Kiana and the Captain's Bizarre Adventure

Chapter 401 Conspiracy emerges

By the time Kiana finished dealing with her own affairs, it was already the next morning. After a day of development, things were progressing in a way that benefited the workers.

Dr. Lor successfully determined that the batch of corrosion inhibitor had indeed failed, and he compiled it into a formal report and handed it over to Eric.

Eric made the propaganda materials and distributed them to the workers, thus officially launching the workers' march.

Damian finally couldn't withstand the pressure and came to the Casual Temple hoping that the people of Yunkui Mountain could help. Just as Kiana had told him, Damian had indeed applied for the highest level of compensation for the workers, but the application had not been approved.

As for why he didn't seek help from the Herald of Knowledge, it's not that he didn't try, but the Fuyun Temple was currently deserted.

According to the person in charge of the cable car, the two immortals went out to run errands early this morning, and as an outsider, he couldn't very well ask what they were doing or when they would return.

So Damian had no choice but to seek help from the Casual View, because the actions of the Bell and the others, coupled with the workers' protests, forced him to lower his stance.

"...What else did you hear from him?"

Recalling her previous conversation with Dr. Lor, Bell said, "Dr. Lor said you are preventing him from practicing medicine."

“Yes, that’s true,” Damian said. “However, Dr. Lor doesn’t have a proper medical license, and it was my duty to prevent her from providing illegal treatments. Besides… I’ve always suspected that there’s something wrong with the treatments he provides to his employees.”

"You mean Dr. Lor has a problem?" Tachibana Fukufuku asked.

"That's right, he's been trying to persuade my employees to give up TOPS's corrosion inhibitor and choose her forgetfulness potion instead. Although the effectiveness of this stuff is still questionable... he seems to have gained quite a few followers since the corrosion incident."

Many people spend money to buy his potions. He must have made a lot of money. But… based on the current potion ingredients, his pricing is clearly too low… I still can't figure out why. Could it be that his goal isn't to make money?

Damian continued, still thinking, "I'm still investigating this matter, but before I've fully figured it out, everyone from Yunkui Mountain has already gotten involved."

"Are you questioning his motives?" Ling asked.

“That’s right. In my opinion, he’s using the drug to win over more employees against me, and he’s even going so far as to fabricate lies about the Huijingmei drug. And those guys from the mutual aid society have been trying to get more compensation, so they’re working together with him.”

Damian then added, “I know very well that the people of Yunkui Mountain won’t easily believe me… but you can investigate. I will send you the relevant information as proof regarding the list of those involved in the erosion incident and the progress of compensation. If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact me.”

After leaving his information and contact details, Damian left Suibianguan.

After receiving the information from Damian, Zhe immediately began to verify it, while the others started discussing these matters.

Ju Fukufu frowned and said, "How could that be? Is Dr. Lor lying to us?"

"We can't be sure yet...we need to investigate further," Ling suggested.

However, before taking action, they needed to verify Damian's information to see if he was lying. So the two went to the inner courtyard and found Zhe, but at this time he was still debugging the system, and the information on Damian needed to be verified through the mayor's special channels.

So the group decided to go outside and ask the workers who had used the Forget-Me-Not Water to see if they could get any useful information from them.

Just then, Kiana appeared at the entrance of the Casual View, standing there with one hand on her hip and calling out to the crowd who were about to walk towards her door.

"I think you don't need to ask."

“Ms. Morning Star! You’re back! That means…”

“That’s right.” Kiana nodded. “I’ve investigated the ingredients of that Forget-Me-Not Potion, and the situation isn’t very optimistic.”

"What do you mean?" Yi Xuan asked.

After entering the casual viewing area, Kiana carefully and meticulously delivered her prepared speech to everyone, sentence by sentence.

"First of all, the ingredients of this forget-me-not water have not actually changed much. Theoretically, such a change will not reduce the production cost. On the contrary, compared with the original mature production technology, the increased production difficulty and the resulting increase in failure rate will actually increase the production cost."

Secondly, it contains a specially treated foul odor. This foul odor can temporarily suppress the erosion disease, but it is still foul odor in essence. Therefore, prolonged contact or even ingestion will still cause various symptoms associated with long-term exposure to foul odor, and may even worsen them. In the worst case, the erosion disease may completely erupt.

After hearing the report, everyone's expressions were uncertain. The information brought by Kiana undoubtedly confirmed that Dr. Lor had ulterior motives.

However, the purpose of this is still unknown to everyone, and it will probably require everyone to go to Dr. Lor's residence to investigate in order to find out.

However, the most urgent task was to find a way to inform the workers about this, so Ling urgently contacted Eric, the head of the mutual aid association.

A few minutes later, Eric rushed over from home. He had just finished his night shift and dragged his tired body home to rest.

Just then, Ling called. Trusting Yun Kuishan, Eric didn't bother to rest and quickly tidied his appearance before heading out.

Back in the present, Eric, who had arrived at the Casual Viewpoint, learned the terrible truth from the crowd. Although they didn't have convincing evidence, Ling said they would investigate the situation further, and Eric could come and witness it if possible.

And so, Rin left with Eric and Tachibana Fukufu, who was responsible for protecting the two, while everyone else returned to the inner courtyard to wait for Tetsuya's results.

Zhe then left the room with the investigation results, stating that Damian's words were true, which also increased the credibility of the information brought by Kiana.

After some time, Ling and the others returned to Suibian Temple.

However, their expressions were not good, and then they revealed the information they had gathered.

After leaving the temple, the three of them headed straight for Dr. Lor's clinic, which was also his residence, because Eric knew that Dr. Lor would be out seeing patients at this time.

Therefore, now was the best time for them to obtain useful information from his residence. The three of them then searched his residence and found the evidence they needed, as well as evidence that he was a member of the Praise Society.

With heavy hearts, the three returned everything in the room to its original place and went back to Suibian Temple. This was their previous experience.

Eric was filled with remorse and wanted to confront Dr. Lorre, but Yi Xuan stopped him. Yi Xuan said that the most important thing now was to find a way to let others know Dr. Lorre's true colors and prevent them from being deceived by him again.

"Yes, yes! I'll tell the other workers about this right away!"

After saying that, Eric left, while the others pondered how to find Dr. Lor and stop his plot.

Just then, Kiana revealed some information.

"Perhaps Dr. Lor is in the Lemnian Void right now."

Yi Xuan raised an eyebrow, signaling Kiana to continue.

"From what I understand, Dr. Lor would take a group of people to the depths of the Lemnian Hollow every now and then for so-called treatment."

"Treatment deep inside the cavern?" Zhe frowned. "What kind of treatment would send someone into a cavern? This is clearly suspicious, but why doesn't anyone suspect anything?"

“After all, to the workers here, Dr. Lor is indeed like a savior of the world. It has to be said that using low-priced medicine to win people’s hearts is indeed an effective tactic,” Yi Xuan said.

"So, does Miss Morning Star know exactly where he'll be in the Hollow?" Bell asked.

"I really don't know. Perhaps only Dr. Lor himself and those who have received the treatment know."

Just then, Eric came running back in a panic, shouting that something bad had happened.

Yi Xuan gestured for him to calm down first. Eric bent over and caught his breath for a while before speaking in fits and starts.

“I…I just…told some of my coworkers about Dr. Lor…and they didn’t believe me at all, they thought I’d been bribed by Damian! But…but then suddenly one of my coworkers knelt down in front of me and started coughing like crazy, and he looked like he was having an erosion attack! So…so I rushed back! Masters, please go and see him quickly!”

Upon hearing that someone was suffering from an erosion attack, no one dared to delay and immediately asked Eric to lead the way. Soon, the group arrived at the worker's side.

At this point, the worker was in very bad condition, and it was unclear whether it was a chain reaction or not, but people around him began to develop erosion.

Moreover, Yi Xuan also sensed the aura of filth on them. After healing another person, Yi Xuan realized that treating them one by one was too inefficient.

So she summoned the disciples of Yun Kui who were helping to treat the people, and at the same time took out a stack of talismans from her body and handed them to everyone, instructing them to stick these talismans in designated locations to form an array covering the entire Chenghuiping. She was going to perform a spell, intending to draw out and purify all the impurities in everyone's bodies at once.

With a command, all the Yunkui disciples obeyed and went to their assigned positions, while Yi Xuan went to the center of the formation to wait for everyone to be in place.

Before long, everyone had completed Yi Xuan's instructions, and then Yi Xuan, who had been resting with his eyes closed, opened them and officially activated the formation.

In an instant, the foul energy within everyone's body was drawn out by the formation and began to gather in the air above Chenghui Plain. A huge sphere, emanating an unsettling aura and composed of foul energy, hovered above Chenghui Plain.

Yi Xuan took a deep breath and jumped onto the roof below the sphere. Then, the sphere seemed to have found a suitable vessel and rushed towards Yi Xuan.

Yi Xuan pushed out his palms, officially ending the encounter with the sphere. Then, the foul breath, carrying the power of erosion, officially ended the encounter with Yi Xuan.

The next second, marks of being corrupted by the foul breath appeared on Yi Xuan's face. Then, despite the discomfort of being corrupted by the foul breath, Yi Xuan activated his magic and confronted the sphere.

Time stretched out infinitely at this moment, and as Yi Xuan came into contact with this massive amount of foul energy, her memories were also stirred by it.

The long-buried memory that Yi Xuan had kept deep in his heart resurfaced, a knot in his heart that he had been carrying for so many years.

On the day the old capital fell, she sensed that her sister Yi Jiang was fully activating the Qingming Sword. Realizing something was wrong, Yi Xuan began to rush to where her sister was.

But by the time she arrived, it was too late. Her sister's mind had been completely corrupted by the Azure Sea Sword, and she looked at Yi Xuan, whom she should have known most, as if she were a stranger.

In the end, Yi Jiang was completely devoured by the Azure Sea Sword, and Yi Xuan also lost consciousness under the impact. Before losing consciousness, she heard her sister say something to her, but perhaps she was afraid that the words would have too great an impact on her.

When she came to her senses, those words became blurry, and this incident became a knot in Yi Xuan's heart, which she kept hidden deep inside.

Now, this memory has resurfaced due to the influence of the foul breath, but Yi Xuan knows that this is just a common method used by the foul breath to erode people, causing them to be completely corrupted and reduced to bones in the memories they crave most.

But so many years have passed, and Yi Xuan is no longer the immature Yi Xuan she once was. This memory certainly had an impact on her, but it wasn't enough to make her completely succumb to it.

Therefore, after a brief moment of distraction, Yi Xuan began to fully activate his magic to completely purify these impure energies.

She herself fell from the sky due to exhaustion, but was eventually caught by Tachibana Fukufuku who arrived at the scene.

And so the crisis was resolved. The next step was to find Dr. Lor and confront him face to face.

Those who witnessed the incident believed Eric's earlier statement. After a brief inquiry, a worker stepped forward and said he knew where Dr. Lorre had gone.

Just like Kiana's intelligence, Dr. Lor led a large group of workers into the cave early this morning, saying that he was going to carry out intensive treatment.

Perhaps because yesterday's publicity had an effect, Huijing Meike's prestige plummeted, causing the vast majority of workers to completely side with Dr. Lor.

This morning, the number of workers accompanying Dr. Lor to the cavern was the largest ever. Upon hearing this worker's words, Yi Xuan, supporting her somewhat exhausted body, began to lead everyone toward the cavern.

Others tried to persuade Yi Xuan to rest, but Yi Xuan was adamant. Seeing that they couldn't persuade her, they had no choice but to let Yi Xuan continue to investigate Dr. Luo Er.

As for Kiana, she said she would stay in Chenghuiping and wait for everyone to return, but only as the Morning Star.

So the group began their formal operation. Zhe first returned to Suibianguan and then brought Ies to the meeting point.

At this moment, Yi Xuan was making final preparations with Ju Fufu, Ling, Pan Yinhu, and Ye Shiyuan. When Zhe arrived, he took Ies with him and then took the cable car to the Lemnian Cavern.

Zhe returned to the Casual View and officially established contact with the others who entered the Void through H·D·D. Meanwhile, in a corner where no one paid attention, Kiana transformed back into her original form and then sneaked into the Lemnian Void, following behind the others and ready to provide support at any time.