In mid-October, the weather gradually turned cooler, and petrified lizards that prefer to live in warm environments moved south.

The underground city portal southwest of Arkanix City was destroyed by the mages of the School of Protection.

This series of "good news" made many people in the city breathe a sigh of relief.

Gradually, business and entertainment began to flourish again.

In the voodoo workshop in the east of the city, Carl, Nia, Lisanna, and Ying sat around a copper hot pot, eating happily.

"Oh my! I didn't expect that the petrified lizard essential oil we produced during this period has already made back this quarter's profit. What are you going to do next? Just ask me if you have anything! I have no problem with anything!"

As the manager of the workshop, the internship tasks that Carl needs to complete are naturally different from those of his classmates who are assigned to make props on the assembly line.

But he didn't expect that he could achieve his goal so quickly.

However, as soon as Carl finished speaking, Nia, Lisanna and Ying all raised their hands.

Karl looked at Ying in surprise, his expression seemed to say: Are we that familiar with each other? I was just being polite, how dare you bring it up!

Seeing Carl staring at Ying for a long time without saying anything, Nia and Lisanna spoke.

Nia: "My mother wrote to me a while ago and wanted me to help investigate some things in Tonglu City."

Lisanna: "I want to go out and play."

After hearing what Nia said, Ying silently put down his hand.

Carl thought the other party finally understood his position, but Ying said, "I'm going to the Monk Monastery in Tonglu City. It looks like everyone is going there."

Tonglu City is the heartland of the Orien family, one of the twelve dragon pattern families and the one that holds the pass dragon pattern.

The interior of this city is almost entirely made up of factories producing various transportation parts, but it is located close to the eastern shore of Lake Galifa.

The influence of the planet's rotation and tides has caused a beach in the west of the city to be washed out, which is comparable to a beach in a storm. Every summer, ordinary families with a little spare money will come here to play.

Although it is not as luxurious as Baofengli, it is also a good place to travel.

"Tsk, is it such a coincidence?"

Covering his eyes, Carl reluctantly accepted this reality.

"In that case, let's go to Tonglu City in a few days. Give me some time to build a means of transportation that can accommodate you. V alone can't hold up."

Because of his experience in the storm, Carl was still a little reluctant to travel to unfamiliar places, but when he saw Lisanna coming out from the shadows, he had no choice but to accept it.

After eating the hot pot, Carl prepared to build a vehicle to take everyone to Tonglu City, imitating the business car from his previous life.

…

Two days later, East City Gate.

Under the watchful eyes of the guards, a black business van left from the city gate.

The guards of Arkanix are quite receptive to new things. After all, the machinists in the city can make some noise every now and then. In comparison, Carl's magic car is only average.

Because it is close to Tonglu City, the surrounding roads and railways are built to the highest standards.

Driving on a wide and flat road, Carl doesn't even need to steer the car himself.

"V, tell me when you get there!"

Seeing that there was no problem even if V was in charge of the car, Carl simply adjusted the seat to a lying position, put on an eye mask and went to sleep.

In order to build this car, he didn't sleep much in the past two days.

Along the way, drivers of the Orion caravans (buses) traveling on the road couldn't help but turn their heads to look at this vehicle that was not pulled by livestock.

A few drivers with road rage even drove a few magic horses to compete with Carl.

For quite a long time, the two sides were able to keep pace with each other.

But the beauty of the machine lies in its endurance.

After a stalemate of more than two hours, the driver who was competing with Carl's van felt sorry for his horse and took the initiative to slow down.

At this time, Tonglu City was already in sight.

"Wow~, this car is really good, much more stable than ordinary carriages."

Inside the car, seeing that they were almost reaching their destination, V woke up everyone who was resting.

Lisanna gave a very matter-of-fact review of Carl's work, causing Carl to puff out his chest slightly.

Although Carl was very pleased with the flattery, he still felt that he should deal with the other two people's affairs first.

"By the way, Nia, what exactly is it about your mother that needs to be investigated? Can you tell us about it?"

It was only at this time that Karl remembered to ask this.

But it's not his fault, he really has no interest in the cases that the detective is interested in.

"It's an old case. The investigation location is an abandoned factory southeast of Tonglu City. According to what my mother said in the letter, this was originally a factory that produced Airbus."

The Airbus is the civilian version of the airship, which will operate on fixed routes and help ordinary people quickly travel between the towers.

However, this "good policy" was said to have been suspended 12 years ago due to the financial difficulties of Sarn, so Carl had never seen Airbus when he was in Sarn.

It sounds incredible that the most famous den of brothel in the entire continent would be in financial difficulties.

But no matter what, today, the only things flying in the sky of Sharn are personal airships that cost thousands or even tens of thousands of gold coins, and there are no more airbuses.

As he spoke, V had already controlled the commercial vehicle and headed towards the address Nia mentioned.

Soon, the car stopped at a factory that looked a bit shabby.

"By the way, how long has this place been abandoned? How could a place like Tonglu City allow an abandoned factory to exist for so long? I saw many factories around here working in full swing, and I thought this place had been sold a long time ago."

After getting out of the car, Carl told V to keep an eye on the car, and then walked forward with Nia and others.

Perhaps having heard what Karl said, an old man walked out of the factory gatehouse and replied with some dissatisfaction:

"The place is ours. Even if we turn it into a septic tank, no one can say anything!"

After looking Karl and his group up and down, the old man frowned and continued, “What are you doing here?”

Nia stepped forward, took out the letter her mother had given her, and handed it to the old man.

After taking a look at the letter, the old man's face suddenly turned red and veins popped out on his forehead, as if he was going to eat someone in the next second.

Karl thought that the old guy was going to take action, and was secretly on guard, but he didn't expect that the other party just took a few deep breaths and suppressed his anger.

"Since you are here for this matter, please follow me in."

After saying that, the old man turned and walked into the factory.

Carl: "Hey! Nia, what on earth did your mother ask you to come here to help investigate? Why didn't the old man even mention it? He's like a riddle man."

Nia: “I don’t know either, but judging from the address in the letter, the person who commissioned the investigation should be the former owner of this factory.

I think he probably wanted to ask my mother to investigate the culprit that caused his factory to close down that year."

At this moment, the old man's voice sounded again.

"You guessed right, but the matter may be more serious and simpler than you think. The guy who bankrupted us is the Jinquan Club, but we have no evidence."

The Jinquan Society, this organization is not the first time that it has appeared in front of Karl.

But it faithfully maintains its impression of being the "mastermind" in Carl's story, which makes people hard to like it.

Carl: "Why did you think of investigating this now? Airbus has been out of production for ten years, conservatively speaking?"

After saying that, Karl turned his head and looked at Nia, hoping that she could answer his questions.

But the old man said first: "Ha! I can see that you don't pay much attention to current affairs news, here!"

As they were talking, everyone had already arrived at the old man's gatehouse in the factory. When they pushed open the door, a portable phantom device connected to the line was playing Andel's recent news.

You never expected that this old man, who looks like he has to keep accounts even for his meals, would actually install this kind of thing in his own home.

Without waiting for Carl and others to ask what the news had to do with the investigation, the old man had already started explaining it.

"Her Majesty the Queen is cracking down on the Financial Power Association's authority in the business world, so my old friend is taking this opportunity to reopen the investigation."

When the old man mentioned this, Karl remembered what he had heard in his master's office.

Indeed, a big part of the reason why the tower master attaches so much importance to the phantom device is because the queen wants to crack down on the Financial Power Society.

This is a battle between royal power and capital.

"But after so much time, I'm afraid we won't be able to find out anything."

Carl was a little worried about an incident that happened ten years ago.

The old man snorted coldly, then led Carl and others to continue walking deeper into the factory.

Helplessly, Carl and his companions could only quickly catch up.

Passing through many dusty production lines, a strange machine that vaguely resembles a human figure appeared before everyone's eyes.

Seeing this thing, Nia and the others had no reaction yet, but Carl exclaimed first:

"Titan Warforged?"

Hearing Karl’s exclamation, the old man’s face changed, and he looked at Karl with a look of doubt and uncertainty.

But before he could say anything, Carl had already grabbed Nia and the others and retreated to the side.

"Could it be that the reason your factory closed down in the first place was because someone accused you of having an affair with the Blade Lord?"

Ying didn't react much when he heard the word "Blade Master", but Nia and Lisanna looked at the old man with a very nervous expression.

Blade Lord is the name given to the Warforged Lords who now exist in the Mournhold.

The other party's origins are unknown, but they show strong hatred towards flesh and blood life, and even preach a doomsday prophecy that flesh and blood life will eventually wither.

He controls many constructs, and also commands a group of war forged beings who have long been exploited and enslaved by humans.

For a long time after the end of the Final War, the other side was the protagonist in horror stories.

The so-called Titan War Warriors are the most famous type of soldiers in his hands.

Human nations used to have the technology to transform Warforged into Titan Warforged, but for some unknown reason, ever since the explosion that ended the Last War, all the individuals transformed into Titan Warforged have gone mad, with only those under the Lord of Blades retaining their sanity.

Researching Titan Warforged is expressly prohibited. If this place really participated in similar research, then it is not unfair for them to be banned.

Looking at the old man, Karl couldn't help but ask:

"You guys are a bunch of people who make vehicles, why are you researching Titan Warforged? What? You want to combine the two? Is this a legitimate factory?"

(End of this chapter)