Chapter 335 Eighteen Years of Waiting

"You want to learn about mythology, now?" Father Zhang was a little surprised, "I thought you wouldn't be interested in these things after you graduated from sixth grade."

The four of them had already finished their dinner, and after clearing away the tableware, Zhang's mother and grandfather looked through old photos in the study together, while Zhang's father and Zhang Heng were eating fruit and watching TV in the living room.

"Okay, what do you want to know, as long as it's something I know, feel free to ask." Father Zhang picked up an apple, took a bite and said cheerfully.

Zhang Heng thought for a while, "Does God really exist in the world we live in?"

"Pfft~" Father Zhang almost choked on the apple he just swallowed, coughed twice, and couldn't tell whether to laugh or cry, "What's the matter, do we really have to pretend that you are still in the sixth grade now?"

He drank his saliva and calmed down, "I remember that we discussed this issue a long time ago. Although your mother and I are theology majors, we don't have any beliefs. In fact, what I'm interested in is mythology." Regarding the part of history and humanities, your mother... well, she is just very interested in all weird stories, and likes to travel around in the name of religious archaeology, take pictures, taste food, etc., if I remember correctly She wrote her master's thesis on the diet of medieval Christians.

"From my personal point of view, the so-called myths are nothing but stories written by mortals. Created by the poet Homer, we all know that its theme is the Trojan War. There are not only mortals in it, but also the half-human and half-god Achilles, the sun god Apollo, the sea god Poseidon and so on.

"But in fact, only the Trojan War actually happened in history, and the rest are just Homer's artistic processing. The academic circles generally believe that if Homer really existed, he lived around the ninth century BC. At that time, there were no serious historians, and no one would emphasize the authenticity of history, so the way people recorded history was to mix real events with myths and legends, and then we have "Homer" epic"."

Father Zhang paused, "Actually, if you really study a kind of myth system, you will find that they have their origins, usually some folk tales passed down by word of mouth, and continue to develop on this basis, such as Celtic mythology, it originated from Celtic folklore, and was influenced by ancient Rome and Christianity in the process of formation. If the stories in it are true, how could it be possible to follow the development of civilization? Migrations are constantly changing and are more typical of Greek and Roman mythology."

Father Zhang said while gnawing on an apple, "Roman mythology is completely born out of Greek mythology. The names of many gods are different just because of different pronunciations. As for the plots of the stories are all the same, how can they all be true?"

Zhang Heng is silent, in fact, this is also the same as his usual cognition, but if this is the case, where do those so-called gods come from? The self-proclaimed ancient Celtic gods he met in the copy of Black Sail Existence, as well as those supernatural creatures he encountered in the real world, if the legends about them are fictional, why are they real.

Zhang Heng remembered the guy named Einstein he met in the copy of the Apollo training camp. From his words, it seemed that he was at the same level as the old man in Tang suit Zhang Heng met before, but Zhang Heng can't feel any connection with myths and legends on him, and those game props he saw at the auction before, some of them are obviously products of modern society...

Zhang Heng decided to put this question aside for the time being, and asked a question that he has always been most concerned about, "Who are the gods about time?"

Father Zhang raised his eyebrows, "Is the god of time? Indeed, there are gods related to time in many mythological systems, but the most famous one is the super-primitive god in ancient Greek mythology, Kronos, He is the supreme god worshiped by Orphism, which symbolizes the first cause that transcends everything, and exists before everything begins. Does not have any physical form, but sometimes appears in the form of a snake with three heads - a man, an ox and a lion, but is better known as the old man, as he is usually depicted in modern art as a An old man with a scythe."

"Old man, is there an old man like this?" Zhang Heng took out the old photo he picked up when he cleaned up the study from his pocket, and put it on the coffee table in front of him.

A look of surprise flashed in Father Zhang's eyes, and he picked up the photo, "Ha... where did you find this thing?"

"You have participated in many research projects, and basically every place you go, your mother will take a lot of photos. Why is it only this time, and this is the only photo in the whole room? Where are the other photos?"

"Because towards the end of the study we lost one sled, and four sled dogs, they fell into a hole in the ice and tipped over with the contents of the sled, including our Kodak, and then we worked hard, But in the end it was impossible to pull those four poor little guys up, let alone the things on the sled. As for Mr. Taime, he is the sponsor of this study, but we haven't seen it for more than ten years since the end of the study. It's over."

Although Father Zhang tried his best to maintain a relaxed tone, Zhang Heng could tell that his heart was not as calm as it seemed on the surface, especially when he saw the photo, his pupils shrank obviously, and he obviously concealed something later. However, to Zhang Heng's surprise, that matter did not seem to have much to do with Mr. Taime.

Because when he talked about Mr. Taim later, his body relaxed again and he changed to a more comfortable sitting position.

Zhang Heng didn't quite understand why his father would lie about the film. Grandpa also knew about this research activity. In other words, he was the only one in the whole family who was completely kept in the dark. The question is why, why did his parents dispose of the photo, while never mentioning the research project that went to Greenland 18 years ago.

What happened on the island in the Arctic Circle has nothing to do with him who was only one year old at the time. If the weirdo in Tang suit had met his parents 18 years ago, then it is obviously not important for him to choose Zhang Heng 18 years later. Just appreciation and chance like he said initially.

Rather than saying this encounter, it is better to say that this is an 18-year wait.