My girlfriend died in the past

Chapter 260 How to Use the Machine

Zhuang Xiao walked around but couldn't figure out how to operate the machine.

However, there was a groove on the back of the ring at his eye level.

The groove is not big, but its shape seems to be able to fit a rectangular object.

"Hmm? A cuboid?"

Zhuang Xiao was stunned for a moment, then took out his mobile phone to compare.

"Not really. The phone is too big."

It can't be that just because I moved here sixteen years ago, I have to use a phone from sixteen years ago.

At that time, the only smartphones were Apple.

Zhuang Xiao felt that with An Lan's personality, she would not get involved in such uncertain clues.

He figured it out quickly.

“It should be that one!”

He pulled the timeline detector out of his pocket and placed it vertically inside.

Perfect fit!

He didn't even know if there was something magnetic inside. After pressing the timeline detector in, it took him a long time to get it out.

But Zhuang Xiao was much more excited.

"It is indeed this!"

As expected, it’s An Lan!
Being an enemy is so terrifying that it can even make people breathless!

But as a supporting party, the support is so reassuring!

But the problem now is to move this thing away.

Zhuang Xiao took out his cell phone and called Dong Weirui.

The call was quickly connected.

"Wei Rui, what do you mean? Is there a body?"

"Not yet, wait! Bro, go get the fire extinguisher!"

Zhuang Xiao heard a slightly chaotic sound from the other end, and there seemed to be Dong Zeyu's exclamation and noisy footsteps.

He remained silent and waited for more than five minutes before Dong Weirui's voice rang out again, "Got it. The body just appeared. Did you think about Xiaodie?"

Zhuang Xiao felt a little toothache, "It's true, but the timing is a bit too good."

"Well, I just looked at the time. The body appeared at 8:51 and was still burning. What time was it last time?" The careful Dong Weirui asked immediately.

"Around 9 a.m., no more than a minute." Zhuang Xiao immediately said, "By the way, what has changed there?"

"The area of the basement seems to have grown a bit. My brother and I noticed it, but we're not sure if it's our illusion. Anyway, it looks the same as the document you sent."

Dong Weirui first talked about the situation on her side, and then asked Zhuang Xiao, "What about you? Have you found the other body?"

"No, I was thinking about Xiaodie at the time, but there was no body, and there was no change in the room. It should be that the 'passage' had not been opened at the time. But it should be possible now, but I have already left."

Zhuang Xiao said: "Wait for me for a moment. I'll check the surveillance at home. If there is a change, it means that the 'channels' were opened at the same time. If not, it means that the 'channels' were opened at different times."

Dong Weirui was silent for a moment before he said, "Okay, should we continue to stay here or what?"

"You guys stay over there first. I'll take a look at the situation first, and then I'll go over there in a while." Zhuang Xiao explained, "I have a big gadget here that needs to be powered, and it may require a lot of electricity. Let's talk about it after I get over there."

"Okay, then you be careful." Dong Weirui hung up the phone.

Zhuang Xiao immediately opened the APP connected to the surveillance devices at home and started watching the video.

Nothing in the large flat has changed.

The kitchen, living room, bathroom and balcony are still the same, and the five-meter bed in Zhuang Xiao's bedroom has not turned into a shabby little bed.

The wardrobe in Zhuang Xiao's master bedroom looked no different from the outside.

Of course, Shudie didn't show up either. Zhuang Xiao was silent for a moment, not knowing whether he was relieved or disappointed.

He just opened the APP to monitor the video and took out his spare phone to call Secretary Zhang.

The call was still connected quickly.

"Mr. Zhuang."

Zhuang Xiao has three mobile phones in total, one main phone and two backup phones.

Most of the people he added on his main phone were his friends, while all his work contacts were on his backup phone.

Of course, Secretary Zhang has all his cell phone numbers.

Dong Weirui also had his backup phone number saved, so she didn't wonder who he was when she answered the phone just now.

"Secretary Zhang, please contact a large truck to come to the villa area in the Mid-Mountain Valley, and call more people. We have a precision instrument that needs to be transported to a warehouse in an abandoned chicken farm in the suburbs."

Zhuang Xiao immediately ordered, "I'll wait for you here in the valley halfway up the mountain."

"Okay, Mr. Zhuang, I'll do it right away."

After hanging up the phone, Zhuang Xiao was amazed and said, "I hope this machine is really useful."
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An hour and a half later, when the time came to around 10:30, the machine had been placed in the warehouse of the chicken farm.

After Secretary Zhang and the others left, Zhuang Xiao turned around and said to Dong Weirui, "Did they find any problems?"

"No, the entrance to the basement is well hidden. I've been watching it and no one has noticed it." Dong Weirui responded and then turned his head to look towards the machine.

Dong Zeyu was standing in front of the machine, marveling at it.

Seeing his sister and Zhuang Xiao looking at him, he winked at Zhuang Xiao and said, "Brother Zhuang, this thing looks like an instrument in a science fiction movie! I've seen something similar in The Terminator."

"It might really be something from a science fiction movie." Zhuang Xiao added casually.

This machine might be what An Lan brought back from decades later. With the current speed of technological development, a machine that could travel through time decades later is something out of science fiction movies.

"Stop wandering around and help connect the electricity."

"okay!"

Zhuang Xiao and Dong Zeyu spent a lot of effort to power on the machine.

But nothing changed.

This thing is still motionless.

Dong Zeyu walked around for a long time before turning back with a puzzled look, "Brother Zhuang, how do I start this thing?"

"it's here."

Zhuang Xiao walked to the back and pointed at the groove on it, then took out the timeline detector and said, "This should be used to activate it."

"Is this the timeline detector you mentioned in the document?" Dong Zeyu took the detector and fiddled with it. "1.8? This thing is the current timeline, right? It's exactly the same as what you said in the document."

"Probably nothing serious happened." Zhuang Xiao pointed at the groove and said, "Put it in and try it."

"I don't see any metal contact points in this groove." Dong Zeyu said as he pressed the timeline detector in. "But this metal should be quite high-grade. It looks like it's cast in one piece. I can't even find any welding points or seams. What the hell?!"

Before he could finish his words, he heard a buzzing sound as if the electricity was starting.

The three of them looked carefully but found no changes.

Zhuang Xiao hesitated for a moment and pressed the green start button on the timeline detector.

【1.8】

The timeline has not changed.

Zhuang Xiao thought about it and pressed the switch button.

The numbers [1.8] on the LCD screen changed to the time and date.

【2025.04.01.10.27】

(End of this chapter)