202 Honesty and trustworthiness and greed and cunning
readx;? Compared to the magnificence and shock of the crystal walls, the interior of Atlantis is much inferior, like a plump fruit, but when you cut it, you find that the flesh inside has long since rotted. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info They went into the city and found that almost all of the city was boulders a few people high, but there was nothing else.
It's like a labyrinth, and it's like a Stonehenge. Walking in the middle, you will involuntarily feel a sense of depression, as if something is blocked in your heart, and you will feel your own insignificance. Desperate to find the treasure, Jeff and Parker walked at the front with torches held high, and they became a little impatient, as if they could see a huge mountain of gold around the next corner.
Captain Vincent walked in the middle of the line, staring at the boulders, not knowing what to think. The team of twenty no longer existed, so he naturally relinquished his position as leader.
"Is there really a treasure in here?" Tim muttered in Ian's ear, "it's like a rocky hill with nothing but stone." In my opinion, the most valuable thing here is the crystal wall. ā
"You haven't gone to the end yet, what are you anxious about? Ian replied casually that he didn't care much about the treasures, but he was still a little curious about the boulders, so he slowed down and walked to the back to observe the stones.
"You always look at what these stones do. Tim couldn't help but get anxious as he watched the two clusters of fires in front of him get fainter and smaller, "Look at those two guys, they're sure to find the treasure first."
"Then let them find it. ā
Ian gently touched the boulder with his hand, and was surprised to find that there were more or less scratches on the boulder along the way. He didn't know what was left behind, so he drew his dagger, slashed at the boulder, leaving an inscription, and touched it with his hand, feeling that the two felt different.
"I really don't understand what interest you have in these broken stones. Tim said, "If you don't hurry, we'll be lost." ā
Ian turned his head and looked ahead, seeing that Jeff and Parker had gone far, far away, and the light of the torches was as small as the stars. So he frowned and asked, "What are these two guys going to do? Crazy?"
"Please, it's a treasure!" Tim licked his lips, his eyes almost shining, "We can do a lot of things with the treasure." Women, status, what you want. ā
Ian sensed something was wrong, he stared into Tim's eyes and asked, "What are you talking about?"
"What the hell am I talking about, what the hell are you doing, staring at the stones!" Tim said excitedly, "Treasures, gold, pearls, what is not worth more than these broken stones! ā
With that, Tim hurried to leave. The moment Ian turned his head, he caught a faint green light in his eyes, and he was stunned, not knowing if it was his own delusion, and watched Tim run ahead.
But he didn't run far, Vincent, who was walking in front, suddenly grabbed Tim, and then gave him a hard punch, knocking Tim directly to the ground.
Then Vincent said to Ian, who looked surprised, "There's a problem here. ā
"Questions?"
"Don't you notice?" said Vincent, with a calm face, "I don't know how, but there seems to be a power here that can influence people's minds. ā
Ian remembered Vincent's thirst for treasure just now, and they weren't sure that there was a treasure in it. And Tim seemed to see everything in the air, seeing gold, seeing pearls, and his eyes were like hungry wolves about to hunt.
"What's going on?" Ian asked.
Vincent shook his head: "I don't know, but just now I also had an impulse to follow the two idiots in front of me to find treasures, and subconsciously told me that the front, just ahead, gold, pearls, everything." But luckily, I wasn't too affected by it, and the sound of this guy running just now woke me up. ā
The power to influence thoughts? I shudder to think about it.
"Haven't you heard of the legend?" Grimm stepped out of the shadows, his diminutive figure cast by the light of the fire on the boulder like a beast.
"Legends, what legends?" Ian was still wary of the weird little fat man, "don't talk nonsense. ā
"Legends and legends, whether to treat legends as nonsense or facts, it's up to you. Green grinned and said, "I've heard it since I was very young, a long, long time ago, when there were still elves in the forest, the elven queen would set up a labyrinth in the forest to give humans who entered the forest a test. The honest and good will come out of the labyrinth and be warmly entertained by the elves. And the greedy and cunning will be trapped in the labyrinth for the rest of their lives until they die. ā
Ian was stunned, he had really heard this legend from his mother's mouth. But when he grew up, he always thought that it was just a story made up by parents to teach children to be honest and kind.
"Regardless of whether the legend is true or not, the first thing we need to know is that the term Atlantis was originally derived from the legend of the elves. Green grinned, "Okay, I'm done, I'll leave it to you to judge or something." ā
With that, he retreated into the shadows, and the beast-like shadow slowly sank into the darkness.
Vincent was silent for a long time, then looked at Ian and said, "Assuming this legend is true, then the place we are now has something to do with the ancient elves. Then the first two guys, and this guy, and me, are greedy and cunning, and should be trapped. And you're an honest and trustworthy person, and you should be led out of the labyrinth?"
Honest and trustworthy?
In this case, Ian is still very self-aware, he has been a thief for many years, so he can't get along with honesty and trustworthiness. Also, Green hasn't been affected, he's even more incompatible with honesty and trustworthiness, right?
So he shook his head and said, "This kind of thing is too illusory to think about. ā
Vincent felt Ian had a point, and nodded. At this time, Tim woke up leisurely, he had no idea what had just happened, but he felt that his brain suddenly dizzy, and when he became conscious again, it was already like this.
"Let's go find those two first. Ian said to Vincent, "Also, we should leave marks on the boulders we have visited, and if we can't find the treasure, we should at least know the way back." ā
Vincent nodded: "I have been prepared for this, and on every boulder that passes by, I have left a symbol with a knife. ā
Tim glanced at the boulder beside him and casually asked, "Why does it feel bad luck to carve a fork?" ā
"Fork?" Vincent was stunned, "No, I carved a triangle." ā
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