Struggle in the Steam Age

Although Zhu Yan's family belongs to a relatively new family in the Commonwealth of New States, the long history of the family made them choose the traditional Aurora style architectural pattern when building the headquarters. As soon as he got out of the carriage, Lawrence was first attracted by the mansion on the side of the road.

What caught Lawrence's eyes was the gate with three animal heads. The vermilion door paint and the stone monsters on both sides of the gate gave people a special sense of solemnity. At the same time, he could also feel that these two stone monsters were not mere decorations, but two powerful stone puppets. In the center of the gate hangs a plaque with two large characters of Zhufu written on it.

Following the elder, Lawrence and the others entered through the west corner door and walked along the stone road for tens of meters before passing through the hanging flower door. Entered the vertical flower door. On both sides are chaoshou verandas, and in the middle is the hallway. In the center is a large marble screen on a solid wooden shelf. Turning around the screen is a small building with three halls. Behind the hall is the main courtyard behind. The five upper rooms on the front are all carved beams and painted buildings. On both sides are the corridors and rooms through the mountains.

Along the way, there were several armed patrols organized by the Zhu family members walking around according to their own patrol routes, and they all saluted when they saw the elders of the family leading Lawrence and the others.

After bypassing the last main room, Lawrence and the others came to a small house with an all-brick-concrete structure. The elder asked Zhu Yan to wait outside, while he and Lawrence moved a few switches after entering the room. Follow a passage to the reception room at the door of the underground treasure room.

In this room, there was an old man with white hair and childlike face sitting there. After seeing the elder brought Lawrence in, he warmly greeted the elder, and then asked, "This young man you brought in is—"

The elder quickly stepped forward to explain what happened before, and then motioned Lawrence to put the stone tablet in his hand on the platform. After checking the stele, the old man took out a small notebook and handed it to Lawrence. After receiving the booklet, Lawrence found that no more than ten Transcendent items were listed in the booklet.

All the supernatural items recorded in this booklet are master-level supernatural items. Each supernatural item in the booklet is equipped with detailed pictures and detailed explanations about the supernatural item. According to the treasure house keeper, this booklet is a list of all the master-level supernatural items in this treasure house. After Lawrence chooses, he will have the selected supernatural items sent out from the treasure house.

Naturally, it's not like Lawrence goes in and chooses what he wants like a church. After all, this is the family's private treasure room, and it is indeed inconvenient for outsiders like Lawrence to enter.

After counting carefully, Lawrence found that there were a total of eight Transcendent items that appeared in the booklet. In addition to half of the magic props inside, there is also a precious deformed metal ore, a bottle of potion that can increase the magic power by a fixed value after drinking, a notebook of a certain celebrity, and a master-level mechanism beast.

But in a slightly odd way, Lawrence saw a giant question mark on the last page of the manual. This mysterious style is completely opposite to the previous detailed introduction.

"Since you are a friend of our juniors, I'll tell you straight." After Lawrence asked the guard, the guard who seemed to be an expert replied, "In addition to the regular treasure house, we also have There is a storage room."

"There are no less than 100 items in that sundry storeroom. They are actually all collected by family members over the years from the establishment of the family to the present, but they can't tell what they are. However, we have judged through some means Most of the stuff in the pile is crap, but there are a few that might be good or even very valuable."

"Now these items are all placed on the shelf in that utility room. If you want to try your luck, you can choose the question mark at the end. However, in order to ensure that the entrants are indeed obtained purely by luck, so in the selection You are not allowed to cast any spells during the process, and once you cast a spell, it is equivalent to giving up your choice. Also, you have six hours to choose what you need. Once the time is up, no matter whether you choose or not, you need to get out of it."

"Understood, then I'll choose this." With the gradual awakening of his blood, Lawrence felt as if he had slowly awakened Bai Ze's ability to seek good fortune and avoid evil. So today he decided to give it a try to see if that ability could be actively used.

"You young people seem to like to gamble on your luck at this time." After hearing Lawrence's choice, the janitor seemed to have expected things to turn out like this and said with a smile, "at least in my impression ten Six to seven young people who come here for the first time will choose to gamble in the grocery store. For example, last time I saw a little guy with at least two catties of mascots hanging on his body. Things should be of no use."

"What I need to warn you is that only 1/5 of those who choose to gamble will get something beyond their imagination, and 1/5 will get an item of the same level as what they originally wanted to get , and the remaining 60% have all suffered from it. So as a caretaker, I must remind you of the risks here. Of course, if you repent at this time, there is still time."

"Thank you for your advice, but I've already made a decision." After thanking the old man, Lawrence entered the door of the utility room. After entering the door, there were two rows of shelves with various things in a mess.

"The guard just now probably didn't tell the truth. At least half of the things in here are garbage that the Zhu family stuffed in on purpose." After checking a few things, Lawrence thought, because he found that all the things he had just looked at were all rubbish. It's rubbish that can't possibly be a good thing.

Of course, this does not mean that the guards cheated him. Because before he came here, he seemed to have heard Zhu Yan talk about this family rule when he was chatting with Zhu Yan. According to the legend circulating among their family members, this practice is to let the family members learn to make decisions and bear the results of the decisions.

As a big family that has lasted for hundreds of years, it is naturally part of the family heritage to implement the education of family members in all things. And now Lawrence is only enjoying the internal treatment of this big family.

"However, the ratio of the various things that the gatekeeper said just now should be true, and the next thing is to see if you are the European Emperor or the African Chief." Thinking of this, Lawrence walked to the center of the warehouse, and then sat down cross-legged Entered a meditative state.

He wasn't worried that this matter would be discovered by outsiders. After all, according to what the gatekeeper said, people who entered this utility room to choose things could do whatever they wanted, so it shouldn't be a problem for him to sit in the room and meditate.

After Lawrence entered the meditation state, the phantom of Bai Ze in his mind suddenly became more active. At the same time, he also felt a special power coming from the little puppet Nora and connected to Bai Ze Xuying.

Under the action of this dual force, the phantom of Bai Ze in Lawrence's mind became active, and when that activity reached a peak, he suddenly felt that the world had changed, everything was quiet, and he seemed to be floating in the As in the void.

In this feeling of silence, he felt that some things on the shelf began to attract him. And this attraction can clearly distinguish the strong from the weak.

After recording the location of the attractive object in his mind, Lawrence opened his eyes and stood up, then began to walk along the aisle in the middle of the shelf, pretending to be conducting a comprehensive inspection in this utility room, but actually On the other hand, he took this opportunity to check the things that attracted him just now.