The swift sea breeze blew on his face, making it difficult to open his eyes, but Lird still enjoyed walking to the side of the boat and taking a deep breath in the face of the sea breeze.

This time, Jim followed him, and when he reached the side of the ship, he felt a strong sense of dizziness as he looked at the dark waters outside the ship, and then hurriedly looked away.

Seeing this, Lird chuckled and said, "It seems that it is difficult for you to get used to life at sea. ”

Jim said, "Looks like you like the sea?"

Lird nodded: "I have longed for the sea since I was a child, and I hope to be able to drift on the sea as I am now, carefree, enjoying the sea breeze every day, witnessing the sun rising and setting, drinking the strongest rum, and going to meet my lover when I come ashore." ”

Jim chuckled, "So you really thought about a lot when you were a kid. ”

Lird said: "A child's mind is always easy to plan, and so is that he is attracted to a certain unfamiliar way of life and hopes for his future, and my biggest idol at that time was Magellan, and it can be said that he greatly influenced my life." ”

"And now?" asked Jim.

Lird frowned slightly and said, "Times are changing, and I can't break free from this whirlpool. There are very few such adventure fleets anymore, the map of the world has become more and more regular, and people are beginning to fully agree that the earth is a sphere and revolves around the sun. Besides, who would dare to really set sail in times of war? Sailing is a peacetime thing, and I am very untimely now. ”

Jim nodded, "We do live in a very bad time. ”

"And as you grow, you will also find that many ideas are very immature, because you have too many concerns, so many things cannot be executed," Lird said. For example, I have a lot of worries around me, and I can't fight against the sea breeze every day, and I can't base my happiness on the worries and pains of other family members. ”

Jim nodded and said, "The atmosphere of the manor where you live is very good, and I believe that you are happy to live there." ”

Lird smiled: "It's not just happiness, looking back on my life for more than two years, I really feel that I am living in a dream." ”

Jim said: "Human life is like a dream, and only when you wake up from the dream is complete liberation." ”

Hearing this, Lird smiled and said, "It's a pity that the liberation you are talking about is only a long sleep. ”

With that, Lird leaned back on the side of the ship, looked at Jim, and said, "Can you tell me something about you, or about my father, I don't want to be forced to accept one explosive message after another without relieving my tiredness after arriving at my destination." ”

Jim hesitated, and after a long time, he slowly spoke, "I... Or that we belong to a very old people..."

Lird interjected, "Thracians?"

Jim shrugged his shoulders and didn't explain, and Lird could only wait to listen.

"For some reason, we lost our country and our land, and a very small group of people formed a nomadic group, and for a long time we began to live like a nomad. ”

"For many years we have lived in peace and quiet. However, in the last few hundred years, the whole world has changed, science and technology have progressed, and along with it, there has been an ever-expanding ambition of mankind, and all of this is extremely unfavorable for us. ”

Leard thought for a moment and said, "Have you not thought of settling down somewhere and establishing your new home there?"

Jim shook his head and said, "For some special reasons, we can't maintain a state of sedentation, because once this happens, after a long time, our own people will be assimilated by other peoples, and our culture will be spread, and there is a high possibility of extinction!"

Lird didn't care, "I think you are too unfounded about this, although there are many people in this world who have sinister intentions, but many more people are peace-loving. You see, the United States is a multi-ethnic collective, where everyone can give full play to their own value in life through their own efforts. ”

Jim shook his head and said, "We have learned a lot of lessons over the years about this kind of thing, and I can only say that almost everyone is peaceful and friendly when there is no interest involved, and when desire completely invades their minds, the face after the mask of hypocrisy is torn off is only extremely hideous." ”

After that, Jim thought for a moment and continued: "Since you mentioned the United States just now, then I want to ask the problem of racial discrimination has not been completely solved for so many years, even Lincoln can't change people's perception and contempt for skin color, what positive expectations can we have?"

Lird was silent when he heard this, and after a moment he smiled bitterly: "Speaking of which, I always feel that some kind of great secret is in the hands of your people. ”

Jim said, "Every nation has secrets, but we have a more special one. ”

Lird was not interested in the subject, and would not answer himself even if he asked him deeply, so he changed the subject: "And how did my father meet you?"

Jim said: "It also starts from nearly two years ago or so, when war began to break out in Europe, and then in a very short period of time this wave of war began to spread all over the world, and our people began to move under the pressure of this general environment, and systematically avoided serious battlefield areas, and finally we entered India more than a year ago. ”

"India is a magical land, and we would have been here for a long time if it weren't for the war, but the situation here is so chaotic that we decided not to stay here. ”

"However, at this time, an accident happened suddenly, a plague struck us, although we have our own unique medical treatment, but it is still difficult to resist the sudden harm of the virus, and half of the people are hanging by a thread in an instant. ”

"It was at this juncture of crisis that we became acquainted with Mr. Pym by chance, and when he learned of our situation, he expressed his sympathy, and then procured for us through all his channels a large quantity of medicines which would have helped our sick people out of the plague that would have been dire. ”

After hearing this, Lird nodded and said, "In other words, my father saved half of your clan. ”

Jim said: "Not only that, if he doesn't make a move, maybe the end result will be even worse." ”

Lird fell silent, and suddenly he remembered what Anthony had said at his grandmother's funeral that his father had saved him from danger, and Anthony's grateful face came to mind, but Lird was convinced that what his father had done was indeed difficult for ordinary people to do.

Now that Jim tells him that his father saved almost his entire people, and while Lird doesn't know which part of Jim's nation is a remnant of, it's incredible that his father has done it all on his own.

Jim said: "It was at that time that we formed a very deep friendship with Mr. Pym, and although our people have been wandering for a long time, they are not completely isolated and completely independent, and we have friends among other peoples, and of course these people are completely reliable and trustworthy people. ”

"It seems that my father has also won this honor. ”

Jim said, "He's totally qualified for it." ”

"And now he's losing his life because of a plan to help you," Lird said. ”

Jim's face was filled with grief again.

"Mr. Jim, who is more enthusiastic than any of our friends before, and having learned that we will not be able to move long distances for some time under the plague, he has come up with a plan that will allow us to settle down for a while, and if it is carried out, we may take refuge in it and wait for everything to calm down and resume our previous lives. But in the end... The plan failed, and then it was as you know. ”

Lird said in a deep voice, "Can't you tell me that plan now?"

Jim shook his head solemnly, and after seeing Lird's extremely unhappy expression, he said: "First of all, although this matter is related to Mr. Pym, it also involves many other things, and I am not a core member of this project, so I don't dare to tell you anything rashly, and you will see Mr. Pym in a few days, so it is better for him to tell you in person at that time." ”

Jim's words were quite a bit of effort, and Lird's heart that had just been extremely unhappy was finally somewhat soothed, although he also understood that Jim's actions were quite perfunctory, but for now he could only accept them.

The sea breeze howled more violently than just now, and the loud noise completely drowned out the silence between the two, and Lird knew that everything was like this before he could resist his destination, and that only by seeing his father himself could he learn more truths, and what difficulties and trials would await him at that time?

...

After more than ten days at sea, the ship in which Leard and Jim were traveling finally sailed into the port of Mumbai, and it was a very fortunate thing that the cruiser of the navy of various countries was actively being patrolled and prepared.

It was already afternoon when I entered the port, and the sun in the sky was high in the sky, and the dazzling sunlight seemed unusually bright.

Lird and Jim stepped off the liner in a hurried crowd and began to move slowly outward.

Looking at the alien people who came and went around him who were completely different from his own skin color, Lird was deeply curious and interesting, and for a while he couldn't help but be attracted by the surrounding environment.

Jim, on the other hand, had recently gotten rid of seasickness with the help of Lird, and his face had regained his previous health and ruddyness, and now he was walking in front of Lird with an expressionless face, his eyes constantly wandering around.

After walking a few hundred meters away, Lird noticed Jim's strange appearance, and then asked him first, "Should we find a place to stay, settle down, and rest for the night, and then leave tomorrow?"

No, Jim shook his head and said, "No, we'll go now." ”

"Huh?" Lird was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Then we'll go straight to our destination now?"

Jim shook his head again and said, "The first thing we need to do is shake off the 'tails' that are following us. ”

When Leard heard this, even though he wanted to turn his head, he was immediately stopped by Jim, who said: "It seems that your guardian in the United States really doesn't trust me, and has arranged a lot of eyeliner followers, these people we have been following since we set off in San Francisco, and have been paying close attention to us throughout the journey, and what we need to do now is to get rid of these people." ”

Only then did Lird realize that Mr. Wyatt was still not at ease that he was alone with Jim to India, presumably during the period of his preparation, he contacted a private investigator to follow him and keep him safe.

Jim then said: "As I said before, our location must not be known to outsiders, even if these people have no ill intentions towards us, I cannot let my guard down, now there are only two choices in front of you, either do not get rid of your 'nannies' and stop here, or get rid of them with me and go to the destination." ”

After hesitating for a moment, Lird sneered and said, "Since I have already come here, how can there be any reason to retreat?

An appreciative smile appeared on Jim's face, and he said, "Then come with me." Then the two struggled out with the crowd.

After walking out of the docks, Jim came to a small old restaurant, there were not a few people in the restaurant, Jim looked around the door of the restaurant as if looking for a seat, but for a while he couldn't find it.

Jim then walked straight to a table where a coolie in shabby clothes sat at the table.

Jim slapped his palm on the table and shouted at the coarse-clothed coolie, who looked at Jim angrily, but he was quickly intimidated by the tall Jim, and under Jim's fierce gaze, the coarse-clothed coolie muttered a low sentence and then got up and left.

Lird was puzzled by this scene, he did not expect Jim to be such a deceptive person, just when he was deeply dissatisfied, Jim did it, shouted a few words of Indian to the owner of the shop, and then beckoned Lird to sit down as well.

Looking at Jim's calm face, Lird suddenly remembered what Jim had just said to him, so he forcibly went to Jim's side.

Just as he sat down, he heard Jim whisper, "Rest for a while, take a bite to eat, and leave at any time as I instruct." ”

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