Chapter 243 One is one, two is two, three is not three
The previous summoner of the magic lamp established a kingdom overnight with three wishes, and later gained immortality. However, even so, he could not resurrect his deceased lover because his three wishes had been exhausted.
In order to resurrect the queen, the summoner of the previous generation secretly built an underground pyramid, and at the same time brutally captured the people of the country and passed the test, hoping to find the next summoner with a pure heart, so as to help him realize his wish to resurrect the late queen.
This may be the reason why the Seventh Dynasty collapsed so quickly in the first place... The king kept letting his citizens die miserably for the sake of [the fourth wish]. As time went by, there would probably be rebels among the citizens.
In fact, the so-called countries of that era were not that big. They were more like modern city-states than countries... Since they could be established in the desert overnight, they could also be destroyed overnight.
In this way, if Otto was the previous summoner, then he probably knew about the underground pyramid early on, and even knew the location of the magic lamp.
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In fact, the desert at night is not suitable for traveling, but having just escaped from a mob camp, it is naturally not suitable for wandering near the exit.
Although Aria has completely quarreled with everyone on the matter of collecting tolls, the principle of doing something after collecting money makes people speechless. Although it is quite unpleasant, as a guide in the desert, his professional knowledge does come in handy.
Used.
After riding a camel for a long distance, Aria found several dilapidated and empty houses made of mud and stone in the desert.
"It's too cold now and the visibility is not good. It's easy to turn back. Let's rest here and wait until dawn before heading out."
no comment.
Aria began to live, and then distributed drinking water and food to everyone. After that, he took the gun and all the supplies, took the camel, and hid in a nearby house.
"What a suspicious guy!" Claudia said bitterly, but she also knew in her heart that since the relationship has become so tense, Aria's behavior at this time is naturally understandable... To be honest, if it were her
, will probably do the same thing.
Claudia took half a bottle of water and a bag of dry food, and hid in the corner of the room, eating silently. Ever since she started on her way, Claudia had not taken the initiative to talk to Boss Luo.
At this moment, something suddenly flashed out of the room, making Claudia jump up suddenly in fright. It was a light yellow lizard with a layer of lime gray.
Most women are naturally a little afraid of this kind of reptilian life... Just as Claudia screamed, Mr. Otto suddenly waved his hand, and a cold light flashed, which turned out to be a small dagger.
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Just like a clown performing knife-throwing stunts in a circus, the bright dagger blade was directly inserted into the lizard's head, nailing it to the ground.
Mr. Otto came over, stepped on the lizard's body, pulled out the dagger, and said calmly: "This is a king lizard, a species unique to this place. However, this one is not mature yet, so it is not very harmful."
"Scared...scared me to death." Claudia breathed out slowly, and then looked at Mr. Otto with a feeling. She suddenly felt that this man with a vicissitudes of life seemed to be quite reliable, at least more reliable than a certain person.
Pretty girls from the East are much better.
"I often walk around in the desert, so I have encountered it before. It's not a big deal." Mr. Otto shook his head slightly.
Claudia said: "I didn't expect your flying knife to be so powerful. Most people can't do it."
Mr. Otto said calmly: "It just takes more time to practice. Practice makes perfect... You can do it too, as long as you are willing to spend more time."
Claudia shook her head. If she had the time, she would rather solve a few more mathematical problems. Of course, the premise is that she can leave the desert safely and return to a civilized society.
"Where is Mr. Otto from?" Unconsciously, Claudia approached Mr. Otto and began to ask some questions curiously.
She seemed to have forgotten that inside the house, there was Boss Luo who was sorting the fire. Boss Luo was using normal methods with great interest to make the fire more intense.
He had learned some knowledge about wilderness survival before. When he was a child, his father took him to a military camp in the summer. What he learned was that this knowledge was generally useless.
"This fire is just right." Mr. Otto suddenly said: "It's just right for barbecue."
Where does the meat come from here... The only source of meat is naturally the edible meat of the king lizard that was just stabbed to death on the ground. This has been eaten in public by a man who is known as the strongest man on earth.
Yes, and it’s still eaten raw.
I saw Mr. Otto peeling off the skin of the king lizard with a dagger at this time, then cut out the meat strips, skewered them on the dead branches, and began to roast them.
"Its protein content is higher than these dry foods, so we need to replenish more energy." Mr. Otto said while grilling lizard meat.
It was probably difficult for Claudia to accept this kind of meat, and she looked at it with some suspicion at this time, but probably because of the sense of reliability Otto had given her along the way, when the lizard meat was roasted and delivered, she
I still had the courage to eat it.
There is no seasoning, and it cannot soften the meat. It is simply roasted, so the taste is not much better... But in this difficult and dangerous environment, there is a special sweet aroma of oil as you eat it.
Boss Luo also took a small bite, nodded and said, "You really control the heat well. Mr. Otto also likes to cook?"
"When you are bored, you always need to find something to kill time." Mr. Otto said calmly.
Boss Luo said, "Mr. Otto, he often travels around the world to inspect cultural relics... Do you get bored too?"
"You need to rest!" Claudia rolled her eyes when she looked at Boss Luo, "Whoever travels around the world every day has nothing to do, so he always needs to have some rest time... Find something to do during the break to relax his mind and body.
Isn’t it normal?”
"That's right." Boss Luo smiled slightly, then stood up, "I'll go outside to pick up some dry branches and bring them back."
"It's up to you." Claudia shrugged, very casually.
Mr. Otto didn't say much, except that it was cold outside. He threw a coat to Boss Luo and asked him to put it on. He was afraid that he would be in danger, so he gave him a dagger for self-defense.
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"You don't have to be so nice to this guy!" Claudia shook her head and lowered her voice after Boss Luo left.
"Did you have a quarrel?" Mr. Otto smiled and said, "For what?"
Claudia said calmly: "I don't like to be with selfish people...Originally, I am not very familiar with him."
Mr. Otto naturally knew that when Aria made things difficult, Luo Qiu insisted on not giving money... He looked at Claudia and said: "I'm not familiar... If you're not familiar, why did you come to the desert with him?
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"Because of some other reasons." Claudia shook her head and sighed: "Now think about it, am I crazy? I only followed him to such a ghost place after only a few days of knowing each other...
I’m so obsessed!”
"Perhaps there are other reasons why he insisted on not paying Aria travel expenses." Mr. Otto thought for a while and said.
"What's the reason?" Claudia muttered dissatisfied.
"Perhaps... even without Aria's supplies and guidance, he still has a way to take you out of the desert." Mr. Otto said abruptly, "He has good physical fitness, and he seems to know the skills of survival in the wild."
"This guy has great physical strength? Such a weak person?" Claudia said in disbelief: "He looks like a young master who is used to being served! And he is also stingy!"
"Life requires more observation." Mr. Otto shook his head: "The eyes will deceive your first perception... Some people and some things can only be known to you after getting along with them for a long time."
Claudia disagreed, shook her head and said: "Maybe... young people will become mature when they grow up, and experience will teach them many things, but that will be many years later... But maturity after many years will not be the same at all.
There is no solution to the current problem."
"It's not a bad thing to be patient." Mr. Otto smiled slightly.
Claudia snorted softly and seemed to open up the conversation: "If women give men patience... who will give women time? Women's bodies, youth, and looks are all ready-made... Men don't always like ready-made
Of?"
"Most of them are like that." Mr. Otto did not deny it and whispered: "Give a woman time... But even if you give a woman time, the seemingly eternal togetherness will still come to an end."
The topic of discussion at the beginning didn't seem to be like this... Claudia was stunned, feeling as if she had been led astray. She couldn't help but shook her head and said: "Why are you thinking so much? A few decades later, you and I will be the same.
Turn into ashes."
"That's right... you will still face death after all." Mr. Otto nodded, "No one can be an exception."
Claudia rubbed her forehead. She was probably mentally exhausted from worrying and experiencing a lot this whole day. She yawned and said, "This topic is obviously not suitable to continue talking about in this environment... It's better to rest more.
Replenish your energy!"
"Your friend hasn't come back yet, I'll wait for him." Mr. Otto smiled and said, "If you're sleepy, go to sleep first. I'll watch the fire."
Before Claudia went to sleep, she seemed to have thought of something. After a moment of hesitation, she took out the weird oil lamp she got from the pyramid from her backpack.
"What is this?" Mr. Otto was slightly startled at this time.
Claudia said casually: "I found this in the pyramid. Those thugs seem to want this thing... It is probably a very valuable thing. I can't let you help me with my travel expenses, but I'm not that kind."
I can pay you back with more money... just treat this as a gift to you."
Mr. Otto did not refuse and took it silently.
Claudia added at this time: "To be clear in advance, I don't know if this thing is very valuable. It may be just a piece of junk and worthless. But it may also be a valuable cultural relic, a priceless treasure. I will give it to
You, regardless of whether it is valuable or not, the one million I owe you will be treated as equal. As for that guy’s travel expenses, if you want it, ask him to get it yourself!"
"Don't you regret it?" Mr. Otto asked abruptly: "Maybe it is really valuable, or even priceless. After all, so many people died for it... Moreover, I didn't say that you must pay me back."
Regarding travel expenses, you can just pretend to be silent and wait until you leave the desert to talk about it."
"One is one, two is two." Claudia frowned and said, "I'm not used to owing other people things. I said, even if this thing is a priceless treasure, neither party can regret it after tonight. For this thing
A lot of people died. It's obviously not a good thing, and it might bring misfortune... Besides, for this thing, there are probably so many souvenir shops in the city. Is it possible that you can just call out a fat blue elf?
, give you three wishes?"
Mr. Otto said calmly: "Maybe it is true."
Claudia shook her head, "You can take it seriously. Anyway, after I took it for so long, not even a single mosquito flew out, let alone the elves... Just be happy."
Mr. Otto was silent for a long time, looking at the oil lamp in his hand, wondering what he was thinking...and in his silence, Claudia also fell asleep due to being too tired.
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She woke up because she heard some noise... She is a person who wakes up easily.
The sound came from the crackling of burning dead branches.
Claudia opened her eyes and saw Luo Qiu sitting in front of the fire adding dead branches...but she did not see Mr. Otto.
She had to frown, and for the first time since she was on her way to the exit, she watched Boss Luo speak: "Where's Mr. Otto?"
"He's gone." Luo Qiu said casually: "When I came back, he was gone."
"Not there? Could it be that it was convenient..." Claudia frowned and then asked: "How long has it been since you came back?"
"It's been more than half an hour." Luo Qiu looked at the time and said, "I saw you were asleep, so I didn't wake you up."
"Half an hour?" Claudia quickly sat up and looked at where Mr. Otto had been... There was nothing left, except for the uneaten pieces, a few skewers of lizard meat.
Except for dead branches.
"It's impossible for him to be gone for so long for no reason, right?" Claudia looked at Luo Qiu warily, then quickly got up...and ran out immediately.
Boss Luo didn't care. He broke off a dead branch and threw it into the fire. Then he took a book and read "Gegrin's Fairy Tales" in the light of the fire.
This is actually Teacher Pulin's "Grimm's Fairy Tales", but Boss Luo borrowed it from Teacher Pulin, and Teacher Pulin readily gave it to him.
Not long after, Claudia ran back in a hurry, looking slightly panicked, "Aria is gone too! The camel, water and food are all gone! He left us behind! But Mr. Otto
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But Mr. Otto is also missing!
Suddenly, Claudia thought of two possibilities. The first was that Luo Qiu killed Mr. Otto and Aria while she was sleeping, and hid water and supplies... But obviously he didn't
The motivation for doing so.
Then the second one.
Otto and Aria left together, and took away all the water and food...But, why did they do this?
"What on earth... happened?" Claudia sat down weakly, feeling a huge sense of fear coming over her. Even though there was a strong fire in front of her, she still felt cold, "When did you...
Are you still in the mood to read? Well... where did you get the book?"
Not paying attention to Claudia's last question, Boss Luo closed the fairy tale book and said calmly: "Then Claudia, what do you think we should do next?"
"Of course I will catch up!" Claudia said angrily: "Why are you like this! Since you have come back a long time ago and found that Otto is missing, don't you have any idea at all? Have you ever traveled far before?
?!"
With that said, Claudia walked out directly, but it was pitch black outside and there was no road in the desert... Who knew which direction Aria and Mr. Otto went.
"Otherwise, let's go this way." Boss Luo picked up a torch and pointed at the stars in the sky and said...the North Star.
