From Prisoner to Si Chen

Everyone walked about seven or eight hundred meters, crossed the military area apron, and went to the construction area behind.

Then, in an inconspicuous closed warehouse, we walked into the underground passage.

In addition to the thick metal hatch at the entrance, the passage also has a triple mechanical structure gate inside.

The gate is half a meter thick, made of alloy and sprayed with black-gray paint, giving people a sense of security.

The door is equipped with four anti-miasma and expelling spray equipment, which can effectively isolate external miasma, so that the concentration of miasma in the underground miasma shelter is always maintained in the "safe range" between 1 Pa and 1.8 Pa.

Jilan followed everyone through the passage of the underground miasma shelter. The lighting facilities here are complete and not dim. The activity space is not small, but very spacious. The overall area is at least a quarter of the military area.

Living area, canteen, storage area, training area, conference area, etc. are all available.

The imperial troops originally stationed in Shenqiu Town have also moved down here, which can save a large part of the consumption of anti-miasma medicine.

But since there were no single rooms, the two groups of gravediggers were assigned to two large living rooms, with men and women living separately.

It's not a permanent residence anyway, it's just a temporary residence, and no one is picky about it.

It's approaching noon.

The Investigative Committee Branch of Late Autumn Town sent two members and handed a piece of information into the hands of Ms. Teresa.

Afterwards, members of the second group held an impromptu meeting in the men's room.

"This is intelligence information given by the committee branch. There are currently four locations where energy reserves may exist."

Ms. Teresa placed the information on the table, and several people formed a circle. She tapped the document with her fingers, looked around, and said slowly.

"After the meeting, everyone started to split up and search these four locations to make sure to find energy sources as soon as possible."

"Understood." Everyone nodded.

"Now assign tasks."

Ms. Teresa thought for a while and then said:

"Reynold and Muggul are responsible for investigating the Blood Harbor Shipyard. Garnold and Kaya are responsible for investigating the Energy Management Bureau. Maiev and Guillen are responsible for investigating Macmillan Energy Company. I am acting alone. , to investigate the Blood Harbor Market in the North District and East District..."

"That area belongs to the Blood Harbor gang. They must have the whale oil batteries we need."

"Copy that, Ms. Teresa."

Everyone took out their communication headsets and put them into their ears.

After debugging and checking the weapons and equipment, a few people officially started taking action.

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…

Gillan and Maiev left the underground miasma shelter, and then without stopping, headed to the North District of Late Autumn Town where MacMillan Energy Company is located.

There is a highly protected whale oil battery industrial area near the harbor and dock.

In the past, after whaling ships caught the unique "red whales" in the Blood Sea, they would drag them to the Blood Harbor dock to be slaughtered and dismembered, and then the most critical parts such as fat, meat, liver and heart would be transported to McMillan. Lun factory carries out multiple processes such as chopping, separation, refining and purification.

Finally, mixing and mass production are carried out based on confidential formulas and technologies.

Gillan didn’t know much about whale oil batteries. He only knew that this technology originated from the Machinery Union, and was then authorized by the union and transferred to Macmillan Energy Company.

This company appears to be privately owned, but is actually controlled by imperial officials behind the scenes. Most of the security forces are also hired veterans.

Woo——

Maiev drove a military black convertible pickup truck and drove through the desolate and deserted streets. The strong wind picked up scraps of paper and garbage bags, and the roar of the engine was extremely noisy in the silent environment.

Ji Lan was sitting in the passenger seat, facing the wind, feeling as if the two of them were traveling through a city in the apocalypse.

"The miasma natural disaster came too suddenly... So far, the number of casualties among the empire's residents is difficult to estimate."

Maiev grabbed the steering wheel and sighed.

"This place was not destroyed by the 'Nightmare Monument', but was eroded by the 'miasma' and turned into a dead city. One can imagine how tragic the entire Ot City and even the Bay Area were..."

"Mr. Gillan, do you think this miasma natural disaster can be completely resolved in a short time?"

"have no idea."

Ji Lan withdrew his gaze and turned to look at the woman with a single ponytail beside him. He was silent for a moment and said slowly:

"But I think it might not be easy..."

"It has been nearly two thousand years since the miasma was born in the Dawn AD. Legendary mystics like Generalissimo Para Celsus only created a methodology to adapt to the miasma, but they did not know how to completely eliminate it."

"However, the head of state once said that everything in the world is controlled by the twelve laws, and natural and man-made disasters are no exception...Then the emergence of miasma also follows the rules of the world's operation."

"Since it complies with the rules, there must be a solution within the rules, but no one has discovered it yet... So I believe that one day the miasma will completely disappear."

Hearing this, Maiev's frown eased.

Although she knew in her heart that Gilan's words were mostly comforting, they also somewhat improved her depressed mood.

"Thank you." She smiled slightly. "I also believe that mankind will not be destroyed by miasma."

The black pickup truck drove for about twenty minutes.

The two then entered the northern area of ​​Shenqiu Town and stopped in front of the gate of a very large industrial area.

"Macmillan Energy Plant."

Gillan and Maiwei got out of the car and looked up to see the blue and white factory sign above the gate.

The factory area was surrounded by a three-meter-high electric fence. The iron fence gate in the middle was locked, and a striking red warning sign was hung at the door:

"No entry".

There was no one in the security gate on the right. Looking through the iron gate, it was empty, with only white-walled buildings, blue sloping-roof warehouses and tall metal cranes.

At the end of the crane was a huge hook connected to a chain, which was stained with long-dried blood. It was obviously a tool used to hang the carcass of the red whale or meat for easy transportation.

"It seems that the energy plant has stopped working, just as the intelligence said, and there is no one inside."

Maiwei glanced at it and whispered.

Gillan hummed.

He bent down and picked up a small stone, flicked his finger, and hit the electric grid above the fence.

There was a slight snap, but there was no sound of electricity.

"The factory's energy has also been shut down..."

Gillan said, striding forward.

Then he raised his leg and kicked the lock of the iron fence gate.

Bang! !

Accompanied by a loud noise.

Jilan's terrible "broken iron" kicking power actually kicked the gate into a dent. The door lock broke, and the whole fence door flew backwards, clanged to the ground, and splashed dust.

"Huh?" Maiev saw this scene and couldn't help but raise her eyebrows, with surprise in her eyes.

Jilan's kick was not simple.

Even the tall and strong Mugur couldn't do it. Even Kaya, who was a level 3 "warrior", would probably only break the door with a full kick, which was far less destructive than Jilan's terrible destructive power.

The most critical point is that the path Jilan took was not the four spiral paths of the body that focused on the flesh...

"Mr. Jilan has become stronger again... Compared to two months ago in the Imperial Square, he is much stronger!" Maiev exclaimed in her heart.

Gillan turned around and smiled:

"The door is open, let's go."

"Yes." Maiwei nodded in agreement.

Then, she hurriedly followed, and the two walked into the energy plant one after the other.

However, they searched in various areas such as the building, warehouse, workshop, and factory for a while, but found nothing.

It seemed that when the McMillan Energy Plant stopped working, it had already moved away all the whale oil batteries produced, and nothing important was left behind.

"It seems that I have made a wasted trip..."

Maiwei walked on the iron mesh corridor of the raw material processing plant and sighed in disappointment.

Because the energy was shut down, the light here was a little dim. But fortunately, as mysterious people, the two had excellent eyesight, and their actions were not restricted by the environment.

"Let's look for it again." Gillan said softly.

"The factory is very large, and there are still many places we haven't searched. Maybe there will be new discoveries." He said, and walked to the door of the management office on the inside of the factory.

Although the iron door was locked, it couldn't withstand Gillan's "broken iron" attack. With a loud bang, he kicked the iron door of the management office open.

Maiwei did not follow him in, but continued to search outside.

After Gillan entered the management office, he casually searched the filing cabinet, but it was full of meaningless management logs.

But just as he was about to turn around and leave, a thin leather notebook slipped out of the folder and fell to the ground.

Pah.

Gillan exclaimed softly and bent down to pick it up.

After flipping through it, he found that the notebook recorded some processes of refining whale oil.

One part of the content attracted his attention.

"… Remi and Abbas were a little bored today. After processing the fat and meat, they both found excuses to slack off. I had to seal the hearts myself. As of today, six hearts have been collected this month."

There is also a line of smaller words below, which seems to be the manager's casual muttering when he is bored:

"(skewed) I don't quite understand what Director Shell wants. Nearly ten years of work experience tells me that the heart of a red whale can't extract much whale oil at all. It is a low-value part...(blackened) He actually said that rich people and nobles like to eat this stuff. He really thinks I am an ignorant 'Pigeli'!"

"I heard from Miss Doherty in the factory next door that the supervisors collect red whale hearts in order to sell them privately to the Blood Harbor Gang, but what do those guys want this stuff for... Could it be that they are interested in the parasites inside? What a fucking joke."

Gilan frowned as he looked at the notes in his hand.

With the popularization of whale oil batteries in the empire, the public actually knows more or less about them. Fat, meat, liver, heart and other parts are essential, but through the notes of the senior manager, he learned that the heart is actually useless.

‘The purpose of the McMillan Energy Plant to collect hearts seems a bit weird...’

Gilan said secretly.

Flipping back, some of the notes written by the recorder when he was bored appeared in the notes:

“(scribbled) What a hot news... It turns out that the supervisors’ ‘clients’ are not only the Blood Harbor Gang, but also a few mysterious guys who specialize in purchasing red whale blood and some strange seafood.”

“Fuck (skewed). I was wondering why Supervisor Shell sent people to Blood Harbor to promote and encourage fishermen to catch those disgusting seafood last time.”

"... (Blackened) Do you really want to eat parasites?! Damn it, I saw a gangster dig out the white parasites in the heart and then secretly eat them... Are these idiots' brains bad? "

Further down the note, there is a blank page.

Gilan frowned, closed the note, and put it into his alchemy leather pocket for safekeeping.

After reading the notes, he got a few clues that he didn't know were useful.

‘There are white parasites in the heart of the red whale. This seems to be the purpose of the Blood Harbor gang to secretly purchase the heart from the Macmillan Energy Factory... In addition, there is also a group of people who are purchasing the blood of the red whale and strange seafood in the Red Sea. ’

Gillan thought.

He felt that creatures like red whales seemed to be of extremely high value, otherwise they would not attract the attention and research of the empire and even various forces.

‘No… to be precise, all marine life in the Blood Sea has some kind of value. ’

At this moment, Maiev's surprise call suddenly came from outside the management room:

"Mr. Gillan! Found it!"

"Um?"

He quickly walked out of the management room and headed towards the passage further ahead.

Soon, Gillan found Maiev in a small storage room. A woman with a single ponytail wearing a black high-collar windbreaker was holding a crowbar she found somewhere, and pried open a corner of three adult-sized iron boxes in front of her.

Barrel-shaped whale oil batteries were exposed inside.

The model number and related information are also engraved in small white characters on the blue paint on the outside of the battery.

In the two cabinets on the right, "Type C1" and "Type C2" whale oil batteries are stored respectively. As for the cabinet in front of Maiev, it is the "Type D1" whale oil battery!

Seeing this scene, Ji Lan raised his eyebrows.

"Mr. Gillan, we are very lucky. Unexpectedly, we found a 'D series model' whale oil battery here in the factory."

Maiev smiled happily.

"Now that we have obtained the necessary ship power for this mission, let's go back."

Gillan hummed.

He touched the headset with his index finger, and then explained the situation to the rest of the team members and Ms. Teresa. After everyone found out, they were all quite happy.

Maiev held the iron sheet with one hand and pulled it down hard. With a hissing sound, he pulled it all off, revealing a total of twelve barrels of large batteries filled with batteries.

Through the hard metal outer packaging, you can even faintly see the paste-like, viscous, translucent blue whale oil filled inside.

Then, just as the two were about to move the whale oil battery and transport it to the black pickup truck at the entrance of the factory, there was a sudden burst of footsteps outside.

It was also accompanied by intermittent, low and angry exchanges.

It seemed to be several men.

"...Damn it, someone is one step ahead of us!"

"Hurry up! There is definitely energy storage here. That old bastard Sher doesn't dare to tell lies unless he doesn't want to live anymore!"

"Found them! Over here!"