Chapter 20: Pandora's Box
There is a story that is widely circulated in the world and is well-known.
In ancient times, after Prometheus stole the god fire, Zeus ordered the flame and the casting god Hephaestus to cast a doll with all the characteristics of women called "Pandora". Zeus gave her life, and the twelve main gods each blessed her, giving her infinite charm that was fascinating to the whole country.
Then, Pandora came to the world under the command of the Lord God, and soon used her peerless charm to make men in the world crazy about her. In order to compete for Pandora's ownership, wars in the human world quietly burned and wars broke out everywhere.
When Pandora descended to the world, she also carried a small box, which was called "Pandora's Box".
It was also a magical artifact cast by Hephaestus. The gods put evil forces such as "disease", "war", "viciousness", "small carp", "greed and corrupt", "soap" into it, allowing Pandora to open it as soon as the time comes, leaving the human world without peace and eventually towards self-destruction.
Pandora opened the box as instructed, and the forces such as "disease" and "war" flew out of the box, spreading the entire earth and poisoning the world.
However, the gods did not expect that under the evolution of various desperate forces, the power of "hope" would automatically form in the box.
So, when all the despair spreads across the earth, the light of hope finally comes, and the human world returns to prosperity and harmony again.
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It's probably this story.
"You are all cheated." Knolos said.
What he said was another story that still made Zhang Shen feel a bit incredible.
The Box of Pandora is real, but this is not its real name (for convenience, it is called the Box of Pandora); the doll girl "Pandora" also exists real, and is completed by Hephaestus and the Lord Gods. The purpose is not to punish humans who "blasphemed God's Fire Heavenly Power", but to cover up their eyes and ears.
Zeus and other gods made a very high-end doll, named her Pandora, and asked her to take a box that looked very tall and noble to the world, causing war in humans with her terrible charm blessed by the Lord God.
Pandora succeeded, but later she was killed by a demigod with a distorted aesthetic view, ending the war. Pandora's Box was destroyed in the war on earth. Under the guidance of some unknown forces, the bard among humans sang this story and became a household name.
This sounds very troublesome, and in fact it is really troublesome, all things are to cover up the real Pandora's Box!
The real Pandora's Box exists for a long time. In terms of the fairy side, it belongs to "innate things".
Its birth is likely to be even longer than the ancient god Kaos!
After Kaos was born from chaos, one day he obtained a stone containing wonderful power and carved it into a cube like a box. This is the famous Pandora's Box.
Kaos regarded it as a treasure and never let others touch it, even Gaia, the god of earth closest to him.
There is no airtight wall in the world, and the existence of Pandora's Box is gradually spreading, but it is just a "treasure treasure of Kaos", and no one knows its function.
Until Kaoshan's words before his hatred were heard, he pushed Pandora's Box to the forefront.
"Do you want to be the Lord of the World? Want to have the strongest power? Go and grab Pandora's Box! I'll hide all the secrets in it! As long as you get it, you can have everything!"
This sentence opened the great pirate...ah, it started the era of chaos in the gods and also planted the seeds for the demise of the Titan God era.
As the second king of the gods, Knolos naturally obtained the Pandora Box and had it for quite a long time.
"That's a good thing that can make people crazy and willing to give everything for it!" Zhang Shen, the expression and expression of Knolos, said this, will never forget it.
"I think the specific ability of Pandora's Box is the most vivid description in three words."
"Make-wish-machine."
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"Paying a certain price, a certain probability of obtaining the corresponding power... The wishing machine is indeed quite vivid." Zhang Shen recalled the correct way to open Pandora's box described by Knolos, while complaining about "how did such an unscientific thing come into being", and couldn't help but feel a desire in his heart.
It’s no wonder that Zeus and others tried every means to confuse the view and conceal their existence.
However, what is funny is that at this moment, Pandora's Box is probably not in the hands of any god such as Zeus!
"If I guess correctly, Pandora's Box is not in Zeus and the others' control." When Zhang Shen asked who was in his hands, Kenoluos gave such a surprising answer.
As for the reason...
Everything was made by Knolos himself.
After Knolos got Pandora's Box and gained generous benefits from it, in order to prevent Kaos from happening to him, he did not carry it with him (Zhang maliciously speculated that he thought he was not strong enough and was worried about being attacked). Instead, he hid it somewhere.
"That is the safest place in the world, because no one can imagine it!" Knolos was proud.
When Zhang Shen learned from Knolos where Pandora's Box was hidden, he was shocked and couldn't help but like him: "I actually hid in that kind of place. I have a big brain... No wonder Zeus has probably not succeeded..."
Zhang Shen did not ask why he told himself such a secret message. This was a transaction, and obtaining Pandora's Box was both a naked temptation of interests and a temptation to verify his true strength!
Entering Taltalos to untie Kotos's seal can only preliminary explanation that Zhang Shen is qualified to trade with him, the "former" Lord of Gods, but if you want to obtain Pandora's Box, that little strength is far from enough.
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world.
It has been almost half a month since I left hell.
During this period, except for taking a look at the first version of Kratos, Zhang Shen was collecting information about the Golden Wool Arm Armor at other times.
Collecting the Golden Wool Arm Armor is naturally to get the troublesome Medusa with the fastest speed.
That’s right, Zhang Shen wants to go to Destiny Island again, and the three goddesses of Destiny will be there in a while!
As for the reason...
Pandora's Box is hidden in the mirror of destiny!
No, it should be more accurate to say that it is hidden in the gap between the illusory river of destiny and the real world. It can only be opened and taken out through the mirror of destiny.
Pandora's Box was hidden in Knolos. What's even more amazing is that the three goddesses of fate don't know about this!
After learning the news, Zhang Shen was dumbfounded for a long time, and could not understand how he hid the three strange old women and hid Pandora's box in the mirror of fate.
I can only say that I am the former Lord of the Gods...
After confirming the approximate location of the "Sacred War Forest" where the Golden Wool Arm Armor is located, Zhang Shen set out.
Although the Holy Forest is called the God of War, it is actually located on earth. It is a place used by a country that believes in the God of War to worship the God of War. It can be regarded as a luxurious version of the Land Temple...
As the highest-level offering, the Golden Wool Arm Armor is placed at the top, but there are no strict anti-theft measures - in this world controlled by the gods, no thief is brave enough to move his thoughts on the offerings of gods, and even the thief itself has gods worshipped. The relationship between gods is complicated, so they dare not do anything to avoid angering the gods they worship.
Zhang Shen successfully got the Golden Wool Arm Armor, and came to replace the pillars. He casually refined an equally golden A-goods and placed it in place.
As the saying goes, no coincidence can be made. Not long after Zhang Shen left, the figure of the God of War Ares appeared in the Holy Forest.
He happened to be bored and chose a place to find some fun in the lower realm.
This is his divine clone, which can only appear in similar places to the altar where his statues are worshipped, so he came directly here.
"Hey, something is wrong with this golden wool arm armor!" Ares looked around and suddenly his eyes condensed and fell on the arm armor. Because the arm armor made of golden wool is shining with golden light, it is very consistent with the style of the God of War, he once played with it for a while and was quite familiar with this sacrifice, and then he could see something was wrong at a glance.
He put his arm armor into his hand, rubbed it gently, and his thick eyebrows stood up: "So bold, I dare to touch my things, I really don't know how to live or die!"
Ares became interested in the guy who reached his head, and with nothing to do, he decided to pull the man out. As for whether to fry or steam it later, it depends on his mood. I will talk about it then.
On the other hand, Zhang Chan had no idea that he had touched the tiger's butt inadvertently, offending Ares, who was second only to the queen of queen Hera.
After getting the Golden Wool Arm Armor, Zhang Shen stopped delaying and headed towards Destiny Island at full speed.
Zhang Shen remembered the road he had gone through again and again, and soon arrived at the "place" of Destiny Island in the world.
The last time he and Kratos entered on a time war horse, but this time Zhang Shen did not intend to make any more troubles to grab the time war horse. He knew very well that he was a person from another world. If the lucky value could be quantified, he would definitely be zero. Last time, he borrowed the light of the plane protagonist Kratos to go smoothly. If he acted alone, he would probably involve something.
It is better to have less things than to do more. Moreover, Zhang Shen probably understood the method of the time war horse crossing the invisible barrier and entering the island of Destiny. He tossed several times himself, successfully crossing the barrier and descending to the island of Destiny again.
As soon as his feet landed, Zhang Shen's pupils suddenly shrank and he couldn't help but curse in his heart.
Chapter completed!