Falsifying history is good business
Chapter 29 The Geopolitical Struggle of the Gods
Chapter 29 The Geopolitical Struggle of the Gods
(Two chapters combined into one, 4,000 words.)
God did not rush to answer Lin You's question, but signaled him to wait a moment.
After a while, they waited for Chronos.
"I have checked it out. It is indeed the change brought about by the fusion of the Saint Seiya world." Chronos's expression seemed to be somewhat unwilling and helpless. "The gods have unanimously agreed to let the Mummy World be integrated into the big world ahead of time."
God Amon said proudly: "This is as it should be."
God agreed: "Let's do it."
Only Lin You was confused: "Who can explain to me what you are talking about?"
The three gods looked at each other, and finally Chronos came out: "Last time, you successfully integrated the Saint Seiya story into the big world..."
"Let me make it clear, you asked me to do it, and you tricked me into doing it in the beginning. I was almost beaten to death by Ophiuchus." Lin You interrupted the God of Time immediately and tried to distance himself from the matter.
I am just an obedient worker who does my job. Decision-making is not my responsibility.
The political sensitivity of grassroots workers is fully demonstrated.
However, Chronos had no intention of discussing the issue of responsibility at all.
The God of Time continued, "After the fusion of the Saint Seiya world, Set, the god of war and desert in ancient Egyptian mythology, suddenly resurrected."
"Are you talking about Set, the one who killed his brother Osiris and was later killed by Osiris' son Horus in revenge?" Lin You asked.
“Yes, it is Him.”
“How did He resurrect?”
"Have you forgotten?" Chronos explained, "In the world view of the Saint Seiya story, the true God will not be killed, but will only be suppressed or fall asleep."
"Ha, I almost forgot about this." Lin You suddenly realized, "Because the worldview of the Saint Seiya is effective in the big world, Set, who has been dead for thousands of years, has been resurrected? No, to be precise, after the story of the Saint Seiya was integrated into the history of the big world, Set has never died."
At this time, God Amon spoke the first words since they met: "Yes, when you rewrote the history of the world with the story of the Saint Seiya, the history of Set was also rewritten by you."
Lin You scratched his head in frustration.
According to ancient Egyptian mythology, Set was killed by his nephew Horus; there is no "true god is immortal" setting in ancient Egyptian mythology. The most remarkable resurrection from the dead was Osiris, who was killed by Set, but he was resurrected for only one day. In the end, he was left in Hades forever and became the god of the underworld.
So, when Horus later killed Set to avenge his father, Set was dead at that time.
The problem lies in that after the Saint Seiya story merged with the big world, the worldview of "true God is immortal" was integrated into the big world and became one of the underlying logics of the big world's operation.
The most important thing is that this logic does not start from the eighteenth century when Ophiuchus awakened, nor does it start from 1991.
Because the historical background of the Saint Seiya story can be traced back to the ancient era of the gods' melee; that is to say, from 1991 all the way back to ancient times, these thousands and tens of thousands of years of history have been tampered with by the quill pen and have completely become a part of the history of the world.
In this way, according to the history tampered by the quill pen, when Set was killed by Horus, the logic of "true gods are immortal" was already running in the big world. So Set naturally could not be "completely killed".
To put it simply, it can be considered that Lin You unintentionally changed Seth's "past history" of "complete death and thorough deadness".
This should be considered some kind of butterfly effect.
"If that's the case, there should be more than one Set who came back to life, right? There are many gods who died in the myths of various civilizations."
God answered Lin You's question: "The other gods who might be resurrected have been monitored, and now only Set is out of control."
"What does out of control mean?"
"To be precise, it should be called missing." Amun continued to answer, "We found that Set's breath reappeared in the world, but we could not find him; finally, we found his trace in the world of mummies' stories."
Lin You was puzzled: "What is He doing there?"
"This is exactly what we are worried about; we don't know what he is going to do." Amun said, "Before Set was killed, none of the gods were willing to stand on his side; even Abinus, who was close to him, stood against him and helped Osiris, who was killed by him. It is hard to say whether he will feel resentment."
"Are you worried that He is going to the Mummy World with this resentment in order to gain some kind of power for revenge?"
"We are more worried that he has already started his revenge." God Amon explained, "We have negotiated with the gods of the mummy world; they have agreed to integrate into the big world as clones and become one with ancient Egyptian mythology. Set is likely to destroy the outcome of this negotiation."
Lin You understood: "So you want to push the world fusion ahead of time, create a fait accompli, and give Set no chance to destroy it?"
"Exactly."
Lin You looked at the three gods in front of him who represented the supreme power of the three pantheons, and he inexplicably wanted to laugh.
"What are you laughing at?" Amon asked in confusion, "Is there something wrong with this arrangement?"
"No, there's nothing wrong. It's just..." Lin You thought for a long time and didn't know how to describe it. "It's obviously an imaginary dimension, and you are all high and mighty gods. How come there is suddenly a taste of geopolitical diplomacy in the real dimension?"
Chronos also laughed after hearing this: "This is not surprising. Classical mythology is originally a reflection of the results of human political struggles. The ancient Greeks conquered the Aegean Sea and integrated local myths from all over the world, thus forming the Olympus mythology system; the ancient Romans conquered the Apennine Peninsula and also integrated primitive tribal worship into ancient Roman mythology.
After the Romans conquered Greece, each of the Olympian gods had a corresponding Roman god. Our story is already full of political struggles.
Lin You burst out laughing.
If you think about it carefully, this is indeed the case, and similar examples are far more than just Olympus mythology and ancient Roman mythology.
Take Set, who is out of control now; Osiris, Set, and Osiris' son Horus were the patron gods of the pharaohs in different periods of ancient Egypt; with the evolution of conquest and power struggles between city-states, stories of bloody killings between brothers and uncles and nephews evolved.
To put it bluntly, they are just some kind of reflection of local history.
Isn’t the same situation happening in the far east?
Under the promotion of the Zhou Dynasty, when the Yanhuang tribe merged with the Dongyi tribe, a large number of gods that originally belonged to the primitive worship of the Dongyi tribe eventually became the sons and grandsons of Huangdi.
So, for a mythological system that was formed because of political struggles, when the gods engage in political and diplomatic struggles, it can be considered that they have not forgotten their original intentions, right?
"Let's not talk nonsense anymore. We all know that the first two movies of The Mummy story are based on ancient Egyptian mythology, and there are not many logical contradictions with the big world. The key to the problem lies in the third movie." Lin You looked like he had a toothache. "From the events to the characters, and even the power system, they are incompatible with the big world today."
"This is the problem you need to solve." God said with a smile, "We will send you to the time point of the third movie. In addition, except for the mummy world, we will temporarily suspend the fusion of other worlds; you don't have to worry about the insufficient number of 'truth factors'."
Lin You sneered, "Another temporary suspension? This is the second time." "I know." God was also quite helpless, "I hope we can get back on track as soon as possible and there won't be any new accidents."
The portal opened, and Lin You stepped into the fourth world he was going to tonight. Just as he passed through the "door frame", the space-time channel on the opposite side suddenly trembled violently.
"The space-time channel has been disturbed." Chronos hurriedly shouted to Lin You, "Come back quickly, the landing point of the portal is misplaced..."
Before he could finish his words, the portal shattered right under the eyes of the three gods.
They only saw Lin You turning around with a shocked expression, and then the out-of-control space-time energy exploded in all directions, turning the already ruined Garden of Eden into a mess.
"Seth, I can sense Set's presence; it was He who interfered with the portal." Amon said angrily.
The energy explosion did not hurt the three supreme gods, but they looked a little embarrassed because the incident happened suddenly.
"The most important thing now is to find the location of the writer. We need to know where Seth took the person."
The god Amun stared blankly at an unknown place; the main storyline of "The Mummy" is based on ancient Egyptian mythology. According to the contract, the ancient Egyptian gods should be responsible for supervision.
But Amun looked for a long time but found nothing. He said anxiously: "I can't see. Someone is blocking my sight. This is not something Set can do. Only the native gods of the mummy world can do it."
"That is to say, Set has found allies in that world." God said in a deep tone, "If the situation is worse, maybe the whole world is his ally."
"What should I do now?" Chronos was also uneasy.
God pondered for a moment, then said woodenly: "Continue to search for the whereabouts of the writer, and then notify all gods to be prepared. Maybe... we have to talk to those false gods in the mummy world again."
The expressions of Chronos and Amon became serious at the same time.
The last time we negotiated with the mummy world, it was more than just a "talk".
On the other hand, Lin You’s experience was much worse than that of the three big guys in heaven.
When the power of time and space exploded, the chaotic forces collided and stirred with each other, bursting out into a dazzling display of light and color; he felt like he was put into a constantly rolling kaleidoscope, being swept up and down by the torrent of time and space.
The world was spinning around and around, and Lin You was completely disoriented before he was "thrown" out by the torrent of time and space.
When he opened his eyes, he found himself in a prison.
The low rammed earth wall was thick and hard, with the top only about 1.5 meters above the ground, so adults could only bend over halfway to get in. Fortunately, the eight-year-old Earl Goff was still old enough to pay half the fare on the bus, so he could stand up straight with his short legs.
The prison had only one exit, which was blocked by crisscrossing iron bars. Lin You put his face against the bars, but did not rush out. Instead, he looked around, trying to figure out where he was.
He found himself in a large prison, surrounded by high walls and dozens or even hundreds of cells of similar size scattered within the walls.
The withered yellow soil and dry environment made Lin You vaguely guess where he was; at the same time, the conversation coming from the door of the adjacent cell made him know the time he was in.
Who else could that silly-looking woman outside the prison door be but the heroine Evelyn?
At this time, she was being tricked by the male protagonist in prison into moving towards the cell door.
"Come, come closer." The male protagonist had an expression as if he was telling a big secret, "I will only tell you one person..."
"Don't go over there, he's lying to you." Lin You made a mischievous sound.
The sudden sound startled the heroine, and she unconsciously stopped her movement towards the cell door.
"What, what did you say? Who are you?" In the first part of the entire series, the heroine Evelyn was not the smart and brave capable female explorer she later became, but a cute female researcher who was extremely shrewd in her professional field but confused from time to time in her daily life.
At this moment, she looked at the little boy who suddenly appeared, her mind was confused; then the first thing she did when she regained consciousness was to yell at the prison administrators: "How can you lock up a child here? Look at how old he is..."
Although the prison guard didn't know what was wrong with the boy, it didn't stop him from fighting back against the accusations of others: "Everyone who is imprisoned is a bastard who deserves it; even if he is young, he is still a little bastard. Ma'am, have you finished asking the questions you wanted to ask? If you have, I will send you out now."
Evelyn screamed, and immediately put Lin You behind her mind, turning to face the male protagonist O'Connor; "Tell me where the City of Death is and how to get there?"
Then, in front of Lin You, O'Connor started his "It's a Big Secret" performance again.
You're still doing this after being exposed once? Are you still so ruthless?
"Don't go over there, he wants to molest you!" Lin You said it more directly this time.
“What!” Evelin took a half step back in fear.
O'Connor was so angry that he almost jumped up. "Fuck you...you are just a dirty thief, a liar, and a street pickpocket!" He continued to tempt Evelyn, "The children who are locked up here, nothing they say can be trusted."
Evelin was skeptical, but Lin You added fuel to the fire with a sly smile.
"I'm not lying to you. I've been hearing him talking to himself these past two days. He said he was going to die soon and it would be nice if he could have a chance to be intimate with a woman before he died... I'm sure he has bad intentions."
Evelyn took another step back, moving further away from O'Connor; she was just cute, not really stupid.
"Mr. O'Connor, why don't you tell me the location of the City of Death right now? My hearing is actually very good, I guarantee I can hear it."
O'Connor was furious: "You want to know about the City of Death? Well, get me out of here, otherwise all the secrets will go to the grave with me..."
"I...I...how can I get you...get you out?" The heroine, who had obviously not yet evolved to her complete form, could not maintain her smartness and capability for a moment and was stunned.
"You go and figure out a way. Anyway, I just want to get out of here!"
After completing the prank, Lin You leaned against the fence, smiling and enjoying the first meeting of the happy enemies. But after a while, a strong sense of sleepiness suddenly hit him; in a trance, he fell asleep.
In his dream, a burly figure with curly hair and a beard appeared before him.
"Huh, I thought it would be Set who showed up, I didn't expect you were involved in this matter." Lin You was not at all surprised by the strange dream, as if he had already been familiar with this scene.
"When did you hook up with Set, Jupiter?"
I wrote this chapter in one go today, I'm too lazy to break it up. It's a 4,000-word chapter, don't accuse me of being lazy and posting less.
(End of this chapter)
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