Chapter 1242 Twilight of the Gods (19)

The starry sky near the equator is extremely dense. When Cheng Mo got out of the "seahorse" and looked up, he could see the silver strip of light. The sound of the waves echoed in his ears, but it did not damage the silence of the world. It was real

Silence, as if the world is sleeping, with only the moon shining slightly in the sky like a night light.

Since completing the last ritual on the back of the whale that day, because they entered the intensive anti-submarine zone of the Stargate Fleet, they have never left the submarine again. When they came out again, Cheng Mo was still shocked by the vast starry sky. He looked up

He gazed dazzled at the distant galaxy that would never dry up for billions of years, and felt his heartbeat jumping with the twinkling stars.

At this moment, his heartbeat is the heartbeat of the universe.

Maybe it was the joyful time of more than two days, or maybe it was the joy of truly becoming one with Athena. Cheng Mo temporarily forgot all his worries and regarded this crisis-ridden trip as a journey. He held the hand that stood side by side with him.

Athena's hand whispered softly in the sea breeze: "I liked watching stars when I was a child. The first time my father took me to the mountains on the outskirts of the city to watch stars, he brought an English constellation book translated by Japanese people. It was winter,

I remember it very clearly, so the starry sky around Christmas was named the Christmas Starry Sky. However, the Japanese did not celebrate Christmas, so they translated it as the New Year Starry Sky. And our Xia country translators thought that our New Year meant

Lunar New Year, so it should be called "New Year's Day Starry Sky."

"What's the difference?" Athena turned to look at Cheng Mo and asked in confusion.

"There is no difference." Cheng Mo shook his head, "But because of the angle, you can see more stars at the equator."

Athena did not look up at the stars, but still looked at Cheng Mo and said "oh".

"Yeah." Cheng Mo smiled, "I wanted to say that it's New Year's Day in a few hours. I don't have anything to give you, so I'm thinking of giving you a star."

"Give me a star?" Athena was a little confused.

Cheng Mo smiled and said: "But I haven't found it yet." After a pause, he said, "According to the International Astronomical Union's naming requirements, only the discoverer has the right to name stars. I haven't found it in the sky yet.

That star, but I will definitely find it in the future, just like I found you."

Athena did not seem to find it romantic, but was surprised and said: "So there are no stars with my name in the sky? Am I not a god?"

"Hmm!" Cheng Mo thought that he took out the loan too early and scratched his hair. "It turns out that the constellations are all named after demigods or demigods, not the gods." He smiled.

For a moment, "Even if there is one, it is 'Palas Athena', not Athena Onassis."

Athena nodded, "Then I will accompany you to find it."

Cheng Mo said a little depressed: "It feels like you don't want it."

"No." Athena said, "I just wonder why people like stars."

"In ancient times, people used stars to guide the direction, both on land and in the sea. So stars symbolize 'hope'. In this world, perhaps nothing is more important than 'hope'!" Cheng Mo looked up at the starry sky.

Smile, "And now, when I look up at the stars and the distant stars and galaxies, I am actually looking up at the past, because many of those stars have been annihilated, and now only the light that has gone through the entire history of the universe is left, projecting on us

On the retina. Perhaps this is the memory of the universe. When we stand under the starry sky, what we appreciate is not just the stars, but the memory of the universe. I am like the stars, like those people who have shined in your life.

So stars also symbolize indelible memories. They transcend life and death, as well as time and space."

Athena looked up at the starry sky, an imperceptible smile appeared on her lips, and asked softly: "What do you want for New Year's Day?"

"Just a kiss is enough."

"Have you not kissed me enough in these two days?" At the end of this thousand years, please hold me, even if there is only an image.

"It's different, this time I want to engrave our kiss in the starlight." Cheng Mo stared at Athena, "Our images will also be projected to the stars thousands of light years away like starlight."

"Is this the romance of astronomers?"

"I'm not much of an astronomer. I haven't even graduated from college." Cheng Mo laughed, "However, I think astronomers are definitely one of the most romantic people."

"Then you are my exclusive astronomer." Athena said, then tilted her head and kissed him actively.

The milky white Milky Way floats like a gauze in the velvet sky, spanning the north and south of the sky. The dense stars are blinking constantly, looking at the lovers in the world.

After a moment, the two separated. Cheng Mo suppressed the urge to return to the submarine again and whispered: "Let's go to the Garden of Eden now!"

Athena nodded and closed her eyes as if she was meditating. After a moment, a blue whale swam next to the mini-submarine and opened its huge mouth. Its triangular upper jaw was raised to the sky, and the seawater poured in and floated.

After a few whirlpools, seawater soon filled the throat pouch in the throat and abdomen of the lower jaw. After unfolding, the white throat pouch was like an open accordion. It was filled with water and looked no smaller than a 25-meter-long swimming pool.

.

Cheng Mo knew that the blue whale's mouth was very big, but its throat was very small. It was only as big as a basketball. It was impossible to swallow a person. There was basically no danger. But he looked at the mouth of the ancient giant beast and the teeth that grew in the mouth like brushes.

Still a little scared.

"Is this the only way to get over it?" he asked.

"There are sonar monitors around Eden. It will be safer for us to hide in the whale's mouth."

"Okay!" Cheng Mo put on his swimming goggles.

Athena broke the observation window in front of the "Sea Horse" with her kick. With a little force, seawater poured into the inside of the submarine, and the submarine began to sink slowly. Then she hugged Cheng Mo and jumped into the mouth of the blue whale.

, the blue whale closed its mouth, and the light in front of it disappeared quickly, as if it fell into darkness. This was absolute darkness, without a trace of light, and only the sea water and the faint sound of breathing were left around.

Cheng Mo grabbed Athena's hand tightly and floated in the sea water. After a while, the blue whale's mouth began to pressurize. As the sea water was slowly drained out, the pressure gradually increased, making people very uncomfortable, like

The feeling of drowning. Cheng Mo held his breath. Gradually, the sea water was emptied, and the two of them lay on the blue whale's soft tongue. Without the sea water, the surroundings were all sticky, as if they were wrapped in a ball that was constantly squirming.

In the mud, a strong fishy smell hit Cheng Mo's nostrils through the diving goggles, making him feel extremely uncomfortable. In the darkness, Athena hugged him and gave him her breath. He smelled the rich fragrance of Athena,

He just felt a little better.

After more than ten minutes of hard work, the blue whale opened its mouth again, and the sea water poured in. Athena hugged Cheng Mo and rushed out against the sea water, rushing out of the blue whale's huge mouth.

Cheng Mo turned around and saw the huge blue whale shaking its head, turning around, swimming in the direction it came from, and soon disappeared into the depths of the sea.

Athena carried him up. As he got closer and closer to the sea level, the water became bluer and bluer. Cheng Mo could gradually see clearly the black rocks on the island sunk under the water, surrounded by some strange fish and plankton.

The rock was drilled back and forth. It was different from Cheng Mo's imagination. The rock was indeed covered with fine seaweed and attached to countless barnacles, but it was very smooth and had obvious dividing lines, like one piece after another.

Made up of stone strips, it looked very much like the "Wall of Bimini" discovered by archaeologists. He lowered his head and looked down, and soon there was no light, and the wall disappeared into the black water.

Athena hugged him and swam out of the water. The fresh sea breeze made him feel refreshed. Cheng Mo took off his diving goggles and swam along the towering city wall with Athena. It didn't take long for him to find a staircase that extended to the sea.

The two people swam over.

Cheng Mo climbed up the stairs covered with seaweed and stood up on the slippery stairs. In the silence, the sea water fell from his body, making a very loud sound. He washed the mucus on his body and smelled it again.

What strange smell made me walk up the stairs.

The moonlight shines like a wash, shining on the light beige stone stairs. There is nothing at the end of the stairs, and the walls on one side are full of ancient reliefs. However, these reliefs have not only been corroded beyond recognition by the sea water, but are also obscured by many barnacles.

The original appearance.

Cheng Mo couldn't help but walked to the wall and looked at the reliefs in the dim moonlight. The carvings on them were basically marine creatures, including whales, dolphins, sharks, conchs, seahorses, etc., among which there were also ouroboroses. But

The carving style is very abstract, somewhat similar to Sumerian carvings.

"Is it really the ruins of Atlantis?" Cheng Mo asked softly, rubbing the mottled reliefs.

Athena replied: "You know I have no research on history. I also heard Nebuchadnezzar mention it once."

"That should be it."

Cheng Mo reluctantly pulled Athena up the stairs. Probably because they were often submerged in water and no one cleaned them up, there were also many barnacles and dried algae attached to the stairs. The two of them had no shoes.

I could only avoid the numb barnacles and pick a place to stay until I reached the top of the stairs.

Thinking of the Garden of Eden that Athena had described to him, Cheng Mo looked forward eagerly, expecting to see shocking sights, such as tall ferns, low angiosperms, and running dinosaurs.

Anyway, it should be like Jurassic Park, and no matter what, there should be the ruins of Atlantis.

Unexpectedly, there is not only no Jurassic Park, no ruins of Atlantis, but also no natural scenery on the entire island. It is just a bare island covered with beige rocks.

He stopped and stood on the city wall and looked out. In the moonlight, he could almost take in the entire island. Except for a few sections of city walls on the edge, there seemed to be no buildings or plants on the island. The island was not very big either, unlike a medium-sized island.

The airport is quite large, about the size of 7 or 8 football fields. At the end of the island is a mountain made of rocks, which looks like a pyramid from a distance.

This was more shocking to Cheng Mo than seeing any incredible scene. All he thought in his mind was "This is it"? He stood on the edge of the city wall, turned around and asked, "Is this the Garden of Eden?"

Athena frowned and whispered: "According to the coordinates, of course it is here."

"But it doesn't seem to be what you described?"

"Every time we arrive at the Garden of Eden, the plane will close the blackout curtains, so we can't see what's going on outside at all. Then we get off the plane from the covered bridge and go directly to the inside of a building. After going through the identity verification again, we can go from

Enter the Garden of Eden in that building.”

"Not here?"

"The Garden of Eden I saw was definitely not like this. It was a huge island, and there was a sea in the middle of the island. There were many ancient marine creatures in the sea. My Canghaisaur was taken from there.

There are also volcanoes, wilderness and dense jungles. Dinosaurs are not rare things, but they are not in large numbers. They are all kept in some fixed places for people to study."

Cheng Mo looked at the bulging pyramid-like hill at the end of the island, "Maybe the secret is there."

Athena nodded.

The two people jumped off the city wall. The hard rock pavement under their feet did not look very smooth, but when they walked on it, every rock was very smooth. They walked forward cautiously along the city wall, and they did not go far. Athens

Na suddenly pulled out the Sword of Perseus from the void and struck it in the back like lightning.

Cheng Mo heard the whistling wind behind him, turned around and saw Athena's black sharp blade striking a slender officer's sword that shone with silver light. At this time, the sword was about to touch his master's slender and white breasts.

neck.

Xishi, who was bent over under pressure, with her red hair blowing in the sea breeze, said loudly: "Boss lady, it's me! It's me."
To be continued...