Chapter 116 (Part 2)

Yuehua finally showed a relaxed smile on her pale face, and she held Xiao Lei's hand and tried a little harder. Xiao Lei looked at the statues around her, but suddenly said, "Frankly speaking, I'm not curious about the dragons, giants, strange monsters, etc. outside, because there are many strange creatures in the myths and legends of the East. Although they seem impossible to exist in ordinary people, at least I have seen some living creatures. I believe that these strange creatures do exist, although that dragon is a bit strange... But I have also seen a very huge crane, which is still alive. After being domesticated by some practitioners, it is used as a means of transportation." Xiao Lei smiled and said, "Maybe these things are too strange for you, but I have seen them a lot and don't feel strange at all. Since there are strange creatures in the East, there must be some in the West."

"To be honest, I personally think... the legend about Zeus is a bit like the ancient Chinese saying about Huangdi. Huangdi is the recognized ancestor of China and an ancient emperor in ancient China... Of course, it was not called an emperor at that time, haha. However, Huangdi was not only the leader of Shenzhou at that time, but also was portrayed as a mythical god in legend... It is said that Huangdi is also a god... This statement is not similar to the description of Zeus in Greek mythology? They are gods and leaders... What I mean by this is that I think the so-called gods are just humans, but they are more powerful than modern humans and have some skills that ordinary people do not have."

Yuehua was so enchanted that she heard it and said with a smile: "But there are gods in the east and the west... So what was the pattern in ancient times?"

Xiao Lei curled his lips: "To be honest... I don't think there is anything strange, just like modern times, the gods in the east rule the east, and the gods in the west rule the west, and everyone has their own spheres of influence. Well, no matter how you say it, it's like the current countries, each with their own territories."

"Haha..." Yuehua covered her mouth and smiled: "Your statement is novel. So what is the god? Is it a king? Is it a leader of the country?"

"Of course." Xiao Lei smiled and said, "Isn't the so-called Jade Emperor in China the image of an emperor? The Yellow Emperor in ancient times was the ruler of China. Didn't Zeus also control the humans in ancient Greece at that time? They were like high-ranking rulers, but the legends passed down now gave them the "divine nature", which gradually faded their personality in their image, but was more mythological. Personally, I am more willing to think that they are just humans..."

Yuehua said with an excuse: "It's just some humans with magical abilities, right?"

Xiao Lei smiled: "Yes."

"But... why are there no gods now? If you said that those gods in ancient times were the leaders who ruled humans, then why are there no leaders like gods in modern humans?" Yuehua said with a smile.

Xiao Lei's eyes rolled and he smiled and said, "Good question. Maybe it's because humans have gradually become stronger, and various technologies have gradually become more developed, and the times have progressed, and there is no need for those magical powers. So in ancient times, gods, that is, those humans with magical abilities, could rule other humans. But later, the skills of those gods are no longer enough to suppress other humans, so he withdrew from the leader's stage... Maybe that's it. Maybe there are other reasons... If you ask me, I don't know..." He raised his hand and pointed to the majestic statue of Zeus, and smiled and said, "Maybe he might know this old guy, hahaha..."

Yuehua didn't laugh, and she said seriously: "But how should this place be explained? According to what I know, the Temple of Zeus has been destroyed long ago, and now it has its ruins. The statue of Zeus has been destroyed long ago. But why did it appear here? It appears on the Pyrenees? It is on the border between France and Spain? And it is not the territory of ancient Greece. According to your guess, Zeus was the leader of mankind during the ancient Greek civilization, but its temple should not appear here. One is that the temple was recorded as being destroyed in war, and the other is... It has exceeded the territory of Greek civilization."

Xiao Lei sighed: "I can't answer you this question either. I'm afraid I can only ask the old man Zeus. However, I have other guesses about the sphere of influence..." Xiao Lei frowned.

He suddenly said: "If my guess is true, every mythical god exists, and they all have their own spheres of influence... Then there is also war between each other's spheres of influence..."

Afterwards, Xiao Lei roughly explained his opinion.

Or, it was the random thoughts in his mind.

"Ancient Greek civilization is simply the cradle of European civilization and the birthplace of Western civilization. So let's assume... the gods in Greek mythology were originally rulers of the West, at least in the ancient Greek era, this was their sphere of influence... But what about now? In the current Western world, the general religion is Catholicism, and most Westerners believe in God. I think apart from the current Greeks, few people believe in the gods in Greek mythology."

"But in the ancient Greek era, Greek mythology was the dominant position in that era! It occupied the dominant position of religious belief, and at that time, the so-called Christianity had not yet appeared. The emergence of Christianity was in the middle of the Roman era. Or in other words, the Roman era replaced the Greek era, while Christianity replaced the Greek mythology... I say so, you understand, right?"

Yuehua said: "You mean... Christianity overthrew the rule of Greek mythology... and seized the sphere of influence that originally belonged to Greek mythology?"

Xiao Lei smiled strangely: "Maybe it can be explained like this. Fortunately... because I have often dealt with a few Catholic guys recently, and I have also deliberately studied the origin of their religion."

Xiao Lei is telling the truth.

Recently, he has always dealt with Ye Buqun and has indeed carefully studied the origin of Catholicism.

The predecessor of Catholicism is naturally Christianity.

When Christianity was just born, people in the Western world were still believing in other religions, and the religions believed in by humans at that time were actually the mutation of Greek mythology... Because ancient Greek civilization declined, Greek mythology still existed, but it was regarded as the fusion of various Western ethnic groups, and the legend was a bit messy. But in general, it still cannot escape the framework of Greek mythology.

In other words, it may be a barely explained... Before the emergence of Christianity, the mainstream of Western civilization and religious belief was still Greek myth...

But the emergence of Christianity changed this phenomenon.

In a more appropriate word: Christianity "overthrew" the rule of Greek mythology and replaced it as the dominant position of religious belief. Then it gradually grew and became the most common religion in the West.

Moreover, Christianity’s standards for treating other religions are very strict... Christianity believes that except for God, all the gods in other religions are false gods!

According to historical records, Christianity came out of the bloody journey!

Xiao Lei said here and suddenly laughed: "Look, this is a war to seize the sphere of influence... There is war among ordinary humans, but there may be wars among gods... For example, Christianity replaced the gods in Greek mythology and became the spiritual leader of the Western world... I think it may be because the gods in Greek mythology are not as powerful as the God of Christianity and were defeated... Haha. In Christianity, God is the only supreme existence, and there are also the Son Jesus, the so-called angel legion, the seven guardian angels, etc.... It forms its own myth system."

Yuehua couldn't help but smile and said, "You are a child's theory. Can the Greek gods and the Christian angel army still fight a war?"

"Why not?" Xiao Lei's eyes suddenly became very strange: "Why can't wars be fought between gods? The wars between gods are even recorded clearly! For example... the Bible!"

Yuehua was stunned for a moment, and Xiao Lei sneered: "The Bible clearly records that the war between the gods' class. Isn't the legendary fallen angel Lucifer? He betrayed God, and a group of angels betrayed him. Then God's angel army and Lucifer's rebels fought. In the end, Lucifer was defeated and fell into hell..." Xiao Lei smiled and mocked: "We analyze this way... Since war can break out within Christianity, why can't wars against other myths not break out? Internal wars can break out, foreign wars must exist!"

He pointed to the statue of Zeus, and circled around it, pointed to the twelve main gods in Greek mythology, and smiled and said, "These, they were the religious leaders who originally ruled the spiritual leaders of the Western world, but now the whole West believes in God, not them... Then, that is to say, these Greek gods are just losers!"

"The loser..." Yuehua murmured with a little surprised look.

Xiao Lei changed his mind and suddenly sneered: "Actually, there have been wars between Eastern myths and Western religions, at least... I guess this is the case."

"What?" Yuehua was really surprised this time: "Why?"

"It's still my theory... Since internal wars exist, foreign wars also exist in theory. But... it's just that people don't know much."

Xiao Lei sat slowly beside Yuehua and suddenly said, "Do you know Alexander the Great? The greatest emperor of mankind in the Greek era."

"The territory of ancient Greece was originally very small, and the expansion of territory was accompanied by war. Let's give a example. On the one hand, foreign wars expanded the territory of ancient Greek civilization and human beings... On the other hand, more human beings from other places were annexed into Greece, and at the same time, more people believed in the Greek gods! The Greek coalition led by Alexander expanded countless vast territory... At the same time, it also sprinkled the religious seeds of Greek mythology to more places. On the one hand, it was the expansion of territory, and on the other hand, it was the expansion of religion! By the same token... When Christian ruled the West, foreign wars were also often under the name of "preaching."

"According to the current historical records... well, I suddenly thought of it, because I happened to have a movie that describes Alexander the Great, the most outstanding emperor of the ancient Greek era. He led his Greek coalition to defeat Persia and fought all the way to the East... He really entered the East! He fought to India! We can assume... This was also a religious expansion. However, he failed. Or we can see that this was the first confrontation between Greek mythology and Eastern mythology religion. But inference, the era when Alexander the Great fought to the East happened to be the Warring States Period in China. If Alexander the Great traveled through India and continued to go north, then the first opponent he encountered was the Qin State at that time!"

"There is also the Christian era, where there was a crusade... Similarly, it can be assumed that this was the expansion of Christian religious power to the east... However, in my opinion, Christianity seems to be stronger than the gods in Greek mythology. At least the territory expansion of Christianity is much more than Greek mythology... They not only ruled Europe, but also conquered America. At least, they almost exterminated the mythological religions that originally existed in America. In short, two words... expansion!"

"Finally, my conclusion is that there may be wars among the gods of various myths, and the humans they rule are also wars. This is the process of expansion! It is like a large country annexing small countries, and the fittest survives the fittest. A powerful religion can defeat other religions and occupy more spheres of influence. A weak religion is either extinct or conquered and throw away its own sphere of influence."

After hearing this, Yuehua couldn't help but take a deep breath and smiled bitterly: "You...you think so much."

Xiao Lei smiled: "So, these gods are just rulers who were forced to step down after defeat... No wonder. The most appropriate statement is that in the current Western world, Christianity is the ruling party, while other mythological religions are opposition parties... Hahahaha..."-
Chapter completed!