Chapter 41: The Monster and the Moonlight (7)
After drinking enough Coke and eating enough skewers, Cheng Mo and Athena walked out of the tavern in the Plaka neighborhood, it was almost early in the morning, and the nightlife of Athens had come to an end, and most of the lights of the entire bar street had been turned off, leaving only the waiters who were cleaning up the tables and chairs and some drunken guests.
Cheng Mo looked in the direction of Aristotle Street, most of the Hydra Building, the headquarters of Hydra, had been burned to a pitch-black skeleton, but above the seventieth floor was basically intact, but the camouflage had been removed, and now he could clearly see that the lights of the more than ten floors on the top floor were on, and from a distance, it looked like a lighthouse standing in the vast sea.
Athena also followed Cheng Mo's gaze and glanced at the Hydra Mansion, but she just glanced at it, then withdrew her gaze and said disapprerovingly, "What's there to see?"
"Don't you think it's a pity? I mean the aquarium on the ninety-ninth floor. Cheng Mo said with some regret, "I like the aquarium in your room very much." β
"It's a pity. Next time I'll design a better one. Athena's tone was indifferent, but there was a faint sense of pride.
"Did you design it yourself?" Cheng Mo asked with some surprise.
"Of course, even the fish in it, many of them were caught by me. That Neptune rex was still a small fry when I got it from the Garden of Eden......" Athena subconsciously turned her head to look in the direction of the Hydra Mansion, her eyes froze for a moment, she opened her mouth, but did not continue.
Cheng Mo keenly captured this moment, and read a trace of imperceptible regret from her facial expression. Obviously, it's not for the aquarium, it's for the fish. Cheng Mo guessed that Athena killed the Neptune Rex at that time because even if she didn't kill it, the Neptune Rex would be destroyed because it entered the self-destruct program. It seems that Athena is not as ruthless and unrighteous as she appears.
"The idea of the algae forest must be preserved. Cheng Mo's tone was sincere, he closed his eyes, and whispered, "That's one of the most beautiful scenery I've ever seen, especially in the evening when the sun is about to sink into the Mediterranean Sea, the lights of the city are shining in the sky, and the sea water with giant algae blurs the boundary between water and sky......
"Finished complimenting so soon?"
Athena glanced at Cheng Mo, but saw him hang his head, staring at the stone path under his feet and walking forward without saying a word. She seemed to see through what Cheng Mo was thinking, and followed Cheng Mo along the long street without saying a word, strolling forward in the cold wind.
The quiet atmosphere lasted for a while, and Cheng Mo got rid of the memories of the distant stars, and opened his mouth to change the subject: "Suddenly I remembered another thing. He turned his head to look at Athena, and the other party still looked indifferent and listened to what you said, "The prototype of the 'hydra' is the 'angry serpent' engraved on the bas-relief of the Ishtar gate of the city of Babylon, also known as the 'great serpent', and it is also the source of the constellation Serpent in astronomy, and the "Angry Serpent" is also mentioned in the book of Daniel, the subscripture of the Bible, and the 'angry serpent' is also the hydra, which is the battle of the main god of ancient Babylon, Bil..... Pet ....."
"This is the first time I've heard this name, does it have anything to do with our Black Death?"
Of course, it has to do with it, but Pile and the serpent are badly reviled in the book of Daniel, the most holy sage in the Bible, with several parables in front of the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar, who denounced him as a false god. As the ruler of ancient Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar's name "Nebu" refers to the son of Pelle, the god of science and knowledge. As for whether the story between Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar is true, it is difficult to verify, but I have studied for a long time, no matter how I look at it, Nebuchadnezzar and the Egyptian god of wisdom 'Triple Great Hermes' can be said to be in the same line, although there is no evidence that they are the same god, but there have always been two speculations about the origin of Freemasonry, one is 'Hermes', and the other is the stonemasons who built the 'Tower of Babel', and it was Nebuchadnezzar who ordered the construction of the Tower of Babel..... In addition, I once found the symbol of the 'Brotherhood of Serpents' on the coffin board of the 'Land of the Tomb of Qin Shi Huang', and although I have not been to the 'Land of the Pyramid Ruins', I also know that there is also the symbol of the 'Brotherhood of the Serpents' in the 'Land of the Pyramid Ruins', a black dragon..... I used to wonder if the 'Brotherhood of Serpents' was the predecessor of Freemasonry, but now it is almost a sure thing to associate 'Hermes' together, and then look at the trajectory of Freemasonry, which continued from its origins in Egypt to ancient Babylon, to Ancient Persia and then to the whole world..."After a pause, Cheng Mo said, " Looking at it this way, the organization that affects the fate and history of mankind in conspiracy theories is really not in vain, and the entire history of mankind is a battle between the Creator and Freemasonry and the Black Death, and the line between myth and modern times and then to modern times cannot be clearer. It's just ridiculous that everyone knows that Satan is the devil, but they don't know that Satan is the science and knowledge that saves mankind. β
"So Freemasonry has something to do with our Black Death, no wonder ......"
Athena said "no wonder", but did not say the rest of the words, Cheng Mo guessed that she probably meant that the "Black Death" and the "Freemasonry" cooperated, at least as far as he knew, the "Black Death" could live quite nourishing This has the tacit approval of the Lighthouse State, and the government of the Lighthouse State can almost be said to be controlled by Freemasonry.
Cheng Mo couldn't help but think of his father's "The Origin of Human Beings" again, and he didn't know what he had written, so that it attracted the disaster of killing no one who could save him, Cheng Mo couldn't help but sigh: "But these are all speculated based on the 'Land of Ruins', although they can corroborate each other with history, but they lack actual evidence, and they are just 'conspiracy theories' serialized in ninth-rate magazines on roadside stalls......
"Why care so much about history?" said Athena, disdainfully, "as far as I know, many of the current histories of Europa have been rewritten and fabricated by scholars funded by Renaissance Masonic bankers, and many of them glorify and falsify their own camp, as well as many slander and slander their own camp. Europa is like this, and the history books of other countries are not immune, anyway, the history books are full of lies, there is no need to study, and it is more practical to live in the real present. β
"I'm just curious, and for me personally, studying history is a hobby. Besides, even now, if you don't have a pair of eyes that can see everything, aren't you also living in lies?"
Athena glanced at Cheng Mo, "You're not very old, but you're just as bad as the old-fashioned, stubborn, dull and pretentious old men of the Freemasons......"
"You know the Freemasons well?"
"It's not familiar. Athena shook her head, "After a few fights, they repeatedly invited me to join them, but I refused. β
"You're using fights, not gladiatorial fights, and it doesn't sound that simple. β
"Hmm!"
Athena nodded, but she didn't mean to continue, Cheng Mo couldn't help but slander herself in her heart for saying so many shocking secrets, even if this woman was indifferent, she didn't even know to repay the favor and say some secrets of the Black Death to herself. Cheng Mo sighed in his heart, it seemed that the lizardmen had no conscience, and instead said: "Now we have to find a way to get out of Xila, then you must at least tell me how we are going to the Garden of Eden, or I won't be able to arrange the trip....."
"Every Sunday there will be a flight to the Garden of Eden, but this flight may take off anywhere on the planet, and the location will only be announced on the Black Death app twenty-four hours in advance, and today is only Wednesday, and if you ask me where I am going, I can't answer ......"
"Okay!" Cheng Mo shrugged his shoulders, "In terms of reasoning, the Black Death is second, and no organization dares to say first." "I couldn't have been more in favor of that!"
"Then let's go to Turqi first, Turqi is not in Ouyu's sphere of influence, it is close to Xila, and the transportation is relatively convenient. β
"I'm okay with that. β
"We'll go to the port of Rafina at dawn, and Rykcka has hired a bulk carrier to park there, and we can take the boat and go. β
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In the early morning, Cheng Mo and Athena first took the subway around the city of Athens, then returned to the ground, took a taxi to the train station, and then circled around the crowded train station, and found a black car at the exit to go straight to the port of Rafina.
Rafina is a small town on the outskirts of Athens, and although it's not summer, the scenery is still very pleasant. The road along the coast is lined with blue Mediterranean Sea with a crystal light that shimmers in the sun, and the shore is stacked with unforgettable red rocks, splashing crystal clear flowers.
Athena leaned against the window as if she was asleep, and Cheng Mo stared at the driver as she drove, and after a long time, sleepiness hit her heart. But he did not dare to sleep, and kept himself up until he reached the port.
The port is not particularly busy in the morning, but there are booms transporting goods, and there are many trucks parked on the docks, ready to transport the unloaded goods.
Cheng Mo woke up Athena, the sleepy-eyed Athena turned her head to look out the window, and found that there were containers on three sides, and the ship docked on the shore was not only not very clean, but also looked a little shabby, she immediately asked in a vigilant whisper: "Will there be Coke on the ship?"
Cheng Mo listened to Athena's tone and thought that something big had happened, but after hearing it, he suddenly realized that Athena, a girl with a big heart, had brain circuits that ordinary people could really understand. In a dangerous situation, he slept in the car for more than an hour, and the first thing he thought about when he woke up was Coke? Cheng Mo had to sigh that his journey to death was just an interesting game in Athena. It's just that there is no need to complain about such complaints, and there is no point in complaining.
He seriously recalled that he really had no clue whether there was any Coke on the ocean liner, so he replied: "I only know that there must be wine, and as for whether there is Coke or not, I really don't know ......"
"That's not going to work, you'll have to go buy me five cases, no, ten cases of Coke. Athena said without hesitation.
Cheng Mo Secondly, he couldn't refuse, but he also knew that he couldn't blindly lick Athena as a dog, so he rolled his eyes and pretended to say in a complaining tone: "Why didn't you say it earlier? β
Athena said with a blank face: "No Coke, you can go to the Garden of Eden by yourself." β
Cheng Mo asked the driver to turn around and find a supermarket, and then said to Athena seriously: "It's not that I don't want to buy it, I just hope that you have any requirements and ideas to communicate with me as soon as possible, so that everyone can work better together, don't you also like simple ways of doing things?"
Athena frowned, and said seriously: "That's still used to being alone, you can do whatever you want, you don't need to discuss anything with another person at all, it's really not okay, we can agree on a meeting place and then go our separate ways." β
"How can we break up so easily? We are not friends? Aren't we partners? If there is a problem, of course there is communication!"
"I don't have a problem, it's you who has a problem. β
"I used to be very self-conscious and liked to solve everything by myself, but then I found out that you always have problems that you can't solve alone, and finding the right partner to win the success of the team and the success of yourself are two completely different feelings, and that feeling is super good. β
"Only the weak need to hold together. Athena said noncommittally.
"Then why did you join the Black Death? Isn't it because the Black Death can provide you with scientific research resources?" Cheng Mo sneered, "The most favorite thing for the powerhouses in this world to do is to monopolize resources in a group, and then say that success comes from their own efforts....."
Athena said lightly: "With my academic achievements, I need scientific research resources, and a lot of organizations are willing to provide them for me." You have to figure it out, it was the Black Death that needed me, not that I needed it. β
Cheng Mo shook his head, and said indifferently: "As far as I observe, there are only a handful of organizations in this world that can provide you with the scientific research resources you need, Stargate, Taijilong, Ouyu and the Black Death, but the only thing that can give you such a large degree of freedom is the Black Death, in fact, you still need the Black Death than you think, it's just that you don't realize it." β
Athena was stunned for a moment, did not refute, and fell into a long thought, and the air returned to silence, only the sound of the car engine sounded.
The driver found a supermarket in town via GPS and parked the car in front of the door. When Cheng Mo pushed the car door and was about to get out of the car, Athena turned her head and coldly ordered: "Ten boxes, remember that there are still ice cubes." β
Cheng Mo looked at Athena as a servant, but he was still determined to observe the principle of not licking the dog, sat back in the car, pulled the door, and sneered unceremoniously: "Don't you be able to do everything yourself?
"Who said I can't. Athena stretched out her hand to Cheng Mo, "Give me money." β
Cheng Mo opened the black leather backpack belonging to Athena, took out five hundred euros from it and handed it to Athena, Athena took it and counted it, and said coldly: "Is this enough?"
"A bottle of Coke is only 0.3 euros, not to mention ten boxes, this is enough for you to buy 1666 bottles, and 138.8 boxes can still leave 0.2 euros!" "If you're not enough, I'll give you another five hundred, that's enough!"
Athena put a thousand euros in her pocket and did not move for a long time.
Cheng Mo was speechless, "You won't wait for me to open the door for you, will you?"
Athena snorted coldly, opened the car door herself, pushed open the car door in a dashing manner, got out of the car, and walked towards the supermarket.
Cheng Mo watched Athena's back disappear at the door, and there was always an ominous premonition in his heart, but thinking that Athena's IQ was so high that he couldn't even go to the supermarket to buy a Coke, he sat in the car with his eyes closed and recuperated. However, after waiting for almost half an hour and not seeing Athena come out, Cheng Mo said badly, and hurriedly gave the driver a hundred euros, asked him to wait at the door, and quickly got out of the car and ran towards the supermarket.
In the morning, the supermarket passenger flow was scarce, Cheng Mo passed the detector, walked along the food shelf, and soon saw four people wearing supermarket staff uniforms and two security guards around the snack rack and the drink rack like a great enemy, one of the fat security guards with an electric baton also fell to the ground, holding his knees and sobbing in a low voice, and the fat man was not sitting on the ground not far away, who was Athena?
Cheng Mo looked at it and found Athena sitting on the floor with her long legs crossed, still eating potato chips, the crystal wine glass in her hand was rippling with ice cubes of Coke, the floor was still covered with green napkins that I didn't know where to go, forks, bowls and plates were arranged in a circle, and the white disk was filled with disassembled frozen chicken breast salad, Spanish ham, and German sausage.......
If Athena hadn't disguised herself as a fat girl, other people would definitely be much more tolerant of her, but Athena is now a freckled fat girl with a round face, and a big lump of people sitting under the shelves eating Hesse, these people must have thought that they had encountered a nervous disorder, and they might have called the police.
Cheng Mo suddenly felt that his head was as big as a fight, and he thought to himself that Athena was really doing something, causing trouble first, she was going to smash the restaurant yesterday, and she had to beat the supermarket staff when she bought a Coke today.
"What's going on?" Cheng Mo really wanted to slap himself twice, he really didn't expect that Athena had no common sense of life to such a point, she hadn't even visited the supermarket, and she didn't know that she couldn't eat in the supermarket, like a monkey who broke into the peach orchard, drinking fine wine, eating peaches, and making a mess of the whole peach assembly.
Of course, Athena is not as unqualified as Sun Wukong, and it is a little better to be so disgraceful, at least Athena still knows how to take tableware, unlike Sun Wukong who doesn't even wash his hands. It's just a bit outrageous to eat chips with a fork, it's better to use your hands......
He rushed in front of Athena and stopped between her and the security guards and supermarket staff to prevent them from breaking out into a more violent conflict and destroying the entire supermarket by Athena.
Cheng Mo said apologetically: "I'm sorry! We will compensate for all losses." Saying that, Cheng Mo took out a stack of euros from his bag, indicating that they didn't mean to make trouble.
"Who are you, what are you doing?" one of the curly-haired middle-aged women with the manager's nameplate on her chest glanced at the euro in Cheng Mo's hand and asked in a low voice.
Cheng Mo raised his hands and said sincerely: "I'm really sorry, my girlfriend's brain is not very good, she didn't mean it, but when she is hungry, she can't control herself, and her brain will have problems....."
"Who's your girlfriend? You're just having a problem with your brain!" Athena said indistinctly as she clamped the chips between the teeth of her fork and shoved them into her mouth with difficulty maintaining her balance, "But I have to admit that potato chips with Coke do have a little bit of fun!
Cheng Mo didn't mean to take advantage of Athena, the pretense between the two at the moment was boyfriend and girlfriend, but at this time, he didn't bother to pay attention to Athena, with a smirk on his face, he handed the stack of money in his hand to the manager, "This money is compensation, please don't mind, we will pay for the purchase of things separately ......"
The middle-aged woman manager stared at the stack of money in Cheng Mo's hand, her attitude suddenly improved a lot, and her high tone also lowered, but she said with a little dissatisfaction: "What the hell, it's the first time I've seen you eat indiscriminately in the supermarket like this, and beat people.....
"Yes, yes, I'm really sorry...... Cheng Mo took a step, stuffed the money into the manager's jacket pocket, pointed to his head again, and made a very painful expression, "My girlfriend is really a little wrong, I hope everyone cares more about people with intellectual disabilities." β
The manager put his hand in his pocket, touched it, and felt that the pile of money was at least two thousand euros, which could cover two or three months' income, so he said solemnly: "You must buy all the things you have eaten and used." β
"Of course. Cheng Mo said in a low voice.
The manager asked the security guards and employees to go to work first, then turned his head and ordered Cheng Mo, "Let her not eat here, hurry up and clean up, and don't affect the normal operation of our supermarket!"
"Okay. Cheng Mo responded with a proper attitude, then turned around and squatted down, and began to clean up the messy snacks that Athena threw on the tablecloth, and saw that Athena's coat was still scattered with potato chip crumbs, and he wanted to laugh at Athena, but he noticed that Athena's cutlery and knives and forks were two sets, and the food was also double, Cheng Mo's sarcastic words could not be spoken, thinking of his experience when he was young, but he had some pity for Athena, who had no common sense of life, there is no doubt that Athena's parents did not give Athena a normal lifeγ
With a sigh in his heart, Cheng Mo said softly: "Stupid, don't eat, you are not allowed to eat in the supermarket." β
"Why? It's not that I don't pay. β
Cheng Mo patiently explained: "The supermarket must first carry things to pay the bill before it can be used, otherwise everyone will eat in the supermarket, how to calculate the money? β
Athena also understood that she was making a joke, but she didn't pay much attention to it, just put down the crystal glass with Coke in her hand, and suddenly said: "No wonder I waited for a long time and didn't wait for the salesperson, I thought they hadn't gone to work yet!"
"Don't you know to ask?"
"I don't usually ask people questions. β
Cheng Mo was helpless, gave up this unsolvable misunderstanding, took out the tissue he brought out from the tavern from his pocket, and handed it to Athena, "Wipe your mouth, I'll clean it up, and then go to the checkout, and when the bill is settled, you can eat it if you want." β
The manager on the side saw Cheng Mo, who was talented and golden, and he didn't dislike Athena, who was a little fat and a little brainless, and was probably touched by this touching love, and said earnestly: "Girl, your boyfriend is really good to you, and now such a good man is really a rare animal!
"He's not my boyfriend, we're just ....... It's just ......." Athena didn't know how to describe her relationship with Cheng Mo, and she couldn't say a reason for a long time.
"I understand this feeling, I also met such a person who was kind to me when I was young, but I didn't understand at the time that true love is when you make mistakes, and the other person can still be gentle. So I missed him. The manager sighed melancholy, "I just saw the shadow of my first love in your boyfriend, I love your strengths, and I can tolerate your shortcomings, you don't know how rare it is....."
Athena looked puzzled and asked, "Auntie, what are you talking about?"
Cheng Mo thought that middle-aged women really talk a lot, and they have probably made up a sadomasochistic plot with hundreds of episodes in his brain. Although he despises it, he still has to play his boyfriend role, Athena is unprofessional, he can't be unprofessional.
As a result, the behavior of professional actor Cheng Mo is developing more and more in the direction of a peerless good man.
The aunt looked at Cheng Mo, at this time he was re-wrapping all the snacks that had been dismantled on the floor in packaging bags, wiped the used tableware with paper, and disposed of everything in an orderly manner, before putting all the items that Athena had moved into the cart and arranging them neatly. This is what a good man at home does, so the middle-aged woman manager couldn't help but sigh to Athena: "You don't understand now, you will understand in the future, I hope you don't regret it when you understand!"
Athena was still confused, she couldn't understand what her aunt was saying, she turned her head to look at Cheng Mo, as if she was thinking about what she should understand.
Cheng Mo thought it was funny, but he deliberately bent down and wiped the potato chip crumbs from Athena's chest with a tissue, "I'll help you clean it up." β
Athena was accustomed to being served, and she didn't refuse at all Cheng Mo reached out and swept away the potato chip crumbs that had accumulated on the high mountain ridge, which belonged to her hand, so there was no problem.
However, this second is the closest moment when two people face each other, each can see the lines on each other's lips, and can smell each other's warm snorts.
Cheng Mo smelled the cold sweetness of cola between Athena's lips and teeth, and this sweet taste made the thirsty person feel even more like burning. The distance was too close for Cheng Mo to see the whole picture of Athena, but he could make up her original appearance through her real lips and brain, a distraction, his hand was heavier, his hand was flicked lightly, and an indescribable throbbing suddenly surged in his heart.
Athena didn't seem to be aware of all the ambiguity, and Cheng Mo didn't dare to continue to die, before Athena could figure it out, she restrained the urge to slap twice, got up and said softly: "Let's go!
Athena didn't realize that she was being taken advantage of by Cheng Mo, so she got up with Cheng Mo in a daze and walked towards the checkout counter.
The manager's aunt followed, looked at the two of them and smiled at her aunt, and said happily: "Girl, believe me, such a man is worth entrusting for life." β
Athena didn't understand the ambiguous words in front of him, and this sentence was straightforward enough.
Sensing that Athena might explode, Cheng Mo hurriedly pushed the cart with one hand, grabbed Athena's wrist with the other, and ran towards the counter, "You can't delay time, otherwise the ice will melt." β
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After buying a cart of snacks and cola, Cheng Mo and Athena returned to the port and found the bulk carrier called "Mediterranean Overture", the black captain named Kenneth Omero happened to be chatting with the people in the port under the ship, Cheng Mo just got off the car, Kenneth Omero greeted Cheng Mo warmly.
Cheng Mo recognized Kenneth Omero according to Ryketzka's accurate description, exchanged a few words, and inadvertently offered to add money to let him go to the Antalya port in Turzi, under the heavy reward, Kenneth Omero didn't care about Cheng Mo's accent problem and the loopholes that were different from the original plan, and happily called the sailors down to help carry a large number of snacks and daily necessities onto the bulk carrier.
On this day, the weather was good, the temperature, ocean currents, water quality, and wind direction all met the indicators of going to sea, and the crew quickly gathered, completed the departure procedures, and after completing various inspections, Kenneth Omero issued a radio order: "Set sail." β
Accompanied by the long whistle of "beep-to-do", the "Mediterranean Overture" left the port of Rafina and sailed towards the Mediterranean Sea like a sea beast.
Cheng Mo and Athena stood on the side of the ship and watched the giant ship crush the waves, stirring up countless fine white foams and slowly leaving the port. If Cheng Mo was a romantic literary youth, he should stand on the bow of the boat and shout: "I am the king of the world!" However, Cheng Mo is just a straight man in science, and at this moment, he only feels that everything is too smooth, so smooth that it makes him uneasy.
Athena had enough of the sea breeze and asked Cheng Mo where his room was. Cheng Mo took out the key given by Captain Omero from his pocket and walked towards the ship building with Athena, their room was on the second floor of the ship, which was originally the chief engineer's room, because the conditions were similar to the captain's room, relatively spacious, and equipped with TV, writing desk and independent bathroom, so it was given to Cheng Mo and Athena, in fact, Ryktzka and Wendy as living rooms.
Seeing that the room was better than she expected, Athena turned her head to look at Cheng Mo, "I'm going to rest, why don't you go out yet?"
"There are a total of 23 crew members on board, plus the two of us have exceeded the standard, there is no extra room now, not to mention, when I came to Xila, Rekzka and Wendy lived in one room, and now we can't live separately, right?"
"You mean the two of us sleep in the same room, and you don't think your life is long enough?" said Athena coldly.
"I don't feel like it's going to be easy, and from a safety point of view, I think it's better for us to sleep in the same room. Cheng Mo pointed to the sofa, "Don't worry, I'll sleep on the sofa." If you're going to take a shower or have something inconvenient, say ahead and I'll go out. β
"No, I can't. β
"Why are the children of the rivers and lakes so exquisite? Besides, if I am not in the room, who will bring you Coke and ice cubes? Who will serve you food in the kitchen? Who will wash your laundry and socks?" After a pause, Cheng Mo said sincerely, "I am the male mother..... No, male nanny, I can't beat you, what are you afraid of?"
Athena, who has zero self-care ability, immediately hesitated when she heard what Cheng Mo said, and after thinking for a while, the difficulty of self-reliance finally overcame the insignificant inconvenience, thinking of the pain of no one to serve, Athena finally said coldly: "If I am not satisfied with the work of your nanny, I will throw you on the deck." β
Cheng Mo nodded.
In this way, the first day of the cohabitation life of the two people at sea began.
(End of chapter)