The devastating explosion inevitably entails silence, and inside the tent, both Pym and Lird fall into a deathly silence.

After a while, Lird spoke, "What kind of explosion will that be?"

"It's different, or at least it can shock the world," Pym said. ”

Lird looked at his father in bewilderment, he didn't understand what kind of difference Pym was talking about, but in his father's calm eyes, Lird felt inexplicable fear.

Since the explosion is to be different, it will inevitably cause a great sensation, and behind the huge sensation there must be corpses all over the field and rivers of blood.

Thinking of such a tragic scene, Leard's back oozed thin sheets of cold sweat.

Pym didn't know what Lird was thinking at the moment, and continued: "This plan may sound a little ridiculous, especially in this environment, taking risks is tantamount to playing with fire next to a powder keg, but if it succeeds, the benefits are also huge, and a chaotic war situation will inevitably cause chaos. The two countries are in control, and if war breaks out, the two sides will quickly concentrate their forces on these points in a short period of time, and then some of the more remote or waterway surveillance forces will be weakened than they are now, and this is the opportunity to escape. ”

Lird listened to his father's story, and he understood that his father's plan seemed more like a kind of diversion from the mountain, or an initiative to promote the snipe and clam to fight, just to create chaos and seek survival.

"So how are you going to implement this plan?"

Pym said: " Thirty miles away from here there is a military town established by the British, in which all the residents of the town are British soldiers, the reason why it will be a small town is because it has been a fixed military base that has existed for many years, and the flow of personnel is not large, it can be said that it is the British military supply area here, has an extremely important role, if it can be allowed to have a crisis, then the British side will definitely not sit idly by, and then both the Indian side and the Japanese side will be written on their blacklist, and the situation will change dramatically in a short time。 ”

It seems that Pym had a general idea in mind before making the plan at that time, and the overall idea was very clear and clear.

Pym continued: "When this plan is implemented, it is not simple, first of all, it is a military market town, and the entry and exit control has reached an almost strict level, even the daily entry and exit audit of the British military has to meet certain standards, and it is extremely difficult for outsiders to infiltrate, and even if they can get into it by chance, the slightest mistake will be discovered by insiders, all in all, the degree of risk in this area is extremely high. ”

"And it is also very difficult to destroy it from the outside, the fortifications of the town are very strict, and it is difficult for ordinary guns to hurt it, and it is difficult to get a large-scale attack weapon such as field artillery, and the target is too large, to a certain extent, it is even more difficult than an airplane. ”

Lird listened to his father's description, and an impregnable fortress loomed before his eyes. Although Lird began to understand his father's purpose, he still did not think for a moment what the attack on a British military town had to do with his injuries, until Pym told the end, and Lird had a vague premonition in his mind that there was a difficult solution to it.

"Needless to say, we're in a dead end again on this plan, but I suddenly thought of another way. ”

"Is that the [power]?" said Lird in a hoarse voice.

Pym smiled and nodded, "That's right, the main reason why we can't carry out the plan is because we lack the 'strength' of our own and don't have any weapons or means to resist, but in the end, I thought that in the hands of this tribe there is a weapon that really determines the trend of this matter." ”

...

Lird once again quit the tent because of his father's poor state, and Pym, who had just told Lird the truth, may have fallen into discomfort again because he was too excited, and even fell into a coma for a short time, Lird called for a long time to help him regain consciousness, Lird did not dare to delay his father's rest time, he was afraid that his blind persecution would kill his father.

In fact, Lird also realized that it was very likely that his father's body was in a state of increasing death, as his father had said, and his father's time was probably short.

But in addition to this sad emotion, Lird's mind was even more attracted to what his father had just said.

In order to escape the real-time crisis environment, a tribe finally decides to take risks and use violence to contain violence.

Judging from my father's words, not many people made and participated in this plan, at least it was definitely not the kind of thing that everyone knew about, and even Jim had told him that he didn't fully understand the whole thing, so who else discussed it with his father?

In the next moment, a delicate face had appeared in front of Liard's eyes.

Maiden Sacrifice!

As the guardian of the remnant of Atlantis, she has the obligation to be responsible to the people of the tribe, and the same thing in front of her is what bothers her the most, and it is not necessary to analyze it to imagine that this maiden sacrifice is the one who most wants to seek a breakthrough change, and her father's actions must be to help her.

At this time, Lird remembered the complicated expression on his face when he talked about his father with the maiden priest, and Lird suddenly felt a little abrupt, and he finally realized that there was a lot of guilt mixed with that complicated expression at that time.

On the other hand, the power guarded by the Atlantean remnant is the most important secret of the entire clan, and if my father wants to borrow this power, he must have her permission. Therefore, from any point of view, the maiden sacrifice and her father are the main people who planned to create this "bombing case".

...

In the evening, Lird walked out of his tent alone, and began to walk towards the tent where the maiden was sacrificed, and after several times of his travel, he finally came to the door of the tent.

At the door of the tent stood a woman dressed in a white robe, whose face was still invisible under the hood.

When Lird approached the big tent, the figure of the woman in white moved intentionally or unintentionally, and happened to block in front of Lird.

Lird coughed lightly and cleared his throat, and then said tentatively: "My name is Lird, and I am the son of Pym, and I have come to ask to see the priest." ”

Lird didn't have too many illusions when he said this, and was even ready to "play the harp to the cow". I didn't want the woman in white to nod her head very clearly, and turned around to walk into the tent, obviously to report to the maiden sacrifice.

"Wait!" Lird suddenly shouted, and the woman in white immediately stopped.

Lirde thought for a moment and said, "Please add another sentence, I'm also here to play chess with her." ”

The woman in white didn't say anything this time, and walked straight into the tent.

Soon the woman in white stepped out of the tent and nodded to Lird again, motioning for her to follow her.

Passing through the somewhat familiar lobby of the outer tent, Lird entered the inner tent passage again, but this time the feeling was different from before, the decorative paintings on the canopy wall seemed to be different from what he had seen before, although he could not say what the difference, but Lird was keenly aware of a strangeness.

As for the route of travel, it seemed to be a little biased, as if today's sacrifice was not in the previous room, but when the woman in white in front of him stopped, looking at the pattern on the curtain outside the door, Lird was sure that he was still in the same room as before.

For a moment, an inexplicable feeling arose in Lird's heart, the spatial passage in this huge tent would change over time, and if it weren't for the people here, it would be easy to lose their way and get lost here for a short time.

After the idea of such a ghost was born, Lird couldn't help but smile bitterly, he couldn't understand why a person would act like this, it didn't make sense, after all, there was only one real user of the whole tent.

But it was useless to think about it for now, Lird took a deep breath, and then gently knocked on the small bamboo board hanging by the door curtain, and with the crisp knocking sound of the bamboo board, there was a voice from the inner tent to enter.

When Lird walked into the inner tent, the maiden priestess was already sitting at his table, as if waiting for the guests to arrive, the maiden priestess was neatly placing the chess pieces on the chessboard, and when Lird walked in, the maiden priestess smiled and said, "Here, please take a seat." ”

Liald sat in front of the maiden priest, and this time he was much less reserved, perhaps because the other party was about the same age as himself, so he seemed much more relaxed.

After Lird sat down, the maiden said: "We didn't play chess last time, let's count it as a draw! This time we must fight well and decide the level of victory." ”

Lird said quite unceremoniously: "If I'm not mistaken, the winner of the last game should be me, your chess pieces have been killed and collapsed, and I can't think of any chance of countermeasures." ”

Hearing this, the maiden priestess glared at her and said, "What do you mean! Why do you say that you are the victor? Why can't you call it an accident? Why can't I be defeated? Hmph! Tell you that the reason why you had a small advantage in the last game was because I saw that you were a guest, but I will definitely not do this today! Wash your neck and wait for my slaughter!"

The maiden priest fought back in one breath, and the whole process was smooth, and she spoke English extremely neatly, and her sharp appearance made Lird instantly think of Jenny.

This cold and arrogant girl sacrifice at the chess table is completely like a different person at the chess table, showing some little girlish temperament, which makes Lird very can't help laughing.

Lierde said: "Okay, then let's all show our strength today to try to win and lose a height!" After that, the two stinky chess baskets began to fight against each other.

This time, the maiden priest took the lead in chess, and the offensive was quite fierce, with a wide open and closed attack.

Liard's main concern for the day was not on the chessboard, and both of them understood that the so-called chess game was just a unique way of communication between the two, and that this method of communication would allow them to communicate better.

This time, without waiting for Lird to speak, the maiden priestess said: "I went to visit Mr. Pym in the afternoon, he is not in very good condition, he has just recovered from a serious illness these days, you better not disturb him too much, and give him enough time to recuperate." ”

"According to my father," said Lird, "he felt that his days were numbered, was that really the case?"

The Maiden Priestess nodded with a complicated expression, and although her eyes were fixed on the chessboard, her sloppy eyes betrayed her thoughts.

Hearing this, Lird's heart sank, although his father had already said this, and Lird was prepared in his heart, the judgment of being a maiden priest undoubtedly gave him a desperate conclusion.

Lird's lips twitched slightly, and then he asked the maiden priest, "Then my father, he... How long is it left?"

The maiden priestess raised her head when she heard this, thought about it and was about to open her mouth, but was stopped by Lird hurriedly waving her hand.

"Forget it! I don't want to know!"

The maiden priestess smiled and said, "Very good, just let it be." ”

Let it be...

Suddenly, Lird noticed a word that revealed a rather helpless despair.

The maiden priest pushed a son, easily cut off one of Lird's chess pieces, and then said: "I think that you came to play chess with me today is not just for these questions, if you have anything to say, just say it." ”

The last time the two had a conversation was not pleasant, and when the maiden priestess directly expressed his thoughts, Lird was very angry, and finally almost walked away.

This time, Lird has adapted to the "straightforwardness" of the girl's sacrifice, and even faintly likes the refreshing of the girl's sacrifice.

At that moment, Lird said no longer tentatively: "My father told me some more things, but due to his health, many questions could not be answered in detail, so I..."

The girl's sacrificial Emei raised her eyebrows slightly: "What, do you think of me as an encyclopedia?" After that, she smiled and said: "It's okay, after all, I am also one of the parties to the things you want to ask, if there is any curiosity, just ask, I try my best to know everything." ”

Learde thanked him softly, then thought for a moment before saying, "My father mentioned that you were going to carry out a plan to start a war, and that it would take some kind of [power] to carry out this plan... What is this power?"

The attention of the maiden priest was almost entirely on the chessboard, as if the question Lird had asked was not an important question at all.

"Strength? haha, it really seems to be something that Mr. Pym had brought up, and I think he had used it many times in his conversation with him after he had unintentionally come into contact with it. ”

Lird said, "Isn't it?"

The maiden priestess shook her head and said, "I can't say that it's not, but the word 'power' is still a little too broad and abstract, and it always sounds like a god." ”