Chapter 159 Leap of Faith

"The Nibelungen, the country of the dead. This term can be found in many ancient documents, but it has not been confirmed whether it is true or a legend. The last person who claimed to have been there was a medieval witch who was burned on a cross. .”

The waiter took away the plate and brought a new dish, snails baked in butter.

Lu Mingfei picked up the snail meat and stuffed it into his mouth: "Is the Nibelungen something like a different space?"

"It's impossible to verify, but if it really exists, it should be an inaccessible alien space, or sunk in the deep sea that no one knows about." Su Enxi took a sip of red wine, "Modern humans occupy this planet for only a short time. In less than 300 years, it is not even one ten millionth of the time this planet has existed, but there is no doubt that this sky and earth already belong to mankind. The Secret Party has launched a search for the Nibelungs in private more than once. Action, but still nothing.”

"So either it doesn't exist at all, or it's in a different space and a deep sea thousands of miles away that no one can reach?"

"Most people tend to think that the Nibelung roots exist." Su Enxi said: "Because so far, human research on dragons has lacked a very important link, which is the gathering place of dragons. Dragons are rarely found. The ruins of a human gathering place. In the myth, the Black King Nidhogg rules the world, but not a single ruin related to the Black King's death has been excavated. This is a very illogical thing. Even the Pharaoh can leave Down a pile of pyramids, the King of the World left no trace."

"You mean those ruins are hidden in the Nibelungs?"

"The possibility is very high." Su Enxi nodded: "The King of Bronze and Fire lived in the northern ice field and built a bronze palace as tall as a mountain. The Black King nailed the White King on the sky-high copper pillar, and there is a Shinto across the ocean. These Everything is recorded in classics, and many peoples around the world have legends about 'ancient civilizations that suddenly disappeared'."

"Then how can I enter the Nibelungs?"

"The only way recorded in the classics is 'death'."

"It's a country of the dead. You have to die to enter." Lu Mingfei put down his knife and fork and nodded, "This makes sense, so what plan did the 'boss' give you?"

"I'll throw you down from an altitude of 15,000 meters." Su Enxi looked directly at Lu Mingfei.

Sweden, high above the Navia Mountains.

Strictly speaking, the Navia Mountains do not belong to Sweden. They are located between Norway and Sweden, starting from the Barents Sea in the north, the Norwegian Sea in the west, the Skagerrak Strait in the south, and the Baltic Sea coastal plain in the east. 1,700 kilometers, about 200 to 600 kilometers wide.

Once eroded by ancient glaciers, the terrain here is gentle, and many steep fjords are formed along the coast that go deep into the interior.

There is a 10-hour time difference between Sweden and the United States. Lu Mingfei set off from the United States at 8 o'clock in the evening. At that time, it was 10 o'clock in the morning in Sweden. At this time, it was afternoon in Sweden, but the sun had already set above the horizon, and dusk was approaching.

Lu Mingfei took a short nap and was getting up from the soft Simmons bed.

The color of the sun in winter is almost pure white, and it looks like a big white ball of light. But when the sunlight shines on the ice sheet, it turns into a golden plain, like the harvest goddess overturning the basket of rice. Ears of wheat are scattered everywhere.

Looking down at this ice field through the window, I have a sense of being isolated from the world. Everything has become so small and covered with white snow. Only the tops of the rocky cliffs reveal a rare iron-gray color and a dead barrenness composed of withered trees. .

Half of the icebergs in the distance are plated with gold foil, and half are in shadow, pure and silent.

Many places here have not been developed by humans and are covered by ice and snow all year round, making it difficult for people to live in. However, this mountain range hides rich mineral resources, including iron, copper, titanium, pyrite, etc. Sweden's iron ore is the largest in the world. The largest iron ore mined underground.

Lu Mingfei put on the "Magic Prosthetic Hand", put on the skydiving suit folded beside the bed, and tied the wedge ball tightly to his back, and walked out of the room. Mai Shutoku equipped him with a parachute bag.

"Are you really not going to train?" Mai Shutoku asked.

"It's not necessary." Lu Mingfei shook his head, "Didn't you say that you have to be close to the true meaning of death before you can enter the kingdom of death? If I had done the training, I think I might not be able to enter the Nibelungen smoothly."

"I don't know if you are confident or what." Mai Shutoku patted the parachute bag: "There are still 30 minutes left. The dusk period begins. The sun will connect with the horizon, and day and night will change. The Japanese call this period Known as the 'time of encountering demons', it is the time when ghosts and gods are most likely to appear. Hundreds of ghosts walk at night, and the whole world will become distorted and weird. Children must go home before the sun goes down, otherwise they will encounter terrible things. In occultism , Dusk represents a transitional state of change, the boundaries of things will become blurred, and will not be stable until night falls completely."

"So when do I get off the plane?"

"The hatch will be opened for you when the countdown is one minute."

"Okay, give me another grilled steak, and I'll be on my way after eating it."

"It sounds like you're on a destitute meal." Mai Shutoku suddenly covered her mouth and smiled, "You have such a big heart. This is an altitude of 15,000 meters. If you fall from here, your whole body will be embedded in the ice. It’s stuck in the block and you can’t even buckle it out.”

"No, it will only be smashed to pieces." Lu Mingfei patted his head: "There was a loud bang in my ears, my head was buzzing, and before I could spit out a mouthful of blood, my eyes blackened, and the person was gone."

"It sounds like you skipped it."

"Skip in the dream."

"Is it a nightmare?"

"I don't know, it was a dream that I can't quite explain clearly."

Lu Mingfei moved his body and did warm-up exercises to become familiar with the weight of the clothes on his body.

He has indeed fallen from a very high place, and more than once. It is easy to slip on the mountain road over to Xianfeng Temple. The bamboo plank road is in disrepair for a long time, and there are imps wearing hats who throw things to disturb you. If you are not careful, you will fall off the cliff wall, and the prosthetic hand will not even be able to find a branch to rely on, and you will end up being shattered to pieces.

In fact, as long as the head is down, there will basically be no particularly strong pain, and the internal organs will not be shattered, or in other words, the person will lose consciousness before the internal organs are shattered.

Although Lu Mingfei has never skydived, he has quite a lot of experience falling from high places.

According to Su Enxi, as long as Lu Mingfei accelerates to a certain state and understands the true meaning of death in an extreme environment, he can cross that barrier and enter the Nibelung roots of the King of Bronze and Fire.

It is recorded in Nordic mythology that the black dragon Nidhogg is guarding the branches of the World Tree. He is the gatekeeper of the entrance. Behind the door is the kingdom of death. At Ragnarok, the sea will be broken open, and it will be made of dead people’s nails. The big ship rises from the bottom of the sea, and the ship is full of undead. It is the army of the country of the dead waging war against the living.

An alchemist once described the Nibelungs, where the sky was half-dark and half-light, the clouds and soil were iron-gray, the flames would emit blue cold light, water could not float things, everything would only sink, there was no daylight and In the dark night, everything is dead, and the air is full of spiritual elements. The Philosopher's Stone can be easily refined with that air.

Everything inside is a treasure, even the dirt dug out can be used as the highest-grade alchemy material.

But Lu Mingze asked Lu Mingfei to take out only one thing from it, a piece of dragon scale, a dragon scale as big as a schoolbag. He said that once he went in, he would know where to get it. After getting it, he would go back the same way and it must end at dusk. Get it back beforehand, otherwise you will never be able to return.

At the dinner table, Su Enxi was afraid that Lu Mingfei would not remember it, so she explained the essentials again: "Whether you can go in or not is not discussed for now, but if you go in, you must always remember one thing. You only have 1 hour. After 1 hour, , must return.”

"Also, take this." Su Enxi pushed over a small metal pin, "Button this in your vest, be careful not to damage it. This is a signal locator. We can locate your position in real time through this thing. , when the Nibelung is opened, it is connected to the present world. The location where you first enter must be at the most superficial level. Only within this time period and the initial location can we receive your signal. By then , we will find a way to get you out."

"Find a way, does that mean there is no way yet?" Lu Mingfei felt that this "professional team" was a bit unreliable.

"It's true that it doesn't exist now. After all, we don't know the internal structure of the Nibelungs yet. It's a non-existent mathematical problem that no one in the world can solve." Su Enxi said with her arms crossed: "But there must be a way to reach the mountain, and the signal device I will pass on the collected data and there will always be a solution.”

"Should I say come on?"

"Hmph, I won't be happy if you tell me to work harder." Su Enxi tilted her head and pouted.

"Sister, can we be more reliable?" Lu Mingfei said.

This matter is related to his life after all. At this time, he would rather his partner is an old Mediterranean professor with black-rimmed glasses and sharp eyes, rather than a arrogant two-dimensional potato chip-eating and cute otaku.

"I thought you would like this one." Su Enxi put down her pretense and returned to a normal tone: "I think you like the second dimension, don't you? I have done research specifically, and this kind of tsundere character will be the best if you have watched it for hundreds of years. It appears in 80% of anime.”

"The second dimension is the second dimension and cannot be confused with the third dimension." Lu Mingfei quietly glanced at Su Enxi's flatbed airport, "But, you are quite talented in some aspects. You are indeed born to defeat Ninety-nine percent of people."

"There are many people who call me a genius, so you can rest assured. If I can't find a way out within this hour, then no one can help you find a way out."

"Then, come on, Miss Su Enxi." Lu Mingfei gave a thumbs up to Su Enxi's chest.

"It's you who need to cheer up. Even if I can't figure it out, I will still live my life as usual. You are the only one who will be in danger in this operation." Su Enxi glanced at the Patek Philippe mechanical watch on her right wrist, "There are still 20 minutes. , the plane will sail to the destination immediately, enjoy your steak."

"Well, Miss Su Enxi, go and do your work, come on!" Lu Mingfei nodded solemnly and patted his chest.

20 minutes later, Lu Mingfei stood by the cabin door.

At the edge of the horizon, the outline of the sun has connected with the white ice field, and a huge red sun stands in front of the fuselage, like a pilgrimage road to the Kingdom of God.

Ling, Jiutoku Mai, and Su Enxi were all here to see him off.

"If you see the color of the sky change, you can pull the parachute. Don't pull it in advance. We don't have time to do it again. There is only one hour at dusk. The boss said that if you miss this time, you won't know what year the Nibelung will be next time." Only then will the roots be opened." Su Enxi said.

"Yes, I will remember it." Lu Mingfei glanced out the window. The sky was blue and golden, with few clouds. It was a sunny day today.

"Then, let's open the cabin." Su Enxi gave Zero and Shutoku Mai a look.

Ling nodded and put on his wind mask with Mai Jiutoku, while Su Enxi retreated to a distance.

They have to open the cabin manually. The cabins of all airplanes are manual, even this air express worth hundreds of millions of yuan.

After all, automating the door means setting up a power source. Once the aircraft fails, the power system is likely to be paralyzed first, causing passengers to miss the best time to jump out. Moreover, the higher the altitude, the thinner the atmosphere becomes, but the atmosphere inside the cabin becomes The air pressure will not change, which will cause the hatch to close automatically, so there is no need to worry about the unreliability of the manual hatch.

Soon, with the twisting of Zero and Mai Shutoku, a small crack opened up in the aircraft cabin.

The cold air immediately hit my face, like an ice knife cutting into my face.

Lu Mingfei faced the cold wind directly, and the goggles allowed him to keep his eyes wide open in the cold wind.

The cabin door was fully opened. The wind pulled the girls' hair wantonly and the folds of their clothes were blown back. Su Enxi made an OK gesture towards Lu Mingfei. Lu Mingfei nodded and stood at the door of the cabin facing the air flow. , looking at the huge red sun, jumped down without hesitation.

His limbs were spread wide and his head was raised, maintaining the word "big" so that he could see the sky.

In a state of complete weightlessness, the blue sky turned into an arc. Although he was falling, he had the illusion that he was about to embrace the sky.

Such a rapid fall did not speed up his heartbeat. If someone tested his pulse, they would find that it remained at a frequency of around 70, which was very stable.

"Are you close to death?" Lu Mingfei held his breath.

Close your eyes and draw a beautiful parabola in the air like a freely gliding bird.

He himself can't even remember how many times he has died. Is there anyone in the world who is closer to the true meaning of death than him?

He didn't know, he was just thinking about the boundless and suffocating darkness in his heart. It would never end. Everything was nothingness. He couldn't even feel his own existence. The body had no meaning. Only thinking was left. Being frozen and thrown into space, only thinking can prove that he is still alive.

Wedge Maru hummed slightly, and when he opened his eyes again, half of the sky turned dark red, like the color created by dark red roses that have accumulated for thousands of years.

A huge bronze palace appeared in front of us. It was the skeleton of a giant dragon. It lay quietly, its wings covering the entire palace. The gray water flooded the earth. Only the magnificent palace that seemed to be inhabited by a giant broke a pilgrimage path in the water. Road, a pilgrimage path made of gold.

Iron-gray water is everywhere, turbid but calm, like a smooth mirror, reflecting the shadow of the palace.

A sense of shock filled Lu Mingfei's heart.

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