Chapter 317 Goodbye Bard
"What mysterious incident...? I don't understand, sir... As for the beef and milk you mentioned, oh, I admit that the environment and hygiene in the slaughterhouse are not good, but there is absolutely no manipulation!"
Montero looked confused and said obediently.
‘Unknowing…? ’
Chen Lun thought to himself and narrowed his eyes slightly.
He then interrogated the rest of the people, but the results were the same. They seemed not to be exposed to any mysteries, and they did not know that there was something wrong with beef and milk... They were even very proud, thinking that the newly arrived live cattle had what they had seen. The best meat ever. The milk given by the supplier also tastes mellow and sweet.
The Montero Slaughterhouse is able to earn more golden pounds in Peacock City with this high-quality meat and milk.
"Captain, what should we do next?"
Morey asked softly from the side.
Chen Lun pondered for a moment.
"You and Barton go to Montero's office and see if you can find out where the so-called supplier comes from through documents such as bills or purchase lists."
"Yes, leader."
Morey and Barton looked at each other, nodded to Chen Lun and replied.
Afterwards, Chen Lun drove the hypnotized slaughterhouse owner Montero and all his men to return to their corresponding posts... These unknowing ordinary people were still in a state of confusion and turned away obediently. They could only wait until It will take a few hours for him to return to normal, and he will not remember anything about his encounter with Chen Lun and the others.
Watching Morey and Barton follow Montero away, Chen Lun himself went to the live cattle area to investigate.
As soon as he entered the large warehouse where the live cattle were housed, he smelled the strange smell of rotting hay mixed with manure. Several workers who were busy in the cowshed, covered in stench and dirt, looked at Chen Lun doubtfully and nervously.
"Don't worry about me, just keep busy."
Chen Lun chuckled, and the shell necklace on his chest shimmered.
The expressions of these workers changed instantly, and they turned around and started working again, seemingly ignoring his arrival. Chen Lun ignored these workers, stepped on the dark brown mixture that could not be shoveled clean, and inspected the beef cattle one by one.
Unfortunately, no abnormalities were found.
They looked extremely healthy and showed no signs of mysterious contamination.
‘What exactly went wrong? ’
Chen Lun was a little confused.
When he tried to communicate with these cows in animal language, he found something unusual, that is, these cows had no self-awareness at all... They seemed to be a soulless body, relying on instinct to eat and excrete, living mechanically .
Even, they don't have the ability to reproduce.
This doesn't make sense.
After a while.
Chen Lun walked out of the large bullpen warehouse, and Barton and Morey also came back with the results of the investigation.
"Captain, we found some clues in Montero's office. The latest batch of high-quality beef cattle comes from the farm area in the western suburbs of Peacock City, which is the industry of the 'Jit Large Agricultural Group'."
Morey held a list in his hand and handed it to Chen Lun.
“And we made an important discovery, that is, the person responsible for breeding beef cattle in the western suburbs is named ‘Dolim’!”
Chen Lun showed a hint of surprise and took the list. He did find the name "Dolim" on it, but he was not sure that this person was the farmer he had been looking for.
‘In the original world line, Dolim never left his farm, but now due to unknown reasons, his family moved away... Could it be that he went to the western suburbs and joined the so-called agricultural group? ’
He secretly guessed.
After thinking for a while, Chen Lun immediately wrote a letter, writing down what happened here and his guesses about beef and milk as a warning, and then asked Barton and Morey to return to the winery first, and write down this. The letter was delivered to the secret mailbox of the Peacock City shelter.
The beef and milk from the Montero Slaughterhouse in the past two days have been circulated to the market, and I don’t know how many people have purchased and eaten it... But Chen Lun doesn’t have the time to investigate. The most he can do is remind the officials and let them solve these problems. .
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After leaving the slaughterhouse.
Based on the clues, Chen Lun directly used "Cloud Leap" and arrived in the western suburbs in an instant.
This is a vast grassland countryside, where the agricultural area stands and develops and expands along a tributary of the Weiling River. Not only will the residents of Peacock City be provided with the fresh ingredients they need, but the processed products will also be sent to the East District Port and transported by merchant ships to other cities for sale.
Chen Lun looked at the prosperous buildings in the western suburbs from a distance, including huge warehouses, shed roofs and fences, as well as neat wheat fields and vegetable fields, arranged in an orderly manner within the fence.
Immediately, he walked straight forward, following some buyers and caravans, and entered the agricultural area. I made up some random excuses and tried to offend the receptionist sitting on the side of the door, saying that I wanted to take a look inside and then decide what to buy.
The reception staff saw that he was well-dressed and elegant, so they didn't bother him too much. They even enthusiastically said that the most outstanding things in Jite Agricultural Zone are beef and dairy products.
Chen Lun declined one of the enthusiastic tour guide invitations and wandered around the entire agricultural area alone.
‘Everything is normal, there is no sign of anything mysterious at all. ’
After searching for a while, he thought to himself.
But just as he was passing by a simple farmhouse, Chen Lun heard a dull sound of blows and bangs coming from inside, accompanied by the suppressed scream of a man.
"Damn guy, how did you sneak in?"
another man demanded.
Bang bang!
Two more punches.
"Speak quickly! Do you want to steal something?!"
"This guy is dressed in dirty old clothes and looks like a homeless man..."
Two men were questioning and communicating.
"I'm not a tramp! I'm a great bard, Alex! You actually accuse me of stealing! I don't bother to do such a despicable thing. I just came in to take a look and find inspiration for creation...ah! ”
There were sounds of punches and kicks again, as well as Alex's screams.
Chen Lun couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
‘Alex…? ’
He felt it sounded a bit familiar, and after thinking for a moment, he remembered that when he and Floy left Emerald Town and headed to Amber City, they encountered robbers who captured craftsmen in the wilds near the suburbs.
At that time, he wiped out the bandit camp, rescued a group of craftsmen, and had a brief contact with this bragging bard.
'go. ’
As soon as Chen Lun raised his hand, his index finger fell off on its own, turning into a white snake and falling to the ground. Then it crawled in a winding way and got in through the crack of the farmhouse door.
Through this white snake, he used his five senses to monitor the scene inside.
A dirty blond bard was being tied up in a corner. Two workers stood in front of him and beat him.
After a while of busy work, the two workers sat on chairs to rest and gasp for air.
Obviously beating people is also physical work.
Alex's nose was bruised and his face was swollen, he was vomiting blood and cursed the two of them angrily.
But the two workers no longer had the extra energy to teach him a lesson. They just stared at the down-and-out bard with a sneer on their faces, as if thinking about how to deal with him.
"Come and have some, this guy really can't stand a beating, haha."
One of the workers took out some dried meat from his pocket and gave some to his companions.
"I remember that when we were working for Lanfan Gang, we would spar with people every day. Now that we plunge into the fields, we feel a little unfamiliar."
The latter smiled and ate happily after taking it.
"No, I originally thought I could squeeze something out of this guy, but he turned out to be just a piece of wood. Maybe the fancy hat and cloak are worth a few copper coins, but I'm too lazy to run around for this little money. Grocery store in town ”
The two of them ate dried meat, played Alex's wooden harmonica, and laughed.
One of them slapped his mouth.
"Well, I said this jerky tastes really good. Where did you get it?"
"Dorim's place... Hey, even the person in charge praised the quality of the beef cattle he raised."
Chen Lun stood outside the door for a while, and probably figured out what happened. The two workers were former gang thugs. After seeing Alex sneaking in in the agricultural area, they planned to blackmail him, but because he was penniless, they beat him up.
He felt that there was no value in hearing these nonsense, so he was about to go in and knock down the two workers, and then ask Alex how he knew his alias "Jack" in the first place.
But at this time, a sudden change occurred!
In the farmhouse, the two workers sitting on the chairs suddenly widened their eyes, their bodies began to become congested with blood, and their veins were exposed... They fell to the ground like a sudden illness, making a muffled sound.
Then he kept twisting his body like an ugly and disgusting maggot.
Poof!
Their skin cracked, and countless tentacles of flesh and blood emerged from their bodies. They howled in pain and turned into monsters. They climbed up uncontrollably and rushed toward Alex, the only living person in the room.
Alex saw the whole process of the shocking incident, but because he was restrained, he couldn't escape at all, so he could only keep shrinking back, and finally clung to the corner.
"Two damn bastards... But even if you become monsters, don't try to eat me!"
Alex roared.
The two workers turned into flesh-and-blood tentacle monsters, distorted their faces, and let out creepy screams. They were about to capture Alex and devour him in the next second.
The latter's eyes widened.
The next second.
I saw a slender pale figure flash past, and there was an explosion, bursting into red air waves.
The two flesh-tentacled monsters were blown away in an instant, and fragments of their limbs were sprayed on the wall. After just a few breaths, they were corrupted into a pool of black particles.
Alex raised his head and saw a gentleman in black clothes standing in front of him.
"Jack?!"
He looked surprised, then laughed.
"You are indeed my loyal fan, and you went all the way to save me..."
Alex turned around and showed a regretful expression.
"Unfortunately, I don't need your help. They are just two man-eating monsters. In my eyes, it is just a farce..."
"Oh, in that case, excuse me."
Chen Lun showed a polite smile, held up his hat, turned around and left.
After walking a few steps, he seemed to remember something, stopped and turned around to say:
"You look very suspicious now, and there are two strange corpses beside you. I'm afraid you will spend your whole life in a shelter..."
Alex coughed loudly twice.
"Wait...wait! Can you help me loosen the rope first? My butt is a little itchy..."
He watched Chen Lun's back walking further and further away, and shouted anxiously:
"Jack! Help me! I can't be caught!" (End of Chapter)