Chapter 3370 The Trial of the Great Fool (One Hundred and Seventy-Three)
I don't know how long it took before Elaine woke up.
He woke up suddenly, and as soon as he opened his eyes, he scanned his surroundings alertly, thinking that he was still on the seventh floor of the terrifying underground maze. But he found that he was actually in a tent, and Bailey was sleeping next to him.
"Hmm...? Big brother, are you awake?" The little fox was awakened by Elaine's actions just now and got up.
Elaine wanted to say something, but the fox boy covered his mouth: "Brother, please stop talking. Your throat was damaged in the previous battle, and you should let it rest now. The burning sensation in your throat will disappear.
You shouldn't have spoken before."
So Elaine nodded. He noticed that his neck and right arm were wrapped in bandages, which were too tight, and there was some kind of cold ointment touching his skin. Queeg should have used a spell to treat Elaine
After doing it again, Elaine's broken right hand returned to its original shape. However, the pain still remained, and the dull pain could only be relieved by the cold analgesic ointment.
"Wouldn't you like to sleep for a while? It's almost evening and dinner will be ready soon." Bailey asked again: "We caught a lot of sea fish! And Uncle Queeg also recovered a lot of lobster meat. It's a big meal tonight."
oh."
Elaine wanted to ask something, but he couldn't speak, so he took out his mobile phone and wrote a line on it: [Back to the camp?]
"Of course!" Bailey smiled and said, "Thanks to big brother for defeating the big lobster king, all the enemies on that level were hiding. Then we searched for a long time and finally found the exit. After that, we used the teleportation device to escape.
It’s an underground maze."
So this is the surface layer of Atlantis, in the abandoned city.
Although her severed right hand was aching, Elaine continued typing on her phone: [Did Zuoli wake up? Did he not see you using the teleportation device?]
"He hasn't woken up yet. Although he was injured less than you, big brother, he has been sleeping." Bailey replied, "Don't worry, he was unconscious the whole time we used the teleportation device to come back. There is no way he could have seen us doing it."
Something like that."
Elaine breathed a sigh of relief: [What if he asked about it?]
"Let's just tell him that Uncle Edmund used a teleportation technique with a certain transformation ability to send us to the surface." The little fox said with a smile: "We have already made an agreement with Uncle Edmund. Everyone is here."
We will all speak in a unified way and we will not betray anyone."
Bailey was smarter than Elaine imagined. It turned out that he had guessed Elaine's intentions early on. Probably before entering the maze on the seventh floor of the underground, Elaine had reminded him of similar things. Bailey might have guessed it at that time.
.
"I'm smart, right? Praise me, praise me~" Bailey said jokingly.
So, the young white lion man touched the little fox's head happily.
"Hey hey hey~" Bailey was satisfied and walked out of the tent: "I'm going to prepare dinner with Uncle Queeg. Brother, if you want to take a nap, just go to bed. Or you can go check on Brother Zuoli. He's right next to him.
Resting in that empty room, Uncle Edmund is looking after him."
Elaine nodded, and after the blue fox boy went out, he also walked out of the tent.
The aroma of dinner wafted outside, and the aroma of basil leaves was mixed with the aroma of various seafood. Bailey was busy processing a large piece of lobster meat, trying to use lemon juice and spices to remove the fishy smell and improve the taste of the lobster meat.
Umami.
"I will make it super delicious, big brother, look forward to it!" the little fox said with a smile.
Elaine smiled and nodded. He was a little worried about Xury's situation, so he walked towards the hut where Edmund stayed temporarily. It was already evening, and judging from the fact that the sun was almost at the sea level, it was not far from the sun setting (going to the sea?
) is only about half an hour. Once it gets dark here, it will be very troublesome. The surroundings are too dark and you can only turn on the lights. At that time, you might as well just go to sleep.
The most important thing is that Elaine and the others know about the existence of stalkers. Although those half-mermaids are usually afraid of the sun and only live in the deep sea city, no one knows whether they really will not come out to the surface at night.
So far, Elaine's camp has been lighting up the lights at night and keeping the bonfire burning. But this may be unsafe, and the location of their camp will be exposed from a distance. Next, they must act more cautiously.
Anyway, before going completely dark, let's go visit Xori.
Elaine walked into the house.
"Your Highness." Edmund was sitting next to the mattress, looking after the sleeping boy Hayato.
Elaine nodded, raised his phone and wrote: [Xu Li hasn't woken up yet?]
The Blood Lion shook his head: "He is much weaker than you, Your Highness. He is obviously only slightly injured, but he still hasn't woken up yet."
Xury is just a child...at least after many reincarnations, Xury is now a child. It is natural that his tolerance for pain is poor and his physical strength is worse than Elaine's.
Xury was covered in bandages, and basically all the areas corroded by the acid had been cleaned, treated, and protected with bandages. Despite this, Xury was still unconscious.
It even makes people wonder if this kid is pretending to be asleep.
Just when Elaine had this suspicion, Xury suddenly moved.
"Hmm..." Hayato boy opened his eyes in time: "I...where am I?...Where are those monsters?"
"The enemy has been defeated by His Highness the Prince." Edmund explained: "Everyone left that area alive."
"So, this is...?"
Edmund hesitated for a moment, but still answered: "The surface of Atlantis."
Anyway, this matter cannot be hidden from Zuoli. When he gets better and walks outside, he will instantly know that this is the surface of the earth. Because from here, he can see the sky through the glass exterior wall.
"The surface..." Hayato boy said thoughtfully: "We finally came to the surface... Wait, how did we get here? Walk back along the road?"
"I used one of my transformation abilities to teleport back." Edmund replied. Sure enough, he had already colluded with Bailey and used this excuse to deceive Xury. Xury must not be allowed to know the existence of the teleportation device. Now
Elaine is still unable to completely trust Xuri. If this child goes back to tip off the stalkers, the camp in the ruins on the surface will be in danger.
"You can also use the teleportation spell, which is really powerful." Xuli believed it without thinking too much.
"Also, you -" Hayato boy turned to look at Elaine: "You defeated the leader of Holland Shrimp? That's awesome."
Elaine nodded.
"Why did you protect me at that time?" Xuli asked again: "You can just leave me behind and escape to a safe area. If you don't have to worry about me, you will definitely not be in danger."
Elaine thought for a while and wrote on her phone: [You also saved me. Without you saving me, I would have fallen into the lava. So I can't leave you.]
When he showed the written sentences to Hayato, Zuoli was stunned for a moment: "You...can't speak anymore?"
"His Royal Highness the Prince's throat is injured and needs to recover." Edmund explained helpfully.
"So... what is this? Some crooked symbols in a glowing box?" Xuri asked, tilting his head.
"You...can't read the text?" the blood lion asked in confusion.
"What are words?" Xuli asked back.
"They are symbols used to record knowledge and convey information. Don't stalkers have writing?" Edmund was even more puzzled.
Elaine was also puzzled. If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't speak, he would probably have made a similar sigh: Are the stalkers all illiterate?
"There is no such thing. Didn't I say it before? The knowledge of the Yate people is passed down orally from generation to generation. There is no such thing as the words you said. Even if you want to write down some symbols, there is no place to write it.
ah."
Elaine remembered that ancient humans used cloth to record text. Before the invention of paper, cloth, parchment and the like could only be used as carriers of text. However, cloth in the deep-sea city of Atlantis was very rare.
The stalkers probably didn't have the energy to write down the text on cloth.
Although there are other substitutes, the premise of a substitute for writing text is that it must have a certain degree of durability. Ancient human civilization also used mudstone tablets to record writing, and this kind of thing is not necessarily the case in the deep-sea city of Atlantis.
There will be.
Xury couldn't understand what Elaine wrote at all. This communication was really difficult.
"Let me translate for His Highness the Prince." Edmund sighed: "His Royal Highness the Prince said, [You also saved me. Without you saving me, I would have fallen into the lava. So I can't leave you behind.]
"
As a result, I still need someone to help me translate before I can communicate with Zuoli. It’s such a hassle.
"Oh, really..." Hayato boy thought thoughtfully: "Your culture is really gentle. In the Ater culture, your own life is the first priority. Even if I am in danger, they will
You will definitely take care of your own life first, leave me and run away."
What kind of rotten people are those stalkers? Elaine thought to herself.
[But you saved me.] Elaine continued.
"That's because you are the only one who can guarantee that we can get out of the maze alive." Xuri replied matter-of-factly: "If you die, we will definitely die and the whole army will be annihilated. So I can't save you."
."
It seems quite reasonable.
[All in all, we are even.] Elaine continued to write: [We also took you out of that underwater city as promised. Next, my friend will come to find us, and he may come tomorrow. I will invite that
A Mr. Daniel used teleportation to take you away from Atlantis and to Great Britain.]
"Great Britain?"
"A country in Europe." Edmund explained: "Although it is a human country, the acceptance of orcs there is not low. You should be able to live freely without being affected."
[I will let Mr. Daniel help you arrange everything you need in life.] Elaine wrote: [I will also give you a sum of money, which should be enough for you to live freely for several years until you grow up and be able to
Until you take care of yourself.]
"So...that's it? Let's say goodbye here?"
[Yes. There is no reason for you to follow us to take risks. If we go deeper into Atlantis, God knows what dangers are waiting for us. You have nothing to do with this matter. You'd better leave this dangerous place as soon as possible.
good.]
"No." Xuli said.
Elaine was a little surprised, but still asked calmly: [Why?]
"Did you feel surprised when you first saw me?" Zuoli asked, "It's almost like you saw the Birdmen for the first time in your life."
Elaine couldn't deny it. Their expressions at the beginning might have been completely exposed.
"Answer me. In your world, are birdmen very rare? Are they rarer than other orcs?" Xori asked.
Although she didn't want to deny it, Elaine nodded.
"Then I am an alien." Hayato boy groaned: "Here, I am an alien. In your world, I am also an alien. No matter where I go, it is impossible to be accepted by people. No matter where I am, I
I will be looked at strangely, and people will treat me like a monster. The situation is the same as when I stayed in the city of the Aters, and it may even be worse - they want to harm me because I am an alien.
There are more people. Am I right?"
Elaine couldn't refute. Just because Xuri had never seen the world, it didn't mean that the kid was stupid. Young Hayato might have experienced the same thing countless times - in that undersea city, he was surrounded by a group of stalkers.
In daily life.
"What are you going to do?" Xuri continued to ask: "You are planning to reach the depths of Atlantis, meet the old robot, and then leave, right?"
Elaine nodded.
"Then, let me follow you to the end." Xuli said, "After this is over, you will take good care of me, right? We are companions. You are the only one in this world who will not treat me as an alien, right?"
Bar?"
The white lion boy still couldn't refute. He was even a little moved.
Elaine also knows this. She knows it better than anyone else.
He was once an alien, unable to integrate into any place in the world. The world is so vast but there is no place for him, and he spent his whole life looking for a place to stay.
Perhaps people of similar natures are attracted to each other, and he even sympathizes with Zuori.
[But, you will die.] He wrote: [The deeper Atlantis goes, the more dangerous it will be. We cannot guarantee your safety.]
"Please! You even led that kid Bailey to a place like that! Am I not better than him?" Hayato boy said again: "Besides, I have my own control over my own life. When things really go wrong, I will run away."
's. Believe me, I can escape faster than anyone else."
[I obviously almost died before.]
"That's because I was careless." Zuoli smiled awkwardly: "I won't do it next time."
Elaine thought for a while and continued to write: [If there is danger, will you leave us and run away?]
"I will." He replied: "My own life is still the first priority. Unless I can't live without you."
Elaine sighed. This guy is at least honest.
[Okay.] Elaine extends her hand, [You can follow.]
"What is this?" Xuli asked, not understanding Elaine's action.
"A handshake is a friendly way of greeting." Edmund explained at the side.
"Oh, is that so?" Xuri held Elaine's hand: "The Aters don't use this. They use other ways to express friendship."
Then he came over and rubbed Elaine's forehead with his forehead.
[Your beak almost made my face bleed...] Elaine complained.
"Really?...Ah hahaha, don't worry about the details." Hayato boy laughed.