As the chief alchemist of the Knights of the West Wind, Albedo naturally has the right to use the largest laboratory among them.

Although this laboratory has the title of "the largest and most well-equipped laboratory of the Knights of the West Wind", it is only relative. In fact... than staying here, Albedo prefers to use his own laboratory in the snowy mountains.

Some equipment for research.

Perhaps it was because the things that needed to be studied this time could not rely on the equipment in the camp, so Abedo chose to return to Mondstadt.

The location of the laboratory is inside the building of the headquarters of the Knights of the West Wind. In view of Ningzhe's identity, the knight guarding the door did not stop him for questioning, but directly let him go.

Therefore, Ningzhe listened carefully. There was no sound coming from the confinement room, and there was no sound from the team leader's office... It seemed that there was no way to do anything, so he had to go find Ah honestly.

Bedo...

Of course, when passing by the library, Ningzhe stuffed some salt into Lisa's favorite coffee bag... But of course, there is no need to take such a small thing to heart.

...

In the laboratory.

Abedo was wearing pure white clothes, with many precision instruments placed in front of him, and he was fiddling with one of the glass jars filled with some kind of liquid, with a somewhat serious look on his face.

On the research table on the left were placed various accessories that the two of them had discovered before, while on the table on the right were some plants whose specific structures were unclear at first glance.

At a glance, apart from the various accessories that Ningzhe knew about before, there were other things that surprised him.

Snapped!

Just as Ningzhe was taking a closer look, Albedo suddenly snapped his fingers, and then the glass jar in front of him began to glow with light.

In the golden light, Ningzhe seemed to vaguely see that the liquid stored inside gradually solidified and turned into lifelike little human models one after another. But as the light disappeared, they turned back into liquids.

.

"..."

Seeing this change, Abedo put down the instrument in his hand, then turned to look at Ningzhe and said, "Did you see it? What do you think this vision represents?"

Albedo already knew the moment Ningzhe walked into the laboratory. The reason why he didn't speak was because he wanted Ningzhe to see this change with his own eyes and then ask for his opinion.

"Liquid things will turn into a solid state for a moment under the action of external force, but will return to a liquid state after the external force disappears... I have never seen such a thing."

Looking at the glass jar, Ningzhe's thoughts began to wander.

The liquid was very viscous and black, very pure, and there seemed to be no trace of impurities in it... Not only that, through the glass jar, Ningzhe could easily see that the liquid was flowing on its own.

Either the liquid itself has a certain vitality, or the liquid has been moving according to a certain established program.

"Albedo, where did you find this thing?"

Thoughts flashed through his mind and Ningzhe asked.

"In the ice-cast hall we discovered at that time, this black liquid appeared in the "church" building." Abedo crossed his arms and looked at the glass jar, "I am sure that the first time we went there

This kind of thing was not discovered at that time, so this liquid was generated by later construction."

Having said this, Abedo paused for a moment, and then added: "Of course, it is also possible that other people or creatures placed it here. This possibility cannot be completely eliminated."

Ice-forged halls and churches...

Hearing this, Ningzhe nodded thoughtfully, and then looked at it carefully again.

In the glass jar, the liquid was still flowing from time to time, but its trajectory was very gentle, and it did not try to break the restraints and rush out.

It's like... it can move, but it doesn't know why it moves, so it wants to get the answer through movements.

"It is indeed a very strange thing..."

Without enough information, even Ningzhe couldn't deduce anything valuable, so he could only temporarily turn his attention to other things on the research table.

Um.....

According to what Wendy said before, the accessories of the ancient country were all decorations worn by the daughters of the priests... and those strange plants that emitted a faint light were also found in the caves.

"However, you said at the book launch that your newly discovered things will be helpful to the goal I'm looking for. Could it be those weird liquids?"

Picking up a ring-shaped accessory, Ningzhe asked with a calm expression.

However, when Abedo heard this, he turned his head with a strange expression, looked at Ningzhe with some confusion, and said, "New book launch conference? Is there anything else you are looking for?"

"..."

Hearing this, Ningzhe was startled, then put down the accessories in his hand, swallowed, and his expression gradually became serious.

"You really didn't go to my book launch today? And...if it weren't for what you told me, I wouldn't have come to the laboratory of the Knights of the West Wind."

"..."

After hearing Ningzhe's words, Abedo fell silent.

And in Abedo's silence, Ningzhe's heart gradually lifted.

It can’t really be Mr. Abbey who is here, it’s too fast! And how did he know that he was looking for [Mirlands], something that even Abbey didn’t know about the guy who tried to replace him

How is it possible to know?

Thinking of this, Ningzhe glanced at Albedo in surprise and found that his expression was indeed flawless.

Abedo's expression didn't look like he was practicing, so... was the Abedo he saw at the press conference today really fake?

Or......

Ningzhe subconsciously took two steps back.

Is this Albedo fake?

"Albedo, you..."

"Okay, no more joking."

Just when Ningzhe really wanted to raise his heart to his throat, Albedo suddenly smiled and then spread his hands: "Yes, I did go to your book launch conference and asked you to come to the laboratory.

It’s me too, there is no second Albedo in this world.”

Having said this, Abedo took a deep look at Ningzhe.

He had felt before that Ningzhe knew too much, and his exchange with the God of Wind a while ago had highlighted his extraordinary nature.

Abedo even doubted whether Ningzhe knew something about his master [Gold] coming to Indotte... Judging from Ningzhe's reaction just now, he must know something.

"..."

Hearing this, Ningzhe was choked up and didn't even react.

"As for what you said you were looking for, you didn't block me when you were talking to Fengshen." Albedo shrugged and said with a relaxed expression, "So based on some clues, I can easily guess where you are.

I'm looking for something, and that thing is probably related to the ancient country."

"Even if it's not an object left over from an ancient country, it must be something from thousands of years ago, right?"

Hearing this, Ningzhe calmed down. He glared at Albedo angrily, and then nodded.

"That's right... Come and take a closer look at this liquid."

Abedo opened the glass jar and poured out the liquid inside.

Unexpectedly, these liquids gradually formed some kind of weird font on the plane. They kept surging, but never broke away from this font.
Chapter completed!