It was almost noon when I left the New York Police Department.

Bai Jinglan did not go home directly, but ate some food on the street and went straight to the New York Public Library.

The mythological story book written by Elliot Randolph deliberately made him 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. There is a pair of lions in front of the door - "Aster Lion" and "Lenuks Lion", commonly known as "Mr. Aster" and "Mrs. Lenuks". They are very famous in the United States. The name is taken from the names of two major donors in the early days of the library. It is an image of this brilliant library. The entire library is composed of marble, with bronze metal doors and windows and dome decorations. The high vault is hung with quaint and gorgeous chandeliers, which looks very gorgeous and elegant, making people feel like they are in a palace. It is said that it is a library, but in fact it is more like a museum.

In a sense, the United States is actually a theocracy country. The influence of religion involves all aspects and has also laid the three views of the vast majority of Americans.

This point is also shown in the library - in any bookstore or library, the largest and most luxurious bookshelf must be placed on various versions and cards of the Bible, thousands of different versions, dozens of or hundreds of types, and a wide range of them.

Extending from the Bible bookshelf to both sides is other types of religious scriptures, including Nordic Germanic mythology.

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

The main ethnic groups of European and American countries are basically descendants of Viking pirates. These guys are similar to the nomadic peoples around the Celestial Empire. They are all large and small tribes, all of whom make a living by looting civilized countries. However, the target of the nomadic people is the Celestial Empire, and the target of the Viking pirates is the Roman Empire.

During this process, the two tribes of the Viking Pirates - Anglo and Saxon, conquered England. Later, these two tribes were conquered by another tribe - the Normans. Just like the Khitan, the Jurchens learned Han culture after the founding of the country. The pirate countries that had gained territory began to gradually become civilized. They learned Roman culture and introduced Christianity into the country, but the Germanic tradition of the Viking Pirates was still preserved.

As time goes by, Christian culture becomes an elite culture, while Nordic myth, the source of Germanic mythology, has been subtly integrated into folk culture.

The most typical example is that Wednesday's English is Wednesday, which is actually an abbreviation. Its original meaning is wedne's Day - Odin's festival, and Thursday's Day is Thur's Day - Thor's festival.

To put it bluntly, English is actually a dialect of the German tribes.

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 the traditions of Germanic tribes: for example, the tradition of Westerners hanging Christmas trees for Christmas is never mentioned in the Bible. This tradition actually evolved from the Germanic tradition to commemorate the oldest hometown of the Germanic tribe, the Great Northern Europe.

It is precisely because of the importance of Nordic mythology to Western culture that the many mythological classics in the library are richest in Nordic mythological materials in addition to Christian scripts.

Bai Jinglan selected two books related to Nordic mythology from the ancient bookshelf, found a corner in the very famous Rose Reading Room, and began to quietly read the various documents and scholars' discussions recorded therein.

I don’t know how long it took, two people sat down in the seat next to me.

Then, a gentle whisper came into Bai Jinglan's ears.

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

Dr. Strange?

This name is really familiar.

Bai Jinglan looked away from the pages and saw a familiar horse face.

The person who spoke to Dr. Horse Face was Rachel McAdams. Oh, no, it should be the emergency doctor Christine Palmer.

These two people are not on duty in the hospital, so what are they going to the library to do?

At this time, the arrogant Ma-faced doctor said lightly: "Don't get me wrong. I'm not here to accompany you, I just don't want to be entangled by those two couples. I just had two surgeries, so I just wanted to have a good rest. The environment here is better than in the hospital."

Christine pursed her lips, looking at him with a strange look, not admiration, but with a hint of disgust. She tried hard to lower her voice, but still with a clear anger: "I don't understand, Doctor Strange, they are so pitiful, you can save them, but..."

Strange looked dissatisfied: "There are more people who suffer from illness. You know, even under the restrictions, there are still a lot of surgeries waiting for me every day. There are older patients, patients who have been fighting the illness for many years, athletes who are at the end of their careers... There are many people who are pitiful than the old couple. You now ask me to abandon other patients out of sympathy and waste time on the old couple who can't pay for the medical expenses. Haha, I don't have time to help them just for the reason of "poorness."

Christine bit her mouth, her eyes full of disappointment: "Stephen, do you have no sympathy?"

"I want to correct you a little bit. Doctors sell not sympathy, but technology." Strange remained calm. "Kristen, I had thought about saving everyone before, but when I became a doctor, I suddenly understood something. People called me the 'hand of God', but I am not the real God, I can't save everyone... Although it's hard to accept, it's the truth."

Christine obviously didn't know this and said in a sarcastic tone: "So, you would rather devote all your energy to the rich and watch those poor die before you. Strange, I feel more and more that you are a ruthless person now!"

Strange straightened his body, adjusted his sitting posture, and still replied in a non-salty tone, "Wrong, I'm just a complete efficiencyist."

Listening to the two of them’s argument, Bai Jinglan smiled and showed her white teeth: “Two, can I say something?”

Strange was stunned: "What?"

"Just just a warning." Bai Jinglan shrugged, "An old saying from the East: You cannot say all things, you cannot do them all. If you do everything too much, fate will be over soon. Doctor Strange's style cannot be completely wrong. It is better to leave a line of things for everything. No one will have a smooth life, leave three points of room for others, and leave some extra virtue for oneself. Maybe it will be an opportunity to turn around when you are killed."

The Confucian tradition of "the doctrine of the mean" focuses on harmony and compromise, emphasizes avoiding two extremes when dealing with people and seeking balance in contradictions, which is most in line with the style of the Celestial people. However, for Westerners, they are seriously dissatisfied with the local conditions, and the conceited Strange is even more disdainful of this: "I used to want to study Eastern culture, but now, it is probably not necessary."

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

Strange glanced at the book in his hand and laughed: "Don't think that reading a few mythological fables can turn into a prophet."

Doctor Strange is a loyal scientific believer and scoffs at anything idealistic.

Bai Jinglan smiled and said, "I'm not a prophet. Well, in terms of what you can understand, I can be regarded as a psychic or psychic. I can't see too many changes in the future, but I feel strongly about some people or things, such as you... Doctor Strange, in the near future, you will encounter a huge disaster. This disaster will ruin your life and make you have nothing. Only by abandoning your current concept can you have a glimmer of vitality."

Strange sneered: "Medium? Haha, I only know that people are material, and this world is also material, and I never believe in any spiritual or faith power."

"I believe you will believe one day, oh, when you are completely disappointed 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 and turned to Christine and asked, "Ms. Christine, have you ever thought about where your future will go?"

In Marvel's world, there is a team of nurses called "Night Shift Nurse". They are all women who specialize in surgical skills and have good relationships with many hero organizations to provide medical services to superheroes who are not suitable for hospitalization. Kristen Palmer is one of the night shift nurses.

Bai Jinglan was thinking that the caring Christine should be a very qualified messenger of the white lamp.
Chapter completed!