Vera's Institute, Temporal Disaster Research, Dacapo.
It is almost a matter of course to connect these keywords together. The problem Dacapo dealt with, the rotary train, has clearly appeared in the illusion that Jean and others have experienced. This almost makes it clear that Vera and her research project are The predecessor of Dacapo.
"So...those nobles..." Zhu Qinyuan touched the identity card, "Actually, it has something to do with what we are doing? Is it like exploring ruins?"
"It's hard to say, but I tend to have something to do with it. After all, there are always some internal connections when arranging tasks in the distribution center. Using it or not is another matter." Lian Bisheng leaned on the sofa, his expression a little gloomy, "Vera is here She is undoubtedly the most important character here, and all events are actually narrated around her, while the king... just plays the role of a narrator here."
"But this is not complete." Lu Ning said, "What we know is some fragments of Vera's experience here. Her life is obviously not only such a short period of time, from being summoned to the royal capital by the king to her final suicide. There is still an undetermined period of time.”
"You think this is an important clue?" Jean asked.
"No, this clue may not be that important. But it should explain the relationship between Vera and Dacapo. This is a way for us to understand the king from the side. In the same way... I think all seven nobles have it. Such a past.”
"I have no objections to this aspect," Lian Bisheng said.
"We will discuss the rest of the matter later when we have the opportunity." Lu Ning exchanged glances with several people, "Now, Yuan Jie, do you want to try to get a treasure? So far, everyone seems to have only one treasure. , maybe one person cannot use two treasures at the same time, we need to confirm this carefully."
"Ah... But according to what you just discussed, the research department and the processing department are both very dangerous, right?" Yuan Jie scratched his head in confusion, "To be honest, I am not confident, what if there is something there? It’s a particularly difficult treasure, and I have to deal with it alone, so it’s really hard to guarantee that I can escape unscathed.”
"If you don't absolutely need it, we won't force it. After all, it seems that the corresponding level of the treasure should be from a hundred-meter visual distance to a thousand-meter visual distance. Compared with the most important large-scale events, it is still not enough. A piece of treasure cannot change our vulnerability." Lu Ning said.
Yan Rong nodded: "Yes, this is the most important issue. In addition to treasures, it is also very important to improve our own strength. At least... I think I need to have the strength of a foreign affairs officer to ensure that I can enter the inner city in the future. Safety."
"How long will it take?" Yuan Jie's mouth twitched.
"As long as I have money." Yan Rong raised the corner of his mouth, "The outer city provides a variety of strengthening methods. I don't need to improve my skills, but I need basic quality. This makes the problem very easy."
"But this only applies to you, we have to think of other ways." Lu Ning shook his head, "We need to prepare more comprehensive means for ourselves."
"For example..." Jean thought for a moment and said, "We can move some things from the distribution center... This is the biggest benefit of the chaos scene, isn't it?"
"Yes." Yan Rong nodded and confirmed the idea.
In a chaotic scene, no matter what kind of power it is, it can be eclectic, so it is not surprising no matter what kind of weapons and equipment appear.
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When the group of people returned from Vera's research institute, it was already midnight, but the area near the camp in the wasteland had been cleaned up. There were no butchers wandering around in the wild, only some butchers hiding in fixed locations. Clean up slowly.
When the six of them returned to the camp, they happened to run into Yujiro. This somewhat naive big man greeted everyone immediately: "I haven't seen you all day. Are you going out to play on vacation?"
"Almost." Lu Ning followed his words and said.
"Oh, then you really missed something interesting." Yujiro approached with a mysterious look on his face.
"What's going on? Is it possible that the camps are really going to join forces?" Lian Bisheng yawned.
Yujiro was stunned for a moment: "It's almost the same."
Everyone immediately became energetic and stared at Yujiro: "Go on!"
"Ah... the leaders of the camp have communicated a lot with each other in the past two days, and are now preparing to meet in two days, the Heike Conference! It is probably the largest meeting in the wasteland in the past few years."
"How many camps?" Jean asked the question he was most concerned about.
"Let me think about it..." Yujiro counted on his fingers, "Our anvils, plus porphyry, fireweed, keel, fire salt, and breakpoints, there are six, yes, six in total."
Six campsites are quite a few compared to this area. After all, the wasteland is huge, and camps are usually far apart. No one knows how many camps there are in the wasteland. This meeting probably brought together everyone who was somewhat famous nearby.
"We have never participated in the Heike meeting...Does it have anything to do with us?" Yan Rong thought of a key question.
"Of course there is. The rule of the Heike meeting is that all the Heike in the camp have the right to be the audience, and the audience has some voting rights. Of course, important decisions should be made through consultation among the leaders." Yujiro responded to this matter. It's quite familiar. "After all, every Heike meeting discusses major issues related to nearby Heike groups. I guess there will be a lot of people present."
"Then we have to go take a look."
"Hehe, that's right! It's good for you to be new here and gain some experience!" Yujiro grinned, "The scale is really big this time, you guys are lucky!"
Jean went up with a smile and continued talking to Yujiro about things related to the meeting, and took him aside without leaving any trace. Lu Ning walked back to her tent while sighing that Yujiro was afraid that he would be asked to tell all the stories.
The Heike meeting was not unexpected. Although she had not known such a name before, a similar negotiation meeting would definitely be held. Now it seemed that the situation was quite urgent and time was running out.
She has always been quick to deal with things she doesn't understand, but now, things about the outer city, nobles and inner city are more interesting, and maybe the mysterious "legion" will be added. Lu Ning suddenly pulled out all the events in the institute from yesterday and began to play back various details.
There is actually another supporting evidence for the relationship between Dacapo and Vera. This evidence may be a bit far-fetched, but Lu Ning feels that there is some possibility, and that is color.
So far, she has met three foreign affairs officers who truly represent the nobility. Eyesight wears a dark purple tuxedo, Sacrifice wears a reddish-brown dress, and Samurai wears a black martial arts uniform. If the nobles really have a uniform uniform, then Color should also represent a characteristic of noble status. From the memories, Vera's clothes had a clear green tone, and there were many plants placed in her room. These were originally normal - but when she contacted the ticket booth and the ticket booth Lu Ning saw in the outer city, The conductor's dress may also be a hint.
"If you put it this way... Leslie's clothes seem to be blue. Which of the seven nobles has the representative color blue?" Lu Ning thought about it for a while, but she had no impression. This was easy to handle. She left the tent, found a member of the patrol team, and asked the question bluntly.
"A noble whose color is blue? Are you talking about clothes? Alarm."
"Isn't Alarm a red alarm?" Lu Ning was a little confused.
"The incident they are responsible for is the Red Alarm Bell. It's not like they are wearing red. Alarm's foreign affairs officers are all wearing blue priest uniforms."
...Okay, that corresponds.
In other words, Leslie is also an important figure and is 80% related to Alarm. If you think about it this way, the purpose of the nobles collecting treasures seems to be clearer. After all, during the two treasure experiences, Lu Ning clearly saw Leslie's aging and disappearance, and Vera's death, which was confirmed by the king himself.
But even if he knows this, he can't tell it for the time being. Lu Ning has not forgotten that Eyesight is watching everything. If the treasures on his body cannot hide his actions, this kind of secret knowledge will probably not end well if it is discovered.
Two days later, the Heike meeting was held as scheduled.
Four elite teams carried out a large-scale cleaning of a castle. The butchers and imps inside were quickly wiped out, and then tidied up to serve as the venue for this meeting. When Lu Ning arrived, many people were already standing outside the castle. The relationship between the camps is slightly tense, but on this occasion, the Heikes can have a good communication. It is related to the direction of everyone in the future. Many people have cautious or serious expressions on their faces.
Lu Ning also saw people from the Porphyry Camp. The six tourists he saw before had now put on cloaks from the Porphyry Camp. However, there were no other people from the Porphyry Camp around them. They seemed to have come alone.
Since they had met at the martial arts arena before, Lu Ning walked over without covering up. The few people over there quickly discovered her, and the swordsman who used the purple sword before stood up.
"Hello." The other party said politely, "Excuse me..."
"Ah, I'm here to attend the Hei Ke meeting, so I'm taking this opportunity to meet a few people." Lu Ning was already familiar with this kind of acting in public places. As long as your excuse was passable, no one would think carefully about whether it was awkward or not. So it’s just scene talk.
"Hiding the surname and living for a long time, living for a long time brings peace of mind."
"My surname is Lu, Lu Ning. Nice to meet you. If I'm not mistaken, are you from Porphyry Camp?"
"Indeed, I just joined recently." Kuzumi Heizhen also looked very happy, "We also want to get to know the people in other camps. If possible, come over and chat?"
This topic came up so naturally.
Lu Ning walked over. Some of the people in this group looked cold, some were distracted, and they didn't really look like they were giving a warm welcome. In comparison, Kuzumi Taira was really the most enthusiastic one.
During the pretentious "communication", Lu Ning knew that her previous guesses were somewhat correct. This group of tourists did not give priority to joining the camp, but completed tasks step by step, and made up for their lack of understanding of the world by robbing campfires... According to Kuzumi Heimai, try to communicate first, and then fight if you can't communicate. However, due to the certain xenophobia surrounding the bonfires here, most people were beaten in the end.
In this way, they actually found two ruins, and their exploration efficiency in this aspect was the same as that of Lu Ning and others.
In exchange, Lu Ning told some stories about the exploration of the ruins, and also learned what conditions they encountered in the two ruins they found. One of the ruins was an ancient tomb. This was probably the most relic-like thing Lu Ning had ever heard. There were a large number of skeletons in the tomb, including human beings and wild beasts, and even the remains of some unknown creatures. The ruins themselves were not dangerous. There were no secret passages between the tombs, but the problem was that they couldn't find the person actually buried here. After all, those things were all buried with them. After searching for a long time, they only found the name "Isabel". It is not clear whether it is the name of the tomb owner or the builder.
Another ruin is a small town. Kuzumi Heimai said that all the ghosts living here are starving ghosts. Even after death, they maintain a strong appetite and are much more dangerous. These ghosts have been repeating the habit of eating each other, including the people who come in. in the list. The six people hid here and there for a long time before they were able to escape. They also investigated some things and obtained a gun there, which is now held by a team member. Judging from the information I saw when I obtained this gun, the original owner's name was "Wu Nuo".
Of course, Kuzumi Heizhen was vague about how to explore and harvest. Lu Ning naturally knew that this was related to the treasure. Since the other party had no intention of telling it, she didn't ask further questions. She just remembered two names and gave up.
At this time, a group of well-equipped black knights walked out of the castle gate. They stood on both sides of the door. This signal indicated that the meeting was about to begin and the black knights could enter.
People lined up silently and entered in an orderly manner. Inside the castle was a spacious hall with a long table on the stairs. The six leaders sat behind the long table, and the stairs went up to the fence on the second floor where the rest were. Leaders and important captains, these important figures in each camp have different shapes. In Hei Ke, these unique shapes also mean strength.
The leaders waited patiently for all the black knights to enter, the castle gate was closed, and the restlessness of the crowd slowly subsided, then they officially looked at each other and started the meeting.
"This Heike meeting is mainly to discuss the recent super butcher problem in the wasteland, and whether to provide more support and cooperation to the outer city." A leader in a gray robe spoke, "In order to let everyone here understand As for the seriousness of this incident, we will first announce the recent events to everyone so that people in different camps will not have different perceptions."
After the leader finished speaking, Hengfeng stood up.
"The things I'm talking about below all happened before yesterday."
