Lord of the Mysteries 2: Circle of Inevitability

Hearing Stiano's offer to help, Lumian's thoughts turned quickly and he smiled:

"Thank you so much!"

Stiano took off his backpack and took out one car repair tool after another from it like a magic trick, and opened the hood of the gray car.

Seeing this, Franca couldn't help but wail in her heart:

"Don't!

"Originally, the compensation was only one or two thousand, and you will probably have to pay several thousand after the repair!"

She could guess why Lumian was willing to let Stiano help, because the information provided by the Major Arcana did not include the projection of this high-ranking member of the Steam Church in the Dream City. He seemed unimportant and had nothing to do with the awakening of Mr. "Fool", but he met the team twice by chance, which meant that either there was a destiny arrangement, or he himself had something special. Observing more at the current stage might get useful guidance at a critical moment in the future.

For the "witches", this is both the conclusion of logical reasoning and the result of spiritual intuition. A reminder of the feeling.

"Forget it, this is just a dream, not reality. As long as Mr. 'Fool' believes that the high-level members of the 'God of Steam and Machinery' Church are good at repairing machinery, then Stiano can fix the car..." Franca comforted herself and quietly made ice cubes to dissipate the high temperature that invaded the car.

After a while, Stiano raised his face with a slight yellow beard, avoided his oily palms, pushed down the plain glasses on his nose with the back of his hand, and said to Franca in the car and Lumian outside the car:

"It's fixed. ”

Really? Don’t lie to me… Franca tried it and found that the vehicle could really restart, very smoothly.

Lumian took out a bottle of “Witch Hunter” brand boiled water and provided Stiano with water to wash his hands and tools at the sewer outlet on the side of the road.

After the other party wiped his hands clean and put away the tools, Lumian thanked him again, took out his mobile phone, unlocked the screen, and said with a smile:

“Add WeChat, if you need any help in the future, you can find us, hehe, as long as it is within our ability. ”

Stiano looked at Lumian seriously, smiled and said:

“Okay. ”

He then took out his mobile phone and asked Lumian to add WeChat friends by scanning the code.

After Lumian scanned, he found that the nickname of the other party was "Electric Power and Information Technology".

A strange feeling... Lumian waved goodbye to Stiano, returned to the gray car, and showed this gentleman's WeChat to Janna and others.

Franka glanced at it and said with a smile:

"This nickname is the same as a university course.

"Look through his Moments!"

This is the first non-team member friend Lumian added on WeChat. He completely forgot that Franka mentioned that he could look at Moments to collect information.

He quickly clicked on Stiano's avatar and then went to Moments:

"Today: The professor's understanding of the concept of information is rather biased. Information is also energy, and energy also contains information. One of the essences of every existence is the aggregation of corresponding information.

"Yesterday: I found an old car, and the mechanical beauty intoxicated me.

"August 13: I built a wonderful machine.

"——Friends only show Moments in the past three days——"

"Wonderful machine? "Lumian wondered to himself, "How amazing can it be? As a native of the Dream City, no matter how amazing the machines he creates are, they should not be able to surpass the limitations of the dream itself."

"It does look like a high-ranking member of the Steam Church, and it also shows that he is trying to learn and think after coming into contact with a more advanced civilization. This should be the underlying logic when Mr. 'Fool' subconsciously weaved this image. "Franka said casually as she drove the car back to the road.

In the following time, they observed key targets such as Peng Deng's girlfriend Nie Zhen, Peng Deng's roommate Grisha, and Zhou Mingrui's roommate Mobet.

When it was almost time to get off work, they returned to the building where Peng Deng worked and waited patiently for him to finish his busy day.

Peng Deng appeared at around 6 o'clock in the evening and chose to take the subway back to the Herun community where he rented.

Franka drove Janna and Ludwig to the destination in advance to wait, and Lumian and Anthony followed into the subway station.

Along the way, many women cast their eyes on Lumian, who seemed to be impressed by his handsomeness, and Lumian even made himself look ugly before leaving.

Of course, there were also a few men who were secretly watching.

Peng Deng was focused on his phone and didn't care about the surroundings at all Whether there was a beautiful woman, let alone just an attractive person of the same sex.

"A normal handsome man would not be approached and attract more attention. Unless there is a gimmick, it would not become a hot search or a headline..." Lumian felt relieved.

Anthony beside him was naturally ignored by the people around him.

Thanks to the tracking skills of the "hunter" and the ability of the "witch" to hide in the shadows at any time, Lumian easily followed Peng Deng to the vicinity of Herun Community.

The latter did not go home immediately, but turned to Ankang North Road, walked to the vicinity of Xindu Garden, and entered a restaurant called "Yuzhou Xiaochao".

Lumian looked around and found that Franca rolled down the window and waved to the two of them.

When they got in the car, Franca asked with concern:

"Did you gain anything?"

Lumian shook his head first, and then wondered to himself:

"I want to know what's on his phone now, how can he keep looking at it."

I watched it when I was riding the subway, when I was riding the escalator, and when I was walking.

"You don't understand." Franca sighed.

Janet looked at the "Yuzhou Xiaochao" restaurant, thought for a moment and said:

"This is the restaurant where Mr. Fool and Peng Deng often eat. If we wait a little longer, Mr. Fool might come too.

"Should we observe their interaction?"

Lumian glanced at the sky outside:

"Sure."

In the summer, it will not get dark until after 8 pm in this dream city.

Janet said "hmm":

"Then I'll buy Ludwig a roast duck, so he won't keep complaining about being hungry."

She had just found dinner for Ludwig. The "Fruitwood Roast Duck" restaurant on the same side of the vehicle had a paper with the words "30 yuan per duck" posted on it.

Lumian looked at Ludwig, who had suspicious liquid dripping from the corner of his mouth, and said with a smile:

"Two, let's try them too. "

Time passed by minute by minute. Lumian and others had tasted roast duck and steamed buns, but they still did not wait for Mr. Fool's dream incarnation Zhou Mingrui. Peng Deng had finished his meal and returned to the direction of Herun Community.

"Mr. Fool, would you like to change your taste tonight?" Franka dipped the last piece of duck wrapped in dough into sweet noodle sauce and handed it to her mouth.

Gulp!

She heard the obvious sound of swallowing saliva.

Glancing at Ludwig's eager face, Franka said "Ah" and handed the food in her hand over.

Lumian retracted his gaze from the window:

"Maybe he went to do something else. I didn't see him return to Xindu Garden."

"Continue to follow?" Janna pointed at Peng Deng's back.

Lumian shook his head:

"It's getting dark. If we follow him again, there will be accidents. ”

Franka agreed:

“The Major Arcana also mentioned that one of the most likely signs of Peng Deng’s problems is that he has never met Mr. Fool, that is, Zhou Mingrui, after dark.

“They are childhood friends, and it is normal for them to have a midnight snack and watch a movie together. Mr. Fool has invited him many times, and Peng Deng himself has also invited Mr. Fool, but in the end they were unable to get together. Every time, Peng Deng had something to do, his girlfriend didn’t allow him, or his girlfriend suddenly fell ill, or the guy who shared the house broke the door lock, so he had to wait for the locksmith to open the door...

“When they chose to have dinner and play during the day, they were successful, and the girlfriend who always hindered Peng Deng would occasionally participate.”

“Combined with the magic mirror’s reminder of ‘Be careful at night’, these details seem very strange.” Lumian said “hmm”.

Back to the rental house.

Seeing Lumian looking at the increasingly dark sky outside and lost in thought, Franka asked curiously:

“What are you thinking about? "

"I want to go out tonight and move around like a normal person to see if I will encounter any more anomalies and problems." Lumian said carefully.

He wanted to test the boundaries of the "night problem" before officially contacting Zhou Mingrui tomorrow afternoon.

--They didn't go out last night, everything was normal.

"Like normal people..." Franca's eyes turned slightly, and she smiled and said to Lumian and Janna, "Let's go to the movies!"

Lumian and others already knew the concept of movies and were curious about it, so Franca's proposal was unanimously approved.

Franka immediately smiled like a fox who stole a hen:

"Let's go to another mall, and we can scratch some lottery tickets. Won't we have money for movie tickets and popcorn tonight? "

We can't go to the same store, or we'll get noticed!

When Ludwig, who was originally uninterested, heard the word "popcorn", his eyes suddenly lit up.

…………

In another shopping mall.

After winning more than 2,000 yuan in prize money, Franka led her teammates to the cinema on the fourth floor with satisfaction.

When they passed the third floor, they saw a long line in front of a bookstore with a very petty bourgeoisie style.

"Book signing event?" Franka, who came to the Dream City, was curious about everything and interested in everything. She pulled Janna over to see which author it was.

"The queen of romance... a salted fish without dreams... the original author of the Great Pirate series..." Franka read out the keywords on the roll-up banner.

"This pen name is so strange." Janna expressed her feelings.

Franka smiled and said:

"This can only be regarded as ordinary strangeness. I'll download it for you later and let you see that the pen names of those online authors are stranger than each other! "

While speaking, Franca stood on tiptoe and looked at the author who was signing books. Lumian walked beside her and also cast his eyes into the bookstore.

A few seconds later, as the author raised his head, the expressions of Lumian and Franca froze at the same time.

"What's wrong?" Janna noticed their abnormality.

Franka replied with a strange look on her face:

"I shouldn't be dazzled...

"How can she be the queen of romance..."

"Who?" Janna asked puzzledly.

"Ms. 'Magician'." The one who answered Janna's question was Lumian, who lowered his voice.