When Mu Lan and Lin Yiyi arrived at the Newport City Museum, it was already 6 o'clock in the afternoon, and the museum's reception time had ended, but a glimmer of light could be seen in the crack of the door, and the staff should not have left work yet.

Mu Lan knocked on the door, but no one came to open it,

She slapped it a few more times, and it was a few minutes before footsteps came from far and near, and the sound was a little hurried, and then the heavy mahogany door was opened, and the doorman, with a key at his waist and a small felt hat on his head, stopped her

"It's closed, come back tomorrow!"

Mu Lan stopped in front of him, unhurriedly took out the employment contract he was carrying, and said politely: "I want to find Leonard, he asked us over." ”

"Professor Leonard?" The doorman glanced at Mu Lan in some surprise, then took the contract, saw Leonard's name clearly through the light, frowned and muttered:

"Weirdos are weirdos, and it's so late that people don't stop......"

It seems that the person who hired him is a professor, and it is normal to appear in the museum, Mu Lan smiled: "I'm really bothering you, please take me to meet him." ”

The doorman pointed to the only room upstairs with the lights on, his expression was a little impatient, "He locked himself in that room all day and didn't know what to study, crazy, you go directly to him......"

"Also, hurry up, the museum is closing, and the curator has stipulated that no outsiders can spend the night here."

Mu Lan noticed that it seemed that Professor Leonard's popularity in the museum was not good, and even the doorman was quite complaining, so she took back her employment contract and walked into the depths of the museum with Lin Yiyi, who was looking around.

Because the museum is about to close, most of the lights have been turned off, and only a crystal chandelier in the center of the ceiling is left in the museum, so the huge space is very dim, flanked by fossilized skeletons with teeth and claws, and some samurai statues unearthed from nowhere.

It was too dark on the stairs, so Mu Lan took out the flashlight in the portable space, and when the two of them went upstairs, they noticed that the entire museum was surprisingly quiet, as if there were only a few of them alive.

Are you already off work? Why did Professor Leonard stay here, and with questions, Mu Lan knocked on the door.

No one responded for a long time, and the room seemed to be using a kerosene lamp, and the fire leaked out of the crack in the door.

"No one?" As soon as Lin Yiyi spoke, the quiet corridor was extremely harsh, she hurriedly covered her mouth, and whispered: "You won't be sleepy, will you?" ”

Mu Lan shook her head, and after using the spiritual power spell, she sensed that there was no one inside, so she gently turned the doorknob and walked directly into the office.

The kerosene lamp on the quaint wooden table flickered on and off, ignoring the precious cultural relics hidden in the dark, Mu Lan was attracted by the crown on the table at first sight.

This silver-white crown made of unknown metal is shining in the firelight, without too much aesthetic sensitivity, this thing lying quietly on the velvet cushion is very eye-catching, and even Lin Yiyi, who has no artistic cells, exclaimed:

"It's beautiful!"

Mu Lan ghost made the god touch it, the relief on the crown of the head is gorgeous and fine, but the description is strange and incomprehensible, some are just simple geometric shapes, and there are some grotesque humanoid silhouettes, they seem to be doing some kind of ritual, the most striking thing is the abstract content of the ocean and the starry sky, as if a metaphor for the distant and mysterious existence in some time and space, these incompatible contents are mixed together, but the style is extremely harmonious, and it is integrated.

The more Mu Lan stared at this crown, the more nervous her thoughts became, and at the same time, her heartbeat gradually accelerated.

She saw that the room seemed to be shrouded in mist, a pungent fishy smell came, and her body was very uncomfortable, and the most strange thing was that a whisper sounded in her ears, and the hoarse whisper seemed to be telling her something......

It was as if she had seen something, some vague and grotesque picture.

The rotting and disgusting thing stuck to her face, and the slippery touch made her shiver subconsciously, and inexplicable fear invaded her whole body, and the whispers became clearer and closer......

"What are you doing in my room!"

A sharp and angry voice brought Mu Lan back to reality, and a short old man with monocles appeared at the door, he was stunned for a moment after seeing the faces of the two, and then wondered: "Why are you here, the day of departure has not yet arrived." ”

Mu Lan was in a trance, and she didn't answer for a long time, Lin Yiyi touched her with her elbow, and only then did she realize that she could see the person in front of her.

glanced at Lin Yiyi suspiciously, and said to her with a mental link: "Just now, did you see anything?" ”

"See what? No? You kept touching the crown and I walked around the house boredly. Lin Yiyi replied truthfully.

Hallucination? Mu Lan's feeling just now was extremely real, she was not a person who had never experienced a fantasy, but this time the feeling was indescribable, those grotesque and weird scenes were really immersive......

Subconsciously touched her face, her pupils contracted, and her heartbeat seemed to have missed a beat.

His hands were wet, and he felt very sticky to the touch, just now, when he was on guard and with Lin Yiyi by his side, something touched him!

"Why don't you speak?"

After the old man finished speaking, he glanced at the silver-white crown on the table, his expression was suddenly startled, and he hurriedly stepped forward to hold the crown in a velvet cushion, looked at it in the firelight like a treasure for a moment, and then wrapped it nervously.

"Why don't you touch my stuff without permission!" The old man's tone was not good, and his voice seemed very sharp and unpleasant.

"You broke in when you went to the toilet, it's so rude!"

"We didn't move!" Lin Yiyi immediately explained: "Although it was unauthorized to enter your room, this thing was placed on the table from the beginning, we are not petty thieves!" ”

"Really...... Don't? The old man's expression was skeptical at first, then bewildered.

He didn't continue to reprimand them, but took a wooden box on the table and carefully placed the crown inside.

"It's in a box just now, how can it be outside? Am I starting to get confused? ”

The old man muttered quietly, bent down and stuffed the box back under the bed, he turned his back to Mu Lan and was drumming something, but through spiritual perception, Mu Lan could see that he had opened a dark grid.

Mu Lan had already recovered from the strange atmosphere just now, she suppressed the strangeness in her heart and looked at the old man.

It seems that this person is Leonard who hired them, and the place he is going to is likely to be related to the main quest, Mu Lan paused and said, "Mr. Leonard, I don't know where our destination is?" ”

Leonard glanced at Mu Lan, and after finishing his work, he patted the ash on his hands and said, "I was thinking about contacting you tomorrow, but since you are here, I will tell you about it." ”

When he saw that the two girls had been standing and listening to him, he brought three chairs and put them in front of the table and motioned for them to sit down.

After all three of them were seated, Leonard didn't speak for a long time, he swallowed his saliva, his expression hesitated slightly, and he seemed to be a little uneasy.

Then he hurriedly got up, walked to the windowsill, looked out carefully, and closed the two windows lightly.

Sitting back in his chair, he faced Mu Lan who was puzzled, grinned dryly, and the firelight reflected half of his face, flickering and dark, making it look a little eerie in this room.

Leonard spoke slowly and began to tell a bizarre story.