I changed the timeline with the game.

Chapter 346: Clues from the Watch Shop
The spacious shop is filled with several chic winch seats covered in soft red velvet.

After sitting down, time seems to slow down. The delicate decorative details and antique clocks around make people feel inexplicably wrapped in the tranquility and warmth from the past.

In this quiet environment, steam and punk blend together, and time seems to stand still.

But next second.

Accompanied by the sound of the door opening.

A mature female voice with a hint of anger rang out from a location not far from the clock room where they were:
"Little Famil, I'll give you one more chance. What should I call you?"

"Sister Rendel."

Hearing this abyss, she immediately changed her voice to a flattering one.

But he still couldn't avoid being tortured by having his ears pulled.

Followed by.

Lendl explained why he came in through the back door:

“The antique collector next door is dead, found dead in his living room.

So those brainless American police inspectors insisted on calling me over for interrogation.

It's like I like his antiques."

Hear her say that.

Famir finally looked away from the Steam News, with a hint of surprise in his eyes:
“He’s actually dead.

But haven’t you always wanted to see the antique ether timer from the Fourth Epoch that he bought at a high price?”

"I heard from the police that those things were taken away."

Rendell was tall and slender in a crimson coat, and from the way she looked and spoke, she was indeed a straightforward person.

Perhaps it was the Lost Sea that made them what they are.

Su Wen thought silently in his heart.

He looked towards this

But suddenly I found that there was an extra prompt in my system prompt:
[C-level optional hidden task detected]

[Mission name (first round): Investigate the cause of death of antique collector Simon Colin]

Optional tasks?
Su Wen's first reaction when he saw this prompt was some confusion.

After all, the trigger point of a hidden task usually only appears when the key person in the future event has a direct relationship with you.

As the lead player who has participated in many world missions.

Su Wen thought about it calmly:
"The word 'branch line' is missing. Perhaps this is the clue given to me by time travel."

Before anything happened.

The behavior of future observers can change a lot of things.

But was the collector's death really just a coincidence?
Su Wen, who had acted as a detective many times, maintained corresponding rational judgment.

even.

He already had an idea.

That was the plan he had been implementing since he noticed Irelandna's hint, including the micro-drone that followed the suspicious personnel on the Wiltings.

In a steampunk world, a swarm of ultra-nano drones driven by a high-dimensional Dawn system network might also be a technological advance that transcends its time.

But he was so cautious that he did not even choose to let the drone swarm return, but instead made them self-destruct directly after uploading the information.

of course.

This is just a minor part.

Su Wen is a scholar.

But he also doesn't mind letting everything "perform" bloom at its most appropriate moment in the form of an artist.

and so.

He was not in a hurry.

Instead, he waited for Lendl and Famir to finish chatting before asking as if it were a later topic:
“How long did it take for the antique collector next door to die?”

“I heard from the police medical examiner that it was late last night.

Who knows the exact time? In this dangerous world, even the gods probably can’t hear the prayers of believers. "

Rendell still remembers his grandfather telling stories about his ancestors.

Those old-fashioned nobles, knights, and beliefs are really a headache. "If there really is a god, it is probably some deep-sea monster that those crazy people of the Tide Cult believe in."

Hear this.

Jiang Menghan also became more cautious.

Although the first Cyclone Ewiniar disaster has not been proven to be linked to the cultists.

However, excavations of deep-sea ruins in the Asia-Pacific region have indeed revealed some of the cultists' conspiracies.

To the sociopathic lunatics who wanted to kill her father.

The Iceberg Girl couldn't have any positive emotions. She asked in a cold voice:
"Is the Tide Surging Sect still active at the 'Starfall Transport' port?"

“That’s not the case, the United States believes in evangelicalism.

Those missionaries all hold AK in their left hand and the Gospel in their right hand. Xingyue Port is a key trading city, and they can't allow those pagans to move around freely."

Rendell doesn't sound too fond of evangelicals, either.

After all, he didn't know how many generations of his ancestors had been inexplicably "fallen" from being barons in Europe to become survivors in this rotten place.

But there is no evangelical God coming to the rescue.

From generation to generation, most people have no good feelings towards those charlatans.

The mature watch shop owner crossed his left leg over his right leg and lit a female cigarette with skillful movements. Then he asked Jiang Menghan:
"I heard from little Famil that you have a watch that needs repairing. Take it out and show it to me."

Hear her say that.

Jiang Menghan wasn't too defensive.

She communicated with Su Wen in the team voice chat.

Rendell is obviously much more credible than the official "white gloves" of the US Federation at the Fifth Dock in the Jupiter Islands.

It was only natural that she took out from her handbag the pocket watch that was broken during the battle with the polluters in the Jupiter Islands.

As the place of origin Italy.

Su Wen spent nearly 30,000 US dollars in Gdansk to bring Jiang Menghan a birthday gift.

Its appearance presents the refinement and complexity of European classical style.

The edge is made of gold-plated fine brass. The light golden luster glitters under the light, like a shining star.

From every detail of the shell, you can see the meticulous craftsmanship of the craftsmen. The patterns and carvings on the shell outline retro and elegant flowers, vines and reliefs.

The cover of the pocket watch is inlaid with a piece of gorgeous blue glass, but it is now covered with cracks, making it impossible to see the originally complex and delicate rotating gear and balance wheel structure inside.

When Lendl got the pocket watch, his eyes became more serious:

“It is indeed a gift worth cherishing. It would be a pity if it was damaged.

Miss Snoan-Olveys.

Just leave it to me with confidence.

By the way, if rune enchantment is required, the fee will be completely different."

The [Sublimation Lineage: Rune Watchmaker] of the Secret Sea is actually a huge blessing for her, an extremely rare [Mirror Star - Artemis] Ascendant.

Unfortunately.

Su Wen has not yet acquired the knowledge of the corresponding genealogy and cannot map it into the corresponding travel deck.

While they are repairing their pocket watch.

He put on his coat elegantly and turned to leave:

"I have some stuff to do, see you later."

Watching him leave.

Rendell just puffed lazily on his cigarette and said:
"This guy is quite handsome."

But no one cared about what he was going to do.

Open the door of the watch shop.

According to the map given by Nelson, Su Wen walked along the foggy coastline.

It is daytime in the Lost Sea.

The lighthouse on the high island has not yet been lit.

(End of this chapter)