Chapter 38: The Search for the Ark
A week passed, and Su Mo and the others didn't encounter anything on their way, probably because Zeus had wiped out everything else that time. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Except for a typhoon, it rained heavily for several days, but it didn't have much impact, except that there was no way to cook and only eat dry food.
Eating only dry food may not be a big deal for Su Mo, but it is a punishment for Yagami Ryuzaki, but he has endured it, and even thinks that compressed biscuits taste good.
According to the itinerary given by Loki, if nothing else, the Ark will be found today, and the Ark will be able to reach Musberheim quickly.
In Norse mythology, Muspelheim means "the land of fire", and it also means "deserted home".
This is an area located at the southern end of the Kinlunga Divide at the dawn of the world. Legend has it that it was filled with fire and heat, and the heat of Muspelheim, the Land of Fire, and the ice of Niflheim, the Land of Mist, gave birth to the first life.
Dominating the region is the fire troll Syrtel, an enemy of the gods of Asgard, who crosses the rainbow bridge to attack the gods when "Ragnarok" occurs.
Odin used to capture the flames of Muspelheim and used them to make the stars that moved in the sky, and the two largest flames became the sun and the moon.
In the beginning, the universe was a chaos, and when the universe was in chaos, it already had the oldest and strongest will, or existence, called Orlaog.
He has no beginning and no end, he comes out of nothing, he is not born and does not perish, he is not dirty and impure, he seems to be a god, but he does nothing, he says nothing. He didn't create the world, he didn't make up for the heavens, he didn't have an epiphany under a tree, he didn't walk on the sea, he didn't curse the unbelievers to go to hell, he didn't reward the devout believers with seventy-two desires, he was very close to what people call "laws."
After that, chaos began to open, and turbidity began to divide. In the heart of this chaos, a deep, rapidly whirling bottomless hole has emerged, located at the center of the Jinlunga Chasm, and from the eternal glimmer of light has born a living fountain called Hevagmir. This spring is the source of twelve great rivers collectively known as Elivargar.
To the north of Kinglunga is Niflheim, which means "Land of the Mist". It is an area that is covered with thick fog and severe cold all year round. The great river from which the spring water of Hwagmir flows here freezes into a huge glacier that accumulates over time and is unfathomably high, and when it bursts, it emits a great roar.
To the south of Kinlunga, across the river from Niforheim, is the burning Muspelheim, where the flame troll Syrtl is in charge. The boss, who later fought the gods Arthur in Ragnarok with a huge flaming greatsword called the Sword of Fire and used the sword to destroy the earth, could not stand the sound of the glacier collapsing, and often wielded his flaming greatsword to slash the huge icebergs of the north.
After all, Muspelheim belongs to the realm of the gods, and it is very difficult to reach the realm of the gods from the human world. Whether it's the Tower of Babel in the Forsaken Lands or the Gates of Hades in Hades, each has its own unique key.
Musberheim was no exception, its key was the Ark, which Loki said he was able to find because he had seen it before.
Chapters 6 through 9 of Genesis record the story of Noah's ark.
Jehovah, the creator of the world, saw that the earth was full of corruption, lawlessness, and wickedness, and planned to destroy the wicked with a flood. At the same time, he also discovered that there was a good man named Noah among the human race. The book of Genesis records: "Noah was a righteous man, perfect in his age."
The LORD God instructed Noah to build an ark and to take his wife, sons, and daughters-in-law with him. At the same time, God also instructed Noah to bring animals such as livestock and birds on the ark, both female and male.
When the ark was built, the Flood began, and Noah, his family, and the animals had entered the ark.
The book of Genesis describes the beginning of the flood as follows: "When Noah was six hundred years old, on the 17th day of the second month, all the fountains of the great abyss were cracked, and the windows of heaven were opened. Forty days and forty nights it rained heavily on the earth."
The flood submerged the highest mountain, and all the creatures on land died, leaving only Noah's family and the life in the ark alive.
Two hundred and twenty days later, the ark came to a halt near Mount Aare, and the flood waters began to subside. It took another forty days for the summit of Mount Aare to be revealed.
At this time, Noah released a crow, but it did not find any land to perch. Seven days later, Noah released the dove again, and this time it immediately brought back the branches of the olive tree, and Noah knew that the flood had dispersed.
After another seven days of waiting, Noah released the pigeon for the last time, and this time it did not return to the ark. Noah's family and various animals walked out of the ark.
After leaving the ark, Noah offered a sacrifice to God. Yahweh, smelling the fragrance of the sacrifice, decided not to destroy the world again with the flood and created a rainbow in the sky as a guarantee.
In the book of Genesis, God promises, "When I cover the earth, a rainbow will appear in the cloud, and I will remember my covenant with you and with every living creature of flesh, and the waters will no longer overflow and destroy all flesh and blood."
"Look, what's that?"
Following the direction Loki was pointing, Su Mo and the others saw a huge chest, which had three floors, each with some small windows. The huge boxes have even surpassed the size of a cruise ship, and even the Titanic is not as large as its size.
"What the hell is a god? Is it good or bad? What about God? ”
Yagami Ryuzaki looked at the huge ark and couldn't help but sigh.
Yagami Ryuzaki has read a lot of books, knows the myth of the ark, and is very puzzled by God's behavior, why does God want to eliminate all the living things he has created? It's like Yagami Ryuzaki doesn't understand that God stopped humans from building the Tower of Babel.
God said to Noah, "Make an ark of Gopher wood, one by one, and put rosin on the inside and outside." This is how the ark was made: It shall be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high...... You and all your family are to enter into the ark, and you are to bring seven males and seven females with you all the clean animals, and one male and one female with the unclean beasts, and seven males and seven females with the birds of the air. For in seven days I will send rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will destroy every living thing that I have made from the earth.
Noah did what God commanded. And it came to pass, after man and every living creature had gone in, that after seven days the flood overflowed upon the earth. The fountains of the great abyss were cracked, and the windows of heaven were opened; The water was so great on the earth that the mountains of the world were submerged.
Are the so-called gods really the embodiment of justice, as the myth says? Or is it just a beautification?