Qin Feng took the old book from Chen Keren's hand and gently swept away the dust on the cover.
The cover of the ancient book is dilapidated, and there are many obscure words recorded on it, which should be the language of Atlantis.
"Sister Chen, can you translate this?"
"Yes, but it will take a lot of time because this book has a lot of content."
"Then you focus on studying the contents of this ancient book, and we will do the other exploration work."
Chen Keren has only one task, which is to decipher ancient books and translate these complex texts.
In the huge temple, time flows faster than Qin Feng imagined.
Unknowingly, half a day passed. Qin Feng looked down at his watch and felt incredible.
The environment of Atlantis is quite special. This is an underwater world. There is no sun, and naturally there is no distinction between night and day. The entire ruins are filled with a white halo all the time without any change.
In this relatively static environment, the human body's perception of the passage of time will appear "slow". The only thing that can make Qin Feng feel the passage of time is hunger.
The adult body will normally feel hungry every seven hours. During the time he was exploring the temple, Qin Feng had already eaten compressed biscuits once.
Returning to the center of the first floor of the temple, Qin Feng glanced at Chen Keren.
Chen Keren sat on the floor, still concentrating on studying ancient books. There was a layer of sweat on her forehead and her lips were chapped.
Qin Feng couldn't help but sigh. The interpretation process was not easy, but no one except Chen Keren could interpret the language of Atlantis.
"Boss Qin, I have a new discovery here!"
In the corridor on the third floor, Pang Fei waved to Qin Feng with an excited expression.
Qin Feng quickly climbed the stairs and came to the corridor on the third floor.
"Fat man, what did you find?"
"Boss Qin, there is a secret door here. I just pushed it open with brute force. It seems to be a library inside!"
Qin Feng followed Pang Fei's footsteps and walked into a hexagonal room.
The room was filled with smoke, and everything was dark. Many bookshelves were rickety, and the floor was covered with black ashes...
Judging from these pictures, there was once a fire in this room. The flames burned away the books on the bookshelf. The ashes on the floor were the remains of the book pages, which were destroyed by the wind.
"Fat man, search to see if there are any remaining books."
Pang Fei began to search all over the place, rummaging through boxes and cabinets, making the room full of dust.
Qin Feng stood in the center of the room. He had a strange feeling that the owner of this room must be unusual.
"In the entire temple, only this room was burned by flames. It was definitely not an accident, but someone did it deliberately."
Qin Feng thought carefully and felt that there should be important clues remaining in this room.
After a while, Pang Fei exclaimed and said excitedly: "Boss Qin, look at this!"
Pang Fei moved the shabby bookshelf in the corner and saw faint shadows of text symbols on the wall in the corner.
Qin Feng hurried over and took out a wet tissue from his pocket. It took him a long time to wipe off the dust on the wall in the corner.
After sweeping away the dust, dense symbols and text appeared on the wall.
Fire can only burn books, but not the fonts engraved on the walls.
Qin Feng stretched out his hand to gently touch the fonts on the wall and murmured: "Judging from the depth and traces of the carvings, they should be words carved by some kind of sharp blade. The words are similar to the words in the ancient book in Sister Chen's hand. They should be the same. Special language font for Atlantis.”
"Boss Qin, can you understand the meaning of these fonts?"
Qin Feng smiled helplessly: "I don't have that ability, I have to rely on Sister Chen."
Just at this time, Chen Keren ran upstairs.
"Boss Qin!"
Chen Keren walked into the room where Qin Feng was, his face filled with joy and excitement: "I have deciphered the contents of this ancient book!"
Qin Feng's eyes lit up, and he was secretly glad in his heart. With professional teammates at your side to assist, the efficiency of the expedition is greatly improved.
"Sister Chen, tell me quickly."
Chen Keren walked to Qin Feng and opened the old ancient book. Qin Feng couldn't understand any of the symbols and characters in the ancient books.
Then Chen Keren said: "After my research, the type of this ancient book is a historical document, similar to the historical records of our Chinese dynasties. It specifically records the development history of Atlantis."
"The Kingdom of Atlantis has a history of 20,000 years. Before sinking to the bottom of the sea, this kingdom had mastered advanced technology and built spaceships and nuclear weapons... "
"Ten thousand years ago, an epic flood broke out on the earth, and the entire kingdom sank into the seabed. Because this super-ancient civilization was very advanced, they did not die. Instead, they relied on magnetite on the seabed to open up an underwater world where humans can survive. That’s the zone we’re in now.”
"However, even such a powerful kingdom cannot escape the natural law that prosperity must decline. In the late period of the Undersea Age, the Kingdom of Atlantis gradually split. Six countries were split."
"These six countries are: Atlantis Empire, Xebel, Fisherman Country, Saltwater Country, Sea Gou Tribe, and Lost Country."
Qin Feng listened attentively. The historical story of Atlantis was far more charming than he imagined.
According to Chen Keren's interpretation, the six divided countries have huge cultural differences.
Especially the people from the Salt Water Country and the Haigou Tribe. The people from these two countries gradually evolved into "monsters" over time.
The people of the Saltwater Kingdom evolved into giant mutant crabs!
The descriptions of people from the Saltwater Nation in ancient books are exactly the same as the crab monsters that Qin Feng’s team encountered before.
Moreover, the giant whose tongue was cut off by Qin Feng was the king of Saltwater Kingdom, "Betan", and he had been alive for tens of thousands of years.
At this time, Qin Feng suddenly realized and thought to himself: "No wonder my beast-taming halo cannot be effective on those crab monsters. It seems that they are not beasts, but humans. It's just that the standards of this type of people are different from those of modern society. "
Crab monsters are people from the Saltwater Nation. They have human thinking patterns, but their appearance is too scary.
Chen Keren continued to interpret the contents of the ancient book. After half an hour, Qin Feng finally listened to the entire story.
About 10,000 years ago, a civil war broke out in six divided countries, and the three most civilized countries, Atlantis Empire, Xebel, and Fisherman Country, were destroyed.
The evolution mode of the Saltwater Country and the Trench Tribe is "anti-evolution". These two countries survived, but because of "anti-evolution" they have turned into monsters and have also withdrawn from the stage of history.
The remaining Lost Kingdoms suddenly disappeared.
Since then, the Kingdom of Atlantis has completely collapsed and declined...
In addition to this historical information, ancient books also record one of the most important clues, which is the whereabouts of the Atlantean sacred weapon "Poseidon's Trident".
Chen Keren finally said: "The last page of the ancient book says that the Trident of Poseidon has always been controlled by the most powerful astrologer in Atlantis."