"A nautical expedition?"

Robin was a little confused, the only thing he could do was play the violin, what does this have to do with the voyage? I don't know anything about the work on the sea, and to be honest, I am not qualified to be a handyman. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Thinking of this, he said, "Mr. Carter, it is a great honor to be invited by you, but I can only play the violin, will there be a place for me in your fleet?"

Carter laughed: "Young man, don't be presumptuous, music knows no time and place, and sailing is a very hard and boring thing. When the time comes, you will find that you will be the most popular person in my expedition.

And are you really going to do nothing for the rest of your life, going to all kinds of places like this for a bite to eat, and hiding your talents?"

Carter's last sentence went straight to Robin's heart, and Robin couldn't help but murmur: "My talent, my music, no, if it goes on like this, it will really be buried, I will never let this happen." ”

As he spoke, Robin's eyes lit up and he said excitedly, "Mr. Carter, I don't want to live like this, but I really can't think of what joining your expedition has to do with the future I want. ”

Carter smiled slightly: "Mr. Robin, what you lack most now is not talent, but status, money." As long as you have that, even if you only know the staff, you can still go to the Royal Theatre for a recital.

And join my team and you'll have it all, because we're going to find the treasure. ”

Before he could finish speaking, Vincent on the side interjected, "Carter, don't you think you're talking a little too much? ”

"No, dear Vincent, I can tell in his eyes that Mr. Robin is already our partner, are you right? Carter laughed.

"Yes, Mr. Carter, willing to serve you. Robin said excitedly.

One day in April 1729, after nearly a year of training and preparation, Robin Williams set sail from Plymouth Harbour in England with James Carter, the captain of the Goddess, and a huge team of sixty men.

There was no such thing as a farewell, and people didn't even know about it, because the expedition was entirely private, and James Carter raised everything from the initial planning to the recruitment of all the professionals, from the purchase of the "Goddess" capable of ocean voyages, to the last bag of grain to be carried to the ship's hold. And all this almost hollowed out Mr. Carter, who was originally very wealthy, and even sold the ancestral estate property in the end.

At first, Robin was puzzled when he learned that the captain had risked his life for the voyage. But when he became one of the few people on board who knew the inside story of the voyage, this suspicion was swept away.

Now Robin was standing at the stern of the boat, looking out at the British Isles, which had become a thin line, and his heart was full of pride, his skin had turned a healthy wheat color instead of the previous pale, and his body was more skinny than it had been a year ago.

At this time, he heard footsteps behind him, turned around and said, "It turned out to be Mr. Prosius, it is windy here, be careful not to catch a cold." ”

Prosius smiled and said, "Young man, does my old man look so weak and can't help it? I don't know when I will see land again when I go to sea this time, so hurry up and take a look." ”

"Mr. Prosius, have you used to go to sea often?" asked Robin.

"Yes, you can never guess what is on the sea, what surprises will be brought to you on the other side of the sea?" said Prosius, looking at the sea.

"Then what are you going to do when you go to sea, and do you look for the New World like the navigators?" said Robin, interested in the old man.

Prosius smiled and shook his head: "No, what am I looking for land? ”

"Looking for someone, oh, are you looking for the goddess you told us?" said Robin excitedly.

"Goddess for you?" the old man wondered.

"Yes, the last time Captain Carter had a meeting, didn't he say that we were going to the sea to find the treasure of the Goddess? Captain said that you have seen the Goddess and know where the treasure of the Goddess is. Speaking of Mr. Carter's expedition, it's all for what you said. Robin said.

"Yes, yes, look at my memory, hey, it looks like I'm really old. We're on our way to find the Goddess's treasure, and if we're lucky, we'll even run into the Goddess and her friends. Prosius laughed.

The goddess still has friends?, Robin became more and more strange about the tone in which Mr. Prosius spoke.

"By the way, little Robin, do you know about Atlantis?" Prosius asked Robin suddenly.

"Atlantis? what is this??" Robin said even more strangely.

"No, it's a big empire in the depths of the ocean that legend says a long time ago, and it's no longer there. It is a paradise, a paradise left on earth, with countless treasures, gold piled up into towers tens of meters high, and every fine work of art studded with precious stones.

The empire had a developed culture, technology, art. The people there do not starve or freeze, they don't know what their troubles are, they are gentle and courteous, they respect and love each other, and their daily work is to sing and dance and praise the goddess. There is the real Garden of Eden. Prosius said slowly.

Robin Williams was dumbfounded, and if he hadn't seen the old man's extraordinarily serious expression when he spoke, he would have thought that poor Mr. Prosius had a mental problem.

Then he asked the old man, "Then why is this empire gone, and why have I never heard of it?"

"That's because it's so old, so old that it disappeared before even the words appeared, so all that was left was a legend. The old man explained.

"How do you know these things, Mr. Prosius?" asked Robin.

"Actually, my old man also listened to other people's words, haha. But one thing I am sure of is that this great empire was created by the goddess, and it is impossible for human power to establish such a miracle, it is a paradise for the goddess to temporarily live in the world, although it is no longer there, but it did exist, as long as it existed, it will leave traces, and we are now looking for the traces of its existence, and I call this the treasure of the goddess. Boy, do you understand now?" Prosius said.

"How do you know that, and how can you be sure?" said Robin.

"Because I stumbled upon a clue to it on a long voyage and made a chart, why do you think Carter and the men of this ship would be so desperate? Prosius smiled mysteriously.

Four months later, the "Goddess" sailed to an uncharted sea, which, according to the people on board, was the South Atlantic. Robin couldn't tell the difference between the various names of the ocean, he only knew that no matter where he went, there was endless sea on all sides, except for the sea and the sea.

For the first two months, Robin was so desperate that he wanted to kill himself, repeating three things every day: eating, vomiting, falling asleep, and so on. Even the youngest sailor on board, the sixteen-year-old little Jack, laughed at him with impudence because Robin was the only one on the ship who had no experience at sea.

Later, he got used to it, and even in the storm, he could settle down and compose music for his own inspiration by staying in the boathouse that rolled like a canning box kicked around by naughty children.

Just then Robin heard cheers on the deck. He put down his half-polished violin and walked out of the cabin to see a crowd of people pointing to the sea ahead and cheering.

"We're at our destination!" shouted many.