Lying in the cold tent, Lird's body was wrapped in the quilt, and he fell asleep with his eyes closed, when suddenly the curtain was opened, and a cold current blew into the tent.

Lird was struck by this, and then opened his eyes, but saw Jim standing outside the tent and throwing something in, and a hot breath came over his face.

"You haven't eaten yet, so let's eat it. ”

Lird catches the hot object, which is the last piece of food wrapped in paper, and a faint aroma emanates from it.

Lird wanted to refuse to say that he was not hungry, but after smelling this aroma, his stomach made a series of noises with great reluctance, and Liard's old face turned red, and he immediately opened the paper bag and put the food to his mouth.

It was a roasted vegetative crop that looked like the rhizome of some kind of plant, and tasted like a sweet potato, but at the moment, it gave Lird more satisfaction than the red wine steak he had eaten at Wyatt Manor.

"Come out for a walk. When Lird finished his food with five by two, Jim said to Lird.

Lird pulled out his coat and put it on his body, and then walked out of the tent with Jim.

The sky outside the tent was still gloomy, which made Lird feel very depressed, but the cold air made Lird sober up a lot, and there was no doubt that this sleet would wash away the smell of gunpowder here.

The two of them slowly walked more than a hundred meters away, and after the surrounding Atlanteans were more and more evacuated, Jim suddenly said: "I talked to the priest about something..."

"The sacrifice is conflicting, and I can see that there is a lot of pressure on her shoulders, on the one hand, she is seeking a way out of the danger for the clan, and on the other hand, she is extremely uneasy about your plans. ”

"It's natural, and even Albert Einstein would have gone crazy if he heard me. Perhaps due to the bad weather, Lird's mental state has not been very good, and his mood is very low.

Jim frowned at the depressed appearance of Lird, who was still full of confidence yesterday, obviously the blow he had received was not small, and he had begun to waver when he was not too sure about this matter.

Jim pondered for a moment and then said, "Have you ever thought that although the priest is crazy about your plan, she never shows any disapproval of your plan... She didn't completely deny it. ”

Jim's words hit Lird's heart like a bolt of lightning, and it seemed to be a feeling of enlightenment, which made Lird's eyes suddenly light up, and he also realized the meaning of Jim's words.

Qianrou has always cared about the madness and prospects of the plan, but she has never cared too much about the feasibility of this matter!

In other words, Qianrou does not think that she has no way to break the limitations of the current cosmic space laws, and she can break the dimension and enter another universe.

Lird looked at Jim in surprise, and he understood that Jim, who had always been strict and careful, was revealing to himself the most important secrets of this people.

Jim said: "You have seen the scene of that night, Mr. Pym destroyed a fighter plane by 'single-handedness' and at the same time detonated the bomb in the sky, and that force was someone... Or is it something that a normal human can do?"

"Of course not," Lird said in a dry voice, in fact, it was precisely because Lird saw the "miracle" that happened to his father, which also triggered his fantasy of conceiving this "wild" plan.

Jim said, "Mr. Pym is a dying patient, but he is also a patron of God, and he has received the power of God, but his power can be regarded as a drop in the ocean of divine power. ”

A look of surprise flashed in Lird's eyes again, but this time, although he was extremely surprised, he no longer questioned it. The current Lird may not yet believe in the existence of God, but he does believe in the supernatural power in Atlantis.

Jim said, "I told you when you were in the U.S. that when you get here, all the secrets will be in front of you. Now I can tell you that I was lying at the time. It is true that you have an unconditional friendship with Mr. Pym as the son, but that does not mean that we have absolute trust in you, after all, we do not trust Mr. Pym completely through a relationship. ”

"At that time, I just wanted to bring you here, and I didn't care about the rest of the matter, that's all. ”

Lird smiled bitterly when he heard this, how could he not have noticed this, thinking that when he first came here, he could not fully trust himself without talking about others, even his own father, and many things had only been learned after a long time and his own insistence.

Jim said, "I think you should know something about how Mr. Pym was injured in the first place, and in that case, you should also have a glimpse of the secrets of our tribe. ”

Lird hesitated for a moment and said, "What is hidden in your tribe is a secret that can completely subvert the perception of the world by all mankind. ”

Jim smiled when he heard this: "Countless scholars have spent hundreds of years of hard work and efforts to finally get people out of feudal pedantry and begin to understand and accept science, but I dare to say that if what we have is released and used by others, the feudal rule of religion will inevitably once again obscure the light emitted by science, for a simple reason: science is not as convincing as the power in our hands." ”

Jim's seemingly extremely arrogant words made Lird absolutely shudder, he understood what Jim meant, in terms of the current human cognition and mastery of science, it should not be yet inexplicable The [power] in the hands of the Atlantean remnants, this supernatural thing, is definitely not something that can be explained by molecular science and atomology.

Jim said: "I am not a superstitious person, I adhere to the beliefs of my people, but I also believe in science... In fact, this sentence is not entirely true, not only me, but all Atlanteans believe in the power of science, and it is not only the current remnants, more than 10,000 years ago our proudest glorious culture was actually formed under the power of science. ”

Jim's words reminded Lird of the descriptions of the Atlantean civilization he had seen, and he did not intend that in the most prosperous and extravagant prehistoric civilization of mankind, the Atlanteans did not rely on the prosperity created by the power of feudal totalitarian rule to suppress the people. The result is a society of scientific civilization that even humans today dare not imagine.

According to rumors, some researchers have found a lot of inexplicable technological devices in the ruins of the suspected Atlantean civilization, and the scholars have guessed the usefulness of these devices and come to a very surprising conclusion, that is, they are all energy receiving devices used for the operation of the entire city-state, although no one can say what the so-called energy is, but in an ideal state to conceive the blueprint, the Atlantis civilization must be an incomparably advanced technological empire.

Not only is it a prehistoric civilization that surpasses everything, but it is also beyond the present day!

Lird swallowed and said, "I want to ask a question, where did you Atlantis originally live?"

Jim shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, I really don't know about this, it's not that I'm hiding it, it's that Atlantis has lost too many things in the past ten thousand years." ”

"After the destruction of our vast treasury at first, some of the remnants escaped and left their homeland to live a nomadic life, and in the midst of that catastrophe, the ancestors of the remnants brought with them very little, almost with their bare hands. The things you see in the Tent of Sacrifice are not the products of the Atlantean civilization of 10,000 years ago, but were created by the remnants over the course of 10,000 years. ”

"At the same time, in the past 10,000 years, the whole world has undergone too many vicissitudes of life, and the entire continent is not what it is now, but the ancestors of the bereaved clan at that time did not have enough energy, resources and even knowledge to record everything, and the things they recorded at that time have gradually been lost in these 10,000 years, until now it is estimated that there is only one thousandth of what is left. ”

Lird nodded, he believed and understood Jim's statement, the great changes in 10,000 years are really beyond human control, the torrent of time will destroy and change everything, you must know that at that time, the height of Mount Everest was not as high as it is now.

Lird chuckled, his mind no longer dwelling on the past of the Atlantean civilization, and his gaze returned to the present.

Learde hesitated for a moment and said, "You mean in the hands of your sacrifice... That force can accomplish the plan I have proposed. ”

Jim said, "Your plan is bold and crazy, but I don't think it's unworkable, as far as I know... The power in our hands is omnipotent. ”

Omnipotent.

This almost infinitely perfect word made Liard's heart throb again.

The word has been used so well since it was coined by mankind that even the most daring people would not dare to create a "omnipotent" character, except in religious books.

Jim said: "This is what my grandmother told me, and she told me a lot of stories when I was young, and although these stories are more like endless legends used to trick children, but if you think about it, there are also many plots that reflect the image of reality. ”

Lird hurriedly said, "Let's talk about it." ”

Jim pondered for a moment, and finally made up his mind: "Grandmother once said that the so-called gods are eternal, and before God becomes eternal, he is only a human being with a noble soul, and when he gives up his body one day, his noble soul will evolve into a godhead, and then become a god." ”

This seemingly dry discourse really makes people can't imagine that it will be a fairy tale used to coax children, but Lird also felt some "mystery" from listening to these words.

"Abandon the flesh... Is it death?" asked Lird.

Jim nodded, "I think that's what it means." ”

Jim said: "This point, including the previous priest, has also mentioned, that is, he is now only an agent of God, and when he finally becomes a god one day, he will also be relieved of his responsibilities as a tribal leader." ”

"But you swore to me that your sacrifice is the true god," said Lird. ”

Jim said: "I didn't make it completely clear at the time, and I didn't make a mistake in what I said, even the current sacrifice has some kind of power, otherwise how do you think it can control the power in Mr. Pym's body that constantly eats at him?"

Although his father had told Lird about Qianrou's treatment direction for him, it was more like a kind of "morphine injection" to relieve pain and block nerves, but his father never said what kind of medicine he took, and the medicine he ate every day was just a tonic for the body, and it did not have a medicinal effect, and the amazing level [power] could not be suppressed by a few herbs.

In this way, Qianrou does have the means to control this [power] in her hands.

Jim continued, "Also, how do you think Mr. Pym manipulated that power? ”

Jim's words woke up Lird again, it is true that his father was just an ordinary businessman, how could he have the ability and method to control that [power]? Thinking of this, Liard's heart couldn't help but feel a little angry.

At this time, Jim also realized that his words might arouse Lird's hatred for Qianrou, so he said: "That matter is over, both the priest and Mr. Pym have made a choice that they do not regret, and their actions are undoubtedly saving the entire clan, but the secret is also really interesting. ”

Following Jim's thoughts, Lird said, "All in all, the [power] in this tribe is more like an ethereal thing, more like heaven, which can be obtained after death, but difficult to use when alive... Whew! It's really hard to understand. ”

Jim shook his head and said, "It's not difficult to understand this, have you ever wondered why our clan has to guard this [power] all the time?"

"Of course—" Liard, who had only spat out a few words, choked suddenly.

In the past, Lird believed that Atlantis guarded this power because he feared that human beings would get involved, which would lead to some kind of tragic outcome. And under Jim's series of foreshadowing, Lird suddenly realized that maybe behind this is not exactly a selfless sacrifice for the future of mankind, but perhaps there is a more personal purpose hidden behind it.

Jim concluded: "My grandmother was confused in her old age, and she was confused, and when she was confused, she would often say a word. ”

"All that everyone is guarding is a grave. ”