21. War and Peace (4)
What exactly is the Eight Miscellaneous Snake? This issue has always been debated. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
In my memory, the so-called serpent is actually a symbol of the flood, and it is a yokai imagined by the ancient inhabitants of the Izumo region based on phenomena such as "rivers and floods". The "Fii River", where the Izumo culture originated, is described as a "big snake" because of its many sandbars that resemble snake scales, and the river that winds like snakes. The river floods every spring and summer, destroying the rice fields, so in mythology, the big snake devours the strange rice field Ji every year, and Susanoo repellent the big snake, which is actually a metaphor for the exploits of human ancestors to control the water......
Obviously, this detailed memory with no supernatural factors at all comes from the "real world" where there are no monsters before the time travel, and the super demon king in front of him who is killing all directions doesn't look like an "imaginary monster"!
So what exactly is it?
In the memories inherited by the dragon gods, the Great Snake appeared suddenly, and without warning, it appeared in the land of Izumo and began to wreak havoc.
If it is a yokai native to Japan, no one has ever discovered the process of its "birth"; If it is an alien monster, no one has found any trace of it crossing the ocean. It's as if it appeared out of nowhere, and it's completely undocumented......
Suwa Ryuhime had worked hard to find clues about the Great Snake from all the information she could gather, but she had never gained anything - after all, Japan was so big, and the information she could collect was very limited.
But I'm not like her.
According to the fragmentary recovered memories, I seem to have been a fairly literate scholar before the time-travel, and I knew a lot of myths and stories about various parts of the world, and in those myths, there was often a huge snake demon with several heads: for example, in ancient Greek legends, there was a hundred-headed sea serpent Typhon who rivaled the entire Olympian god system in the early days of the god dynasty; By the middle and late stages of the God Dynasty, the nine-headed sea serpent Xudra appeared; Then, in Persian mythology and Jewish mythology, there are also multi-headed snake demons; In Chinese mythology, in Yao's era, the hero Hou Yi once shot nine babies of multi-headed snakes; In Yu's era, the multi-headed snake Xiangliu once made waves and hindered water control......
Including the current eight-disguid snake, those snake demons have the following characteristics: snakes, multiple heads, large bodies, highly venomous, like to eat people, and are good at manipulating various natural phenomena, such as storms, earthquakes, lightning...... There is hardly anything he doesn't have, but what he's best at is causing floods and releasing poison.
Could it be ...... The hydra snake demon in these myths is actually the same bastard?
Well! It must be so, yes!
After listening to my speculation, Ushiko Gundam and Miyamoto Musashi agreed, and after some discussion, we decided to award the glorious title of "Snake Run" to the Great Snake of the Eight Wilds!
The reason why the three of us were able to discuss this non-nutritious topic in a leisurely manner was because there was nothing else we could do - three seriously wounded people, soaked in the Ragnarok's treatment pod, unable to do anything but tease!
The Ragnarok now climbed to an altitude of about 12,000 meters, and launched a naval artillery bombardment with the Eight Miscellaneous Snake from a distance of more than ten kilometers, and inside the battleship, it now contained a dozen broken mechas, hundreds of wounded, plus 400 battleship operators.
The 6,000-strong army that challenged the Great Snake, including gunners, spearmen, enchantmentists, shrine maidens, priests, etc., gathered almost all the armies of psionics in Japan, and only a few survivors remained.
Just now, after the big snake was hit hard by the Apocalyptic Cannon, he suddenly went berserk and attacked the surroundings madly, and it happened that the three witches ran out of oil and could no longer summon the three main gods to suppress it, so they let this giant monster be very powerful, storms, earthquakes, lightning, poisonous gases...... It only took a few minutes for more than a hundred light weapons to be almost wiped out, and only a very few who were particularly lucky were considered to have picked up a life, and Miyamoto Musashi was one of them.
I, Niu Gouda and Ichiyu, the damage caused to the big snake is far greater than those Guangwu, so it is also taken care of, the poisonous fire is spraying at us like a fire dragon, Niu Gouda is careless, his right hand is touched a little, if he hadn't torn off his entire right arm in time, I'm afraid it would have turned into black water long ago; I wasn't touched by the fire, but I was hit by a barrage of lightning while dodging the fire, but luckily Ikkyu intervened in time to save me from Ragnarok, who was smoking black and convulsing all over. Now, apart from him, the only ones who can fight with the big snake a little bit are the twelve gods summoned by Abe Masahiro.
"I said Sesshomaru, aren't you the evil one who went to contact the youkai in various places?" Out of boredom, I began to talk to Sesshomaru who was also soaked in the treatment pod and missing a leg, "Why haven't they arrived yet?" β
"They're here to fight together, not to die!" Sesshomaru replied angrily.
"You can't say that, look at your brother, aren't you still fighting on the front line......
"That's because my father was biased and handed over the iron tooth to him." Sesshomaru's face became more and more ugly, and there was a little more indignation in his words, "If I had iron teeth in my handsβ"
"Can you win against the Great Snake?"
ββ¦β¦ No. β
Cut! What a boring guy!
Fortunately, my injuries were the lightest, and I recovered earlier than a few of the debilitated people (decrepit monsters) who were missing arms, legs, or had broken stomachs, and soon left the treatment chamber and returned to the bridge with cracked windows.
In addition to the cold wind in the sky, there was also a purple-black poisonous fire.
It was greeted by the broadsword in Inuyasha's hand, the sword that Sesshomaru had never forgotten - Iron Broken Fang.
"Wind Wound!" The white-haired and red-clothed hot-blooded puppy roared, raised the knife in both hands, and slashed at a certain point in the air, only to see the howling wind taking his knife momentum as the starting point, slamming left and right apart, and then constantly rotating and merging, turning into a raging hurricane, meeting the poisonous fire, and slashing it out.
After this slash, Inuyasha also looked very tired, he couldn't even maintain his balance, and fell into Kagome's arms, unable to speak, only gasping for breath.
For a whole hour, he was relying on him to constantly swing the wind wound to block the poisonous fire, even if he was a half-demon, his physical strength was extraordinary, and such a high-intensity battle had reached the limit.
"Zhongsheng, how long will it take for the Apocalyptic Cannon to be fired?" Ashikaga Yoshinori sat in the captain's seat and asked Tadakatsu Honda, who had become the core of the battleship.
On the giant screen located on the underside of the bridge, a structural diagram of the entire battleship popped up, and I saw that many damaged areas marked bright red had appeared on the battleship, and there was a line of large letters, emphasizing the current situation:
The battleship was broken and could not fire the main guns.
"Damn!" Ashikaga slammed his fist on the metal armrest, and blood immediately flowed down the armrest, but he didn't seem to notice it at all, and just looked at the battlefield below in anger.
The eight-fold big snake with only three heads left, its movements have slowed down significantly, but Yixiu and the twelve divine generals are also exhausted, and they almost don't even have the strength to fly.
"If you can fire another shot...... I'm sure I'll be able to break it! When the time comes, you will be able to reseal it with the Celestial Seal Spell......" Ashikaga said through gritted teeth, "as long as one more shot ......"
At this moment, the child named Xuanwu among the twelve gods was accidentally hit head-on by the poisonous fire of the big snake, and before he could scream, he turned into a cloud of black water.
Immediately afterwards, the twelve god generals who hesitated a little because of the death of their companions were killed by the big snake one after another, and in the end, only Teng Snake, Liuhe, Gou Chen, and Qinglong were left to return to the battleship under Chang Hao's forced recall spell, and the remaining eight were never able to come back.
Seeing the thirteen-year-old boy crying bitterly while holding the scarred Teng Snake, I couldn't help but feel compassion.
"Could it be...... Is that all there is to it? Ashikaga Yoshikyo looked around at the few comrades on the bridge and roared unwillingly, "Do you just run away in disgrace?" β
"I ...... I ......" His face became more and more dry, and before he could finish his sentence, he spurted blood.
"Damn the serpent!"
But...... We're really at a loss for what's going on......
At this moment, Tadakatsu Honda suddenly changed the direction of the screen's observation.
I saw countless monsters, rushing up from all directions, and among the ranks of monsters, there were also cavalry specially left by Ashikaga Yoshikyo.
"Idiot! You are sent to death! Ashikaga jumped to his feet and yelled frantically, "Tadakatsu! Give me the maximum volume! Let them go! β
Tadakatsu carried out his orders, but the samurai, who had always obeyed him, disobeyed him for the first and last time.
Thousands of youkai, and an equal number of samurai, soon disappeared into the vast poisonous fire, and the result of their lives was to cooperate with us and destroy the two heads of the Yaqi Orochi.
The eight-fold serpent, which had only the last head left, roared wildly, and the broken wound gradually grew flesh buds and wriggled, as if it was about to grow another head.
Don't...... Our Fighting ...... So much sacrifice...... It's all useless?
"Maitreya, if we can knock the serpent down, even if it's just for a few seconds, will you be able to seal it in time?" Ashikaga Yoshikyo calmed down, he sat back in his seat, took out a handkerchief from his arms, and wiped the wound on his hand, "It's only a few seconds, I'm afraid it won't work anymore." β
Maitreya, whose face was blackened from inhaling too much poisonous gas, coughed a few times, ignored the blood that kept flowing from his mouth and nose, and nodded with a smile.
"So...... That's it......" Ashikaga looked around, nodded, and slammed a button under the armrest.
The Ragnarok shook violently, and the parts that made up the ship's cabin detached of its own accord and turned into a much smaller ship, spitting flames and flying off into the distance.
"Those who survive the battlefield of blood and fire will become the mainstay of Japan's new generation, so please leave it to them in the future." Ashikaga seemed to let go of a large piece of baggage, talked to himself with ease, and then looked at us with a grin without any fear or guilt on his face.
"I'm sorry, but in the end, I have to trouble you to die with me, a useless general."
He seemed to remember something, and said with a smile: "If you want to talk about the quintessence of Japan, it seems that there are only two things, one is suicide by caesarean section, and the other is jade crushing assault, and it is not bad that contemptible people can practice one of them." β
"Zhongsheng, close all output pipelines, and reverse concentrate all energy."
Two huge Chinese characters were typed out on the screen.
Yes, sir
"Compared to the Eight Miscellaneous Snakes, we can only be regarded as ants with no teeth, right?" Ashikaga took out a fan out of nowhere and fanned it lightly, "Just let that big guy look at the spirit of our ants!" β
After speaking, he tapped the rhythm with his fan and began to sing.
"Singing about wine, what is life? For example, the morning dew is bitter in the past. Be generous and unforgettable. How to solve the problem? Only Du Kang. Qingqing Zijin, leisurely my heart. But for the sake of the king, he has been groaning so far. Yo yo deer chirping, eating wild apples. I have guests, drummers and shengs. It's as clear as the moon, when can I drop out? Worries come from it, and they cannot be cut off. The more strange it is, the more vain it exists. Qi Kuo talks about the feast, thinking of the old grace. The moon stars are scarce, and the black magpie flies south. Three turns around the tree, what branches can be followed? The mountains are not tired of being high, and the water is not tired of being deep. Zhou Gong vomited and fed, and the world returned to the heart. β
In the midst of his song, Ragnarok extinguished all momentum, and with the power of inertia, it crashed into the Great Serpent that was slowly recovering.
Not far from the Great Snake, Ashikaga Yoshikyo laughed and pressed another button under the armrest.
The sudden onslaught catapulted us all away, and the battleship, which was almost deformed by the poisonous fire, left only Ashikaga Yoshikyo himself.
As the white light flashed, I seemed to hear his words.
"I'm the shogun!"
Immediately after that, there was the voice of Maitreya.
"Heavenly Sealing Mantra!"
Countless pure black chains of light suddenly appeared on the body of the great snake whose last head had been blown off, entangled it to death, and then these chains of light disappeared without a trace, along with the great snake, along with his poisonous fire and evil energy.
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"You guy, why are you back!" Jiebiao looked at me with annoyance, if his gaze could turn into a sharp blade, he would have already stabbed me hundreds of times, "Can't you just obediently mess around in ancient times?" β
"That's not going to work, I have something to do."
"Bastard!"
I ignored the accusations of closing the bid.,Leave the management department of the school city on my own.,Walk to my dormitory.γ
In my pocket, there is a nearly complete orb.
The Jade of the Four Souls.
While cleaning up the post-war ruins, we found this treasure that gave the user great power, and although it was missing a little, it was still very dangerous.
Kagome had decided to stay in the ancient times and stay with Inuyasha, so I had to do the job of destroying it.
Pushing open the door, the dormitory was in chaos, and when Ma collapsed on the side of the bed, he was clutching his seemingly sprained ankle and screaming in pain.
"Hey, long time no see." I said, taking out the orb and handing it to him, "Please grab this thing with your right hand." β
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Regarding the identity of the Eight Miscellaneous Snakes, the original author is a cat lich, I have to say, this guy has a very good ability to be funny, and "The Chronicle of the Big Snake" made me, a hard-hearted bento dealer, look at it with tears in my eyes! (laughs)
Greetings!
The ancient Japanese roll has finally come to an end......