Chapter 223: The Old and New Age of Mythology (4200 words)
Zhang Ming's goosebumps bulged all over his body, even if he had the protection of the source of the world, it did not bring enough sense of security, and unimaginable panic echoed in his heart.
But on the other hand, he fell into a subtle contemplation, because the unimaginably large existence just now seemed to have left a few words in his mind.
[Foreigners, this is the seal of the world, leave quickly! ] 】
[If you and others break the seal, and the lives are ruined, you will be punished by heaven! 】
[Leave quickly!] 】
Zhang Ming was sure that these few words in his mind came out of nowhere after touching the milky white substance.
The tone was like someone roaring in anger in his ear.
"Okay, just touch it, don't be so sensitive......" Lao Zhang couldn't laugh and cry.
In just a few words, it is reminiscent of a lot.
What's the thing, it actually needs a demon god-level seal to seal?!
"The formation of the abyss may have a lot to do with the so-called 'Great World Seal'...... I just don't know if the abyss is a positive product or a negative product. ”
He was shocked by the magnificent spirit of the unknown civilization and the confrontation with the demon god "Ten Thousand Eyes".
"The power of the panacea has actually affected the evolution of life, and only some innate blind objects can survive......"
"All living beings with 'vision' are no match for pan-eyes."
"One day, the Ten Thousand Eyes Swallow the Sun, if the demon god succeeds, no creatures with eyes will be allowed to be born in the world."
"So the civilization found a godman named Six Blind, who was born without eyes, and killed the demon god on the day of the Tengu Eclipse Day."
In just a few words, it is really like a tiger.
Zhang Ming is not very sure whether the so-called "ten thousand eyes swallow the sun, the world is blind" is suspected of exaggeration, because that description is really the realm of mythology, completely beyond the scope of human understanding.
One eyeball of this demon god "Ten Thousand Eyes" is tens of kilometers away, even if this god man is born without eyes and restrains "Ten Thousand Eyes", how powerful should he be to kill this behemoth?
As for who laid this seal, and what exactly the name of this civilization is, it is unknown......
"Born blind objects, blind fish and other species still exist today, I don't know whether to believe in evolution, or whether we should believe in this statement......"
Zhang Ming frowned, pondered hard, and muttered, "But what needs a Demon God-level seal?" How strong should the existence of this seal be? War in the Age of Mythology? ”
"Who is at war with whom? Shi Mama, you should know something, right? ”
Shi Mama recalled for a long, long time before he said, "The old mythological era and the new mythological era...... The rules of the world may not be the same. ”
"The demon god at that time was not the same as the demon god at this time. In these years, there are more and more constraints, and the strong are scarce, which is not necessarily a bad thing. ”
Zhang Ming smiled: "So you mean, there were more strongmen in the past, but now it is not as good as in ancient times?" Everyone is forced to be a vegetable these days? ”
"Not necessarily." Black Stone said in that old voice, "There is such a magical existence as 'world' in these days, and there seems to be no 'world' in the past...... Of course, it is also possible that it is due to memory errors. ”
Zhang Ming suddenly asked curiously: "If there is no 'world', could it be that the previous civilizations were all natives living in the Sea of Demon Gods?" ”
"That's right, isn't Xuanwu an indigenous......
"In the past, was there such a thing as a nuclear bomb? It won't be nothing, right, no technology? ”
"What is a nuclear bomb?" Shi Ma Maqi said.
"What, you don't even know that?" Zhang Ming's face twitched a few times, and he explained, "Didn't you play that game called Red Alert?" You don't think that the nuclear bomb there was made up by humans, it naturally exists. ”
Shi Mama was silent, unable to say why, maybe at that time, Xuanwu had not yet given birth to a high spiritual intelligence, and it really couldn't remember.
But the guy still said contemptuously: "Just this nuclear bomb...... Want to blow up the Demon God too? What are you dreaming of! ”
"Well, it really looks like two different worlds." Zhang Ming nodded seriously, in the past era, there may really be no nuclear bombs.
As for the reason for the formation of the "abyss", it completely surpasses Zhang Ming's current investigative ability.
Any existence involving a demon god will usher in a cold death if you are not careful.
In addition, the seal here is still complete, and it is impossible for Zhang Ming to do something to death because of his curiosity.
The existence of the "Great World Seal" also gives some useful inspirations: for example, monsters around the seal are very rare, and as long as the ship stays directly above the seal, the probability of being attacked by monsters will also become smaller.
Of course, there are pros and cons to everything, and if the "Great World Seal" is broken, the ship that stays directly above will be the first to be impacted.
"Forget it, don't worry about it so much, even if you are a war correspondent, you have to have enough strength, I digest most of the rules of the time and space worm, and become half a demon god, so that I can crack the truth."
Because his mental value plummeted, and he was really tired, Zhang Ming took a few sets of clothes from the closet and decided to go to Honggang to inquire about the historical information of the ancient times, and rest for a while by the way.
"Exploration activities in the abyss deplete energy at a much higher rate than normal."
"I should have no problem rubbing the Honggang People's World Source Asylum now, right? Modern life, ahaha, I'm coming! ”
Thinking of this, Zhang Ming jumped off the boat with great interest, and used King Kong's ability to push the boat forward quickly.
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The two Honggang people washed the ore for three days and three nights, and they were dizzy and dizzy by this oppressive environment, their faces turned pale, and even their spirits were a little trance.
This is the consequence of the continued accumulation of mental stress.
These two guys, even if they are strong people who break through the three levels of human limits, have no experience of being out of society for a long time.
The environment of the abyss is ten times worse than that of the Sea of Demon Gods, so the two Honggang people are just "in the face of great difficulties, only responsibility", and they are just forced to stand up.
"It's almost washed, and there's very little contamination left, and our staff can overcome it."
Gondor was sweating profusely, the diving suit was already stuffy and hot, and they had to be on guard against monster attacks at all times, and it was just three days, like three years.
Rhenium was also red-faced, because of mental exhaustion that led to rigid thinking: "Well, we have to take these ores back and use the high-temperature steam in the workshop to clean them up." ”
"We need to take a break, too."
"This ore is of such good quality!"
"yes!" Tired and tired, the two guys are very satisfied with the harvest this time.
Suddenly, Rhenium saw a sailboat approaching!
Behind the sailboat was a glittering humanoid creature pushing the ship.
Faced with this magical scene, Rhenium laughed dryly: "Lord Admiral, Your Excellency the Transcendent One is asking for a debt, but it's nothing, and it is good for us to deal with him well...... It just so happened that we could go back together. ”
Gondor nodded, dialed the contact, and contacted the base camp: "Tongyu, you guys are ready to be received!" Are the ceremonies ready? ”
"Ready, Admiral, you can bring him up at any time."
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When the sailboat came to him, the two Honggang people were shocked when they saw Zhang Ming's strange appearance!
I saw that the two eyeballs of this transcendent man bulged outward, like bulging ping pong balls!
The complexion of the whole person seems to be smeared with a layer of dust, showing a dead silence of a zombie. In particular, the bulging eyeballs were covered in scarlet bloodshots, and it looked like a murderer in a state of madness!
"Oops...... It's not like you're going crazy! Gondor sweated like rain, and asked stubbornly, "Your Excellency, you... How does it feel? At the bottom of the abyss, is there anything to gain? You...... Do you still know me? ”
Zhang Ming said with some curiosity: "You...... Gondor, I'm not mistaken, am I? Forehead... I'm a little tired now, but I've also gained a little, you don't think there are a lot of minerals in the abyss, do you? ”
"No, no, no, minerals are definitely scarce...... Do you need treatment for your eyes?! ”
Zhang Ming rubbed his bulging eyes vigorously: "I was injured by a monster below, don't worry, you can recover after resting for a while." ”
The demon god is naturally also a monster!
He didn't lie!
"I see!" The two Honggang people made a look of sudden realization.
Zhang Ming said that they did not dare to fully believe it.
But he was embarrassed to refuse him to get on the ship, at least for this moment, the transcendent was awake.
In the end, Gondor made up his mind to bring the other party into the mothership.
"Please follow me."
"I've found an area where monsters are scarce." Zhang Ming first said a good news, "If the ship stays there, it will be attacked less." ”
"Really?"
"But that area could be the realm of some powerful being, a powerful being that is almost invincible and currently asleep...... Whether you go or not is up to you. ”
Gondor was lost in thought, was it such a big problem at first?
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Zhang Ming officially entered the shelter of the Source of the World, and after passing through that layer of faint water ripples, his eyes lit up and he saw an incomparably huge steel ship!
The ironclad bow pierced the blue waves, even if it was at rest, and the stirred waves swept over the side of the boat with gray-black spray, merging the raging waves at the stern, leaving a sparkling ribbon of water.
The ripples spread to the distant sea, sparkling with thousands of acres.
Above deck, the most conspicuous thing was a grand purple-gold barrel, the main gun of the giant ship.
The main cannon was a full hundred meters long, and with Zhang Ming's current eyesight, he could see countless subtle, tadpole-like rune-like structures, engraved on the barrel, exuding dim supernatural fluctuations.
"This thing shouldn't be an ornament, this barrel is really powerful." Zhang Ming instinctively likes this rugged weapon of war.
And the supreme commander of this huge ship, the old comrade Gondor, is introducing with some pride on the side: "This is the main weapon of war of our ship, the mountain annihilation gun...... The power of a mountain can be wiped out with a single shot! ”
"It has a range of thousands of kilometers and a certain level of tracking technology. Of course, if there is a monster invasion, no matter how powerful this cannon is, it will not be useful. ”
Zhang Ming nodded, and said secretly in his heart: "The earth civilization has long been the era of missiles, and Honggang people are still engaged in giant ship artillery. However, with the blessing of supernatural technology, which technical route is correct can only be tested in war. ”
He doesn't look down on earthlings just because he's a human. Maybe it's cheap?
The biggest use of weapons is war, and there is no point in just competing with values, like the so-called most advanced destroyer "Zumwalt", which is expensive and has to be repaired at every turn, so there is another fart.
"This is our short- and medium-range attack weapon, the steam machine gun, the speed of normal bullets is 1500 meters per second, if equipped with rune bullets, the speed can be faster and more powerful. However, the disadvantage is that it can only be used by connecting to the mothership's steam furnace. ”
Zhang Ming nodded, he remembered that the highest-end sniper rifle of the human race could reach this speed.
He took a few rune bullets, which were actually ordinary steel, but they were engraved with some fine patterns, but these patterns did not have a supernatural effect.
Gondor explained, "In order for the rune bullets to work, they had to be kept in a special box. The specific principle is somewhat similar to abyssal pollution. Let the formation structure in that box, assimilate these bullets, and of course this assimilation is positive and short-lived. ”
"And the pattern on the surface of the bullet can store a small amount of spirit, so when it is fired, the power can be even greater!"
"I see." Zhang Ming suddenly realized.
The strength of a civilization is reflected in all aspects of the details.
One of the most important points: economy and cost!
Economy is an objective law, and the development of all civilizations needs to be constrained by the economy.
If the cost of such a rune bullet is high, then it doesn't make any sense, but now, a low-cost supernatural bullet made using the "assimilation effect" is something that humans have never thought of.
In other words, some people may have thought about it, but they can't make it in the short term.
"Your Excellency, please come here."
Gondor took off his wetsuit, waved his hand politely, and presented a small box: "If you like these bullets, you can take them." ”
Lao Zhang naturally accepted it cheekily.
He doesn't need it himself, human ...... It's useful!
There weren't any curious onlookers along the way, except for a few bearded men who greeted them, standing near a flag emblazoned with the furnace on it, saluting and looking very formal.
This is completely different from the experience of the three-tailed monkey world, where Lao Zhang feels like a monkey in a zoo, surrounded by a large group of monkeys.
But here, he clearly felt a respectful, polite manner, although this respect was related to the strength and value he displayed.
"Well, that's normal, if I'm a monkey, who will respect me?"
It has to be said that a truly intelligent and civilized and systematic reception ceremony must be designed by many experts, taking into account the comprehensive feelings of the guests, and will not impose its own etiquette and customs.
"This giant ship is as stable as land, three times that of an aircraft carrier on earth, but it is more than a grade smaller than the 10-million-ton giant ship of the 'Hope' class of the Blue Crystal people. Looking at it this way, the Azurite people are really the most violent, worthy of the pinnacle civilization. ”
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(PS: I got vaccinated today, and I was a little dizzy, so there was only one shift, sorry.) )
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