"Don't you think this story is too bizarre? Why should I believe you?" Laura is not so easy to fool.

"It's very simple. That clock will prove that I am telling the truth." Zhao Ming said bravely.

Laura found a big hammer, weighed it in her hand, looked at Zhao Ming and said: "You'd better tell the truth, otherwise..." The warning was very obvious.

Zhao Ming shrugged his shoulders and said nothing.

In the hall, facing the main door, is a wide staircase. After reaching the wall, the stairs extend to the left and right, leading to the second floor.

The bottom of the stairs is boarded up. Instead of opening a small door to use the space below as a storage room like modern times, it is directly sealed. It is indeed a good place to hide things.

Laura used a sledgehammer to smash open the wooden board under the stairs from the side. It turned out to be a secret storage room inside, and even wires were connected to install electric lights.

Turning on the light, the two saw a wooden box on the ground. Opening the wooden box and lifting a layer of hay on the surface, a simple clock appeared in front of them.

Laura, who found the clock, believed half of Zhao Ming's words.

Zhao Ming smiled and said, "It seems I don't have to worry about that thing anymore." Zhao Ming raised his head towards the hammer.

Laura rolled her eyes at Zhao Ming and said, “If it doesn’t make a sound at night, you still can’t escape.”

Returning to the living room again, Laura asked Zhao Ming: "So, can you tell me more about my father?"

"I have never met your father. My master told me these things. I'm sorry." Zhao Ming started to lie, "But my master said that within a few days from now, you will have the opportunity to see your father again."

.”

"You mean my father is still alive?" Laura asked excitedly.

"I'm afraid that's not what my master said." Zhao Ming said with some regret, "It seems to have something to do with time. You will know when the time comes."

"Okay, I believe you for now, my mysterious friend from the East. I believe you haven't had dinner yet?"

In fact, Zhao Ming had a full meal as usual before he came, but when the beautiful woman invited her to have dinner together, the fool said that he had already eaten.

Laura brought Zhao Ming to the restaurant. There were more than a dozen dishes on the long dining table, which was an eye-opener for the native Zhao Ming.

The two chatted while eating, and the atmosphere gradually became harmonious. It is estimated that even if the clock does not move, Zhao Ming will not be beaten.

In the middle of the night, when the first stage of the Nine Stars Link began, the clock started to tell time automatically. (In the movie, the clock starts automatically around 5 a.m., but here it starts a few hours earlier for the sake of the plot.)

Staring at the clock in front of her, Laura remembered the scene when her father left her when she was a child, and couldn't help but burst into tears...

After a long time, Laura broke open the case of the clock and found the omniscient eye, the artifact part hidden by her father.

The next morning, Zhao Ming woke up and it was already bright. Zhao Ming walked out of the guest room and found that Laura was training, with Simon's robot as a sparring partner. One person and one machine were playing lively.

Seeing Zhao Ming coming, Laura stopped.

"I heard that Chinese Kung Fu is very powerful, let's come and learn from each other?" Laura, who was full of energy, was eager to give it a try.

"Dear Miss Laura, you have to know that not every Chinese can know kung fu. Now is the era of hot weapons, why don't we play with guns?"

"You know how to use a gun? As far as I know, in your country, ordinary people don't have access to guns."

"But I'm not an ordinary person."

"Follow me," Laura tilted her head and motioned for Zhao Ming to follow, "I have many weapons here, which are my collections over the years."

Unlike in the movie, Laura's collection can be regarded as a small arsenal, including pistols, submachine guns, assault rifles, sniper rifles... Zhao Ming was dazzled by it.

Looking at Zhao Ming's stunned look, Laura was very proud and said: "Most of my collections are high-end models from Stark Industries. They have high precision and good reliability. They are better than those on the market... What's wrong with you?"

Zhao Ming suddenly froze as if someone had cast a body-holding spell.

"Did you just say Stark Industries?"

The three words "Stark" caused an uproar in Zhao Ming's heart.

"Yes, what's wrong?" Laura blinked, not understanding why Zhao Ming had such a big reaction.

"So have you heard of Tony Stark?"

"I know, New York's famous playboy, a nasty guy, but he does have a knack for inventing weapons."

Well, it seems that this world is not just a parallel world of "Tomb Raider". "Iron Man" has also entered the world. Maybe there are other awesome people behind it, such as a guy with a hammer or a guy with a shield.

, some green guy, some purple guy...

Damn it, if he hadn't gone back when the Purple Sweet Potato Spirit snapped his fingers, I'm afraid... with his usual non-chief-like luck, he would probably end up in ashes.

"The price of Stark's products is a bit high, but the quality is worth the price." Laura picked up a well-made bolt-action rifle and glanced ahead, not noticing Zhao Ming's changing expression.

"It is said that men particularly like the high-precision rifle with a rotating bolt. How about it? Do you want to shoot it?" Laura said, handing over the rifle in her hand.

"How can one shot be enough? Let's get more rounds." Zhao Ming took the gun and said with a smile.

"No problem." Laura didn't seem to catch Zhao Ming's pun, shrugged and replied, "I also like these types of weapons, they have more bullets."

The two came to the training ground and used the same weapons. After several rounds of competition, Zhao Ming turned out to be slightly better.

"Can't you tell, your marksmanship is quite good." Laura said with satisfaction, "Let's compete in close combat again."

"Well... well..." Zhao Ming was thinking of an excuse in embarrassment when Laura suddenly grabbed Zhao Ming's shoulders, twisted his waist, and easily knocked Zhao Ming to the ground.

Zhao Ming looked at Laura who was pressing tightly against him and smiling naughtily at him, and said helplessly: "I haven't had time to learn yet, can you let me up, dear Miss Laura?"

Laura laughed loudly, stood up and pulled Zhao Ming up. She seemed to be very happy to see Zhao Ming deflated in her hands. Unexpectedly, the sexy and mature Laura also looked like a little girl, Zhao Ming couldn't help but be stunned.

"What are you looking at? You stupid guy." Laura rolled her eyes and said.

"Ahem, um, let's talk about business." Zhao Ming changed the subject. "The purpose of the Illuminati is to use a triangular key to open time and space and resurrect within 48 hours of this 5,000-year event.

Their ancestors. And our lowest goal is to ensure that they miss this opportunity."

Zhao Ming paused and then said: "In addition, in order to prevent them from finding other ways to open time and space in the future, we'd better destroy the key once and for all to avoid future troubles."

"That makes sense, so how are we going to do it?" Laura blinked and asked.

Zhao Ming thought for a while and said: "With just a few of us, it will be difficult to do it, because the Illuminati has long known the place where the key fragments are stored. In this emergency period, there must be heavy guards, so we come here forcefully."

It won’t work.”

"Then, we can pretend to cooperate with them and then try to steal the key after we get it?"

"Smart! You are truly the greatest explorer. Let's do this." Zhao Ming complimented.

The more precise something is, the easier it is to destroy it. If there is a problem in any link, it will affect the result. Zhao Ming, who was once a programmer, knows this well.

According to the plan, Laura went to find Manfred alone. Zhao Ming did not follow and continued to play with guns at Laura's house.

In a hall with two elephant statues, Laura met the sinister and cunning Manfred.

"An authoritative expert in ancient times and mythology, Miss Laura, I heard that you are an excellent archaeologist and I am very happy to meet you." Manfred complimented.

"I can't take it seriously." Laura replied calmly.

The two sat down on the sofa, and Laura took out a photo of the All-Seeing Eye: "Have you ever seen this thing?"

Manfred took out a magnifying glass, looked at it, and said, "It's a very interesting thing, but it's a pity that you only brought photos."

Laura smiled and said: "This clock has been stationary before. At the beginning of the first stage of the Nine Stars Lianzhu, it suddenly started to move on its own. I think this is not a coincidence."

"Of course it's not a coincidence. I think there must be some connection between them."

"I heard that you are also very interested in Jiuxinglianzhu. I think we can cooperate."

"I'm a cooperative person, what can I do for you?"

"I won't talk nonsense. You and I both know what the Nine Stars Lianzhu means." Laura leaned forward a little, looked at Manfred and said, "I just want my father to come back to me. We can reach an agreement.

?"

He is another person who is desperate for family ties. Manfred has already labeled Laura, stretched out his hand and said pretending to understand: "Of course, I understand, and it's a pleasure to cooperate."

Laura shook Manfred's hand and asked: "So, when will we set off?"

"You can leave at any time, time waits for no one."

"Agreed. In addition, I have an assistant to follow me. Is there no problem?"
Chapter completed!