Ai Xiaohai couldn't think of how many treasures could fit in such a small box.

But there's only that under the Lake of the Dead.

It's not a short time to come down, and if you don't come up again, I'm afraid that the people above will be worried. When I put on my diving equipment again and left with the box, the giant whale was still a little reluctant.

Back on the lake, a burst of cheers was soon heard.

was pulled up, took off the diving equipment, and the moon hugged Ai Xiaohai: "Oh my God, we thought something had happened to you." ”

Ai Xiaohai smiled and patted her face, and then pointed to the box he had brought up: "Gentlemen, do you think that there is a golden treasure in here?" ”

The mercenaries looked at each other, who would think so?

If this chest contains gold treasures, then the Inca king is really poor enough to come.

Either way, that's the only clue.

The minotaur who was in charge of priing open the box suddenly said, "Hey, you all come over and take a look, there seems to be something wrong with this box." ”

There is indeed a problem, and a big one:

This box is actually made of gold!

What a big deal!

The box was about a meter long and half a meter wide, and it was all gold. This box alone is already priceless.

It was not difficult to open a chest made entirely of gold, and when it was opened, there was a strange thing inside, like a crescent, still made entirely of gold, and engraved with all sorts of strange symbols.

What is it? Some kind of marker?

"Look. There are still some things in the box. ”

With the direction of the dark night, everyone saw a pair: a map!

Yes, on closer inspection, this is indeed a map, drawn in a zigzag.

"Here." Ai Xiaohai looked at it carefully for a while, pointed to the map and said, "This is where we are, Dead Soul Lake. ”

After careful inspection, sure enough, the place where Ai Xiaohai pointed did look like a lake. Lake of the Dead! And on the edge of the Lake of the Dead Soul, it should be carved into a forest. There seems to be a path hidden in the woods.

Follow the trail again. Direct access to a mountain.

Mount Khud or Mount Olympos?

Ai Xiaohai rubbed his nose: "Maybe although the last Inca king was not prepared to let the treasure come out, he still had a glimmer of hope in his heart, hoping that his descendants would be able to find the place where the treasure was buried along the index of the map." Gentlemen, according to the analysis on the map. To find this treasure. This mountain will be our next goal. ”

But. Where is that path carved on the map?

"That!" Ai Xiaohai took the machete from the minotaur's hand, came to a forest on the left, and swung the machete vigorously.

For the first time, the mercenaries saw the raptor show its true prowess. Although I was prepared, I was still stunned.

I didn't see how the raptor exerted its strength, but a road was cut out under his machete.

The Minotaur is known for his strength, and he also tried it, but it was not up to Ai Xiaohai's level at all.

How much strength does a raptor have to have?

"Gentlemen, it's gone." Ai Xiaohai looked at the sky, and soon night was about to fall again.

At this time, Ai Xiaohai opened the way in front, and the mercenaries followed him with the chest made of gold and all the equipment.

It may have been just a small grove of trees, but hundreds of years have passed, and these small trees have long since grown. If it weren't for Ai Xiaohai, a non-human with infinite strength and no idea what exhaustion was, to open the way in front, the adventure team would not be able to easily pass even if they knew where the road was.

The road was opened in front, followed behind, and it took more than three hours for the adventure party to pass through this damn passage.

The rainforest, which comes out of here is still the Amazon rainforest, but there are a lot fewer trees around.

By this time it was completely dark.

A whole day of adventure had exhausted these mercenaries. lit a fire and simply ate some food, Ai Xiaohai asked the team members to take a break and be responsible for the duty himself.

You are not polite, and after a while, there are snoring around.

Ai Xiaohai sat alone by the fire, and studied for a while to get a crescent-shaped object and the box made of gold, but he didn't find anything, it seems that new clues must be found in the direction pointed out on the map.

"King, King." Suddenly, the Amazon swallow appeared.

Ai Xiaohai looked at it, and the swallow looked a little anxious: "King, come with me, follow me." ”

Ai Xiaohai's heart moved, looked at the sleeping mercenaries, and stood up.

Coming to a nearby hidden place, Ai Xiaohai's consciousness came out: "What's the matter? ”

"King, a human asked me to bring you a message."

Mankind? Bring a message to yourself? Ai Xiaohai was stunned.

"The human said, I know that some of you must understand what I'm saying, if one day my son Ai Xiaohai comes here and tells him that Dad misses him very much, really wants to see him again, but Dad doesn't have a chance. Tell him to live well, no matter how difficult it is! ”

In an instant, Ai Xiaohai's tears almost burst out of his eyes.

Dad, that's the last words left by my father!

"Tell me, what happened that day?" Forcibly controlling his emotions, Ai Xiaohai took a deep breath and asked.

"My lord, I was nearby that day, and I hid and saw everything......"

……

On that day, the Essant Yu couple, who had obtained the Tears of Hippolyta, escaped from the camp of the Guardians of Civilization under the cover of Kemolai.

"Wait!" Ai Shengyu suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?" Li Suyi didn't understand why her husband didn't run away at this time.

Ai Shengyu didn't move, he could feel a danger - a danger that he and his wife couldn't resist at all was approaching him!

He shook the gun in his hand, but soon he had a new feeling. Gun? It's just a comical weapon.

At this time, a low roar came from above the rainforest:

"Despicable humans, do you really think you can get out of here alive!"

Ai Shengyu and his wife couldn't see anything, the roar came from the sky, but it seemed to be everywhere.

"Who are you?" Ai Shengyu asked loudly.

"Despicable humans, you are worthy of being the parents of a dragon?" The voice was full of sarcasm: "Even if he is my opponent, he was once my friend, it is a divine and noble dragon, how dare you be his parents?" ”

Ai Shengyu understood at once.

Son? Is this voice talking about his son Ai Xiaohai? Is his own son a divine dragon?

But it was too late to think so much, and the voice rang out again: "Human." What are you holding in your hand? weapons? Are you ready to challenge me? ”

Ai Shengyu suddenly threw away the gun in his hand: "I know that human weapons can't hurt you. But what about you? Why don't you come out and meet us? Are you afraid of us? ”

"Hahaha, ridiculous human, and speaks in the same tone as my friend." The voice laughed: "Why should I be afraid of a lowly human? But you don't have the right to see me. Well, after all, you guys have been with my friends for so many years. I can give you a choice. You can survive alone. Now you can choose it. ”

Li Suyi was about to open her mouth to stay, but Ai Shengyu had already stuffed the tears of Hippolyta, the soul of the dragon, into his wife's hand: "Get out of here and live." Give the dragon soul to Xiaohai and tell him that his father loves him. ”

"Lao Ai, I'll stay!" Li Suyi was anxious.

"Get out!" Ai Shengyu, who has always been gentle and elegant, spit out such a word: "Get out, don't stay here." Live well, I have a hunch that something terrible will happen soon. ”

Li Suyi's tears flowed, and she nodded vigorously.

Ai Shengyu raised his head: "We decided, I will stay." ”

The voice seemed stunned: "You really decided to stay on your own?" Do you know what it means to stay? ”

"Death." Ai Shengyu replied without hesitation: "It means that I will be killed by you, right?" ”

"Quite right, aren't you afraid of death?"

"Of course I'm afraid, there is no human being who is not afraid of death. But since I can only survive one, I think one is me. I love my wife, I love my children. I don't know why my children have become your enemies or friends, but I want them to live well. ”

The voice actually fell silent, as if thinking about Ai Shengyu's words.

After a while, the voice came again: "Your request has been fulfilled, human woman, get out of here." Go back and tell my friend to stop going against me, he will never be my opponent. ”

When Li Suyi left with tears in her eyes, she heard her husband tell herself, "I love you." ”

……

Ai Xiaohai's eyes turned red.

He knew that it was the black dragon's spirit left in this world, so it was not that it was unwilling to show up, but that there was no way at all. And he also knew why the black dragon's spirit would let his mother go, because it wanted his mother to give him the dragon's soul.

That's definitely not a good thing, and it turns you into a cold, numb, and emotionless person. So the black dragon did it deliberately.

But he also knew what kind of choice his father made at the moment of life and death:

Sacrifice yourself to protect your wife and children......

……

Li Suyi left, and Ai Shengyu was a lot more relaxed: "Now you can do it." ”

The black dragon didn't kill Ai Shengyu immediately: "Answer me a question, what prompted you to make this decision?" ”

"Love." Ai Shengyu replied very firmly: "Human beings are like this, they always make the most correct decision when they need to make a choice the most. You've never experienced it that way, have you? ”

"Nope." The black dragon actually answered honestly.

It knew that Ai Shengyu was already a mortal person, so it didn't care to tell him this.

"What is love?"

Faced with the black dragon asking a question that was extremely childish for a human, Ai Shengyu was stunned for a moment.

What is love? How should this question be answered?

He pondered there for a moment: "This question is peculiar. What is love? Can not see. It can't be touched, but it's in the heart of every human being. A husband loves his wife and would rather work hard than suffer it. Parents love their children and would rather be hungry than leave all the good food for their children. ”

"But why did your wife leave you?" The black dragon thought that he would be able to stump the other party with this question: "Didn't you say love?" But just now your wife ran away and left you here alone to die, is this also love? ”

Ai Shengyu smiled: "Yes, this is also love, and it is a very special kind of love." You have only given us one choice, and only one of us will survive. Me? No, I don't think I'll be able to take care of my children in the future. Let's put it this way. Let's say it's me who survives. I don't know what Xiaohai's favorite food is, I don't know if it's cold to let him wear more clothes, and I don't even know where the life insurance we bought is placed. That's a lot of money we left for Xiaohai......"

"What's the use of money? For dragons, we want any wealth. ”

Ai Shengyu laughed: "Money is really useless to you dragons. But it's not the same for humans. Money is a necessity in our lives. It's something that makes our children's lives better after we die. ”

"It's like we dragons want to be stronger." The black dragon somewhat understood: "But you just said that you don't know what your child's favorite food is, and you don't know how to let him wear more clothes when it's cold." So is this also a sign of love? ”

"Father always behaves carelessly most of the time." Ai Shengyu smiled: "Many fathers are very incompetent, some are busy with work all day, and some are not at home for a whole month, it seems that they don't care about their children, but when their children are really in danger, they are often the first to come forward." For the sake of their children, they do not hesitate to give everything they have. Maybe you still don't understand what I say, but I can give you an analogy. A man who has worked hard to earn tens of thousands of family properties, and he can't use it all in his life, but he is still trying to make money, because he wants to make himself richer and his life better. And when he grows old and has to face death, all his wealth will be left to his children. Why do you say that? ”

The black dragon fell silent again.

Is this the love of human beings for their families and children?

It had discussed this issue with Jin Long, and Jin Long also answered a similar answer, of course, Jin Long at that time was already Ai Xiaohai.

To be honest, the black dragon didn't know much about these things at the time, but now standing in front of it was a real father.

Willing to sacrifice for his wife, even more willing to sacrifice for his children.

"Will you help me?" The black dragon suddenly asked: "I can not kill you, but also give you eternal life, I know that you humans have always pursued eternal life, but what is out of reach for you humans seems to me to be simpler." ”

"What about the conditions?" Ai Shengyu asked calmly.

"Be my assistant, I never imagined that one day I would have a lowly human being my assistant." There was actually a bit of self-deprecation in the black dragon's words, but it immediately said: "This world will soon be destroyed by me, and everything will cease to exist, especially you humans, but I can give you a chance to live, as a reward for answering so many of my questions." Human, are you ready to accept this opportunity for eternal life? ”

Ai Shengyu looked in the direction where the voice came from, as if he was looking at an idiot: "Why should I get eternal life?" Do you really not understand any feelings at all? When everything in this world is gone, my wife, my children, my family, I am left alone to live, do you think I will continue to have the courage to live? ”

"That's eternal life!" The black dragon seemed to remind humanity: "Even if the heavens and the earth are destroyed, you can still live." ”

"I don't want it!" Ai Shengyu shook his head: "Such an opportunity, even if you beg me, I don't want it, I'd rather die now." Do you want to destroy the world? Why do you have such crazy ideas? Do you think you can do it? ”

The black dragon became a little angry: "I can do it, you humans have no way to stop me." The weapons you have invented seem to me to be childish, nothing can stop me, nothing can stop me! ”

"My child can." Ai Shengyu suddenly smiled on his face again: "I suddenly thought that Xiaohai could just now, and I also figured out why you let me live." You want Xiaohai to see betrayal, don't you? What could hurt him more than his father's betrayal? ”

The black dragon was shocked, it didn't expect humans to guess what was going on in their hearts at once.

Yes, it wanted to, it wanted the golden dragon to see the look on the face of his human father after betraying him. It will also take the opportunity to tell the golden dragon that humans can never be trusted, that humans are a bunch of despicable and evil creatures, and that only dragons are the most sacred.

"Fuck off." Ai Shengyu unexpectedly scolded: "Lao Tzu can die now, and you can still make my death miserable, but I have decided that I will not do what your bullshit asks, and I will never betray my children and family!" ”

The black dragon failed, and the black dragon failed again in front of the humans. It possesses far more power than humans, but unstoppable frustration still wells up in its heart.

Human, human! Why so stubborn? Why do they even give up their lives for the sake of their so-called faith? What's going on in their minds? Are they really not afraid of death at all? Are children and families really that important to them?

"Then, you will never see your so-called son again!" (To be continued......)