Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, hundreds of years have passed, somewhere in the human world.

In the sunset, there was the sound of broken footsteps on the country road, and the young woodcutter was carrying dry wood as heavy as a hill on his back, and he couldn't bother to wipe it even if there was a little sweat on his forehead, after all, he was in a hurry to go home.

Raising his head, the face of the mature and somewhat vicissitudes of life can vaguely see the face of the curious child hundreds of years ago, but in this era when the human life span is thousands of years, Noah, who has just passed his 500th birthday, is still very young, and he has only been married for a hundred years, just a few months ago, Noah's third son Japheth was just born.

Despite his poverty, Noah was optimistic, and for him, as long as life was peaceful and his family was happy.

He looked at the sky above him, and under the reflection of the setting sun, the red sunset in the sky looked particularly beautiful, but he didn't care about this, but looked at the color of the sunset, and muttered in his heart.

"Is it going to rain at this time?"

Thanks to the astrology and other knowledge taught by the guardian angels, the humans on the continent of Atlantis have some experience in observing celestial phenomena, and all kinds of magic and mysterious knowledge are widely spread, even civilians like Noah can understand some of them.

And looking at the sky carefully, suddenly, as if he saw something, Noah's face changed, he became very nervous, and hurriedly hid in the grass beside the path.

Soon after, in the fading sky, a large bird that looked like a vulture, with a wingspan of ten men and as large as a farmer's hut, flew away with a sharp and terrible sound, and fluttered its wide wings.

After a long time, Noah came out of the grass beside the path, stared in the direction where the big bird flew away, and the heart that had been hanging slowly fell.

......

"Crackling ......"

In the simple and rough log hut, there was a little firelight, and in front of the flickering firelight, the young woman was mending her torn clothes with needles and threads, her brown hair, her soft eyebrows, attentive and serious, occasionally touching her ears.

Nia, a gentle, thoughtful archetypal Atlantean who quietly gave everything she had for her family, is now contemplating her husband's clothes that have been damaged by the day's logging in the bushes.

"Are the kids asleep?"

Looking at his wife in front of him, Noah's voice was very soft, as if he was afraid of disturbing something, after all, Japheth, who had just been born, was particularly noisy, and if the voice was loud, he might cry again.

"Hmm. ”

Nia just answered him, and then, Noah was silent for a moment, and spoke.

"When I came back today, I met a strange rotting bird again. ”

The hand that was sewing and mending the garment froze......

"What did you do again?"

There was a bit of surprise and uneasiness in his wife's voice.

In this world, there are too many strange creatures, some are half-human and half-horse, some are vultures with lion-like heads, and some are huge monsters.

But for ordinary civilians, the millennium war brought countless monsters that sprung up like mushrooms, and the strange rotting birds that haunted at that time were one of the greatest threats to civilians.

"Over the years, these things have come up more and more. ”

Noah could only say helplessly.

Nia lowered her head, was silent for a moment, and then said hesitantly.

"Or ...... You don't want to go far from the village to cut wood. ”

"How can this be done, the children still need me to work hard. ”

Noah shook his head.

The young woman bowed her head and was silent, her hand clenching the unfinished garment. And Noah looked at his wife in front of him, but he was just helpless.

......

The night without light was silent, and nothing could be seen.

Noah was lying on the bed, but Nia beside him had her back to him, and her experience since childhood let Noah know that Nia was angry with him.

There was silence for a long time, and a deep voice rang out.

"I'm thinking about it these days to see if I can cut trees on the south mountain, although there are fewer trees on the south mountain, but there are many people, so we can take care of each other...... You're satisfied. ”

At the end of the voice, a bit of spoiling helplessness was revealed.

And the faint figure in front of him did not speak.

Suddenly, a cold hand touched and gently grasped Noah's large, rough hand.

Although she did not speak, Noah seemed to be able to hear his wife's expectations and muttering prayers, and she only wanted Noah and the child to be safe, and nothing else.

With a warm heart, Noah gently hugged his wife in his arms, and then did nothing, and finally fell asleep in the gradual exhaustion.

......

Dreams, illusory white fog.

“......”

In the midst of the confusion, Noah was dazed in the white mist, only to feel as if someone was calling to him in front of him.

"Noah. ”

Noah's consciousness cleared as he whispered, and when he saw everything in front of him, he could barely believe his eyes.

The endless light, overhead, the blazing and dazzling sun approached him like never before, bathing him in the light.

There is a vast sea of clouds floating beside you, with no end in sight, not like looking up from the earth to the sky, when you are really in this vast sea of clouds, its vastness and vastness are enough to make you speechless.

However, these infinite vastness are also small in the greater things.

The huge figure, even if it is full of vision, cannot see the whole picture, more vast than this sea of clouds, brighter than the sun overhead, the sun that overlooks everything is like a circle of light behind its head.

It held something in one of its hands, its pure white pupils indifferent and cold, and the purest wings behind it shrouded all light and darkness.

In the face of this infinite and huge thing, the insignificant Noah is as insignificant as an ant at the feet of a giant and a grass under a lofty mountain.

"Son of Adam, in the name of Gabriel, the Archangel and Ruler of the Moon, I am the messenger of God Almighty the Father, proclaiming to you the revelation from God. ”

Gabriel's loud voice shook the vast sea of clouds and stirred up a violent wind.

Noah's mouth opened wide in astonishment and blinked blankly.

"God?Apocalypse?"

"O son of Adam, the people of the earth have come together as a nation, and have waged war, and have slain God's creation, and have not believed in God's will, and have defame God's glory. Countless monsters mingle in the crowd and lurk in the dark, and those monsters that emerge in an endless stream are the result of the depravity of the human heart. ”

"Mankind has fallen, there is no clean soil left in the world, there is no room for a pure soul, and the ungood are rampant, and there is no way to save it. God is about to destroy this old world. ”

Gabriel, however, ignored Noah's words and simply proclaimed it to the descendants of Adam in front of him.

"I ...... I don't understand, so why are you looking for me?"

Noah said in amazement.

The angel lowered his head, his pure white pupils looked down at the human at his feet, and said word by word.

"Noah, this is exactly what I have declared to you. ”

"God is Merciful, God is Merciful, and even though humanity is irretrievable, God has a glimmer of hope. ”

"Noah, God is about to start a great flood that will flood the mountains and the earth, and no one will be spared, but you can build a great ship and take a father and a mother of the animals and plants of the world, and hide in this boat with your family. ”

"The flood will be flooded for forty days, and your boat will float on the water for forty days, until the waters recede and your ship falls to the earth safely, and a new world will be born and your offspring will multiply on the earth."

With the angel's words, a silk scroll fell from the angel's hand, and the huge scroll fell towards Noah, and then gradually became smaller, and finally when it fell into Noah's palm, it became no longer than the length of an arm.

"This is the blueprint for the ship, and you can build the ship according to it. ”

With an indifferent voice, everything in front of me shook with it......

......

Daybreak.

"Ah!!h

Suddenly awakened, Noah sat up in shock, his face was sweating profusely, looking frightened, and Nia beside him rubbed her sleepy eyes and muttered in a low voice.

"What's wrong......

Noah stroked his forehead, trying to calm his rapid breathing, and then looked at his wife beside him, and was about to smile and say that it was okay, but when he inadvertently looked at his bedside, he was stunned for a moment......

At the head of his bed, a silk scroll lay quietly, shining like gold in the sun.