Players are coming, fortunately I have a time travel simulator

The trade zone was southwest of the old city, less than 10 minutes away. A few minutes later, Zhou Ning arrived at the trade zone and began looking for a suitable alchemy shop.

In previous games, the trade zone should be the most familiar place to players, because it is where players learn life skills and trade. In the game, you can always see a lot of players setting up stalls and PK there. Now it is empty, which makes people a little uncomfortable.

He asked several alchemy shops, but either the alchemy laboratories were too simple and did not meet Zhou Ning's requirements, or the prices were too expensive.

I had considered going to the West family's alchemy shop before, but the West family only runs boutiques. I went there to check out the prices, and after the discount, they were even more expensive than before the discount. I couldn't afford to offend them.

After running around several alchemy shops, Zhou Ning unexpectedly ran into an acquaintance, the survivor A who escaped from Jason Nat's haunted house with him: Richard Pesa.

After not seeing him for a few days, Richard Pesa's face became a little pale. Of course, since he was white, it was hard to tell.

He was walking hurriedly down the street at the moment. When he saw Zhou Ning, he was stunned for a moment, then a warm smile appeared on his face. "Hello, Wayne, thank you for your help last time. I originally wanted to go to Wake University to thank you in person, but you know, the school gates have been closed for the past few days."

"You're welcome. Actually, I'm just trying to protect myself." Zhou Ning said with a smile.

"For you, it might be self-protection, but for me, it's a lifesaver." Richard Pesa glanced at Zhou Ning and asked, "Are you looking for something? I'm familiar with this place, so maybe I can help."

Zhou Ning didn't hesitate to be polite and nodded, "I need to buy some herbs and rent an alchemy laboratory."

Richard Pesa perked up upon hearing this and quickly said, "Herbs? Just ask me! I can give you a discount. As for the alchemy lab... I have a few unused ones at home, so you can use them anytime."

Zhou Ning: ...

There are several idle alchemy laboratories. Do you have a mine at home?

Wait, what is this?

Zhou Ning looked at a building under construction in the distance with some curiosity. The building looked quite strange in shape.

"It's like a workhouse. There are a lot of places where people can work in exchange for food and shelter," said Richard Pesa.

"Oh, I see!" Zhou Ning nodded, and unknowingly he had followed the canal bank to Richard Pesa's herbal medicine shop.

This sign looks familiar! Golden Oak Herbalist. Wait, isn't this the Herbalism trainer's shop in the game?

In the game, the owner of this shop is an elderly couple, presumably Richard Pesa's parents.

Zhou Ning looked at Richard Pesa with some surprise. This guy looked unremarkable, but he didn't expect him to be so hidden.

Next to the steps of the herbal medicine shop, a few middle school boys gathered together to play a game called "Weathering with You". There were also such a bunch of NPCs in the previous life's "Apocalypse". I didn't expect that the reality was quite restored.

Richard's mouth twitched slightly, and he walked up to the middle school boys and raised his voice: "Leandro, if I remember correctly, now should be the time for you to study alchemy!"

"No, alchemy is boring! I want to be the man who weathers the weather!" One of the young men with black hair and a scar on his face was obviously dissatisfied and said with his neck stiff.

Hearing this familiar, second-year dialogue, Zhou Ning's heart skipped a beat; he recognized this person.

It turned out to be him, Leandro de Pesa! One of the Sons of the Planes that appeared throughout the four versions!

More importantly, Leonardo is also the core figure of the future level 60 main line. Only through him can you take on the main line tasks. He is definitely a golden thigh.

Moreover, the future Leonardo will have several universal top-level skills that can be learned by all professions, so there is absolutely no harm in making friends with him.

Unexpectedly, the passerby he accidentally rescued turned out to be Leonardo's brother.

At this time, although the future son of the plane was very dissatisfied, he met someone who specialized in dealing with dissatisfaction. After a lecture, he still had his fate strangled by the throat and followed him home obediently.

"Who is he?" Although Leonardo was unhappy, he quickly cheered up and asked while looking at Zhou Ning.

"He is my savior, Wayne Stewell. If it weren't for him, I wouldn't be able to come back."

"Oh, thank you very much!" Leonardo bowed to Zhou Ning.

【Leandro de Pesa's favorability towards you has increased significantly.】

It's not bad, it can be considered an unexpected result, at least I don't have to lick it.

The subsequent process went smoothly. As a fairly large chain of herbal medicine stores, the amount Zhou Ning needed was just a drop in the bucket. However, considering the need for a long-term supply, Zhou Ning insisted on paying, ultimately securing a 8% discount, a good deal for both parties.

As for the alchemy laboratory, Richard Pesa was not bragging. He really had several idle alchemy laboratories at home.

One of them was really suitable for Zhou Ning. It was near Wake University and it was convenient for going to and from the alchemy laboratory.

Secondly, the facilities were complete, not much different from the alchemy lab in the school's alchemy building. There was even a small bed in the lab for resting, so if you didn't go back to the dormitory occasionally, you could sleep here for a while.

Of course, the most important thing was the price. A typical lab would charge about 2 roshen per hour, which would cost at least 4 victa per day. Now Zhou Ning only had to pay 30 victa per month, which was perfect for someone like him who was on a tight budget.

The price is that Zhou Ning has to take better care of Leonardo at the University of Victoria.

After a few interactions, Zhou Ning's heart was shamefully moved.

As for the price...does a protagonist like Leandro need my care? It's more like the other way around!

Finally, the rent was finalized, which was 30 Victors per month, one month deposit and one month payment. Someone would be arranged to deliver the herbs every once in a while.

Zhou Ning thanked him and chatted with Richard for a few more words until a butler took out the lease contract and placed it on the table.

After everyone signed, Zhou Ning counted out 60 Victorias in cash with a pained look on his face and handed it to Richard.

Richard took the cash without counting it carefully, and suddenly asked with some concern:

"Wayne, have you had nightmares or heard any strange noises these days?"

Sure enough.

Zhou Ning, who had been speculating a bit, replied, "Yes, I had a nightmare last night."

Richard's face was heavy: "Is it the same with you? Alas..."

Looking at Richard's dejected face, Zhou Ning thought for a moment and chose his words carefully: "As far as I know, many people have experienced this phenomenon after experiencing sacrifice. The Ascetic Church and the Sun Watchers should have ways to alleviate or even solve this problem."

"The Ascetic Church?" Richard's eyes lit up at first, then he shook his head with a wry smile. "No, I believe in the Goddess of Nature. The Ascetic Church won't let a pagan in. As for the Sun Watchers... we'll talk about it later."

The two chatted for a while, and then Richard said goodbye and left with a heavy heart.

After finishing the alchemy laboratory work, it was almost time for dinner.

As expected, just as the weather forecast said, it started to rain heavily outside. The strange thing was that it was still sunny less than 200 meters away.

Zhou Ning quickly filled his stomach and began to busily organize the alchemy laboratory.

Although it is really sad, at least I have my own small base in the game world.

To celebrate, I won’t go back to sleep tonight…

After tidying up the laboratory, Zhou Ning sat in front of the table and began to try to decipher the set of alchemy books he had just bought.

The decryption method is very simple. The forum in the previous life has instructions for the steps. You just need to convert the Ruins language into Old Faric, and then combine the 2,4,6,8, , , or words in each line into new sentences.

In the previous life, that person had task prompts throughout the process, and the translation only required reading the bars. Now Zhou Ning had to translate it word for word.

It took a full four hours to decipher the alchemy book.

"Done!" Zhou Ning rubbed his sore wrist.

These four hours of translation not only solved the decryption, but also gave me 4000 experience points, which was a pleasant surprise.

After rereading the decrypted information, I saw the panel prompt in my field of vision:

"You have obtained the epic skill book: Windgun's Alchemy Experience."