Author: Moon into the Cold Abyss

After an unknown amount of time, Zhou Ming stood up with his knees propped up and picked up the walking stick on the ground. The moment the lightning on the walking stick came into contact with his skin, it flowed to his right arm, and the electric current seemed to penetrate into it like some kind of energy.

This is a relic specially left by Ping Xingyue to the victor, the weapon of Zeus - thunder.

Zhou Ming walked forward and slowly opened the stone door in the middle hall that led deeper. Amidst the heavy roar of the stone, the huge door slowly opened. What was displayed in front of Zhou Ming was not a magnificent palace, but a

It was the same ruins as before, except that the internal ruins were filled with bones.

Zhou Ming didn't think it was meaningless for Ping Xingyue to stay in the middle hall as the gatekeeper.

She slaughtered the magicians who arrived here to achieve a more important and necessary purpose, but what exactly was it?

Are there gods in the depths of Asgard?

Zhou Ming stepped on the steps paved with skeletons and walked step by step towards the higher ruins. There was a rumble of thunder in the high and distant sky, and a strong wind with a fishy and burnt smell rose from the ground.

Zhou Ming braved the fishy wind and climbed to the highest point of the ruins. He looked down from above and saw that in front of this vast and boundless ruins, the central part had sunk into a huge flat land because the building debris there had been crushed.

It turns into finer gravel, the space at the bottom is fully filled, and the height is lower than the surroundings. From a distance, it looks like a basin.

And in the center of the basin, sitting on a huge wooden pile, was a man, an old man with a short white beard.

He put his hands on his knees, half-bent, like an ordinary person who was tired and taking a rest, staying there quietly.

But Zhou Ming felt an indescribable pressure from the other party.

"Kick-kick--!!" The sound of the stone door closing came from far behind him. Zhou Ming looked back and saw that with a heavy roar, the passage just now had been completely closed.

Zhou Ming took a deep breath and slowly walked down from the top of the towering ruins towards the deepest part of the central basin. Although the old man sitting on the tree stump did not look at him, Zhou Ming could feel the eyes following him all the time.

When he got closer, he discovered that the floor was covered with bone fragments.

“*()…&…&*%…&?”

The old man raised his head, opened his mouth and spoke a string of words to Zhou Ming that he did not understand at all.

Then he stood up from the tree stump and spoke several completely unfamiliar languages ​​before finally switching to English and then to Chinese.

Now Zhou Ming could understand.

"Did you kill that woman outside? Well done."

At this moment, Zhou Ming could fully see the old man's appearance. He had one eye and his muscular upper body was naked, but there were still very serious burn marks on his body. Some places had just blistered, while others were burnt to coke and were still burnt.

There are sparks that have not been extinguished, like the embers remaining after a wildly burning flame.

Judging from the shape of the burns, it looked like they had been scratched by some extremely high-temperature sharp object, and some of them had obvious penetrating wounds—it was a fire-point gun!

These burns that have not healed after countless years were left by Nezha.

Zhou Ming and the old man looked at each other, and the other man stared at him without saying a word with his only eye. This face was full of exhaustion, pain, majesty, and arrogance. It was not as majestic and sacred as in the myth, making it difficult for people to understand.

He is associated with the god-king Odin in Norse legend.

Is it because of Ragnarok? Odin should have died in Ragnarok at the end of the myth.

"You and that woman are from the same era. Science... Do humans still believe in science today? Haha, it's much better than Jiang Ziya, but it's probably useless in the end." Odin is like an ordinary person.

shrugged.

Zhou Ming stared at the other party warily.

What is he saying?

Why are you saying this? What’s the purpose? Why don’t you start fighting right away?

"Young man, sit down and let's have a good chat. If you know about Nordic mythology, you should know that I am a kind old man with extraordinary bearing and elder style. You will also know that I have a very powerful eye that can see through

Everything! And I drank from the fountain of wisdom.”

Odin nodded his one eye and said with a smile.

Zhou Ming was a little confused and thought to himself, what is this? Did Odin just make a joke?

The current atmosphere always feels like something is wrong.

"Do you know Nezha? Where is Lei Zhenzi?" Odin suddenly asked.

"Were they all killed by you?" Zhou Ming asked.

"Well, Jiang Ziya asked them to lobby me and let me enter the list of gods, but I refused. The two children wanted to kill me, but after leaving the land of Dazhou, their power also weakened, and they finally died in

I have come here, but I have to say that the legends of the new generation are really strong, just like that smart woman." Odin said with a bitter smile.

A lie? It doesn't sound like it.

But the other party is a god who drank from the fountain of wisdom, the king of an entire mythological system. The other party is definitely not as simple as he seems on the surface, but what is his intention?

Odin also mentioned the list of gods. Zhou Ming remembered that it was in the ancient novel "The Romance of the Gods", which was jointly drawn up and discussed by the heads of the three religions. Jiang Ziya was in charge of the list of gods, which was used to divide the 365 righteous gods in the eight divisions of heaven.

Zhou Ming roughly remembers the role of the Conferred Gods List in the story. In the novel, many people are unwilling to be on the Conferred Gods List.

In layman's terms, being on the list of gods means becoming a wage earner of God Haotian and having to work. However, those who are very capable can live freely, so they are very unwilling to succumb to others.

Of course, this is not the only role of the Conferred Gods List. Some information that can be confirmed is that there is a whip that is paired with the Conferred Gods List. People who have entered the Conferred Gods List are very afraid of the whip.

But myths are myths, and Nezha and Lei Zhenzi have died in Asgard, which proves that the so-called "conferred gods" are not just stories compiled by ancient people. They may have their prototypes, and those 365 official

Gods may be three hundred and sixty-five extremely powerful conjurers.

If you look at it from this perspective, is the role of the God List... to restrain the magicians who have too much power?

Jiang Ziya even asked Nezha and Lei Zhenzi to come to Asgard in an attempt to get Odin into the list of gods, but it obviously failed, and Nezha and Lei Zhenzi died here, and Odin also suffered heavy injuries from the two of them, with residual injuries.

to date.

"Why did Jiang Ziya want you to enter the list of gods?" Zhou Ming couldn't help but ask.

Odin is an enemy that needs to be vigilant, but when it comes to exploring ancient secrets, only a weirdo like Odin who has existed for countless years can know the truth of the past. If we don't ask clearly about some things now, I'm afraid we will never have the chance again.

"You want to know?" Odin smiled, "This is not something that everyone can know. If you really want to know, use the thunder you carry in exchange."
Chapter completed!