Players are coming, fortunately I have a time travel simulator

When he pushed open the door, Zhou Ning was slightly startled. The grocery store was still the same as before, decorated in a very sloppy manner, like a garbage dump.

But besides Sherlock, the former protagonist, Leandro Pesa, who hadn't been seen since their exploration of the Temple of the Dead, was also there. If memory serves, in the original storyline, he should be participating in an alchemy competition at school, showing off against Psimi Shelley, the Planar Child from the Kingdom of Luince.

Oh right! Alchemy Competition!

Zhou Ning couldn't help but want to slap his head. He just remembered that he seemed to be a part of the Alchemy Competition.

I've been so busy saving the world lately that I actually stood up Professor Weasley. I guess he won't blame me, right?

Leonardo stood up and bowed neatly, with a bright smile on his face and a look of respect: "Good evening, Senior Wayne!"

This guy is still the same as before, with a face full of Luffy + Naruto, so passionate.

And this favorability... I haven't seen it for a long time and it has increased by more than ten points. If the other party is a girl, and Tianqi is a GAL game, it should be enough for H.

Noticing Zhou Ning's gaze, Sherlock smiled. "Although the Sun Guards can't participate in the investigation, it doesn't mean that non-staff members can't. Leonardo will assist you in the rest of the investigation. Don't worry, his ability is absolutely no problem."

Of course there is no problem with his strength, he is the son of the plane... According to the protagonist's law, being with him will definitely cause a lot of trouble.

Zhou Ning complained in his heart, but remained calm on the surface. He smiled at Leonardo and nodded, saying, "Welcome to you."

"I will definitely work hard!" Leonardo said with full energy.

After Zhou Ning pulled a chair beside him and sat down, Sherlock pulled out a small booklet from his pocket, spread it out on the table, and said in a deep voice, "Here are all the things you asked me to investigate. This started in the middle of this year, after the passage of the Workhouse Act. There are records of deaths and reports from various workhouses, and the content is very unusual."

Death record?

Zhou Ning was slightly startled and quickly turned his head to look at the contents of the booklet.

"On June 6th, 7 cases, including 11 deaths, were recorded. At 7:6 on June 7th, Justin died from a broken neck after falling in the Trade District Workhouse. At 10:6 on June 7th, Mrs. Joe Lizzie died from exhaustion after being caught in a loom in the Hemingway Street Workhouse. At 12:6 on June 7th, a dormitory fire at the Jinclover South Road Welfare Home killed five people."

"On June 6th, 10 cases, 8 of which were fatal..."

“On June 6, 12 cases, 7 of which were fatal, were recorded…”

"As of December 12th, there have been six cases, four of which were fatal..."

Zhou Ning flipped through the pages, his brow furrowed in frustration. At first, it seemed normal, but as the numbers piled up, it became increasingly shocking. Each entry represented several lives lost, and behind each was a family. Furthermore, there were actually five deaths recorded on December 12th, including one he had just encountered...

Seeing Zhou Ning still silent, Sherlock continued, "According to Cherry's statistics, since the middle of this year, the number of deaths in workhouses due to overwork, accidents, illness, disasters, and other causes has exceeded the normal threshold by 745 times. In the field of occultism, too many coincidences mean it's not a coincidence at all. There's definitely something wrong with these workhouses."

Zhou Ning nodded heavily. The problem definitely existed. He had a very strong premonition that as long as he found Chris Fisher according to the mission, he would be able to find out the truth of the next step.

He reached out and flipped through the booklet in his hand. The problem now was that there were only seven altars for the Ascended Ritual depicted in the mural. After flipping through the booklet, he discovered that since the middle of this year, a total of 7 new workhouses and welfare homes had been built...

If his guess was true, just like the 7 fake and 1 real Tomb of Tal Rasha in the second act of Diablo, there must be some real and some fake among them. Zhou Ning couldn't help but feel very upset.

Three of them were in the Old Town, two in the Trade District, one on Hemingway Street, one on South Clover Road, three between the Docklands and the Port District, and one very close to Vic University—those were the ones closest to me. As for the others, most were outside Docklands… I'd have to leave these places to Leonardo, who had more free time, to investigate. I hoped the original protagonist wouldn't disappoint me.

"This, this... Is there any problem in handing these places over to you?" Zhou Ning pointed at the map and asked Leonardo.

"Absolutely no problem!" Leonardo said loudly with his chest puffed out.

Zhou Ning: ...

What's with this strong sense of déjà vu?

"Not bad, very energetic." Zhou Ning said with empty eyes.

I made an appointment with Leonardo to meet here again tomorrow night. When we left Xilin Grocery Store, it was already past 12 o'clock, and the sky surprisingly changed from heavy rain to sunny.

Zhou Ning checked the simulator's update progress. The panda wearing a pineapple Superman cape was still flying, but the update speed was like a dog barking at the sun, sometimes fast and sometimes slow.

At this moment, the simulator has been updated to 27%. According to this progress, the update will be completed in 2 to 3 days.

This place is about 6 kilometers away from my home. If I deliberately take a longer route, I can make it 10 kilometers.

Considering the daily exercise requirements of the "Secret Exercise Method (God Level)", Zhou Ning chose to run home and become the man who wanted to burn his youth in Li Luoke's words.

There are street lights all along the old city. After running around the old city, you can see ragged pedestrians staggering by with their families, or simply resting against the street lights.

They were all homeless poor people, and with the death of Charles VI, the economy inevitably went into a downturn, which was quite normal.

Along the way, Zhou Ning also took the opportunity to determine the locations of the three orphanages and prepared to conduct the investigation step by step as soon as possible.

After returning home, Zhou Ning did 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, and 100 squats, then looked at the prompt on the panel with satisfaction:

[You have completed a round of Secret Training (God-level) and your physical fitness has been randomly improved. Your agility has increased by 1 point, your strength has increased by 1 point, and your stamina has increased by 2 points.]

Very good! Zhou Ning gave himself a thumbs up. If he continued to improve like this, destroying the world would definitely not be a dream!

After taking a shower, Zhou Ning fried himself some beef toast, made a cup of milk, and lay comfortably on the recliner, eating while opening the game panel.

I've been busy for so long and fought so hard that I almost lost the game. Now it's finally time to receive the reward.

I just received a random template and two random rewards from the mission, which made me extremely excited.

The first thing that appeared was a random template card. Zhou Ning clicked on it without hesitation. Then, the orange light became brighter and brighter. It was orange again!

Considering the previous upgrade of the Sword of Triton, today is really my lucky day. Has the spring of African chiefs really arrived?