National Forensic Doctor

Jiang Yuan hadn’t even fully examined the body when he was pulled back to the air raid shelter for an onsite inspection.

At the same time, the arrested non-mainstream individuals were scrambling to confess, and this gradually evolved into a race to inform against others.

Not everyone was implicated in blood, and those who confessed first were believers who considered themselves "deceived." Some didn’t even need police motivation or policy preaching; they couldn’t help but spill the beans.

After Jiang Yuan arrived, Tang Jia, who had gotten there earlier, had already gathered information. Waiting at the entrance, she briefed him as they walked:

"Captain Jiang, from what we’ve seen so far, the factory building outside the air raid shelter is the main activity area for these people. The fourth floor of the office building has been converted for the exclusive use of the Sect Hierarch. Its decoration level is about the same as the second and third floors, and not much renovation has been done on the first floor to keep it under cover."

"The second and third floors have reception rooms, public activity spaces, as well as a gym, restaurant kitchen, practice rooms, meditation rooms, recreational rooms, and so on. It’s like a whole factory area, originally intended for the use of hundreds, now utilized by just a few dozen people."

"The dormitory building is still maintained, but with communal living as the mainstay. Only a few key members have individual rooms. They’re small, around thirty to forty square meters with a bed and bathroom, about the size of a standard hotel room. They mainly emphasize group activities."

"The exception is for believers with serious illnesses. If they’re seriously ill, they get private rooms and then practice a certain technique invented by the Sect Hierarch. Once their virtue is fulfilled, a ceremony is held in the Hierarch’s floor to bid them farewell. Afterward, the Hierarch announces they’ve gone to the Western paradise, and everyone buries them. Eventually, they are exhumed and displayed, claiming a sharing of virtue..."

Tang Jia provided Jiang Yuan with a rough description of the cult’s use of the factory space, to facilitate his judgment during the inspection.

This information is still very meaningful for inspection. Just like if you see a balloon in an adult paraphernalia store, you can’t simply consider it a five-cent balloon. Similarly, if you see a balloon in Disneyland, you also can’t assume it’s just a five-cent balloon. By the same token, if you see a balloon at an altitude of thirty thousand meters in some country, you still can’t dismiss it as just a five-cent balloon.