Dusk wears off and night falls.
Richard strolled through the newly rented courtyard.
By this time, Alex had already left, indicating that his legs were about to break and he needed a good rest, otherwise he might not be able to get out of bed tomorrow. Gro also left and returned to the college, saying that he would get up early tomorrow to find a way to register for elective courses.
Richard was the only one walking in the empty courtyard, his footsteps echoing.
"Da da da… "
Richard inspected the entire yard, becoming more and more satisfied as he looked.
This is a two-entry yard, with a small fountain in the front yard and a small garden in the back yard. Although no one has taken care of it for a long time, it looks extremely messy and has weeds all over the ground. But with a simple cleaning, it can be restored to its original appearance. It is much better than the yard we rented in Cuijin City before.
As for the haunting issue mentioned by Alex, Richard was not worried at all.
First of all, he is not afraid of ghosts, or in other words, he is not afraid of unknown things.
Regarding the haunting, he was more curious than afraid. If there really was a haunting, he wanted to find out what caused it.
And even if there were unexplainable ghosts, he would still find a way to catch them and study them. Maybe, you may not be able to discover any significant results, but it would be even better if you can use it to unlock the truth about the world.
With this thought, Richard walked into the depths of the courtyard, carefully observed each room, and then thought about how to arrange the uses of these rooms.
"This room is relatively spacious and can be used as the main laboratory." Richard said to himself, "This room is used as a backup laboratory. Build a small toxic gas laboratory here and install a fume hood. This room is This is a microbial culture laboratory. It needs to be renovated. If possible, find a way to install a temperature control system. This is used as a storage room for ordinary materials, with constant temperature, pressure and humidity. This is a storage room for dangerous goods, so it should be prevented from leaking. This…”
Richard was talking to himself when he suddenly heard a subtle knock on the door from outside the courtyard.
"Huh?" Richard raised his eyebrows, stepped out, and opened the courtyard door.
Then I saw that there was no one on the street outside the courtyard gate.
A gust of cold wind blew through, rolling up the dead branches and leaves in the yard, and suddenly the night became a bit eerie.
"Well..." Richard pursed his lips, remembering that Alex mentioned the ghost knocking on the door before, and it seemed like this was it.
"Did you come so quickly? It's a gift delivered to your door." Richard said, closing the door with a creak and walking into the yard, ready to see what would happen next.
As a result, not long after walking into the courtyard, there was a knock on the door again.
"Bang bang bang!"
He quickly walked to the courtyard door and opened it, but there was still no one outside.
Richard narrowed his eyes slightly.
Close the door again and wait quietly not far from the courtyard door, then hear the third knock on the door.
He stepped forward and opened the door, but there was still no one outside.
Richard's eyes narrowed to a slit, then returned to normal. His eyebrows moved a few times, and he had guessed some possibilities.
"Is that so..." Richard murmured, showing a slightly disappointed expression, "I thought it would be a more complicated reason..."
As Richard spoke, he walked out of the courtyard, stood in a corner of the street in the night, and used the "breath concealment technique" he got from Old Malen to quickly integrate his breath into the surrounding environment.
waiting…
Not long after, an extremely subtle and undetectable sound of flapping wings suddenly came from the sky, and a large number of bats were seen flying towards the courtyard door and starting to collide.
The courtyard door began to make a sound: "Bang, bang, bang!"
As Richard stepped closer, the bat felt something, flew away quickly, and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.
Richard walked straight to the courtyard door, sniffed at the wooden door, and smelled a faint fishy smell, and said, "As expected."
The reason why the ghost knocks on the door is found. It’s actually not worth mentioning: the courtyard door is stained or smeared with some special liquid, which can emit a smell that attracts bats, thereby attracting many bats, and hitting the door emits A sound similar to a knock on the door.
When a person hears a knock on the door and steps forward to open the door, because bats use ultrasonic waves to detect the surrounding environment and are extremely sensitive, they can detect and move away in advance. Therefore, no matter how many times the person opens the door, he will not see the shadow of the bat. It became a ghost knocking on the door in a sense.
In fact, similar methods have already existed on modern earth in ancient China. The liquid used is eel blood, which can attract bats from a radius of several hundred meters to achieve a certain purpose.
After figuring this out, Richard couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. After all, he had really thought about catching a "ghost" for fun... er, for research.
Now it's just a bat, but it doesn't have much meaning in research.
Once you figure it out, it's easy to solve it once and for all.
With a flip of his hand, Richard took out a bottle of lye from the space iron ring, opened the cork, and sprinkled it evenly against the wooden door to let the lye soak into it.
Although it is currently unknown what the substance is in the wooden door, unless it is extremely chemically inert and does not react with the lye, the lye will destroy the structure of the door and render it ineffective. Even if the other party is really chemically inert, the smell of lye will be enough to mask its smell and prevent bats from coming back.
After doing this, Richard walked into the door. After waiting patiently for a while, I found that the bat did not appear again.
Feeling relieved, Richard continued to check each room and build a blueprint for the future laboratory, which was not completely completed until the dead of night.
Although Richard knew that it would be difficult to implement the entire blueprint under the current conditions. But Rome was not built in a day, you can do it step by step.
Even if it cannot be built here, it can be built in other places if there is a chance in the future.
With this thought in mind, Richard walked out of the courtyard and walked back towards White Rock Tower Academy.
Walking on the street, Richard saw that many places were plunged into darkness, but there were also many places that were brightly lit.
Walking past the "Salt and Fire" tavern where he had lunch, Richard heard bursts of noise inside, as well as gentle music and singing. It was the woman from the day who continued to play and sing.
Because what he was playing and singing was a folk song, Richard couldn't understand much, but he could vaguely distinguish the rhythm in the music: one strong, one weak, one strong, one weak...
"Well, is it in 2/4 time?" Richard said to himself, "Well, it has changed. Now it is in 3/4 time: strong, weak, weak."
"Strong, weak, weak, then strong, weak, weak, does this become 6/8 again?" Richard gradually moved away from the tavern and couldn't help but shook his head, "The rhythm is a bit chaotic. Sure enough, it's like the Middle Ages here. In this world, the metronome has not yet been invented, and music needs to be improved. But having said that, if you are not demanding anything, you can still listen to it. Ta, tap, tap, tap..."
Slowly, Richard walked into the darkness.
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