After the old priest left, Hao Ren nodded to Lily and the others, and then took out a signal amplification device from his personal space, and placed the badge on the receiving end of the amplification device: in this way, the encrypted signal from Olympus could be broadcast directly, and he could even use the limited communication bandwidth of the badge to sense the situation on Mount Olympus a little.The first few calls went unanswered.Lily's ears moved, "Isn't Apollo home?"
”Heathera thought for a moment: "Maybe the phone will be charged." ”Hao Ren: "......
Don't make a fuss. ”Since regular calls didn't work, Hao Ren had no choice but to turn on the cheat mode: he simply cracked the functional limitations of the badge, simply used it as a signal transmission device, and then began to listen for movements on the other end of the communication channel.At first, there was only a meaningless interference clutter from the signal amplifier, but as Hao Ren continued to fine-tune the frequency of the device, there seemed to be other faint sounds in the clutter, and slowly some voices and whistling sounds came from the equipment.Hao Ren was encouraged, and strengthened the filtering and amplification of the signal again according to the direction of the previous fine-tuning, and finally, a clear shout suddenly sounded: "......
Yes!
I'm bleeding all over the ground!
”And then there was no movement.The room was silent for a moment, and the four of them looked at each other in embarrassment, and the most embarrassed of them all was obviously Hasselblad, though there was no expression on his paralyzed face.Lily squinted at the old hunter, "What's going on?"
”"......'
I' seem like I just killed Apollo," Hasselblad said in a strange tone, "Well, at least now we can confirm the battle on Mount Olympus - the historical 'I' has led troops to break through the Olympus rear defenses, and the entire Olympian god system is almost finished." ”Hao Ren finally couldn't help but jump: "What do you say you were so active back then?"
When is it not okay to steal the house, you are in a hurry to get on at this time!
”Hasselblad was particularly innocent: "......
Wasn't that my duty back then, and I didn't know that more than 2,000 years ago, I would one day use those people who had been used as 'prey' by witchers. ”"Landlord, shall we go to another temple and ask for someone?"
Lily tugged at Hao Ren's sleeve, "Anyway, the people on Mount Olympus haven't died at this time, there are always people who listen to the phone......"
"Inquire about yarn," Hao Ren sighed, "Hasselblad led the troops to break through the Olympus back door defense line, which means that the stalemate phase of the Greek God War has ended, and at this time, Mount Olympus has been beaten into a pot of porridge, do you think those Greek gods can be so lenient that they can still pay attention to the signals from the human world at this juncture?"
They were dying. ”Heathera pouted: "Tsk, it's really unreliable to rely on others, so we still have to find it ourselves." ”Hao Ren didn't say anything, but he felt regretful in his heart.In fact, it stands to reason that after coming to the territory of the gods in the mythological era, it is the best way to find the local 'gods' to inquire about Vivian's whereabouts, whether it is with Vivian or by Vivian, at least they have been paying attention to the movements of the amazing countess, for Hao Ren, who has no clue where to go, those "gods" are the best source of information, and the same is true of the advice given to him by Raven 12345 long before departure.It's just that there is a good saying, the plan can't catch up with the changes - who knew that the backtracking node around the first year of the Common Era would be stuck at such a juncture, this is the moment when Mount Olympus was pierced by the witchers, even if they were still paying attention to Vivien's movements when the Olympus family was in a stalemate with the witchers in the past few decades and the situation was getting worse and worse, but at this moment they really couldn't count on it.Hao Ren and his entourage rushed to the death at a good time, and when they came in, they heard the angry words of the sun god Apollo, "I am bleeding all over the ground......
After coming out of the room, Hao Ren saw the old priest with a nervous look on his face at first glance, the old man seemed to have been waiting here for a long time, and when he saw several "gods" appearing, he immediately walked over in small steps: "Powerful gods, have you got the answer you want?"
Did the great sun god also give me an edict?
”Hao Ren was embarrassed to tell the other party that the sun god he worshipped had just hung up, so he just said casually: "We finished asking, but Apollo didn't give you a word, the Kingdom of God has been busy recently, and I probably don't have time to take care of the world for a while." ”The old priest bowed his head in awe: "The gods must be busy putting order in order between heaven and earth. ”Hao Ren sighed, and said in his heart that he was sorting out the order, and the whole clan was busy being wiped out.Lily glanced at the old man in the priest's robe, and from the wrinkles on the other party's face that could not be smoothed, it was not difficult to see how dazed the old man who had lost his "divine favor" for decades was, although the alien gods were never good, but for the priests who devoted their lives to worshipping the gods, the activities around the gods were all their lives.Lily thought about the angry "I'm bleeding all over the ground" before, and finally couldn't help but speak: "What, old man, have you considered changing careers?"
”The old priest didn't understand at once: "Huh?
”"It's nothing, she's joking," Hao Ren hurriedly waved his hand, dragging Lily and walking out, "Then we won't bother, you can go about your business—remember what happened here today and don't tell anyone." ”As he walked through the front of the temple, Hao Ren glanced back at the majestic sculpture of Apollona, the sun god.Ordinary humans could not observe it, but Hao Ren could tell that the layer of "spiritual light" that shrouded the idol was gradually dissipating, and the stone statue that once housed a trace of Apollo's power was rapidly decaying, turning back into a stone that was indistinguishable from the surrounding masonry."
Landlord, why didn't you let me continue just now?"
After leaving the temple, Lily finally couldn't hold back her words, "Those false gods are all dead, why don't these priests and monks change careers quickly?"
”Hao Ren glanced at this dog girl, who was sometimes extraordinarily shrewd, but sometimes extraordinarily brainless: "It is precisely because the gods have disappeared one after another that the priestly class has ushered in the last wave of glory in history—for themselves, this may also be the first real glory." ”Lily didn't think, "Why?"
”"Because no one cares about it, you can talk nonsense, you can take what should have been attributed to the master as your own," Heatherian shrugged, "When the 'gods' were there, no matter how high the priestly class was, it was the tools and slaves of the alien gods, and Laocondo, a good person in Troy, was killed by the gods for saying the wrong word—but the death of the gods was different, and the end of the mythical age was great news for the human priests.
Before the truth of the fall of the gods was revealed, they could have been deceived for more than 1,800 years. ”Lily scratched her hair, "Oh, that sounds so reasonable. ”"Are you really unexpected, or are you too lazy to think about it," Hao Ren complained, "Have you eaten all the skills of Peking University four times after graduating from Peking University?"
”Lily crossed her waist and was straightforward: "Nonsense, follow you guys who are idle and just thinking nonsense, why do I have to use my brains?"
”Hao Ren: "......"
The husky girl really admitted this for the first time......
"Hao Ren, what are you going to do next?"
”Hasselblad also couldn't do anything about Lily, the theoretical former generation of the witcher, so he directly changed the topic to avoid embarrassment, "It's not a good idea for us to search for Vivien's whereabouts all over Rome aimlessly, especially since Hethiana can't provide any useful information. ”Hao Ren pinched his eyebrows with his fingers, in fact, he had even thought of going to Mount Olympus to inquire about the situation before, not only to inquire about Vivien's whereabouts, but also to find Hesperius in this era - the "goddess of dusk" was undoubtedly a great help for him to continue to advance towards the age of mythology.But the information gathered in the temple of Apollo discouraged this idea: the witchers had broken through the last line of defense of Olympus, and they had only fought Zeus's army at the foot of Mount Olympus for decades, but at this moment the battle had entered the final and most frantic harvesting stage, and Zeus's "divine court" was full of red-eyed witchers and ancient Greek "gods", and it was no longer a place for adventure.He was confident in his own strength, but he was not reckless, and it was not a good thing to get involved in the war between the Witcher Legion and the Greek gods without being able to call on Nolan or seek other outside help - the reorganized Holy Cult Army was not the hunting group of 1400!
Although there should also be a Hasselblad leader on Mount Olympus at this moment, it would be a miracle to let this Hasselblad next to him drop the bag in the past, but it was surrounded by thousands of troops, and the risk of wanting to go sideways was still too great, at least not proportional to the reward.Hao Ren weighed it in his heart, but suddenly a noise from the street interrupted his thinking.I saw that countless citizens were pouring into the streets, and Roman soldiers in gorgeous armor and cloaks were also running along the streets, and there were cheers from afar, which sounded like some big man had appeared, and was welcomed by the people.In the midst of the crowd, Hao Ren heard a name: "Caesar!
Great Gaius Julius Caesar!
”At the end of the long street, an ornate carriage decorated with garlands and gold leaves appeared, covered with a thick red carpet and surrounded by a circle of depictions of the gods, but without a roof, so that the leaders seated in the carriage could stand up and accept the worship of all the peoples.Gaius Julius Caesar, the famous Roman ruler, stood in the carriage surrounded by four fully armed and loyal guards, and he himself was dressed in ornamental and ornate armor, waving to the tsunami cheers of the mountains and tsunamis around him.Hao Ren saw this scene.He suddenly realized that it was not only the gods of Mount Olympus who were dealing with Vivien in this era, but also the Caesar in front of him, who was said to have been kicked into the moat by Vivian.