Tonight's hunt has completely changed Lird's perception of the remnants of Atlantis, a seemingly peaceful and fragile tribe that hides deep forces and entanglements.

It seems that the grinding of time over the past 10,000 years has not polished the edges and corners of his people, but has made people's popularity more gloomy and urban.

Once Lird only thought that he didn't know the secrets of the Atlantean Remnant, now he realized that he didn't know anything about the Atlantean Remnant.

He didn't know what was behind those simple and friendly smiling faces, what their owners were thinking, or what everyone was saying to themselves in front of them. Lird, who does not understand the language, has formed an almost independent "island" here, and there are only four sources of information that he can obtain from this island, and now his most important source of information, his father Pym, has also passed away, and the girl in white said that she is definitely standing on the opposite side, as for Qianrou and Jim...

Lird shook his head slowly, Qianrou was in a very vacillating position in the recent decision, and it didn't help Lird much. In contrast, although Lird has Jim's full support, it seems that Jim is too indecisive to be a man of small words, and now he has lost contact with him...

Thinking of this, Lird was deeply disheartened, and his face showed an extremely depressed expression.

In contrast, Edward was very calm and relaxed, and Edward felt quite comfortable to see that the object he had secretly protected for two months finally reached his side, no matter what direction things developed after that, at least for now, the initiative was in his own hands.

"My young master, I advise you not to think about those useless things with your brain, there are many things in this world that are unbelievable and unbelievable even if you see them with your own eyes, and the stupidest thing people do is to use their own minds to figure out the thoughts of others, which will never come to fruition. ”

"All that says you might as well have a good night's sleep with the strength of the wine, and when you wake up your mind will become clear and rational, and then maybe you will figure out something, and if you feel that you have difficulty sleeping, I can borrow you two books to read, which one do you prefer, the Bible or the Great Gatsby?"

Edward's words interrupted Lird's thoughts, and Lird was amused by Edward's words, and then said, "I don't see that you still watch The Great Gatsby." ”

Edward shrugged and said, "I also want to read magazines with pictures of naked girls, but it's a pity that this is not the United States, and besides, those books have also been shipped to the front line to help those stupid soldiers solve their physical problems." Haha, I can't imagine the smell of those warships and the air in the trenches. ”

Lird also lowered his head and laughed, and when he talked about pornographic magazines, the first thing that came to his mind was the two books that Gerald had given him.

"I've seen you tonight, and it's very remarkable, and although I don't know much about the man who chased me, I know that he's a sub... The most powerful character in the entire clan, and you fought him off. If you have such a skill, why don't you go to the front?"

Edward pursed his lips, then smeared a mouthful of thick phlegm.

"Young master, do you think I look like a person who can work for the cripple in a wheelchair? Uh-huh, maybe in your eyes he is a perfect leader who strives for reform and innovation, but in my eyes he is no different from the previous rulers, the purpose of the ruler is always to rule, and I, as a person at the bottom of society, will always be the one who is ruled, so I will never be on his side. ”

Lird said: "Everyone does not like to be oppressed, but people always need a leader to lead them and keep them on the right track, otherwise without the constraints of order, human society will only fall apart and become a piece of scattered sand." ”

Edward smiled: "Young master, what you said is very reasonable, but have you ever thought about a problem? Human society has been in a relatively backward state for more than 10,000 years, and in the past few hundred years, both culture and science and technology have been unprecedentedly explosive, and many political systems that have existed for thousands of years have also collapsed, and human beings seem to have a more perfect institutional order, and society has become more free, fair, and democratic, and everything is so prosperous. But what about the result?"

"Now that humanity is experiencing an unusually unprecedented baptism of war, the number of people affected can no longer be counted in tens of thousands, what is the reason for this?"

"Look at these armies participating in the war, whether it is Germany, Italy and Japan or the United Kingdom, the United States and the Soviet Union of the Central Powers, all national systems have extremely perfect organizational structures, well-trained armies and sufficient weapons, but it is these countries that have mastered the world's current technology and culture that are the craziest, they are crazy in the rain of blood, drunk in the rain of blood, and their young bodies are shattered in the smoke of gunpowder, and what they exchange for their flesh and blood and lives is nothing more than a bargaining chip on the negotiating table, and is this the value of the lives of those soldiers?"

Lird was speechless when he heard this, and from Edward's words, he could feel that the seemingly rude and even cunning middle-aged man in front of him actually had a rather vicissitudes of life, maybe he was not as rich as Mr. Wyatt, maybe not as rich as his father Pym, who had experienced the incomparably legendary things of the rain, but he was definitely not a private detective who simply lived a life of licking blood.

Edward said: "When I was young, I had all kinds of longings and fantasies like my age, and those ideas were like the iron law ending in a fairy tale, dreamy and beautiful. But reality is not made of iron, and to a certain extent, it is even more fragile than sulfuric paper, and my former fantasies are ruthlessly shattered by the cold realities. ”

"So I finally changed my mind, picked up my gun, and exchanged bullets for blood, and blood for money. I ended up living the way I am now, and while it feels incredible to think about the experience along the way, I am content with this life, at least I am now free and can completely control my actions with my own self-awareness, and that is enough. ”

"Now let me tell you the question you asked at the beginning, why didn't I go to war? not only because I had an opinion about political rulers, but most importantly because I understood that as a soldier, I didn't make much change in the world, war is not a confrontation between two people in the woods, and the change that can be brought about by an individual is very small, and I don't like that feeling, I am alone, and I don't want to be a speck of dust in the smoke of war. ”

In the end, Lird didn't say anything, and when Edward said everything, he finally nodded.

Edward laughed with satisfaction, and although he won the argument, he was not dissatisfied with Lird, but his attitude towards Lird became better.

"Okay, my little master, this is the end of the chatter after dinner, now have you decided which bedtime book to choose?"

Lird shrugged his shoulders and said, "Then look at the Bible." ”

"Bingo!" I think it was the right choice. Edward laughed.

"The reason why I watched "The Great Gatsby" is to remind myself not to be blinded by the so-called 'hopes and dreams' in my heart, especially women. The Bible is the book that can help me sleep peacefully. ”

"The words of God are always lethargic. ”

...

It wasn't the alarm clock, the rooster crowing, or the things in his heart that woke up Lird, but this time it was a very biting cold wind.

With the unconscious excitement of his body, Lird quickly came to his senses, and along with the consciousness of his brain, he was awakened by the sharp pain coming from the wound.

With a groan, Lird rose from the ground in fear, and the leather coat covering him slipped off.

It was the early morning of the next day, and a few dim and soft rays of light had already shone into the cave***, and everything looked like a dream.

Lird twisted his stiff neck, then dusted off the grass clippings on his body, and then tried to recall the memories he had kept before bed.

Eating, talking, hunting, rescued...

A series of things began to come to Lird's mind, and the last thing in Lird's mind was the various sayings of God in the Bible, but I didn't think I had read much, at least Adam and Eve had not been driven out of the Garden of Eden.

Then Lird looked around the cave, and the cave *** did not have any furnishings, except that Raqqa was lying on the haystack on the inside, and his whole body was shrunk into a ball due to the cold weather.

Lird struggled to get up, and then put the coat that had covered him before on Raka's body, and Laka still felt warm in his sleep, and his tense body gradually stretched out, and his expression became much gentler.

Seeing this, Lird smiled, and now it was the only thing he could do for him.

Lird then picked up his cane and began to walk outside the cave, where he saw Edward and the droplets of water running from the lock on the mountain wall above the cave.

Edward turned his head to Lird and said, "Yo, Young Master Liard, good morning." ”

"Good morning, Edward. Lird also greeted him politely.

At this time, Edward's spirit was still full, his eyes were bright, and he could not see the slightest sense of fatigue from his demeanor, but Lird knew that Edward was in the vigil all night, and his vigilance was very strong, so to speak, he had not slept all night, and he really didn't know how he managed to be so sleepless and energetic.

Edward had a crude wooden pipe in his mouth, and puffs of pale white smoke emanated from his nose and mouth.

Edward looked Lird up and down and said, "Well, you look pretty good, I think the effect of the medicine is working, but the wound still hurts badly?"

Lird said duplicitously: "It's already a lot better, and I believe it won't take two days to heal." ”

Edward just smiled at this, not piercing Lird's hard bracing, and then said, "But I want to ask, you won't cover that guy with that coat of mine, will you?"

Lird pondered for a moment, and finally knew that there was no way to lie about this, so he nodded anyway.

Edward pouted with his pipe in his mouth and said, "Hmm... I was blinded by the outer lining of my garment, which was made of buffalo leather. It seems that in the future, I will have to lay down that guy's skin to bury my clothes. ”

Lird only smiled bitterly at this, and said to Edward: "No, just borrow your clothes." ”

Edward shook his head and said, "It's not about the clothes, you know, white babies aren't allowed to be touched by a black nurse." ”

Lird frowned and said, "Are you a racist?"

Edward shrugged his shoulders and said, "No, I used to have a lot of very good comrades-in-arms who were black and yellow, and I have absolute trust in them, and I can completely surrender my life to them, but as for the others... I don't like it, but I don't like it, and as for the guy in the cave called Raka, he was going to break my neck. ”

Lird smiled helplessly and said: "Edward, this idea of yours is problematic, everyone in this world is equal, and we must respect everyone's rights and freedoms." ”

Edward laughed, "A friend of mine once said something like this, and he taunted me that if I had been born earlier, I would have been Lincoln's enemy." And I told him at the time that I have a lot of respect for other people, but I respect myself even more. So I'll always respect my own heart's will and shoot at people I don't like. ”

Lird was also speechless about this, he did not think that he could change this Edward, who was well versed in the dark laws of the world and was polluted by it, because of his words, he could only keep telling himself that these narrow prejudices were wrong.

So Lird shifted the conversation elsewhere.

Lird looked at the murky droplets of water flowing from the cracks in the rocks overhead, listened to the sound of rain dripping in the woods, and then sighed: "I didn't expect it to rain at this time." ”

Edward nodded and said, "Yes, looking at this rain, I can tell myself more intuitively that this is the United States, but India, a place that does not belong to me at all." ”

Lird said, "But I listen to your Hindi very well." ”

Edward said, "My Latin is also good, but it is only my ability to make a living, you must know that I don't make such complex pronunciation syllables when I dream." ”

Then Edward's gaze turned to the woods, where the rain was also falling, and said, "The weather is getting warmer, and I think spring is coming." Oh, rain, let's go, let's go! It's better to wash away everything that once was. ”