Chapter 509

Pierre and the bar waiter looked at Lu Mian and the others, their bloodshot eyes gradually changing from blank to terrified.

They lowered their voices and said the same words like delirium:

"You know...

"You know there is a madness disease here..."

Suddenly, Pierre's expression twisted, and he roared hysterically in a low voice:

"You can't leave either!

"People outside will know, and we will all be finished!"

He squeezed his body into the open window of the steam train, trying to climb in and drag Lu Mian and the others out.

Lugano stood up instantly and swung his right fist as if he were swinging a hoe.

With a *bang*, Pierre fell unconscious and hung on the edge of the window. The bar waiter also seemed to have lost his reason, stepping on the middle-aged man soliciting customers and wanting to jump into the carriage.

Lugano threw another punch, knocking the bar waiter, whose whites of his eyes had many bloodshot veins, unconscious there, stacking him with Pierre.

"Didn't mutate into a monster..." Lu Mian had thought just now that the two town residents had suddenly erupted with madness disease.

Lugano turned to the side and asked in a deep voice:

"What now?"

"What now?" Lu Mian repeated the "Physician's" question.

The development of this matter so far not only intuitively showed the abnormality but also made him feel contradiction and disharmony.

A strange madness disease that makes people lose their reason and imitate canine creatures, and one outbreak after another, clearly showed the existence of supernatural factors. But since Pierre and other town residents didn't want the outside world, the government, and the church to know about this madness disease, fearing that this would lead to the disappearance of the entire town, why did they so easily tell Lu Mian about the madness disease?

This could be explained by the fact that the pressure on his spirit had long reached its limit, and Lu Mian's words about him getting sick in the future became the last straw that broke the camel's back. After being awakened, they instinctively prevented the secret from leaking.

But just as Lu Mian asked before:

Why not flee here?

Facing this "infectious" madness disease that had no reason and was difficult to guard against, shouldn't normal humans hurry to flee Dadel Town and come back after the plague subsided?

Even if they were worried that fleeing would attract the attention of the authorities and that they would be cleared out along with those who had potential infection risks after the madness disease was solved, they could also bring dry rations and run into the nearby mountains, hiding for a few days.

Unless, some kind of power was preventing the town residents of Dadel from fleeing!

Lu Mian also obtained confirmation of this point from other details:

The town residents actually knew that a similar madness disease had appeared in other places and the entire village had been wiped out by the government. Normally, wouldn't they only hear that a certain village had suffered a disaster and everyone had been buried?

And after the initial infected person fell ill, the people who went crazy one after another actually completely included the church's clergy, the police in the police station, and the officials in the health department. Thus, this plague very accurately destroyed the hub connecting Dadel Town with the regional government at the very beginning.

This was like some dangerous guy with wisdom spreading the madness disease deliberately and using various methods to prevent the town residents from fleeing.

But if there really was such a mastermind behind the scenes, why would he let Pierre and others tell the doctor on the steam train about the situation?

If such a steam train were left in Dadel Town and couldn't arrive at Gatti Port tomorrow morning, it would inevitably attract an investigation by official Beyonders.

In addition, Lu Mian asked himself, if it were him, if he really wanted to experiment with some madness disease and do such anti-human things, he would definitely choose a relatively closed village or small town that didn't have much contact with the outside world, rather than a transportation hub where steam trains passed by or even stayed for a night every day—even if Lu Mian hadn't asked Pierre about the situation just now, those who went to Dadel Town to sleep in warm quilts and taste beautiful little frogs would also discover the abnormality. He couldn't keep them all, right? That would be investigated!

There were many contradictions, disharmonies, and places that were difficult to explain... both smart and stupid, both cautious and careless... Lu Mian pondered, looking at Lugano:

"What can we do? Of course, find a way to inform the authorities. You don't want to investigate the source of the madness disease yourself and save the town residents here, right? I couldn't tell, you're actually so noble."

Lugano smiled awkwardly. He hadn't even thought about the latter possibility.

"How to inform the authorities?" He asked sincerely.

He rarely did this and had no experience.

"The simplest way is to find the train police, tell him what Pierre said, and let him use the wireless telegraph on the train to contact the relevant departments in the Foss region or the Upper Coastal Province." Lu Mian said quite casually.

Lugano hesitated for a moment:

"But, but as witnesses, as observers, we will be invited to assist in the investigation. We, our identities are fake. Even if you use that magical item to change your appearance, it's easy to expose the fact that we are Beyonders under some occult abilities."

Lu Mian thought for a moment, revealed a smile:

"Then go to the platform, find an empty room with no one, pile up dozens of bundles of explosives, and then detonate them all at once. With a *bang*, lift the roof, collapse the house. In this way, not to mention the train conductor and train police will definitely report it, the official authorities in the Foss region will also directly notice it. This place is not far from Foss City. Once they investigate deeply, they will discover the hidden problems in Dadel Town.

"How about it? This method doesn't require us to come forward personally, right?"

Lugano pondered for a moment:

"Once the authorities investigate deeply, they will discover that we have been in contact with the town residents of Dadel and will worry that we also have the risk of being infected with the madness disease. By then, we won't be able to pass the test."

Lu Mian felt a bit irritable, as if he recalled the situation where he and his sister appeared abnormal in Cordu Village and were trapped there, where everything he did had problems.

He laughed:

"Then go investigate the source of the madness disease personally and blow it into pieces!

"This can thoroughly solve the problem without being noticed by the authorities!"

At this time, the little boy Ludwig, who didn't know how many midnight snacks he had eaten, swallowed the fried potato cake in his mouth and said unhurriedly:

"After informing the authorities about the madness disease, why stay here and wait for them to come and investigate?

"Can't we just leave, change our identities, and take another steam train to another port?"

*Uh*... Lu Mian was stunned.

Such a simple line of thought, why didn't I think of it?

Just now, Lugano and I discussed it and got into a dead end, completely finding reasons and excuses for ourselves to enter Dadel Town to investigate the source of the madness disease...

Thinking of this, Lu Mian felt a shock in his heart.

He looked at Lugano as if nothing had happened and observed the fortune of this "Physician."

The fortune of the other party in the near future was also stained with a bit of pale green!

Lu Mian smiled and said to Lugano:

"You also have the possibility of getting the madness disease."

Lugano was stunned first, then asked with a pale face:

"Really?"

"You can take it as me joking." Lu Mian turned his head seemingly quite relaxed and said to Ludwig, "Look, reading more and learning more still has many benefits. You couldn't think of this method before, only knowing how to eat, eat, eat."

Ludwig ignored this "Hunter" and used a fork to put a piece of lamb into his mouth.

"What to do, what to do..." Lugano muttered to himself while trying to use his "Physician" ability on himself to see if he could save himself.

Lu Mian interrupted him:

"No need to rush, it's just a risk of getting sick. Just leave here before you are truly infected."

As he spoke, he stood up and walked toward the outside of the compartment.

"You, where are you going?" Lugano blurted out.

Lu Mian put his hands in his pockets and returned a smile:

"Go tell the authorities about the madness disease."

Lugano didn't know how to respond with language and expression for a while and could only watch Lu Mian leave the compartment as if strolling.

After Lu Mian arrived at the washroom of this train carriage, he locked the door from the inside and directly activated the black mark representing "Spirit World Shuttling."

His figure disappeared quickly and appeared in Apartment 702 at 9 Orosay Street in the Memorial Hall District of Trier.

At this time, whether it was Franca or Jenna, neither had slept. One was reading a novel, and the other was thinking about what knowledge to feed the Xia Zuo Rabbit.

"You, why are you back?" Franca was startled.

She had the illusion that she had just sent this kid to school in the morning, only to find him sitting at home with his legs crossed, eating snacks and watching TV in the afternoon.

Lu Mian glanced at Franca and said with a smile:

"Encountered a supernatural event and want to tell the authorities through your channels so they can solve it."

"Again, encountered a supernatural event? What kind of occult disaster detector are you!" Franca exclaimed in surprise and amusement.

Jenna looked at Lu Mian and suddenly felt that it was a good thing for this guy to leave Trier.

"I don't want to either." Lu Mian spread his hands very sincerely.

Franca let out a breath:

"Where is it, what kind of event?"

"In Dadel Town, Foss region, Upper Coastal Province..." Lu Mian roughly explained the situation.

The infectious madness disease made both Franca and Jenna a bit surprised and fearful.

At the same time, Franca muttered in her heart:

"I don't know what reaction '007' will have when he receives this 'surprise'..."

"He always tells me to get out of the Market District. Now that I've really gotten out of the Market District, he will discover that not only will supernatural cases in other districts of Trier pile up on his hands, but occult disasters in other provinces of Intis will also rush toward him..."

"Ah right, what does it have to do with me? It's all Lu Mian's problem!"

"Fortunately, this guy is going to the Feynapot Kingdom later. Any other supernatural events won't trouble '007' anymore. It's not like there can be cross-border cooperation..."

After finishing the situation in Dadel Town, Lu Mian didn't stay and directly "teleported" back to the washroom of the steam train business carriage.

He turned on the faucet, washed his hands without any panic, and then walked out of the washroom, returned to the small compartment, and said to Lugano:

"The authorities will react soon. We are preparing to leave."

Lugano stood up abruptly.

Just then, the unconscious Pierre woke up slowly and shook the bar waiter who was pressing on him onto the platform.

Lu Mian looked at him and said with a smile:

"We will stay, we will investigate the source of the madness disease. Can you tell me who the initial patient was?"

"Who was..." Pierre didn't attack Lu Mian and the others like before, but strangely fell into deep thought.

(End of chapter)