The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

According to the time recorded in the book, thick fog should have formed in the forest now. Although it is not the time when the dense fog is the strongest, in terms of danger, it is more than ten times higher than a few days ago. There was also a lot of tension inside, and the city guards had already begun to send people to patrol the city walls.

If Leo wants to go out of the city to hunt down the dream spirits, it will be very important to know in advance what kind of dream spirits he will encounter, what method to use to solve them the fastest, etc., and in Peter Alcott's study There should be the books he needs.

At this time, Leo began to pay attention to Peter Alcott's collection of books. When he handed him the key to the house, Peter Alcott emphasized his collection of books in his words, which shows that he cares about the books in his study. The richness is very confident.

In fact, Leo also felt that Peter Alcott's self-confidence was not aimless. There were two other study rooms like this in this apartment building. The books in the study rooms corresponded to the mechanics and mysticism of this world respectively. The number of books in each study room is not very large. A rough calculation shows that there are about a thousand books, but each book is a palm-wide tome. Based on his experience in purchasing books in the past few days, it can be found that these The content of the book probably covers all aspects of the entire dream world.

Although there are many traces of flipping through each book, the pages and covers are very new. It can be seen from the degree of newness that these books are not originals, but copies printed separately.

Although they are just copies of books, the value of these books is not low at all. According to Leo's experience in the past two days, the books in each study room are enough to make any book dealer earn a fortune.

Putting such a valuable book in an empty house in an urban area like the 23rd district, it can be seen that Peter Alcott is very confident in the mechanism and facilities in his house. This can be seen from some imperceptible blood stains on the ground It can be seen that many people have become the prey of falling into the trap.

Leo can be sure that if he didn't use the key to open the door, then at this moment he will also face the endless traps in the house, just like when he pulls a species classification album from the bookshelf, there are at least five traps. The deadly mechanism was aimed at him.

Leo knew very well that all the deadly weapons in this building had deactivated their activation devices when he inserted the key, so he didn't pay attention to these weapons, but focused all his attention on the books in front of him.

Just like the books purchased these days, Leo did not study the books in the room carefully, but swallowed them whole, and quickly collected all the books into the sub-brain database.

When the golden area representing the activity period was lit up on the time ring of Seventh Lake Town, the silent city also began to become noisy, and Leo also spent nearly a night to clean up all the harmony in this study. Books related to pharmaceuticals and medicines are all recorded in the database.

Leo did not continue to record the materials in the other two study rooms, not because he was too tired and needed to rest, but because other unexpected things interrupted him.

Not long after the golden light of the activity period was lit, someone knocked on the door. When Sophie downstairs went to open the door, Leo had already checked the situation in the upstairs room with the spirit net.

He found that the person who knocked on the door downstairs was a young man dressed in the uniform of a city guard officer. This person had obvious traces of ancestral status, but it was only because his ancestral status was perfectly integrated with his thick long hair. Together, it is difficult for ordinary people to distinguish, and most of them will regard him as an ordinary person.

Although this young man tried his best to imitate the nobleman's posture, some of his detailed movements revealed that he should be born in the market. However, it can also be seen from this that this person's ability to do things may be very unusual, otherwise it would be impossible to occupy a place in the officer system controlled by the nobles at such a young age.

"Who are you?" When Sophie opened the door, the young man was habitually preparing to go in, but when he saw a stranger who opened the door, he stopped and asked.

"I, I'm Sophie." Sophie looked at the city guard officer a little timidly. To her, a city guard is already a big shot, let alone an officer, so she was a little shy and timid when she spoke. .

The young man looked at Sophie carefully. Although Sophie's messy hair hadn't been combed and cut, she had already changed into a maid costume stored in the servant's room downstairs. So after looking at Sophie, the young man asked Said: "Are you a maid hired by Peter?"

"Peter?" Hearing a strange name, Sophie was stunned, then shook her head quickly, and said, "No, no! I am Mr. Dodd's maid, and the person who lives here is not the Peter you mentioned. You may have found the wrong one. place."

Hearing this, the young man couldn't help but frowned, and the expression on his face became serious, muttering: "What the hell is this guy doing? He disappeared and gave up the house to other people?"

"Sophie, please come up this gentleman." At this moment, Leo's voice came down from the corridor.

Hearing this, Sophie stepped aside slightly, while the young man frowned, hesitated for a while, then walked upstairs, and soon came to the study. When he saw Leo, there was a look of doubt in his eyes, but he didn't have the disgusted look of other people after seeing a special skin color.

I saw that the young man looked at Leo, and asked in a deep voice: "Who is your Excellency? Why do you live here?"

Leo had no intention of causing trouble, so he replied very cooperatively: "My name is Leo Dodd, and I am a businessman. I should be a collaborator with Peter. Peter has given me this house for the time being."

"Leo Dodd?" The young man obviously felt a little unfamiliar with Leo's surname, and his face was blank, but he seemed to think of something soon, and said, "You are the one who acquired Leo in the 33rd district these few days. The foreign trader who suffers from black skin disease in the book?"

"Yes." Leo nodded.

The young man was silent for a while, and then asked directly: "Since you are Peter's collaborator, please tell me, how can I find Peter?"

Leo shook his head and said, "Sorry, I don't know, if he wants to see you, he will naturally go to you."

The young man seemed a little disappointed. When he was about to turn around and leave, he inadvertently saw Leo placed on the table. He had just recorded a book in the sub-brain database. The expression on his face changed immediately, and he asked Leo : "Do you know decomposition?"

"Decomposition?" Leo was stunned for a while, followed the eyes and scanned the books on the table. After seeing the title on the cover, he quickly understood that the decomposition mentioned by the young man was actually anatomy, so he nodded. Said: "Understand a little."

"Very good!" The young man immediately became happy, and then said to Leo very seriously: "Mr. Leo Dodd, I am now extending an invitation to you as the chief of the city's security, and I hope you can assist us in handling a case." .”

"I can assist," Leo thought for a moment, then nodded and agreed to the young man's request, "However, shouldn't you introduce yourself first?"

"Ah? Didn't I introduce myself just now?" The young man was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it, he realized that he really hadn't introduced himself, so he said awkwardly, "Sorry! I'm a bit busy with recent events. He was so busy that he even forgot the general etiquette." He straightened his clothes, puffed out his chest, raised his head proudly, and said, "I am the Security Bureau of the 23rd District, Seventh Lake Township. Chief Marek."

Leo asked in a deep voice: "Director Marek, since I have agreed to assist you in handling the case, can you disclose some details of the case now, and what else do I need to do?"

"Mr. Dodd, you must have heard of this case. It is the murders that happened in this city recently." Marek said solemnly: "The same murder happened again last night, but this time it was a Noble, and a direct nobleman with the right to inherit in the Nowitzki family, I need you to identify the victim's body and find out the cause of his death and other clues."

Hearing that the other party wanted to do forensic work by himself, Leo couldn't help being a little curious, and asked, "Director Marek, how do you know that I know how to identify corpses?"

Marek pointed to the open book on the table that hadn't been put away, and said: "People who are not proficient in decomposition cannot understand this kind of professional book, and with Peter's character, if it is not with him It is impossible for people with the same interest to become friends with him, let alone let him entrust this house to you."

Leo asked: "Did Peter often help you identify corpses before?"

"Yes! He should be regarded as a special advisor to our Security Bureau." Marek seemed to have misunderstood Leo's meaning after he explained, and added: "Don't worry, as long as your appraisal results are helpful for us to solve the case." Help, we will definitely give you enough rewards, and we won’t make your work in vain.”

"So that's how it is." Leo didn't care about Marek's misunderstanding, smiled, and said, "In this case, please go downstairs and wait a while. After I prepare some tools, I will let you go there."

Marek thanked him, stood up, and went downstairs.

After Marek went downstairs, Leo walked to the desk and saw the leather box on the ground. After opening the box, he looked at the various anatomical tools that had been checked with the spirit net. His expression gradually became serious.

When he was in the Yushi District of Miria City, Leo met Peter Alcott when he was a child. At that time, he remembered that he could predict what would happen to Leo in the future, so this incident is definitely not accidental. From what he said when he was given the keys, it was not difficult to see that he was talking about what was happening now.

"Can he see the future?" Leo said to himself.

In the Earth Federation, some psykers whose life forms have entered the Omega level can more or less see some future fantasies through psychic powers. The future in these fantasies may not necessarily come true, so some people think that these psykers see It's just one of countless timelines in the future.

Therefore, most of the civilizations in the universe at that time only used these future predictions as reference data and did not think it was very important.

However, judging from the two situations Leo encountered, the ability to predict the future demonstrated by Peter Alcott is completely different from those psykers who have advanced to the great life, and the future he predicted seems to be able to come true.

However, Leo also found that the future that Peter Alcott can see seems to be fragmented, because if Peter Alcott can see the complete picture of the future, then he will definitely see it when he is given the key. , referring to the matter of pharmaceuticals.

But now Peter Alcott did not mention the matter of pharmaceuticals, but only mentioned books and tools. Obviously, these two hints were clearly aimed at the books spread out on the table and the box of anatomy tools in front of him.

Moreover, this ability of Peter Alcott should also have limitations. He should not be able to control what he sees and how much he sees. status.

Thinking of this, Leo's slightly frowned brows gradually loosened, and without thinking too much, he picked up the suitcase on the table and went downstairs.

After arriving downstairs, Leo asked Marek to wait, then walked to the servant's room next to him, took a key from the key cabinet in the servant's room, handed it to Sophie, and said, "If you come back from outside, take the key." This key will open the door. Prepare some food, not too much, and don’t go upstairs.”

"Okay, sir." Sophie quickly took the key and replied.

Because her body was washed clean, she put on suitable clothes, the makeup on her face was sorted out a little bit, and she ate some food, her body recovered, so Sophie's complexion looked much better than yesterday, And her slightly restored appearance at the moment also made Leo understand why he had such a strong sympathy yesterday, even so strong that it affected his choice.

Because Sophie's appearance is very similar to her first love in her current body.

"Sir, is there anything dirty on my face?" Seeing Leo staring at her face with a strange look, Sophie quickly wiped her face and asked.

Leo withdrew his gaze, adjusted his emotions, and said, "It's nothing, let's tidy up your hair today!"

After finishing speaking, he turned around and left the room, motioned to Marek who was waiting at the door, followed one by one, and quickly disappeared into the alley.

As time entered the activity period, the color of the street lights on the main streets of the city also turned golden yellow, and more people came and went on the streets. Some small vendors selling daily necessities were also placed on the streets, making the original The less spacious streets become narrower.

Perhaps because of Marek's uniform, the two of them walked smoothly along the way. It took about half an hour for the two of them to cross almost the entire 23rd district before reaching the 23rd district. Security Bureau.