Chapter 54: Zero's Breakthrough
According to an unknown industrial designer, the patented design with good intentions is that all maglev subways in the New Era Federation must not exceed 12 centimeters above the ground, and it is said that this design can make the poor people who use the subway to commit suicide even if they succeed, so that they will not be swept under the subway and crushed into pulp.
Regardless of the fact that a person is at a minimum speed of more than 100 kilometers per hour when he is pitted, and after being hit head-on by a steel monster with a mass of thousands of tons, even if he is not continuously crushed, how high the chance of escape can he be, this design does save Zhang Longchu a lot of effort to find the corpse.
Soon, in the damp ground of the subway passage that was almost pitch black, with only a few lights lit up at the top of the arched tunnel, and the lights on the left and right sides of the subway tunnel, a mutilated corpse appeared in front of him.
Alertly looked behind him, and found that Ruhufu hadn't chased after him, Zhang Longchu strode to the corpse, uncovered his mask, squatted down, picked up the bloody head and sucked hard.
In an instant, a figure of black and white dotted lines struggled from the mutilated corpse and was pulled out by an invisible giant hand and stuffed into his mouth.
Although he did not transform into a wolf form, Zhang Longchu could not see the process of devouring his soul, but relying on the growth of the strange object 'world' that matched his soul several times, he clearly felt that he had gained, and thought in ecstasy: "Absorb it, this feeling will never be wrong, haha... The number of souls accumulated by the third growth of the strange thing has finally broken the record of zero!
Just the first day of social service had such a surprising harvest, and in the days to come...", just as he was a little excited and a little forgetful, suddenly Ruhuf's stammering voice came from behind him, "Nian, young man, what are you doing?" ”
"Oh, that's so, Mr. Ruhuf, I've found the body of the man who committed suicide, well, though it's only half a copy, may God bless his soul, what should I do now, put all these pieces of corpses on the ground, uh, corpses?" Zhang Longchu came back to his senses, put down the head that was still dripping with blood in his hand, stood up and smiled at Ruhufu, and asked rhetorically.
"Oh yes, I have body bags and clips for picking up corpses." With a surprised expression, Luhufu walked to Zhang Longchu's side, looked at the corpses on the ground, and squatted down.
Opening the flat toolbox, he took out two metal clips nearly 60 centimeters long with a shiny surface and folded body bags rolled into long strips, "Use them to clean up all the broken corpses in the subway passage, and our work is done."
However, you really don't have anything young man, it's okay if you can show it if you can't stand it, I'm completely understandable. ”
"I can't stand it, who, me," Zhang Longchu pretended to be surprised and pointed at himself, and said with a smile: "Oh, Mr. Ruhuf, don't be kidding, I chose to volunteer at the Los Angeles Social Security Department, and I have long been mentally prepared for everything, how can I not stand it." ”
Hearing Zhang Longchu's explanation, Khufu seemed a little relieved, but he still shrugged his shoulders and said, "Although I said that, there have been many volunteers who have been prepared in the past to come to the 'work site' like this and flee directly in fright...".
"I'm not them," Zhang Longchu interrupted Ruhufu's words with a smile, and directly snatched the excess metal clips and body bags from his hands, "Didn't you say that there were two deceased people, a man and a woman, who committed suicide, you can clean up this half of the found corpse, and I'll go find out where the other corpse is." ”
"It seems that I really underestimated your guts, young man," the tunnel was extremely dimly lit, and Zhang Longchu only walked a few steps before disappearing from Ruhufu's field of vision, and the anxious Ruhufu hurriedly shouted: "But bravery does not mean recklessness.
No one knows what the physical condition of these suicide victims is, in order to protect their own safety, remember to wear a mask when 'working', by the way, there is also a lamp, and the light on the helmet must also be turned on, pay attention to your feet, the environment of the Los Angeles subway road is very complicated"
Hearing Ruhufu's instructions from afar, Zhang Longchu replied in a faint voice, "I know, Mr. Ruhufu." He continued to concentrate on the ground looking for new bloodstains, and finally found the body of another deceased person with great effort, but unfortunately because of the late time, he did not absorb the soul from it.
There was no harvest, and a large number of flesh and blood blurred corpses that were hit were also put into the body bag with clips little by little, and after ten minutes, Zhang Longchu's good mood was unconsciously wiped out.
After the initial excitement, he began to experience the extraordinary suffering of this social service, the fatigue and hard work are secondary, the most important thing is that the broken bones and muscles that are stuck to the ground by blood and body fluids are really difficult to clean up, and after a long time of contact with the corpses, the bloody smell rushes to the scalp numbness and disgusting.
It is unreasonable to think that it is so unbearable to think that I am an extraordinary person who has experienced the 'plane adventure', and what a huge shock an ordinary person must experience when he first picks up the corpse, and this kind of work should be turned into a social service matter, and children under the age of 16 are allowed to participate.
On the way back to the Los Angeles Social Security Bureau, Zhang Longchu couldn't hold back his curiosity and asked: "Mr. Ruhufu, frankly speaking, I only found out after experiencing it myself, how to say it...
Well, putting your work as a social service matter is just, uh, an exciting experience..."
Hearing this, Ruhufu interrupted Zhang Longchu's words with a wry smile, and said endlessly: "Okay young man, don't say it so tactfully, I know from the first day of work that after I worked hard to pass the state government civil service exam, what I got was the most disgusting and bad job in Los Angeles.
But what's the solution, as you can see, I'm a Mexican immigrant, and even with a master's degree from the Medical School of the National University of Mexico, I'm just a high-IQ coolie for the California government.
Aren't you surprised that my kind of work is listed as a social service matter, and I'll tell you why, because the California government can't hire enough people to dispose of the bodies of suicides in the metropolis.
After all, the government budget is limited and cannot afford to pay too much, and Los Angeles now has a population of more than 30 million, and according to the latest federal statistics office suicide rate data of 13 per 100,000, the number of suicides per year is about 4,000.
Although most of them will be sent to the forensic morgue because the suspicion of homicide cannot be ruled out at the scene, there are not a few who are handled by the Social Security Administration, at least I have been working almost every day for more than 20 years, and it is too difficult to find a person who is willing to deal with corpses every day with a weekly salary of 1,500 yuan.
So in the end, the California government reluctantly listed it as a social service matter, and also cleverly classified it into a 'general category' that can be done without any professional expertise according to the completely manual nature of the work. It's really the wisdom of a politician...", nagging for a long time before closing his mouth.
After discovering that Ruhuf was actually a long-winded chatter, Zhang Longchu, who didn't want to listen to too many self-pity complaints, did not dare to take the initiative to talk to the Mexican bearded man, and quietly and patiently waited for the 'good thing' to come to the door, but unfortunately there was no second suicide in the next whole day.
The time unconsciously arrived at 5 p.m., according to federal law, each citizen is allowed to work a maximum of eight hours a day, and if it is necessary to work overtime under special circumstances, it must be reported to the state industry union for approval, and social service work without pay is no exception, Zhang Longchu had to leave the Los Angeles Social Security Department with regret.
Riding his small motorcycle, walking through the congested streets of Los Angeles on Saturday, breathing in the hot and humid air for a long time, feeling that the smell of disinfectant that had been surrounding his nose had finally disappeared, he casually parked in front of a fast-food restaurant on the street.
Because after learning about the content of the social services he participated, Zhang Longchu subconsciously repelled the inexplicable subtle smell that permeated the third basement floor of the Los Angeles Social Security Department, and he had no appetite for the whole day.
After two shrimp burgers, a cheese pie, a fried chicken, and a glass of ice juice, he rubbed his stomach comfortably, ordered another glass of Coke with ice, sat at the table by the window on the street and drank it in a sip, while taking out his mobile phone and calling up Celia's number from the address book and dialing it.
"Good afternoon, dear sister, first of all, thank you very much for your help, I found it for me..."After the phone was connected, Zhang Longchu said with a smile first, but was interrupted by Celia's abnormal voice, "Long Chu, I have something to deal with here, can I contact you later?" ”
"Of course, but your voice doesn't seem right, is it okay, Celia?" Zhang Longchu was stunned and frowned and said.
“… That's the child my parents adopted... It's my brother... You know this... Shut up, you pig..."Celia's cursing voice was faintly heard on the phone, and then the girl's voice became clear, and she gasped and said, "It's nothing Long Chu, I'm with him, it's nothing."
Okay, I'm going to hang up, let's meet in the evening and talk again. After that, he really hung up.
Peter is Celia's former first boyfriend, although he is also a well-known figure in Corryton Private High School because of his wealthy family background spanning both political and business worlds, but he is indeed a nerdy student at nature, and his favorite date place when he first dated Celia turned out to be the library.
Zhang Longchu knew all this from Rosa's mouth, so he took it for granted that since Celia was with Peter, there should be no accidents, so he put the phone back in his pocket and continued to drink Coke comfortably.