The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

"Leo Dodd, you..." Baron Maupassant was startled after his identity was revealed, but after he saw the true face of the hider, the shock in his heart became even stronger, and he was speechless for a long time, until Lei When Ou walked up to him, he said something inexplicably, "Your clothes are so ugly!"

Hearing Baron de Maupassant's words, Leo couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and he didn't expect Baron de Maupassant to say such a sentence suddenly. Afterwards, he looked down at the very inappropriate set of clothes on his body, couldn't help but smiled, and said, "This is someone else's clothes, and they really don't fit very well."

Although Baron Maupassant couldn't see his expression with the mask on, it is not difficult to see from the movement of the mask that he is now taking a deep breath to calm the violent fluctuations in his heart, and then he heard him say in the calmest tone possible: " This is not a place to talk, let's leave first!"

After finishing speaking, he didn't care whether Leo planned to leave, just lowered his body, raised a corner of the door curtain, and got out.

Although Leo still wanted to stay in the tent and study the metal fragments, he finally chose to cooperate with Baron de Maupassant. He also lowered his body, stretched out his hand and drew a Turing character on the shadow beside him, pulling out part of the shadow and covering it body, got out of the tent, merged into the darkness, followed the route that Baron de Maupassant left, avoided the guarding soldiers, and came to the edge of the barracks.

Then, he saw Baron de Maupassant standing next to a brazier and making a few gestures towards a watchtower in the security zone of the barracks, followed by ignoring the fires in the security zone, leading Leo directly to the outside of the barracks, and observing The imperial soldiers on the tower seemed to be blindfolded, turning a blind eye to Baron de Maupassant and Leo.

The two easily left the heavily guarded camp and entered the woods. Baron de Maupassant did not stop, but led Leo to move quickly in the woods until they turned over a hill and stopped in front of a boulder .

I saw that Baron Maupassant reached out and knocked on the stone twice, and the stone immediately cracked a door and a staircase extending downward, and then he led Leo to this hidden secret base.

The area of ​​this secret base is not large, but the interior is very detailed. Each room with different functions is separated by simple wooden boards, and a lamp made of special fluorescent liquid is hung on the top, which also makes the underground base It doesn't look dark inside.

At this moment, there are seven or eight people gathered in this underground base. They are all wearing unremarkable civilian clothes, but it is not difficult to see from their temperament that they are all battle-tested fighters.

Among these people, a bearded man saw the figure of Baron Maupassant, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and asked, "Why did you come back so soon, didn't you..."

While talking, he quickly found a stranger in extremely ill-fitting clothes behind Baron de Maupassant, which made him stop asking immediately, and instinctively put his hand on the weapon at his waist.

Others in the room also noticed the abnormality, and they all stopped their work, and put their hands on the weapons beside them, ready to attack at any time.

"Don't be nervous, this is one of our own." Baron de Maupassant raised his hand to signal to everyone, then handed the cylinder to the big man, and said, "File the contents inside and send them back to Lanxi together with the last information. The excavation work is coming to an end, there is nothing new, and I have received information that the hound will be transferred from the north, with his ability, our base may not be able to keep, we should evacuate as soon as possible!"

"I see." The big man took the cylinder, although he still kept a vigilant attitude towards Leo, but his hand was removed from the weapon, and the others ignored Leo.

"Come with me." Baron Maupassant said to Leo, and then led Leo to the innermost room.

After entering the room, Leo looked at the simple arrangement of a table and two stools in the room, and said with a smile, "Are you going to interrogate me?"

"I dare not." Baron de Maupassant pointed to one of the chairs and motioned for Leo to sit there, then took off his hood and goggles, revealing his exquisite face and iconic mustache, and walked to the corner of the room. In front of the small wine cabinet, he asked, "What would you like to drink?"

"Just give me a glass of water." Leo sat on the chair and responded.

Baron de Maupassant got Leo a glass of water when he heard the words, and he took out a bottle of strong alcohol that looked strong, got a glass for himself, took a drink first, then got another glass, and then took two The cup came to Leo, put the water cup in front of Leo, and sat on the table next to Leo.

"You are..." Baron de Maupassant asked, but changed his words halfway, and said, "When did you come out?"

"Yesterday." Leo replied truthfully, and then smiled: "Don't you want to know about No. 9 Golden Oak Street?"

Baron de Maupassant shook his head and said, "No. 9 Golden Oak Street has been destroyed. Even knowing your experience is useless."

"Nine Golden Oak Street is ruined?" Leo was a little surprised.

"You don't know?" As soon as the words were spoken, Baron Maupassant realized that he had asked a stupid question, then took a sip of wine, concealed his emotions, and said, "A month after you entered there, No. 9 Golden Oak Street Inexplicably, a fire ignited, and the entire villa was burned to ashes."

Leo immediately questioned: "Impossible! It is impossible to catch fire there, and it is even more impossible for the building to burn to ashes."

"I know this too. In fact, many people know it, but it really happened." Baron de Maupassant looked at Leo and said, "I went to the scene after the accident, and it was indeed destroyed."

Leo knew that what Baron de Maupassant said was destroyed was not just the buildings there, but that the power covering that building and that area had disappeared. The people there are sent to the dream world.

Although Leo has not gone to the scene to check the situation, and there is no relevant evidence, he feels that the power of No. 9 on Golden Oak Street will disappear, and it may have something to do with him.

At this time, Baron de Maupassant said in a low voice again: "I and others thought you would never come out again." He paused for a while, and finally couldn't help the curiosity in his heart, and asked: "Nine Golden Oak Street What exactly is in the account? Can you tell me?"

"It's not something that can't be said," Leo said truthfully without hiding anything: "No. 9 Golden Oak Street is an entrance, and everyone who enters it will be sent to a new world, which is a world made up of gods and dreams. , although I have not found much evidence now, but I think the god who created that world should be the night god, one of the ancient gods of Velen."

"Night God?" Baron Maupassant was also stunned by the answer Leo gave. He didn't expect that this matter would be related to the gods, which made him not know what to ask next.

Leo said calmly: "You should not be unfamiliar with the gods. Wasn't there an evil god's eye of truth that was banned in that lake before?" He then asked in a timely manner: "Speaking of which, I am very curious. , Who poached the banned Eye of Truth, and how did it go away?"

Baron de Maupassant did not dwell on the issues of the ancient gods and the dream world. Instead, he turned his attention to the current issue and said, "Your question is also my question, and I would like to know the answer."

"How do you say that?" Leo was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Aren't you the ones who stole the body of the real eye?"

"Us?" Baron de Maupassant looked at Leo in confusion.

"School of Abnormalities." Leo said his previous guess.

"It wasn't us, we were one step late." Baron de Maupassant shook his head and said, "Actually, when the accident happened at No. When looking, the subterranean stuff has disappeared, leaving only a lake formed by a huge pothole."

Hearing Baron Maupassant's words, Leo immediately noticed it, and asked in a deep voice: "From what you said, the disappearance of the Eye of Truth and the burning of No. 9 on Golden Oak Street happened very close together."

"Yes." Baron de Maupassant obviously knew what Leo was suspecting, and added: "Many people have investigated this matter, and there is no direct relationship between the two, it's just a coincidence. If a pothole the size of a lake is dug, then there is no need to use burning methods to solve No. 9 Golden Oak Street, just dig the entire piece of land away."

"You make sense." Leo nodded, seeming to agree with Baron de Maupassant's statement, but in fact he felt that the two must be related.

Leo, who just couldn't figure out the reason, could only temporarily put this matter aside, and continue to investigate these two matters after finding other suitable evidence and materials.

Afterwards, he asked Baron Maupassant: "Since the lake was formed so early, you should have done some exploration inside the lake, and you must have fished out a lot of things from the bottom of the lake. Now why do you pay attention to that one again?" lake?"

"At that time, the Odd Society didn't explore the lake. I had other things to do and I wasn't officially a member of the Odd Society, so I didn't participate," Baron de Maupassant explained: "I didn't know what happened later, Several members of the Hearing Society who were in charge of the excavation fell out, and each left with some of the excavated items. This time, the French Empire will send a large number of people to carry out the excavation, because the excavated items in the hands of one of the members fell into the royal family of the French Empire. In the hands of the dean of the college, there is news that he has met with Louis, claiming that the mystery of the ancient gods is buried here, we don't want to..." He paused for a while, and said: "By the way, I forgot what you think about now The current situation is still not understood, we and the French Empire..."

Leo interrupted Baron Maupassant's narration and said, "Needless to say, I have a little understanding of the situation in West France. It seems that you are from the United Kingdom of France, right?"

Baron de Maupassant nodded, and added: "I am an earl now."

"Congratulations." Leo congratulated somewhat flatly.

I don't know why both sides lost interest in talking at this time, the room became quiet, and the atmosphere was a little awkward.

Finally, Earl Maupassant broke the silence and said, "Wait a minute, I will change my clothes."

After finishing speaking, he turned and left the room, and went to the single bedroom next door.

Because each room is separated by wooden boards, there is almost no insulation effect on the sound. Even ordinary people can hear the sound of the next room, not to mention that Leo's hearing has been greatly improved, and the sound he hears is even worse. Incomparably clear.

During the process of changing clothes, Earl Maupassant also changed back to Sylvia Belmont, and seemed to be in a very good mood at the moment, humming a brisk song while changing clothes. And her actions obviously attracted the attention of other people outside the cubicle. Even though those people were in awe of Sylvia, they couldn't help but get together and discuss in a low voice what happened to her.

When the sound of changing clothes in the cubicle disappeared, Sylvia walked out of the cubicle. Those who saw Sylvia's dress first couldn't help but hold their breath, and Leo, who was already prepared, walked out of the cubicle. After the door of the room was opened, she couldn't help but feel a little lost when she saw Sylvia.

Leo has seen the Lady of the Lake in the dream world. Although it is unclear whether the Lady of the Lake is the Lady of the Lake in the Velen World, her appearance is definitely the appearance of a goddess in everyone's mind, and now Leo sees The Sylvia who arrived also gave him the same feeling, at least standing with the lady in the lake, her appearance and temperament are definitely not inferior.

"Your appearance is comparable to that of the lady in the lake!" Leo came back to his senses and said truthfully.

"Thank you for your compliment." Sylvia thought it was Leo's compliment, and a happy smile appeared on her face.

"I'm not flattering you." Leo knew exactly what Sylvia was thinking, so he slightly emphasized the tone of some words, and said, "I'm telling the truth, your current appearance and temperament are really comparable to those in the lake. Ladies on par."

Sylvia was stunned, and quickly thought of something from Leo's accentuated vocabulary. She turned and closed the door, and drew a few circles with her fingers on a metal plate with the roots of Turing beside the door, driving the metal plate The psychic energy in it diffused and enveloped the entire room.

For the women in the Vinylon world, the lady in the lake is the dream of every lady. All kinds of legends about the lady in the lake have become pillow stories about the little things of the women in the Vinylon world, and Sylvia is no exception. . When she heard Leo say that she had seen the lady in the lake, she didn't suspect that Leo was lying, but asked curiously like a little girl: "Have you seen the lady in the lake, is it true?" Ms. Zhong? In the world created by Night God's dream?"

Leo satisfied Sylvia's curiosity, and said: "I did see the Lady of the Lake there, but that Lady of the Lake is not the same as the Lady of the Lake in the legend of Velen World, I guess that It should be the projection of the lady in the lake in the dream."