At night, Blue Lagoon Manor.
When Richard returned, none of the servants in the manor had much reaction, because they had no idea what Richard had gone through during the day, and thought that Richard was just going out and returning.
Only the butler Gallie was a little excited, knowing that Richard's trip this time was unusual, and it was a good result to come back so soon. He didn't have to worry about the manor being closed. But looking at Richard's solemn expression, he didn't dare to show too much excitement on his face. He watched Richard enter the study, silently offered him a cup of hot tea, and then quietly left.
Returning to his separate bedroom, Gallie closed the door. His emotions were no longer suppressed. He leaned against the door and let out a long breath. With a somewhat happy expression on his face, he said: "Phew, it seems that my housekeeper can continue to work." .”
After saying what I thought of, I quickly ran to a desk in the bedroom, pulled out the account book I checked yesterday from the drawer on the side of the desk, put it on the table and started checking it again by the light of the oil lamp.
Gallie decided to cherish the next time even more and make his housekeeper more competent.
From tomorrow onwards, he will learn more words from the eldest groom among the servants. Although the old horseman's knowledge of characters was at best allowing him to recognize some signboards and tombstones, it was not up to the level of writing letters, but it was enough. Things have to be done step by step. He must first learn all the simple words, and then find a way to buy a few books to teach himself rhetoric and become a literate person.
That way, as a housekeeper, he won't always feel guilty.
Thinking of this, Gallie looked at the already overripe bill again with excitement and longing.
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In the study.
Richard couldn't feel Gallie's excitement, and he wasn't excited at all. He felt quite heavy.
After sitting behind the desk for a long time, I slowly picked up the tea cup, took a sip of the half-cold honey-sweet tea, and thought about Rommel again.
According to the conversation between him and Rommel after the battle during the day, he was sure that Rommel had suspected that his identity was not true.
This is normal. After all, according to the identity he provided to the Truth Society before, it is difficult to have such a strong strength - even if it is not forged, there must be some deception.
Since then, even if Rommel said he would not investigate him, he would still be at risk of being exposed and had to guard against it.
Listening to some of Rommel's words and looking at Rommel's attitude, it seemed that he wanted to win over him. Even if he had evil intentions, he wanted to use his absolute strength to win over him.
Whether this is sincere or a deception is difficult to discern.
What is undeniable is that his current identity is indeed risky.
So, should we run away
In addition, one thing that must be recognized is that facing Rommel, his strongest trump card has lost its due effect. Even if he uses numerous world-destroying gloves and attacks regardless of the cost, he will at most be in a stalemate with the opponent, making the opponent unable to attack him, rather than killing the opponent.
In this case, if you stay and your identity is exposed, it will be very dangerous to escape.
From this perspective, he should leave.
Rommel proposed to take him to Pompeii in three days, so the three days before going to Pompeii provided an excellent opportunity to escape. It would allow him to successfully escape from the Southern Free Federation, leave the current sphere of influence of the Society of Truth, and escape to the Soma Alliance or other places—such as the Northern Wasteland, or the Kingdom of Sika.
However, although leaving is simple, there are also serious problems.
The amount of nuclear raw materials he has collected through the Shambhala mine is not very large. Even if the mine is fully exploited in the past half month, the amount of nuclear raw materials mined is only the minimum amount required to manufacture a nuclear weapon. .
You know, this is a theoretical value. In actual operation, there are many problems, large and small. Sometimes, an error or a mistake can cause a certain amount of nuclear materials to be damaged or contaminated, making them unusable.
In this way, nuclear weapons research and manufacturing plans will inevitably be postponed.
In addition, just manufacturing a nuclear weapon for research does not really fit in with his research plan. According to his original plan, he was going to manufacture three nuclear weapons of different yields and test them separately to eliminate errors and obtain more realistic data.
Once he decides to escape now, this plan will inevitably fail to come true. After all, according to the scarcity of nuclear materials, it will be difficult for him to find a place like the Shambhala Mine - at least within a year.
The nuclear weapons research and manufacturing plan is the most important thing for him at the moment. He has invested too much in it, and it is related to the path he wants to take in the future and cannot be changed easily.
Only by following the plan and understanding the current state of microscopic particles in the world through the study of nuclear weapons can he determine some basic theories. Only then can we analyze the truth of the world to a large extent and determine the right path to take in the future.
This is like the apple that fell on the head of physicist Newton in the story of Earth.
It was with this apple that Newton realized the physical phenomenon of gravity and proposed the three laws of classical mechanics, which led to the development of physics in the following hundreds of years.
Speaking of which, is Apple important? It's not important at all, but without this reminder from Apple, without this opportunity, it would be necessary to put in more effort and travel more roads to figure out something.
The nuclear weapons in his nuclear weapons research and manufacturing plan are equivalent to the apples in the story.
He must get this apple, then throw it out to see whether the apple falls to the ground or spirals into the air, in order to know the nature of the world. Only then can we further understand why this world possesses extraordinary power, and why it is so similar and yet so different from the earth.
In addition, this "apple", in addition to being of great significance to what he is studying, is also a strategic weapon that he envisioned, capable of "turning the table".
Originally, this requirement was not too critical, but things changed after the World-Destroying Gloves were used on Rommel and did not achieve the expected results.
A weapon can only be considered to have the power to "turn the table" if it is so powerful that no one can compete with it. Originally, the world-destroying gloves were competent, but now they have gradually become outdated and need to be replaced by a more powerful existence, that is, nuclear weapons. .
Only by obtaining nuclear weapons can he no longer be afraid of harassment from the Truth Society or other organizational forces, and can focus on researching things according to his own ideas. Otherwise, even if he escapes successfully, in the days to come, he will have to worry about how to deal with the subsequent revenge of the truth, and how to fight against enemies like Rommel, or even stronger than Rommel.
To sum up:
Staying here is risky. It is equivalent to operating in "enemy-occupied territory". Once exposed, it is very dangerous. However, there are risks, and there are benefits. You can make your nuclear weapons research and manufacturing plans go smoothly. In addition, as Rommel said, you can also take a look at Pompeii and understand the truth of the world.
If you leave, there are still risks, but the risks are relatively small. At the same time, long-standing plans will be disrupted and adjustments will need to be made, with no certainty of how long it will take to recover.
To put it simply, one is adventurous and the other conservative, so which one should you choose
Sitting behind the desk, Richard kept moving his eyes and hesitated.
After a long time, his eyes condensed and he made a decision.
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