Returning from the abyss

Chapter 636 The Remains of the Museum of Time

As one of the king's closest partners, Vera's mansion was naturally chosen in the best location in the inner city, not too far from the bustling streets, but not too noisy.It is about an hour away from the place where the largest bishop lives.

But when everyone actually came here, the characteristics of the ruins were almost overwhelming.The entire mansion did not appear to be lacking in maintenance at all, and even the fences and metal gates outside the courtyard did not show any signs of rust.The plants in the yard are not blooming, but they are still green. A sculpture is erected in the center of the yard, engraved with a huge clock, but the dial is not twelve numbers, but twelve patterns.

On the pillar on the right side of the gate, there is a sign similar to that of the research institute embedded on it, but it lacks the lively sense of that sign, and there are only three heavy black characters [Time Hall].

Jean raised his hand and gently pushed the door, and immediately there was a gap there, which was not locked.

"It's almost like letting us in." The man named Kong Xiu in Liu Yunqing's team said, "How dangerous is the ruins?"

"Different relics are different. They are mainly used to seal treasures, because the treasure itself has the power to draw people into the illusion of memory, and there are not too many traps in the relics." Jean said.

"But it's different here." Lian Bisheng interrupted.

"Yes, according to the chief bishop, Vera's body is indeed still here. None of us know what a simple body can do, but it is certainly not without danger." Lu Ning nodded.

"It's a good time to test our fighting power." Yan Rong clenched his fist.

Everyone pushed open the door and walked into the courtyard.The moment Lu Ning stepped into the Pavilion of Time, she suddenly felt her head sank, and the world in front of her seemed to have many overlapping people, but it was only for a moment, and the surroundings returned to normal in an instant.The companions also looked around blankly, as if they had experienced the same situation.

"Just now……"

"It's really not that simple here."

"Move carefully."

A group of people warned each other and started to walk towards the main room of the mansion.This is a three-story house, and it doesn't look so luxurious on the outside. It would be normal if it is an ordinary bungalow, but it is a bit simple for Vera's status.

Yan Rong touched the door of the main room with the tip of his gun, then stepped forward and grabbed the doorknob, loosened it, and then jumped back a step.But nothing happened, and all her vigilance was in vain.

"In here..."

Zhu Qinyuan frowned and looked inside the door. There was a very ordinary-looking porch, the stairs were faintly visible, and there was no hall. It was obviously a mansion, but it looked like an apartment.

"What's the problem?" Jean asked.

"No, I didn't notice it." Zhu Qinyuan shook his head, "However, as Vera's residence, there are some time-like objects here, which can make people notice it a little bit."

"Let's go in." Lu Ning stepped up the steps and entered the room.

Compared with the quaint shape and huge appearance, the inside is full of modern facilities. There are rooms on both sides of the not too wide aisle. Some plants are a few decorations, and the rest are cleaner than the corridors in the institute. .Lu Ning stepped up the stairs, and she could feel that there were living things in this room.

"Let's go up and see..."

At this moment, she sensed something was wrong, turned her head suddenly, and found that the people under the stairs seemed to be separated by a thick convex lens, all of them had changed shape, and her voice had not reached them at all. in the ear.Lu Ning was about to go down the stairs in a hurry, but at this moment, someone grabbed her sleeve.

"Don't go there."

She was startled, she didn't hear any noise, there were stairs above, who could come down without a sound?

But when she turned around, she saw a somewhat haggard face—it was Dorian, but she seemed to be a little older than Lu Ning remembered.

"you--"

"Hush, come upstairs with me." Dorian tugged at Lu Ning's sleeve, led her up the stairs, turned a corner, and entered a room.The house looked like a separate living room, with a bedroom, a bathroom, and even a kitchenette.

"Dorian, why did you appear here? Alex has been looking for you, we saw Bingham at the Dark Sage..."

"Dark Sage, ha, I was fooled by him." Dorian sat on a chair, "Long time no see, maybe it's not too long for you, but it's been more than 30 years for me gone."

"Over 30 years?" Lu Ning frowned.

"Where do I start?" Dorian thought for a while, "Why don't you ask, the experiences of these years have been engraved in my mind, and I can't forget them even if I want to."

"What the hell happened to the campfire?"

"A group of lunatics who were exiled from the outer city to the wasteland attacked us. Didn't you see the dead body?"

"Only the dead body engraved on the campfire, what kind of lunatic?"

"Hmph... Now that I think about it, it was premeditated, those guys are not crazy at all." Dorian snorted, "Those guys are well-equipped, no matter how you look at it, it was premeditated, anyway, they suddenly started plotting, we After suffering a lot, Bingham and I saw a way when we were almost desperate, and then... we met the Dark Sage."

"Do you think the attacks of those people were also arranged by the dark sages?"

"Otherwise, why would a bonfire in the wasteland be attacked suddenly? We still took advantage of the moment of the red alarm... But we were stupid at the time. When we saw the dark sage, we thought we had seen a legendary figure. Bingham went to him first. He got out of that room and came out and told me he asked how to get revenge and got a blessing that I never ask the same question again. But that was the only thing we wanted to do at the time, and he didn't let me ask if I wanted to What else, the dark sage brought me into the room, I don't want to waste time."

"It's easy to make mistakes when you're in a hurry."

"Yes, I anxiously thought it was all because of my slow growth, so I asked the dark sage, is there any way to make me stronger quickly, so that I can truly protect the people around me."

Lu Ning sighed.

"He told me there was a treasure that would suit me well in the ruins of the Inner City, and would be able to provide me with a way to get here. But I was given a quest... and also to get him a man named Valar in the end researched stuff."

According to the archbishop, Vera had predicted what would happen to the people who lost their lives before committing suicide. Since the archbishop knew about this, maybe Vera actually advised many people, but they were not listened to.No matter what the reason for Vera's suicide was, it was impossible not to try to solve the problem with her character, and the dark sage was probably also aiming at this.

"So you're done?" Lu Ning saw that she didn't have any special changes after she said these things, and knew that the dark secret order had probably been lifted.

"Yes, the treasure was put together with those documents. I was almost killed by two servants, but I got them by luck. The moment I got the documents, a black stone drilled out of my body, and the documents were wrapped in Our deal is over." Dorian said bitterly, "But the price is that I still haven't been able to escape from here after 30 years!"

"What's the matter with this place?" Lu Ning asked.

"This place has become a maze of time. The invisible one-way time barrier is moving slowly throughout the house. When a person passes through the barrier, he will be sent to another time period." Dorian has gained a little understanding of the condition of the house for so many years, "But the problem is that the whole house shares a space, and only at the right time can one step into the outer space, and the rest of the exterior is nothingness."

"So what would happen if I walked back just now?"

"The one-way time barrier is only visible on the impassable side," Dorian said. "I don't know what will happen, I just know that I will never see anyone who went through."

"So there are other people here?" Lu Ning asked.

"About twenty or so, they all wanted to try their luck in this ruins, and they were all like me back then, even dared to barge in without knowing who Vera was." Dorian rubbed her forehead, "But Don't worry, the time barrier only exists in the corridor and will not appear in the room, it is still safe here."

"Is this the only danger here? I remember you mentioned being hunted down by servants?"

"Yes, servants..." Dorian squeezed the space between her eyebrows, "There are male servants and female servants walking around here. The number of them is not very large, but I don't know when we will meet them. The servant's weapon is a straight sword and pendulums, while the maids' weapons are pistols and pocket watches. They will attack any non-servant they encounter indiscriminately, and each of them is frighteningly strong."

"What level?"

"I can still run against two or three. If I face five, I can only wait to die. By the way, the treasure I found has been fused, and my current strength should not be bad." Dorian said.

"I'll pay attention, but my friends... Alex came with us, we have to find a way to notify them, right?"

Dorian smiled wryly: "That also requires us to find a way... Time will isolate all communication signals, we don't even know which time period we are in, the time of this mansion seems to have never changed, I have been groping for 30 years I've tried it, and haven't found any correlation to these times. I've tried putting marks on the walls, burning some walls black, everything I can, but they don't show up for any period of time."

Lu Ning thought for a while: "These...what if those servants are cleaning?"

"Then what can I do? They are the guardians of this house, they can manually generate time barriers, they can quickly travel to another time through time jumps, and the damage they receive can be recovered immediately with time flow. Butchers are not so unreasonable." Ok?"

This is indeed a problem.

Lu Ning knew that it was useless for her to worry about her friends, so she could only pray for good luck. Unfortunately, she hit a base, and she could only hope that they would find out about her disappearance as soon as possible.

...In fact, it was quite early, Yan Rong realized that Lu Ning had disappeared almost five seconds after she disappeared.

"Where's Lu Ningren?" She looked around, "Which room did she go into?"

"Didn't enter the room here." Jean was standing in the corridor on the left without moving much, so he was very sure.But no one paid special attention to other directions. The structure of the mansion gave up a lot of space for the rooms, and the narrow corridors also made everyone's vision not wide.

"I remember she was behind me before, as if she was going to go upstairs..." Finally, Liu Yunqing remembered something, "Anyway, she was looking at the stairs, but everyone was looking at other places, I think she must go upstairs I would call everyone to come together, so I didn’t pay special attention.”

"Space isolation?" Lian Bisheng frowned, "Anyway, don't get close to the stairs over there... We will go back to the gate alone to guard the gate. If there is an accident with the people inside, we have to go to the big bishop personally to think about it. Method."

Li Yiju glanced at the people in his team: "Mao Yan, Su Licai, you two go out and guard."

"Brother Li...do you think we are weak?" a young man said immediately.

"Because you are young." Li Yiju said bluntly, "If it is for experience, I will let you accumulate experience, but the situation is unknown now, if you don't take such a big risk here, it won't be worth it if you die."

"It's as if Brother Li and Sister Liu haven't paid enough." The other also spoke, "Although we are young, we are not children anymore, so we can't always accept this kind of care."

"...someone has to get out."

"Then let Sister Yueying go out, her old injury is not completely healed, if we get into a fierce battle, maybe we won't be able to take care of her." The first young man said immediately.

Li Yiju sighed, and glanced at Kong Xiu: "Kong Xiu, you and Jiang Yueying, how about helping us guard?"

"If no one else brings it up, then so be it." Kong Xiu nodded.

The others didn't snatch this. Kong Xiu and Jiang Yueying, whose face was always pale, thanked everyone, walked to the door, and went out safely in the eyes of everyone.After that, Jean raised his arm: "Now, let's see what's weird about this house."

As soon as the voice fell, the Glorious Church was officially launched, and Jean's body also turned into a solemn black bishop's uniform, and the sword in his hand turned into a cross-shaped scepter, and he fell heavily on the ground, and the resounding hymn immediately Played throughout the entire mansion.

"The rhythms of the eighteen locations are distorted." After listening for a while, Ren Xianer immediately made a judgment, "The stairway is also one of the locations, but judging from the rhythm, those locations are moving slowly... It is not ruled out that there are still people I can't find. The hidden means that come out, everyone be careful!"

"Let, lead the way." Yan Rong said.

"Follow me upstairs." Jean walked up another staircase.

At the bottom of a staircase unnoticed by everyone, a manservant in dark green servant clothes suddenly appeared. He listened to the chant in the room, his eyes wide open, his two blue-gray hands He clenched the weapon in his hand.

(End of this chapter)