Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 316 Two hundred and thirty one. Fermentation

   At four o'clock in the afternoon, the Jones brothers walked out of the cave.

   Stones and soil are piled up outside the cave, and these things are used for other purposes.

  Because they will continue to dig tomorrow, they left behind iron picks, baskets and other tools, and wet the towel made from ripped clothes, wiped off the odor caused by sweat, and returned to the carriage.

The    excavation is progressing very smoothly. The excavation of the cave is mostly completed. The cellar can only be excavated by one person for the time being, and the depth of the shaft is only less than one meter, which is still a little short of the one meter depth requirement. However, as the shaft is dug and the cellar space begins to expand, the speed will be much faster.

   Tomorrow they have a whole day and plenty of time.

   Back in the carriage and sat down, the carriage headed for Belfast, and the eldest of the Jones brothers felt something strange.

   That strangeness was not from the despair of the surrounding woods, but from Lu Li, who was holding the reins ahead.

   The bosses who have been with each other for a short time can notice it, and Anna naturally feels it more clearly.

After getting along for more than a month, she could feel the subtle changes in Lu Li's temperament over time. For example, he gradually began to look like an ordinary person. Although he still didn't have much expression and calmness, he was no longer the one who subconsciously rejected the surroundings at first. Be wary of everything.

   As if he was not from this world.

   But now, the vigilance of disregarding everything reappeared in him.

   "What happened...?" Anna felt a little panic and asked in a low voice worriedly.

  Lu Li didn't speak, but just dropped his fingers and tapped the newspaper beside him.

  Anna's eyes fell on Lu Li's side, the carriage shook, the light and shadow of the oil lamp swayed, and she saw the clear headline on the newspaper.

   "They actually..."

   Anna, who relies on Lu Li, doesn't like to think, but that doesn't mean she can't think, especially in the subtle interaction between her and Lu Li, she is contaminated with part of Lu Li's thinking logic.

   She knew very well what it meant when this kind of news appeared in the newspaper.

   "How dare they...?"

   Anna's subtle murmur appeared in the void.

  The four Jones brothers in the carriage were leaning on the innermost side, and they fell asleep after a day's work.

   "Maybe something more troublesome happened that we don't know about." Lu Li looked at the rough and muddy mountain road ahead, his tone was calm: "This makes them have to disclose part of the truth."

  Only a small part of the iceberg on the sea surface will emerge.

   The bad thing about this thing is not just the news fermentation itself, the real trouble is the purpose behind it - the Council of Elders cannot allow the newspapers to publish news that causes riots.

  The more troublesome thing may be what the terrifying faceless giant of Zennster has done, or something else, such as the truth about the disappearance of the farmland.

   "Our speed is already very fast..." Anna said softly.

  Lu Li and they are fast enough, they have done all this in less than two months when they came here.

   The rush makes him look like a persecutory paranoid, but the truth is always more unexpected than planned.

  Fortunately, although they did not fully prepare all the countermeasures, they also completed a large part.

  …

   Around five in the afternoon, the carriage drove out of the elm forest filled with negativity and returned to Elm Street.

   Those infected houses have been demolished, leaving a rubble that is being pulled away by cart after cart. Some residents gathered around, watching the Union personnel deal with the wreckage.

   They whispered something together, and their expressions were a little weird.

   This scene intensified as the carriage went deep into Belfast, people on the street whispered, everyone had anxiety and panic written on their faces, and noise spread out one after another.

   Unlike the Cultivated Garden, which is lost in most people's perceptions, it is a barren land with no civilization and no cities.

   And the farmland garden is too far away from them, it is impossible for almost everyone to go there.

   And this time, the port of Zenster is on the Ellen Peninsula, just northwest of the peninsula about 300 miles away from them, and it has been confirmed that the whole city was attacked by a monster, and there were very few survivors.

   That is a seaport city with a population of hundreds of thousands!

  Some cries rang out from time to time in the corner of the street, their relatives were in Zenster.

  Lu Li knew this was just a prelude.

   To humans, to weirdness.

   Over time, monsters will appear more frequently, attacking towns where humans gather. While people are in panic, the order that has been maintained is bound to be broken.

  It is foreseeable that the city will fall into disorder for a long time to come. Soaring prices and the collapse of public security are only the most basic.

   Now we can only rely on the Council of Elders being strong enough to control the city.

The four brothers   Jones woke up one after another, and the noisy cries outside the carriage made them a little uneasy.

   "What happened in the city?" The boss still asked.

   "The newspaper will tell you the answer." Lu Li didn't give the answer directly. It was cumbersome to explain, and they definitely had a lot of questions when answered.

  The boss suppressed his curiosity and didn't ask any more questions. He just observed the street with his brother.

   After a while, the carriage arrived at their residence. The four Jones brothers got off the carriage. The eldest stopped in front of the carriage and said, "I'll go call the person you need."

   He hasn't forgotten about Lu Li's search for a craftsman.

   "I'll go over." Lu Li got off the carriage with an umbrella.

   "Oh" the boss responded, and led Lu Li to a dilapidated wooden house not far away.

  The two buildings on the left and right squeeze the space of the wooden house. It looks really small, especially when the boss is brought into the wooden house, and the debris and garbage of parts and tools are piled up everywhere.

   Only the bed and the road leading to the door are free of debris.

  The old man who was introduced by the boss squatted in a piece of debris, holding an alarm clock in his hand, and ticking in the garbage, looking for parts that could be replaced.

  The boss first introduced Lu Li to the old man, and then said to Lu Li, "He can create whatever you want."

  Lu Li was noncommittal and did not speak.

   After the introduction, the boss left the wooden house consciously, leaving behind Lu Li and the old man.

  The old man couldn't find the parts, so he temporarily put the alarm clock on the table that was also full of miscellaneous tools, and asked Lu Li what he wanted to say.

  Lu Li told him about the seawater distillation equipment.

   "Burning sea water?"

   Of course, this world has distilled water technology, which is usually used by a group of nobles who think of themselves as high-class people.

Although    is strange, the old man still replied: "Of course, what do you want to make?"

   "Sturdy enough to use with a fireplace."

  The old man pondered for a while, then nodded and told Lu Li, "Come and pick it up in three days. I won't charge the deposit if you were recommended by Da Jones."

   "But it's urgent."

"when?"

   "No more than tomorrow."

  The old man frowned, before Lu Li added, "It's an extra double reward."

   "You'll see the finished product tomorrow morning when you come."

  Lu Li nodded and left the hut.

   To solve the water problem, Lu Li went to the car shop to return the carriage and returned to the detective agency.

   An unexpected guest awaits him there.

   (end of this chapter)