Chapter 2001

Thoth is walking in the Temple of Omniscience. He is the god of knowledge and wisdom, and he values ​​knowledge very much. At the same time, this guy is also very conceited and thinks that he is the smartest and most knowledgeable god in the world.

In fact, it is almost the same.

And smart people always have a disadvantage, that is, they are easy to look down on others.

It happens that Thoth is this kind of person. He always thinks highly of himself, but his military strength is not strong... In fact, the gods of wisdom in various civilizations in the world are almost like this, well, except Athena in Olympus. This sister is not only the god of wisdom, but also the goddess of war and art. There are many priests. This is also a special case.

Coupled with Thoth's chatterbox attribute, this guy always offends others inexplicably.

Because he can't control his mouth.

After leaving the earth, the Egyptian pantheon began to degenerate rapidly... There is no way, life is too good. What kind of living environment did the Egyptian gods live in when they were on Earth before? Next door is the Sumerian civilization, across the sea is the Olympian gods, and further south, it is about the various African pantheons.

There are competitors all around.

So when Kai met the Egyptian gods, they were still very aware of the dangers, and the atmosphere was generally very good. But after coming to the universe, each tribe had a larger territory and more believers than before.

For example, the Egyptian gods were very prosperous, and they had hundreds of worlds to believe in them.

This led to the rapid degeneration of the Egyptian gods starting with Horus. They began to indulge in pleasure, and Thoth was very dissatisfied with this. He believed that the current policies implemented by the gods were wrong, and the gods should embrace more knowledge and more changes.

Instead of following the ancient and backward system like now.

He didn't like to stifle inventions and creations, but preferred to see the emergence of new ideas, and wanted to see believers use their intelligence to live a better life.

As for the believers who began to despise the gods after developing technology... he thought it was the gods making a fuss.

The belief in the gods should be deeply integrated into the daily lives of believers, and their doctrines should be changed, instead of still using the fear of believers to force believers to believe in them, which is useless! You know, the Pantheon still periodically allows believers to experience the "Apocalypse" to this day!

The so-called Apocalypse was written by St. John, a disciple of Jesus. He saw a series of visions about the end of the world given to him by God on the island of Patmos.

In the Book of Revelation, there are two very special symbols - lambs and angels. The lamb represents Jesus Christ, the "Lamb of God" in the Bible. Jesus cleansed people's sins through his own sacrifice. The angels, on the other hand, represent God's messengers, who carry out God's will and judgment and appear frequently in the book. In this book, the lamb holds the power to open the seven seals. Every time the lamb opens a seal, a series of natural disasters or disasters will occur, such as the four horsemen bringing conquest, war, famine and death. These are very intuitive and shocking descriptions, which make people reflect on human behavior and the final consequences. Next, the seven angels will blow seven trumpets, and each time they blow, different disasters will occur in the world. These disasters include other forms of catastrophic punishments such as natural disasters or man-made disasters, which means the corresponding punishment for disrespecting God. Then, there are seven angels holding seven golden bowls filled with God's wrath. They pour out these bowls in turn. Each time they pour out, new disasters will be brought, such as sea water turning into blood, fresh water turning into blood, scorching heat caused by the scorching sun, as well as darkness, drought and earthquakes. Through these actions of the Lamb and the angels, the Book of Revelation runs through God's authority, judgment, and the ultimate salvation and hope for mankind. The combination of these symbolisms and complexities makes the Book of Revelation a diverse object of interpretation. Whether it is a religious leader, a scholar or an ordinary believer, they can find profound meaning in it.

Although the Pantheon does not have such a thing as the Bible.

But the principle is the same, that is, to make mortals feel the pain of the end of the world, and then let them understand that only by believing in the gods can they be saved.

To put it bluntly, it is to use periodic disasters to cleanse mortals, so that they cannot resist the rule of the gods, let alone shake their faith in the gods. As described in the Book of Revelation, only those mortals who truly believe in the gods can survive, and those mortals who blaspheme and do not believe in the gods will be killed!

It is by using this kind of periodic disaster that the gods can constantly strengthen their faith.

This seemingly brilliant and almighty city is actually built with the lives and sufferings of countless mortals.

Thoth is very disgusted with this practice. He believes that the gods are only guides for mortals, not rulers, and they should not rule mortals directly.

Although Thoth's ideas are still immature and idealistic. This has nothing to do with wisdom, but only with vision. After all, the world he has seen has always been like this.

But it must be said that he is indeed a rare reformer in the Pantheon.

It's just that like almost all smart people, they think more and do less. People always like to indulge themselves. Those who "think they are smart" always like to hold conferences in their minds and debate endlessly, making it like an international summit. In the maze of thinking, we are building a lot, but we don't know that this "maze of thought" actually has no exit. The more you think, the less you do, and in the end you can only become an "expert in internal consumption" and be trapped in the web you weave. Do you say that this is practicing a high-level "home meditation"?

Everywhere people are advocating smart people, how to become smart people. But you will find that smart people often can't do great things, and those who laugh at the end are often those who seem to be a little "foolish". A person who thinks he is smart often falls into a state of self-satisfaction, which is a sign of arrogance.

Kazuo Inamori said: "I don't think highly of smart people, because they are self-righteous, eager for success, like to find shortcuts in everything, and lack the energy of hard work." Such people are unlikely to achieve anything great.

Thoth is like this.

To put it bluntly, he just likes to talk, but when he really lets him do it, he starts to be timid and doesn't know where to start.

You can call this kind of person a mouth cannon.

Because of this, Thoth is actually not popular in his own pantheon, so he was sent to the City of Almighty. Don't you like to talk? Then go to the City of Almighty and talk as much as you can at the meeting of the gods... Anyway, no one listens.

The power of the Egyptian gods is still very large, at least it is also a very powerful force in the pantheon.

However, unlike many pantheons, their main gods do not like to stay in the City of the Almighty. For example, Horus, the core of the Egyptian pantheon, prefers to stay in the base camp of his pantheon rather than the City of the Almighty.

Instead, unwelcome dissidents like Thoth were sent to the City of the Almighty.

Thoth was not very popular in the City of the Almighty.

So he was sent to the Temple of the Omniscient... Thoth, who has always been disliked.

Of course, Thoth did not reject this position.

He was just a little depressed, feeling that his intelligence and talents were not understood by others.

At this time, a god servant came to Thoth.

"Great God Thoth, God Eros invites you and hopes that you can go to his banquet."

This kind of thing is very common.

The City of the Almighty is a huge social city, where banquets are a necessity. Almost every day and every moment, there are banquets held by gods. Some banquets are pure enjoyment, and God knows what will happen in such banquets... All the ways you can think of or can't think of are here, and they are more excessive and more indulgent!

Some banquets are more like some kind of political ceremony. The atmosphere of the banquet is not crazy, but it is full of various interest exchanges and private transactions.

Some others are both.

However, Thoth rarely accepts such invitations. First, Thoth believes that wise men should not indulge in the pleasure of the flesh, which is too low. Second, Thoth has few friends.

He prefers to stay alone and think.

Very individual.

Although he doesn't understand why Eros invited him, Thoth still habitually intends to refuse.

But the servant saw that Thoth was going to refuse and immediately said, "This is not a banquet initiated by Eros, but an old friend of yours... He left you a message, asking you, do you still remember the Sphinx in the Quicksand Prison?"

Thoth's expression became strange, and then he looked down at the servant: "Who told you this?!!"

The servant became terrified. As a servant, he was naturally lower than the level of gods. Even the most powerful servant could not be compared with the weakest gods. This was not a difference in strength, but a difference in status.

It's a bit like the caste system of India. No matter how rich you are, don't think about jumping in front of the high caste. It will kill you.

Other gods are one family. Although the servants are called the same as the gods, in fact... this class cannot be crossed.

"I don't know... It was said by the messenger of Eros."

He couldn't figure out why Thoth was so excited.

In fact, this is related to a past event.

Do you remember the rebellion that Set started before?

When Set rebelled, all the Egyptian gods were actually present. However, except for Horus, everyone was intimidated by Set's power and did not dare to intervene in the rebellion.

Thoth watched Set kill Osiris and witnessed the duel between Set and Horus. Horus was defeated and had his eyes dug out by Set.

The Egyptian gods are very interesting. They are twice as tall as ordinary people, with gold flowing in their bodies. They control the reincarnation of the world, enjoy towering palaces, and are admired by thousands of people... Their faces are similar to those of mortals, but their bodies are taller than ordinary people, which makes them very conspicuous and will never be mistaken.

But this is not the original image of the Egyptian gods. They also have a second form.

In this form, they will change into their true original image.

Kai's Knight King transformation is essentially this kind of transformation.

After they change into their original image, they will become taller, their bodies will become metal, and their heads will change into the form of animals.

For example, Set is usually depicted as a jackal-headed deity with a human body, rectangular ears, and a long curved, protruding snout. Some believe this is actually a depiction of a boar, or another beast that has yet to be identified. In addition to the animals mentioned above, Set is sometimes depicted with the head of an antelope, donkey, crocodile, or hippopotamus.

Each god has his own unique artifact. Based on the belief of the common people, the power of the gods comes from this equipment. The god of the sky is the eye, the god of wisdom is the brain, and the ex-girlfriend of the god of the desert is the wings... The god of the desert not only wants to rule the world, but also wants to make his ability unmatched, including the sun god, so he keeps hunting other gods to gain more powerful power to make up for his shortcomings. Even gods have times when they are powerless. After the eyes of Horus, the god of the sky, were dug out by Set, he lost his power and hid in his father's tomb. Set kept building his own palace, launching wars, and robbing the power of other gods.

He took Horus's eye (one) and put it on his forehead. The left eye of "Eye of Horus" represents the moon, and the right eye represents the sun, which can see through everything.

He took Thoth's brain and put it on the back of his head to make himself smarter.

He took Nephthys' wings so that she could fly freely. (Nephthys, the patron saint of houses and the dead, is also the fertility goddess, the daughter of Geb, the god of the earth, and Nut, the goddess of the sky, the sister of Osiris, Set, and Isis, the wife of Set, the god of desert and war, and the mother of Anubis. As the patron saint of the dead, she often appears with her sister, the goddess of life, Isis, behind Osiris, the god of the underworld. By the way, Anubis is the illegitimate son of Osiris and Nephthys, which makes it easy to understand why Set wants to rebel)

Let's get back to Thoth.

Thoth witnessed everything at the beginning, but did not dare to openly resist Set. He could only kneel down to Set and express his submission with others.

But Thoth was unwilling to be ruled by Set because Set was a madman.

So he secretly supported the rebellion of Kay and Horus, and the Quicksand Prison was an important node in their rebellion.

Set's power came from the desert. If they wanted to defeat Set, they had to go to Set's temple in the desert, a prison surrounded by quicksand. There is nothing locked up there, only the source of Set's power - the Desert Fire.

As long as the water of the Styx is used to extinguish Set's Desert Fire, Set will become powerless.

However, Set also left a backup there.

In addition to the extremely unstable quicksand, there is also a Sphinx.

The Sphinx is what people often call a monster with a lion's body and a human face. It will ask visitors questions, usually riddles.

If the answer is correct, then it will meet the request.

If the answer is wrong, it will eat the visitor.

This Sphinx is a very powerful one created by Set using divine power.