The red moon returns

Chapter 73 Grant Screw Factory
  In fact, Lynch could not describe what the pictures he saw were.

It was a graffiti drawn with carbon strips on used scrap paper.

Most of the paper was smeared into a large mass of black, and a vague outline could be seen in the black.

The picture had a black background and black lines, making it difficult to see the content clearly. At first, Lynch only saw a blurry mass, so he didn't feel any excitement. He was just confused about what the child had drawn.

But once he looked carefully, he felt a flash of inspiration, and gradually understood the meaning of the lines in the pattern, and then understood what the graffiti was.

Surrounded by a group of lines representing the human form, surrounding a twisted and weird shadow in the middle, the shadow is like a black ball of flesh that changes shape. Long irregular lines extend from the edge of the ball, like countless tentacles extending to On the bodies of the surrounding humanoids, or more specifically on the heads of the humanoids.

It was a very simple graffiti, but when you think about it, it was quite strange. The moment Lynch understood the image of the pattern, he felt a mental shock. This time it was not a feeling of vomiting, but a palpitation caused by intense fear.

His heart was beating violently, his hands and feet were aching, his muscles were shaking uncontrollably, and even breathing was difficult.

This is just a mental shock. I am not really afraid. This is the natural influence of the mysterious image. I have to hold on. My will is strong enough to resist.

Grit your teeth and hold on.

After a few seconds, the fear gradually subsided, and I still felt panicked when I looked at the image again, but it was no longer as frightening as before.

‘Neighbor, am I not mistaken? This is the same as seeing a photo of a ghoul? ’

[Yes, this is the impact from the mysterious image itself, not the influence of the mysterious document. 】

‘Does that mean that what she drew is something truly mysterious, not just a simple graffiti? ’

[Yes, no matter how weird graffiti is, it will not bring mental impact, only if the image painted is mysterious. 】

‘Hell, that means this scene is probably something that really happened, and it’s also mysterious? ’

Ms. Luna is silent again, but she once said that if Lynch makes a serious misjudgment, she will still remind him.

Lin Qi didn't ask any more questions, quickly flipped through a few graffiti in his hand, and asked while flipping: "Do you understand this?"

"No, they were painted by children." Seeing Lynch's serious expression, Mrs. Scott wiped her hands on her apron nervously, "What's wrong with these paintings?"

"It's okay, I didn't understand, so I just asked. I'm going to take these paintings away today and go back and study them carefully."

As he spoke, Lynch had already read through all the graffiti. The contents were similar. They were all a group of human figures surrounding a group of shadows. The specific symbolism still needs to be studied carefully, but judging from the existing clues, little Janet was probably because she understood what she saw. Only these people were hit by mysterious things, developed abnormal mental symptoms, and finally fell into a coma.

What did the child see? Lin Qi thought about it and turned over the graffiti out of habit. There were many words printed on the waste paper on the back of the graffiti, but between the lines there was a sentence crookedly written with carbon strips, on each page.

Where did they all go?

Hiss, the level of weirdness was higher than expected, and a trace of hesitation arose in Lin Qi's heart.

Even if you need to be exposed to mystery to improve your understanding of power, is it really necessary to be exposed to such a dangerous mysterious event from the beginning?

Just because it has something to do with Grant Screw Factory? However, looking at the old woman rubbing her hands nervously, and looking at the few expectant little heads poking in from outside, Lynch felt soft.

This kind of mysterious incident that has not yet broken out will hardly be taken seriously even if a watchman is found, and there will be no private detectives willing to take risks for a few shillings.

Forget it, I agreed before, just help them, maybe I can't help them.

Now that he had decided, Lynch stopped thinking and took out his detective notes to quickly plan.

He was going to try to find the source of the graffiti and figure out what happened to little Janet. This matter must be carried out as soon as possible. The little girl has already shown obvious progressive weakness, and it is developing very fast. Lynch even doubts whether she can survive until the next day. If the girl really died, then his investigation would be meaningless.

As for the direction of the investigation, there are subtle differences in several graffiti, including the number of human figures. Lynch speculates that this may mean that it did not happen at one time, but occurred multiple times or even multiple days. There are a lot of people involved in it. With so many people gathering often and little girls having frequent contact with each other, the school is also a factory. But there are too many people in the school and they talk a lot. It is difficult to keep secrets, and the factory has many workshops. Relatively closed and more in line with the conditions.

Therefore, Lynch decided to go to the factory to explore the situation first, and if it didn't work, he would go to the school to have a look.

If the source can be found later, and it is a mysterious incident that is beyond his ability to solve, he will immediately go to Officer Natalie for help. By then, the two of them joining forces should be enough to solve most simple incidents.

Time waited for no one, so Lynch immediately started to implement the plan, quickly returned to Charles Square, stopped a taxi waiting for guests, and went straight to Grant Screw Factory.

This kind of densely populated public area is different from previous surveys. There should be no problems in terms of safety, so Lynch is relatively reassured. But even so, he still placed all the weapons in the most appropriate positions.

The Gray Fog District is the second largest urban area in the Rhine City. It is an urban area that has only been developed in recent decades. It is famous for its billowing black smoke that persists all year round and the endless stream of coal trucks. The factories are connected one after another, and the pungent coal smoke The smell of cigarette smoke lingers for years, and it is said that every time it rains, the rainwater here will be highly corrosive. Experts are divided into the god punishment camp and the climate change camp, arguing in the newspapers.

The closer to the City King District and the River Valley District, the denser the factories in the Gray Fog District, because transportation will be more convenient. Therefore, it only took half an hour for Lynch to appear outside the Grant Screw Factory.

In this age of steel and steam, screws are a very popular part and are widely sold. Therefore, the factory here is also very large. From a distance, there are at least a dozen huge factories, and each factory has a chimney. Black smoke billowed, and huge mechanical roars continued to come from inside.

There was a high barbed wire fence surrounding the factory area, and there were strong security guards patrolling inside. However, it was difficult to have any impact on Lynch at this level. He just stood for a few seconds under the street lights outside the iron fence, pretending to wait for someone. Within minutes, a coal carriage left the guard's sight, and he followed the carriage into the factory easily.

Lynch had estimated last night that the maximum time he could last if he remained in a latent state was about thirty minutes. However, it was rare to encounter situations where he had to maintain a latent state all the time. The duration could naturally be doubled by turning it on and off. Increased, so he did not hesitate to use his abilities. He left the cover of the coal car as soon as he entered the door, stood in a shadow, and looked at the entire factory area.

The only feeling is that of lifelessness.

The workers here all wear uniform coarse cloth work clothes, and there are quite a few of them. There are dozens of them running back and forth in various factory rooms. But when Lynch looked from a distance, he saw that many workers had numb expressions and dull eyes, mechanically repeating monotonous operations. Even when his companions around him called him, he took a long time to respond, which was quite strange and dull.

It was like seeing a group of lifeless walking zombies.

Are all the silent films of the Modern Age real?

Lin Qi shook his head and shook the distracting thoughts out of his mind. Now is not the time to lament these things. There is still business to sneak in.

If you want to understand what happened to little Janet, you must first find the place where she worked. Lynch had never thought that he would encounter problems here before, but only then did he discover that the factory was much larger than imagined, and the factory building There are only a dozen of them, and there may be more fine divisions inside, with hundreds of workers.

It's not that easy to find a specific location in such a large venue. Looking at the workers coming and going, Lin Qi was temporarily troubled.

(End of this chapter)