Chapter 381 [0378] Elemental Big Data

On the first day, neither Lux nor Ino gained anything.

Lacus didn't have enough data and the results couldn't be analyzed, so she had to continue visiting.

Ino's side depends on Vayne's condition and when the devil's seed will sprout.

It is not easy to find the entrance to the Shadow Realm and catch the clues of the demon's movements.

The next day, Lux and Ino continued to go their own ways.

Lux, still serving as a trainee missionary, visited the families of patients suffering from elemental erosion in Forsbarrow one by one.

Since the holy water at the caravan had been distributed yesterday, when I visited today, several patients with relatively mild symptoms and relatively shallow infection levels had gradually regained consciousness.

Asking the patient's family members was obviously not as direct as asking the patient. Through these sober patients, Lux finally got a clue about the entrance to the Shadow Realm.

On Ino's side, Vayne, who was searching around, seemed to sense something, and gradually narrowed the scope of her search to a narrow area - she sensed something unusual here, but could not find anything specific. That's the problem.

When the sun set in the west and Lux ​​and Ino gathered together, they summarized what they had learned today. Comparing the two, they suddenly discovered that whether it was the patient's movement trajectory or the area where Vayne was lingering, They all pointed to the old camp in the southwest area of ​​Forsbarrow.

The old barracks, as the name suggests, is where Forsbarrow's garrison was once located.

But this happened hundreds of years ago - later, gravel occasionally rolled down on the cliff next to the old camp, and it was not safe to live in the camp, so Forsbarrow's garrison moved to another place to live.

Just in time, the nobles of Forsbarrow were also declining at that time. After the garrison left the old camp, they simply moved into the inner city manor of the former noble man. Anyway, the transportation here is convenient, it is condescending, and there is enough space for training. , isn’t it beautiful?

After the garrison moved away, the old camp was naturally abandoned - although it was uninhabitable due to the rockfall, that area was within the city anyway. The Forsbarrow people opened up farmland and built a building on the site of the camp. A vegetable patch.

Most of the people who showed symptoms of elemental infection had been to the vegetable patch.

Some of these people go there to work, some go there to buy groceries, and some are just passing by.

Although the vegetable patch was usually crowded with people and was not a secluded place, and many people who had been there did not suffer from elemental infection, but considering the proportion of the sample, Lux still thought something was wrong there.

And this also mirrors Ino's side - Vayne wandered in the southwest of the city for a long time, but found nothing.

After reaching this conclusion, Lux and Ino agreed that they needed to go there and take a look.

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While Vayne was beginning to rest exhausted after a busy day, Lux and Ino set off together towards the old camp.

Along the way, the two of them suddenly discovered that although this place is located in the southwest corner of Forsbarrow, it is not remote at all.

Since this is a relatively large vegetable garden in the city, it can supply a lot of fresh vegetables. The area in the old camp that was originally used as a military camp residence has now been transformed into a market.

When Lux and Ino came here, it was the busiest time of the night market - summer is the gathering of trade, and merchants who went to various places to do business have returned to Forsbarrow in recent days, so this time In the night market, in addition to the usual small vendors, there are also many big businessmen who are also clearing out their goods.

Even in the night market, Lux and Ino saw members of the caravan when they came. They opened a large stall and sold various goods brought back from the capital of Demacia.

One of the guys recognized Lacus and waved to say hello to her, and Lacus smiled and exchanged greetings with her.

From these guys, Lux learned that the summer market in Forsbarrow seemed to be a bit sluggish this year - perhaps because many families spent their savings to buy holy water, and many daily necessities and supplies came in from Xiongdu. There are some exquisite things that cannot be bought.

Obviously, for Forsbarrow, the impact of elemental infection is quite large. If this problem cannot be solved, I am afraid that the city will be further destroyed, and eventually the entire Forsbarrow will be completely turned into a military camp.

Rejecting each other's gift, Lux and Ino walked arm in arm from the street to the corner.

Although it looked like the two of them were wandering around the night market, in fact, every time they passed a hundred steps, they would consciously check the concentration of elements around them to see if there was anything wrong.

As a result, after walking around, neither Lux nor Ino found anything wrong. Everything seemed to be normal here, nothing was wrong, and the element concentration was relatively low like most places in Demacia.

In this environment, there will absolutely be no elemental infestation!

Could it be that this is just a coincidence?

The night is getting darker.

The sheriff beat the gong and began to urge the vendors to close their stalls.

Listening to the crisp sound of gongs drifting farther and farther in the night, Lux and Ino looked at each other, and both of them suddenly understood.

Maybe the location is right, but the timing of the two is wrong!

In a night market where people come and go, if there is a high concentration of elements or the entrance to the Shadow Realm appears at this time, there will be more than a hundred patients infected by the elements.

It must be because only at specific times, the element concentration will be too high, leading to elemental infection!

Realizing this, Lux and Ino quickly returned to the hotel and began to compare the data from Lux's investigation and the time when the patients came here.

Then, what made the two helpless was that some of these patients came to the old camp in the morning, some came at noon, and some came in the afternoon. The time was so uneven that there was no pattern at all.

Looking at the data that he had just summed up with great effort, Lux was dumbfounded.

"Although it seems ridiculous that there is no pattern, sometimes the pattern looks irregular." Just when Lux was doubting himself, Kalya finally said, "Now that the most suspicious place has been confirmed, why not wait and see?"

"Wait and see?"

"The opening of the sub-plane may not be regular in time, so if you want to find clues, sometimes it's not shameful to use stupid methods!"

"..."

Lux did not agree immediately, but carefully checked his own record data, and compared it with Vayne's abnormal actions before, and finally confirmed that the old camp was indeed the most suspicious.

In that case...

Then let's do as Karya said and wait and see with the stupid method!

Leaving Ino to watch Vayne, Lux left the hotel alone and headed straight for the old camp.

When she arrived, the night market had already dispersed, and the garbage on the ground was just roughly gathered and piled up in the corner.

Finding a low platform, Lux leaned on it with a cloak on her, and then closed her eyes slightly.

Time passed by minute by minute.

Unknowingly, the time was already high in the moonlight - when a breeze blew, Lux, who seemed to be in a trance before, finally frowned and opened her eyes.

She felt a feeling that made her very uncomfortable.

She stretched out her hand, and the shadow enveloped her like ink. Although the moonlight was bright in the sky, she couldn't see her fingers clearly.

Even without testing the element concentration, Lux had already determined that the element concentration here was definitely exceeded!

Just as Lux stood up and began to look for more clues, a person's footsteps were heard at the entrance of the market.

"The moon is bright in the sky." Vayne, carrying a crossbow, held up a torch and tore through the sticky darkness, "I came at the right time!"

Kalya's small class · Demacia's market:

In Demacia, business houses are places that only nobles can afford to spend money, and for civilians, if they want to buy something, the better choice is to go to various folk markets.

Demacia, which does not attach much importance to business, has a loose control over folk markets. The markets in the suburbs and towns of various cities are almost all local self-governing, and the order is maintained by the respected arbitrators to undertake the most basic material exchange needs.

PS. There is another chapter in the middle of the night, and the Shadow Realm is coming soon!