Chapter 322 Log

The group walked about 700 to 800 meters on foot, crossed the military apron, and went to the building area behind.

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

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

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

There are four anti-miasma spray devices on the door, which can effectively isolate the external miasma, so that the miasma concentration in the underground miasma shelter is always maintained in the "safe zone" 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, with at least a quarter of the area of ​​the military district.

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

The imperial army originally stationed in Shenqiu Town also moved down here to live, which can save a lot of anti-malaria medicine.

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

Anyway, they are not permanent residents, just temporary residences, so everyone is not picky.

It was near noon.

The Shenqiu Town Investigation Committee Branch sent two members and handed a document to Ms. Theresa.

Then, the two groups of members held an impromptu meeting in the men's room.

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

Ms. Theresa 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 will start to act separately and go to these four places to search, and be sure to find energy as soon as possible."

"Understood." Everyone nodded.

"Now assign tasks."

Ms. Theresa thought for a moment and said:

"Renault and Mugur will be in charge of investigating the Blood Harbor Dockyard Repair Shop; Ganod and Kaya will be in charge of investigating the Energy Administration Bureau; Maiwei and Gilan will be in charge of investigating McMillan Energy Company; I will act alone to investigate the Blood Harbor Market in the North and East Districts..."

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

"Got it, Ms. Theresa."

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

After debugging and checking their weapons and equipment, they officially started the action.

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…

Gilan and Maiwei left the underground miasma shelter and went to the northern part of Shenqiu Town where McMillan Energy Company was located without stopping.

There is a whale oil battery industrial area with extremely high protection close to the harbor and the dock.

In the past, after the whaling ship caught the "red whale" unique to the Blood Sea, it would be dragged to the Blood Harbor dock for slaughter and dismemberment, and then the most critical parts such as fat, meat, liver and heart would be transported to the McMillan factory for multiple processes such as shredding, separation, refining and purification.

Finally, it was mixed and mass-produced according to the confidential formula and technology.

Gillan didn't know much about whale oil batteries. He only knew that this technology originated from the Mechanical Union, and then authorized by the union and transferred to McMillan Energy.

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

Woo——

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

Gillan sat in the co-pilot, blowing the wind in his face, and felt that the two were traveling through a city at the end of the world.

"The miasma disaster came too suddenly... So far, the number of casualties among the Empire residents is difficult to count."

Maiwei grabbed the steering wheel and sighed.

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

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

"I don't know."

Jilan retracted his gaze and turned to look at the woman with a single ponytail beside him. He was silent for a moment, then slowly said:

"But I think it's not easy..."

"Miasma has been around since the dawn of the Christian era, nearly two thousand years ago. Legendary mystics like Chairman Para Celsus only created a methodology to adapt to miasma, but they didn't know how to completely eliminate it."

"But 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."

"Since it complies with the rules, there must be a solution within the rules, but it has not yet been discovered... So I believe that one day the miasma will completely disappear."

Hearing this, Maiev's frown eased.

Although she knew that Gillan's words were mostly meant to comfort her, they did help to relieve her depressed mood.

"Thank you." She smiled. "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 part of Shenqiu Town and stopped in front of the gate of a large industrial area.

"McMillan Energy Plant."

Gillan and Ma Wei 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 or meat of the red whale for easy transportation.

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

Maiev glanced at it and said in a low voice.

Gilan nodded.

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

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

"The energy of the factory has also been shut down..."

Gilan said, striding forward.

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

Bang! !

Accompanied by a loud bang.

Gilan's terrible "broken iron" kicking force actually kicked the gate into a dent. The door lock broke, and the entire 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.

The performance of Gilan's kick was not simple.

Even the tall and strong Mugur couldn't do it. Even Kaya, a level 3 "warrior", could only kick the door with all her strength, which was far less destructive than Gilan.

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

"Mr. Gilan has become stronger again... Compared to two months ago in the Imperial Square, he is much stronger!"

Maev was amazed in her heart.

Gilan turned around and smiled:

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

"Yes." Maiev nodded and agreed quickly.

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

However, they searched for a while in various areas such as buildings, warehouses, workshops, and factories, but found nothing.

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

"It seems like a wasted trip..."

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

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

"Let's look for it again."

Gilan said softly.

"The factory is very large, and we haven't searched many places yet. Maybe there will be new discoveries."

As he said this, he walked to the door of the management office on the inside of the factory.

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

Maiwei didn't follow in, but continued to search outside.

After Gilan 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.

Snap.

Jilan let out a sigh and bent down to pick it up.

After flipping through it, he found that the notebook recorded some of the 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 personally seal the hearts to preserve them. 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 'piggle'!"

"I heard from Miss Doherty in the next factory 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."

Gillian frowned slightly as he looked at the notes in his hand.

With the popularity of whale oil batteries in the empire, the public actually has some understanding of it. Fat, meat, liver and heart are all indispensable, but through the records of the senior manager of the notebook owner, 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 last time to promote and encourage fishermen to catch those disgusting seafood."

"... (blackened) Do you really want to eat parasites?! Damn, I saw a gangster dig out the white parasites in the heart with my own eyes, and then secretly ate it... Are these idiots' brains broken!"

After the notes, there is a blank page.

Gillan frowned, closed the notebook, and put it in his alchemical leather pocket for safekeeping.

After reading the notebook, he got a few clues that he didn't know if they were useful or not.

'There are white parasites in the heart of the red whale. This seems to be the purpose of the Blood Harbor Gang secretly purchasing the heart from the McMillan Energy Plant... In addition, there is a group of people purchasing red whale blood and strange seafood in the Red Sea. '

Gillan thought.

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

'No... To be precise, the marine life in the blood sea has some value. '

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

"Mr. Gillan! Found it!"

"Huh?"

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

Soon, Gillan found Maiev in a small storage room. The woman with a ponytail and wearing a black turtleneck windbreaker was holding a crowbar that she found somewhere, and she pried open a corner of the three adult-sized metal boxes in front of her.

The barrel-shaped whale oil batteries were exposed inside.

The model and related information were engraved in small white letters on the blue paint on the outside of the battery.

The two boxes on the right stored "C1 type" and "C2 type" whale oil batteries respectively, and the box in front of Maiwei was exactly "D1 type" whale oil battery!

Seeing this scene, Gillan raised his eyebrows.

"Mr. Gillan, we are lucky. I didn't expect to find the 'D series model' whale oil battery here in the factory."

Mawei smiled happily.

"Since we have the ship power energy required for this mission, let's go back."

Gillan hummed.

He extended his index finger to touch the headset, and then explained the situation to the other team members and Ms. Theresa. After knowing it, everyone was quite happy.

Maiwei held the iron sheet with one hand and pulled it down hard. With a hissing sound, it was torn off completely, revealing a total of twelve large barrels of batteries.

Through the hard metal outer packaging, one could even vaguely see the paste-like, viscous, translucent blue whale oil inside.

Then, when the two were about to move the whale oil batteries to the black pickup truck at the factory gate, a burst of dense footsteps suddenly sounded outside.

There were also intermittent, low and angry exchanges.

It seemed to be several men.

"... Damn, someone got there first!"

"Hurry up! There must be energy storage here. That old bastard Sher dare not lie unless he doesn't want to live anymore!"

"We found them! Over here!"