Chapter 416 Grain
Unless you are prepared to mutiny on the spot, there is no point in questioning him face to face.
It is impossible for him to admit that it was him who did it. Instead, it will scare the snake away. It is useless to ask if it was not him.
However, the housekeeper was certified by Diana and was more trustworthy than the city lord.
But it is impossible for the four Lynches to come forward to question the housekeeper, and Dr. Swain is not suitable. Only Terry Knight is the best candidate.
I ran to four places in a row to save the scene. It is now four or five o'clock in the afternoon. The city is full of smoke, quiet and peaceful, and it looks like a calm scene.
Who knows what kind of violent waves and storms are hidden under such a peaceful appearance.
The third day is almost over. Can we successfully walk through this memory and return to our own time successfully?
The three looked at each other and smiled at each other.
You can, as long as you don’t stop!
Terry had arranged everything before leaving, and all his close soldiers were sent out to conduct a thorough investigation throughout the city. Fortunately, there are only 8,000 people and less than 2,000 households. It should be completed before dark.
As guests, the three of them certainly did not need to run around with ordinary soldiers. Taking advantage of the fact that there was no accident yet, the three of them quickly circled the city and inspected the three planting sites in turn.
The growth is gratifying.
The ten fruits planted on the first day have begun to bear fruit. The fist-sized fruits are hanging on the bushes, and they are not cute at all.
You can't see the features yet. Lin Qi looked at it and thought it was an apple from the previous life. He wanted to pick one and try it. However, thinking that this thing was highly poisonous, he decided to let his head go. .
The five ones planted yesterday morning have also bloomed. The stamens of each flower have some abnormal bulges. If you look closely, they look like a human face, full of evil aura.
I actually think it's a bit cute. I must have hung out with cultists too much.
Lin Qi glanced at Judy. Fortunately, he brought this girl here this time, otherwise language alone would be an unsolvable problem.
What's more, as long as she is here, Lin Qi won't worry about any problems, this girl is his biggest trump card.
As the number of plants to be watered increased, Lynch's bleeding volume also increased greatly. Today there were two buckets of diluted blood.
The blood loss in two consecutive days was indeed a bit too much, but he could still hold on. Lynch gritted his teeth and endured it. After watering the Human Face Fruit in the city with his own hands, the three of them went around to the east gate of the city.
The originally bustling East Gate was now in a state of depression.
There are no travelers entering the city anymore. The nearby ghouls must have scared away the people around them. The farmers outside the city have also hid back in the city early and dare not leave the city at will. It is said that the food outside the city today Ghouls have become more frequent, and many farmers have had close encounters with them. Several travelers who were lucky enough to escape to other cities were almost attacked by ghouls, and finally fled back to Norland in panic. .
It seems that Dr. Swain is very careful, fearing that the plague will spread and has already completely sealed off the surrounding area.
That's good, at least no one will happen to see what we do.
The three sneaked out of the city and sneaked into the woods, watered the last batch of human face fruits, and confirmed that all the fruits were growing normally before returning to the northern fortress with confidence.
Knight Terry has not returned yet, but soldiers have returned one after another.
But they did not bring back good news. The missing plague food was still not found, which meant that this sharp sword still hung over everyone's heads. Perhaps the only good news is that there is no bad news just yet.
Doctor Swain is still busy in the training ground. From a distance, you can feel the mysterious filth stirring from time to time. It is obvious that she is still continuing her research.
As soon as he saw Lynch and his party returning, Dr. Swain immediately stopped what he was doing and rushed over to give Lynch a hug.
? ? ?
The whole group was stunned. Only Officer Natalie rolled her eyes and quickly came over to carry the obsessive female ghoul away.
"Only viewing is allowed, no touching is allowed."
"The food has been delivered." Dr. Swain spoke quickly, his voice full of excitement, "With these fresh samples, I am already confident that we can You have really helped us a lot by preparing the medicine, and it will not be later than noon tomorrow. If the city is finally saved, it will be mostly due to you."
However, Lynch felt a pain in his heart. Suddenly, he deeply understood the reason why Officer Natalie warned him not to get too close to these people when he first entered.
Everything is a fantasy.
Actually you are not saved, you are all dead.
So what if I save everyone? So what if you are all grateful to us? Once the memories of the strange objects are over, these rescues and these gratitudes will cease to exist along with the memories.
A bitter taste spread in his heart. At this moment, Lynch really regretted that he took the characters in his memories so seriously.
But after all, he had experienced countless games in his previous life, and he immediately realized, isn’t this just like the game I played?
Indeed, closing the game is all illusion, and reopening the game will no longer exist, but I didn’t get nothing. Not only did I get the experience and knowledge I needed, but I didn’t help them. For their gratitude, but because I wanted to do it, I followed my own heart and made every choice. The important thing is that I did it and got satisfaction from it. The other things are not that important.
The confusion in his eyes quickly faded, and Lynch's eyes became clear: "You don't have to be so polite. I can get what I want by doing this. We each get what we need. And I have already said that our position is you. You have been working hard to solve this crisis. What you should thank is yourself. What happened when something went wrong in those foods? "
"The source of the plague is hidden in those foods. To be exact, meat and fruits are normal, only flour and bread are problematic," Dr. Swain said with certainty. "It was difficult to identify the stomach contents before, but with the new samples, I can be sure. , my hands and feet are on these flours. I probably won’t have time to go back tonight. You guys have been running for us all day. Go back and rest early. If something happens, I will let someone notify you. Tomorrow... it might happen again. "What's going on?"
Lynch also had this intention, taking advantage of the calm situation to rest as much as possible to preserve his strength. However, before he could agree, he saw Terry Knight running back in a hurry. .
"The food was obtained from the city lord's mansion, and... it was prepared by Rocky under the orders of the city lord. Rocky said that the bacon and fruits were all taken from the kitchen, and the people in the mansion usually eat the same. The only thing is that the flour... is all freshly ground and packed and taken away after grinding."
"Why do you need freshly ground flour?"
"Luo. Qi said that this was the request of the city lord. He said that he did not want outsiders to eat the same food as his family, so he asked Rocky to grind four bags of flour to the same standard. "
Lynch thought this reason was strange, but it couldn't be said to be unreasonable. But...he and the ladies looked at each other and realized a very serious problem.
“So, the problem is probably the grains used for grinding flour?” Dr. Swain was also startled. “Where did he use grains? The Jackson family’s own inventory?”
Knight Terry replied: "No, the wheat harvested early this year is used, and the wheat that each family has handed over to the drying barn one after another."
Lynch couldn't sit still anymore. It wasn't necessarily the flour that had been manipulated, it was probably this batch of grains. Lin Qi could no longer sit still, and suddenly stood up and said: "Let's go and have a look."
(End of this chapter)