Chapter 1471 The End of the Age of Mythology

Although Hao Ren felt that this time back would be more relaxed and enjoyable than the previous ones, he also knew that there was no truly relaxing and enjoyable journey in this twisted and dislocated time and space.

There are always various expected or unexpected troubles waiting for them.

In the Amazon jungle, they immediately met Vivian who was wandering in the jungle. However, before they could speak, Vivian entered a violent state before falling asleep in front of them, which almost led to the destruction of the group.

On the Mongolian prairie, Vivian's mausoleum was right in front of her, but hundreds of demon hunters and an even larger number of werewolf survivors suddenly appeared out of nowhere. After being inexplicably involved in a melee, Hao Ren was driving. The shield withstood the indiscriminate bombardment and forcefully awakened Vivian, almost losing half her life.

And in ancient Rome, which was living in the last shadow of the mythical age, God knew what was waiting for them.

After putting on clothes that fit the era, Hao Ren and his party walked in the ancient Roman city of more than two thousand years ago, wandering around while collecting information.

This prestigious ancient city gave Hao Ren a great sense of surprise - compared to the barbaric tribal settlements in America and the decaying and dark European Middle Ages, the neatness and grandeur of the Roman city were like a miracle that happened in ancient times. From a municipal perspective alone, it is even more beautiful and livable than medieval European cities more than a thousand years later. At least here you can't smell the rotten smell that permeates the bones of the city. The tall houses on the roadside, the exquisite stone carvings everywhere, and the decorative pillars that show the power of Rome, these things combine to form the prototype of a powerful country - although Rome at this moment is only a Roman Republic and not an empire, but It has demonstrated certain characteristics of the empire. These characteristics are in the grandeur of the city's architecture and in the faces of every resident that are filled with pride and confidence.

Oh, proud Romans.

Although Hao Ren knew very well that the productivity of humans on earth at this moment was far from being comparable to that of future generations, he still spoke highly of this city.

"So, history develops in a spiral, and it will always go back a little bit at inexplicable times," Hesiana looked at the city where she was "born and raised" with emotion in her tone, "Even if During the Republic era, the city of Rome also had complete urban planning. The drainage system and pollutant treatment mechanism were managed by professional personnel. However, these advanced things were eventually smashed to pieces by the Germans from the barbaric land. Barbarism destroys civilization... Until the fifteenth century, Paris, France, could not even reproduce the sewer technology of the Roman era, tsk tsk."

It's obvious that the little bat spirit has great respect for this city: it is his childhood hometown after all, and this feeling is quite deep.

Lily stretched her neck and looked around: "Can we run into Vivian from back then when we wander around the city?"

"No, but wandering around is the most effective way so far," Hesiana glanced at Lily, "First of all, I can't remember what happened when I was a child. That was two thousand years ago, and it's the same thing now in Rome. You will get lost. Secondly, Lady Vivian and I had no fixed place back then. We said we were living in the city of Rome, but in fact we were wandering around within a radius of a hundred miles with Rome as the center. Where to stay?"

Lily's eyes widened immediately: "I'll go...a hundred miles away?! Then when will our blind cat's collision end?"

"So we need to look for clues," Hesiana said with an expression that said she couldn't communicate with this stupid dog. "This is the tip of the tail of the mythical age, and the gods are not completely finished yet - so at that time Wei and I Many of Lady Wei An’s activities are very public, and as long as you walk around the city more, you will definitely find some movement."

The tip of the tail of the mythical age - Hesiana's description of this historical period is quite apt.

Hao Ren looked thoughtful: "Are the gods on Mount Olympus still there at this time? Hasselblad, tell me about the situation during this period, about the 'gods'."

Hasselblad still had that paralyzed face: "At this time, the age of mythology is coming to an end. All the foreign 'gods' on this planet are in decline, and the demon hunters continue to encroach on their 'kingdom of gods'. ' is the main reason, and the other reason is that the ruling order they implement itself is not sustainable. At this time, Odin in Northern Europe is still seizing the time to send Valkyrie to collect heroic warriors to prepare for Ragnarok. , but the line of Zeus on Mount Olympus has been retreating. If I remember correctly, before Caesar became active, the demon hunter elder Amtura led a holy army to attack Olympus. Our army and the defenders led by Ares fought fiercely at the foot of Mount Olympus for decades. During the Caesar period, I led a second battle group to attack Apollo from the southern foot of Olympus. Luo's position, and fought all the way to the throne of Zeus - you will know what happened next. We destroyed the energy furnace and control center of Olympus, and the scene when the entire alien space collapsed was clear even in the human world. visible."

Of course Hao Ren knew about this last earth-shattering event. He also knew that when Mount Olympus fell, a group of sea monsters followed it on the sea surface, and that group of enthusiasts who collected strange items took advantage of Mount Olympus to fall down. I picked up a lot of junk when I was dumping it, including Vivian's statue...

"When did that happen?" Hao Ren glanced at Hasselblad, "Is Rome a republic or an empire? Was Caesar assassinated?"

"Then I don't know," Hasselblad shrugged. "We don't care about the human world, at least at that time. The replacement of emperors and social changes in a human country is like changing the leader of a group of monkeys to us. There’s no difference.”

Hao Ren: "..."

After hearing Hasselblad's words, Lily had been looking around curiously, and then suddenly said: "So, there might be a war with the demon hunters on Mount Olympus at this time?"

Hasselblad nodded: "Not only are we fighting, but the 'I' in history may also be on the battlefield at this time."

"You really can't tell at all. The world of the gods is about to collapse. There is still no movement in the human society in Rome. Look, there are still a bunch of monks walking around and enjoying themselves!"

"This is true in many cases. Wars that take place in the 'God Realm' are always far away from humans, because aliens use superb technology or magic to open up various alien spaces - they use this to show themselves He was strong and tried his best to avoid living with "inferior and ignorant" humans, but this ultimately protected the human world in the war of gods, because the main battlefields were all in their other-space "god realms". Of course, The war of gods still has an impact on human beings. It is often at the end of the war that the alien 'kingdom of gods collapses', and the fragments will fall into the world, leaving countless legends and stories, just like the Twilight of the Gods in Northern Europe. Wouldn’t it be passed down in the form of myths and legends?”

While Lily and Hasselblad were discussing the fight between gods, Hao Ren suddenly thought of something else in his mind.

He suddenly realized that he could have other ways to understand Vivian's movements at this moment.

"Not all the gods of Olympus are dead at this time, right?"

Hasselblad glanced at Hao Ren: "I can't say, but judging from the current atmosphere in the city, humans have not yet witnessed the collapse of Olympus, and the gods of Olympus should not be completely finished yet."

"That's easy," Hao Ren clapped his hands, "Let's find a temple!"

Lily didn't react for a moment: "Why are you looking for a temple?"

“Let’s ask those so-called ‘gods’ about the situation!”

There are definitely many buildings such as temples in the city of Rome.

Although it cannot be called a grand scene of temples everywhere, as a very tolerant and accepting country, Rome has never refused the entry of foreign religions - as long as they do not shake the foundation of the country and deny the Romans If it has its own values, then a foreign religion can easily find a place in this city (of course, this requires paying a lot of money) and recruit believers. This open policy directly leads to the decline of religion in Rome. A situation of flourishing activities and numerous church buildings.

In the process of this religious fusion, the ancient Greek gods originating from the Greek Peninsula became dominant. This heterogeneous family, which was the most prosperous in the Middle Ages, spread their influence to the entire Mediterranean region, the ancient Greek peninsula, the ancient Italian peninsula, and the vast areas surrounding them. In fact, more than half of the many gods standing there are actually Olympians. The gods of Sri Lanka - or their human incarnations and variations.

There is an inaccurate saying that the Roman gods are the Greek gods. Although this statement lacks professionalism and rigor in archeology and mythology, in fact, there is indeed a source behind the many gods worshiped in the city of Rome. From the shadow of a Greek god. As the greatest inheritors of ancient Greek civilization, the Romans packed up almost half of the Greek gods and moved them into their own mythological system, and integrated the various gods together. Even though the names of these "gods", The priesthoods changed, but essentially the offerings from their temples ended up in the same place - Mount Olympus.

Hao Ren once learned from Vivian about the way the ancient "gods" ruled the world. They lived in the "god kingdom" that was isolated from humans, but in order to accept offerings and show their majesty, they must leave one behind who is not like mortals. Channels of communication, this channel is the large and small temples established under their instruction. In addition to those small temples and small religions of unknown origin, large temples (or registered temples) will have professional priests. These people are considered to have the power to "communicate with gods", but in fact And indeed it is.

At least before the gods died, the human spokesmen they chose were able to contact their masters.

After being lost for thirty minutes, Hao Ren found a place that seemed like a suitable place: the temple of Apollo.