Chapter 7: Erosion of the state of mind
Carreta stood in front of her bedroom window in her nightdress, looking out of the window worriedly at the dark purple clear night sky.
The scarlet moon was like blood, the stars were no longer as bright as before, and those mottled and scarlet brilliance fell on the side of the communicator, but it was like a red spider web.
This anomalous celestial phenomenon had been going on for a long time, and Kareta remembered it very clearly, and from the beginning of this anomalous celestial phenomenon, she began to sleep all night.
Legend has it that the moon's blood-red color is a sign of great evil, which reminds her of the now-unstable Olympus.
Karette rubbed her temples and walked out of the bedroom to pour a glass of water in the kitchen. As she passed the study, she saw a glimmer of light coming through the crack in the door.
Didn't Jose sleep either......
Thinking of this, Carette knocked on the door, heard the answer from inside, and walked in softly.
José sat on a wicker couch by the window, the curtain behind him that had not yet been drawn. Outside the window, the crimson moon in the deep night sky is particularly eye-catching.
Carette looked at the wisteria couch with the flat bedding, and then at the neatly dressed Jose, and asked in a low voice:
"Didn't you sleep either? ”
"Can't sleep...... José replied as he pulled up a chair and helped her to sit down:
"Sit down, be careful. It's late, why are you still running around. ”
"I'm as insomniac as you ......" Kareta smiled appreciatively at him:
"Isn't it because you gave me the bedroom and aren't used to sleeping in the study by yourself?"
"I'm not that squeamish. ”
During her conversation with José, Carettecarleta wandered her gaze and casually browsed the antique furnishings in the study, and for her, every exotic thing here was enough to arouse her affection. Suddenly, a landscape map hanging horizontally on the opposite wall caught her eye.
"Jose, what kind of painting is that?"
Carette asked José, pointing to the opposite wall.
"Oh, that's my dad's Mobao, he is a master of Chinese painting, and he is good at depicting mountains and rivers with ink and blue. Ten years ago, he went to his hometown in the south with my mother and came back to create this painting, saying that this is the source of immortal life in his mind. ”
"Outside the world, the ...... of Xianyuan"
Kareta stared at Mo Qing's image and muttered to herself, her heart suddenly brightened as if a lightning bolt had split through the mist.
Jose turned around and walked to the window, facing the night outside.
"Honestly, Carette, I've always had the feeling these days that my restlessness was caused by a vision outside!"
"......What? You can feel ...... too."
"Hmm!"
Jose nodded firmly:
"Probably because of the immortal mark, my perception has become very acute lately, and I can perceive things that I couldn't feel at all before, such as the different sources of divine power mentioned by your gods, as well as some ominous omen......"
Carette looked at Jose in surprise and slowly got up from her chair:
"Jose, could it be...... Do you read anything out of such celestial phenomena?"
Looking through the glass window, Jose stared at the quiet but strange night sky outside for a long time, nodded and replied:
"Killing, evil, horror, grief...... These are the messages that the stars convey to me. Carret, a catastrophe for the world...... is rapidly approaching us...... This catastrophe is Zeus's vain attempt to reduce the 'annihilation' of mankind!"
“...... Jose, I want to leave as soon as possible. Carette looked down and pondered for a moment, then finally made up her mind.
"What, why, where are you going?"
Kareta shook her head blankly:
"My biggest fear right now is that the Holy Mountain will find my hiding place before the Shoah, so I can't drag your parents into the water anymore. I'm going to an unknown place to come up with a perfect countermeasure to help innocent beings survive the catastrophe when the catastrophe comes. ”
"In this case, I will follow you wherever you go!
José said resolutely, his eyes fixed on Karet.
"Carette...... "He finally mustered up the courage to ask:
"If you and I are fortunate enough to survive the calamity, then we ...... Can we go back to the way things were?"
She looked at him calmly, without a hint of surprise or sadness on her face. Standing up slowly, she walked slowly to the door.
"Jose, giving birth to Demos's child safely and raising her is my only wish for the rest of my life. ”
Behind her, Jose smiled bitterly and nodded lonely.
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Late at night, in Zeus's dormitory, Zeus, the god of all gods, had already climbed into the soft bed with the curtain closed and went to bed.
In the early afternoon, he had a disagreement with Athena, the goddess of war, at the Council of the Gods, and Athena was so emotional that she openly expressed her opposition to his plan of destruction in front of the gods, which made him, the leader of the gods, feel very shameless.
After the meeting ended, Zeus was silent until the evening, and rested early without eating much.
How can you gnaw on the hard bone of Athena?
Zeus tossed and turned in bed, thinking of all possible countermeasures.
In the age of mythology, as a god born from her own brain and inherited a powerful source of divine power, Athena respectfully called herself her father to the outside world, but such a miraculous birth made her have a considerable prestige among the gods. If I use my power to force her to join forces with me, I am afraid that she and the gods will be dissatisfied. But the plan to rebuild God's kingdom really can't be postponed any longer......
The more Zeus thought about it, the more annoyed he became, and the more annoyed he became, the more sweaty he became, and he simply sat up and got up with his gilded cloak.
I heard that at the time of the killing of the Dark Clan, the dark god had entrusted Kareta to Athena before he took the judgement, if Kareta was threatened at this time...... In this way, the father-daughter feud between himself and Kareta will be deepened again!
Zeus looked at the time, it was already night, presumably the ambassador Hermis had also slept peacefully, Zeus did not want to trouble him any more, so he exchanged two waiters who were in charge of the night to change into civilian clothes, and then went out of the dormitory.
Before you know it, you're already walking down the mountain.
"Great God, watch your steps when it's dark!"
A hint from the waiter kept him focused and stopped thinking about anything else.
A messenger held up the unicorn-headed oil lamp in his hand and asked:
"Great God, where are you going, I'll show you the way ahead!"
"Where are ...... going?"
Zeus repeated, not amused. I was just suddenly upset, so I went out for a walk, but now I am halfway up the mountain. Looking far away, the road ahead was still dark with no end in sight, and after pondering for a few seconds, Zeus replied:
"Go to Karete!"
"It's so late, and the messenger has already slept. ”
"It's okay, let's just take a look outside and come back. ”
In this way, two attendants held oil lamps one after the other to guide the way to the gods.
"Huh...... Hehe......"
On the silent night road, one or two female chuckles reached Zeus's ears, and the aftermath was clear and long.
"Who?"
Zeus stopped abruptly, and asked as he looked left and right.
"Great God, what's wrong with you?" the two waiters hurriedly stopped and gathered around to ask.
"Didn't you hear anything?"
"......" looked at each other, and hurriedly bowed his head and replied: "No." ”
Zeus was surprised, and looked around nervously, but there was no vision, so he continued on his way.
The crimson moon in the sky was fuller, and the dark shadow he cast on the ground followed his steps. In the dark shadow, something slowly rose.
The messenger at the back of the line had a long mouth, and before he could utter a voice, his consciousness was taken away by some force. His eyes rolled upward, and the hole was completely occupied by the whites of his eyes.
Zeus felt something strange and turned around to look at it, there was nothing unusual behind him, and the waiter behind him was still there, so he didn't think too much about it and turned around.
The terrifying thing rose from the shadow of Zeus again......
When Zeus turned back again, the rising shadow completely engulfed his body......
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When Zeus regained consciousness, the waves in his ears were still there. In the place of the reef where the broken waves were shining, he once again saw the long-lost light figure, dressed in a cicada-wing gauze robe, stepping on the cool water and taking a whirling dance step.
Zeus knew that this idyllic realm was just a consistent midnight dream.
After being reborn, whenever he was in an irritable mood, he would fall into such a dream in the middle of the night. And every time he quietly stops to watch the beautiful woman dance, when he wakes up from his dream, his mood will be calm.
At this time, Zeus was silent as usual, just standing ten meters away, looking at the beautiful woman with a warm smile.
He was sure that she, the goddess of the sea, Thetis, had noticed his presence in the morning, for she had danced even more vigorously as she had stopped among the soft sands. Just when her graceful figure turned, the light of the water-cutting eyes and his eyes touched gently, like a dragonfly dotting water, leaving no trace, but it was full of thousands of deep feelings and thoughts.
Zeus laughed joyfully, as if he had forgotten all the sorrows of the world.
In vain, Zeus's vision turned crimson.
Out of nowhere, a giant spider with a high building broke in, baring its teeth and claws behind the dancing figure.
"You!"
Zeus was startled, shouted, and was about to raise his hand to help, but saw the monster spread its claws like sharp pincers and strangled the thin waist of the light and lovely man. When he landed, the delicate figure struggled between the two front crows of the monster, becoming sometimes clear and sometimes blurred, as if it would disappear in an instant.
"No—"
Zeus shouted in pain and despair, and was about to make a move, but he felt that the air was as heavy as lead, and he was powerless to trigger the source to save him.
"No, don't, monster, you put her down! Thetis—"
Zeus was worried, but he didn't know what the human-faced arachnid thing was. As if empathizing with the pain of that shadow, he raised his arms to her with difficulty.
"Oh, hehehe, great god...... Father, do you still recognize me?"
The spider's three heads grinned at the same time, revealing a sinister smile.
"This voice is ......"
Zeus stared at the monster in front of him with wide eyes in astonishment, wanting to recognize it, but he didn't dare to recognize it.
The monster had already seen the answer from Zeus's abnormal expression, so he stopped dwelling on the question, clenched his two claws, and continued to say to him:
"Hehehe...... I won't know if I don't personally enter your state of mind to snoop, no wonder after the rebirth of the Protoss, you have been openly and secretly protective of Karete, and your style of doing things is completely lacking in the decisive strength of the gods.
Maybe you don't know it yourself, right? The reason why she has not been reincarnated is that she has stored the spirit in your inner world, and always uses the last source power to dispel many sins in your heart, such as greed and killing. This is the greatest love ever!hahaha......"
"What ......"
The monster's voice was low, but for Zeus at this moment, it was like thunder, he slowly raised his head, and looked at the phantom of the monster's pincers with a complicated expression.
After being reborn, I searched everywhere for you to be reincarnated, but I couldn't, because you never left, you were always by my side......
The monster raises its claw to raise the target high.
When Zeus woke up from the sorrow of remembrance, the slender figure had been cut into two pieces by the Great Ao, and entered the mouths of the heads on the left and right sides of the monster.
At this moment, the sky, the waves, and the reefs of this world were all turned blood red.
"No—"
Grief-stricken, Zeus swung his arm to launch a source qi attack, and waves of sharp attacks passed through the monster's body, but it appeared unscathed.
"Alice, why are you like this!why!why!why!why do you want to destroy the only spiritual sustenance that can sustain me—"
"How can you become a true leader if you don't......"
The monster's three pairs of eyes suddenly turned around at this moment, all of which were focused on Zeus, and all three faces had a distorted and treacherous smile......
"Okami! Okami, what's wrong with you?"
Halfway up the mountain, the waiter at the front kept calling for Zeus, who was stunned. Hesitant for a long time. He boldly reached over and pushed Zeus' body.
Zeus finally reacted.
Stiffly twisted his head, and his eyes instantly aimed at the waiter holding the lamp in front of him.
"Big ...... Great God ......"
The waiter suddenly felt creepy.
In front of him, Zeus was staring at the waiter, and his eyes were cloudy with blood, and he couldn't see any whites of his eyes or eyes at all, and his short blond hair turned red silently......
"Ahh
On the mountain road, there was an unusually miserable cry......