"Where is the spaceship?" Hao Ren asked anxiously.
"I'm afraid it's hard to find." Ymir's eyes drooped, expressing his regret. "I didn't know what it was, but I thought it was the key to finding my memory and home. So I hid it at the bottom of a hot spring lake. Later, the lake and Yggdrasil connected and became the Fountain of Wisdom. My spaceship was gradually entangled by the roots of Yggdrasil. If I'm not mistaken, it gradually moved into the trunk of the World Tree."
Hao Ren knew what Ymir was going to say next.
"Yggdrasil has been blown up. The demon hunters blew it up with the remaining power of the goddess of creation," Hao Ren frowned. "But your spaceship itself is also a quasi-divine artifact. The aftermath of the explosion may not destroy it completely."
"So it is most likely still floating in the dimensional fragments of Svartalfheim or Jotunheim. If those dimensional fragments collapsed, it may have drifted to any corner of the universe. It's like looking for a needle in a haystack," Ymir said regretfully. "Yggdrasil was completely destroyed. The Nine Worlds are fragmented. I don't think you can find those dimensional fragments."
"The Nine Worlds …" Hao Ren immediately thought of various legends about Norse mythology. Two years ago, he was only interested in these mysterious and ancient stories. But now, he had been in contact with these things every day, and he had been listening to Vivian talking about the world thousands of years ago all day long. He had accumulated a lot of knowledge in this regard, whether he liked it or not. "It is said that Yggdrasil, the World Tree, runs through the entire universe and supports the Nine Worlds. But I know that the real universe is far larger than what is described in Norse mythology. So what is the structure of Yggdrasil?"
Hao Ren was not only interested in Norse mythology, but Greek and Egyptian mythology were also interesting to him. But from the later legends, Norse mythology was the only one that explicitly mentioned the Twilight of the Gods. The historical records of the demon hunters also mentioned that they launched the largest attack when they destroyed the gods Aesir and Vanir. Coupled with his relationship with Ymir, Hao Ren was now particularly curious about Yggdrasil.
"The World Tree … Of course, it can't connect the entire universe, but it does connect and support the Nine Worlds," Ymir said with a look of reminiscence. "There are nine different dimensions. Even in the ancient times, where all kinds of supernatural phenomena emerged one after another, such a structure of different dimensions was rare. Yggdrasil is an extremely ancient plant. It is called a tree, but I don't know what it is. I only know that its roots and branches travel through the gap of space and time, connecting the nine dimensions like a necklace. You can reach other dimensions by following the roots of the plant. After the gods Aesir and Vanir cleared the primitive creatures in the other dimensions, they built them into fortresses and built the Midgard Enclosed Laboratory in one of the dimensions closest to Earth to observe human social activities. The later versions of the Nine Worlds basically came from the survivors of Midgard. "
Hao Ren thought for a moment and recalled what he saw in the Netherrealm Clock Tower about the demon hunters' attack on the Norse gods. "The demon hunters directly attacked the connection of Yggdrasil. So they probably did not completely destroy the nine dimensions. They just blew up the connection of the nine dimensions and let them drift away from the coordinates of Earth."
"You want to find my spaceship?" Ymir naturally knew what Hao Ren was obsessed with. "Well, as I said, Svartalfheim or Jotunheim. If you can find these two dimensional fragments, there will be hope."
"This will be my target for the next period of time." Hao Ren got to his feet and added the newly acquired information to his schedule. "Now … Let's call it a day for space sightseeing. I hope you can come with us to Athens."
"Athens?" Ymir narrowed his eyes. "Well, I am also curious about what the descendants of the otherworldlings living in the sanctuary look like. I have stayed in the Netherrealm Clock Tower for too long. The last time I saw the outside world was during the explosion of Asgard. All these years, I can only learn about the changes outside from the books and conversations of the demon hunters. I think I should thank you. It is not a bad thing to leave that place. "
Hao Ren just smiled and didn't say anything.
After handing over the Petrachelys to the port staff, Hao Ren directly led his house of demons to the Athens sanctuary on Earth.
The impact of the chaos in Coldpath was not only limited to the demon hunters but also the entire supernatural society on Earth. While Hao Ren led the 100,000-strong demon king army to fight the Council of Elders, the otherworldling families in the sanctuaries on Earth were also experiencing their own turbulent times. The sudden disappearance of their natural enemy had not only brought them a sense of relief, but also made the patriarchs of the various clans tense up.
The cautious and vigilant Ancients, the wavering Middle Ages, and the restless new generation, who were ready to overthrow the existing order at any time, all kinds of contradictions had arisen among these people after the pressure of the demon hunters disappeared. What was even more disturbing was the friction and hostility between the various races. Although the truth of the demon hunters' upheaval was not clear, some reckless guys had begun to think about breaking out of the sanctuary and dividing their forces and territories. These hotheads were a huge threat to anyone who was not of their race.
As Hao Ren said, whether you admit it or not, and regardless of the cause, the demon hunters had in fact created a "peaceful situation" among the various supernatural races. They were the ultimate threat, the scourge that all otherworldlings had to face. They had forced the conflicting supernatural races together and kept them away from the human world. Once this external pressure disappeared, all kinds of monsters and demons would want to come out.
But they chose to come out in the 21st century, where human civilization had developed to this day, which was a big problem.
Hao Ren let Ymir stay in his Dimensional Pocket for the time being — he hoped that the giant would show up at a more appropriate time — while he went to Hesperides's antique shop with Vivian and the others.
The old shop, shrouded in the atmosphere of the past, had not changed much from the past. The small shop was still full of all kinds of strange old objects, almost all of which were covered with a thick layer of dust and dull. It seemed that no one had touched them at all. Hao Ren had every reason to believe that Hesperides's shop had not made a single sale since it opened. Although there were countless valuable "authentic" items in the shop, including the mask of the pharaoh, the crown on the head of the queen, the slate and papyrus of the ancient sages, each of which was not only authentic but also contained mythical power, Hesperides had never really sold these things. She just put these old antiques on the shelf and let herself be shrouded in this frozen time.
The nymph of the evening had always been indifferent, but every time Hao Ren saw her antique shop, he knew that she was no different from the other ancients who survived from the Mythological Era. She surrounded herself in a pile of old antiques, piecing together the glorious times of her memory with the debris of history, wiping the antiques and reminiscing the days of the past. Day by day, day by day.
When Hao Ren and his entourage walked into the antique shop, Hesperides was sitting behind the counter, holding a faded iron mask and wiping it over and over again as if she did not hear the sound of the guests coming in.
"The Shadowy Divide is completely closed." Vivian sat down in front of Hesperides and took the iron mask from her hand. "Is the situation in the sanctuary bad? Did you old guys really let a bunch of hotheads hold you hostage? "
Hesperides looked at Hao Ren and his entourage, twitched her mouth and said, "No, it's just too noisy inside. I came out to hide and get some peace and quiet. I closed the door to prevent some hotheads from coming out and causing trouble."
After a pause, she threw the rag in her hand aside and said, "So … I guess you guys have just come back from a terrible place? Have you figured out what happened to the demon hunters? "
Hao Ren and Vivian looked at each other. Hao Ren took the lead and said, "We went to the headquarters of the demon hunters. If nothing goes wrong, the hunt will be over."
* Crack *
A crisp sound was heard as a piece of the wooden counter was crushed by Hesperides.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
