"What mysterious event ......? I don't understand, sir...... As for the beef and milk you are talking about, oh, I admit that the environment and hygiene of the slaughterhouse are poor, but absolutely nothing is done! ”

Montero looked confused and said obediently.

'Uninformed......? ’

Chen Lun thought to himself, his eyes narrowing slightly.

He then questioned the rest of the group, but the result was the same, they didn't seem to have any mystery in touch, and they didn't know anything about the beef and milk...... They were even very proud that the new batch of live cattle had the best meat quality they had ever seen. The milk presented by the supplier is also mellow and sweet.

The Montero slaughterhouse was able to earn more gold pounds in Peacock City with this high-quality meat and milk.

"Commander, what next?"

Morey asked softly from the side.

Chen Lun groaned for a moment.

"You and Barton go to Montero's office and see if we can find out where the so-called supplier came from through documents such as bills or purchase lists."

"Yes, Captain."

Morey and Barton glanced at each other and nodded at Chen Lun in reply.

Subsequently, Chen Lun drove the hypnotized slaughterhouse owner Montero and his subordinates to return to their respective posts...... These unaware ordinary people are still in a state of confusion, obediently turning around and leaving, and will only return to normal after a few hours, and will not remember anything about meeting 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 barn where the live cattle were kept, he smelled the strange smell of manure mixed with some rotting hay. Several workers who were busy working in the cowshed, with a foul smell and dirt, looked at Chen Lun suspiciously and nervously.

"Leave me alone, keep busy."

Chen Lun chuckled, and the shell necklace on his chest shimmered.

The workers' expressions changed instantly, and they turned to work again, as if they were oblivious to his arrival. Chen Lun ignored the workers, stepped on the unclean black-brown mixture, and probed the beef cattle one by one.

Unfortunately, nothing unusual was found.

They appear to be extremely healthy, with no signs of mysterious contamination.

'What went wrong?' ’

Chen Lun was a little puzzled.

When he tried to communicate with the cows in the language of beasts, he found something unusual, that is, the cows had no sense of self at all...... They are like a soulless shell, living mechanically by instinctive eating and excretion.

Even, they do not have the ability to reproduce.

This doesn't make sense.

A moment later.

Chen Lun walked out of the cowshed warehouse, and Barton and Morey also returned with the results of the investigation.

"Chief, we have found some clues in the Montero office, the latest batch of high-quality beef cattle is 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 have an important discovery, that is, the person in charge of breeding beef cattle in the western suburbs is called 'Dorim'!"

Chen Lun showed a look of surprise, took the list, and indeed found 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, Dorium never left his farm, but now for unknown reasons, his family has moved away...... Did he go to the western suburbs and join the so-called agricultural group? ’

He secretly speculated.

After thinking for a while, Chen Lun immediately wrote a letter, taking down all the events that happened here, as well as his speculations about beef and milk, as a warning, and then asked Barton and Morey to return to the winery first, and by the way, deliver the letter to the secret mailbox of the Peacock City Shelter.

The beef and milk of the Montero slaughterhouse have been circulated to the market for the past two days, and many people have bought and eaten them...... But Chen Lun didn't have the time to investigate, he reminded the officials at most and let them solve these troubles.

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After leaving the slaughterhouse.

According to the clues, Chen Lun directly performed the "Cloud Leap" and came to the western suburbs in an instant.

It is a vast grassland outskirts where the agricultural area stands and expands along a tributary of the River of Ulling. Not only does it provide fresh ingredients for the residents of Peacock City, but it also sends processed products to the port of the Eastern End and is shipped by merchant ships to other cities for sale.

Chen Lun overlooked the prosperous buildings in the western suburbs, with huge warehouses, shed roofs and fences, as well as neat wheat and vegetable fields, arranged in an orderly manner within the fence.

Immediately, he took a straight stride and entered the agricultural area, following some buyers and caravans. I made up some excuses casually, and prevaricated the reception staff sitting on the side of the gate, saying that I wanted to inspect it inside and then decide what to buy.

The receptionists did not dwell too much on him when they saw that he was dressed in high fashion and behaved elegantly, and even enthusiastically said that the best in the Git agricultural area were beef and dairy products.

Chen Lun declined the invitation of one of the enthusiastic tour guides and wandered around the entire agricultural area alone.

Everything is normal, and there is not the slightest sign of mystery in sight. ’

After searching for a while, he thought to himself.

But just as he was passing by a simple farmhouse, Chen Lun heard a dull thud from inside, thumping, accompanied by a man's suppressed screams.

"Damn it, how did you sneak in?"

Another man asked.

Bang bang!

Two more punches.

"Say it! Are you trying to steal?! ”

"This guy is dressed in dirty old clothes and looks like a bum......"

Two men are interrogating and communicating.

"I'm not a bum! I am the great bard, Alex! You accuse me of stealing! I don't bother to do such a thing, I just come in and look for inspiration...... Yes! ”

There was another sound of punching and kicking, and Alex's screams.

Chen Lun couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

'Alex ......? ’

It sounded familiar, and after a moment's thought, he remembered that when he had left Emerald Town with Floy for Amber City, he had encountered robbers who had captured artisans in the wilderness near the outskirts of the city.

At that time, he exterminated the bandit camp, rescued a group of craftsmen, and had a brief contact with this bard who liked to brag.

'Go. ’

As soon as Chen Lun raised his hand, his index finger fell off on its own, turned into a white snake and fell to the ground, and then crawled meanderingly, burrowing through the crack in the door of the farmhouse.

Through this white snake, he used his five senses to monitor the scene inside.

A dirty, blond bard was tied up in a corner with a big tie of flowers, and two workers stood in front of him and beat him.

After a busy day, two workers sat down in chairs to rest, gasping for air.

Obviously, beating people is also a physical job.

Alex had a swollen nose and swollen face, spitting blood, and cursed angrily at the two of them.

But the two workers had no more strength left to teach him a lesson, and just stared at the down-and-out bard with a sneer, as if they were thinking about what to do with him.

"Let's have a bite to eat, this guy is really resistant to beating, heh."

One of the workers pulled out the jerky from his pocket and gave it to his companion.

"I remember that when we used to make a living in the Blue Sail Gang, we were fighting with people every day, but now we are a little rusty when we plunge into the fields."

The latter smiled, took it, and feasted on it.

"No, I thought I could squeeze some oil and water out of this guy, but it turned out to be a broken wood, maybe that fancy hat and cloak are worth a few copper crowe, but I don't bother to run to the grocery store in the city for this money."

The two of them ate jerky, played with Alex's wooden harmonica, and laughed.

One of them smashed his mouth.

"Well, I said this jerky tastes really good, where did you get it?"

"Dorim there...... Hey, even the person in charge praised him for the good quality of the beef cattle he raised. ”

Chen Lun stood outside the door for a while, probably understanding what was going on. The two workers, who had been gang thugs, were going to extort Alex from the agricultural area when they saw Alex sneaking in, but they beat him up because he was penniless.

He didn't think it was worth continuing to listen to this, and was about to go in and put the two workers down, and then ask Alex how he knew the pseudonym "Jack" in the first place.

But at this time, a sudden change occurred!

Inside the farmhouse, the two workers sitting in the chairs suddenly widened their eyes, and their bodies began to be congested with blood, and their muscles were exposed...... As if they had suddenly fallen to the ground, they made a muffled noise.

Then like an ugly and disgusting maggot, he kept writhing his body.

Poof!

Their skin cracked, and countless flesh tentacles emerged from their bodies, and the two of them, in a wail of pain, became monsters, crawled up uncontrollably, and pounced on Alex, the only living man in the room.

Alex saw the whole process of the shock, but because he was tied, he couldn't escape at all, so he could only keep shrinking back, and finally clinging to the corner.

"Two damn bastards...... But even if you become a monster, don't try to eat me! ”

Alex roared.

The two workers who turned into flesh tentacles twisted their faces and let out a creepy scream, and in the next second, they were about to grab Alex and devour it.

The latter's eyes widened.

The next second.

I saw a slender pale figure flash, and it exploded with a bang, blooming with a wave of red qi.

The two flesh-and-blood tentacle monsters were blasted away in an instant, stumps spraying the wall with fragments of their limbs, and after just a few breaths, they were corrupted into a puddle of black particles.

Alex looked up and saw a gentleman in black standing in front of him.

"Jack?!"

He looked surprised, and then laughed.

"You are really a loyal fan of mine, and you have gone all the way to save me......"

Alex showed a regretful expression in the blink of an eye.

"It's a pity, I don't need your help, two man-eating monsters, in my eyes it's just a farce......"

"Oh, in that case, that's the excuse."

Chen Lun showed a polite smile, lifted his hat, and turned to leave.

After walking a few steps, as if remembering something, he stopped and turned his head to prompt:

"Anyway, you look quite suspicious now, and there are two strange corpses around you, I'm afraid you'll spend your life in the shelter in the future......"

Alex coughed loudly twice.

"Wait...... Wait a minute! Can you help me loosen the rope first, my ass is a little itchy......"

He watched Chen Lun's back go farther and farther, and shouted anxiously:

"Jack! Help me! I can't get caught! ”

(End of chapter)