At night, Blue Lagoon Estate.

When Richard returned, none of the servants in the manor reacted much, because they didn't know what Richard had experienced during the day, and thought that Richard was an ordinary outing, an ordinary return.

Only the butler Galie was slightly excited, knowing that Richard's trip this time was extraordinary, and it was a good result to be able to come back so soon, and he didn't have to worry about the manor being closed. But looking at Richard's solemn face, he didn't dare to show too much excitement on his face, watched Richard enter the study, silently served a cup of hot tea, and then quietly retreated.

Returning to his separate bedroom, after Galie closed the door, his emotions were no longer suppressed, leaning against the door and exhaling, he said with some joy: "Huh, it seems that my housekeeper can continue to do it." ”

After speaking, he thought of something, quickly ran to a desk in the bedroom, took out the account book that he had checked yesterday from the drawer on the side of the desk, put it on the table, and began to check it again by the light of the oil lamp.

Galie decided to cherish the rest of his time and make his steward more competent.

From tomorrow onwards he will learn more words from the oldest groom among the servants. Although the old groom knew the words at most to allow him to identify some signboards and tombstones, they were not up to the level of writing letters, but it was enough. Things have to come step by step, he has to learn all the simple words first, and then find a way to buy a few books to teach himself rhetoric and become a literate person.

In that way, he will be a housekeeper, so that he will not always be weak-hearted.

Thinking of this, Galie looked again at the already rotten bill with excitement and longing.

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In the study.

Richard didn't feel Gare's excitement, nor was he excited at all, and his mood was a little heavy.

After sitting behind the desk for a long time, he slowly picked up the teacup, drank a cup of half-cool honey sweet tea, and thought about Rommel again.

Based on his conversations with Rommel after the battle during the day, he was sure that Rommel had suspected that his identity was not true.

This is normal, after all, according to the identity he provided to the Truth Society before, it is difficult to have such a strong strength, even if it is not faked, there must be some deception.

In this way, even if Rommel said that he would not investigate him, he was still at risk of being exposed and had to be prevented.

Listening to some of Rommel's words and looking at the attitude shown by Rommel, it seems that he wants to win him over, even if he has bad intentions, he wants to use absolute strength to co-opt.

Whether this is genuine or a means of deception is difficult to discern.

It is undeniable that there is a real risk that his current identity is true.

So, do you want to run away?

In addition, one thing that must be recognized is that in the face of Rommel, his strongest hole card has lost its due effect. Even if he uses many world-destroying gloves to attack at any cost, at most he is in a stalemate with the other party, so that the other party cannot attack him, instead of killing the other party.

In this case, once the identity of the person left behind is revealed, it will be dangerous to try to escape.

From this point of view, he should have left.

Rommel offered to take him to Pompey in three days, and the three days before going to Pompeii provided an excellent opportunity to escape. It can allow him to escape from the Southern Free Federation, leave the current sphere of influence of the Truth Society, and go to the Soma Alliance or other places to hide in other places such as the Northern Wilderness, and then the Kingdom of Sika.

It's just that, although it is easy to leave, there are serious problems.

The amount of nuclear materials he has collected through the Shambhala mine is not very large, and even if the mine is fully exploited in the past half month, the amount of nuclear materials mined is only enough to meet the minimum limit for making a nuclear weapon.

You know, this is a theoretical value. In practice, there are many big and small problems. Sometimes, a single mistake or mistake can lead to a certain amount of nuclear material being damaged, contaminated, and unusable.

As a result, the nuclear weapons research and manufacturing program will inevitably be postponed.

In addition, just building a nuclear weapon to study is not quite in line with his research plan. According to his original plan, he was going to build three nuclear weapons of different yields to test separately, so as to eliminate errors and obtain more realistic data.

Once he decided to flee now, the plan would inevitably be unsuccessful, after all, given the scarcity of nuclear materials, it would be difficult for him to find another place like the Shambhala mine for at least a year.

The nuclear weapons research and manufacturing plan is the most important thing he has invested in at present, and it is related to the path he will take in the future, and it cannot be easily changed.

Only by following the plan, through the study of nuclear weapons, and understanding the current state of the microscopic particles of the world, can he determine some basic theories. Only then can we analyze the truth of the world to a large extent and determine how to go after that.

It's like the apple that smashed on the head of the physicist Newton in the story of the earth.

It was with this apple that Newton realized the physical phenomenon of gravity and proposed the three laws of classical mechanics, which led to the development of physics in the following hundreds of years.

Speaking of which, is Apple important? It doesn't matter at all, but without this hint from Apple, without this opportunity, it would have been necessary to put in more effort and take more roads to figure something out.

And the nuclear weapons in his nuclear weapons research and manufacturing plan are equivalent to the apple in the story.

He had to get the apple and throw it out to see if it landed or spiraled into the air to know the nature of the world. In order to further understand why this world has extraordinary powers, and why there are so many similarities and differences with the earth.

In addition, this "apple", in addition to being of great significance to what he is studying, is also a strategic weapon that he envisioned, and can obtain the ability to "flip the table".

Originally, this need was not too critical, but after the use of the world-destroying gloves on Rommel did not achieve the desired effect, it changed.

A weapon can only be regarded as having the power to "flip the table" if it is so powerful that no one can compete with it, and the glove of destroying the world is competent, but now it is gradually outdated, and a more powerful existence is needed to replace it, that is, nuclear weapons.

Only by obtaining nuclear weapons can he no longer fear the harassment of the Truth Society or other organizations, and concentrate on studying things according to his own ideas. Otherwise, even if he succeeds in escaping, he will have to worry about how to deal with the subsequent revenge of the truth, and how to deal with enemies like Rommel, or even stronger than Rommel.

In summary:

Staying is risky, equivalent to operating in "enemy-occupied territory", and once exposed, it is very dangerous. However, if there are risks, there will be benefits, and you can make your own nuclear weapons research and manufacturing plans go smoothly, and in addition, you can learn what the truth of this world is, as Rommel said.

If you leave, there are the same risks, but the risks are relatively small. At the same time, long-term plans can be disrupted, adjustments need to be made, and it is impossible to determine how long it will take to recover.

To put it simply, one is adventurous and the other is conservative, so which one to choose?

Sitting behind his desk, Richard's eyes kept rolling and he hesitated.

After a long time, his eyes froze and he made a decision.

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