Chapter 23: Quetzalcoatl
The next day, after treatment, Lin Di recovered, and the four of them played mahjong together when they had nothing to do.
"Senior sister, why do the gods hide themselves. Chen Xi asked after slapping a three-way question.
"There are two reasons. On the one hand, we are worried about the existence of dangerous species, which have the same appearance as ordinary humans, and we cannot directly distinguish between dangerous species and ordinary people in the crowd, thinking that they may become food for someone around them at any time, and many people will become uncomfortable, which may cause a commotion. The second aspect is also the fear of rejection, for us, the dangerous species are alien, but for ordinary humans, we are not alien. However, since 12 years, more and more gods have awakened, and the frequency of dangerous species aberrations has also increased. Whether or not to publish the truth has been debated in the Divine Descendants. Lin Di replied.
After playing two more rounds, Gaston deliberately lit a cannon to Lin Di, playing mahjong to show affection, Chen Xi felt sorry for his good hand.
But Lin Di's card skills were so bad that she lost all the cash on her body and Gasstone's, along with her beloved rabbit bracelet, to Chen Xi.
"Senior brother, let's discuss one thing, senior sister will help you find a beautiful girlfriend, can you give me back the bracelet?"
Looking at the sweet-looking senior sister's coquettish appearance, and then looking at the burly figure of Gaston next to him, although he felt that finding himself a beautiful girlfriend sounded like fooling himself, he still agreed and returned the money and bracelet to her.
Three days later, they arrived in New York Harbor and saw the Statue of Liberty holding a torch.
Chen Xi suddenly flashed a picture: many Chinese with the American dream, those who smuggled into the United States wept with joy after seeing the statue of the goddess.
The process of smuggling is a history of blood and tears, many people died on the road, to the bustling metropolis, the Chinese without identity can only swallow their anger at the black-hearted employers, some young women are doing the skin business in simple houses, some men will deliver food in the streets and alleys of the United States, day and night, and the Chinese are often robbed by blacks because they like to bring cash.
A handful of them have fulfilled their American dreams, and most live at the bottom of society. While wages in the U.S. are generally higher, even low-level manual workers earn a lot of money. But when they smuggle in, they have to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to the smugglers, which they borrow through relatives and friends, and the smugglers have been working hard to pay off their debts for the first ten years in the United States.
In some coastal villages in China, firecrackers are set off whenever a family member successfully smuggles a family member, and some families even hold a banquet to celebrate.
However, these stowaways with the American dream are not traitors, they are just a group of dreamers, and in the final analysis, our country's economy was not developed enough and our national strength was not strong enough in those years. Those people went to other places with dreams of a better life. And as our country grows stronger, there will be fewer and fewer stowaways.
Those Chinese who smuggled into foreign countries are still Chinese, and they have Chinese blood in their bodies, and they care about the motherland and cheer for the motherland on international issues. Some poor smugglers who have not enjoyed much of the benefits of the motherland will be more patriotic than some students who have enjoyed domestic education and state training, and finally refuse to return to China, and even do not hesitate to harm the interests of the country in order to become American citizens. Many international students have learned knowledge and have made outstanding contributions to the economic development of their motherland and the development of science and technology after returning to China. There are also some people whose behavior is really chilling.
I'm not saying that education produces refined egoists, I just think that the role of education is only to keep us good in the little things that we can do with our hands, and when it comes to the greater good, it has nothing to do with the education we receive. Everyone is an egoist, it's just that some people are a little less greedy and some people are a little more greedy. This is enough to distinguish between good and evil in people. I have always believed that among those who read ten thousand books, there can be saints, and that peddlers and pawns who can only write their own names can also have a saint's heart.
Chen Xi and his party took a taxi to an alley next to Bergen Boulevard, which ended in a high gray brick and stone wall.
"Gentlemen, please take your Divine Blood Badge and welcome to Trabaran," Lin Di said, holding her Divine Blood Badge across the wall.
The second was Gaston, who he also wore with ease.
Chen Xi took out his divine blood badge and followed, but after passing through, he didn't see Lin Di and Gaston.
He found himself standing at the top of a pyramid-like building made of massive gray and white masonry, though unlike the Egyptian pyramids, it was not topped by a spire, but by a square platform on which a temple was built. The surrounding masonry looks like it has aged countless years, but it is still as strong as ever, leaving no signs of weathering.
He took a closer look at the surroundings and saw that there was no wind. He looked up at the sky, blue as a suspended mirror, cloudless, very bright around him, but there was no sun or moon in the sky. The pyramid is surrounded by an endless stretch of primeval jungle with ancient trees towering into the sky. Strangely he could not hear any other creatures except the sound of his footsteps and breathing, and the woods were eerily quiet with no birdsong, no insects or other animal calls.
He walked into the temple, and in the middle of the temple was a huge statue of a serpent-headed human body, dressed in a robe made of feathers, and the walls around it were carved with huge snake heads and various twisted and intertwined snake patterns. The inside of the temple was very clean, without a trace of dust, as if someone was cleaning it often, but Chen Xi searched every room and found no human figure.
Chen Xi walked out of the temple, feeling that his surroundings suddenly darkened, and he raised his head and saw a giant snake with four white wings. The serpent's head resembles that of a mythical dragon, its back is covered with feathers, its sides are covered with thick scales as black as ink, and its belly is covered with dense yellow scales.
Chen Xi saw his reflection in its pale red vertical pupils, and swallowed involuntarily. The body of the giant snake in front of him was not as large as the previous North Sea Monster, but the sense of oppression was stronger than that of the North Sea Monster.
The giant snake spat out a red forked snake hyacinth, and the gas it breathed and spit out sprayed onto Chen Xi's face, but instead of feeling the fishy smell he imagined, it was a kind of grain fragrance.
"Chen Xi, Chen Xi wake up quickly" Lin Di's voice came, the scene in front of him disappeared, Chen Xi saw Lin Di, Gaston and Su Jinya looking at him with a concerned face.
"I'm fine," Chen Xi said.
"I've been calling you just now, and your eyes are glazed, as if you're demented. We thought you were injured in the skull by the North Sea Giant Demon, leaving some sequelae, such as dementia, concussion, brain disability or something" Su Jinya touched Chen Xi's head.
"Get out, you're the brain-dead" Chen Xi pulled away Su Jinya's hand on his head
"I seemed to be hallucinating, but it was so real that I didn't know if it was an illusion or a reality. In that world, I saw square-topped pyramids made of huge gray and white bricks, ancient temples, and a large serpent full of feathers."
"You actually saw Quetzalcoatl," Lin Di said in surprise.
Gaston, who had been calm, also showed a surprised expression and said, "The Quetzalcoatl god is the god of the Ninth Age, the god who brings the rainy season, and is related to sowing, harvesting, and abundant harvests. He was mortally wounded in a battle against the god of war, Wiselopochtli, the god of darkness, Desketripca, and the demon god Trakhupan, and left to seclusion. He sealed his divine domain with a powerful divine spell, and the gods could not step into it, nor could he leave it himself, and then fell into a deep sleep. During the War of the Gods at the end of the Ninth Age, he thus avoided his fall. We are now in this sealed divine realm, and its name is Trabaran. Trabaran is a space of its own. The ancestors of the academy made an agreement with Quetzalcoatl to establish the Zgrad Academy in Trabarane. ”
"I've never heard of a student in the academy who has seen Quetzalcoatl, although it has been seriously injured, but it's a real god, what did it say to you?" Lin Di asked.
"He just looked at me and didn't say anything," Chen Xi said, shaking his head.
"Okay, maybe you're more in line with the snake god's aesthetic. I'll take you to your dormitory. It hasn't started yet, you can take a stroll around the campus, and if Su Jinya has time, he can go to the streets of New York and walk through the walls of Trabaran to reach New York City with the Divine Blood Badge in his hand. But Chen Xi can't do it, you're being targeted by the guys of the Night Mutual Aid Association, and it's too dangerous for you to go outside. ”
"So am I grounded or under house arrest?"
"It's not as bad as it says, you just can't go out for a while. Moreover, the college covers a large area and has complete facilities, so it is not considered a prison. Also, the accommodation at the college is amazing, you can't live in such a dormitory at another university. ”
When Chen Xi came to the dormitory where he lived, although he was prepared, he was still suppressed by the entrenchment of the college, he and Su Jinya lived in an independent villa together, and every three days, cleaning staff would come to clean the whole house.
In addition to eating, Su Jinya spends the rest of his time in his room playing games and watching anime. It is also unknown how he brought his erotic anime and unhealthy games to the United States without being confiscated by the customs authorities. He sometimes uses his metal power to make figurines of anime characters, which is known as cultivation. But why are the models he made so revealing, not completely naked, half-concealed than completely naked? Chen Xi felt that he could make a lot of money by using his ability to sell metal products from those animal figures.
Chen Xi spends most of his time going to the college's library.
The library of the Zgrad Institute occupies a large area, with 12 floors above ground and 28 floors underground. However, there are some areas that are inaccessible to students and are guarded. With the authority of his own bloodline, he also went to some restricted areas to take a look, and unlike the public areas, these places were very classically decorated, without the slightest trace of modernity.
Due to Chen Xi's special strength, after all, he was the only known god descendant in human history who had inherited the bloodline of the Netherworld. He is the only one in the newly established Nether Blood Department, and the academy has not assigned him a direct mentor at present. Therefore, even after the start of school, he only had to participate in public elective courses, and there were no professional courses. Anyway, he is also studying by himself, and now he is idle, so it is better to start early, he is also curious about his own strength.
There is no record of any god descendants of the Netherworld God in history, but there are dangerous species that flow the blood of the Netherworld, such as the former Cangyan Ghost Mother. He flipped through some old books and learned some information about his powers. He once made the molten ghosts rebel against the Pygmy Ghost Mother, and the pupil technique he used to kill the Nether Ghost Mother was called the Infernal Hell Hitomi. In the underworld, Infernal Hell is a place of exile for the suppression of the worst of evil, and it has a powerful power to suppress it. The Infernal Pupil can borrow the power of the Infernal Hell, which can deter and manipulate evil spirits. The eight black chains that were born on his back were called the Hellchains, which were chains that bound evil spirits in the Infernal Hell, and were extremely lethal to demons and the undead.
The most recent dangerous species of the powerful Netherblood is the Hyakki Demon Monk who appeared in the Heian period in Japan.
The Hundred Ghost Demon Monk is good at driving all kinds of ghosts, and he will use the power of ghosts to turn into handsome teenagers, specializing in seducing virgins, and after seducing them, he will cut off their breasts as food.
He built an iron-cast palace on the mountains of Tamba, and at night he sneaked into the homes of rich people to steal treasures, and took women and children captive to feed him and the demons.
So the general Minamoto Yorimitsu received the order and led six people, including Watanabe Tsunada, Sakata Kintoki, Bube Jiwu, Usui Sadamitsu, and the warrior Fujiwara Homasa, who were known as the "Four Heavenly Kings of Yoriko", to embark on the road to the Great River Mountain.
With the help of the gods of Kumano, Sumiyoshi, and Hachiman, they were given the gods, the ghosts, the poison wine, and the Star Doujia.
The hundred ghost demon monks are good at drinking, and under the inducement of Yuan Laiguang and others, they fell into a coma after drinking the poisonous wine of the gods. Everyone tied up the hundred ghosts and demon monks to the bed, and the four of them each cut off their limbs, and Yuan Laiguang beheaded him.
At the moment of decapitation, it immediately woke up, and its head that had already left its body flew wildly in the air, and then swooped down towards everyone with angry eyes. Yuan Laiguang immediately took out the Star Dou Armor given by the previous three gods to block the head of the Hundred Ghost Demon Monk, and sealed it in a deep stream in the Great River Mountain with this package.