Monsters: Evolving from Titans to Ancient Gods.

January 1, 2025, Denmark.

The Lindholm Viking Site was visited by National Geographic editors with a local guide.

The editors carefully crouched on the ground, wiping the snow off the stone tablet, and took photos from various angles of the traces of ancient Viking modifications visible within the tablet.

Beside him, the thinning old professor put on his glasses and stared at the contents of the mural, feeling a moment of disorientation.

"This is very similar to our discovery of ancient Yellow River cultural sites in the Taihang Mountains."

"Perhaps the Vikings discovered this mural, which is why they chose to settle here."

The image depicts an abstract portrait of a giant who appears with a rainbow, riding an eight-legged beast and descending upon the world with a spear in his hand.

Since the first monster appeared in the sea in 2014, countries have been conducting secret explorations around the world.

Although they did not see any passages similar to those on the seabed, they discovered something that sent chills down the spines of people all over the world.

Many regions of this world are filled with stories of giants and behemoths battling each other; if that were all there was to it, humanity wouldn't be so terrified.

However, subsequent detailed discoveries silenced scholars from around the world, as these murals and sculptures from different continents were created at remarkably similar times.

The continents are separated by thousands of kilometers, but the images of giant beasts and giants in the murals are almost identical.

In the past, people might have thought this was just a coincidence of Stone Age humans' desire for a stronger body and more aggressive organs.

But in an era when invasions by sea monsters were common, scholars boldly pieced together these astonishing coincidences and ultimately arrived at an unbelievable answer.

Around 11,000 years ago, there existed a "giant" in this world who rode an eight-legged beast and traveled all over the world battling various giant beasts.

Chapter 94 A Legend Across Worlds (4k, 8-10k as compensation in the next day or two)

The invasion of giant beasts did not begin in the 21st century; they came to Earth tens of thousands of years ago, or even earlier.

This is already a consensus of human civilization today, but new problems arise: the invasion of the behemoth was stopped by the giant, which means that the two sides are not from the same source.

So where did the giant that stopped the invasion come from? And where is it now?

The giant stopped the invasion of the behemoths. Was it out of a desire to protect Earth, or to eliminate other behemoths that were eyeing Earth as competitors?

While building the giant wall, humanity is eager to find the answers to these questions that have puzzled many scholars.

The higher echelons of human civilization wanted to know whether this potentially existing giant would threaten the survival of human civilization like the Kaiju.

However, after learning this information, the fervent enthusiasts of these cultures and the pessimistic groups about human civilization prayed every day that the giants would descend upon the world again to save all mankind.

These groups are mostly descendants of Vikings and enthusiasts of traditional Chinese folk customs and mythology.

They spontaneously formed the Adventists, separate from the Resistance and Surrender factions.

After taking many photos, the National Geographic editor put down his camera and prepared to have the tour guide lead the group to the next location.

For him, the most valuable thing about this tourist attraction is the stone tablet left by western hunter-gatherers 10,000 years ago.

The Viking settlements that later settled there were not within his scope of attention.

He had photographed the traces they left behind a long time ago, but at that time he didn't take the mural too seriously and just took a couple of photos casually.

Now that he has finally been granted the opportunity to return here, he has a different feeling when he looks at this stone tablet again.

perhaps…

Is this what young people mean by having "spiritual vision"?

Just as the editor was talking with the tour guide, a tourist who had come with the group came up with a camera and asked with great curiosity, "I heard that statues and murals from 10,000 years ago were unearthed at the ancient Yellow River cultural site."

"They're all carved with a tribal chief with horns on his head. Could that chief be Kuafu?"

Kuafu was a giant in their country's ancient mythology, and his origin may lie in those murals.

The editor paused for a moment, then, seeing the young man's excited expression, instantly realized he was a member of the Adventists. After thinking for a moment, he gave his answer.

"Impossible. The archaeological team has confirmed through investigation that the ancient Yellow River culture site is several hundred years earlier than the period of these murals. It was just a tribal chief who liked to decorate with ox horns."

"But it is said that the tribal chief taught our ancestors a lot of knowledge, but a large part of it was lost due to the flooding of the Yellow River."

"If this discovery had happened 14 years ago, it would have caused a huge sensation, but now..." The editor shook his head after a moment of reflection and followed the tour guide away.

As the group headed toward their next destination, snowflakes suddenly began to fall from the sky, growing heavier and heavier until it turned into a blizzard that blocked their path.

The wind and snow intensified, the wind howled and the snowflakes were so large that the road was almost invisible. The editor and tour guide quickly gathered the group and prepared to return along the markers.

People braved the wind and snow, carefully making their way back the way they came, only to be awestruck by what they saw upon arriving at the Viking cultural site.

"What is that...?"

The editor took off his hat and goggles to improve his vision, exhaling white smoke.

In the midst of the near-total darkness of the snowstorm, the colors of a rainbow appeared without warning, as if connecting the sky and the ground. Visible electric currents flashed across the sky, accompanied by deafening roars.

In an instant, a raging hurricane struck, disrupting the wind and snow and causing the snowflakes to momentarily stop falling.

People instinctively turned to avoid it, but a long, mournful cry that seemed to come from beyond the heavens sent chills down everyone's spines.

The shadowy beast, obscuring the sky, revealed most of its body amidst the wind and snow beside it. Its eight iron hooves, as white as pillars of heaven, rose and fell, stirring up a flurry of snowflakes.

Its body was as huge as a mountain range, covered with thick bone armor, with a long tail swaying freely behind it, and iron hooves and white mane on the back of its neck fluttering in the wind.

The gleaming white, eight-legged behemoth slowly turned its head. Beneath its sharply defined bone armor, its chilling vertical pupils swept over the crowd, revealing utter contempt and indifference.

The dark clouds in the sky dispersed, and the bright sunlight slanted in, illuminating the huge silhouette that was faintly visible in the wind and snow, clearly revealing the figure hidden behind the cloak to everyone.

He sat behind the eight-legged behemoth, his figure as majestic as a mountain, his whole body hidden in a curtain like the sky, as if his two horns, capable of supporting the mountains, were protruding from under the curtain.

The wind and snow gently swirled around the yellowish curtain, softly lifting a corner of the curtain to reveal His "one eye" amidst the wind and snow, its azure light swaying in the wind.

The eight-legged behemoth exhaled white smoke resembling a long dragon from its nostrils, its long neighing echoed through the sky, and it galloped across the earth with its eight iron hooves, which resembled pillars of heaven, accompanied by roars and gales.

People stared blankly as the giant beasts disappeared into the distance, trying to connect them with the Kaiju from the news, but their instincts kept denying it.

"That is…"

The man, suppressing his trembling legs, stiffly turned his head to look at the stone tablets of the Viking cultural site behind him, where abstract images of giants and eight-legged horses came into view.

"Really...?"

At the front of the group, the Viking-born guide stared at the still-lingering rainbow and the direction in which the eight-legged behemoth had disappeared, his eyes shining brightly, and he became incoherent.

"Rainbow Bridge..."

“Sleipnir…”

As a descendant of Vikings, he was no stranger to these two beings who occupy an important place in Norse mythology.

He promptly took out his phone and excitedly tried to tell his family about his discovery.

He knew perfectly well what the simultaneous appearance of these two things meant; in mythology, there was only one being capable of controlling Sleipnir.

“Odin…”

"Click...click..."

Two strange sounds rang out, gradually bringing the stunned group back to their senses, and they all looked in the direction from which the sounds came.

The young man who had been following at the back of the group looking like he was about to die had somehow taken out his phone and started snapping photos in the direction the giant beast had gone.

The editor turned his head and saw the old professor, whose body was half buried in the yellow earth, standing beside him, raising a heavy camera to focus and take a picture. His face was rosy and radiant, and he looked like he had no regrets about dying.

The news quickly swept the world like a storm, with media and satellites around the world focusing on the direction the eight-legged behemoth was heading and providing follow-up reports.

European countries were terrified and quickly evacuated residents from cities along the path of the behemoth, while also seeking assistance from the mech forces of the Pan-Pacific Defense Force.

Chapter 95 The Truth

News of the appearance of giant creatures on the European continent spread like wildfire across the internet, and almost everyone now knew that giant creatures, unlike the Kaiju, were moving across the European continent.

European leaders were alarmed. Denmark was the first to send troops and scientists to the site of the monster's appearance to deploy instruments for detection. The military immediately sealed off the entire area to prevent other giant creatures from reappearing there.

Even the National Geographic editorial team that had already left the area was immediately located and taken away for questioning.

However, the information they received struck the Danish military as utterly absurd.

What does it mean that giant creatures appear with rainbows? And what does it mean that it is Odin, the chief god of Asgard worshipped by the Vikings?

The military colonel instinctively wanted to question it, but the footage displayed on the screen in the operations command center left him speechless.

He was also a descendant of the Vikings, and upon seeing the giant beast galloping across the land, he instinctively connected it to mythology, as if triggering some deep-seated code.

...

The giant beast roamed the land, traversing the pristine mountains and treading across peaceful European villages with its eight legs.

The golden ship traveled along a specific route, leaving deep footprints in the countryside and along the roads. Many humans who had not been able to evacuate showed similar expressions when they saw it and Longbo, who was hidden under a cloak.

The golden ship's iron hooves pounded the highway, causing violent jolts and vibrations that shook nearby vehicles stuck in traffic, cracked the road, and terrified the trapped people who screamed.

In an instant, the sounds of car horns, sirens, and shrill shouts mingled together, echoing across the road.

Many terrified people abandoned their vehicles and fled in all directions in extreme fear, creating chaos like ants swarming out of a collapsed anthill.

Many people fleeing in terror couldn't help but turn their heads to look at the huge silhouette clearly outlined by the sunlight.

The eight-legged behemoth caused severe damage simply by walking on the road. Tanks and armored vehicles drove in from afar, turning their turrets to aim at the behemoth, but due to the chaotic crowd, they ultimately did not fire.

As the golden ship moved slowly according to Longbo's instructions, it glanced at the humans around it, who looked like ants.

Although their screams and the loud noises from the small iron blocks were tiny, their sheer number combined made the golden ship extremely jarring and irritating.

These Haqqas are so ignorant.

The Hacksbers' flock was definitely better; they not only groomed their fur but also braided it into pretty little pigtails.

Of course, it would be even better if they didn't object to me occasionally mooching meals from them.

If that weren't the case, I wouldn't need to endure the dogs' bites to sneak into their den for food. Lately, their bites have been getting increasingly painful and unbearable.

The golden ship sighed helplessly, its scorching breath turning into a long dragon of steam that made the forest sway and startled the humans observing and taking pictures under the trees, causing even their cameras to fall from their hands.

The golden ship clearly captured this scene, and then, with a wicked grin, it lowered its head the instant the man bent down to pick up his camera, revealing its chilling vertical pupils before him.

The man had just picked up his camera and straightened up to take another picture when he met the huge vertical pupils that were almost inches away from him. The vertical cracks between the pupils were like abysses.

A sudden, unexpected attack to the face left the man frozen in place, his body tense, his pants soaked, his pupils dilated violently, and he fell backward.

Seeing this, the Golden Ship raised its head with satisfaction, feeling much better. Even the screams around it seemed somewhat cute.