It is a whole circle, and there is a cross crossed in the middle, and then it is still blacked out, marked with a west-to-east direction mark, on which is written in Portuguese a line of floral letters.

"Emmanuel Pesagno......" Li Huan carefully identified: "Who is it?"

"Admiral Emmanuel is a legend of the Age of Discovery. Fiona said: "Emmanuel Pesagno is the admiral of Portugal who thinks he is keen on exploration. There are actually two theories about the discovery of the Lower Azores. One of them is about Admiral Emmanuel. In the 14th century, Admiral Emmanuel discovered the place and brought back a large collection of gold and jewels from the island, where birds do not lay eggs. This saying is still circulating in the Azores to this day...... Curiously, however, it is not found in the official records. ”

"There is no official record, so I must not want people to know it......" Li Huan picked up the map: "Hey, there are words behind this." ”

Li Huan turned the map over, and there were indeed several paragraphs of text behind it, all of which were in Portuguese style, and it was obvious that the person who wrote these words had a good artistic and cultural accomplishment.

"When I asked the Admiralty to revise the nautical charts, they thought I was crazy, that the Azores were not an archipelago at all, that it was a rich land rich in gold and precious stones......"

"I've seen people in gold armor come in and out of the Twin Lakes, they're taller than us and speak languages I don't understand, my God, is this the sunken Atlantis?"

"I sent my soldiers into the Twin Lakes to check, but many of them went crazy when they came back, what the hell is under the water, and I'm curious, but I can't send my soldiers to death anymore......"

Li Huan was stunned for a while.

Could it be that there is a passage to Atlantis under the waters of the Twin Lakes?

That is to say, in fact, those dock sailors made up a scam to get me here by mistake, and it is really possible that they were fooled right?

However, Li Huan was puzzled again: "It's not right, Fiona, you said that this scam started in the Middle Ages, deceived so many people, if there are really ruins of Atlantis in this place, it will also be discovered by the explorers who flock to it, right?"

"It's not unfounded, there were beautiful carvings found under the Twin Lakes, but for various reasons, they have not been salvaged, but that was two centuries ago, and after the volcanic eruption in 1969, the Twin Lakes were even more inaccessible. Fiona said, "Anyway, you can go and see what happens?"

That's right, it's all here anyway, so what if you go and see it?

......

If you describe a city's feng shui is good, you will generally use adjectives such as facing the sea with the mountains behind you or the mountains and rivers next to the mountains.

Li Huan got up early the next morning, and after a three-hour speedboat voyage, he came to Terceira, the main island of the Azores.

The island is one of the liveliest in the archipelago, and the port where Li Huan landed is called Angra de Grasísmo, which was built in the 16th century and is a World Heritage Site in itself, attracting countless whalers, small traders, and treasure hunters from all over the world to wander the cobblestone streets and alleys. Boat people sit in cafes in the old square sipping espresso while several Lisbon cod boats cross the shore.

Looking at the scenery on the sea, the cliffs along the coast of the sea are towering, the black volcanic lava is intertwined, and the sea is uncertain.

Terceira Island is surrounded by mountains and rivers in the absolute sense of the word. The scenery is good, but alas, it still has the world's largest time bomb sitting under its butt. Because around this pirate, there are six active volcanic vents in a radius of about ten kilometers, four of which have not erupted for a long time, but two are still flowing lava......

In fact, in 1969, one of these volcanoes erupted, expanding the area of Terceira by two square kilometres. Fortunately, the direction of the lava flow was not the city, but the deserted side of the island, and Terceira was able to save it.

Now, after 40 years, although the volcano has not erupted again, and the city has come to life again, who knows when this volcano will cough again? A large volcano of this magnitude, even if it is just a sneeze, is enough to bring a devastating impact on the island.

But that's what makes Li Huan very confident that Atlantis is at the foot of this small city. Legend has it that Atlantis was destroyed by a powerful volcanic eruption, with dozens of volcanic eruptions completely burying a civilization. In fact, volcanoes are featured in all descriptions of Atlantis around the world.

The more volcanic activity there is, the more likely it is that the relics of this civilization will exist.

Before the ship approached the port, Li Huan took a look at the topography of the island when the speedboat was circling the island. The island is quite large, but there is nothing to be seen near the shore except for the black volcanic rocks that have already formed into blocks. Even if there is really Atlantis, even if their civilization really reaches a level more advanced than that of humans, in the face of the power of nature, it is powerless after all, and it is estimated that if you find that lost civilization, the rest can only be a ruin.

People, in the face of nature, are too small after all.

As soon as the ship docked at the port, Li Huan stepped on the dock, and the first thing he prepared was to go to the Twin Lakes to have a look, after all, someone had once found exquisite sculptures there, and it was much better than looking like a headless fly. And with Fiona, a guy who gave Li Huan advice all the way on the virtual screen, Li Huan has a great chance of discovering good things.

Angra Martísmo is located south of Terceira Island, while Twin Lakes is to the north, there is no public transport on the island, but fortunately there are vehicles for rent at the marina. After Li Huan got off the boat, he just walked to the door of a store with a vehicle rental sign, and was about to push the door, but was bumped into by someone who came out of it.

Li Huan looked down, this was a thin and weak little girl, and she should be a local. At the age of sixteen or seventeen, he is not very beautiful, but he has a pair of big eyes. She was wearing a red dress that had almost faded, with bruises on the corners of her mouth and eyes, and new and old wounds on her arms, as if she had been abused for a long time.

She lowered her head when she walked, and only raised her head when she bumped into Li Huan, and said in a very frightened tone: "I'm sorry sir, I didn't mean to, please forgive me......"

He said as if he was about to cry.

This child must have been abused by someone for a long time, and felt that any stranger would hurt her. Li Huan first scolded in his mouth, didn't he hear that Western democratic and free countries treat children well, didn't he say that when he heard a child crying in Citigroup, the neighbors would call the police, why was this little girl injured all over her body, and everyone seemed to be turning a blind eye?

On the virtual screen, the two girls who looked at Li Huan's perspective also saw this tragic scene, and Chen Xue was filled with indignation: "Brother Huan, she must have been beaten!

Fiona was relatively calm: "Master, either you give her some money to go to the hospital...... In this part of the Azores, the ethnic integration is too complicated, and all kinds of maritime forces are intertwined, so it is better not to cause any trouble, there are too many such things to manage. ”

Li Huan pondered for a while, Fiona's statement was very right, he comforted the little girl who was scared by himself in authentic Portuguese: "It's okay, it's okay, it's that I didn't see you, it's me who is wrong...... Little sister, where did you get your injuries? Did someone abuse you? Did you call the police?"

"I, no one abused me, I was hurt by myself. The little girl quickly shook her head.

Li Huan frowned, if it weren't for the abuse, it would have been a hell, and this kind of abuse must be long-term. But Fiona was right, this kind of thing can't be managed. Seeing that the little girl didn't say anything, Li Huan thought about it, took out two banknotes worth one hundred euros and stuffed them into her hands: "If you don't want to say it, don't say it, you take the money and go to the hospital to treat the wound...... You have to know how to protect yourself, if someone beats you again, you will call the police, you know? Cowardice will only make the murderer more arrogant. ”

The two bills worth one hundred euros stunned the little girl, and she didn't dare to reach out to take them.

"Take it. Li Huan grabbed her hand and stuffed it in his hand: "Go to the hospital to treat the wound and go home quickly." ”

After speaking, Li Huan pushed open the door and walked into the car rental shop.

The little girl who was injured all over her body was stunned with a two-hundred-euro bill in her hand, she stood at the door and looked blankly at the back of Li Huan pushing the door in, at that moment she seemed to be about to say something, but immediately covered her mouth, as if she was frightened by what she was going to say, her whole body trembled, hesitated for a long time, and finally didn't speak, just drew a cross on her chest, and then quickly disappeared on the dock.

Here Li Huan walked into the car rental shop, and the owner of the car shop was an enthusiastic Portuguese man about 50 years old. Li Huan explained to him that he wanted to rent a car to travel on the island by car, because he wanted to go to the volcanic area to have a look, so he wanted a jeep with good off-road performance.

"What the hell are you doing in that place? Since the volcanic eruption in 1969 destroyed half of the island, it has become a pristine reservation. The shopkeeper was stunned: "Are you a backpacker?"

"No, I've heard that the scenery is good, so I wanted to check it out. Li Huan said: "What, is it dangerous up there?"

"It's not dangerous, but it's definitely not safe...... And it's off the beaten track, with little tourists going in that direction except for the villages where the aborigines have been preserved, and there's nothing but volcanic ash. The shopkeeper muttered: "If you're going to the volcanic area, the jeep won't work, I have an all-terrain vehicle, as long as you don't drive into the lava, it can allow you to deal with all kinds of terrain." ”

The so-called all-terrain vehicle refers to a vehicle that can travel on any terrain, and is also known as an "all-terrain four-wheeled off-road locomotive" on terrain where it is difficult for ordinary vehicles to maneuver. This vehicle is simple and practical, good off-road performance, the appearance is generally unroofed, the all-terrain vehicle has wide tires that can increase the contact area with the ground, produce greater friction and reduce the pressure of the vehicle on the ground, making it easy to drive on beaches, riverbeds, forest roads, streams, and harsh desert terrain. It can carry people or transport goods. This type of vehicle has a variety of uses, and is not limited by road conditions, and is widely used in North America and Western Europe, showing a trend of increasing year by year.

"Okay, it's an all-terrain vehicle. Li Huan nodded.

The boss smiled and took out a slip to Li Huan: "Then please fill in your information, one hundred euros a day, if you have a visa credit card, you can pre-grant the deposit permission, so that you don't have to give too much cash...... You're Chinese, aren't you?"

"Well, you see that?" Li Huan responded with a faint smile as he filled in the information.

"Of course, only Chinese are so arrogant...... But you may be disappointed, you give little Leila the two hundred euros, I promise that in less than ten minutes, it will be her gambler dad to get rid of it. The boss sighed.

"I was about to ask about this, her name is Leila, right? She has obviously been abused for a long time, why don't you have anyone to help her?" Li Huan said and frowned: "The injuries on her body were beaten by her father, and the police don't care?"

"What's the matter?" the boss smiled bitterly, leaned out to look at the door, and then went over to close the two sliding doors, then came back, lowered his voice and said: "You just came to the Azores, see that you are a good person, let me remind you, if you see a guy with a sea snake tattooed on his arm, it is best to avoid them, that is the largest local gang in the Azores, the Sea Snake Gang." Lyra's gambler daddy is from the Sea Serpent Gang, and no one dares to care. Even the local police didn't bother to take care of their affairs and collected enough bribes, so why bother?"

It seems that this kind of thing happens everywhere, Li Huan sighed, or Fiona's words are right, this kind of thing can't be managed, besides, he is here to find the ruins of Atlantis, although he is not afraid, but it is best not to have anything to do with the local hooligan gang, otherwise it will be very troublesome.

Soon, Li Huan filled out the list, and after the boss handed Li Huan a self-driving route guide, he guided him to the parking lot behind the store and handed him an all-terrain vehicle: "Although you are kind, I still want to remind you that if the vehicle is damaged, I will deduct the deposit, and if it is destroyed, you have to compensate me 11,000 euros." ”

"This is natural. Li Huan said, and then got on the all-terrain vehicle.

Driving the all-terrain vehicle, Li Huan quickly walked out of the dock, and as soon as he got out of the dock, it was green as far as the eye could see. Li Huan drove along the route guided by the self-driving tour, around the asphalt road built on the seashore in the direction of the volcanic area. It is a volcanic island, and although it has experienced devastating volcanic eruptions, it has not had any impact on its ecology, but the fertile volcanic ash has brought the island to life.

The coastal road is surrounded by turquoise waters on one side and mountain walls on the other. The mountains are thick green, and small flowers are still blooming in the crevices of the rocks. The fertile volcanic ash sprinkled the mountain, giving birth to a grassy lawn full of wildflowers, one by one, forming a natural and magnificent pattern.

The place where the Twin Lakes where Li Huan is going is located is a small town on the island called Bart Town.

In the Azores, the islands are very interesting because of their special topography.

The rich areas are almost always located along the docks, and only the poor live in the villages inside the islands. In fact, as long as you think about it, it makes a lot of sense. Because the Azores archipelago is an active volcanic island, once a volcano erupts, the most quick escape from danger must be next to the pier. Moreover, the dock area is also a commercial area, whether it is tourism or commerce, almost all of them are gathered here, and large supermarkets, hotels, convenient banks and other institutions are also gathered in the dock area.

Li Huan drove along the Bay Highway, and slowly the buildings began to become thin.

"It doesn't seem to have changed much from when I first went to the Azores, saying that the people here are rich, and there are some rich people. But most people still follow the way they lived hundreds of years ago. Fiona commented: "Master, be careful when you go to the island, there are no aborigines in the Azores, according to the Portuguese pioneer policy of the year, the first people sent are prisoners of felonies, so the people on the island are strong." ”

"What else can I do if the people are strong, I'm not causing trouble, and most people are still reasonable. Li Huan said.

"It's one thing to say it or not, but as far as I know, 80 percent of the pioneers in the Azores were pirates. And the Sea Serpent Gang, master, you must stand firm and don't take the initiative to cause trouble again. Fiona reminded.

"What do you mean by not taking the initiative to cause trouble, that little girl is very pitiful!" Chen Xue had a completely different attitude from Fiona in this regard: "Regardless of her, she will be beaten to death." ”

"Miss, do you know how many slaves have died on this island?" said Fiona seriously: "At the height of the slave trade in the 17th century, tens of thousands of slaves died here every year, and the Azores was a transit point between Africa and Europe, and a paradise for sin. The people here have a long history of not treating people as human beings. ”

"That's a slave, the slave era is long gone. Chen Xue argued unconvinced.

But obviously arguing with Fiona's living history, Chen Xue is going to be completely exploded, Fiona just smiled: "Miss, there are three races in the Azores, the first is the white race, that is, the Portuguese who discovered this island, they are the top race, and the economy of the Azores is all in their hands." The second is the yellow race, which migrated from North and South America in the mid-eighteenth century and settled in the working class. There is also a part of the brown, the little girl we just saw, whose ancestors are supposed to be sold as black slaves, and the lowest status in the entire archipelago. Slavery is over, but the specter of slavery still lingers. ”

"Okay, don't fight...... We're here to hunt for treasures, not to talk about history, where are we heading next?" asked Li Huan.

"I don't know the roads anymore, some of the roads have changed. Fiona said honestly.

"You thought you knew everything...... This is a little more troublesome, and this tourist map can only be seen roughly. Li Huan scanned the self-driving map into the virtual screen and began to plan the route.

"It's probably about it, let's find a rough place first. Chen Xuele said hehehe.

"Well, listen to Xiaoxue. Li Huan smiled faintly.

The Twin Lakes are in the deepest part of the volcanic area, and at Li Huan's speed, it will take about an hour to run. After planning the route, Li Huan drove in the direction of the Twin Lakes while enjoying the scenery on both sides of the river, and soon, the last human building also disappeared from his sight, and the air began to smell of rotten eggs, Li Huan knew that it was the smell of sulfur.

"There are really active volcanoes. Li Huan said to himself: "I can smell it." ”

"Of course I have, but it's not an eruption, so it doesn't matter. Fiona said.

"Well, I think it's a good thing that there are active volcanoes, and to be honest, I read a lot of books about Atlantis when I was a kid, and there are all kinds of things in them. Some say that it was sunk by a nuclear bomb, some say that the earth's crustal plate was broken, some say that it was washed away by a tsunami, and the more reliable one is the submarine volcanic eruption. The Azores, in turn, is an active volcanic plate. Li Huan was talking to himself about the analysis, when he suddenly heard a scream, he subconsciously stopped the car, his eyes swept left and right, and stopped on a house that had been abandoned for a long time on the seaside road. The abandoned house was a few years old, with several large holes in the walls, and a blue van parked next to the house, with a few men chatting around the van.

"I seem to hear someone shouting for help......" Li Huan frowned.

"Brother Huan, go over and take a look! Maybe someone is in danger. Chen Xue preemptively said before Fiona, although Fiona said "don't be nosy", which is in line with Li Huan's own interests, but Chen Xue does not have such a hard heart.

"Okay. Li Huan nodded and drove in the direction where the screams came from.

"Well, master, I'll just say let's leave our minds alone......" Fiona was dissatisfied.

"It's not an idle matter, think about it, if you're in danger, do you think that someone will come to save you? Li Huan said.

Fiona was stunned, and she didn't know why, she suddenly remembered that Li Huan gave her a drop of essence blood. Because of the death with the dark sun, the close defense artillery and Li Huan were greatly reduced, and after coming out of the underground military base in the Arctic, the dark sun army wiped out Li Huan, and she was like a lost dog. At that time, if Li Huan hadn't reached out and gave her a drop of essence blood, she might have been caught by the special law enforcement agency by now and beaten to ashes...... Thinking of this, Fiona sighed, and simply didn't say more, just said: "Let's look at the other party's origin first, and solve it peacefully if it can be resolved peacefully, don't do it as soon as you come up." ”

"Am I like a violent person?" Li Huan said unhappily.

Chen Xue and Fiona both laughed.

No, how can you say that it looks like it, it's like it at all! Li Huan killed a blood gourd in Bangolasama, and the appearance of fighting with little zombies in South Africa, Chen Xue remembers it vividly, Fiona has seen Li Huan annihilate the Dark Sun army without saying a word, what is this kind of non-violent element? But this is also a place that reassures the two girls, if you want to say that Li Huan is in trouble, at most it will cause some trouble, slowing down the journey to find the ruins, as for Li Huan's injury?

After Li Huan drove the all-terrain vehicle off the main road, he soon came to the abandoned house.

Sure enough, the cry for help came from this house...... This voice is still very familiar, Li Huan thought about it, and suddenly came to his senses, isn't it the little girl Leila who saw on the dock and was injured all over her body? Li Huan released a sub-machine to see what was happening in the house, and suddenly heard a clearer scream for mercy, as well as the sound of leather whipping on her body.

"Do you have a crush on that rich man? I will give you two hundred euros, he is indeed a fat sheep, tell me what he looks like!

"I, I really don't remember, please don't hit me again......"

"Don't you remember? Have you ever seen a 100-euro bill in your life? Do you know how to buy a dress? 200 euros is enough for Lao Tzu to gamble several times! Hurry up and say, what does the person who gives you money look like? This guy doesn't understand the truth of not revealing money, so we'll teach him!"

"I swear, I really don't remember. ”

"Why, when you see someone, you want to protect him? Let me tell you, these rich people deserve to be robbed! What good is it for you to protect him like this, and how can he marry you back home? You are just like your slut mother, black slave blood, you deserve to be beaten!"

After saying that, there was another crackling sound, and Lyra's screams gradually faded away.

After Li Huan listened to a conversation inside, blood suddenly gushed to his head.

It turned out to be her own 200 euros to do the sin! It is estimated that this Leila was caught when she took the money she gave and wanted to go to the hospital, listening to their conversation, the man inside should be her father. Obediently, they are playing their own minds and treating themselves as fat sheep, and Laila has always refused to say what she looks like in order to protect herself.

"Beasts!" Chen Xue was furious: "Brother Huan, hurry up and save people!"

Li Huan still used someone else's instructions? Without saying a word, he directly parked the all-terrain vehicle next to the truck, several men next to the truck were stunned, one of them came up and stretched out his hand to stop it, Li Huan saw clearly, he had a sea snake tattooed on his hand. Listening to the sound in the house, Li Huan didn't say much at all, and with a glance, the three of them were already lying on the ground.

The weakened version of the spiritual impact is not something that ordinary people can bear.

After getting rid of a few gatekeepers outside, Li Huan came to the abandoned house, and sure enough, the Leila he met at the dock was lying on the ground, beaten to death, she was wearing a new dress, but most of the place had been broken, a large area of skin was exposed, and the skin was full of bruises. Beside her stood a strong man with tattoos all over his body and a belt in his hand.

"Who are you!?" Seeing Li Huan coming in, the man was startled.

"You're not looking for me? I'm the rich man. Li Huan said.

"You! it's you! haha!" the man had a surprised look on his face and shouted loudly, "Brothers, we have made a fortune!"

"Stop shouting, they're all asleep. Li Huan looked at him with disgust, stretched out his hand and grabbed the man directly in the air, and pulled him in front of him: "She is your daughter, why do you do this kind of poisoning, are you still human? Are you worthy of being a father?"

Li Huan shot out angrily, pinched the man's neck and grabbed it in the air, where can the man still say a word, and now he can't say it Even if he can, in his cognition, where is Li Huan like this who reaches out and grabs the person in the air? Superman? So he can't do anything except kick his feet and keep scratching his neck with both hands.

Li Huan originally wanted to twist his neck directly.

But looking at Leila, who was knocked unconscious, he didn't make a ruthless move, but just condensed a long whip of spiritual energy, and a whip knocked him out.

"Brother Huan, hurry up and take a look! That little sister seems to be very injured!" Chen Xue said anxiously: "You have to think of a way." ”

Li Huan walked to Laila's side, and an energy poked out, indeed, she was beaten and fainted. Moreover, that "father" was extremely ruthless, and he didn't care where he could and couldn't fight. Others beat the child hard, at most it is "ass flowering", Li Huan has had many times when he was young, and when it comes to screaming, he is not lost to killing pigs at all. But the buttocks are just blooming in this kind of place, and they are blooming into a brocade of flowers, which has nothing to do with life safety, and at most they can't sit for a few days.

Leila was covered in wounds, and Li Huan even found signs of torn leg bones, as well as several minor internal bleeding. When Li Huan saw this, he didn't care whether the man woke up or not, he whipped over a few more whips, and shook the man's body several times before he was relieved.

"It's nothing, it's not a big problem...... Li Huan breathed a sigh of relief: "I'll be able to wake her up right away." Fortunately, I came over in time, otherwise the consequences would have been really unimaginable. I didn't fight the enemy like this, it's too ruthless......"