mtlumby2d Chapter 549 I have never seen such a youthful
Chapter 549 I have never seen such a youthful
Lloyd then followed his future father-in-law to meet the experts he had invited. Via originally wanted to go with him, but her father asked her to stay in the room for safety reasons.
Wei Ya had no choice but to watch them go out, waving her hands non-stop, feeling like a newlywed wife watching her husband go to the front line...
As they walked along, Lloyd couldn't remember how many corridors and gardens they passed through. He didn't say much, but just kept looking left and right, frowning secretly.
As a result, even this slight reaction was keenly captured by the future father-in-law, who then asked:
"What's wrong? Don't you like the view from home?"
He actually used the word 'home' directly instead of 'our home' or something like that...
Lloyd scratched his head and explained very implicitly:
"Not really. The scenery is naturally beautiful, but it's a little big. However..."
"But what? The atmosphere is depressing? Like a cage?"
"Uh……"
Lloyd hesitated and quickly added to his mind what he was embarrassed to say:
You said this yourself, I didn't say anything...
"In fact, I didn't expect you to come here suddenly today, and you didn't even go through the main entrance... Otherwise, I might have considered asking someone to adjust the intensity of the ritual."
The future father-in-law explained unhappily.
Lloyd was also a little embarrassed, and quickly changed the subject and asked:
"Hiss... There are so many rituals here. Is it necessary to be so strict?"
The future father-in-law shook his head and said helplessly:
"Personally, I think it's unnecessary. I also think that doing so will make the atmosphere solemn and depressing. But Wei Ya should have told you about our family's situation. It's quite complicated... Then as a leader, I have to consider it more."
Lloyd quickly offered a compliment:
"That's true... But then again, such a large-scale and extensive ritual must cost a lot of money. Ordinary people can't even use it if they want to."
"Come on, the wealth among mortals is probably not worth your attention, right? Besides, the cost of these things is actually not that high... I don't know if Wei Ya has told you that our family's main external business is private security, gardening design, and artistic decoration."
"Well... she didn't say much about it. In fact, when we were together, she rarely mentioned the situation at home. She said she didn't want to put too much pressure on me."
"Alas... my daughter is indeed raised by someone else..."
"Ahem... By the way, how come I didn't see anyone else in the family along the way?"
"They were all ordered to stay in their rooms. This was the advice of the security advisory group... Just before you came here, two disobedient kids left the house without permission. As a result, one of them rolled from the third floor to the basement and broke his head. The other fell into this lake and almost lost his life..."
"This is indeed a bit dangerous..."
"There are more details. You can discuss them with the advisory team later."
The father-in-law and son-in-law chatted for almost half an hour before they finally arrived at the center of the "park" -
A beautiful and quiet little lake.
The future father-in-law had rushed from here to the small villa where Viya lived. It was because of this long enough distance and time that Lloyd had the opportunity to get close to her.
So Lloyd had originally thought about helping to set up a space passage to facilitate transportation, just as a gift for his son-in-law. But then he changed his mind and decided to forget about it today in order to make it easier for him to tear down the courtyard wall in the future...
By the lake, there stood a lonely little house that looked like a fishing hut. The future father-in-law took Lloyd inside and knocked on a specific spot on the wall at a specific frequency. Then, the wooden floor made a sound of metal friction and gear rotation, extending to the left and right, revealing a downward staircase.
Lloyd was stunned and asked quickly:
"Is this... the family secret room? Can I go in?"
"Then why did I bring you here?"
The future father-in-law asked back unhappily and took him inside.
Lloyd thought that this place would be a dark and humid "doomsday shelter" style, but it turned out to be an "underwater world" style? It was like being in an aquarium, walking in a transparent passage under the water, and seeing fish and crabs scurrying around.
After passing through this transparent passage, they came to a three-story building at the bottom of the lake. The style from the outside looked like some kind of mysterious research institute, but when they walked in, they found that it was a serious club style, somewhat similar to the one that Lloyd joined.
"When it comes to blocking prying eyes, water is more reliable than the methods used by you extraordinary people."
The future father-in-law explained.
"This is indeed... Even if you use inspiration to peek, it is easy to cause blur and distortion due to the barrier of liquid."
Lloyd nodded and added in his mind:
But ordinary people can't play with you being so extravagant and fancy, actually building an extraordinary club at the bottom of the lake...
As he spoke, he looked towards the lobby of the 'club' again.
The place was already in a mess, with all kinds of instruments, meters, and indicator lights piled up. A dozen people were divided into two groups, one group was operating various instruments, as if they were collecting some kind of readings; the other group was discussing something loudly.
Among them was an old man with gray hair and beard, who looked quite respectable. When he noticed Lloyd and his son-in-law approaching, he said angrily:
"My Lord! Where did you go just now? Didn't I warn you specifically? Now your every move may bring unknown dangers. How could you sneak away without telling us?"
The future father-in-law was a little embarrassed by this questioning, and a flash of shame flashed across his face, but he immediately showed his inherent talent as a fallen noble and said to himself:
"Everyone, this is my daughter's friend, Lloyd from Mitzkatok."
As soon as these words were spoken, those who were operating the instruments or discussing stopped one after another, and turned their heads to look at Lloyd.
These people have different expressions in their eyes, some are curious, some are surprised, some are envious, some are confused, and some are even sympathetic and mocking?
Although the future father-in-law's remarks were rather subtle, saying only that he was 'my daughter's friend', if he was really just a friend, how could he be brought to this place?
So there is no need to be too blunt, as everyone already knows what the relationship between Lloyd and Via is.
On the other hand, the respected old man was obviously more concerned about the statement "from Mitzikatok". The first thing he saw when he looked at Lloyd was his collar. It was obvious that he was more knowledgeable.
However, Lloyd went out twice today, both times he went back to his own home in various senses, so there was naturally no need for him to bring any collar clips or medals, and the old man opposite him would definitely not have found anything.
But he didn't say anything. Perhaps because Lloyd was still very young and good-looking, he nodded approvingly and said:
"Since you are a student of Mitzikatok and you are also very handsome, then there is no problem. Come here."
Since the other party was very friendly, Lloyd would definitely be very polite and take the initiative to introduce himself:
"Nice to meet you~ My name is Lloyd."
By the way, I also launched the [Detection] to see what the other party is like.
Wow, all three attributes are '? ? ', only [Inspiration] is a little low, only more than 2500 points, it must be the eighth level.
But the rank is not the most common [Veto] in the Brilliant City, but rather the [Command] series?
This couldn't help but give Lloyd a little stress. Even with a big shot of this level in charge, he couldn't solve the problem. It seemed that the situation was really tricky.
The old man on the opposite side continued:
"You can just call me Old York, the York from York Town outside the city. Your father-in-law... no, your Uncle Rand and I are old acquaintances. I also watched that little girl Weiya grow up. At present, I am fully responsible for the abnormal situation in his family."
Seeing that the two of them had already established a connection, the future father-in-law no longer acted as a layman directing the experts, and quietly stepped aside, found a sofa to sit down, and then began to rub his face constantly. Under the cover of his hands, his face finally revealed the fatigue that he had been hiding for a long time.
He was still under a lot of pressure, but he didn't show it in front of his future son-in-law. He kept trying to look as if he was in good shape.
Lloyd also skipped the routine greetings. Old York pointed at the instruments around him and asked directly:
"Have you seen these?"
"Um……"
Lloyd did not answer directly, but looked at it carefully before answering:
"I've only seen similar ones. These should be used for monitoring and remote control rituals, right?"
He actually wanted to say that he had seen more advanced and high-end ones. There were many such things in the academy, especially in the place of that unreliable Professor Toledo. The 'Palu' he earned was responsible for all these devices.
But I have never seen this kind of 'youth' version before...
"Yes, it's mainly monitoring equipment. Since you know it, it can save some effort... Let me briefly talk about the progress. We have indeed captured something, which may be related to the strange accident of the Rand family, but we can't identify it for the time being. Do you want to give it a try?"
As Old York spoke, he pointed to the largest instrument in the room. It was equipped with several large, colorful test tubes, like a rainbow. The various colored liquids inside boiled up and down from time to time, and then the machine below would spit out a thin, long paper tape like a telegram.
There were some holes punched on the paper tape, which seemed to have some meaning, but the scholar who was responsible for recording it was scratching his head and could only write down the distribution of the holes.
After noticing Lloyd approaching, the scholar took the initiative to hand over the notebook in his hand and asked with a smile:
"I wonder how you people in Mitzkatok would interpret this...signal? Or frequency?"
Lloyd took it and flipped through it, but was completely confused.
It was not known whether these records themselves were not capable of interpretation, or whether the instruments were simply too youthful. In any case, he had never come across such records in the academy.
Similar equipment in the space department records data directly on the light curtain, and various readings are clear at a glance.
The slightly inferior Toledo has one less light screen, but it still has all the necessary waveforms, readings, tree diagrams, etc., so it doesn't need to count the holes.
The Book of Truth in his mind didn't react, and the panel was completely silent, so Lloyd didn't try to be brave, but shook his head frankly and replied:
"Sorry, I don't quite understand it either."
"Well... this incident is indeed quite mysterious and tricky. We have been struggling for several days to decipher these signals."
The scholar inevitably said this with some disappointment, and pointed to another group of people who were in charge of the discussion and gave a brief introduction:
"There are scholars from the Holy Court, cryptography experts, and pioneers of mysticism present... plus you from Mitzkatok, but there is no effective conclusion..."
At this time, someone in the discussion group next to him heard what was said here and immediately said unhappily:
"So I still stick to my previous judgment. These signals are meaningless. They may be some very natural reactions, or they may be the random operation of the machine... So I really can't understand why you are all staring at these holes?"
These words naturally attracted objections in the discussion group:
"But apart from these abnormal signals, we haven't found anything else. Moreover, these signals have been significantly enhanced since yesterday and have become more frequent, which corresponds to the accidents that occurred from last night to this morning. That's why we think this is meaningful and the only direction we can find."
"So what? Even if your direction is correct, no one can interpret it, right? Even the people from Mitzkatok are helpless, so our persistence is naturally meaningless..."
"That's not the case. Mitzkatok is the most mysterious school in the world. They are definitely capable of solving it. It's just that... Miss Weiya's friend is still very young. This doesn't mean anything."
"Stop arguing, stop arguing, and continue to verify the idea I proposed earlier... Sometimes I don't understand you. Why do you always have such high expectations for an academic institution that doesn't care about worldly affairs?"
"Yes, let's be pragmatic."
Lloyd listened to this meaningless quarrel and was at a loss whether to laugh or cry for a moment.
He did not rush to speak, but thought carefully before asking:
"Have you ever heard of a new monster with a danger level of 10?"