East of Eden

Chapter 20 LANCER

Science and Theology in One

At the end of the day everyone is crazy

This is an era of oppression, and it is also an era of madness. On the eve of the storm, huge waves are brewing on the sea, and crows are neighing in the cloudy sky.

If a huge stone is used as a stele, it will be engraved with inscriptions belonging to this era. People dance wildly around the stele, and then kneel down on the ground, knocking their long heads in the rain.The tip of the stele points directly to the sky, and people say, come back, the sun, come back, Yin Qi Wenming, please save all living beings from suffering.

When the Weavers got word of the relic, they went into a collective frenzy. The "Venlo Conjecture" was repeatedly discussed because it coincided with the legend of the Sakuwa tribe.

Shano admitted that there are many texts and murals on the walls of the Scorched Earth City. If scholars interpret it, it is not difficult to find that the meaning it conveys is very similar to Wen Luo's conjecture-it is Liang Shiheng's last entrustment to Sakuwa.

At this moment, Siswell and other archaeologists are working in the scorched earth city thousands of miles away. They interviewed the priests of the Sakuwa tribe and scanned the entire city.

Siswell sat on a broken stone pillar, translating the inscription word by word according to the image, while the old priest sat opposite her, holding a pipe made of tortoiseshell, looking up at the indigo blue sky of the night under the sparse cherry blossom petals. In the sky, the small oil lamp swayed, the sand was orange, and the vast world looked like an oil painting by Van Gogh.

"There are those who are silent in the world, who protect the four directions." The priest said leisurely: "Moment means silence, and silently guards holy objects from being discovered by the world. Sakuwa is one of the four 'silent ones'. We set the duty, but we failed, did not hide the secret of the sacred object, and now there is no need to hide it, because the prophesied person has appeared."

Siswell raised his head: "The person in the prophecy? You mean Cang Xing?"

"Is this his name? I don't know, I only know his tag, the madman Arthuria. Liang Shiheng once said that in the future, all the 'silent ones' will obey the orders of Arthuria, and he will lead We unite the relics that are scattered across the land, and Josh will return with his world."

A breakthrough has been made in the research on the sacred object. At the end of the meeting, everyone was in high spirits, and the plan to find the next sacred object was put on the agenda early.Xing has never seen such a scene. People seem to have been suppressed for too long. At this moment, they vented all together, standing on the chairs and yelling, taking off their ties, throwing off their suits, and spilling tea and juice everywhere. Su Huang will be overthrown in a few days, and the Yin Qi civilization they admire will return.

This doesn't look like a meeting, it's just dancing.

Xing has the absurdity of an outsider.

Dr. Sophia ended the meeting, and she set the target of the next sacred object in the south, so that Cang Xing and Shano could make some preparations.After the meeting, Shano winked at Xing, so they tacitly walked in the opposite direction with the crowd, paced slowly, and only walked out the door until the crowd was gone, standing under the eaves of the factory building, looking at the sloping Buddha statues lit cigarettes one after the other.

"What do you want me to do?" Xing asked, the rain washed his voice very clearly.

"...we had some misunderstandings earlier."

"Those? Those are all in the past."

Shano brushed his silver hair and took a puff of cigarette in the wind: "I just want to say that I never thought that the legendary characters would actually appear in my time."

"I never thought that I would be resurrected, and I would suddenly be tasked with finding the holy object."

"How do you feel now?"

"It's quite confusing to be honest."

"I heard you lost your memory?"

"Part of it has recovered, but there are still many things I can't remember."

"That's right, you look like a newborn baby now, you don't know what you're going to do, you're not the lunatic Arthuria I imagined." Shano shook his head and said: "Athenia Ya is the beast of God of War. It knows its goal and will fight until death for it. Yasenia is a lone wolf and a leader, and you are being used by the Weaver Party. This is not what Liang Shiheng expects to see .”

"Liang Shiheng...he..." Thinking of that person, Xing felt a headache.He knew that he loved him, but now there was only a feeling of love, with a bitter sadness.If Liang Shiheng didn't want to see himself like this, why didn't he express everything in a more simple way?

"Although we are now cooperating with the Weaver Party, we are different from them and everyone else in the world." Shano pointed to the distance, his silver-white hair fluttering in the wind: "Can you see that Buddha statue?" , the magnificent civilization 3000 years ago, that is our era, ancient blood flows in our body, never forget.”

Looking from the factory building, the Buddha statue was covered with a layer of light green by the rain curtain. It is so huge, lonely, and possesses some kind of incredible shocking power, which makes people frightened and fascinated.

What kind of land was this small planet in ancient times?Thousands of years ago, long winds blew across the fields, and horses rode across the grasslands. People wore clothes made of wolf skins, braided thin long braids, tied red ropes around their wrists, tied bells around horses' necks, and snow-white foam splashed from horseshoes. like splashes.

Fierce knives, flying birds, and lights on the city walls that stay on all night.In the north, he has snow-capped mountains and grasslands, a horse named Ah Chun, wheat fields, orchards, clear streams, and a person who loves him.Pursue the myths and go far away, recite the immortal songs of heroes, engrave the wind, sand and stars into the bone marrow, and find a place to sleep forever.

The smoke in Xing's hand suddenly broke the ash, and it fell on the toe of his shoe, small broken flowers.

After a long time, Xing said to him, "Thank you, Shano."

"I think Silver Pigeon Knight has the responsibility to remind Asenia—stop being a delivery boy."

Star smiled.

"I'll wait for you." Shano said, "Waiting for the day when Arthur comes back."

At the end of the day, Xing took the bus to Haven City Central Hospital.The main building of the hospital was built like a whale, and the inpatient building was like a whale's upturned tail fin.

"Hello, Ward 2108." Xing walked into the lobby of the inpatient department, and the glass door closed behind him.

The nurse at the registration office entered the code on the computer: "Ward 2108, the family members of Shan Mu Zhelang, right?"

"Not family, friend."

"Please show the ID number." She pointed to the scanner.

Xing moved his arm towards him and scanned it. His false identity was Yu Yong, and he was a man who looked somewhat similar to him.

"Okay, Mr. Yu, you can go in with the bracelet on, and be careful not to disturb other patients."

"Thank you." Xing put on an orange bracelet, which is a monitoring device, in case criminals make trouble in the hospital.The hall is warmly lit and filled with tropical plants, like an indoor garden.There is a Steinway piano in the middle of the garden, and a female pianist with a red dress and ponytail is playing.

After the trip to the desert was over, Siswell and the archaeological team sent by the headquarters stayed, and Xing and others were taken back to Haven City.Dr. Shanmu’s injury was not good. His mechanical leg was infected and inflamed. The scratches left by the leopard caused him to lose a lot of blood. Not long after he was transferred to the central hospital, Shanmu entered the intensive care unit. Help him with everything.

Xing walked around several wheelchairs to the elevator.The door opened, and a group of people walked out. Xing walked in, passed one of them, and suddenly smelled the fragrance of roses.He was stunned for a second, then turned his head abruptly, only to see an unfamiliar black windbreaker disappearing around the corner, and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.

Star frowned slightly.

"Hey young man, can't you come up yet?" The aunt asked impatiently while supporting the elevator door.

"Sorry." Xing looked back again.

Stars are sensitive to breath.Rose is an extremely expensive and rare flower in this era, and its breath should not linger in the inpatient department of a hospital, but it may be in the guest seats of a state banquet.But soon he figured out the source of the smell of roses: in Shanmu Zhelang's ward 2108, there was a bouquet of red and white roses impressively. See.

Xing came to Shanmu Zhelang's hospital bed and stared at the middle-aged man just as Shanmu once looked at himself.For more than a month, Shan Mu's condition has neither improved nor deteriorated. He just fell asleep peacefully, with a ruddy complexion and a serene expression. Wearing glasses all year round left deep scratches on his face, and his hair was almost completely white.

Xing's eyes turned to the rose—it was given by the man just now?But who is he?Weaver party member?Xing suddenly found that he knew little about Shan Mu, not even who he knew.Suddenly, Xing found a card inserted in the rose, which was obviously not addressed to Shan Shu who was in a coma.

He opened the card suspiciously, and a piece of paper sprinkled with gold flakes fell out.Bending down to pick it up, there was a line of URL written in red ink on it.

Xing rushed home in a hurry, Franka had already left, she must have been extremely disappointed in Xing, the kitten chased the man and barked non-stop, as if to protest against the afternoon's neglect.Xing was so busy that he made dinner for the kitten according to the pet breeding manual, while he took out a bag of liquid food from the refrigerator.

"Meow~meow~"

As soon as he sat down in front of the computer, the cat climbed onto the table and lay motionless on the keyboard.Xing picked up the cat while sucking on his dinner (the packaging of the liquid food was similar to that of Sapporo jelly), moved it aside, and gave it a small medicine bottle to play with.Compared with the card, Xing slowly entered the website address. His fingering was very bad, and it took him a long time to type in the complete website address in the "One Finger Zen" mode.

Enter!

Page loading...

The man rubbed his hair uneasily, and his intuition told him that this mysterious URL definitely contained some key information, but the result was disappointing—this is the official website of the Alpha City History Museum, and everyone can easily log in without even needing access permissions .

"No, there must be some details I haven't discovered." He scrolled the mouse, looking for clues in a pile of dazzling headlines.At this time, a group of scrolling pictures caught his attention: special exhibition!The lost kingdom of cold weapons, knights and battle songs 3000 years ago.

The title was like fishing (people who specialize in fishing for stars), so he poked in, and there were photos of the exhibits and their introductions.Sliding down, sliding down, the mouse wheel suddenly stopped on a photo——

I saw a black-gold long|spear quietly placed in a glass cabinet, cushioned with soft white silk, and the sharp blade and long handle were both made of black crystal, blending into one.The frontmost blade is sharp and long, with two crescent-shaped wings on the left and right, like dragon claws with sharp hooks. At the same time, the end of the handle of the gun is also a sharp edge.

Although it is worn, the lettering on it can still be seen. The introduction at the bottom of the photo helped translate it:

"Cangyang Rinpochester Ashilila"

The note shows that "Cangyang Rinpoche" is written in barbarian language, which should be the name of the owner of the spear, while the following "Stel" and "Exillia" are written in ancient divine language (a A high-level language different from the ancient lingua franca, priests, priests and clergy need to master), meaning "star" and "chen" respectively.In ancient times, "star" and "chen" refer to different names, "star" refers to Venus, and "chen" refers to Beichen.

"As for why Manwen and ancient divine language appear on the same object, archaeologists have no way of knowing. Maybe the stars are a symbol, representing the good hope of the ancients." The last line reads.

Seeing this, the man in front of the screen stood up with a "crash", accidentally knocked over the mug in his hand, and the documents on the table fell to the ground.The kitten jumped into the distance in fright, peeping out its two eyes from the box, as if thinking about what happened to this person?Why is it so scary all of a sudden.

Xing took out his mobile phone, quickly pressed a number, the ring rang for a while, and the other end finally answered the phone.

"Hello? Xing? What do you want me to do?"

"Siswell, please, help me check something."

Siswell, who was cleaning the ancient ruins in the Scorched Earth City, was stunned, and put down the brush in his hand: "What is it? Are you in a hurry?"

"Gun, my gun, it's in the Alpha City History Museum, I'm going to find it."

"Huh? Gun? History museum?" She was a little confused: "When are you going to go?"

"Tomorrow morning."

...

When Cang Xing was 15 years old, he held up that pitch-black spear for the first time. People called it "Zhanfeng Gun".

There is a martial field surrounded by short wooden stakes in the snow-capped mountains. Xing's opponent is a shirtless man.Cang Xing had already defeated nine people before this, and according to their barbarian rules, the one who wins ten people will be the king. At the age of 15, the boy's body grew at the speed of tree roots, and he rushed out with an unstoppable force. People were afraid of him and his pair of dark eyes.

"what--!"

They fell on each other in the snow, and the teenager grabbed each other's arms like a fish, and he turned and killed him.The struggle of the barbarians is brutal and cruel, which is the law of survival in the bitter cold land.

No one knew how many wounds the young man suffered that day, but he didn't show a look of pain, but he staggered a little when he finally walked towards the spear stuck in the snow.

Cangxing pulled out the Zhanfeng gun, and people knelt at his feet. At that time, he stood on the top of a high mountain and saw the mountains and rivers rushing into the distance.