CHAPTER XXII

As Victim spoke, the ship was slowly descending. Neil looked out the window again, and the big western continent outside the porthole was like a slowly enlarged picture, clearly displayed in front of Neil's eyes.

As far as Neil could see, the entire continent was surrounded by dense greenery, giving it a vibrant life.

Dotted with golden discs in the green, Dees tells Neil that this is the city built by the Atlanteans.

The ship continued to descend deep into the largest disk, and through the clouds, Neil saw that around the center of a golden circle, several circular closed canals cut the land into concentric rings, and these circular lands were divided into several large and small areas by several linear canals radiating from the center of the circle.

The ring of land is shaded by the sparkling river, nested in layers, and together they guard a large, glittering golden temple at the center of the circle.

The ship flew straight into the center of the city. Disda dazzled the ship to land in the middle of a gray-white granite plaza near the central canal.

The hatch at the bottom of the ship opened, and the three men walked out of the cabin along the protruding gangway. Neil's mind was full of confusion, he didn't know anything about Atlantis that he was about to face, and he didn't know how the locals would react when they saw the three of them suddenly appear.

Neil saw a bustling market not far ahead, and there were many strange-looking people looking curiously in the direction of the ship's landing; About two shots away from the bazaar, there sat the golden temple they had seen in the air, and Neil could see a faint triangular corner glistening in the sunlight behind the temple.

Dees and Victim led Neil straight to the densest part of the crowd. Neil saw that the appearance of Atlanteans was slightly different from that of normal humans, they were slightly shorter than humans, but their facial features were quite three-dimensional, their eyes were large, as deep as cats, and the tips of their noses and ears were raised high, and their posture was very handsome.

Neil didn't dare to look them in the eyes, and at the same time he was nervous, he was very surprised by the audacity of these two Sierels, thinking to himself that no matter how powerful you are, it would be too big for you to go straight to the city center of a different planet like this, could it be that in the eyes of the locals, the three of them would be transparent?

Sure enough, Neil's fears were soon confirmed: all the people he met stopped or put down what they were doing when they saw the three strange-looking and strangely dressed guys, and stared straight at them, some with a little curiosity in their eyes, and some with a look of panic on their faces.

Dice and Victim also seemed to feel a little uncomfortable, Victim kept whispering in Des's ear, Dees frowned, his slender eyes narrowed, Neil followed his two companions with his head down, his face was red, and he only wished he wasn't so noticeable.

The three of them didn't stop. Dyes stops when he passes a roadside storefront, and Neil discovers that it is a shop selling clothes.

Neil and Victim followed Dees into the house, and the owner at the counter was startled when he saw the three customers.

With a strange smile on his face, Dees stretched out his slender finger to point to the clothes hanging on the wall behind the boss and said something to the other party, and the boss with a frightened look nodded again and again, bent down and took out three robes from the counter and asked the three customers to try them on.

Dees and the others put on their robes, and the two West Errels each asked the boss for a hood.

Dees turned around and asked Neil if he was still satisfied with his clothes, and Neil nodded with a brow. Dees exchanged words with the boss in a language that Neil didn't understand, and Neil guessed he was telling the shopkeeper that they were going to buy the clothes.

The boss smiled, nodded and stretched out five fingers, Dees thought for a moment, took out a crystal ball the size of a fist from his arms and handed it to the boss, signaling to the other party if he could exchange it for this.

The boss held the crystal ball in his hand and studied it carefully for a while, then smiled and nodded in agreement. Out of the clothing store, the three of them walked down the street at last.

Neil looked around, curious about this fabled land. The cityscape of Atlantis resembles that of an ancient Greek city-state, with rows of two- or three-storey houses on both sides of the streets, and the occasional large building that looks like a gymnasium or a public bath.

The Atlanteans seem to have a great love for gold, and many of the buildings have their exterior painted golden and glittered in the sun.

On the streets, people were bustling with laughter, and some people would smile and put their left hand on their chest with a smile on their faces, and lean forward slightly to greet them.

Neil walked in the crowd, his eyes were full of lively and lively markets, his ears were full of the noise of people on the street, the breeze was blowing on his face, and for a moment he felt like he was separated from the world, as if this soul living in his body was one of these bustling crowds thousands of years ago, and now he has gone through several lifetimes and disasters, and has returned to the place where he lived before.

Atlantis, the mysterious continent that exists only in legendary places, has now come to their city, met their inhabitants, not only heard and seen, but also walked among them, truly perceived, and communicated with a smile face to face, which is truly an amazing experience.

Neil peeked at Dees and Victim, and the two returned to their playful demeanor, giggling as they wandered down the street, and Dees was still attracted by the novelty on both sides of the street, and stopped to take a closer look, as if he were strolling around the market on the weekend.

Neil couldn't help but sigh: where are these aliens who have traveled a few light years and thousands of years to another world, it is like an old man who has been away for a few months and has returned to visit relatives and friends, and at the same time, he also thinks that the invisible and untouchable rules that Schimer preached to him like a golden rule have been broken like broken copper and iron in Diess and Victim.

The three of them walked around and walked all the way in the direction of the temple. A monk dressed in red linen walked up and passed by the three of them.

Suddenly, the monk

He let out a loud "Ahh

Dice and the other three were also taken aback, and couldn't help but stop and look at each other. Suddenly, the monk

"Poof" fell to his knees and nodded at Dees and Victim with a look of reverence.

Neil's mouth was wide open, and he was in a state of confusion the whole time, and Dees looked at the strangely behaved monk with his shoulders on his shoulder, and without saying a word, Victim pulled Dis and motioned for him to leave quickly, so the three of them walked forward quickly, leaving only the strange monk and kneeling in the dust and prostrating in the direction they had left.

Approaching the temple, Neil first saw a tall golden statue in the square in front of the door, depicting a heroic golden-armored god-man, holding a life-tall trident and standing on a chariot drawn by six winged horses, staring into the distance with his beard.

Further behind the statues and temples lies a massive pyramid, slightly smaller than the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, but spectacular.

In Neil's impression, the pyramids were all built in the vast desert, and now he suddenly saw such a brilliant pyramid in the center of the city surrounded by greenery, and he couldn't help but feel a different kind of shock in his heart.

The statues and pyramids are covered in a dazzling layer of gold, which is particularly dazzling in the sunlight.

Dees and the others passed in front of the statue and walked straight into the temple. The monks in the temple saw Diess and Victim, and they all froze in place.

The two of them quickened their pace towards the depths of the temple, Neil following closely behind. Passing through several huge corridors, the three of them walked into the innermost floor of the temple, and in front of them was a silver-white main hall, and when Dis pushed open the door, the three of them saw a huge white statue standing on the temple at the same time.

The statue is about three meters tall, sitting in a chair with armrests in short clothes and shorts, holding a strange weapon in the shape of a small rifle in its right hand, and its left hand stretching out its long, curved index finger pointing forward.

Neil looked at the statue and then at the two of them, and immediately became as stunned as the monks.

Dees and Victim looked at each other with a smile on their faces, and Dees suddenly jumped onto the statue's knees, raised his hands to grasp the spear-shaped weapon, and with both arms forced, he forcibly pulled it out of the statue's hands.

Dice then jumped back to the ground, reached out and grabbed Neil's wrist, and the three of them disappeared in an instant under the surprised gazes of the monks outside the door.

Neil felt like he was flying through the clouds, the light and shadow in front of him, and the only thing he could hear in his ears was the whirring of the wind, and when he reacted again, he found that he was back inside the ship with Dice and Victim.

D&S quickly manipulated the screen to activate the ship, and Neil felt overweight and sunk deep in his chair, apparently flying off the ground.

"It seems that this kind of visit is really not good......" Diss sighed in a tone of voice, and looked at Neil with his eyes,

"The Atlanteans are still more fuss than I thought, and you don't know the language, so this trip will be difficult to enjoy." Diess slowly approached Neil, the expression on his face unpredictable: "My friend, it seems that if you want to really understand the ins and outs of Atlantis, I'm afraid you need to go a little deeper." You say, don't you? Neil had a sense of foreboding, and a chill hit him.

Dees glanced behind him at Victim, who was fiddling with the spear-shaped weapon that had just been removed from the statue in the temple.

Diess said to Neil, "What I mean with Victim is that I want you to experience the life of the Atlanteans firsthand, understand their joys and sorrows, and how they eventually died, but, you know, it may not be done overnight, so this time you may be staying a little longer." But don't be afraid, we will take you back at the 'right' time, Neil, I know you are a brave earthling, we hope that you can go through with this brave heart at any time, you must also believe in us, we will not leave you, I hope that when you return, you can tell us about your experience. With that, Diess squeezed his eyes at Neil, and nodded to Victim behind him, who turned back in horror to find Victim holding the rifle and aiming at him.

Neil closed his eyes in despair, feeling his soul fly out of his body once again.