After confirming the source of the nutritional paste with Fran, Lin Qingliu inevitably fell into thought.

Although he already had a digestive system strengthened by both flesh and blood and all things, it was still somewhat difficult for him to taste the nutritional paste made from the killed exotic beasts.

After all, they were strange beasts. According to what Lin Qingliu saw in Fulan's dream, those guys never had the habit of cleaning themselves.

Moreover, is it really okay to eat those mycelium?

He carefully read the production instructions on the nutritional paste package to confirm that the product he bought was indeed a new product produced by the factory's food industry department.

He then took out a few unfinished packets of nutritional paste from the bottom of the refrigerator, unpacked them and placed them in front of Fran:

"Smell it and see if you can smell the scent of your companions or those 'spores'."

The cat obeyed and raised its head and shook it after a dozen seconds:

"No, these nutrient pastes only have some, uh, chitin taste."

"You are so knowledgeable."

Lin Qingliu sighed from the bottom of his heart,

"Next time I'll introduce you to a little genius, and you two can have an academic exchange together."

Fran did not detect the harmless exclamation and joke in Lin Qingliu's words. She nodded happily and continued to appreciate her former companion.

On the other side, Lin Qingliu, who had long lost his appetite, arranged several packages of nutritional paste one by one, trying to find some clues from them.

He was not a true life technology scholar, but with the experience of using blood to strangle the mycelium, Lin Qingliu always felt that this kind of spores was not so easy to inactivate.

How did such a production line get through?

Are the people in parliament all idiots?

Why hasn’t anyone discovered such a big loophole before?

Lin Qingliu had more and more questions. He compared the production information on the packaging of different nutritional pastes and roughly found out where the problems lay.

The nutritional paste that I tasted like "fungi" was advertised and started production within two weeks. I heard similar news on the radio and decided to buy some to try it out.

And half a month ago...

If Lin Qingliu remembered correctly, there was a small wave of beasts attacking half a month ago, and the majority of the beasts were flying insects and monsters.

Thinking of this, Lin Qingliu had some ideas.

There are two main speculations at present. First, Hope City’s new nutritional paste production line uses the corpses of exotic animals as raw materials.

The old production line before that was not.

This would explain why previously produced nutrient pastes had no spore smell, but there are still some inexplicable bugs.

For example, why was such a production line suddenly opened at this time?

In recent months, Hope City has not encountered any large-scale beast invasions, no large-scale external explorations, and no large-scale population increases or decreases.

In other words, there is no situation where the original production line suddenly becomes insufficient and one has to use the flesh and blood of exotic beasts as a last resort.

It is now the 52nd year of the new era, and humans have been hiding in the city for nearly half a century.

It is impossible that someone has not tried to make food using the flesh and blood of exotic animals over such a long period of time, but there was no problem with those before.

Then the second guess is more likely:

It has long been a practice to use the flesh and blood of exotic beasts to make nutritional paste, but recently some secret changes have occurred in Hope City, resulting in the inability to completely inactivate the flesh and blood of the exotic beasts.

Thinking of this, Lin Qingliu felt that the problem was even bigger.

Problems like this that are hidden in the dark are like landmines that may pop up and explode at any time.

I have just planted the chive seedlings and the first crop has not yet started to be harvested. It would be so painful if they were washed away by the flood at this time.

At the same time, Lin Qingliu also thought of another question:

His location was actually still a bit remote. Although he had not been to the inner city many times, he could still imagine that if he had the opportunity to settle down in the inner city, many problems would actually be solved.

Thinking of this, Lin Qingliu turned his head to look at Fran, who had begun to fall asleep on her belly.

Looking at the Godly Cat who had no cat virtues at all, Lin Qingliu smiled.

"Flan, I have a mission for you."

The cat on the ground rolled over and quickly stood up, with the expression on its face becoming much more formal.

"Please give your orders, Master."

Where did you learn this?

Lin Qingliu raised his eyebrows and said calmly:

“Investigate the nutrient paste production line in the southern part of the outer city to see if there is any difference in raw materials between the old and new production lines.

"If you smell your companions, you can eat them all without worrying about it."

Fran licked her lips, obviously getting excited.

"When does it start?"

"Now."

"Yes, sir!"

The cat jumped lightly onto the windowsill, skillfully used its claws to pull open the buckle of the screen and crawled out, disappearing at the edge of the drainpipe under Lin Qingliu's gaze.

Lin Qingliu, who once again became an empty-nest family member, looked at the nutritional paste on the table and poured the rest into the trash can.

Meanwhile, somewhere in the inner city...

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[Incident Number: I-0124

Event Level: A

Event Overview: At 7:21 on June 8, 52nd year of the New Era, an unknown creature A appeared in the Life Technology Department Building of the Research Institute Headquarters in the southern inner city.

Located in the restroom on the 22nd floor, the unknown creature has the ability to heal and devour at high speed, and has certain thinking abilities. It is extremely hostile to normal, healthy humans.

At 7:22, the fire alarm on the twenty-second floor was triggered, and researchers began to evacuate in an orderly manner.

At 7:35, the unknown creature fell into the elevator shaft from the 22nd floor and entered the underground area of the building. Prior to this, it had devoured 31 researchers, including 18 men and 13 women.

At 7:41, the technical staff of the Life Science Technology Department building were evacuated and fell into mass hysteria in the lobby on the first floor, manifested by mild sleepwalking and drowsiness.

At 7:50, the Sixth Super Power Team arrived at the scene and found humanoid creature B in the basement. The two sides engaged in a battle.

At 7:56, the sixth super-powered team emerged from the dream and began to survey the scene. The mass hysteria in the lobby on the first floor ended and the researchers woke up.

Note 1: On that day, the surveillance camera of the Life Science Technology Department Building was cut off from the outside, and all data within 24 hours was lost.

Note 2: In addition to the Life Science Department building, a security guard at the institute's gate fell into a deep sleep and suffered a mild concussion.

List of missing persons:

Zhao Kai, director of the Life Science Technology Department;

Level 1 Researcher Valk (identity was verified to be fake);

First-level researcher Li Xia (identity was verified to be forged);

Level 2 Researcher Rona;

Level 2 Researcher Worm;

Richardson, Research Fellow II;

Second-level researcher...】