Suddenly, the muscles on Wendel's back tensed up completely, as if they were about to explode.

He was shocked and suspicious, and several guesses flashed through his mind uncontrollably:

"The residents of Utopia are all monsters in human skin. They look normal at ordinary times, but once they encounter a logical blind spot, they will show a side different from ordinary people and ignore the obvious problems?

"Or maybe the station staff had already figured out that I was lying, but they didn't want to deal with me, so they pretended not to see it and let me go? Why is that?

"Well, I could justify carrying my suitcase to the platform restroom with the excuse that I was afraid of losing my luggage, but the entire platform was covered, so there was no need to take out an umbrella in advance. Besides, the rain had stopped long ago..."

Wendel subconsciously turned his gaze to the window, and saw the sun shining brightly on the current platform. Passengers were waiting in an orderly manner behind the cordon, which was completely different from the gloomy and dark feeling given by Utopia.

Huh... He exhaled, and his body suddenly relaxed a little.

This is not a utopia... I've already left... Wendel muttered to himself in his heart, raising his hand to wipe away the cold sweat on his forehead.

When he recalled his oversight just now, it was as if he was trapped in a nightmare from which he could not wake up.

After a while, Wendel stood up and decided to go to the platform to smoke a cigarette to relax.

The tobacco soothed him well, and made him recall his experiences in Utopia again.

During this process, he had an inspiration about his experience:

"Perhaps it was because I sincerely helped Tracy that the platform staff deliberately ignored my question and let me go?"

Wendel was more willing to accept this explanation than the idea that all the residents of Utopia were monsters in human skin.

Just then, out of the corner of his eye, he saw the conductor talking to a group of people in the corner.

Wendell inconspicuously moved a few steps closer, wanting to hear what they were talking about.

With his supernormal hearing, he vaguely heard a conversation from a distance that would not arouse suspicion:

"We were at... Platform... Utopia..."

"The Kingdom... has no..."

"Please keep it a secret..."

Wendell's eyebrows moved slightly, and combined with the description in the document in his arms, he roughly understood what the group of people were saying to the conductor.

They were saying that there was no Utopia station in the kingdom, and the status of the steam train last night was "missing"!

At this moment, Wendel felt a strong sense of fear in his heart again, and he felt that being able to leave Utopia alive was the greatest luck.

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It took Alfred nearly a week to return to Backlund from Eskosen Port.

This is because he visited the families of his deceased comrades, former friends, elders who returned to their fiefdoms for vacation, and some of the family's partners along the way.

"This is more tiring than participating in a battle." Alfred complained to his father, Earl Hall.

Earl Hall smiled and pointed to the stairs:

"Go back to your room and rest for a while, and we'll talk in the study later."

He was quite satisfied with his second son's mental state and growth progress.

Alfred looked around and asked with a smile:

"Where is Backlund's most dazzling gem?"

He paused and added:

"And what about Hibbert?"

Earl Hall smiled and said:

"Audrey went to her foundation and will be back in the afternoon. She kept complaining that you couldn't provide a confirmed itinerary, so she had no idea when you would arrive.

"Hibbert is now a cabinet secretary and is very busy."

Alfred nodded, said nothing more, went back to his room, took a shower, and changed into a shirt, vest, and formal suit.

"I prefer East Balam's casualness." He looked in the mirror and said to his adjutant with a smile.

"You look more aristocratic this way." His adjutant said as he handed over the document in his hand. "General, this is from MI9."

"MI9?" Alfred broke the seal of the document bag thoughtfully. "The results of the investigation into Utopia are out so soon?"

Before he finished speaking, he had already pulled out the document and started flipping through it.

During this process, Alfred turned the pages slower and slower, and in the end, he went back to the beginning and read it again.

The main contents of this survey report are divided into two parts:

First, the members of MI9 who were escorting Alfred's report mistakenly entered Utopia, witnessed a murder, and forcibly left in the middle of the night and returned to the steam train; second, there was no Utopia station on any train line from Desi Bay to Backlund, and there was no Utopia port in the Sea of ​​Fury, and subsequent investigators did not find any traces.

Neither of these two situations was beyond Alfred's tolerance. What surprised and shocked him was the murderer:

Her name is Tracy. She is a hotel owner. She received secondary education and graduated from a grammar school. After that, she became the mistress of a businessman and is currently trying to get rid of this identity.

This was quite consistent with Tracy, the port hotel owner that Alfred met, and every detail matched.

So, Alfred judged that the murderer was Tracy, the beautiful woman who had received a certain education and played sad music at night.

"Is this the story behind her?" Alfred muttered to himself silently.

This made the residents of that utopia seem extremely real, not just an illusion as Alfred had expected.

That is to say, when outsiders leave, the residents of Utopia still have their own lives, their own love, hatred, pain and sorrow, and all kinds of experiences.

Except that Utopia did not seem to exist in the real world, it was just like any other town in the Kingdom of Loen.

Perhaps, Utopia really exists, and everyone there is real. However, in order to enter there, one must be in the right place at the right time... Alfred nodded imperceptibly, and put away the investigation report sent back by MI9 with emotion.

For him, the matter ended here and he had no intention of investigating further.

You know, in the southern continent, there are countless strange things and phenomena. If you are too curious, you will only bring yourself dangers beyond your imagination.

After tidying up his clothes and mood, Alfred came to his father's study and knocked on the embossed door.

"Come in." Earl Hall's voice came out.

Alfred combed his golden hair, pushed the door open, and found a seat to sit down.

Earl Hall looked at him with a smile and said:

"I'm already a man."

"No one would say that to a man," Alfred responded without any reservation.

"In my heart, you are still that rebellious teenager." Earl Hall smiled and said, "You are already a Sequence 5 Beyonder?"

Alfred replied with a pun:

"Yes, I am already a real knight."

Earl Hall nodded, then suddenly sighed and said:

“You must have been through a lot of pain.

"As far as I know, both potions and wars can cause serious harm to people, both physically and mentally."

"Everyone will experience a lot of pain in their life." Alfred said with some regret.

He used the Loonian euphemism.

After a pause, he added:

"Compared to when I left Backlund, I'm in a better state now. As long as I master the method, at my level, I don't need to worry too much about crazy impacts."

Earl Hall stopped talking about this matter and said:

"Your sister has also become a Beyonder."

"Huh?" Alfred was startled at first, then he remembered something and said with a little annoyance, "I thought she really just simply changed her hobbies."

"It seems that Audrey's adventure has received your help." Earl Hall said with a little realization, "I hope you can talk to her and tell her how dangerous, crazy and painful the path of sequence potions is, so that she can stay at her current level."

Alfred responded without hesitation:

"I will do it."

In the evening, in Audrey's small study.

"Alfred, what do you want to talk to me about?" Audrey, who had changed into home clothes, led Susie and opened the door for her brother.

She had been waiting here for her brother for several minutes.

"I want to remind you of something." Alfred walked into the study, pulled up a chair and sat down.

Audrey smiled and pointed at the golden retriever.

"Do we need to ask Susie to get out?"

Alfred couldn't help but smile as he glanced at the big golden retriever squatting beside him with a humane look in his eyes.

"No need. I don't think it will eavesdrop on our conversation."

"She," Audrey corrected casually.

When the noble girl sat opposite him, Alfred sighed in his heart:

After not seeing each other for a few years, my sister has completely gotten rid of her childishness. Both her appearance and temperament are admirable. She is no longer the little girl she used to be.

Alfred retracted his gaze and asked casually:

"I heard that you became a Beyonder?"

"Yeah." Audrey nodded frankly.

Alfred originally wanted to ask what sequence he had, but after thinking about it, he felt that this was too direct and might easily cause rebellion, so he considered his words and said:

"You should be a Beyonder of the Audience Path, right? The Colorful Lizard Dragon has similar abilities."

That colorful lizard dragon was the gift that Alfred gave to his sister.

After Audrey gave a positive answer, Alfred asked in a joking tone:

"Can you do psychological treatment now? Most Beyonders, including me, need help in this area. Well, I forgot to tell you that I am already a Sequence 5 'Punishment Knight' of the 'Arbitrator' pathway."

Audrey pursed her lips and smiled slightly:

"I am a qualified psychologist and have received professional training. You can ask your father and mother for confirmation of this."

Already at Sequence 7... Alfred's expression gradually became serious:

"Audrey, there's something I need to remind you of. Potions bring more than just power."

At this point, he paused to observe his sister's reaction and found that Audrey was not impatient at all and was listening very seriously.

"Every dose of potion contains madness that can lead to loss of control... I have seen similar situations before, more than once... They happened to my enemies and my friends. No group is immune..." Alfred combined his own experiences in East Balam and explained in detail the dangers of potions.

During this process, he found that not only his sister Audrey was listening attentively, but also his golden retriever Susie was very quiet.