Mechanical Alchemist

Chapter 118 The Lost Manuscript

"Boss, the convoy of the Cross Society escorting goods has already entered the city. It should arrive at the 'Baifan Warehouse' in ten minutes."

"Has the list of escorts been confirmed?"

"It has been confirmed that there are a total of twelve people in the three vehicles. They are all old Crusaders who are recorded on the list, and there are no suspicious persons. The leader is "Blade" Kai, and the others. There is also a person named Su Lun on the list. , the marksmanship is not bad. "

"Well, it's just a shooter. No matter how strong it is, it's still a first-order. It's nothing to worry about. Follow the plan. Once it is determined that something is in the cargo, immediately clean up everyone who has touched it."

"Yes!"

"Oh, that's right. It's called 'Kay', go and get in touch with it. Let's examine a peripheral system first. If the ability is good, absorb it."

"Yes."

The convoy of the Cross Society escorting supplies slowly entered the inner city from the "No. 5 Gate".

After entering the city wall, it is like entering a steel forest, which is a very three-dimensional city. There are many super-high buildings of three to five hundred meters, like towering trees, which frame the main body of the city. Relying on these super-high buildings as the skeleton, various steel-frame flyovers, suspended intercity train tracks, high-altitude pedestrian streets, and suspended steel frame layers are like a thousand layers of cakes.

These elevated buildings connect the buildings into one piece, and roughly divide the whole city into three layers: upper, middle and lower.

The architectural style that catches the eye is obvious.

The low buildings look mostly slender, with exposed brick walls, massive stones, towering spires, pointed arches, large windows with stained glass, and a thousand-year-old building with a clear Gothic style. Style; the steel frame structure, thick pipes, steam boilers in the middle layer, and the rough industrial style of steampunk; and the higher up, it is the future technology style of the cyber world, and the sky garden

The designers of the city have increased the number of residents that the inner city can accommodate several times within a limited space.

Su Lun's harvested memories were vague and vague, and he knew that there were also three, six, nine, and so on in the inner city.

The higher you live, the more noble your status.

The ground floor is also a civilian area of ​​the inner city.

The convoy of the Crusaders was driving on the ground, and the intercity train whizzed overhead like a light rail. Beside the street, there is a flower stand with gorgeous flowers, no matter the old woman or the young, they all wear well-fitting and gorgeous clothes.

"Wow, so many cars! Are these guys in the inner city so rich, it seems like everyone can afford a fancy car."

Kai had never entered the inner city before. He looked at the scene completely different from the outer city, and sighed with emotion in his mouth.

Each of these sedans has a shiny paint finish and smooth lines, which is not comparable to the second-hand goods pieced together from scrap parts in the outer city.

Seeing the cars on the road suddenly made Kay feel that the "cool and modified motorcycles" in the gang looked like a naughty child covered in mud in front of these cars.

Su Lun rested his chin in his hand and leaned against the car window, looking at the busy street full of traffic, but his eyes wandered.

Obviously, he has transported the goods to the inner city, and it stands to reason that he will never encounter robbers again, but he always feels that something is wrong.

The destination of the cargo escort is "Bai Sail Warehouse", which is an inconspicuous warehouse on the river bank at the bottom of the No. 5 city, with a glass roof like a white sail.

There's a lot of space, and the truck drives right into the warehouse.

Kai beckoned Su Lun to get out of the car, "Hey, bro, we're here. The delivery is done, and the mission is done."

Su Lun nodded, but didn't get out of the car in a hurry.

He deliberately looked at the people who received the goods in the warehouse. There were seven people in total. They were employees of Mrs. Fino's subordinate chamber of commerce, and it seemed that there was no problem.

Then he looked at the layout of the warehouse again. It's spacious, the size of a football field. But aside from a few cars, there was nowhere to hide. Only a few thick painted iron pillars supported the glass roof overhead.

At this moment, Su Lun instinctively thought of a feasible escape route if he encountered danger.

Kai had already walked down and greeted the person who was handed over.

Then, after going to the carriage, he opened the password door and helped the crowd to unload the goods one by one according to the list.

Su Lun observed here and found nothing unusual, so he also got out of the car.

"Butler Jackson, this is the list of goods. We ordered it once before we set off, and there is absolutely no problem."

"Sorry, the process still has to go."

"Oh, taking inventory is a time-consuming job, and it's going to be hard on you."

"No. That's exactly what Mrs. Philo hired us for."

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When Su Lun got out of the car, he was watching the people from the Cross Society start to get off the truck one by one, while the old housekeeper named Jackson was in charge of taking the inventory.

The guys in the inner city were very indifferent, and they didn't seem to want to communicate much with the outer cities like the Cross Society, even Kai, the transport captain.

Kai looked boring.

Watching Su Lun come down, he walked over, "Su Lun, the goods will be delivered in a while, let's go around the city?"

Seeing that he was in good spirits, Su Lun nodded, "Yeah."

But at this moment, a big bearded man in a suit suddenly came from outside the warehouse. He opened his mouth and asked a group of people, "Who is Kai?"

Kai frowned upon hearing this arrogant tone. I didn't want to talk about it at first, but as if I thought of something, I still said, "I am."

The man didn't talk nonsense at all, and said coldly: "Follow me, someone wants to see you."

After saying that, he didn't look back and left in the direction where he came in.

When Kai heard this, not only did he not doubt it, but his face overflowed with excitement. He gave Su Lun a wink, "Brother, I'll leave for a while, you help me watch."

"Um."

Su Lun nodded and said nothing.

He knew that this bearded man was probably what Kai said, the person the smoker arranged for him to contact.

He didn't say anything.

After all, the smoker was Kai's old captain and the one who promoted him in the gang. Su Lun can also often hear from Kai's mouth the worship of Sambu, the smoker, like a child worshipping his father.

But

Su Lun thinks it's very strange that this bearded man directly went to the warehouse to ask for someone?

This is the warehouse of Mrs. Philo's Chamber of Commerce. If the gold owner introduced by the smoker to Kai is an acquaintance of Mrs. Philo, why is it so mysterious?

Also, the vaguely observant gaze in the distance from the warehouse door is a sentry or what?

Many items have been removed from the truck, and the large sculptures, metal utensils and other antiques are piled up.

Then there are some small items such as ancient books, scrolls, curse materials.

Su Lun was suspicious, so he watched quietly. Gradually, he discovered a problem, that is, the old butler with the moustache seemed to be very careful about those classics.

Even on the list, it says "One Hundred Books of Ancient Classics" without a detailed name.

There are hundreds of thousands of volumes in that pile. If you want to read them all, it will definitely waste a lot of time.

But the butler took the trouble to read through them carefully, as if he was looking for something.

It was this unusual behavior that made Su Lun suddenly become alert.

What is this old man looking for?

He is not so careful about other antiquities, seems to be looking for a special book?

And at this moment, a few key words flashed through Su Lun's mind, goods, books, gang warehouse?

wrong!

something wrong!

Suddenly, he searched for a related memory in his memory through keywords.

That was the first day he joined the Cross Society and participated in the attack on the headquarters warehouse!

At that time, Chijo captured an intruder alive, but was killed by the ghost of the Cross Society halfway.

Su Lun connected this series of clues, and suddenly frowned, guessing a possibility that made him sweat instantly: "This guy is looking for [Isaac's alchemy manuscript]!"

This thought suddenly popped up in my mind, and a huge sense of crisis that made Su Lun's scalp tingle instantly hit his mind.

Originally I thought it was a simple escort transfer mission, but I didn't expect that there was a hidden murder!

Su Lun had learned through various channels before that what the Cross Society had lost was a copy of [Isaac's Alchemy Manuscripts].

Originally thought that if I lost it, I lost it. That kind of precious thing has nothing to do with his small gang.

Now I don't want to, but I was accidentally involved.

He instantly thought: "The Captain Miller who killed the prisoners was definitely not a ghost, at least not the mastermind. It means that there is still a 'key person' in the original robbery inside the Cross Society who has not been discovered. The president at that time Chuck and the cadres suddenly returned to the headquarters, the insider knows how they can't be safely taken away from the manuscript, and it is the most appropriate to hide."

Moreover, this is not just a guess, but a real hammer!

Su Lun immediately recalled the key piece of information obtained by stripping out the soul of the second-order attacker at the time: "They would never have thought that the manuscript would be hidden there anyway."

"So that's what happened"

Su Lun connected all the clues in his mind, and a huge conspiracy with far-reaching layout surfaced instantly.

Since the manuscript was not taken away in that case,

So where is the manuscript hidden in the unexpected?

The warehouse of the Cross!

"The manuscript never left the Hessian building, it was just moved from the vault of the Cross Society to the ordinary warehouse outside!"

The various clues were connected end to end, and Su Lun immediately came to a conclusion: "The inner ghost is also very clear, even as a cadre, if he goes to the warehouse again, he will definitely be suspected. But with this method, he doesn't have to take risks by himself at all. Take the manuscript, because every time after a period of time, the Cross will automatically pack the things in the ordinary warehouse and escort them to the inner city. Just by killing the freight team, you can find the manuscripts hidden in those books!"

(End of this chapter)