Chapter Fifty-Eight: Legends, Alertness, and Blood Pools
There are many popular legends on this continent, most of which are about the gods.
Just like more than a dozen countries on the four continents of the Mochizuki Continent, the people of nearly ten of them firmly believe that the gods created human beings, and they believe that human beings are the descendants of the gods, and human civilization is nothing more than a gift from the divine civilization.
Peiguo, on the other hand, emphasized that human beings evolved from fish, so that there were no famous mainland gods in Peiguo, and some were only legends of gods and Buddhas in some temples.
Once the king of Peiguo, the first generation of saints is comparable to the existence of gods, but I don't know why, there are few legends about the founding of the saint.
In a country called Luohan in Dayi Continent, three years ago, there were more than 400,000 people in the country, and only 921 people did not believe in gods. (Note 1)
This number is decreasing at a rate of nearly 100 per year.
Those believers were armed with holy swords and holy books, forcing people to make choices.
Legend has it that 5,000 years ago, the first human beings appeared, and since then human civilization has begun to appear, and in that era, giant beasts were rampant, and the material was abundant, and the fish would jump on their own to feed the humans, and all kinds of wild fruits were everywhere.
It's just that as the number of human beings became larger and larger, people began to hoard materials for fear of lack of resources, and the world became what it is now.
There are countless legends about the Temple of Babel.
The most popular legend says that the temple existed before human beings.
There are immortals living in it, they don't belong to this continent, and the Mochizuki Continent is just one of their many habitats.
The gods left their children in the temple and only erased the divinity of the children.
So the human race began to multiply, and the descendants of God began to grow stronger, and established nations, and waged war against the descendants of demons, and in ten years, a hundred years, and a thousand years, mankind became what it is now.
The temple has risen and fallen several times, and as the Great Wilderness Continent falls into desolation, it is no longer glorious, but it is still a holy place in the hearts of believers, and the temple branches have long been all over the Mochizuki Continent.
Chu Huan's understanding of the temple is only some legends he heard when he was a child, such as the fact that it once rained heavily for three months in the Great Wilderness Continent, flooded and collapsed, and the temple became the only shelter for people.
Now he's standing here.
I couldn't help but think of some legends again.
It is rumored that the temple has two major artifacts: a heart lamp, which can bring people back to life. There is also a dagger-like dagger-like short sword, which kills when wounded.
It's just that the heart lamp has long been lost, and no one has seen it for nearly a thousand years, and it is rumored that it is in a divine palace in Dayizhou, and it is difficult to distinguish between true and false.
And the reason why that dagger can be called an artifact is because of its own weirdness, it is rumored that it is extremely bloodthirsty, because of its sharpness, it was used by the Pope to kill infidels at first, and then something sensational happened on this dagger, it was enshrined as an artifact, and some people said that it was not an offering, but suppression, suppressing the evil nature contained in the dagger.
This hidden dagger is not only sharp, but also extremely hard, and it is said that it is indestructible, and it is rumored that if you are cut by it, the wound will decay and bleed very quickly until you die.
The name of the artifact is: Spirit Rhino.
At this moment, the temple was pitch black, but fortunately, Chu Huan was able to see at night, which provided him with a lot of convenience, at least it allowed him to quickly discover the sacrifice and avoid it in advance.
"There is a pope in the temple, three red-robed priests, ten purple-robed priests, and hundreds of black-robed priests."
This is the answer that Little Star gave after checking the situation of the people in the temple before.
"The Pope has not appeared for a long time, and the three cardinals now jointly manage the temple."
"Go to the main hall first?" Chu Huan asked.
The chip in his brain hummed: "You must be careful, I always feel that this place is eerie, and I can't figure out anything weird." ”
Chu Huan said that he was relieved, and walked cautiously towards the depths of the temple, his thoughts flashed at the moment, thinking of Zhuo Feng, and he didn't know what Zhuo Feng was doing at the moment.
Soon he came to the temple hall, a wide hall with portraits of the gods on the walls, stone pillars, and domes, many of which had been mutilated beyond recognition because of their age.
"Have you noticed that most of the frescoes here have strange horns?" The empty hall, Chu Huan said and looked at a tall statue in the depths of the hall, an angry-eyed god with horns on his head.
"It's a wake-up call." After all, Xiaoxing is well-informed: "There were no rabbits in Dayouzhou, and the people released dozens of rabbits for hunting and fun, and now there are more than 10 billion rabbits there, because there are no natural enemies in nature, and rabbits can reproduce to their heart's content, resulting in the destruction of grassland vegetation, which in turn leads to soil erosion and indirectly exterminates many weak creatures." (Note 2)
"Putting rabbits that don't have any lethality on the wrong biological chain can lead to an extinction event that disrupts the balance...... Fierce beasts such as tigers, lions and leopards can hurt people, but they cannot exterminate humans. ”
"Because humans have long been wary of sharp-toothed and clawed people, and they are especially passionate about weak and harmless animals...... As for why these mural figures have horns, because horned animals basically eat grass in nature, and they look weak and harmless like rabbits, so that horned animals are in a dominant position, and the entire ecosystem will face extinction collapse. ”
So, the people in these murals are not gods, but devils...... Letting the devil appear in the mural in the form of long horns is a warning to the believers, but there are not many people who can realize the situation here, and it should be intentional by someone. (Note 3)
After listening to Xiaoxing's words, Chu Huan thought so, and he walked towards the altar, where it seemed that some ceremony had just been held, and the air was filled with the smell of burnt and blood.
Then he saw a pool of blood.
The pool of blood was bubbling and looked very eerie.
At this time, a voice came from outside the main hall, and Chu Huan hurriedly hid behind the devil statue.
"It's a nice thing from the pirates this time." It was a black-robed priest who spoke, holding a flashlight in his hand, which glowed brightly, giving an unobstructed view of the situation in the main hall.
"Yes, this flashlight has been obsolete for a long time, but I didn't expect us to use it again." Another low, black-robed priest said.
"The bishop doesn't know what he's thinking, so let's take a look at the blood pool every two hours......," the black-robed priest said, shining a flashlight on the blood pool, and breathed a sigh of relief after making sure there was nothing out of the ordinary.
"It should be...... Wake up. ”
"He's been asleep for hundreds of years......"
"Shh
A black-robed priest interrupted him, and the two of them left the hall in silence.
Listening to the words of the two, Chu Huan, who was hiding behind the devil statue, looked at the pool of blood...... What's sleeping in here?
This?
The side door creaked, and someone opened it and walked in.
is a cardinal bishop.
Behind him were two purple-robed priests.
Two purple-robed priests carried kerosene lamps in their hands, and the red-robed bishop knelt on the ground and chanted something to the devil's statue.
After praying, the red-robed bishop got up and walked towards the pool of blood, followed by the two purple-robed priests, and when they reached the pool of blood, the cardinal took out a dagger and cut the palm of his left hand, dripping his own blood into the pool of blood.
The pool of blood tumbled over, like something huge struggling underneath the pool.
The red-robed bishop put his hand into the pool of blood.
"My lord! Be careful! A purple-robed priest stepped forward and tried to stop it, but was repelled by the red-robed bishop: "War is coming, do you have any way to make the temple shake the hearts of the world again?"
The purple-robed priest retreated without a word.
At this moment, a pair of dry hands trembled slightly from the pool of blood and grabbed the palm of the red-robed bishop's hand.
Seeing this scene, Chu Huan was a little ruined.
This is a temple, this is a haunted house......
(Note 1: Many countries on the earth count the unbelievers every year, and the number of religious believers in the world accounts for more than 85% of the total population.) )
(Note 2: UM's rabbits, if you are interested, you can learn how to destroy the biological chain.) )
(Note 3: This is the reason why the devil has horns in some literary or artistic works, warning the world.) )