Chapter 17: The First Secret
My name is Yan Shunlu, and I'm about to talk to the Atlanteans, and an eternal puzzle is about to be revealed......
The night was completely shrouded, and I should have been fighting in front of the computer at this time, but today I was lying on the bed early, I had too many questions to ask, and my strong curiosity made me can't wait to find Goliath, although it is only half past eight, and the nightlife has not yet started for urban people.
I used my telekinesis to recite Goliath's name, and then I sank into my consciousness and went to Goliath's room (which is good news for insomniac). It seems that he is very idle, this is said to be his laboratory, but he is not seen busy with experiments, except for the first time I saw him when he was watching the light curtain, the rest of the time he sat in a chair, as if he was waiting for me.
"I'm here again, have you researched anything?" I sat down.
"I haven't found anything yet, but I'm a little bit eyebrow-raising." It seems that he didn't just wait for me as I thought, but did something.
"I'm here to tell you that I seem to have mastered the method." I said nonchalantly.
"I see, what's on your forehead is invisible. How did you do it, and you practiced successfully? "It seems that he is not small in his desire to learn.
"Actually, it's very simple, didn't I say that I already knew that set of mudras, but we called it differently, I went back and tried it according to our name, and it was so successful." I'm understated.
"I see, no wonder." He nodded, as if there was something in his words.
"Can you tell me about you Atlantis? It's so mysterious about you, and there's no archaeological evidence to doubt it. I asked curiously.
"Yes, I was going to tell you that, too. The Great West Continent is where we live, and the Great West Continent disappeared in the flood, but we did not disappear. We've always been there, but we've moved from land to water. Goliath said with some memories.
"In the water?" I pointed to my feet again, "You mean I'm in the water now?" “
"This is my lab, not in the Great Western Continent. We call the place where we live Daxizhou, even if it is not the previous Daxizhou. He sighed a little, it seems that the Atlanteans are also nostalgic.
"Okay, you go ahead." I held out my hand and gestured.
"Haven't you been curious about what I look like before? We got to the water and started a new life. The environment has changed, and our bodies have changed to adapt to the new environment, which is what you see now. Hair doesn't do anything in the water anymore, so it starts to fade, and now we don't have any hair; The larger the mouth, more seawater can be swallowed, and oxygen is obtained; We also began to learn to breathe with our cheeks, and the nose was also changing, the nasal cavity became less important, the nasal bone degenerated, leaving only the nasal wings, which could be closed to avoid water entering the trachea in the water; The neck begins to become shorter, which is more conducive to moving in the water; Strong arms help us to paddle in the water, our feet are shorter and stronger, and the finger-to-finger connections become webbed, so our fingers look like only two knuckles. We live in the deep sea, where sunlight can't shine, our eyes get bigger to get more light in, and our skin becomes fairer. Also because in the deep sea, the sea pressure is very high, so we are generally not tall, and I am an outlier, almost twice their height, so my friends jokingly call me Goliath. Accustomed to living in the water, the skin can't adapt well when it returns to the air, so the skin will constantly secrete fluid to keep it moist. He looked at me and explained how I had felt when I saw him.
His words embarrassed me very much, I had complained about his appearance in my heart before, it was in my heart, I didn't have a consciousness blocker at that time, and my thoughts were completely detected by him. According to him, it is not too much for a person to be called a giant with twice the height of a normal person. His appearance is also due to the influence of the environment, and there seems to be nothing strange about it. Just like you see the high nose of the Nordic people, because of adapting to the environment, increasing the contact between the nasal cavity and the air, so that the cold air enters the body to fully warm up, it is not unusual, and it is not worth complaining about.
His description fits most of the commonalities found in deep-sea creatures, such as light color, white or light gray, large eyes, and so on.
"I'm sorry, I did think your appearance was a little weird, and there were some rude complaints." I sincerely apologize to him.
"It's nothing, you look at my strange appearance, just as I look at your appearance and think it's weird, it's normal." Goliath said with understanding.
"And you're breathing with your lungs now?" I'm curious.
"Of course, although we have gills, we are still human beings, and we still breathe with our lungs on the ground." Goliath said it as a matter of course
"Amphibians?" I said with a frown.
"No, there is a period of time when human beings develop from embryos to babies when gills exist. The choice was made just because it was needed. It's like a baby is born with 305 bones and an adult has only 206. The need to grow up determines the necessity of something to exist. "Goliath's explanation is fine.
"How do you adapt to the pressure of the deep sea?" This is one of the reasons why we don't have access to the deep sea.
"In the same way, our bodies have changed and made choices because of necessity." This time Goliath's explanation is very succinct, and one sentence evolves because it is needed.
"Okay, let's get over the page. But why did you choose the sea? "I'm still confused.
"It's a long story, we have advanced technology, as you can imagine, we can avoid that flood and live in a new place. But then we had a problem, and it came from us, and more importantly, we had some discoveries that made us uneasy and that we couldn't face at the time. "Goliath's explanation didn't satisfy me, there was a lot of information hidden in between.
"You still haven't made it clear, is there anything inconvenient?" I know there must be secrets in between, and maybe they have too much privacy to tell me.
"There's nothing inconvenient, it's just that it's not time to tell you." He paused, then continued, "Because the flood engulfed our continent and disappeared into the sea, and the previous traces were washed away, it is not surprising that you will find no evidence of our existence. ”
This is the second time he's said the word, and it's not yet time. My memory has improved since meditating, and I remember very well what he said in his previous answer to me. What does it mean when the time comes? What is the time?
"And then?" Since he didn't want to say it, I had to skip this.
"The deep sea was our last resort at that time, because there was a bigger crisis waiting for us on the ground, and in order to cover up the news of our survival, we chose to go to the deep sea and let the flood flood our former home." He said with some excitement on his face.
"It's the reason why you can't tell me when it's not time." I muttered.
"At first, we used the energy shroud to cover the city, and then we slowly started living in the water. Most of the time we still live in the energy shield. Goliath's words jumped a little.
At this point, I have a preliminary understanding, but many key things have been skipped, and I still haven't got a detailed answer. But Goliath didn't say anything more at this time, his eyes were empty, as if he was really caught in some kind of memory, and his expression became complicated, twisting his forehead from time to time, and nodding to himself. I didn't speak, just watched him quietly and waited.
After sitting in relative silence for a long time, Goliath finally came out of his memories.
He changed his expression and became extremely serious: "Do you want to know the whole situation?" ”
Looking at his serious expression, I began to hesitate. What else is going on? You know you want to kill me? I began to struggle to think.
He didn't speak, looking at me and waiting for my answer.
After half a ring, I finally made up my mind, and faced with an opportunity to unlock the secret of the ages, my strong curiosity began to haunt me. Am I a pilgrim now?
"Yes, I want to know." I also said cautiously, and in order to show my caution, I nodded heavily and accentuated my tone.
"Well, it's no accident that you're here...... It's some kind of inevitable consequence. "He didn't say it directly, but he told me a fact that surprised me.
"What?" I stood up, and my voice was much higher. I'm more concerned about why I'm here than the secret of Atlantis. This also bothered me for a long time, before he said that it was not time, now is the time to speak? All of a sudden, all sorts of thoughts came to my mind.