Mystery Makes Me Strong

The olive branch was given to Odysseus, and after several rounds of riddles from the Sphinx, everyone had to admit that he was the wisest person.

The crutch was given to Achilles. In ten consecutive bloodless competitions, every hero believed that he was the strongest, and even the mighty Hector could only bow down.

As for the mirror, no one thought that it belonged to Hector.

As for the method of determining its attribution, the mirror told them: it is very simple, after everyone has looked in the mirror, ask the mirror who is the most beautiful person.

In the end, the mirror neither said the most handsome man nor the most beautiful woman, but said the name "Hector".

Paris looked surprised. He made that suggestion because he wanted to give the mirror to a woman—Helen, the wife of King Menelaus of Sparta.

At the previous island party, he had taken a fancy to the other party at a glance, and he could only say that the things that should come, would come again.

He thought that as long as the mirror looked at Helen, it would definitely say Helen's name.

However, he never expected that the mirror was given to his eldest brother.

This result was also beyond everyone's expectations, only one person showed a smile on his face.

That is Odysseus.

The most beautiful person is the most sacrificial hero.

And Hector is the most perfect and tragic hero in the Trojan War, almost no flaws can be found from him.

Wen Rensheng used a little trick to make the mirror say his name.

As for why he did this, it is very simple. In this world with gods, the greater the responsibility you bear, the later your death will be, and you will be able to get a good position even after death.

Otherwise, it would be very tragic.

Hector, who got the mirror, looked dull, but he soon realized that it should be a gift from a certain god.

He sincerely worships the gods and is grateful for allowing him to take on such a great responsibility.

It's just the same as before, there is still no god to send an oracle for this.

So the new expedition set off.

Odysseus, intellectual security.

Achilles, guaranteed by force.

Hector, character assurance.

The three survivors of the first exploration team last time, they still have the courage to wake up and start again.

The rest was the camel team, with a total of more than two hundred people. Considering that the camels might get lost, everyone brought five water bags and a dozen pieces of cured meat with them.

The final captain and commander was Hector, and his character was much stronger than Agamemnon, the commander of the Greek coalition forces.

Wen Rensheng followed the expedition team stealthily all the way.

Under the guidance of the survivors, they headed all the way to the south of the desert.

Just after walking ten miles away, I encountered a sandstorm.

At this time, Achilles was holding a crutch, and the crutch suddenly emitted thousands of rays of light, driving away the wind and sand.

They lost only two camels.

Soon after, it was dark and the sun disappeared, and they quickly lost their way.

At this time, the crutch fell down automatically again, pointing out the correct direction.

Guided by crutches, they walked fifty miles in just one day.

You must know that the last exploration team started to go around in circles after only walking less than ten miles on the first day.

When they camped that night, their water sacs leaked, and the bacon was rotting, giving off a sickening stench that seemed poisonous if eaten.

Everyone panicked.

Yet Hector heard the voice of the mirror.

"Illuminate everything in front of you, and you will see that nothing is lost, only your heart."

He held up the mirror, and the mirror also shone.

The water pockets were intact and the bacon was dry and intact.

All those illusions and smells are gone.

"It turned out to be like this. We lost so much food and water for nothing, and later more than half of them died of thirst!" Several survivors cried.

"Okay, they're all men, crying and crying here, what do they look like?" Achilles said angrily.

Hector didn't speak, but just patted them on the shoulder, motioning them to rest.

"I think we should discuss about entering the city." Odysseus looked around and signaled the others to leave.

"Well, it shouldn't be a problem to cross the desert, but that city makes me feel a little scared." Hector nodded.

"They all say that force is ineffective in the city of deceit, but I don't believe it. If they dare to lie to me, if I slash through it with a knife, will they survive?" Achilles said disdainfully.

"Will you be hacked to death?" Odysseus asked rhetorically.

Achilles had nothing to say, because he himself was not afraid of swords and guns, but had only one fatal weakness.

But this weakness, he naturally won't say it.

"Don't they all have Achilles' indestructible bodies?" Hector asked doubtfully.

"It's very mysterious, so before we enter the city, we must first send people to carefully inquire about the news, and don't enter rashly." Odysseus suggested.

"I agree with your opinion." Hector was the most qualified commander, and nodded in agreement immediately.

Achilles didn't say much either. He was brave, he despised the weak, but he was not rash.

The next afternoon, they finally arrived in the city of deception.

Standing on the sand dunes, looking from a distance, the prosperity in front of them made these heroes of BC dumbfounded.

There are endless vehicles, flat and straight roads, a large clear lake in the middle, and vibrant green plants on the shore.

People have happy smiles on their faces, everyone is so clean, tidy, and behaved calmly.

The richest aristocratic manor is far from being comparable to this place. I am afraid that only the palace of the gods on the beautiful and majestic Mount Olympus can be compared.

"A place like this will corrupt the whole world?" Achilles was a little puzzled, but eager to try.

But then he seemed to remember something and calmed down again.

There was a flash of greed in Odysseus' eyes, staring hard at the beautiful buildings and beautiful women, but then suppressed it.

Hector looked back at the road when he came, and seemed to think of his hometown in the distance.

Wen Rensheng took their performance into his eyes one by one.

The personality traits of the three of them were vividly revealed in this glance.

Odysseus then suggested: "Captain, we should send someone to get in touch with them."

Hector nodded, then nodded to the two men, gave them some supplies, and ordered them to enter the city, and they camped five hundred yards outside the city, waiting for news.

That night, the two ran back to the camp naked and embarrassed.

"Your clothes and money?" Hector asked in surprise.

The two spies were covering their lower body with a piece of white papyrus they had never seen before, with shame on their faces.

Odysseus hastened to have blankets draped over them.

The two spies put the white papyrus on the desk, and then talked about their experiences one by one.

Spy A: "We entered the city, they were very hospitable and warm, and then told us that as long as you have money, you can buy everything there. We can understand what they say and read what they write."

"They told us that a flower called tulip is very valuable recently, as long as you buy and stock up, you can make a lot of money in the future."

"We didn't believe it at first, but soon we saw that other people made a lot of money. One person said this, two people said this, a hundred people said this."

"In the end we took out all the money and used our estate in our hometown as a mortgage to buy that tulip."

Hearing this, Odysseus already understood the process of their being fooled: "Oh, in the end this so-called plant became uninterested, and the ones you bought fell on your own hands, isn't that right? "

"Yes, wise King Odysseus, I can't hide everything from you." Spy A said in shame.

"You guys will fall for such a simple trick?" Achilles was a little furious.

Odysseus shook his head. This strategy sounds simple, but it has been tried and tested. Just change the name of the goods.

He has a premonition that this kind of deception will be popular for thousands of years, and people will always follow suit and be deceived out of their property.

Because greed is an insurmountable human heart, just like himself, cannot be overcome.