The red moon returns

Chapter 416 Cereals
Unless you are prepared to mutiny on the spot, there is no point in questioning them face to face.

If he did it, there is no way he would admit it, as it would only alert the enemy. If he didn't do it, there is no point in asking him.

However, the butler, who has been certified by Diana, is more trustworthy than the city lord.

But it was impossible for Lynch and the other three to interrogate the butler, and Dr. Swain was not suitable either. Only Knight Terry was the best candidate.

We ran to four places to rescue people. Now it is already four or five in the afternoon. The city is filled with smoke from cooking fires and it is quiet and peaceful, a calm scene.

Who knows that beneath such a peaceful appearance, there are such fierce waves and storms.

The third day is almost over. Can we successfully complete this memory and return to our own era?

The three of them looked at each other and smiled at each other.

Of course you can, as long as you don’t stop!

Terry had arranged everything before he left. His trusted soldiers were sent out to conduct a city-wide search. Fortunately, there were only 8,000 people, less than 2,000 households, so it should be completed before dark.

As guests, the three of them certainly didn't need to run around like ordinary soldiers. While there were no accidents yet, the three of them quickly circled the city and checked the three planting sites one by one.

The growth is gratifying.

The ten seeds planted on the first day have begun to bear fruit. The fist-sized fruits are hanging on the bushes, looking gray and not cute at all.

Since he couldn't even see the features, Lynch took a quick look and thought it was an apple from his previous life. He really wanted to pick one to taste, but when he thought about the fact that it was highly poisonous, he decided to just let his head go.

The five flowers planted yesterday morning have already blossomed. The pistil of each flower has some abnormal bulges, which look like a human face if you look closely, full of evil aura.

I actually found it kind of cute, I must have hung out with cultists too much.

Lynch glanced at Judy. It was a good thing that he brought this girl with him this time, otherwise the language alone would be an unsolvable problem.

What's more, as long as she is around, Lynch will not worry about any problem. This girl is his biggest trump card.

As the number of plants to be watered increased, Lynch's bleeding volume also increased, and today it was two buckets of diluted blood.

The blood loss for two consecutive days was indeed a bit too much, but he could still hold on. Lin Qi gritted his teeth and endured it. After watering the human-faced fruits in the city with his own hands, the three of them went around to the east gate of the city.

The once bustling East Gate was now deserted.

No travelers are entering the city anymore. Presumably, the nearby zombies have scared away almost all the people around them. The farmers outside the city have also returned to the city early and dare not leave the city at will. It is said that the zombies outside the city are appearing more and more frequently today. Many farmers have had close encounters with them. In addition, several travelers who wanted to escape to other cities with a fluke mentality were almost attacked by zombies, and finally fled back to Noflan in panic.

It seems that Dr. Sven is very cautious. Fearing that the plague will spread, he has asked his fellow tribesmen to completely block the surrounding area.

This is good, at least no one will happen to see what we are doing.

The three of them sneaked out of the city and sneaked into the woods, watered the last batch of human-faced fruits, and confirmed that all the fruits were growing normally. Only then did they return to the northern fortress with peace of mind.

Knight Terry hasn't returned yet, but some 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 sword was still hanging over everyone's head. Perhaps the only good news was that there was no bad news yet.

Doctor Sven was still busy at the training grounds. She could sense the mysterious filth stirring from afar. It was obvious that she was still continuing her research.

As soon as Dr. Swain saw Lynch and his group returning, he immediately stopped his work, rushed over and gave Lynch a hug.

???

Everyone in the group was stunned, except Officer Natalie, who rolled her eyes and quickly walked over to carry the oblivious female zombie away.

"Only viewing is allowed, touching is strictly prohibited."

"The food has been delivered." Doctor Sven spoke quickly, his voice full of excitement. "With these fresh samples, I am confident that I can prepare the medicine, and it will not be later than tomorrow noon. You really helped us a lot. If the city is finally saved, most of the credit will be yours."

However, Lynch felt a pain in his heart. He suddenly understood deeply why Officer Natalie reminded him not to have too close contact with these people when he just entered.

It's all a dream.

In fact, you are not saved, you are all dead.

Even if I saved everyone, what would it matter? Even if you are all grateful to us, what would it matter? Once the memories of the strange things ended, these rescues and gratitude would also disappear along with the memories.

A bitter feeling spread in his heart. At this moment, Lynch really regretted taking 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 play?
It is true that everything is an illusion when you close the game, and nothing will exist when you reopen it. But I did not gain nothing. Not only did I gain the experience and knowledge I needed, but I also helped them not out of their gratitude, but because I wanted to. I made every choice according to my heart. The key point is that I did it and got satisfaction from it. Everything else is not that important.

The confusion in Lin Qi's eyes quickly faded away, and his eyes became clear: "Don't be so polite, I can get what I want by doing this, we each get what we need. And I have said long ago that our position is you, it is you who has been working hard to solve this crisis, you should thank yourself. So, the problem was found in the food? What is the result?"

"The source of the plague is hidden in those foods. To be exact, the meat and fruits are normal, only the flour and bread are problematic." Doctor Swain said with certainty, "The stomach contents were mixed together before and it was difficult to identify, but with the new samples, I can be sure that the trick is on the flour. I probably won't have time to go back tonight, and you've been running around for us all day. Go back and rest early. I'll have someone notify you if anything happens. Tomorrow... who knows what will happen."

Lynch had the same intention, and wanted to take advantage of the calm weather to rest as much as possible and conserve his strength. However, before he could agree, he saw Knight Terry running back in a hurry.

"The food was obtained from the city lord's mansion, and... it was prepared by Rocky himself under the city lord's order. Rocky said that the bacon and fruit were taken from the kitchen, and the people in the mansion usually eat the same thing. Only the flour... was freshly ground, and it was packed for them to take away after it was ground."

“Why do you want freshly ground flour?”

"Rocky said this was the city lord's request. He said he didn't want outsiders and his family to eat the same food, so he asked Rocky to grind four bags of flour to the same standard."

Lin Qi thought this reason was strange, but it was not unreasonable. However... he and the ladies looked at each other and realized a serious problem.

"So, the problem is probably with the grains used to grind the flour?" Dr. Swain was also shocked. "Where did he use the grains? From the Jackson family's own stock?"

Knight Terry answered: "No, it is the wheat harvested early this year, which has been delivered to the barn in the drying yard by each family."

Lin Qi couldn't sit still any longer. The thing that was tampered with might not be the flour, but this batch of grains. Lin Qi couldn't sit still any longer, and suddenly stood up and said, "Let's go and take a look."

(End of this chapter)