Bizarre Detective Agency

  Chapter 848 One hundred and thirty-nine. During the days when he was struggling to survive, Anna had been helping the detective agency

   The Ellen Peninsula Refuge did not have the first few troubles.

When the deep-sea rocks lose their barrier significance, they exit the shelter and build a new gathering place deeper into the ground; if they lose contact with the surface, they let residents go to the lookout to observe the outside world to avoid panic; long-term underground life affects their psychology, making residents aware that the surface is full of weirdness Only Vaults are safe; check tools regularly to keep stockpiles above a certain number; build Guards against weird invasions.

   The coveted crown of calm has been worn over the sanctuary on the Ellen Peninsula for more than two decades, making the only trouble that has arisen worse: the food crisis.

   The shelter that once housed 300 people now has 723 residents.

   It's not just the unmanageable population that's bad, it's the reduced food. In the past five years, they harvested 4% to 7% less food each year than the previous year. It may not sound like much, but including the arable land they ventured to reclaim the old shelter, they are now planting 1.3 times as much as they did five years ago, and harvesting 30% less.

   Scholars suspect that something is wrong with the soil and seeds. The former is fairly easy to solve, they just need to keep reclaiming new land to expand planting, as long as they solve the lighting and derivative problems that may cause weird perception. But if the latter, they have no choice but to acquire new seeds.

   And seeds can only be obtained from the surface.

   And Irene unfortunately became a regulator at the beginning of the food crisis.

   The result so far is that both kinds of problems exist...the seeds have problems, and so is the farmland.

   Disaster is approaching the crowned sanctuary.

Under the    crisis, the shelter managers are divided into supporters and opponents.

The    supporters believe that in order to continue the sanctuary, it is necessary to obtain seeds and other missing resources from the surface. The opposition argues that the bloodline needs to be kept pure, even if it comes at the cost of fewer people living in the shelter.

  Irene, who has a straightforward personality, is obviously a supporter. Her response to the opposition is very simple: the reduction of the refugee population starts with them and their children.

   To Irene it was just a bunch of blindfolded idiots. The seeds will degrade from generation to generation until they degenerate into weeds.

   "I thought the shelter would be 'cleaner'."

   Katarina's last sympathy for the sanctuary disappeared.

   "Where there is power, there are these, and some smart people and self-conscious people make stupid answers in order to weigh the interests."

  Irene rubbed the corners of her eyes where fine lines appeared, feeling tired as well. If it wasn't for Lulu, she wouldn't be a supervisor - or take a seat and hang everyone who opposes her.

The appearance of   Lu Li is a good opportunity for supporters. He came from the surface, he was an exorcist, and more importantly, he was trustworthy,

   It’s just that Irene didn’t expect that there was no human town in the Ellen Peninsula. The only city was the commercial port of Wiener Antifreeze, which only became prosperous in winter.

   "Can you find a way to hire a caravan to deliver supplies?" Irene asked.

   This is not difficult for Lu Li.

   Just let Andrea go to Wiener Freeze Port to fill up a load of cargo.

   "You decided not to hide the sanctuary anymore?" Katarina asked suddenly.

   "The sanctuary cannot be exposed to the public. The fewer people who know it, the better." Erin replied. "But we have a solution to this problem."

"any solution."

   "A homologue that can erase memory." Irene opened her lips and whispered meaningfully.

   This is an important item to keep the shelter from being discovered.

   Katarina nodded, and suddenly looked at Irene vigilantly: "We won't have been erased by you, right?"

   "Is found out? It looks like it's time to do it again... Lulu." Irene raised her eyebrows slightly and tilted her head to indicate to Lulu.

  Squeak-

   Katarina, who stood up suddenly, knocked aside the wooden chair, covered her eyes and looked at Irene coldly: "You erased our memory?"

   "She's lying to you."

  Lu Li said calmly, and cut the steak with a knife.

   "Sit down..." Prius covered his eyes with one paw.

   But Katerina, who has experienced countless deaths, doesn't mind this trivial embarrassment, she raised her chair and sat down again, as if nothing had happened.

   "I thought these years would change you." Erin pursed the wine and raised her glass to Lu Li.

   "Where's Tesla." Lu Li did not talk about Irene's reminiscences.

   "... Twenty years ago he ran away from the asylum and ran back to the ground. We don't know more than you about where he went."

   "Why did he leave?"

   "The sanctuary lost contact with the outside world. How did you do it three months after the newspaper you almost bought was no longer delivered?"

   "Businessman. Is the newspaper still there?"

   Those newspapers recorded Adamfiya's 'letter', which may contain the whereabouts of her and Remy siblings.

   "I'll send someone to look for it later, merchant..."

  Irene murmured, lost in thought.

   Merchants are trustworthy.

   Vaults used to block merchants because they wanted to stay closed. The situation is different now, and the shelter cannot continue to exist without the help of external forces.

   "We don't have to hire caravans if we can get merchants to deliver supplies." Irene said.

   "Yes, but it will take some time." Lu Li nodded. "He was the last merchant."

   "Like you?" Erin held her chin, and the silver spoon stirred a spiral of mashed potatoes that made Katerina frown.

   Lulu suddenly put down her fork. Erin tilted her head slightly, keeping her listening posture. Living together from childhood to adulthood lets her know that Lulu has something to say.

   "A few years ago, a resident found a businessman's body nearby."

"where is it."

   It wasn't Lu Li who asked, but the businessman.

  Lulu gently and quickly wiped away the food residue from the corner of her mouth and left her seat: "I'll go get the relevant report."

  Irene, who was holding her cheeks, followed Lu Lu's eyes away, and her long and narrow eyes returned to Lu Li: "You can't come to the shelter to see us, tell me, what happened?"

   "Anna and I are separated."

  Lu Li told Irene that he was looking for Anna.

   "Did she show up in the shelter?"

   "No wonder she didn't follow you..." Irene nodded lightly. "No, except today, the last spooky invasion of the Vault was a few years ago."

  Lili still seemed calm: "...ruins, abyss, cultists, trees, brown cars, what does this make you think of."

   "Are they related?" Irene asked with a frown.

   "A prophecy about Anna's trail."

   "Prophecy? Is there anything else you didn't say?"

   So Lu Li recounted what happened after he returned to Belfast.

"The ruins...the abyss...the believers...I can't think of it, unless you put them together in a far-fetched way." Ellie shook her head and replied, staring at Lu Li with low black eyes, she added: "Maybe the answer lies in the mystery, here is the Refuge, above is the ruins."

   Having said this, Irene paused.

   "There's also one below."

   (end of this chapter)