Seeing this, White Walker blinked.
So, nothing happened?
Zero put down the Trident. “Relax, White Walker. He didn’t do anything to it. You’re a little too nervous.”
Reinhard nodded repeatedly!
Exactly!
He just wanted to hand over the Golden Trident! But these two were so suspicious!
“Um, Chief, can I leave now?”
Zero looked at him. “Leave?”
“You can’t leave.”
Reinhard: “…”
Right, as expected.
Zero clasped his hands in front of him. “Tell me, regarding this Trident, where did you get it?”
“If I say I picked it up on the street, would you believe me?” Reinhard said.
White Walker frowned. “I suggest you tell the truth. Otherwise…”
Zero raised his hand to interrupt White Walker. “Stop. You said you picked it up on the street. Can you provide a specific location and describe what happened?”
Reinhard sighed.
There was no need to hide anything. He really did just pick it up.
Reinhard explained everything to Zero.
“The Trident fell from the sky and landed right before you.”
“That’s right.”
Reinhard nodded repeatedly.
Zero pondered for a moment. “Putting aside why the Trident appeared before you, do you know what this is?”
“I…”
“Be bold. It’s alright. Whether you tell the truth or lie, we won’t let you go.”
“I don’t know anything else. I only know that this Trident might be related to Atlas.”
Atlas…
The son of the Sea God?
Zero stroked the Golden Trident. “Being able to know this shows you’ve done your research. Tell us what you’ve found.”
At this moment, the Priest suddenly opened the door and entered.
“Chief Zero, let me do the asking.”
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The Priest walked to Reinhard. “Child, don’t worry, speak slowly. The Lord will forgive all your sins—cough, sorry, wrong script.” He smiled gently, his eyes radiating a calming warmth. “Child, we won’t wrong any good person. We just hope you can provide us with some information.”
For some reason, seeing the Priest, Reinhard suddenly felt a sense of inexplicable calm and peace.
He felt an urge to confide in the man before him.
And driven by this feeling, Reinhard spoke his conjectures.
“There’s a string of characters on this Trident. These characters are in Ancient Emperor’s Script. I translated them using information from a blogger on the dark web.”
“The characters on the Trident are Atlas, the son of Poseidon in ancient Greek mythology.”
“And in the information from the blogger on the dark web, I also saw some information about Atlantis.”
“Atlantis existed more than 11,600 years ago, possessing technology beyond its time.”
“The Atlantean army marched eastward, arrogantly attacking all of Europe, even Asia. In the end, Atlantis was swallowed by earthquakes and floods, becoming a place ships can’t reach.”
The Priest looked into Reinhard’s eyes. “You think Atlantis truly existed?”
Reinhard hesitated. “I think, it probably…”
The Priest nodded. “Then, if Atlantis existed, where do you think it is now?”
Reinhard had found a map before, and he’d discovered some clues.
“Legend says Atlantis is beyond the Pillars of Hercules.”
“And I found the Pillars of Hercules.”
“Where?”
“The Strait of Gibraltar is the Pillars of Hercules.”
“Are you sure?”
“It should be there.”
The Strait of Gibraltar?
Reinhard took out his phone and showed two pictures.
“On a map from over ten thousand years ago, there was a pillar connecting two continents. It still exists today.”
“On one side is the Mediterranean Sea, and the other is the North Atlantic Ocean.”
The Priest pondered as he looked at the map Reinhard provided. “If this is the Pillars of Hercules, then where is Atlantis?”
“In many stories, Atlantis is an island, swallowed by floods and earthquakes, sinking to the bottom of the sea.”
“And humans have discovered many ancient civilization relics in the North Pacific Ocean. So, are you saying Atlantis sank in the North Pacific?”
Reinhard shook his head repeatedly.
“No, not the North Pacific. That’s not a place ships can’t reach!”
“In the story told by Plato, it was mentioned that the ocean was navigable back then. If it’s the North Pacific, then it should still be navigable!”
“Furthermore, the information I found never mentioned islands or sinking. It’s just that many people’s made-up stories describe Atlantis as an island!”
“The only thing mentioned repeatedly was that Atlantis was on a land of Nessus.”
“And while Nessus means island, it also means a land surrounded by water, like a river delta!”
Zero looked at Reinhard. “Regarding this point, I also have a place in mind. But I want to hear your thoughts first.”
“Where do you think this Nessus is?”
“Africa.”
“The Sahara Desert.”
Reinhard answered without hesitation.
If the Strait of Gibraltar is the Pillars of Hercules, then Africa could indeed be the location of Atlantis.
However, this alone wasn’t enough.
Zero opened a large screen and displayed a satellite image of Africa.
“Your guess coincides with mine.”
“In the Sahara Desert, there’s the Eye of the Sahara. From satellite images, it looks like a giant circular plate, with concentric circles regularly layered.”
Zero suddenly smiled. “And besides that, we’ve also discovered something very interesting.”
“A country bordering the Eye of the Sahara in Africa: Mauritania.”
“They once had a king who was the richest man in the world. Even Augustus Caesar, at the height of the Roman Empire, could only be ranked second.”
“Just how rich was this king? He once paved roads with gold carpets, blatantly wasting gold.”
“And at that time, their country’s gold production accounted for more than half of the world’s gold production.”
“In modern times, the verified amount of untapped gold reserves in their country is estimated to be over 1200 tons.”
“What’s even more interesting is that, to this day, the citizens of that country can still clearly state that their first king was named Atlas.”
“The same name as the son of Poseidon in mythology.”