"Private pipe workshop?"

Hearing Meng Lei's words, Serge scratched his head in surprise, and quickly understood what Meng Lei meant.

It seems that the other party is planning to start from the source and investigate the origin of the pipe.

Thinking of this, Serge couldn't help but squeeze forward, and looked curiously at the white and flawless delicate pipe in Meng Lei's hand.

He had been hiding behind the crowd just now, and although he had heard the conversation between them clearly, he had not had a chance to seriously observe the object that everyone was discussing around them.

After a moment of careful scrutiny, Serge suddenly shouted suspiciously.

"Huh? Strange ......"

After saying this, he only felt that he was locked tightly by a gaze in an instant, and the atmosphere around him suddenly froze, and there was an inexplicable tension.

"Strange what? What did you find? ”

At this time, Meng Lei held his pipe tightly in one hand and a snow-white tactical flashlight in the other, and his footsteps moved a little closer.

Suddenly stared at by so many people, Serge was a little panicked for a while, and said tremblingly:

"I ...... I think ...... This pipe seems to look familiar, as if I have seen it somewhere before......"

Hearing this, the few people present suddenly held their breath, a little incredulous, and the gazes cast at Serge became more sharp.

No one expected that the next investigation plan had not yet been launched, and Ayu would send it to the door by himself?

"You've seen this thing before? Really?! ”

Huo Ye was a big mouth, and when he heard Serge say it, he felt familiar, and he couldn't help but ask, "Where did you see it, and who is the owner?" ”

Serge frowned and shook his head, a contemplative look on his face:

"I ...... I can't remember it, I just think it's a little familiar, I should have seen it, but it's definitely not a guy I know, and I'm not impressed enough. ”

"Damn, what are you talking about here! Doesn't saying it mean not saying it! ”

Huo Ye scolded angrily, feeling a sense of missing out on the truth, and was depressed.

Serge shrank his head aggrievedly, and muttered weakly:

"Pipes of this material and style are rare, even in Modo City, there is no professional processing place, it must have flowed in from other large gathering places, how can I remember it so clearly......"

Hearing this, everyone sighed for a while, and the hope that had just been ignited was suddenly extinguished by a basin of cold water, and they all glared at Serge angrily.

However, Meng Lei didn't say much.

He knew better than anyone else how precious the pipe material was, and knew that Serge was right.

Putting away the pipe and putting it in his arms, he patted Serge on the shoulder, and Meng Lei comforted:

"Don't worry, you think slowly, when you remember, remember to tell me as soon as possible."

"Okay, okay!"

Serge nodded repeatedly, shrunk his head and hid in the crowd, frowning sadly in thought.

"Are there any other special discoveries besides this pipe?"

Meng Lei turned to look at Zhang Chao and asked in a condensed voice.

The pipe was only one of the clues, and he couldn't completely pin all his hopes on this item, hoping to get some other clues to supplement and identify the monster as soon as possible.

"There are a few other things, but they are relatively dilapidated and not particularly intact."

Zhang Chao nodded, and as he spoke, he motioned for Meng Lei to follow, and walked towards the room of apartment 402.

In front of the round dining table in the hall on the first floor, Zhang Chao stopped, pointed to some messy black pieces on the table and said:

"I asked the brothers to clean up all those things, it's all here, Commander."

Meng Lei stepped forward curiously, looking at the black pieces on the table.

I saw that the broken black pieces were only the size of a fingernail on average, with uneven edges, irregular fragmentation, and pitch black, no material to be seen, but definitely not metal, a bit like some kind of rock.

Judging from the traces of the breakage, it seems that it was indeed chiseled from a certain rock, and it should not belong to the artefacts in the city of Modo.

"We've just done comparisons and experiments, and it's a strange thing, it's not metal or stone, but it's incredibly hard."

Zhang Chao casually picked up a piece of fragment from the table, threw it in his hand twice, and then threw it to Meng Lei, saying:

"Moreover, it is very heavy, apparently quite dense, and has a strong smell of sea, as if it was fished out of the sea not long ago."

Meng Lei subconsciously took the fragment, weighed it gently, and found that it was indeed as Zhang Chao said, very heavy.

Just this thing the size of a fingernail is at least three or four catties, far more dense than any metal that can be artificially synthesized by human beings in Meng Lei's cognition, which is simply incredible!

For the sake of safety, Meng Lei didn't dare to touch the black fragment for too long, and carefully put it back on the table.

Then, he calmed down and mobilized Goldfinger, hoping to get some information about the fragments.

Distorted golden words emerge,

The upgraded Goldfinger was on call and immediately gave Meng Lei the answer he wanted.

(Broken relic structural materials, commonly found in alien ruins, are a common material used in most relic buildings, the specific composition is unknown, and the complete structural materials are precious, making them the best choice for building top-level submarines and forts!) ）

"Relic materials?! This thing was actually deducted from an alien ruin?! ”

After quickly reading the hint of the golden finger, Meng Lei was immediately dumbfounded.

He never imagined that these black shards the size of fingernails would actually be the building materials that make up the alien ruins?!

It's incredible!

Let's not talk about the fact that this material is so strong, who used what means to dig it from the ruins themselves.

The main question is, how did this rare and precious material, which even gold fingers are called, come to be here?

"Do you mean...... That monster from before, ran out of some ruins? ”

Thinking of a possibility, Meng Lei couldn't help frowning, feeling deeply uneasy and confused.

"If the earthquake that happened a few days ago was caused by the excavation of the ruins, then there is a possibility that some unknown creatures in the ruins escaped from it and then infiltrated the city through the broken urban structure hidden in the floodwaters.

This scenario is very likely, and it's not unlikely! ”

Meng Lei groaned secretly, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this speculation was not unreasonable.

Thinking of the pipe he had just discovered, he suddenly felt that there were a lot of doubts about this assumption.

If the monster really came out of the ruins, how can the problem with pipes be explained?

How could the people of the Moken family be associated with the monsters in the ruins?

"The Moken Family...... Alien Ruins...... Earthquake...... Missing Investigation Team ......"

Suddenly, Meng Lei remembered what the middle-aged security officer had mentioned when he entered the city before.

Soon after the earthquake struck, Modo city officials organized a group of scientific research teams to go to the epicenter to investigate the cause of the earthquake.

Later, due to some unknown circumstances, the investigation team inexplicably lost contact with the Modo City side shortly after departure.

And the only survivor of the entire investigation team at that time was the head of the security office in Modo City.

Grote Moken!

If there is any connection between the Moken family and the alien ruins, it seems that the only one who lost contact with the expedition team at that time and Grote Moken disappeared again later.

Thinking of this, Meng Lei suddenly remembered one more thing.

At that time, after the security officer mentioned Grote Moken, Hans once tentatively asked if the other party was tall and thin and liked to hang a pipe on Fifth Street.

In the end, the answer was yes.

At first, Meng Lei didn't think about it, but combined with all the clues collected so far, everything seemed to be gradually connected, which made Meng Lei feel a little chilled.

"Holy, it's not that coincidental, is it?!"

"Did the pipe be left by Grote Moken? But why is it here? Didn't that guy disappear from the world? What is the connection between him and the monster? ”

Taking a deep breath silently, Meng Lei was secretly frightened, only feeling that his scalp was numb, and he didn't dare to continue to think deeply.

"Commander! Commander?! Are you okay? ”

At this time, Zhang Chao on the side saw that he was speechless for a long time, and suddenly he was stunned in place, thinking that something had happened, and hurriedly pushed him twice.

Meng Lei came back to his senses, suddenly shook his head and said:

"It's okay, I'm fine."

Then, ignoring Zhang Chao who was at a loss next to him, Meng Lei Huoran turned around and shouted loudly while running towards the door:

"Serge! Serge! ”

He was anxious to verify something, and the suspicion that Serge had just shown when he saw the pipe had become a breakthrough at this moment.

"Benefactor, I'm here!"

Hearing Meng Lei's shout, Serge, who was scratching his head in the corridor of the apartment hall, immediately responded in a loud voice.

Meng Lei walked out of the 402 apartment quickly, rushed to Serge in a hurry, pressed his shoulder, and asked with a serious face:

"You just said that you have seen this pipe, it feels very familiar, think about it carefully, is this pipe used by Grote Moken, have you seen it in his hands?!"

As he spoke, Meng Lei took out the white and transparent pipe from his pocket and held it flat in front of Serge's eyes, asking him to take a closer look.

At first, Serge was frightened by Meng Lei's impatient attitude, and his expression was obviously stunned.

After a pause, his eyes wandered back and forth between Meng Lei's face and the white pipe, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and the layer of window paper that seemed to have been bothering him was pierced, and he immediately shouted:

"Yes, yes, yes! It's Director Grote, the head of the Security Office, the mayor's eldest son, this thing is his! I've seen him in casinos before, and a lot of people know that he has such a pipe! ”

Serge shouted with a leap of his feet, his expression uncertain.

"Damn, isn't it rumored that he's missing, the total closure of Modo City is because of this, how could the pipe he carried close to him appear here?!"

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At this moment, Serge is not the only one who has such doubts in his mind.

Everyone present, even including Meng Lei, was confused by this and felt extremely puzzled.

A person who suddenly disappeared from the public during a hallucination incident, and his belongings were actually found in such a dilapidated and dirty, apparently uninhabited apartment for a long time.

Moreover, this apartment was once inhabited by a strange unknown creature!

Such a strange situation is not only incredible, but also extremely scary, and it is easy to have terrifying and grotesque associations.

"Are you sure...... Is this pipe really Grote's thing? Modo City is so big, and there are so many floating populations, can't it be that someone else left it here? ”

Zhang Chao pondered for a moment, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this thing was weird, and he was psychologically reluctant to admit this fact.

Hearing this, Serge shook his head seriously, and said with great certainty:

"The material of this pipe is unique, it is said to be made from the cartilage of the Trampler, and it is very valuable, and it was bought by Grote from the black market in the colony of Barona at a high price from pirates.

Although it is not unique, it is also very rare, and it is rare to see similar replicas in the city.

This pipe can almost be said to be the symbol of Grote, even if no one knows everything, and those who often deal with the Modo City Security Office know it. ”

After a pause, for fear that Zhang Chao would not believe what he said, Serge then added:

"If you don't believe me, just go to the street and find a security officer, and you will know if it's true or not!"

Serge's tone was very affirmative, and he swore that he almost patted his chest for reassurance.

Although Zhang Chao was skeptical on his face, in fact, he already had an answer in his heart, and it was estimated that this thing was undoubtedly Grote's.

At this time, Meng Lei turned on the flashlight again and shone on the tail of the pipe near the mouthpiece.

The faint withered letters of the trace mold lake, clearly outlined in the light, outlined in the shape of a small "G", seem to have said it all.

"There is no doubt that this pipe must be Grote's belongings, and it is also engraved with the initials of his name, and there is no other possibility."

Meng Lei took a deep breath and said the truth in a deep voice.

"Indeed!"

Hans also nodded, and chimed in, "Didn't you find a small half-bag of raw tobacco upstairs just now?" I heard that Grote likes to smoke raw tobacco the most, especially raw tobacco mixed with marijuana, which has always been his favorite.

By all indications, this pipe is indeed his! ”

When the words fell, everyone stopped talking, and they reluctantly accepted the facts with mixed feelings.

And at this moment, the expression on everyone's face is different.

There are apprehensions, some are strange, some are solemn, and some are worried......

The only survivor who returned from an unknown place in the abyss has many mysteries in his own right, and in a coma, he has inexplicably evaporated from the world.

And the clues about him are now actually linked to some kind of weird soft creatures.

Such a thing is full of absurdity and bizarreness.

For a while, even Meng Lei's brain was a little confused, and he didn't know what to do......