Rebirth of the Viking King
Chapter 87 3.10 The Frozen Sea
Use the cry of "living sacrifice" to identify directions? ?
In this medieval era when the compass had just appeared and GPS was still far away, the people would think of all the methods they could think of. Frankly speaking, this move was unheard of and shocking to Loki.
But it is undeniable that it is very practical.
The sound of such a long series of howls first proved that the man on the cross was indeed alive. After observing closely for 10 minutes, Loki determined that this man did not show any obvious aggression other than yelling.
After much thought, he decided to put him down. Take it back to the ship and study it slowly. This of course suited Emma well. After all, the Royal Academy of Sciences, a rare creature like a "living sacrifice", has been established for more than 200 years, and the relevant records have only been recorded in literature.
From all the countries in the entire Western Continent, only a handful of captains dare to cross the Atlantic Ocean to the New World every year. Due to poor navigation skills, most of these ships would sink on the cold bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, and only a handful of them would reach the other shore.
And even if they arrive, they still face many problems. Savage beasts, deep rainforests, humid and hot climate, and the constant pursuit of primitive tribes. "Living sacrifices" are a precious currency in the Mayan civilization. Each of them who can successfully transport a "living sacrifice" back from the New World is a priceless treasure.
The top officials of all large religions, such as the "fire priests" of the Vulcan Cult or the cardinals of the Holy Bishops, all have an extraordinary desire for "living sacrifices". There are even believers in evil gods who are willing to sacrifice everything in order to obtain "living sacrifices" to offer to their masters.
This is the best "food" for the gods.
Perhaps only the "Illuminati" who secretly rules everything, or the Eastern Tang Dynasty without clear beliefs can use living sacrifices in this way. Loki mused as he untied the weirdo from the cross.
He stood there blankly, showing no desire to attack. To be on the safe side, Loki tied his hands behind his back, tied them with ropes, and carried them back to the three-masted ship.
After boarding the ship, all the crew members subconsciously gathered around this strange man. For most Vikings, the farthest place they had ever visited in their lives was the Slavic kingdom on the east coast of the Baltic Sea.
The brown-haired English monks were already strange enough to them, let alone the South American "living sacrifices" who had almost no resemblance to them in terms of skin color and attire.
Loki's point of interest is how this person survived for so many years on this cold ice sea without eating or drinking.
Even the extremely tenacious moss may have dried to ashes after being hung on a cross for so long. And this living man's heart can still beat.
In subsequent observations, Loki discovered part of the reason. The famous sacrifice has actually lost all body functions except "roaring".
He has a mouth but cannot eat. There are limbs, but the muscles of the limbs have completely degenerated, atrophied like hard cotton wool. As a result, he was unable to move. His eyes always remain closed under normal circumstances. Only when he forcibly opens his eyelids will his pupils pop out and let out the kind of howling sound that makes everyone feel upset.
For this "living sacrifice", it is very difficult to call him a "living person". He is just like the zombies in those zombie movies that Loki watched in his previous life.
The only difference is that zombies can eat people and this thing can howl.
This is a strange creation between three forms: animals, plants and machinery.
(Could it be that Quetzalcoatl, who ruled South America at this time, was also some kind of unique extraterrestrial civilization similar to the Bloody Creator?)
Loki cannot answer this question yet.
With living sacrifices, finding the path becomes easier. This thing makes a howl for some unknown reason, and it can propagate an extremely long distance through the air. Another living sacrifice in the distance could also make this piercing howl after hearing the sound.
With this, Loki roughly determined the location.
Following the howls of "living sacrifices" along the way, Loki sailed for 10 days.
After three days, the ice floes on the sea continued to increase, and Loki felt as if he was gradually returning to the cold winter from the warm spring.
On the fourth day, he found the second living sacrifice bound to the cross.
In appearance, this man was somewhat taller than the first figure Loki rescued from the cross. Apart from that, he was half-dead, living in a state somewhere between animal and plant exactly like the one on the ship.
Maybe they would need to rely on him to guide them when they returned, so Loki didn't take him away.
Two days later, he found the third living sacrifice.
Unlike the first two, this is a woman. But this woman no longer looked like a woman at all. Her voice was not significantly different from the first two men.
Large areas of floating ice have begun to appear on the sea here, accompanied by icebergs one after another. These huge pieces of ice that fell from Greenland are floating on the sea. The largest one is nearly 100 meters high.
The Viking gang on Loki's command ship used these small floating icebergs to replenish the fresh water on the ship. At the same time, relying on Aunt Favna's increasingly skilled fishing skills, the supplies were temporarily replenished.
With no worries about food and clothing, he even docked the ship near the iceberg, smashed the ice cubes, and boiled enough boiling water for everyone on the crew to take a bath after being at sea for nearly a month. At the same time, I also washed clothes that had not been changed for a long time. Emma took out the remaining lemons and tangerines, soaked them in water and let all the crew members drink the hot water and eat them.
It is said that this is a method summarized by the Royal Academy of Sciences that can prevent mental burnout and malnutrition among crew members.
After resting for 2 days, we set off again. The scattered ice floes on the sea surface were almost covered with ice, and the temperature was getting even lower, even falling below freezing at night. A layer of floating ice will appear above the sea in Beijing. Loki could only use the three-masted ship he made to clear the way ahead, because the top of the ship was designed with a bow knife.
This design can use the heavy weight of the ship to break through the newly frozen ice floes to create a path. Using this method, they sailed for another 2 days and finally touched the frozen ocean!
As far as the eye can see, this is a pure white world. The frozen sea is covered with huge cracks. The living sacrifices on the drive ship howled again, and Loki could hear a following sound in the horizon.
However, this piece of black ice, which is dozens of meters thick, cannot be broken by the wooden boat made by Loki. To move forward, he could only release the sled dogs in the ship and move forward with a sledge like the ancient Eskimos.
Loki glanced at the sun in the sky hesitantly.
The sun rises above the horizon today and will set again in just three hours. Such a short day indicates that they are infinitely close to the Arctic Circle.
He didn't know exactly where this was, but what he knew was that this was definitely not the Iceland he remembered.
In his last life, Loki had a friend who visited this country while traveling. In June and July, the temperature in Iceland should be at least around 10-15 degrees, and it should never be below zero like it is now.
He must be within the Arctic Circle at this time.
There was an answer in his mind that might answer that question.
If Leviathan (or "Kun" in Zhuangzi's words) is the land of Iceland
If this plane is the earth where he lived in his previous life, then there is only one explanation that can explain the situation in front of him now.
Leviathan is still alive at this time!
It will wake up again at some time in the future and then crawl to the location of Iceland in its memory!
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