witcher in marvel

Chapter 36 A Coincidence in the Library
Leaving the New York Police Department, it was almost noon.

Bai Jinglan didn't go home directly, but ate something casually on the street, and then went straight to the New York Public Library.

The book of fairy tales written by Elliott Randolph was deliberately confusing, which made him really confused, so he planned to go to the library to find other clues.

The New York Public Library is the largest public library in the United States. It is located between Times Square and Central Station in Manhattan. Mr. Te" and "Mrs. Lennox", they are well-known in the United States. Their names are taken from the names of the two main donors of the library in the early days, and they are the image endorsement of this glorious library.The library is made of marble as a whole, decorated with bronze metal doors, windows and domes. The high vaults are hung with simple and gorgeous chandeliers. It looks very gorgeous and elegant, making people feel like being in a palace. It is said that it is a library. More like a museum.

In a sense, the United States is actually an independent theocratic country. The influence of religion involves all aspects, and it has also established the three views of the vast majority of Americans.

This point is also shown in the library - in any bookstore or library, on the largest and most luxurious bookshelf, there must be various versions and cards of the "Bible", thousands of different versions, several There are hundreds of types, a dazzling array.

Extending from the "Bible" bookshelf to both sides are other types of religious books, including Nordic Germanic mythology.

It can be said that the influence of Norse mythology on the West is second only to Christian culture.

The main ethnic groups in European and American countries are basically the descendants of Viking pirates. These guys are similar to the nomads around the Celestial Dynasty. They are divided into many large and small tribes, all of whom live by plundering civilized countries. The object of plunder was the Chinese Empire, while the object of Viking plunder was the Roman Empire.

In this process, the two tribes of the Viking pirates—Anglo and Saxon—conquered England, and later these two tribes were conquered by another tribe—the Normans, just like the Khitan and Jurchen learned Han culture after the founding of the country. Similarly, the pirate countries that settled down in the territory also began to gradually civilize. They learned Roman culture and introduced Christianity to the country, but the Germanic traditions of Viking pirates were still preserved.

With the passage of time, Christian culture has become an elite culture, while Norse mythology, the source of Germanic mythology, has subtly integrated into folk culture.

The most typical example, Wednesday's English is Wednesday, in fact, this is an abbreviation, its original meaning is wedne's Day - Odin's festival, and Thursday's original meaning is Thursday's Day - Saul's festival.

To put it bluntly, English is actually a dialect of the Germanic tribal peoples.

Therefore, although the elite culture and philosophy of Europe and the United States come from Greece, Rome, and Christianity, their folk culture is full of traditions from Germanic tribes: for example, the tradition of hanging Christmas trees for Westerners at Christmas is never mentioned in the Bible. The story of cutting down pine trees, and this tradition actually evolved from the Germanic tradition, in order to commemorate the oldest hometown of the Germanic tribes - the Nordic forest.

It is precisely because of the importance of Nordic mythology to Western culture that among the many mythological books in the library, apart from Christian classics, Nordic mythology is the most abundant.

Bai Jinglan selected two books related to the study of Nordic mythology from the antique bookshelf, sat down in a corner in the prestigious Rose Reading Room, and began to quietly browse through the various documents and scholars recorded in it. discuss.

After an unknown amount of time, two people sat down in the seat next to them.

Immediately, a soft whisper came into Bai Jinglan's ears.

"Doctor Strange, you don't need to come here with me."

Doctor Strange?

This name is really familiar.

Bai Jinglan looked away from the page, and sure enough, he saw a rather familiar face of a horse.

And the person who spoke to the horse-faced doctor was Rachel McAdams, ah, no, it should be the emergency doctor Christine Palmer.

These two are not on duty at the hospital, what are they doing in the library?
At this time, the arrogant Ma-face doctor said lightly: "Don't get me wrong, I'm not here to accompany you, but I just don't want to be entangled by those two couples. I just finished two operations, and I just want to take a good rest. Good in the hospital."

Christine pursed her lips and looked at him strangely. It wasn't admiration or admiration, but a trace of disgust. She tried her best to keep her voice down, but she still had clear anger: "I don't understand, Strange Doctor, they are so pitiful, you can obviously save them, but..."

Strange's face was full of disapproval: "They are not the only ones suffering from illness. You know, even under certain restrictions, there are still a large number of operations waiting for me every day. There are older patients. There are patients who have struggled with their illness for years, there are athletes whose careers are coming to an end... There are many people who are more pitiful than that old couple. You now ask me to abandon other patients out of compassion and waste time on that couple. On the old couple who paid for the doctor's visit, hehe, I don't have time to help them just for the reason of 'poor'."

Christine bit her lip, her eyes were full of disappointment: "Stephen, don't you have sympathy?"

"I want to correct you, what doctors sell is not sympathy, but technology." Strange didn't change his face, "Christine, I also wanted to save everyone before, but when I became a doctor, I Suddenly understood something, people call me 'the hand of God', but I'm not really God, I can't save everyone... It's hard to accept, but it's the truth.”

Christine obviously didn't know about this, and said in a mocking tone: "So, you would rather devote all your energy to the rich, and then don't care about watching the poor die before your eyes? Strange, I'm getting more I feel more and more that you are a ruthless person!"

Strange straightened his body, adjusted his sitting posture, and replied in that neutral tone, "Wrong, I'm just an efficiencyist through and through."

Listening to the argument between the two, Bai Jinglan smiled, showing her white teeth: "You two, can I have a word?"

Strange was startled: "What?"

"It's just a piece of advice." Bai Jinglan shrugged, "There's an old saying in the East: words can't be exhausted, but things can't be exhausted. If everything is exhausted, fate will inevitably end early. Doctor Strange's style cannot be said to be completely wrong. But it’s better to keep a front line in everything, no one will have a smooth sailing life, leave three points for others, and leave some virtue for yourself, maybe when you die, it will be an opportunity to turn around.”

The traditional Confucian "Doctrine of the Mean" pays attention to harmony and compromise, emphasizes dealing with people and avoiding two extremes, and seeking balance in contradictions. Lan Qi was even more dismissive of this: "I used to want to study oriental culture, but now, I probably don't need it."

Bai Jinglan smiled but said, "No, I believe you will definitely learn oriental culture when you encounter the most serious disaster in your life."

Strange glanced at the book in his hand, and said mockingly: "Kids who read fairy tales, don't think that you can become a prophet by reading a few fables."

The current Doctor Strange is a loyal believer in science and scoffs at any idealism.

Bai Jinglan smiled playfully: "I'm not a prophet, well, in terms you can understand, I can be regarded as a psychic or a psychic. I can't see too many changes in the future, but for some people or However, the reaction is very strong. For example, you... Doctor Strange, in the not-too-distant future, you will encounter a huge disaster. This disaster will destroy your life and leave you with nothing. concept, you can have a ray of life."

Strange sneered: "Spiritual medium? Haha, I only know that people are material, and this world is also material. I never believe in the power of spirit or belief."

"I believe you will believe it one day. Oh, when you lose all hope one day, you can come to me. If you beg me well at that time, maybe I will give you a chance." Bai Jinglan ignored him , turned to look at Christine, and asked, "Ms. Christine, have you ever thought about where your future will go?"

In the world of Marvel, there is a team of nurses called "Night Shift Nurses". They are all women who specialize in surgery and have good relationships with many hero organizations. They specialize in providing medical treatment for superheroes who are not suitable for hospitals service, Christine Palmer is one of those night nurses.

Bai Jinglan was thinking that the caring Christine should be a very qualified messenger of the white light.

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(End of this chapter)