Mystery: Chaos Path

Chapter 211: Visiting Lilith (Incorrect Chapter Title)

"So, what exactly is this book?" Will, the only outsider, asked, sounding puzzled.

"Hmm, a book about social structures?" Roland smiled, looking at Will, and said, "If you're interested, you can take a look at it later. It's a very interesting book."

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Although engrossed in reading "Das Kapital", life had to go on. So, in between reading, Klein continued his detective work as usual, taking on commissions and earning money.

And so, Klein received a missing person case from his detective friend.

"Whether Emlyn White is still alive..." Klein sat on the sofa, flipping through the information his detective friend had sent him, while taking a gold coin from his pocket and tossing it up.

The gold coin landed heads up, indicating the answer was yes. Emlyn White was indeed still alive, just no one knew where.

"Emlyn White?"

Just as Klein was pondering whether he had a way to find Emlyn White's whereabouts, Roland, disguised as Jack, sat down beside him with a cup of coffee. The latter casually glanced at the information in Klein's hand and, after seeing the name and photo on the document, smiled and said, "You're looking for him?"

"You know him?" Klein suddenly realized that he seemed to have forgotten that Jack was a local of Backlund with extensive connections.

"I know him, but he doesn't know me." Roland shook his head, then nodded, and said with a smile, "Emlyn White is a vampire, quite famous in their circles. He's a shut-in obsessed with dolls, to the point of almost bankrupting himself. As far as I know, he's not a bad person; at most, he'll sneak into hospitals to steal blood vials to drink."

Hearing this, Klein nodded with a strange expression and said, "I see. That would indeed make him quite famous."

In this era, being obsessed with dolls was still a relatively niche hobby. For a vampire to be so obsessed with it that he almost went bankrupt, it was normal for him to be famous.

"What happened to him?" Roland asked knowingly.

"He's missing. It's been quite a while," Klein then briefly recounted the story of Emlyn White's parents hiring a detective to find him.

"Missing, huh..." Roland pinched his chin, pretending to think, and after a few seconds said, "Given Emlyn White's personality, it's unlikely that he would actively provoke any trouble. And since you divined that he's not dead, it means he's most likely being held captive... Could it be that Emlyn White was caught by official Beyonders?"

"That's a possibility." Klein also thought of this, his expression showing a hint of helplessness and sympathy.

After all, in this era, it wasn't a good thing for wild Beyonders to fall into the hands of the authorities. Even if they hadn't committed any crimes, they might be used as test subjects to test the effects of various Sealed Artifacts.

There was no choice. The existence of wild Beyonders was inherently a bomb. Even if they didn't commit any crimes, no one knew when they would explode. Under such circumstances, the authorities' attitude was inevitably harsh.

"There's no need to be too pessimistic. If Emlyn White fell into the hands of the Night Goddess, the Steam Church, or the Storm Church, then he would definitely be done for. But Backlund has more than just these three major churches. If I remember correctly, Backlund also has a small chapel belonging to the Earth Mother Church. If Emlyn White was caught by them, it might be a good thing for him," Roland said, pinching his chin.

"Why?" Klein was stunned, obviously not understanding why Roland said that.

"Because the Earth Mother Church has a long tradition of raising and recruiting vampires into the church," Roland explained simply, then smiled and said, "If you want to know if that's really the case, we can go to the Harvest Church and see." His expression was eager to try.

He had long had the idea of visiting Lilith. After all, she was a healer, and her skills were exactly what Roland lacked.

Moreover...

"Isn't it a waste for Beyonders of the 'Harvester' and 'Apothecary' pathways to be fighting and killing? One is clearly a chosen agriculturalist, and the other can advance the progress of medicine," Roland couldn't help but mutter to himself.

If he had to choose which pathway's abilities he personally wanted the most, it would definitely be the 'Door' pathway. But if he were considering change and social development, Roland would definitely choose the 'Earth' and 'Moon' pathways without hesitation.

After all, food is the first necessity of the people. If Beyonders of the Earth pathway could research various high-yield crops and solve the world's famine problem, that would truly benefit countless people.

Don't think it's impossible. Frank was able to research mushrooms that could grow in the dark in the original story, solving the problem of eating in Silver City, which is enough to show that the extraordinary abilities of this world can indeed be used to improve crops.

The Moon pathway is a typical healer pathway. Even one Emlyn White was able to use potions to alleviate Mrs. Doris's condition. If they pooled their efforts and gathered the power of an entire pathway, who said they couldn't research potions to cure various incurable diseases?

If medicine advanced rapidly, it would definitely be a great thing for humanity. Maybe they could even research various genetic potions and unlock the path to biological ascension!

"After all, this world doesn't have oil anymore. The middle part of the normal technology tree is broken, so we have to try to see if we can find other paths," Roland thought to himself, then thought of the Rosell Commemoration Exhibition in a few days, and the God of Steam and Machinery.

"Of course, the path of extraordinary technology can also be tried. Although extraordinary characteristics are limited, extraordinary items don't necessarily have to have characteristics to be made. Ordinary spiritual materials can also be used, but their shelf life is limited, but what does that matter! It's just that how to mass-produce them is a big problem..."

Roland thought for a few seconds and decided that it would be better to leave these problems to professionals, such as a certain Mr. Rosell, to think about.

"Of course, scientific research also needs a little luck to progress." Roland actually thought of something again, glanced at Will, who was teaching Little Amon vocabulary not far away, and curled the corners of his mouth.

To be honest, Roland had always felt that this world was extremely wasteful in the use of extraordinary abilities. Basically, everyone was fighting and killing, and even the 'Scholar' pathway, which should be mainly focused on technological advancement, seemed to be destined to fight and kill in the end.

But in reality, Scholars can advance the technology tree, Seer are chosen educators, Harvesters are the kings of agriculture, Apothecaries can promote medical progress, Apprentices solve traffic problems, and the good luck brought by monsters is clearly a scientific research weapon... Even Storm Crows can be used as weather regulators to solve some climatic disasters.

"As a result, everyone only knows how to fight and kill. It's too wasteful. I can't stand it anymore!" Roland sighed with emotion and muttered, "That's why this world needs change even more!"