Chapter 12 The sauced backbone is particularly fragrant when grilled
The original meaning of Mimir [mimir/mim] refers to the wise man in Norse mythology, a wise giant famous for his knowledge.
The story of Mimir is recorded in two poems in the Edda.
This giant is the master of the Fountain of Wisdom and guides Odin, the God of the Gods, to learn magic.
Like runes [runes], it is the divine power that Odin finally gained back by following the guidance of the giant Mimir at the cost of one eye.
Regarding the major theme of Nordic mythology, the Icelandic epic "Edda" and the Germanic epic "Nibelungenlied" are relatively intact in modern society. There are countless cultural products derived from such myths - such as after the 1990s
For those who are born, the magical "Dragon" is their window to understand Nordic mythology.
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About the hot spring market in the 18th arrondissement.
——This place is named after the wise giant Mimir, which implies that it is a fountain of wisdom that gives passengers wisdom and introspection.
In myths and legends, the Fountain of Wisdom [mimibrunnr] is located in Jotunheim of the World Tree and is the second root of the tree.
Jotunheim is the home of mountain giants and frost giants. It is full of rocks, cliffs, and wild forests.
After the great god Odin drank from the Fountain of Wisdom, he gained amazing knowledge, but the burden of knowledge made him lose his smile.
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The train bound for the abyss rushes toward 64 degrees north latitude.
Jiang Xueming managed to cheer up, leaned on Bu Liuxing's arm, and stared at the passenger logbook.
Most of the information about Mimir Hot Spring Market can be found on the new page of the log.
It's just that Xueming's stage of transformation is not suitable for reading, or in other words, he is not suitable for any complex thinking and learning. His brain state has almost returned to that of a child. A few simple quadratic equations can make him fall asleep.
Ah Xing patiently read the contents of the diary loudly, as if reading a bedtime story to Brother Ming, so that Brother Ming could cheer up and remember these things more clearly.
"The first official destination of the Abyss Railway Administration is Mimir Hot Springs - a large mineral deposit that passes through the Golden Township. The rugged prehistoric mines and traces of human excavation show that these tunnels stretching for thousands of kilometers,
It’s the title page of another myth.”
"Starting from the Nine Realms, using this golden land as a fulcrum, the Beast of Mingde built three railway networks at different altitudes to Reykjavik on the Atlantic Ocean."
"Among them, the place with the highest altitude and closest to Jiujie Station is Mimir Hot Spring Market. Bo called it the official destination and built a second station hundreds of kilometers away in Reykjavik -
—Hugemountain. The reason why this name is used is because after that, bo reached a mutually beneficial construction agreement with the mountain giants through the introduction of the mountain demon. These huge humanoid creatures were willing to build stations for bo.
facility, and later the frostfire giants from the two major clans also joined in."
"You can see a more complete and detailed version of these stories in the big library. The diary contains instructions about the Mimir Hot Spring Market. There is also a long, long paragraph. Brother Ming... can you hold on?"
Bu Liuxing waved his broad palm in front of Xueming's eyes.
Xueming looked at the endless darkness outside the car window, suppressed his sleepiness, cheered up, and said slowly: "I can still listen for a while, please tell me more about this hot spring market. If I want to make money, I have to do as the Romans do.
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"Okay." Bu Liuxing turned to the next page and gave a detailed explanation of the historical significance of the hot spring market itself and its personnel composition.
"When the Mingde monster arrived at Mimir Hot Spring, it was still an uninhabited ancient ruins with only a geyser spewing dirty water with a sulfur smell from time to time. After years of development and transformation, it has transformed from a human settlement to a town.
into a city.”
"Although there was nothing when I first arrived here, the runes at the ancient ruins, the wandering mountain monsters, and the offspring of hybrids between mountain monsters and wild beasts—all of this kept Bo's curiosity strong.
Humans and spiritual disaster monsters rely on geyser water to survive together, watch out for each other and cooperate for a win-win situation."
"After [DATA EXPUNGED], the disaster beasts here gradually disappeared in the wilderness, and the springs dried up. There was no such happy situation as the golden age mythical creatures and humans. Only different Scandinavian people were left to select precious prey here.
Conduct trials, compete, and ultimately transform."
"Today, it has become a landmark city in the 18th District. The urban resident population reaches 1.4 million, and the floating population is 810,000 every year. The Red Stone School is the mainstay. The name of the Senate is [Stonemasons]
, the main financial revenue is the metallurgical industry, mining, catering industry, tourism, and... entertainment industry and gambling industry."
"Area 18 is a resource-based area relatively close to surface civilization. It is located at the Mohorovich discontinuity of the earth's crust and mantle - rich in electrolyte resources and rare earths, and the strong geomagnetic environment allows it to breed many wonderful creatures.
, a splendid civilization. We can still see the remains and fossils of many disaster beasts in the Mimir Hot Spring Market, as well as statues and paintings related to them. But if you want to see the whole picture, I'm afraid you have to go deeper into the wilderness."
"This city has a lot of food, wine and poaching by-products. Even though there are many disaster beasts on the station's protected animal list - most of the people who like red rocks are carnivores. This kind of poaching has been banned repeatedly. To this day, in Mimir
In the dark corners of the hot spring market, you can still see rare and expensive dishes."
"These disaster beasts have different shapes. They were once enemies of the station's pioneering team. Their origins are strange and bizarre. The origin of many monsters' bloodline is related to trolls and giants. But you don't have to worry, Homo sapiens is still the top predator in nature.
——Before you arrive at Mimir Hot Spring Market, 90% of the large animals in the local natural ecosystem have been eaten to extinction."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "About the geyser, before [DATA EXPUNGED] years ago, it was like a small gift brought by the Mohorovich Discontinuity. People drank the spring water,
After acquiring transcendental knowledge, the spiritual essence sublimated and mutated in a very short period of time, and we now have tens of thousands of strange people, who have survived the most difficult pioneering era."
"It may be the divine power brought by the abundant eclogite rocks in the discontinuous surface of Mohorovich. Ling Weng once said bluntly that if the Mimir Hot Spring drops nectar again, it will be the most vicious curse and the most beautiful blessing."
"All in all, this city is currently in the hands of the Red Stone People. They are passionate and brave, and have a strong martial spirit. After many generations, they are still a group of happy and simple hunters. Two meetings will be organized in January at the end of the year and in mid-July.
The second large-scale hunting festival is called the [Dionysus Festival] - they like to capture various disaster beasts and the station’s protected animals for cooking, and they can use various magical spices and wine to stimulate the five senses and complete the transformation of the three elements.”
"If you have excellent cooking skills and are a cheerful and lively person, bo highly recommends you to visit this place. You don't have to remember anyone's name or take any precautions - on the second branch of the World Tree, there are people everywhere.
It’s wine and flowers.”
Bu Meteor closes the diary.
There is still a lot of content that has not been finished, but Brother Ming has already fallen asleep.
Just the description in the book gave Ah Xing a strong sense of expectation.
He thought about it carefully, is there really such a place where people can completely let down their guard and make friends without the need for names, drink together, enjoy flowers together, bleed and hunt together, and cook and eat together?
Xueming was half asleep. She raised her hand and patted Ah Xing's face, asking him to wake up.
"That's so nice to say..."
"I feel like they are just a bunch of idiots..."
"No wonder Ling Weng said that if the Fountain of Wisdom gushes out again, it will be both a curse and a blessing - at least for the Red Stone people, everyone is currently at the same level of intelligence, so they don't have to be wary of this place all day long and live a miserable life."
"Hehe!" Meteor immediately became excited: "Isn't this what you said, Brother Ming! We want to become sad-faced adults! It's still early!"
Xueming corrected him: "This is what Brother Ye Bei told me...I..."
He suddenly froze——
——There are many things on my mind.
Is there a possibility, that is, is there a possibility that Brother Ye Bei has come to the underground world to adventure a long time ago, otherwise how can we explain the stick...
And Mr. Chen is also considered a member of [Anonymous Doe].
Xueming's brain had difficulty functioning, and it was difficult to think about these complicated things. He only felt that there was a pair of invisible warm hands taking him into a deep, dark state of sleep.
"Axing...you go..."
"VIP compartment, take a look...be careful, ask around on the way...if you have something to say..."
After saying this, Xueming lost consciousness.
"Ask the flight attendant to help you..."
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Meteor took off his spiritual clothes and covered Xueming. After hearing Brother Ming's instructions, he immediately ran to the back of the car with great interest.
You can see a lot of red stone people on the train alone——
——A Xing set off from the No. 3 car and took out two cigarettes and six boxes of egg tarts. When he ran to the end of the train, he ended up with eighteen gifts, all of them edible, with spicy and sweet snacks.
Mainly snacks, but looking at the shape of these dried meat noodles and dried vegetables, it’s hard to tell what ingredients are used.
The words that came out of the mouths of the brothers and sisters were weirder than the last, and most of them were foreign translations. I finally caught a Chinese fellow, and the gift he gave me in return was pepper yak meat. Meteor took a bite of it and burst into tears.
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These enthusiastic and unrestrained people like strong flavors very much. In the past, Meteor would pull people to ask about their zodiac signs, but this time they didn’t have to wait for him to ask - people in the car returning to their hometowns for the New Year all told Ah Xing their home addresses.
Asking Ah Xing to take his friends to a New Year's Eve dinner together, even people in the same carriage would make such an invitation together.
At that time, Ah Xing couldn’t stand it——
——Emotions: Are these brothers and sisters a family? Is the New Year’s Eve dinner also served at a big table?
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However, Ah Xing is not allowed to think too much.
Because most of what these red stone people say is junk information in Brother Ming’s eyes——
——Things like that person next door quarreled with that person, or that person’s child’s recent test scores were so bad that he got angry and beat up the teacher.
If one or two people are like this, it's fine, and Meteor can happily chat with them for a few words.
Of the more than 300 people on this car, more than 200 are like this - no matter how much fun he makes, his madness index will keep rising.
In the penultimate carriage, Meteor could also see two rows of super-good-looking young ladies doing live Douyin live broadcasts outside the VIP carriage, showing the audience cloud travel in the underground world.
I don’t know if Bo cares about this matter. At that time, Ah Xing thought that if he and Brother Ming were to do live broadcasts to make money, who would do the backflips in the whole session?
In the end, Ah Xing felt that he already had two girlfriends, and he didn't go to these live broadcast teams to ask for the girls' phone numbers. However, when he walked to the door of the VIP carriage, he realized that there were six more cards with contact information in his pocket.
note.
Looking back——
——Several sisters are ogling me.
This scene frightened him so much that he banged on the door of the VIP carriage, fearing that Miss Shayang would say that he smelled of another woman's perfume.
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The hustle and bustle in the car ends here——
——The story starts from the door of this VIP carriage.
No one responded to Bu Liuxing, it was like the VIP in the VIP car was not in the car.
The door is made of thick white marble and is inlaid with many obsidian stones.
These obsidian stones are arranged into three square English letters.
[j·o·e]
Translated, it should be called [Qiao].
Or an unknown person, an ordinary person, an ordinary person.
"Little brother! Is this your first time taking this bus?" Someone shouted from behind, reminding Ah Xing.
Ah Xing didn't know who was shouting. After all, these live broadcast teams had too many fill lights and mobile phone light sources, and there were too many people in the penultimate carriage.
Across the connecting passage, Ah Xing replied: "Yes! I'm here to find a VIP! It's my first time taking this bus."
Another young lady in the distance shouted enthusiastically: "Brother! You are looking for the wrong place! There is no one in that VIP carriage! Or rather - there was it a long time ago, but then it disappeared!"
Ah Xing shouted: "What do you mean?"
The lady with a quiet and elegant voice replied in English: "That VIP carriage was originally where [joe] was - a very terrible spiritual disaster occurred at the Mimir Hot Spring Market one hundred and fifty years ago. Legend has it that
In the deep underground of the geyser, a very powerful beast appeared."
Another little girl followed and hurriedly described: "The beast wants to reopen the spring, drink the spring water, and turn into the mythical four-legged flying dragon."
Immediately afterwards, a cameraman shouted: "[joe] defeated it and never came back. He didn't even get back the sticks and stones. He kept this carriage all the time, hoping to wait for the VIP to come back."
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Meteor was stunned——
——He looked at the thick stone door with clear black and white.
If we say, the door decoration of the VIP carriage is related to the characteristics of the VIP himself.
Teacher Victor is a passionate golden red.
Well, this [joe] is black and white without emotion, a person with the same dull temperament as Brother Ming.
There are so many red stone people in the Mimir Hot Spring Market. From this story, it seems that these red stone people will never let go of this opportunity for a brave man to fight a dragon.
Unless they can't beat it.
But [joe] went to challenge the dragon.
I went alone and won the battle, but I didn't come back, leaving only this unresponsive carriage.
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Ah Xing became even more curious.
He used all his strength, gritted his teeth, and tried to push open the stone door——
——He thought, what a precious resource the train’s capacity is. If Bo is willing to spend a lot of money to leave a precious place for the heavy stone gate, he must be a very important person, right?!
It's a pity that in the end, Ah Xing couldn't open the door and had to return in despair.
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At the end of Christmas.
Xueming and Meteor got off the bus, and following the announcement from the station, they were going to meet a tour guide who didn't say his name - he lived on Digua Street in Mimir Hot Spring Market, not far from the station.
Xueming turned into luggage again and asked Ah Xing to carry it. When passing by the underground passage of June Terrace, the two of them felt that this Mimir Hot Spring Market is really grand, with two more platforms than the Nine Realms.
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When they walked out of the station, the two brothers took their passes and asked the salesman for directions - only then did they know what the "full martial virtue" in the diary meant.
When the newspaper vendor saw the unfamiliar face, he enthusiastically brought two rhinoceros revolvers, both of which were high-quality products with handles carved from ivory. They were a welcome gift in this city.
There is no such thing as gun control in this part of the world - gunshots can be heard anywhere and at any time.
Xueming was so frightened that she almost turned into a koala on Ah Xing's back, and stared at the streets with wide eyes.
There are too many stalls and barbecue stalls in the side streets. There is no such thing as urban management. Occasionally, you can see armed employees lighting cigarettes with the flames of pistols, as if not doing so is not free enough. You can often see shacks falling from the top of the caves.
One or two unlucky swallows were shot, and the vendors were asked to pick up the corpses, remove the shrapnel and bones, and not even deal with the feathers. Then there was a new dish on the grill that was original and smelled of mercury gunpowder.
The entire Sweet Potato Street is a glowing red color under the illumination of more than 40 large fire pots in the square.
Although there are brightly lit buildings in the distance, the Railway Station Street that welcomes new guests is more like a mercenary group gathering place in some ancient Western fantasy.
Some are shouting to take people's heads and go hunting outside.
There is a loud call for marriage, and the conditions are that the age is suitable, and the gender is not limited.
Damn, there are still people who want to compete in the American Denbu Ii Gojutsu. One thousand pyroxene coins are used in each game. The winner has to give the loser medicine to save his life. As long as he can be saved, he is not allowed to start.
The most mysterious thing is that this duel ceremony is a popular sport in the local area, and cowboys immediately come to accept the invitation.
It's too late, it's too late.
About fifty meters apart——
——The hail of bullets fired six times in a row, and when the smelly strong wind blew into Xueming's face, the people on this day quickly hid the rhinoceros revolver given by the young vendor, for fear of being stopped by the enthusiastic red stone people.
Competing with Western Iaijutsu.
The two young men cautiously followed the address to the Tongzi Building on Digua Street and found Room 307.
But seeing that scene, Xueming became more and more panicked.
Because room 307 is on the first floor, not on the third floor.
The entire Tongzi Building seemed to have been blasted by bombs, and the lower two floors had become basements. I heard the aunt hanging clothes downstairs say that in the early years, a gang of robbers came to rob the station and were driven into this semi-open Tongzi Building.
The exotic house type was blown up using RPGs, and it did not completely collapse in the end. After all, this is an old building next to the train station. It is considered a prime location. The Masons can't afford the demolition money, so the local residents have to make do with it.
Got off.
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The fragrant smell of barbecue wafts from the tube building.
The two of them followed the smell and found the tour guide.
Their tour guide was a Chinese, very young. He was dressed in the clothes of a slaughterhouse, with disheveled hair and a slovenly beard. He looked like a young man in his twenties, but his eyes were dull. He was holding a fragrant spine in his hand.
I couldn't recognize what kind of animal tissue it was at all, but it was just a welcome gift to the guests.
This spine was drying on the barbecue grill - besides bottles and jars of spices and oil brushes, there was also a very, very old firearm. Xueming had seen it on a documentary, and it was a cultural relic of the Remington Arms Company.
grade products.
The tour guide snapped his fingers, and the powder on his fingertips flew out together with the sparks of charcoal. Xueming immediately woke up from his hazy sleep, as if his spiritual essence was awakened by the spicy smell at that moment.
The tour guide knocked on the door of room 307 behind him, showed his identity, and greeted the two new guests.