"In the face of the revenge of the high-ranking exalted at the cost of their lives, most of the defenses are in vain."

"Therefore, in order to protect the Ombudsman and their families, the Abyssal Relic Affairs Department dived underwater, and the identity of the Ombudsman was mostly kept secret, and of course, to this day, most of the Ombudsman are homeless people like me."

As if laughing at himself, he shook his head.

"Are you scared of the terrorists like that?"

Bai Ge still didn't understand, in his opinion, it was unreasonable to do righteous things to be hidden, and even his family and even the people they protected couldn't know.

"You can understand that, and that's right."

Tao Xuanran sighed.

"We can fight the criminals to the last man, we can give our lives to protect the city, but we have no right to ask other people, to ask those ordinary people to do the same, if this is cowardice, then we are cowards, because we are afraid of the death of every innocent person."

Bai Ge was speechless.

"What's more, did you choose to join the Abyss Relic Affairs Division just to let people know that you were doing righteous things? Do you value justice as a name, or justice itself? If the city can really be protected, does it matter if anyone knows about it or not? ”

"Remember, we don't fight to defeat our enemies, but to protect our people, don't put the cart before the horse, heh, I was as impulsive and reckless as you were back then, this guy taught me these truths with his life."

Tao Xuan said faintly, he took out a pack of brand-new cigarettes from his pocket, lit one, put it in front of the tombstone, and lit another one to smoke himself.

"This guy, hehe, when he first joined the company, he kept telling me that after retirement, he would find a place with beautiful mountains and rivers to grow some vegetables, raise some chickens, and live on his pension, but now he has been lying here for so many years, but I am about to retire."

He took a deep breath and exhaled a gray smoke that shone a faint golden glow in the afterglow of the setting sun and disappeared with the wind.

Tao Lao, you really look like an old general on the stage.

Or is it a traditional art of the Abyss Relic Affairs Division?

"Boy, if you work hard, it is estimated that you will be able to turn regular in three years, and you can also get a full pension at that time, I can introduce some good pension places, I have studied a lot."

Tao Xuanran smiled and said to Bai Ge.

No, I don't want to know about pensions, the last guy who just wanted to work for a pension was assassinated on Children's Day.

Bai Ge was silent, only laughing and laughing.

At this time, Bai Ge glanced at the cemetery.

He found that a few rows away, there was also a grave sweeper.

She was a woman, about forty years old, with a little silver in her black hair, and she could be vaguely seen in her youthful beauty, she was wearing a long skirt, and she was gently placing flowers in front of the tombstone.

The reason why Bai Ge noticed her was not only because she was the only visitor besides Tao Xuanran and Bai Ge, but also because of the flower she was holding in her hand.

The white petals, golden stamens, are the same as the flowers in front of the grave here, daisies.

Daisies are not traditional flowers dedicated to the deceased, according to Tao Xuanran, it was because the senior liked daisies that he gave this, so this woman?

Bai Ge's question was not answered, he saw Tao Xuanran turn around and prepare to leave, but suddenly froze when he saw the figure of the woman.

The other party also saw Tao Xuanran, and for a while, they looked at each other and looked at each other speechlessly.

After a long time, the other side took the first step to speak, asking in an uncertain tone.

"Teacher Tao?"

I think there's a story......

Under the sunset, Bai Ge thought.