Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Rubik's Cube is Lost
Personal experience tells Le Yuan: There is no simple protagonist, and to provoke the protagonist is to cause trouble for yourself.
Ever since he met Mr. and Mrs. O'Connor in the pastry shop, Le Yuan could feel that someone was watching him every time he went out, and although the watcher was very careful, it was very obvious in the eyes of Le Yuan, a superpower.
Although someone followed him when he went out, after a few days of observation, Le Yuan knew that the other party should be someone from the British government, and he thought of the identity of Evelyn who he had contacted a few days ago - a supernumerary agent who provided intelligence to the British government during World War II. knew that it must be the information he revealed that attracted the attention of the British government, after all, Le Yuan, an outsider with an unclear background, suddenly contacted his explorer and told such an important information, no matter how you look at it, it shouldn't be?
Although it was very uncomfortable to be watched, after Le Yuan ignored the watchers for a week, the proficiency of the surveillance personnel was obviously reduced, because Le Yuan's range of activities was too simple, Randolph Kemp's manor, the British Library, the Celestial Pastry Room, and other places in Le Yuan were not touched at all, and it seemed that they didn't even have daily entertainment, just immersed in books.
August came, Le Yuan said goodbye to Randolph Kemp, Le Yuan hugged Randolph Kemp, then shook his hand and said: "Thank you very much for taking care of me during this time, but now I am leaving, I will definitely come back in the future, and then we will talk about the future development." โ
"I knew you wouldn't be able to stop as an adventurer, but I didn't expect it to be so fast." Randolph Kemp held Le Yuan's hand tightly and said reluctantly, "You are very talented in business operations, so you might as well stay and do business with me." โ
"Hahaha...... Mr. Kemp, if you know that I am an adventurer, you must know my answer, but I think that with your skills, you will be able to develop Emerald Star into the most famous pastry brand. Le Yuan said goodbye to Randolph Kemp and set out on his own journey to Norway.
Along the way, Le Yuan walked very slowly, and he looked around, as if he was traveling. It didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, and there was always a small tail following behind him, and when Le Yuan slowly left the territory of the United Kingdom, the tail finally broke off.
"Have you finally given up on monitoring me? Also, I've always been in good order, and there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with my experience before I came to England, and there is no reason for the British government to pay too much attention to me, and besides, the Ark of Covenant is enough for them to worry about. Le Yuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that no one was monitoring him anymore.
Seeing that the problem of the watcher could finally be safely solved, Le Yuan's advance speed couldn't help but speed up a lot, passing through many cities occupied by Germany on the way from Britain to Norway, although it was very strange for Le Yuan, an Asian face, to appear here, but just interrogated a few words, and the German soldiers did not embarrass Le Yuan.
The streets of the German-occupied city were very depressed, and within a few steps you could see a patrol of soldiers, and the faces of passers-by were all overshadowed by the war.
The more roads you travel, the more nature you see. Before coming to Europe, Le Yuan had a really weak image of the war except for an air raid in Xi'an, but after turning around in Europe, it was more profound than in China.
Norway is located in the cold Nordic region, August has changed from summer to autumn, from the beginning of the month to the end of the month temperature difference is very large, since Le Yuan entered Norway, the number of interrogations has increased dramatically. During this period, Norway was arguably slow in economic development and had little to make in the war, but since its surrender and occupation in 1940, it has been heavily defended by Germany.
Le Yuan, who had secretly studied materials in the British Museum, certainly knew what Norway meant? The most important thing is the heavy water resources, which are indispensable raw materials for the manufacture of atomic bombs. It is extracted from ordinary water containing special minerals, and the only plant in the world capable of refining heavy water is the Norsk Electrification Plant in Norway. Since 1937, Hitler has approved Germany's plan to develop an atomic bomb, the "uranium program", and Norway is naturally a top priority.
Le Yuan has no covets for the atomic bomb, but there is a treasure hidden in the Norwegian town of Tรธnsberg. When Le Yuan came to this small town with less than 10,000 people, the largest building he saw was the church in the center of the town.
Le Yuan naturally made a cross-dressing after entering the town, although it can't be said that he has a makeover, but for strangers, his current face and his true face are completely two people. In this way, Le Yuan stayed in the hotel in the town, and Le Yuan observed the situation of the church every day, and the people who entered the church were almost only taken care of by an old man except Sunday, and this old man would leave every afternoon to close the church, and would not return until the evening.
It was another Sunday, and Le Yuan mixed in with the crowd of worshippers and entered the church. The door of the church is wooden, the large one is like a small city gate, and the church is made of stone, and in the center of the church is a huge sarcophagus that looks like it has been many years old.
When Le Yuan walked into the church, he had a very strange feeling, as if there was something in this church that was attracting him, and when Le Yuan looked at that wonderful feeling, he found that the source of that feeling was coming from the huge mural on the side of the church.
Surrounded by small town residents who worshipped, Le Yuan, a stranger, was still very conspicuous here, and the church keeper saw that Le Yuan was alone in the worship and looked at the frescoes, so he came to his side and sat down. Looking at Le Yuan, he asked, "Young man, what nationality are you, China?" Japan? Or something else? โ
"Japan, I'm from Japan." Le Yuan said in a Japanese accent of English.
"Oh, so how did you get back to this town? Isn't this a good place? Since the German occupation, life in the town has not been as good as before, and outsiders like you are rare! I saw the church caretaker looking at Le Yuan with an inquiring face.
"Nothing? I'm a wanderer, it's the same everywhere, or I'm looking for a place where I can stay. Le Yuan said lightly. That wonderful attraction became stronger and stronger as Le Yuan stared at the mural.
Seeing that Le Yuan had been staring at the mural, the church caretaker smiled and pointed to the mural and asked, "Do you know what you painted on it?" โ
"The World Tree." Le Yuan replied, "It seems that in Norse mythology, the entire world was born on the World Tree, and the world we are in seems to be one of those nine worlds. Le Yuan said and pointed to the mural.
"Yes, although the legends of the gods have faded away, I always believe that the eyes of the gods will be watching us." Looking at the frescoes, the church caretaker became fanatical.
"What do you think God is? Is it a transcendent life or a faith? Looking at the fanatical church caretaker, Le Yuan asked.
"I don't know, what is God like? But I believe that God must be a being beyond mortals. The church caretaker turned to him and asked, "Do you have faith?" What kind of being do you think God is? โ
"I have never believed in God before, because there has been no trace of God in my life, but I believe in fate, if there is a god, then it must be the existence that guides me to sneak after my life decisions again and again."
The two spent the week in this question-and-answer session, and Le Yuan finally learned his name, Lister Theodore. He was also alone, and in his words, his son had been inspired by God to serve God more than a dozen years earlier, and the real reason was that he died in World War I.
Just when the wonderful attraction in the stone wall gradually became so strong that Le Yuan was a little uncontrollable, Le Yuan couldn't help but say goodbye to Old Man Theodore. When Le Yuan walked out of the church ten meters with difficulty, this attraction gradually weakened, and it was not completely disappeared until a hundred meters later.
Le Yuan pulled the non-existent droplets of sweat on his forehead and couldn't help but think: Could that attraction come from the Cosmic Rubik's Cube, why am I the only one who feels this way? Wait until tomorrow when Lister Theodore leaves the church in the afternoon.
With this thought, Le Yuan returned to the hotel early, and then said to the innkeeper: "Boss, I won't eat in the hotel tomorrow's lunch, and I'll solve tomorrow's lunch by myself." With that, he went straight back to his room.
The feeling of being in the church during the day really made Le Yuan feel uneasy, that kind of unbearable attraction, even if Le Yuan resisted, it could only be postponed but not eradicated.
With Le Yuan's understanding of the Cosmic Rubik's Cube, it does not have the ability to affect people's hearts, but during the day, Le Yuan can also see it very clearly, and if he is not mistaken, the thing that attracts him is at the location of the poisoned dragon "Nidhogg" on the painting wall, and in the original book, there should only be the existence of the Cosmic Rubik's Cube.
The space in the infinite stones represented by the Cosmic Rubik's Cube is still infinite energy in the movie world, and Howard Stark invented the arc reactor in order to find a new energy source comparable to the energy of the Cosmic Rubik's Cube, but after all, it is not as good as the Cosmic Rubik's Cube.
No matter which way you look at it, it is impossible for Le Yuan to be attracted by the unknown in the church during the day, and Le Yuan lies on the bed and mutters to himself: "Do I still have the potential to be a treasure hunting mouse?" Can you sense the existence of treasures within a certain range? Didn't I post it? โ
Although Le Yuan was making fun of himself, in fact he was expelling his fear in this way, and being involuntary was the most resistant feeling for him, and he didn't want to surrender himself to the existence of the position at all.
In the midst of this apprehension of the unknown, Le Yuan fell asleep.