Although Hao Ren felt that this time of regression would be more relaxed and enjoyable than the previous ones, he also knew that there was no such thing as a truly easy and enjoyable journey in this distorted and dislocated time and space.There will always be all sorts of unexpected and unexpected troubles waiting for them.In the jungle of the Amazon, they once met Vivien who was wandering around the dense forest for the first time, but before she could speak, Vivien entered a state of rage before she fell asleep in front of them, almost causing the group to be wiped out.In the steppes of Mongolia, Vivian's mausoleum is in front of him, but out of nowhere, hundreds of demon hunters and a larger number of werewolf remnants suddenly appeared, and after being inexplicably involved in a scuffle, Hao Ren opened his shield and forcibly woke up Vivian with indiscriminate bombardment, almost losing half his life.And in ancient Rome, the last remnants of the mythological age, God knows what awaits them.After changing into a costume that matched the background of the times, Hao Ren and his entourage walked in the ancient Roman city more than 2,000 years ago, collecting intelligence while wandering.This famous ancient city gave Hao Ren a great sense of surprise - compared to the barbaric American tribal settlements and the decaying and dark European Middle Ages, the neatness and grandeur of Rome are like a miracle that happened in ancient times, and from a municipal point of view, it is even more beautiful and livable than the medieval European cities more than a thousand years later, at least here you don't smell the rotten stench that permeates the bones of the city.The tall houses along the road, the fine stone carvings everywhere, and the ornamental pillars that show the power of Rome all together form the prototype of a powerful kingdom that, although at this moment Rome was still a Roman republic and not an empire, already showed certain qualities that belonged to an empire, and these qualities were found in the grandeur of the city's architecture, and in the proud and confident faces of each and every inhabitant.Oh, proud Romans.Although Hao Ren was well aware that the productivity of human beings on the earth at this moment was far from comparable to that of later generations, he still spoke highly of the city."
So, history develops in a spiral, and it always goes back a little bit when it's inexplicable," Hethanna looked at the city where she was "born and raised", and her tone was quite emotional, "Even in the era of the Republic, the city of Rome had perfect urban planning, and the drainage system and pollutant treatment mechanism were managed by professional personnel, but these advanced things were finally smashed to pieces by the Germans from the wilderness, and the civilization was destroyed barbarically......
Until the fifteenth century, Paris in France was not even able to reproduce the sewer technology of the Roman era, tsk. ”It's clear that the little bat spirit has a lot of respect for the city: after all, it's his childhood hometown, and this affection is quite deep.Lily craned her neck and looked around, "Can we just run into Vivien when we wander around the city?"
”"No, but wandering around is the best way to do it so far," Hethanna glanced at Lily, "First of all, I can't remember what happened when I was a child, it was two thousand years ago, and now I can still get lost in the city of Rome, and secondly, I lived with Lord Vivien in the past, we said that we lived in the city of Rome, but in fact we wandered around a hundred miles around Rome, and I don't know where we would stay." ”Lily's eyes widened suddenly: "I'll go......
A hundred miles away?!
Then when are we blind cats stumbling into heads?
”"So we need to find clues," Hethanna said with a look on her face that she couldn't communicate with the stupid dog, "This is the tip of the tail of the mythological era, and the gods are not completely finished—so many of my activities with Vivien were very public at that time, and if you walk around the city a lot, you will definitely find movement." ”The tip of the tail of the mythical age – Hethanna's description of this historical period is quite apt.Hao Ren showed a thoughtful look: "Are the gods on Mount Olympus still there at this time?"
Hasselblad, tell me about this period, about the gods. ”Hasselblad still had that paralyzed face: "At this time, the age of mythology is coming to an end, and all the foreign 'gods' on this planet are going downhill, and the main reason is that the witchers continue to eat away at their 'kingdom', and the other reason is that the ruling order they themselves practice is not sustainable in itself.At this time, Odin on the Nordic side was still hurrying to send Valkyrie to collect the Heroic Warriors to prepare for Ragnarok, but the Zeus line on Mount Olympus was already retreating.If I'm not mistaken, before Caesar became active, Amtura the Elder Witcher led a holy army to break through the spatial barrier of Mount Olympus, our army and the defenders led by Ares fought fiercely at the foot of Mount Olympus for decades, and by the time of Caesar, I led a second warband to storm Apollo's position from the southern foot of Olympus, and fought all the way to the throne of Zeus - as you know, we destroyed the energy furnace and control center of Olympus, The scene of the collapse of the entire alien space is clearly visible even in the human world. ”Of course, Hao Ren knew about this earth-shattering event, and he also knew that when Mount Olympus fell, a group of krakens were on the surface of the sea, and those strange object collectors took advantage of the slag falling from Mount Olympus to pick up a lot of junks and go back, including the statue of Vivien......
"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 then.The change of emperors and social changes in a human kingdom is no different to us than a group of monkeys changing leaders. ”Hao Ren: "......"
Lily had been looking around curiously after hearing Hasselblad's words, when a sentence suddenly popped up: "So, maybe there was a battle with the witchers on Mount Olympus at this time?"
”Hasselblad nodded: "Not only is there a war, but even at this time, the 'I' in history may be on the battlefield." ”"But I really can't see it at all, the world of the gods is about to collapse, and the human society in Rome City is still not moving at all, you see there are still a group of monks walking and having fun!""
This is often the case, the wars that take place in the 'divine realm' are always far away for humans, because the aliens use superb technology or magic to open up all kinds of alien dimensions - they use this to show their strength and try to avoid living with 'inferior and ignorant' humans, but this ultimately protects the human world in the war of the gods, because the main battlefield is all in their alien dimensional 'divine realm'.Of course, the war of the gods still has an impact on human beings, and it is often at the end of the war that the alien 'kingdom of God collapses', and the fragments will fall into the world, leaving countless legends and stories, just like the Ragnarok in Northern Europe, which has been handed down in the form of myths and legends. ”Lily and Hasselblad were discussing the fight between the gods, but Hao Ren suddenly thought of something else.He suddenly realized that there was another way for him to find out what Vivien was doing at this moment."
The god of Olympus isn't dead yet, is he?"
Hasselblad glanced at Hao Ren: "It's hard to 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." ”"That's easy," Hao Ren slapped his face, "Let's find a temple!"
”Lily didn't react for a moment: "What are you looking for the temple?"
”"Ask those so-called 'gods' about the situation!"
There are definitely many temples and other buildings in the city of Rome.Although it is not a temple full of spectacles, as a country that is extremely inclusive and receptive, Rome has never refused to allow foreign religions to settle in - as long as they do not shake the foundations of the country and negate the values of the Romans themselves, then it is easy for a foreign religion to find a place in the city (of course, this requires a lot of money) and adherents, and this policy of openness has directly led to the flourishing of religious activities and church buildings in the city.And in the process of this religious syncretism, the ancient Greek gods, which originated in the Greek peninsula, became dominant.The most thriving heterogeneous family in the Middle Ages spread their influence throughout the Mediterranean, the Greek Peninsula, the Italian Peninsula, and the vast expanses surrounding them, where most of the gods were essentially Olympian gods – or their human avatars and variants.There is an inaccurate claim that the Roman gods were Greek gods - although this statement lacks professionalism and rigor in archaeology and mythology, in fact, there are shadows of Greek gods behind many of the gods worshiped in the city of Rome.As the greatest inheritor of ancient Greek civilization, the Romans almost packed most of the Greek gods into their own mythological system, and fused various gods together, even if the names and priesthoods of these "gods" changed, but in essence, the worship of their temples would eventually be sent to the same place - Mount Olympus.Hao Ren had learned from Vivien about the ancient way of the "gods" ruling the world, and they lived in the "kingdom of gods" isolated from people, but in order to accept the worship and show their majesty, they must leave a channel of communication with mortals, and this channel is the large and small temples that they have built at their behest.In addition to the small temples and religions of unknown origin, the large temples (or registered temples) had professional priests who were believed to have the power to "communicate with the gods", which was in fact the case.At least until the gods died, the human spokesmen they had chosen were capable of connecting with their masters.After getting lost for thirty minutes, Hao Ren found a place that seemed like a good fit: Apollo's temple.