The sun was setting.
Lu Sheng looked at the dilapidated attic in front of him. On the nameplate on the iron fence outside the building, it read: Hall of Strange Stories.
Originally, he planned to find the library here, but he saw this place on the way, and his keen intuition told him that it was very possible to find the clues he wanted here.
So he stopped, intending to go in and have a look.
Pushing aside the iron bars, he walked in slowly, and there were two young men who were cleaning inside, holding brooms and methodically cleaning up the withered yellow leaves in the yard.
Lu Sheng walked along the main road to the entrance of the attic.
There is a price list by the door.
'Ten marks visit once. Please buy a ticket to get in. '
Lu Sheng threw ten marks into a glass cabinet placed inside the door, and walked in slowly.
In the attic is a structure similar to a back shape. Black and white oil paintings and corresponding explanatory texts are hung on the walls. In some places, there are some key items that seem to be related events.
Lu Sheng walked around, most of them were all kinds of weird and strange things that happened near Berlin, and before all the events, he added a sentence, absolutely true.
'In 1855, a cow disappeared on a farm in the outskirts of Berlin. The three police officers who went to investigate, Tom, Johnson, and Vincent, disappeared that day, and no clues have been found so far. '
'In 1843, a homicide occurred in the western part of Berlin. The face of the deceased was black, and other body parts were the same as before his death. Forensic examination found that his head had been dead for several months, but his body seemed to have just passed away. '
'In 1871, Paul, a painter who came from France to hold an art exhibition, mysteriously disappeared in the corridor of his art exhibition. Ten minutes ago, he was still discussing with his assistant about moving some of the paintings. Ten minutes later, when When he crossed one of the corridors, he was completely lost.
Since then, no one has seen him again. Only one weird symbol remained on the scene. '
Lu Sheng's pupils shrank slightly. In the photos left in this case, the symbol vaguely resembled the eyes of a snake.
His throat moved, and he continued to read.
The rest of the cases were either mysterious disappearances or various bloody and strange murders.
But no type left with mysterious symbols was found again.
Lu Sheng quickly returned to the previous case of the painter Paul.
Several remnants of the time were left behind in this case.
A rusty kettle, a half-painted canvas, and a paintbrush broken in two.
"183 Temple Street." Lu Sheng wrote down the address.
"How is it? Isn't it very exciting? The places recorded here, with addresses, are basically famous supernatural places." A young man in a suit with a mustache next to Lu Sheng said with a smile.
"Not bad." Lu Sheng nodded with a smile.
"It's really good, but it's a pity... There are fewer and fewer people who like these now, and I don't know how long I can last here." The young man said with some regret.
"Let me introduce myself, I am William Clark, the host here."
"My name is Jack, nice to meet you." Lu Sheng reached out and shook his hand.
"I have been running this themed pavilion here for more than a year. Unfortunately...the income is far from being able to maintain consumption, rent, daily expenses, staff salaries, etc. Every day is a torment." William said helplessly. .
He glanced at the missing painter case that Lu Sheng was following.
"Speaking of which, I personally followed up the case at the time. I rushed there the day after Paul disappeared. He and I are good friends. Before he disappeared, he told me that he tried his best to draw One of the best works ever made. Let me go and admire...
"It disappeared in the end?" Lu Sheng continued.
"Yeah." William was a little bit emotional, obviously he was only in his thirties, but he sighed like an old man.
"Actually, I am a policeman." Lu Sheng said softly, "I have experienced similar weird cases before. Unfortunately, my power is limited, and I cannot really bring the murderer to justice."
"The police? That's a coincidence." William said in surprise. "At that time, the police in Berlin didn't know why. "
"Any additional clues?" Lu Sheng asked casually. Nor did he hold out hope for clues from here.
The clues to this case must have been unearthed by the police here long ago.
"Does that painting count?" William asked with a wry smile.
"Can you show me?"
"Of course." William readily agreed.
He took Lu Sheng directly to the depths of the exhibition hall, opened a locked room, and opened the door to enter.
It was densely packed with all kinds of things.
A life-sized doll with clockwork on its back, various dark red vases with strange patterns, rusty long swords and full-body armor, feathers of some unknown birds, and huge bones of unknown species of creatures.
All kinds of messy things piled together, like a grocery store of all kinds of discarded items.
William rummaged through it, and soon found a tightly wrapped picture frame.
"This is it, take a look." He handed the frame to Lu Sheng.
Lu Sheng took it, and slowly removed the thick cloth layer by layer. Expose the innermost canvas.
In the darkness, a huge phantom like a snake straddles the huge city in the night.
In the night of the city, there are dots of lights.
"The shape of this city is the current Berlin." William reminded. "I looked at the map, and the city Paul drew is a bird's-eye view of Berlin.
I guess from this picture, he must be implying something. "
"Hint what?" Lu Sheng frowned.
"Yes, a year before he disappeared, when I exchanged letters with him occasionally, I often heard him mention some strange terms and places. Since then, I have been a little worried about his mental state." William felt a little disappointed Tao, seems to be sad for the disappearance of a former friend.
"What term and location?" Lu Sheng asked.
"I can't remember most of them, but I still have a little memory of some of them that are repeated the most. For example, Miska University, tutors and so on." William shrugged. "I guess he may have been in a trance because he wanted to go back to university for further study, and he was very tired during that time...."
"Misca University? Tutor?" Lu Sheng rubbed his chin.
"I checked, and there is no such university in the whole of Germany, or even in the whole of Europe. Maybe there is such a university in other states, but it must be an unknown place. I can't figure out why he is so worried about this place. One of my favorites..." William showed a puzzled expression.
"Do you still have any information about this university?" Lu Sheng asked again. His intuition told him that there was definitely something wrong with this place.
"Hmm... Let me think about it..." William scratched his hair, "Oh, yes, Paul also mentioned that he seems to have passed the special adult recruitment exam and applied for the assessment. At that time, he was still I was very excited, saying that I had managed to pass the initial written test and that I was about to accept the second interview."
"Exam? Do you know where to apply?" Lu Sheng asked quickly.
"You can go to the education department to inquire about the situation. That's all I know..." William shrugged helplessly.
"Okay..." Lu Sheng returned the painting to William, and after thanking him, he left the exhibition hall.
Wandering around for a while, he soon went straight to the nearest school nearby.
After several inquiries, Lu Sheng quickly found a school named Berlin Heller Middle School.
The sports meeting was being held in the school, and there were crowds of people. Lu Sheng found a gap that the guard didn't pay attention to, and walked through the school gate easily.
The loudspeaker was playing the deafening music of the sports meeting. After asking a few students, Lu Sheng easily found the location of the teaching and research building for the teaching staff.
Using the psychological guidance technique, it took him less than ten minutes to find the special management office responsible for recommending students to various universities.
Boom boom boom.
Lu Sheng stood at the door and knocked lightly.
"Please come in." An old man's voice came from inside.
Lu Sheng twisted the door lock and walked in slowly.
There are three or four people in the office who are sorting things out. An old man is sitting at the desk near the door, wearing reading glasses and carefully looking at the list in front of him.
Hearing the sound of entering the door, the old man raised his head and looked at Lu Sheng carefully.
"Hello, what can I do for you?"
"I would like to consult. My child is worried about which university to apply for. From his conversation with his classmates, I learned about a school called Miska University. He really wants to enter this school to study, but I haven't heard of this school...so...." Lu Sheng slowly activated his psychological guidance technique and asked sincerely.
"Misca University... um... I can introduce this to you." The old man smiled happily, making Lu Sheng's psychological guidance technique fail. It seems that he himself is such a character who is willing to explain to others.
"It's normal that you haven't heard of it. This university has only started to recruit students from Berlin in recent years. It's not as famous as other famous universities, but their teachers and background are still good, and the required admission scores are not low.
It's just...their interview outside of the written test is a little strange...."
"strangeness?"
"Yes, their interviews screen out a lot of students who think they are excellent, and many of them don't even know that they have been interviewed. And they are also one of the few universities that only look at grades, regardless of age."
The old man smiled and said, "Speaking of this, I still appreciate their school-running philosophy. No matter how many times they repeat a grade, they treat them equally. They even have adult entrance examinations."
"They still have adult recruitment exams? So, I can also accompany my son to study...?" Lu Sheng showed a hint of excitement.
"Theoretically it is possible...." The old man was also surprised, "Well, I will give you a copy of their application form for admission. After you fill it out, you can send it directly to the address written on it. They will arrange an exam, a written test, and an interview Like, it's up to you to accompany or not."
In this day and age, there are very few adults who are willing to pay so much for their children. The old man was a little moved, and he dragged Lu Sheng to talk a lot.
After more than an hour, Lu Sheng was able to leave the office with the application form.