deduction paradise

"Accept."

Side mission: The Mystery of Blight

Mission introduction: The farmland in Lina Village is withering on a large scale. Is it a natural disaster or a man-made conspiracy?

Mission completion reward:?

Punishment for mission failure: All attributes -1, 5000 points deducted (if the points are insufficient, the equipment worn by the awakened person will be deducted)

Mission time limit: before the end of the trial

Residents have gradually walked out of their houses, sighing as they look at the withered farmland in front of them.

Chu Feng stepped forward and reached out to touch the withered farmland. Seeing this, the mixed-race man quickly followed.

In every farmland, the withered areas are in the same position, spreading in a circular range from the center, while the crops at the four corners are not affected.

Such regular withering is definitely not caused by natural disasters, but more like some kind of skill or prop.

Moreover, the moment Chu Feng touched the farmland, he captured a wave of energy, which was the subtle energy that still remained on the farmland and had not yet dissipated.

Chu Feng touched his chin, turned around and glanced at the mixed-race people here. Without exception, everyone looked sallow and thin.

It stands to reason that such a large area of ​​farmland is enough for them to have enough food and drink. Chu Feng can only think of two ways to cause them to be in such a situation.

One is that the agricultural and grain taxes are extremely high. Even if there is no blight, it can only guarantee that the farmers will not starve to death.

One is that withering occurs too frequently, with large areas of withering occurring every year, resulting in too low harvested grain.

However, judging from the farmers' overwhelmed state, the second situation can basically be eliminated.

So, judging from the first scenario, the withering of farmland most likely has nothing to do with the senior management of Dolan City, except of course for the rebellious senior management.

The most likely possibility now is either the blight caused by hostile forces, or a rebellious resident of Dolan City.

Judging from the mixed-blood's attitude towards him, the possibility of hostile forces is lower, but it is not impossible. After all, the mixed-blood is just a farmer, so it is naturally impossible to know too much about the situation.

But it doesn’t matter whether it’s a hostile force or not.

If it were Chu Feng, no matter where he stood, he should still be in this village.

First, compared to the other affiliated cities of Dolan City, these farmers in the village undoubtedly have the lowest combat effectiveness and are relatively safe.

Second, since he used something here to cause the withering of farmland, he naturally had his own purpose. As for what this purpose was, Chu Feng was not sure.

The worst-case scenario is undoubtedly that this person has completed his purpose and left here, or there is something wrong with Chu Feng's speculation from the beginning, but that is not important. At most, it is just a waste of more time. After finding Blight,

There is plenty of time before we can find clues about the core.

The punishment for not completing the task is not difficult to accept, it can only be said to be taken one step at a time.

"Besides me, have any strange faces come to your village in recent days?"

Chu Feng glanced at the other farmers and walked towards them.

When the farmers felt someone approaching, they all turned their heads and looked over. When they saw Chu Feng's human appearance, they immediately knelt down and worshiped.

"Sir, I don't know very well. We people don't go out of our way to take care of other people's affairs..."

"I guess the withered farmland is a man-made result. The higher-ups will send people to investigate in a few days. Before that, I will solve it."

Chu Feng's identity is quite easy to use. At least the people at the bottom will believe it without reason, except for some things that are too outrageous or popular.

He only needs to pass on a wrong message. If the person who caused the blight is Chu Feng himself, he will have two choices after hearing the news.

First, run away overnight to avoid being caught.

Second, before the higher-ups come, kill Chu Feng, a high-level employee who has been exposed to the public, and then escape from here.

No matter which choice it is, this person will definitely take action tonight, as long as he is still here.

And if he doesn't take action, it doesn't matter. Now is the stage for farmers to cooperate with Chu Feng's investigation. As long as there is still a trace of withered energy left, Chu Feng can follow the clues and continue to delve deeper.

All you need to do is find the same energy as the withered crops.

"Where do you want to start the investigation?"

Chu Feng thought for a while. If he started investigating from the person, the prisoner might not show up. It would be fine to investigate the house first and then explore the surrounding area.

The purpose is to determine where he is staying or where he is going. After all, everything Chu Feng is doing now is based on the premise that the prisoner is still in the farm, so naturally he needs to investigate this first.

"Everyone should go back to their houses first, and I will investigate one by one."

The farmers looked at the farmland hesitantly, and after seeing Chu Feng's indifferent eyes, they finally moved to their homes.

Chu Feng jumped up onto the nearest thatched hut and glanced around.

The probability of being in the center is not very high, but the probability of prisoners staying in the thatched houses on both sides will be greater.

Arriving at the edge, Chu Feng pushed open the door of a room, and a puff of dust came directly to his face.

Chu Feng frowned. There was dust everywhere in the house, but no spider webs could be seen. It was probably because there were no spiders in this place.

There was a trace of withered energy left in the room, and Chu Feng himself didn't expect that he could find it so easily.

However, there is no one in the house, and I don’t know if they ran away or hid.

Looking around, there is only one bed and one table in the whole house, which can be said to be a house with only four walls.

And on that table, there is a ledger.

Chu Feng stepped forward to pick it up and check it, and at the same time, the paradise prompt came out.

"Obtained x1 of the ledger that framed the witch."

The ledger that framed the witch (?): The owner of the ledger has blamed the witch for what he has done many times, but who is the witch?

Chu Feng frowned and opened the account book to check. It was all blank. I don't know the quality of this thing, and I don't know what it does.

When he came outside the house, Chu Feng continued to search for the remaining withered energy, but the energy nearby was very thin, but the energy concentration inside the house was quite high.

There is a high probability that the prisoner has not left yet, and of course it is also possible that Chu Feng has not found new withering energy.

Chu Feng looked at the gradually dimming sky and stopped looking. He jumped onto the thatched house and waited quietly.

The night of broken stars is frighteningly dark. There is not a trace of light in the sky. It can be said that it is truly invisible.

Chu Feng's slightly closed eyes slowly opened and looked into the darkness in front of him.

The surroundings were so quiet that Chu Feng could hear his own breathing clearly.

He could feel that in the darkness in front of him, someone was standing there watching him. The person was slowly approaching, but he didn't make any sound.

The whole person is completely blended into the darkness, like a ghost, ethereal.

"Here we come." A smile appeared at the corner of Chu Feng's mouth. The violent withering energy on the person who came was exactly his target.