"I have always admired the culture of Middle-earth."
Ryan nodded, looked back silently, and then said, "By understanding the culture of Middle-earth and comparing it with our Western culture, we can always find many similarities."
"What about?" Chen Chen looked at the ocean and asked without looking back.
"For example... the culture of killing children."
Ryan glanced at Chen Chen and said, "You should know "Twenty-Four Filial Piety", right?"
Chen Chen nodded.
"There is a story in "Twenty-Four Filial Piety" that I am very interested in."
Ryan smiled and said, "In the year of the great disaster, a filial son named Guo Ju buried his son alive in order to save a mouthful of food to ensure that his mother would not starve, because he thought that if his son died, he could give birth to another, and his mother would Once dead, there is no resurrection.”
"It makes sense..." Chen Chen nodded.
"???"
Ryan was stunned, then smiled and said, "Chen, you are so funny... This story is too simple. Let me tell you another one."
"In ancient times, there was a man named Shun who was very talented, but his father didn't like him and often beat him severely for no reason. But Shun never resisted, and he endured the beatings docilely; He fled into the wilderness and wept bitterly."
"Later, Shun's father became more aggressive. Once, he asked Shun to repair the roof, but as soon as Shun climbed up, he took away the ladder and set fire to the house. In the end, Shun had to use the bamboo hat on his head as a parachute to jump down. , escaped death..."
Speaking of this, Ryan observed Chen Chen's expression again, only to find that Chen Chen was still expressionless, just looking into the distance indifferently.
Secretly frowning, Ryan continued, "Then two days later, Shun's father asked him to dig a well again, and Shun went there honestly. When Shun reached the bottom of the well, his father hurriedly dug The soil wanted to bury Shun alive directly."
"Fortunately, Shun was very vigilant and knew that they had no good intentions, so he dug a secret passage in the side wall of the well as soon as he got out of the well, and then he saved another life... "
"call!"
After finishing speaking, Ryan finally couldn't help it and asked, "Chen, don't you think Shun's father is disgusting?"
"It's okay." Chen Chen nodded, "If I were Shun, I would be very sad."
"Yes, I think so too." Seeing Chen Chen's attitude, Ryan was secretly happy. Before he could continue speaking, he heard the captain's voice coming from the cruise ship's intercom.
"Dear ladies and gentlemen, the Symphony of the Seas will leave Namibian territorial waters in half an hour and arrive in the high seas of the Atlantic Ocean."
"Repeat, the Symphony of the Seas will leave Namibian territorial waters in half an hour..."
The announcement rang three times.
Suddenly, the people who were still at the banquet burst into cheers, and many people left the banquet and walked towards the deck below.
"We'll be on the high seas soon."
Ryan looked happy, and at the same time, three people walked out of the banquet hall and came behind the two of them, "Chen Chen, Ryan, how about we go together?"
Among these three people, one is Davis, the heir to the Wilson family, and the other two are the heirs of Alexander and Edwards.
"Of course." Ryan turned to look at Chen Chen and invited, "Chen, are you interested in going to the casino?"
"Casino?" Chen Chen asked.
"Yes, not only the casino, but also a few of us have specially prepared a special program to welcome you, Mr. Chen Chen. I believe it will make your trip worthwhile!"
The three people on the side also began to encourage them.
"It's an honor." Looking at the invitations from the four people, Chen Chen nodded, "I also want to see what kind of special program it is."
Before boarding the ship, Chen Chen had already learned some information about cruise ships. Many of the reasons why these cruise ships are so popular are because of the establishment of casinos.
According to international law, the territory on aircraft, ships and other vehicles belongs to the country of the vehicle. In other words, the cruise ship belongs to a certain country. If some criminal cases occur on the cruise ship, it will be investigated and controlled by that country.
Therefore, as long as gambling is not banned in this country, cruise ships from this country can have casinos on board.
Of course, if the cruise ship enters the waters of a country that prohibits gambling, it must immediately close the casino and cannot open it again until it leaves the waters of that country again.
Before leaving with everyone, Chen Chen took one last look into the distance.
At some point, the moonlight disappeared.
A dark cloud slowly floated from the sky, carrying a thick darkness and spreading silently, covering the bright moon.
It seems that a storm is coming...
…
Because there was still half an hour's flight to the high seas, during this free time, Chen Chen was invited by four family heirs to enter the opera house.
In the theater that can accommodate a thousand people, only a few people are seated, but the stage is still very powerful, and a group of stage actors are performing hard.
Chen Chen also found this opera very interesting. It tells the story of Zeus becoming the king of gods in Greek mythology.
According to legend, in the divine world, Uranus, the god of the sky, imprisoned his children underground. As a result, his son Cronus rose up in the wind, castrated his father with a sickle, and replaced the rule of the god of the sky.
But before his death, the God of the Sky cursed Cronus, saying that he would be killed by his descendants like himself.
So Cronus made a decision to eat all his offspring.
And he did indeed do this. When his first five children were born, they were swallowed by him before they even opened their eyes.
Until the sixth baby named Zeus was born, the mother Rhea hid Zeus, wrapped a stone in swaddling clothes and presented it to Cronus, calling it their child.
So Cronus swallowed the stone in one gulp...
Zeus survived by chance. As he grew up, he began to understand his life experience and decided to take revenge.
He first put emetic drugs in his father's wine, and after his father drank, he vomited and vomited out his five brothers and sisters.
Among these five brothers and sisters are the famous Poseidon, King of the Sea, and Hades, King of Pluto.
In the end, the brothers worked together to defeat Cronus and imprison him in the bottom of hell, while Zeus became the king of the gods.
"How does it feel?"
As the opera came to an end, Ryan asked with a smile, "Chen, have you discovered that our Western culture of patricide is similar to your Eastern culture of killing children? When a person grows up, he must overthrow the influence imposed by the previous generation. Only with his will can he obtain a complete personality and become his true self.”
"It's still a little different."
Chen Chen shook his head and denied, "This is actually a cultural difference. We in Zhongzhou are good at farming. The older we are, the more experience we can accumulate for farming. So as society reproduces, the older we are, the higher our seniority. , the greater the right to speak.”
"This is not the case with Greek civilization. The land in Greece is barren and not suitable for farming, but it can produce olive oil, wine and wool. Therefore, the Greeks went to the sea to do business and sold their goods to other countries in exchange for food."
"However, the sea is obviously the domain of young people. Riding the wind and fighting against the waves is something that older people cannot do. Therefore, Greek culture worshiped youth more, and the myth of patricide emerged."
Chen Chen analyzed, "So, this is the ideological difference between the two civilizations. In fact, our son-killing in Central Continent is far less serious than the patricide complex in the West."
“…”
Everyone looked at each other, and everyone who was still excited suddenly fell into a deathly silence.
"By the way, didn't you say there is another program?"
Chen Chen suddenly changed the topic and looked interested, "Can we go now?"
"We should be there soon. Let's go to the casino hall first..."
Davis on the side smoothed things over and said, "Let's go there for a walk first, and then go to the boxing match!"