Chapter 237: Attempting to Shut Oneself In Until Death — and He Died (Begging for Monthly Tickets!)

"Of course I know. The dragon is the symbol of ancient emperors, a divine beast in the myths of Hua Nation, a legendary miraculous creature that lives in the sea.

According to the Eastern Han scholar Xu Shen's 'Shuowen Jiezi': 'The dragon, the chief of the scaled creatures, can hide and can shine, can shrink and can swell, can shorten and can lengthen; at the spring equinox it ascends to the heavens, at the autumn equinox it dives into the deep.'"

And according to records in the 'Ciyuan' and 'Cihai' and other such works — these accounts are the most common explanations of the dragon.

To put it simply, the dragon presides over the rolling of clouds and the spreading of rain; it is the master of harmonizing winds and transforming rain.

This is an overview of the dragon's identity.

Beyond its identity, there are other overviews of the dragon.

For instance, the 'Book of Han' records: 'In the depth of winter thunder and lightning, the hidden dragon becomes a scourge. Followed by falling stars and streaming comets, Wei and Tien appear above, and the sun is eclipsed with its back to the xiang.' The 'Lunheng' records: 'When the great flood reached the heavens, snakes and dragons wrought havoc, and Yao thus sent Yu to control the waters'…

Combining the above with accounts from other historical records, I have made a summary.

According to legend, when a dragon is born and flies into a rage, the four seas tilt, the waters of the earth surge upward, floods rage across the heavens, and the whole world is reduced to a marshland.

Wait!

You can't possibly be trying to say…"

The theologian netizen who had been answering questions spoke up to this point, then suddenly changed color. Dimly realizing that this netizen had discovered something, his breathing grew rapid.

At this moment, that netizen also sent a message.

"Regarding the claim that when a dragon is born and flies into a rage, the four seas tilt, the waters of the earth surge upward, floods rage across the heavens, and the whole world is reduced to a marshland — this point has actually already been well verified. I think you all still remember, don't you, the matter of the Tsukuyomi deity opening the Eye-pupil world.

The scene we witnessed when the Yinglong was born is enough to verify that the historical records are not wrong: the moment a dragon is born, the whole world is reduced to a marshland.

Then do you think it's possible that…

the great floods that occurred in each of the various mythologies were actually the doing of the dragons of Hua Nation's mythology — and might even have been caused by the birth of the Yinglong that led to the encirclement and killing of the ancient Babylonian mythology?"

"Holy shit!"

"Damn!"

"Oh my heavens!"

All around the world, at the same moment, countless netizens burst out cursing, then broke out in trembling all over.

This netizen's guess was just too terrifying.

But it really does seem to be the case! The mythologies of every country contain historical records of an apocalyptic great flood — for instance, Indian mythology, Biblical mythology, ancient Babylonian mythology, and so on. Without exception, every one of these mythologies experienced an apocalyptic great flood.

The more you think about it, the more terrifying it gets.

"Ancient Babylonian mythology also experienced an apocalyptic great flood! It couldn't be that…" a netizen cried out loudly upon seeing the guess posted by the netizen above.

Even though he did not speak the second half of his sentence, all the netizens understood his meaning.

The apocalyptic great flood of ancient Babylonian mythology was connected to the Yinglong.

It was highly likely that this was involved in the reason ancient Babylonian mythology had been encircled and attacked.

Even now, the world's curiosity about the truth behind the encirclement and attack on ancient Babylonian mythology has not diminished; as time goes on, that curiosity has instead surged even higher.

Yet at this moment, no one dared to keep discussing it.

Because just as everyone was shaken by this netizen's idea, the theologian netizen who had been explaining the dragons of Hua Nation's mythology sent a message.

"@Attempting to Shut Oneself In Until Death, my friend, what do you think of this guess?"

"Right, @Attempting to Shut Oneself In Until Death, are you there? Besides discovering the connection between the Minotaur and the bull-head, and the connection between the Victorious Fighting Buddha and Heracles — given your understanding of the various mythologies, what is your take on the apocalyptic floods of each mythology and the birth of the Yinglong in Hua Nation's mythology?"

"Same question."

"Same question +1"

Many netizens asked one after another.

One second, two seconds…

One minute, two minutes…

Ten minutes passed.

The 'Attempting to Shut Oneself In Until Death,' whom countless netizens had been calling for, did not appear — not a single punctuation mark of a reply.

"Last time he was drinking water; this time, did he go to the bathroom? Or did he fall asleep? He shouldn't be sleeping at this hour." A netizen wondered.

"I've already DM'd 'Attempting to Shut Oneself In Until Death.' I'll wait for his reply."

"At such a critical moment, sleeping is impossible, and even in the bathroom he'd at least have his phone. I bet he's doing 'research on how life is created' with his girlfriend — only something like that could override everything. Serious face. jpg"

Then time passed, second by second.

An hour later, 'Attempting to Shut Oneself In Until Death' still had not shown the slightest sign of returning.

At this point the netizens no longer had any mood for joking. The hearts that had been heatedly debating were as though doused with a basin of cold water, chilled through.

Something was wrong!

Something had definitely happened!

No matter how one was 'creating life,' an hour should have been enough for 'the sublimation of life' to finish — yet why was there not the slightest movement?

The internet instantly fell silent. The netizens were mute, swallowing hard, as though a bone were stuck in their throats.

"This time it's probably not drinking water — it's dying…" one netizen typed out with trembling hands, his hands shaking as though he had Parkinson's.

In response, the netizen who had proposed the flood guess panicked badly:

"He should be fine, right? We were just discussing things."

The words had just been sent when, within a few seconds, replies from a group of hacker netizens came in, scaring this netizen half to death.

"I just hacked into the network and found 'Attempting to Shut Oneself In Until Death's' IP, as well as his home address and phone number. I called him and he didn't pick up."

"Same, I hacked in too, and contacted his home phone, mobile, as well as Line, Twitter, and other means — no response."

As the hacker netizens said this, how could the other netizens sit still any longer?

Could it be that 'Attempting to Shut Oneself In Until Death' had been silenced?

They thought of that 'tight-lipped Akainu' — to this day, this netizen's whereabouts were still unknown. Including the police, nearly everyone from all sides was certain that this netizen had been silenced.

Just as the netizens were feeling uneasy, a hacker netizen suddenly posted a sentence.

"I hacked into 'Attempting to Self-Isolate Until Death's' room surveillance camera and saw a very terrifying scene."

At the same time this message was sent, the hacker netizen also posted a surveillance camera video.

The video showed a very ordinary bedroom, with a young man inside; checking the timestamp on the video, it was just over an hour ago.

At that time, the young man in the room was sitting by the computer typing, his face beaming with a silly grin.

This was the netizen 'Attempting to Self-Isolate Until Death.'

Corresponding to the time the video was shot, he should have been introducing to the netizens what he had discovered — the relationship between Minotaur and Arnold Tarnos, and the relationship between the Victorious Fighting Buddha and Hercules.

The video footage was perfectly normal.

Until he finished introducing it to the netizens, his face brimming with thick pride and swagger, he stood up, turned, and walked toward the bedroom door; seeing the cup in his hand, he was heading to the hall to pour himself some water.

Then…

Then he took one step, and just like a soap bubble popping — pop! — the person vanished in an instant. He truly was just like a soap bubble: after bursting, he could not be found anywhere, no trace left behind, vanished without a shadow or a trace.

Second by second, minute by minute, 'Attempting to Self-Isolate Until Death' never reappeared in the room after vanishing.

The bizarre and horrifying scene left countless netizens frozen in place in terror.

Gone?!

Vanished into thin air?!

Countless people were scared pale.

At this moment.

At this instant.

Everyone was horrified, everyone knew it clearly — 'Attempting to Self-Isolate Until Death's' vanishing into thin air was… a silencing!!

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