Chapter 111: The Day of Rebirth (2)
(Thanks to the "Silly Huan Who Loves to Read" big guy, "zsl_11", and Klarkxy for their rewards)
"The level of your pilots has dropped too much! The bomb delivery deviation value is so high!" Li Jiting, who was left deep in the jungle, looked at Lake Baikal in the distance and couldn't help complaining.
"You're talking nonsense with your eyes open, didn't the plane explode and set off a wave of air, can you float so far?" responded the flag bearer Boris, the flag bearer with a pair of sunflower flags flying forward above Li Jiting's head.
At this moment, one of the two people was running in the shade of the trees like the sea, and the other was flying a little higher in the air.
Boris flying in mid-air is full of Soviet style, the whole person is wrapped in an army-green muscular exoskeleton, the two arms are quite unscientific, it doesn't look streamlined at all, the pair of steel wings behind it is not like a bird's wing, more like an airplane's wings, and there is a red five-star logo on the turbine fan embedded in the middle.
The whole is full of the violent mechanical aesthetic style of the former Soviet Union.
It is a little different from super humans, the strength of cyborgs has the bonus of the national science and technology tree climbing, and simply put, the mechanical equipment that cannot be realized in reality, as long as there is a theoretical basis and drawings, it can be realized regardless of the difficulty of materials and manufacturing.
Therefore, whether cyborgs are powerful or not depends on the strength of the country to a certain extent, which is why most law enforcers are cyborgs.
Of course, personal qualifications are also very important, if you can't understand the principle of skills, you can't improve your skill proficiency, and if you don't have proficiency, you can't improve your skill level, and your skill level is not high, even if it's SSS skills, it's limited.
Overall, cyborgs have a slight advantage over super humans, but the higher this advantage is, the more negligible it becomes, and seven of the twelve gods are super humans, which is enough to tell.
At this time, a violent red light erupted from the tail of the train that was moving on the shore of Lake Baikal, and the snake-like train was ignited like a match and thrown high, and a large piece of the originally dense birch forest was instantly missing, and a faint smoke was steaming in the sun, such a scene was familiar to Li Jiting and Boris.
"Mother Satan! How long has it been since I've seen this skill? Originally, it was in Georgi's hands, and later when the Soviet Union collapsed, he was rebelled into the 'Star Gate' (the American Chosen One), and I have never seen this skill before, almost thirty years in the blink of an eye.....," Boris sighed.
Li Jiting saw the rear of the train melt in the center of the flames, like a candle roasted by fire, his heart sank slightly, although everything was planned, he still didn't want the worst outcome, "Now is not the time to be sentimental, I think the two people fighting against each other should be about to go berserk, if you don't stop it in time, you Sunflower Banner people will not end well." β
Boris scoffed, "I actually don't care, whoever causes the consequences will pay, this is the principle of our Russians, and the world is not a place outside the law, but you, involving the girl of the Xie family, have bad intentions!
Li Jiting didn't speak, just sped up and rushed towards the train, like a black streamer, for him, everything that happened now was planned, but he still didn't want the worst outcome.
Of course, even if the worst happens, he will not be too sorry.
There is no great cause in this world that is not paved with corpses, from religion to science, from tribe to nation, from dynasty to state.....
Behind every greatness there is a dark side, and even greatness like the sun has a shadow.
In fact, many years ago, Li Jiting also asked himself, is it worth sacrificing so much?
But he remembered that Sigmund Freud once said: I firmly believe that human civilization was created at the expense of primitive instincts.
The idea of freedom needs to burn the soul and fight against the ordinary to be worthy of it, and the road to freedom needs to be obtained by fighting with all your might, the truth of this world is cruel, and equality cannot be won without bloody struggle.
Li Jiting knew that this was a road to the sun, and if he continued to go up like this, he might be able to reach the end and complete the sacrifice, but he might be burned to ashes halfway through.
He remembered the Greek myth of Icarus, the son of Daedalus, who fled Crete with his father's wings made of wax and feathers, only to fall too close to the sun and die in the sea.
Li Jiting licked his lips as he looked at the bright flames that were burning again in the distance.
Even so.
Even so,
Isn't Icarus happy to be able to fly to such a high place?
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"Senior sister?" Cheng Mo gently shook Xie Minyun's body.
But Xie Minyun didn't react, her curved eyelashes were not fluttering, and her bloodless lips were gently closed, as if she had fallen into a deep sleep, as if her body was still here, but her spirit was wandering away from other places that could not be reached.
Sunlight poured in through the window, drawing a clear line between Cheng Mo and Xie Minyun in the messy room.
"Senior sister!" Cheng Mo called out again, his voice was a little dim, like a weak call, he held Xie Minyun's wrist again, and tried his best to listen to her heartbeat, the light pulse seemed to be broken at any time, fortunately at least it was not broken.
For the first time, Cheng Mo felt what hope was, like a light shining from the darkness.
He held Xie Minyun's wrist, feeling her heartbeat that was slowly withering like petals, in the face of death, how small people are, Cheng Mo felt sad, and he said vigorously: "You said that you would wait for me in Tsinghua..... He said that he would take me to Houhai, he said that he would take me to Yanbao Xiejie, he said that he would take me to eat belly kernels, he said that he would take me to Cheese Wei to eat Hewan cheese and Jiaoquan..... There are also Jingshan, the Forbidden City, and the Summer Palace..... I have a good memory, you can't lie to me...."
He looked into her eyes, as if he could see those crystal clear pupils.
At this moment, Cheng Mo felt Xie Minyun's gaze, his consciousness was a little trance, as if this trip was a distant and painful dream, he looked at Xie Minyun's quiet face, just like he looked up at the "Book of Genesis" on the dome of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.
Together, they sat cross-legged on the floor and watched Michelangelo's "The Creation of Adam" silently, as if witnessing the touching divine moment that God had passed on to Adam's soul with his fingertips.
He wished he could incarnate as God and give her her soul back, but unfortunately he wasn't..... He could only feel her leaving, floating into the clouds, unable to touch it.
"God ......" Cheng Mo sank into the darkness, and suddenly a beam of light shone into his heart.
He let go of Xie Minyun's hand, quickly climbed out of the window, and searched for the golden cylindrical lighter with heavy wear marks from his body.
"Bastard Li Jiting, if Senior Sister really can't pass this level, I will kill you sooner or later....."
Nicholas, who was guarding Cheng Mo's side, looked at Lin Zhinuo's somewhat gloomy face, and when he heard the cold voice, he couldn't help but shiver, and originally wanted to ask "What happened", but he could only hold back his stomach.
Cheng Mo twisted the bottom of the lighter vigorously, but the bottom of the screw cover that seemed to be really a screw did not move at all, and it was an incredible thing with the strength of the carrier. Cheng Mo took a closer look at the lighter, the shell was made of metal, and there were grooves at the bottom of the round screw cover, which probably required a specific tool to unscrew.
But after frowning and looking at it for a while, it didn't seem right, there were a total of 12 circles inside and outside these grooves, and the pattern in the center was rose-shaped, which was very similar to the "labyrinth of Notre-Dame de Chartres".
As for the Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres, Cheng Mo remembers mentioning in The Lost Ark of the Covenant: "During the seven years of extensive excavation of the Temple Mount, they did find something. These are likely to be genuine antiquities and manuscripts that contain the best of the secret legends of Judaism and ancient Egypt, some of which date back to the time of Moses...... There is no doubt that they fulfilled this special mission, and the knowledge they gained from their discoveries was passed on orally to the Templar ...... Secret Circle. β
Later in The Lost Ark of the Covenant, the author infers in the affirmative: "It is possible that the Templars excavated some ancient artifact from the Temple Mount, and that the Templars may have repaid St. Bernard for their support." β
So could the holy product be God's gene?
Cheng Mo didn't know.
Cheng Mo also recalled the information about the "Labyrinth of Notre-Dame de Chartres", which is located in the nave of Chartres Chapel, and the center of the labyrinth was previously embedded with a copper plate, on which the relief is the scene of Theseus defeating the Minotaur monster in Greek mythology. This copper plate continues the tradition of the ancient labyrinth of Knossos and the ancient labyrinth of Egypt, which often depict the same story in the center.
This famous Greek myth tells the story of Pasiphae, the wife of King Minos of Crete, who fell in love with a cow and gave birth to a monster Minotonos, who asked the famous architect Daedalus to build a labyrinth for it in Crete, which was so complicated that even Daedalus himself could barely get out of it after building it. Later, when Minos avenged his son, he ordered the Athenians to pay him a tribute of seven pairs of virgins every nine years, and they were to be imprisoned in the labyrinth where Minotaur lived, and Minotonus killed them.
At the time of the third tribute, the young Theseus, the son of Athenian king Aegeus, came to Crete with the boys and girls who had won the lot, and with the help of the Cretan princess Ariadne, he broke the labyrinth with a ball of thread and slew Minotaur with a sword she had given him.
Unfortunately, this relief copper plate was pried away during the French Revolution and used to smelt the cannon, and now there are only a few copper nails on the ground, presumably used to hold it in place.
In ancient Greek stories, the path of the labyrinth led to death, and when those who were sacrificed entered the gate of the labyrinth, they went to death step by step.
But in Chartres, the labyrinth becomes the opposite, and it points to "rebirth".
In the Middle Ages, the path of the "labyrinth of Our Lady of Chartres" was a pilgrimage route, called the "Jerusalem Way". The Middle Ages was a time of pilgrimage, and in the Christian world, earthly Jerusalem symbolized the center of the heavenly kingdom, the heavenly Jerusalem.
Because it is not possible for most people to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, they will make a pilgrimage to important cathedrals, one of the famous pilgrimage churches in Chartres.
When pilgrims arrive, they walk through the pilgrimage path to the center of the labyrinth, and then slowly turn back to the "outside world" before ending their pilgrimage to their homes. It is believed that if you go through the labyrinth, you will be transformed, the past you will be purified, and the pure you will appear, ready to cope with the new direction on the journey of life.
Every pilgrim who reaches the center of the labyrinth becomes a new person, who is given a second life, and if he deserves it, he finds the "ladder of Jacob" (the biblical ladder from the earth to heaven) to God.
Therefore, this labyrinthine path is also called the "path of life", which is the "Ariadne line" given by Jesus Christ (the Ariadne line, derived from ancient Greek mythology, is often used as a metaphor for the way and path out of the labyrinth, and the clues to solve complex problems. οΌγ
Thinking of this, Cheng Mo's heart beat faster, and compared to what the clown Sith said, this thing in front of him seemed to be a really amazing thing.
Cheng Mo looked at the tiny labyrinth pattern covered by the screws, and he remembered that the path of the "Labyrinth of Notre-Dame de Chartres" divided the entire circle into four equal parts, each with 7 turns, plus several other turns, a total of 34 turning steps, and the pilgrims felt and adjusted their inner rhythm along these twists and turns.
The final 35th step, known as the "Joy Jump," leads you to the only exit at the end of this knee-walking path: upward.
Of course, this miniature maze is naturally not walked with knees, there is a raised dot at the edge of the labyrinth, it is really difficult for ordinary people to notice such details, Cheng Mo gently rotated the bottom cover, and sure enough, the dots began to move in the maze, Cheng Mo rotated the maze according to the way he walked in his memory, and the protruding origin reached the center smoothly, and bounced up, just stuck into the groove in the center.
Immediately, Cheng Mo felt a slight vibration, and he did not hesitate to gently twist the screw cover, and easily unscrewed the cover.
He looked at the hollow cylinder and saw a glass needle tube with a red wine-like liquid bubbling like a boil.
Cheng Mo carefully pulled out the glass needle, the crystal-like needle tube glowed with colorful halos in the sun, but the liquid that was still flowing inside exuded a cold color and a cold breath, which was prohibitive. At noon, when the light was at its most dazzling, the surface of the red liquid danced with a golden light.
Cheng Mo didn't know if this thing could save Xie Minyun, but if this was really the God gene that the clown Sith said, it would definitely be able to cure his heart disease.....
(It's a bit of a crash, because the computer is rubbish, the web page suddenly has a white screen, and there is no time to save it, and more than a thousand words have been dropped, and there is no way but to re-code, so much can only be sent first)