85. Chapter 85, Holy Objects

Author: Bottle Fighter

Chapter 85, Holy Object

Ralph thought for a while, nodded and said: "Indeed, thinking about the sea monsters in the story of Sinbad, I feel that even riding on an aircraft carrier is not safe enough. In comparison, airplanes are much safer.

After all, there may be some dangers only during takeoff and landing. At other times, it is relatively safe. And as long as corresponding measures are taken, the safety of the airport is not impossible to guarantee. But on the sea... Just Lin, speaking of this,

I have another worry."

"What?" Lin Qiusheng asked.

"In the story of Sinbad, sailing is a very dangerous thing. If the sea monsters depicted in it really appear, it is not just the things in the story of Sinbad, but also the European monsters.

Legends, there are definitely many such things in American legends. I think there should be similar things in Eastern legends, right?" said Ralph.

"Yes, according to records in our ancient books, in the northern ocean, there is a fish called Kun. Its body is thousands of miles long; and it can also transform into a bird called Dapeng.

Its wingspan also reaches thousands of miles. Once it flies, its spread wings are like clouds covering the sky. In addition, there are others, such as the giant turtle that carries the earth..."

"Ah, this is also found in European legends. There is also the giant snake Jörmungandr, and... well, if these things really appeared, even if the legends are a lot exaggerated - just like what we encountered

The condor is far from as big as the legend of Sinbad, but even so, the entire world's navigation industry may be interrupted. Without the navigation industry, communication between America and Europe and the entire world can only rely on the aviation industry

But can we rely solely on aviation to carry more transportation capacity? The changes this will bring will collapse the entire world order we are familiar with. We must find ways to solve these problems, even if we have to use nuclear bombs!"

Lin Qiusheng just smiled, but did not answer. Whether it was Kunpeng or Jörmungandr, they were all typical ancient gods. At least now, it was not time for them to appear, but even if they were other than them

With those sea monsters, coupled with ghost ships such as the Flying Dutchman, it is not entirely impossible that the world's maritime industry will be severely damaged.

"No wonder the country is so concerned about reviving the Overland Silk Road." Lin Qiusheng couldn't help but think.

"I'm going to sell my shipping stocks immediately and exchange them for aviation stocks," said Ralph.

The two people waited here for another two hours before the car that came to pick them up arrived at the alternate airport. From here to Istanbul, it would take more than two hours, so by the time they arrived in Istanbul, it was already

It's afternoon.

The car entered the city and drove directly to the entrance of St. George's Church.

This is the church where the Ecumenical Patriarch, the theoretical supreme leader of the Orthodox Church, is now located. However, compared with the St. Sophia Cathedral where the Ecumenical Patriarch was when Byzantium was still there, St. George's Church is very inconspicuous.

, it is just an inconspicuous three-story building. It is neither a towering Gothic building in Western Europe nor a Byzantine building with a dome. If the car had not stopped here, Lin Qiusheng would have almost paid attention to it.

less than it.

The car stopped next to the church, and Ralph and Lin Qiusheng got out of the car together. The two of them walked towards the black door of the church.

"This is St. George's Church. Since 1586, this has been the theoretical core of the Orthodox Church. See that black door? That door is called the Gregorian Gate. In 1821, because the Ecumenical Patriarch at that time

Gregory V was unable to help Turkey control the Greek Revolution, so he was hanged on this gate by Sultan Mahmud II." While walking towards the church, Ralph introduced Lin Qiusheng.

"Isn't this place haunted?" Lin Qiusheng thought, but he almost immediately rejected this idea, because certain auras revealed in this church indicated that it was unlikely that ghosts and the like were doing anything here.

"But it's not impossible to get some heroic spirits out. If such a thing is really found, then it might be really troublesome for me, a pagan, to destroy their various records and even their sacred objects."

Lin Qiusheng couldn't help but think like this again.

The two people walked to the gate and saw a sign hanging on the gate, saying that the church would be temporarily closed for a month due to internal renovations.

But there was already a priest waiting there. He obviously knew Ralph, so he came up to him and said a few words to Ralph. Then he smiled at Lin Qiusheng and said something in Turkish.

What.

"Priest Klarman said hello to you. He said he was honored to meet a superhero," said Ralph.

"Please express my regards to him and His Majesty the Universal Patriarch on my behalf. I came to disturb them this time, and I hope they don't think I have brought them too much trouble." Lin Qiusheng also said.

Priest Karaman nodded and said in English: "The Patriarch is not here right now. He ordered that if you two come, I will receive you. You guys, please come with me."

The two of them followed Priest Karaman into the courtyard through a small door on the side, and then entered the church through a small door in the courtyard.

Unlike the inconspicuous appearance, the interior of the church is decorated with splendor and splendor. This is also one of the characteristics of Orthodox churches. Orthodox churches often do not look too inconspicuous on the outside, but they look different inside.

The afternoon sun shines through the stained glass and casts mottled light and shadow on the mosaic floor of the church.

Various Christian religious stories were painted on the pillars in the church and on the four walls of the church. When Lin Qiusheng passed by those icons, he faintly felt the fluctuation of some kind of power.

"Although they have not yet truly awakened, they have already had an almost instinctive reaction to the arrival of me, a heretic. Of course, the Lord of the Hosts is still far from being able to truly come, and even those who are about to blow the horn of his return to the world

The angels are far from coming, and the same is true for the saints in the painting. Their day has not yet come. At most, some of the heroic spirits of later martyrs may be able to take action. But now I

I am a guest invited by the Universal Patriarch. My actions have been approved by the Universal Patriarch. Unless they can get direct instructions from the Lord of Hosts, they can only watch. And at this time, the Lord of Hosts

There will be no oracle."

Priest Karaman led the two people through the main preaching hall, into the side hall next to it, and then led them through a corridor, which was a staircase.

The two people followed Klarman up the stairs, then passed through a corridor, and arrived in front of a door with a painting of Saint Peter.

"Here is the Hall of Relics. There are some holy relics stored in it. Some of them were originally stolen from Constantinople by the Crusaders and returned in the 1990s. You can follow me in and take a look.

Look." Klarman said.

He took out the key, opened the door of the Relics Hall, and walked in with Lin Qiusheng and Ralph.

Lin Qiusheng frowned as soon as he walked in. The power fluctuation he felt here was even worse than in the prayer hall below.

"Although I have long heard that 9.99 out of 10 Christian holy objects are fake, but this...is this too much?" Lin Qiusheng couldn't help but think.

Indeed, in this hall of sacred objects, there are almost no real sacred objects. This is because a large number of Christian sacred objects are originally fake, and they are also officially forged. For example, the true cross has been passed down in an orderly manner.

The fragments together are enough to build several true crosses. For example, the iron nails driven into Jesus' body were made into many other things. Together, these things are enough to make a life-size statue of Jesus.

Another reason is that Constantinople has experienced many wars, and the wars were accompanied by plunder and destruction. The conquest of the Ottoman Turks was nothing more. The Turks had no regard for these holy relics of the "People of the Book".

To commit intentional robbery.

The greatest catastrophe for the holy relics in Constantinople was actually the Fourth Crusade. In this crusade, the Crusaders captured and sacked Constantinople, including the

In those churches in Dimburg, Catholics are much stricter on heretics than Green Christians are on pagans with scriptures. In their view, how could those precious holy relics fall into the hands of these heretics?

So the Crusaders robbed almost everything they could, including the holy relics originally kept in Constantinople. Judging from the current situation, at the end of the last century, the holy relics returned by the Catholic side

Things are also very unreliable.

"But the murals below are really real after all." Lin Qiusheng listened as Priest Karaman introduced to himself the holy objects that had no energy fluctuations. Well, this one was turned upside down when St. Peter was martyred in Rome.

The iron nails used for crucifixion were the wine cups that had contained the poisoned wine given to St. John by the Roman Emperor Domiticus. (St. John was the only apostle to die alive. Legend has it that Domitic gave him the poisoned wine, but the poison in the wine turned out to be poisonous.

It turned into a snake and crawled out of the cup.) And this, from back then...

"Fake, fake, fake, fake, fake again... There is no real thing here. The more advanced it is and the more serious it is, the more fake it is... The Orthodox Church

What the hell are you doing!" Lin Qiusheng complained in his heart while listening to Priest Karaman's explanation with a smile on his face, nodding frequently.

Soon, the entire hall of sacred objects was visited, and Lin Qiusheng did not find a single sacred object that might be real. They went out through another door and headed towards the library. To be honest, after seeing the entire pathetic hall

After the Hall of Sacred Relics, Lin Qiusheng's expectations for this library had plummeted.

When he reached a corner, Lin Qiusheng suddenly stopped. There was a dagger without any description hanging on the wall next to him.

"What is this?" Lin Qiusheng narrowed his eyes and asked - this inconspicuous dagger made him feel like the hairs on his body were standing on end.
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