258: Chapter 258: Did the Moon Suddenly Appear Above Earth?

Following Jiang Zhe's words, many netizens went online to search for information.

From the history and mythology of China to foreign myths and history.

Except for history, many myths did not completely record the existence of the moon.

"It's a bit strange, why is it like this?"

"There was a moon during the period of Chang'e Flying to the Moon, but before Chang'e, there were no myths recording the moon."

"So many didn't record the existence of the moon; I thought I was the only one who found that."

"So, the answer?"

"Don't talk, listen to Brother!"

"..."

In the villa living room.

Xiao Yu thought for a long time but couldn't figure it out; wasn't there a historical record of the moon in ancient times?

She picked up her tablet, somewhat unconvinced, and her fingers swiped across the screen searching for information.

She searched for a while, her brows furrowing tighter and tighter; clearly, the information wasn't complete.

She looked up and asked with a puzzled expression: "Why? Why is there no historical record of the moon from twelve thousand years ago?"

Jiang Zhe didn't answer directly but took the tablet and started searching for earlier mythological materials.

"Xiao Yu, to answer this question, we must first figure out what happened twelve thousand years ago and why the flood descended!"

He pulled up an image, a photocopy of an ancient text, "These are the records of the Great Flood in the myths of various countries."

"The Bible says that God saw the wickedness of the world, sent forty days of heavy rain, and Noah's Ark survived by floating on the water."

"In the Epic of Gilgamesh from Mesopotamia, the gods judged humanity with a flood, and only Utnapishtim built a boat to escape."

"In Greek mythology, Zeus saw humanity's corruption, sent a great flood, and Deucalion and Pyrrha were saved by a chest."

"In India mythology, the Fish God Matsya predicted the flood, and Manu built a boat to escape, becoming the new ancestor of humanity."

"In the Maya Popol Vuh, the Creator used a flood to destroy the first batch of wooden people."

"What about our country?"

He paused and pulled up another passage of ancient text, "The Huainanzi · Lan Ming Xun records: The four poles collapsed, the nine provinces cracked, the sky could not cover everything, the earth could not support everything, fire blazed without extinguishing, and water surged without ceasing."

"Nüwa refined five-colored stones to patch the sky, cut off the legs of a giant turtle to stabilize the four poles, killed the black dragon to save Jizhou, and piled up reed ashes to stop the floodwaters."

He nodded slightly, his gaze falling on Xiao Yu, "This is Nüwa mending the sky, the extinction-level flood, then mending the sky, and then stopping the water."

Xiao Yu couldn't help but gasp, her beautiful eyes swirling, "Brother, do you mean that the Great Flood is really related to the moon?"

Jiang Zhe smiled slightly without answering, but instead asked a question in return.

"Xiao Yu, is there a possibility that twelve thousand years ago, there was no moon above Earth, or rather, there was no moon that we are familiar with?"

As he spoke, the live broadcast room with tens of millions of viewers went quiet for a full dozen seconds before the barrage exploded.

"Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap!"

"No moon twelve thousand years ago?"

"How is this possible? My scalp is tingling!"

"So the Great Flood was caused by the sudden appearance of the moon?"

"Damn, this is mysterious, and the amount of information is too huge; I need to slow down!"

...

Huaqing University physics dormitory building.

Ouyang Baili, Guan Jingming, Li Mo, and Professor Wu looked at each other in dismay.

Professor Wu spoke with an expression of surprise: "This involves the field of history!"

Guan Jingming shook his head repeatedly, "We study physics; our knowledge of history and mythology can't keep up with this information at this moment!"

Li Mo looked at the screen and said with a complex expression: "I'm starting to regret not taking more history classes back then."

Ouyang Baili narrowed his eyes and said nonchalantly, "Just listen; not many people can connect these interdisciplinary things. If he can connect them and make it convincing, that's the truly terrifying part."

...

Qingfeng Temple.

Zheng Ming frowned and couldn't help but question: "No moon? How is this possible? Chang'e flying to the moon, Houyi shooting the sun... The moon is such a huge thing, how could the ancients not record it?"

Robert took out his phone and quickly searched for something; his fingers flipped through the screen, scrolling through one piece of information after another.

His expression changed from questioning to solemn, then to disbelief.

Two and a half minutes later, he lowered his hand and slumped back, "Why, why is it like this?"

Zheng Ming looked at Robert, "Mr. Robert, what's wrong?"

Robert didn't answer, but Teacher Wang Chongyang spoke slowly: "Because he also discovered that in many mythological epics, the moon was indeed not recorded by most myths; this is enough to prove one thing!"

"What thing?" Zheng Ming looked at his teacher with a serious face.

"That is..." Wang Chongyang's eyes narrowed instantly, "The moon may have indeed existed for over four billion years, but who said the moon has always existed near Earth???"

As he spoke, Zheng Ming gasped, feeling that things were getting bigger and bigger!

...

Principal Fu's office.

Ren Xiaoyao couldn't help but turn his head to look at Old Wang and Xiao Wang.

"You two, you are both history teachers, what do you say about this?"

Old Wang nodded with a solemn expression, "Yes, in the myths and history of various countries twelve thousand years ago, there is indeed no record of the moon. I don't know if it existed, but they never recorded the existence of the moon."

Xiao Wang added a sentence: "Whether it's from the Classic of Mountains and Seas to various pre-Qin ancient texts, there is no shadow of the moon in the records before the Great Flood; the doubt lies in this point. If there was a moon, why didn't the ancients mention it at all? Could it be that the moon was a taboo existence in the past?"

Principal Fu couldn't help but ask, looking around, "Why is this really?"

Old Wang and Xiao Wang looked at each other and shook their heads.

"Don't know; perhaps there is another explanation."

"But at least one thing is certain: everything Jiang Zhe said is a fact, it's just that it's a historical fact that was revered as [myth] twelve thousand years ago."

...

History Staff Quarters.

The four old professors looked at each other.

Old Qian spoke slowly: "What he said is correct."

Old Chen nodded, his expression incomparably solemn, "It is the same in countries all over the world. China, India, Greece, Maya, Africa, America—before the Great Flood, there were almost no records of the moon."

Old Liu gasped, "Then what does this mean?"

Old Qian shook his head, "Don't know. But this phenomenon itself is scary enough."

Old Chen stared at the screen, his gaze somewhat complex, "If this is the case, if there was no moon twelve thousand years ago, then when did the moon come, and how did it come?"

At this point, no one could answer.

...

Villa living room.

Xiao Yu took a deep breath, her expression becoming more and more fascinating, "Brother, really? The whole world doesn't have it?"

Jiang Zhe smiled slightly and picked up the tablet, "Come, let me show you more evidence."

He pulled up images and screenshots of literature.

"Pangu, Nüwa, Fuxi, the Yellow Emperor, the Flame Emperor—these earliest gods in our country, there is no moon in their myths."

"It wasn't until the later period of Emperor Jun that there appeared the record of 'Emperor Jun's wife Changxi, who gave birth to twelve moons'; this was the first time the moon appeared in our country's mythological system."

Xiao Yu leaned in to look, "Emperor Jun, Changxi, when did these gods exist?"

"Relatively late, during the period when writing was invented; it can't compare to the timeline of Pangu and Nüwa."

He continued to scroll through the tablet screen, "It's not just our country. In the myths of the Colombian Indians, there was no moon in the sky in ancient times; in their legends, it was the gods who later created the sun and the moon."

"And the myths of the Bushmen in southern Africa also say that before the Great Flood, there was only the sun in the sky, no moon."

"Maya culture is famous for its astronomical precision, but in their 'Chronicles', one cannot find records about the moon."

"Ancient Greek literature and legends also hint that the moon suddenly appeared in the sky one day later."

He then pulled up another document, "And the ancient legends of the Yao people tell us that the current moon appeared suddenly during a certain period of human history, which is somewhat similar to the ancient Greek literature and legends."

Xiao Yu's eyes widened, and a thought emerged in her heart: Could it be that the Great Flood was really caused by the sudden appearance of the moon?

Jiang Zhe continued to narrate, "Also on the clay tablets of the Sumerians, there were no records of the moon in the early days; myths about the moon appeared very late, and they were often related to being obscured and summoned, after which the moon began to appear in Earth's sky."

He paused for a few seconds, looking at Xiao Yu, "What can be certain is—in the myths of countries around the world, before the Great Flood, there were no records of the moon."

"From our country to India, from Greece to Maya, from Africa to America, it is almost the same."

Xiao Yu's lips parted slightly, unable to speak for a long while; finally, she asked with difficulty: "What on earth is going on? Why didn't ancient people record the moon?"

Jiang Zhe smiled slightly, his gaze falling on her face, and he suddenly asked a question in return, "Xiao Yu, is there a possibility that twelve thousand years ago, there is a very high probability that the moon in the sky might really not have existed?"

"Or even saying, either the moon was very, very close to us, so close that the ancients regarded it as the sky itself, or it was very, very, very far away, so far that it couldn't be seen at all, yet it could control the tidal changes of the Earth!"

As the series of words fell, the live broadcast room once again fell into dead silence.

A sense of terror upon closer inspection was even thicker than before!