Chapter 87 3.10 Frozen Sea
Use the cry of the "living sacrifice" to identify the direction? ?
In the Middle Ages when the compass had just appeared and GPS was still a long way off, the people would think of all the methods they could think of. Frankly speaking, this trick was unheard of and shocking to Loki.
But it is undeniable that it was very practical.
Such a long series of howling sounds first proved that the man on the cross was still alive. After observing closely for 10 minutes, Loki was sure that this man did not show any obvious aggressiveness except for roaring.
After thinking again and again, he decided to put him down. Take him back to the ship and study it slowly. This is certainly what Emma wants. After all, the Royal Academy of Sciences, a rare creature called "living sacrifice", was established for more than 200 years, and it was only recorded in the literature.
In all countries of the entire Western Continent, there are only a handful of captains who dare to cross the Atlantic to the New World every year. Due to the poor navigation technology, most of these ships will sink to the cold bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, and only a few can reach the other side.
Even if they arrived, they still had to face many problems. Wild beasts, deep rain forests, humid and sultry climates, and constant hunting by primitive tribes. "Live sacrifices" were precious currency in Mayan civilization, and each of them who could successfully transport "live sacrifices" from the New World was a priceless treasure.
All the top officials of major religions, such as the "fire sacrifices" of the Zoroastrianism or the cardinals of the Holy Bishop, all had an extraordinary desire for "live sacrifices". Some believers of evil gods were willing to sacrifice everything just to obtain "live sacrifices" to offer to their masters.
This was the best "food" for the gods.
Perhaps only the "Illuminati" that ruled everything in secret, or the Dongtu Tang Dynasty that had no clear beliefs, could use live sacrifices in this way. Loki was thinking while untying the weirdo from the cross.
He stood there blankly, without showing any desire to attack. To be on the safe side, Loki still 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 been in their lives was the Slavic country on the east coast of the Baltic Sea.
The brown-haired English monks were already strange enough for them, not to mention this South American "living sacrifice" who had almost no similarities with them from skin color to clothing.
Loki's interest was how this man survived for so many years on this cold ice sea without food or water?
Even the moss with extremely strong vitality would have been dried into ashes after being hung on a cross for so long. And this living man's heart was still able to beat.
In the subsequent observation, Loki discovered part of the reason. The living sacrifice had lost all body functions except "roaring".
He had a mouth, but could not eat. He had limbs, but the muscles of his limbs had completely degenerated and shrunk like hard cotton wool. Therefore, he could not walk. His eyes are always closed under normal circumstances. Only when he forcefully opens his eyelids will his pupils open and he will let out a 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 the zombie movies that Loki had seen in his previous life.
The only difference is that zombies can eat people, while this thing can howl.
This is a strange creature between the three forms of animals, plants and machines.
(Could it be that the Quetzalcoatl that rules South America at this time is also a unique extraterrestrial civilization similar to the Bloody Creator?)
Loki cannot answer this question for the time being.
With the living sacrifice, finding the road has become simple. This thing howls for some unknown reason, and it can be transmitted in the air for a very long distance. And another living sacrifice in the distance can also make this piercing howl after hearing the sound.
In this way, Loki roughly determined the direction.
Following the howling of the "living sacrifice", Loki sailed for 10 days.
After 3 days, the floating ice on the sea surface continued to increase, and Loki felt that he seemed to be gradually returning from the warm spring to the cold winter.
On the fourth day, he found the second living sacrifice tied to the cross.
From the appearance, this man was taller than the first one Loki rescued from the cross. In addition, he was half dead, and his living state between animals and plants was exactly the same as the one on the ship.
Maybe he would have to rely on him to show the way when returning, so Loki did not take him.
Two days later, he found the third living sacrifice.
Unlike the first two, this is a woman. But this woman no longer looks like a woman. Her voice is not too different from the first two men.
Large areas of floating ice have begun to appear on the sea surface here, accompanied by icebergs one after another. These huge ice blocks that fell from near Greenland float on the sea, and the largest one is nearly 100 meters high.
The Viking gang on the ship commanded by Loki used these floating small icebergs to replenish the fresh water on the ship. At the same time, relying on Aunt Valrna's increasingly sophisticated fishing skills, the supply was temporarily replenished.
Without any worries about food and clothing, he even moored the ship near the iceberg, crushed the ice, boiled enough water, and let everyone who had been at sea for nearly a month take a bath. At the same time, he also washed the clothes that had not been changed for a long time. Emma took out the remaining lemons and citrus fruits, 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 to prevent mental fatigue and malnutrition of the crew.
After resting for 2 days, they set off again. The scattered floating ice on the sea surface was almost continuous, and the temperature was further reduced, even at night it would drop below zero. A layer of floating ice would appear on the sea surface. Loki could only use the three-masted ship he made to open the way in front, because the top of the ship was designed with a bow knife.
This design can use the heavy body of the ship to break the newly condensed floating ice and open a path. It was in this way that 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 surface is covered with huge cracks. The living sacrifice on the driving ship howled again, and Loki could hear a following sound in the sky.
However, this piece of black ice with a thickness of tens of meters was not something that Loki's wooden boat could break. If he wanted to move forward, he could only release the sled dogs in the boat and move forward with a sled like the ancient Eskimos.
Loki looked at the sun in the sky hesitantly.
Today's sun rose from the horizon for only three hours and then immediately set again. Such a short daytime indicated that they were infinitely close to the Arctic Circle.
He didn't know where this was, but he knew that this was definitely not the Iceland in his memory.
In his previous life, Loki had a friend who had visited this country when he was 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.
At this time, he must be in the Arctic Circle.
There is an answer in his mind that may answer this 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 current situation.
At this moment, Leviathan is still alive!
In the future, it will wake up again at some time, and then crawl to the location of Iceland in memory!