The Death Knell

A characteristic of ancient Greek architecture is that temples and theaters often had no doors or thresholds, only a tall doorway.

They believed that citizens should have the freedom to enjoy their beliefs and arts.

This is just like the public baths and public toilets in ancient Rome. These places did not need doors because there were many people coming in and out throughout the day, and it was too troublesome to set up doors.

What Deathstroke and Doctor Doom saw in front of them was a temple, but after walking through the tall doorway and into the dark room, neither of them recognized the statue of the god standing there.

"Tsk, who is this?" Su Ming raised an eyebrow and took down the cigarette from his mouth.

"Dum doesn't know, but he looks very strong." Because the statue only had a white sheet around its waist, revealing large muscles.

And there is only one statue in the entire temple, which is strange.

Logically speaking, the architectural styles are all Greek, and the beliefs should not have changed.

Even though there are considerable differences among the various Greek city-states, Zeus is still the main god in the pantheon. His statue should be in the center, while the other gods are placed on both sides.

This is what polytheism believes in. You can worship any god in this pantheon as long as you need it.

For example, if you are a soldier in Greece, you will have a long list of places to visit before going off to war.

First of all, you must worship Zeus, after all, he is the boss; next, you must worship the God of War, praying for victory in the battle; worship Apollo, praying for your war horse; worship the Moon God, praying for the accuracy of your bow and arrow; worship the God of Fire, praying for your victory. Worship the God of Plague and pray that you will not get sick when you go to war; worship the God of Death and pray that even if you die, it will be more pleasant; worship the God of Rats and pray that you will not steal the dry food you bring to the battlefield from home, etc.

There are about thirty or forty gods involved in all aspects of war, and it takes several hours to worship them all.

In ancient Greece at that time, it was not only soldiers who went to war to pray, but everyone believed in it. Farmers had to pray before planting land, merchants also had to pray before doing business. People from all walks of life often visited temples.

It shouldn't be like this.

"Then there is only one possibility, Adu, have you heard of the Eternals?"

Deathstroke bypassed the statue blocking the door and walked in the darkness to the more spacious hall at the back, chatting with Doctor Doom while thinking.

"Doom knows that you think this is a city of Eternals, who were once part of the Greek pantheon."

As a sorcerer, some things that are secrets of the earth to ordinary people are not secrets to Dr. Doom. The existence of the Eternals is even more related to the origin of mortal faith. This is something that all mages know well.

"Yes, although some of the Eternals wandered around after entering space, some of them stayed on the earth." Su Ming saw many stone benches in the temple hall, and they were covered with corpses wearing sheets: "Leave These Eternals fled in all directions and scattered to form the many pantheons in South America, Africa and the West today."

Of course, not all of Earth’s second-generation gods are Eternals.

For example, the Nordic pantheon is the Asgardians. Strictly speaking, they are aliens.

As for the Celestial God System, ancient humans succeeded in refining their energy and raised their life level to 'immortal'. Later, they added some aliens called 'demon' and merged to form the heaven.

And so on, there are not many mortals who become gods. In Marvel, gods are not valuable at all.

If you have a planet-level ability, give yourself the name of a XX god, and then you can fool people.

Doom listened to Deathstroke's words and walked beside him. His magic mask also allowed him to gain night vision in a completely dark place, so he naturally saw these corpses.

As a scientist, he specializes in physics, biology, and chemistry. He immediately went to examine the body.

There were many handy gadgets on his suit, and he dissected corpses very quickly on the spot, and conducted in-depth study of the samples.

"They are indeed the Eternals. Their appearance looks exactly like humans, but the energy level contained in their bodies is completely different." Doom straightened up and covered the disemboweled corpse beside him with his white sheet. Face: “Why are there Eternals in negative space?”

"I guess it was the same as your experience. They were accidentally sucked in and then built a city here." Su Ming gestured with his thumb to the statue at the door behind him: "I guess that person might have one." Titles like 'city builder' were worshiped as gods by younger generations after death."

"Isn't that degenerated into primitive ancestor worship?" Doom chuckled, as if he was mocking something.

Su Ming shrugged. There were only a dozen or so corpses here, which was obviously not the number of people the city should have, and the degree of decay was a little high. He wanted to pick one with a relatively complete brain:

"Don't look down on ancestor worship. Those who are worshiped as totems or ancestor souls on earth are often ancient gods. They are much stronger than the second-generation gods. By the way, do you know the big black cat?"

The Leopard God of Wakanda is a typical totem god. He eats, sleeps, and plays games with the souls of the dead every day, but this does not affect that he is indeed very strong.

"Doom doesn't know about black cats, but Doom has heard of the legend of the Eastern White Tiger God, who was also an ancient god." Doctor Doom wiped the pus from the dissected corpse on his hands and answered Deathstroke's question.

Su Ming took out the God Killer and turned it into a skull opener. He pried it open along the gap in the skull of a corpse and looked inside. The brain had become a mess of snot-like goo. He dropped the corpse in disappointment. , shook his head.

"Yes, the white tiger is also one of the ancient gods. I have met it once. Although it has lost some hair, it is still quite fierce."

""Dum didn't understand why the Supreme Mage mentioned the issue of the ancient god's hair removal, so he remained silent.

"It doesn't matter, these corpses are not fresh anymore, and their brains have turned into soup. It's impossible to read the information like this." Deathstroke moved his neck and looked around for the last time: "We have to go to the city below the mountain to look for any survivors. , they seem to have lived in negative space for a long time, and they should know more things than us. It would be better if they could find things like star maps."

Of course, the method of obtaining intelligence is to rely on strangulation, but this ability also has limitations, that is, it requires fresh brains.

"Dum did not discover the cause of their death. The autopsy results showed that their bodies were healthy before death, with no signs of poisoning or illness." Dr. Doom added some information for Deathstroke's reference.

He has a very clear positioning of himself, which is to give full play to his knowledge and power as a scientist.

"This question has a simple answer." Su Ming smiled and picked up a corpse from the ground. This was a tall and strong fruit man. He stood the corpse beside him and locked the corpse's neck with his elbows to fix it. He opened the deceased's eyelids with his fingers, revealing the half-rotten eyeball inside: "Did you see the pupils? These people are all the same. They all died of fright."