After experiencing so many things, Lu Ning's first reaction when meeting a long-dead person was that he had probably fallen into the illusion of a certain treasure again, and that he could interact with the characters inside just like Leslie. Fantasy.
But here you can't use the same rhetoric as Leslie did at that time. Anyway, this is Vera's home. There are strangers in the house that you don't know about. Ordinary people would probably just copy the guy to warn him. Vera probably has something. Relying on it, I was not afraid at all, and even asked.
"We are from the future."
Lu Ning had to tell the truth at this time. She was so anxious that she couldn't make up any lies to deceive such a smart person. She might as well tell most of the truth. Anyway, Vera, a person who studies time, should have no objection to future people.
Sure enough, after Lu Ning said this, Vera just rubbed her forehead with some worry: "People in the future...have the river broken down again? Or is it that the future generally has this ability to travel through time and space? Ah, Sorry, I didn’t mean to be slow to you. I think you are quite confused when you suddenly come to this era, and judging from your vigilance, your future life may not be safe.”
More than just unsafe - Lu Ning said in her heart.
Vera yawned again and pointed to the corridor in front: "Come with me, I can still arrange a place for you to live, but you have to go back. It is not a good thing for people to stay here in the future."
"Aren't you afraid of us?" Dorian was a little strange.
"The weapons in your hands are interesting, but don't underestimate the ancients." Vera waved her hand and walked directly between the two of them - Lu Ning and Dorian stood very close, and there was absolutely no one in between. through the gap.
"Lu Ning, is this... the hallucination of treasure or is it really a return to the past? The entire Time Pavilion has been turned into a ruin. It should be impossible for some good times to remain..."
"No matter which one it is, we have to follow it and take a look."
Vera brought the two of them into the reception area, poured three cups of strong coffee from a coffee pot, placed them on the table for the two of them, took a sip first, and then put the cup on the table: " Tell me, how did you get here?"
"To be honest, we have entered your old residence in the future." Lu Ning said. After hearing this, Vera paused for a second and then nodded: "So I'm no longer here in the future? It's quite a pity. I thought I could live longer."
"Then can you ask what time it is now? We at least want to understand which period of history we have come to. By the way, please tell us some major events that are happening. In the future, we have lost the chronicle of this period of history." Lu Ning immediately asked.
"Now? The army has just set off." Vera took another sip of coffee, "I was in a very bad state of mind a while ago. Isabel was assassinated, and everyone was in a sluggish state... But people have to look forward, right? The king doesn’t know where he is conquering this time, but I don’t care about military matters..."
Lu Ning recalled the Dark Sage's description. It seemed that Vera's hiding behind closed doors was something that happened after that. If she was depressed because of Isabel's death, Vera should have come out by now.
"Looking at your expression, I can probably tell which period of history it is from?" Vera observed her words and had already seen the result from some of Lu Ning's micro-reactions. After dealing with such a person, Lu Ning gave up on making up stories, nodded and said, "Yes."
However, Vera didn't ask any questions next.
"It seems you are not curious about what will happen in the future." Lu Ning said.
"Because knowing the future is not a rare thing for me. If you come from the future, you should know what kind of research I do. I have no curiosity about things within time."
"What are you curious about?" Dorian had never seen such a person.
"Time itself, and how time manifests itself in this world." Vera smiled.
The doubts in Lu Ning's heart became a little heavier at this time. If this was really Vera at this period in history, was she hiding all the pain deep in her heart, or... was she able to accept it?
After all, judging from the current exchanges, Vera has not shown any suicidal tendencies at all - Lu Ning actually understands this quite well.
"Do you have any plans for the future?" Lu Ning asked tentatively.
"It's nothing too far away. Let's get rid of the things on hand first. Although the Time Disaster King won't let me touch it anymore, there is still a lot that can be researched on those that have been analyzed. I plan to research ways to use time technology safely. , and strive to make some relatively basic technologies available for civilian use before the king returns from the expedition."
Perhaps because of the future identities of Lu Ning and others, Vera didn't care to say this in front of them.
"Civil use?" Lu Ning couldn't help but think of those weird things about the rotary train.
"For example, using time zoom to save time on boring journeys, locking time to absolutely preserve some things, looking back in time to study history... In short, it is this category. I probably have some ideas, but the project still needs one Although we have no shortage of resources and funds with Manden here, the king still limits our research funds." Vera sighed, "After all, solving big problems is the most important thing now."
"How long will it take to research all these things?" Lu Ning pretended to be surprised.
"It's been a long time... Judging from your expressions, it seems that these will not be popular in the future. It seems that I died in the middle. It's really a pity."
She talked about death so nonchalantly, making her even less likely to commit suicide. Lu Ning knew that if she really wanted to commit suicide, even if she talked about death lightly, she actually regarded it as the most important thing to her, while Vera really didn't care about death and didn't even bother to ask.
"Is it just a pity? Your efforts..."
"My efforts were all made while I was alive, but I really can't control what will happen after I die." Vera didn't know when she had finished drinking the coffee. "I have seen too many things related to time. Your attitude towards life and death will also weaken."
"Okay." Lu Ning nodded, "Then let's talk about our affairs, because we always have to go back to the future, and we came to your house before. Can you provide us with some help?"
"Tell me, I'm curious about what my home will look like in the future. An exhibition hall? Or a celebrity's former residence? It actually sounds quite funny."
"We found that there are many different collections in your snow collection area." Lu Ning directly asked the biggest doubt at the moment.
"Oh, that, are you curious about that?" Vera became more energetic when she mentioned this, "That is the result of my research after coming to the royal capital!"
"Yeah, I'm just wondering what the numbers and source classifications mean, these things seem to be becoming dangerous in the future."
"Danger?" Vera thought carefully this time, "Will those things undergo unpredictable changes in the future? In short...it doesn't hurt to tell you. The first number on the number represents their type of use, and the second It represents the research progress, and the third one is the collection sequence.”
"More than a thousand?"
"Many numbers are invalid. TK types are all combat types, WR types are furniture types, ED types are biological types, and IO types are special types. In the second paragraph of numbers, R means that its properties have been completely studied, and O means basic It is clear, but the specific effects of use still need to be observed. D means that basic safety can only be guaranteed at the beginning of the research, while Q means that research has not been carried out at all.”
"You keep all the things you haven't studied yet at home?" Lu Ning's mouth twitched.
"We have saved more dangerous things. These are safe as long as they are handled properly." Vera smiled confidently, "As for the source... the gift was collected by the king and my friends from some time phenomena. , the manufacturing is what I made using the remnants of research on the time disaster, the recycling is the source of the disaster that I and my colleagues personally suppressed, and the final salvage..."
It can be seen that this is the thing she is most proud of, so she put it at the end.
"... Let me show you my latest research findings!" Vera suddenly clapped her hands, and the lights in the room dimmed. Lu Ning and Dorian suddenly felt that the floor under their feet became transparent and bright. The light was flowing slowly under her feet. She looked down in surprise and reached out to touch it. The floor was still there, and the river with blue light was not very far away from her feet.
"River - this is my highest research here, I haven't told anyone." It can be seen that Vera has been keeping this secret for a long time, "I can salvage anything that appears in time from here, the past, the future, Everything in this world can be found here, and it definitely has some quality to it.”
This was completely different from what Dacapo was studying. In other words, the king did not know these things at all - Lu Ning immediately realized that this could not be an illusion caused by the treasure.
"I have fished out a lot of things from here, most of them are scraps, but there are also some interesting things that I have put into the treasure house. When I really get some heavyweight results from here, I will let the king and the biggest The bishop and the others were shocked! They definitely thought that I was a little depressed, and I want to tell them that Vera is still the genius Vera! No matter how powerful Tatyev is, he is only on par with me!"
For a moment, Lu Ning seemed to see the sign at the research institute again, the girl who confidently put an exclamation mark behind "Genius Vera's Personal Research Institute".
If this is true, why would such a person commit suicide? Did no one suspect that she died of some other cause? Is it because she died at home?
At this time, someone knocked on the door, and a maid stood at the door, bowed to Vera and said: "Sir Vera, it should be time to rest. If there are guests, it will not be too late to talk tomorrow. Have a good rest." Routine is good for physical and mental health.”
Vera shrugged: "The health experts specially sent to me by the king have no choice. After all, they have to obey the king's orders. You can each choose one of the guest rooms downstairs. All daily necessities are included."
"I will take two guests there." The maid smiled.
"Well...if you have any trouble in the future, you can use those R-labeled collections as you like. They are safe and easy to use, haha." After making a joke, Vera went out and walked to the bedroom. Li An and Lu Ning also followed her out and watched Vera enter the bedroom.
Then, the two quickly dwarfed and swung their weapons backwards. At the same time, the bell vibrated and blue bullets passed over their heads. The maid's originally normal skin quickly turned into blue-grey. Her eyes became bloodshot. She pulled out a small and exquisite pistol from her leg and almost hit Lu Ning in the head.
"Sure enough, we didn't leave the scope of the ruins!"
"It's only safe in front of that Vera! Let's go to the guest room downstairs quickly! She can't just go in!" Dorian shouted.
"No, let's return to the snow collection area now." Lu Ning tugged on her robe and disappeared in an instant, appearing at the central staircase a few meters away. She left Dorian alone because she knew it would be too easy for Dorian's treasure to escape from a servant.
"Firefly Toka!"
Dorian's hand gently brushed over the hollow sword body, and all the scenery in the entire corridor fell into a slightly distorted state. Time and space seemed to be intertwined here, and countless green light spots came from Dorian's body radiated. The maid raised her gun and took aim, but she couldn't aim at Dorian's position. At this time, Lu Ning had already rushed into the snow collection area.
The maid hurriedly turned her head and wanted to catch up, but even the space behind her became the same flickering state. Dorian did not launch an attack and flew past the maid lightly. The maid took out her pocket watch, clasped it lightly on her hand, and disappeared instantly.
"She jumped from another time! I can't stop it!" Dorian shouted loudly.
Lu Ning naturally heard it, but had no time to answer. She stretched out her hand and opened a treasure house door that she had thought about for a long time. The reason why she chose this place was of course because Vera made a promise, even if it was a half-joking promise, As the owner of this Tokikanashi, it should be effective!
Of course, there are many collections here, and most of them are large, bulky, or not very easy to use. Lu Ning went through all the collections he had recorded before in his head and quickly decided on his goal.
She reached out and took out two old-fashioned pistols from a purple velvet cushion. They looked like twin guns made of brass and copper.
[No.: TK-R-0193
Name: Photos taken by geese passing by - the sky is blue after the rain
Source: Salvage]
After grabbing the two guns, she turned around and pulled the trigger without even aiming behind her. The sound of firing was like birds frightened and rain falling to the ground. It sounded strange, but the bullets exploding in the air hit the target from another time. The maid jumped over from the middle!
