In fact, many times, recognizing distant relatives is a very embarrassing thing.
The blood of close relatives is thicker than water, so his recognition process will be drawn into the deep blood relationship between each other, so that he will not have to face the embarrassment of not seeing each other for a long time. But distant relatives are different. The blood relationship between distant relatives is relatively thin, so embarrassment is inevitable.
Alyosha and Arthur belong to the latter. Their blood relationship is far apart. Apart from the same surname of "Morgan" and the pair of eyes that contain magical power, the gap between the two is ridiculously large. An orphan cowboy doing a gray business in the western wilderness, and a country girl whose parents both won a lot of votes, the gap is like the Joker and Batman. You say they are essentially the same in a sense, but the Joker is not an orphan.
Therefore, this meeting was very awkward. But the good thing is that Zhou Li sees this embarrassment. The bad thing is that Zhou Li likes to see others being embarrassed.
After being silent, Arthur looked at Zhou Li for help and said, "You have come from afar, so I have to do my best to treat guests..."
Seeing the roaring legions behind Zhou Li, Arthur fell into awkward silence again. It is said to be the largest gang in the West, but the Vanderlin Gang is actually just a small settlement with less than a hundred people. In their gathering point, except for themselves, the top combat power, everyone else lived in tents. Of course, few people complained about this. If it weren't for Arthur, the Vanderlyn Gang would have died in the siege during a previous Blackwater River event. Therefore, there are no so-called guest rooms in their settlement.
If I had to say it, the only guest room was Arthur's cabin. But half of his cabin has actually collapsed, and you can't say that his house has only four walls, because he only has two walls left. So, when it came to hospitality, Arthur was embarrassed.
That makes sense, this is not old BJ.
"It's okay, I understand."
Zhou Li saw his embarrassment, patted his shoulder, and waved his hand. Under the gaze of the Vanderlin gang who secretly watched everyone, the legions immediately dispersed, and their silent understanding allowed them to move accurately. A rune stone was placed at each pass. After activating the rune stone, tents expanded.
this.
Seeing such a convenient and easy-to-use tent, Dutch was a little jealous for a moment. He looked at Zhou Li, and when he was about to say something, Arthur secretly gave him an elbow.
Put away your ideas!
"I just want to buy a few."
After receiving an elbow, Dutch rubbed his chest and muttered with an aggrieved look on his face. Arthur looked helpless, patted his shoulder and said: "Our entire gang can't raise ten gold coins together. This thing looks ridiculously expensive. You really can't sell me."
Dutch sighed, knowing that his idea might not be realized. Then he began to think about the idea of selling Arthur and then snatching it back. Fortunately, John found out early.
"bring it on."
Finding an open space, Zhou Li stretched out his hand, and a stone that was obviously larger than the other rune stones appeared in his hand. Zhou Li threw the stone casually, and the stone fell on the ground. With the sound of earth and wood crawling, a house that was not luxurious but comfortable enough appeared in front of everyone.
"Let's talk."
Zhou Li didn't look at the shocked expressions of the three people behind him, he opened the door and walked in. The three country cowboys looked at each other, scratched their heads, and followed Zhou Li.
The wooden house is a two-story structure, and Zhou Li placed the living room on the first floor. After taking out ten chairs, a table, two sets of tea sets and a set of coffee equipment from the void runes made by Kaya, Zhou Li and Eluma directly decorated the living room under the numb gazes of the three of them.
You two might as well move Mosk over.
He secretly complained in his heart, but Dutch still wanted to maintain his consciousness as a gang leader, and praised with a smile: "Your Majesty the Brave has great skills, this baby is really exquisite."
"Want one?"
Zhou Li raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile. Dutch shook his head and said seriously: "This is your thing, I'll forget it."
Dutch also knows the saying that a man is not guilty but he is guilty. In the West, you can have guns, bullets, and money, but it has nothing to do with magic. Everyone knows that what Jinggui likes most is magic energy.
After sitting down, Zhou Li placed a large pot of coffee in the middle and asked everyone to get it. After each poured a cup, Zhou Li put the coffee cup in front of him and said, "Arthur, do you know why I came here this time?"
After hearing Zhou Li's inquiry, Arthur looked at John and then at Dutch. Then he shook his head and said honestly: "I don't know."
"Yin Jue is dead."
These four words immediately shocked Arthur and others. In the West, you may not know who Emperor Tariq is, but you must know the man behind the Pinkerton detective who supplies 80% of the weapons, bullets, and food in the West, and who is also hated by cowboys, Silver Lord. name.
But now, Zhou Li found Arthur first. When the two of them had only met once, they directly said that Yin Jue was dead.
Arthur's first reaction was that Zhou Li wanted to catch a scapegoat, and he was the lucky one. But after he calmed down, he realized that Zhou Li didn't need a scapegoat at all, or in other words, he didn't have the potential to be a scapegoat.
A wild man from the west is not qualified to enter Tariq's sunshine.
"I'm here this time to ask you a question."
Zhou Li opened the holster on his waist, took out his little helper, and placed it in front of Arthur. He looked at Arthur with no expression on his face, "Remember this?"
When he saw the exquisite work of art that was like a legend, Arthur's eyes showed a little confusion. He slowly stretched out his hand and lightly touched the handle of the pistol, then suddenly pulled his hand back as if he had been burned.
"If I'm not mistaken, you helped her, right?"
Zhou Li looked at Alyosha aside, then at Arthur, and said, "You have used this little helper, right?"
"little helper"
Unconsciously repeating these three words, Arthur covered his forehead with a black halo flashing in his eyes. After a while, Arthur raised his head, his voice a little heavy.
"I've used this pistol before, but it's not the first time."
Arthur's words not only surprised Alyosha and others, but even Zhou Li frowned rarely, with a puzzled look on his face.
"This pistol actually doesn't belong to this world."
After a long time, Arthur picked up the little helper in front of him. He knew that the pistol had been completely blocked by Zhou Li. If he pulled the trigger, he would be the first to be unlucky. He raised his little helper. Under the light, this pistol, which was as good as a work of art, exuded a charming and dangerous beauty.
"gunpowder."
After a long time, Arthur spoke, seemingly to the helper, but also to Zhou Li: "This gun should be powered by gunpowder."
gunpowder!
Not black powder!
When he heard these two words, Zhou Li suddenly became energetic. At this moment, there was a throbbing in his heart. He resisted the desire to ask, took out another pistol and put it on the table.
"Where's this one?"
Looking at this revolver, it is completely different from any other type of pistol in the world. From the trigger to the hammer, it all reveals a simple and rustic feel. Arthur felt dazed for a moment.
This is not a product of this world.
It cannot be activated by magic or professional energy, and there is no trace of magic energy.
He is like a bow and arrow, a simple bow and arrow. But it was such a primitive bow and arrow that gave Arthur a chill in his heart.
It was like something was staring at him from the sky.
"Redemption."
Confused and frightened, Arthur named the gun. Like an instinct engraved in his blood, Arthur took the pistol, pressed the lock, and swung it to the left. The empty revolver magazine appeared in front of him.
The revolver magazine cannot be activated by magic energy or professional energy. It seems as if there should be bullets in this magazine.
Soon, Arthur was amused by his ridiculous idea. How can it be? If there are bullets in the magazine of a pistol or revolver, where will the career energy be placed? Where is the magic energy mechanism installed?
Can.
Holding this pistol tightly, Arthur seemed to feel an ancient call from his bloodline. He raised the pistol inexplicably, aimed at the window on the side, swung the pistol, and the magazine and the gun body made a crisp clicking sound.
boom!
Pull the trigger and the hammer fires.
But no bullets were fired.
Arthur clearly sensed that this pistol had no way of containing energy. But when he held the pistol tightly, Arthur suddenly felt his heartbeat.
Crazy, cheering, jumping heartbeat.
As if he should hold this pistol.
"gunpowder."
After a long time, Arthur spoke and repeated these two words again, "This gun requires gunpowder."
Yes, gunpowder. Something that simply doesn't exist in this world.
Everyone says that time travelers have three treasures: gunpowder and glass papermaking. But in this world, the glass and paper industry has surpassed the earth. After all, the earth does not have platinum workers who can rub glass by hand or magic factories that can control runes. However, the only thing in this world is that there is no gunpowder.
The only thing related to gunpowder is called black powder. But this kind of black powder is completely extreme, extremely unstable, and extremely explosive. This kind of thing that cannot be used accurately is completely different from the gunpowder in Zhou Li's impression.
Later, after his investigation, Zhou Li made his views clear. In this world, there is no such substance as gunpowder. Without sulfur and saltpeter, gunpowder would be impossible.
Therefore, when the pistol named Salvation appeared in front of him, the first reaction in Zhou Li's mind was that there were time travelers besides himself.
Of course, he knew that there were many time-travelers in the previous heroes. Chonghuang himself is one of them, and he is also his fellow countryman.
But the problem is that Chonghuang is unique, just like himself. There can only be one in an era. But if a pistol called salvation contains substances that do not exist in this world, and is held by Alyosha’s great-grandfather, this means that at a certain time and place, the time traveler on the earth There will be a lot.
The only thing Zhou Li wanted to know was where these people had gone.
This is not just a simple homesickness, nor is it a desire to meet old friends in a foreign land. What Zhou Li wanted to know was why the brave men of this world must be earthlings.
What does the earth have that the world needs? What's so special about Earthlings?
Zhou Li really wanted to find out about this matter. He believed that this matter was a typical case of knowing the subtleties. Behind this is why the gods wanted to kill Eluma and themselves in the previous life.
"Why do you know about gunpowder?"
Zhou Li stared at Arthur and asked in a deep voice: "Why, do you know this pistol and the need for gunpowder?"
"Bloodline."
Arthur gave the answer, an expected answer, "The gun is something engraved in the blood of the Morgan family. Since I was nine years old, I can use a crude revolver to break a glass bottle fifty meters away." , when I was twenty-five years old, I could already use a pistol to smash marbles five hundred meters away. This is not the result of my hard work, it is simply my talent."
"Me too."
Alyosha on the side raised his hand, and then added: "But I may be different from Arthur. I have a high talent for modifying and manufacturing firearms. Just like a little helper, if that gun is given to Others, they will never be able to detect the restrictions my grandfather left on it."
Gun?
"Arthur, what else do you know?"
Zhou Li picked up the redemption. He looked at Arthur and said solemnly: "I can tell you that the two words gunpowder are extremely important to me and to Twelve Hours. What's more important is that he is very likely to have a relationship with Jinggui. There are relationships."
Jinggui is most likely a monster born from the combination of radiant crystal and humans. The radiant crystal was something Tariq developed back then. After Tariq studied the Radiant Crystal, Taric seemed to have a conflict with the first Death Eye due to a research, and Death Eye left Tarik.
So, what exactly were they studying? What exactly did they study that caused Taric to part ways with a comrade who was closer than family to the first Death Eye, and also made the Morgan family make a declaration never to return to Taric?
Now it seems that the answer is obvious.
Feeling the prying eyes of the gods, Zhou Li, who had maintained a barrier to the prying eyes of the gods since entering the door, narrowed his eyes and kept thinking in his mind.
The Forgotten Lands of Tarik's West.
Gunpowder, gunpowder belonging to people on earth.
Brilliant Crystal, the radiant crystal that belongs to this world
Jinggui, a group of Jinggui who seem to be looking after something.
Countless clues gathered together, and in a blank space, the clues were waiting quietly. They were waiting for the final piece of the puzzle to appear.
grave.
When these two words appeared in Zhou Li's mind, all the clouds and fog dissipated. When he looked at this land abandoned by civilization again, these two words came to his mind.
A guarded grave.
(End of chapter)
