I made up myths in America

Chapter 184 The Box of Ice
Currently, the two main countries in Scandinavia are Norway and Sweden.

In the World Happiness Report jointly completed by the United Nations and New York University, both countries ranked highly in the national happiness index, with Sweden ranking fourth and Norway ranking seventh.

This stands in stark contrast to the miserable lives of their ancestors, the Vikings, who were so poor they had to resort to plundering at sea.

Therefore, seeing that the ice giant was heading straight towards their country, the leaders of these two countries were naturally the most anxious.

After all, in Norse mythology, these ice giants often appear as brutal and ruthless villains.

Who knows what they're planning to do in Scandinavia?!
Not only were the top officials in Norway and Sweden stunned, but civilians in both countries who learned of this terrible news through various channels also experienced a period of unrest.

In less than ten minutes, the flight tickets were sold out, and the few tickets that occasionally appeared on the market were also sold at exorbitant prices by scalpers.

Some Norwegians and Swedes who spent a lot of money to snag plane tickets posted their exorbitant bills on social media after boarding the plane.

The cheapest one costs 210,000 kronor, which is equivalent to almost 160,000 RMB after currency conversion.

The most expensive one has exceeded one million RMB!
This price is an astronomical figure that is difficult for many ordinary people in the Norwegian capital to afford.

Enraged, they immediately took to social media to hurl insults at all government officials, including the prime minister, in the most effusive language.

As for why no one is criticizing King Harald V of Norway?

The reason is that compared to the British royal family, the Norwegian royal family is in a much worse situation. They are just mascots with no real power, so there is no point in criticizing them.

Meanwhile, in these two Nordic countries, a period of unrest broke out due to the impending arrival of the Ice Giant.

Under close surveillance by military satellites from various countries, a thick ice floe is spreading rapidly across the Atlantic Ocean.

Just when intelligence agencies from various countries thought that the ice giant Berg was heading straight for Norway and Sweden.

He stopped abruptly as he passed Iceland, riding on the back of the enormous snow demon, his icy blue eyebrows furrowed as he gazed at the silent island before him under the cover of night.

The aftereffects of the last volcanic eruption have not yet subsided.

The large amount of volcanic ash that entered the upper troposphere and even the stratosphere over Iceland is estimated by experts to take at least several months to settle before it reaches the ground.

All current Icelandic residents have been accepted as refugees by various European countries.

Fortunately, Iceland has a very small population, with only about 300,000 permanent residents.

Accepting such a small number of people would be easy for European countries and would not cause criticism from people who are already traumatized by the refugee problem.

So far, the only remaining crew in Iceland may be a joint scientific expedition team sent by intelligence agencies from Europe and the United States.

Their main task was to investigate whether there were any traces of other dragons on Iceland besides Smaug.

Meanwhile, in the research institute converted from an underground civil defense building, the research team members were also awake, closely monitoring the whereabouts of the ice giant.

In the satellite images transmitted from headquarters, they saw that this terrifying mythical creature had stopped near the waters off Iceland and was beginning to move, riding on that massive, snow-white beast the size of a mountain, heading towards them.

The research team members' skin instantly turned several shades lighter, and as they rubbed the goosebumps that had just appeared on their arms, they felt as if the temperature around them was dropping rapidly.

At the instruction of Professor Adrian, the head of the expedition team, a member of the team quickly typed on a keyboard and sent a distress signal to the nearest country, the United Kingdom.

As for why not just use voice communication?

Because they are afraid of being discovered by this mythical creature, dozens of research team members at the institute are now completely afraid to speak.

Everyone deliberately slowed their breathing, looking nervously at the satellite images on the computer screen.

Boom! Boom! !
As night fell, Iceland, once a scenic paradise attracting numerous tourists, was covered in a thick layer of volcanic ash, resembling a post-apocalyptic world after a nuclear war, as depicted in a movie.

And when an ice giant, over fifty meters tall, rides on the back of an enormous beast through the silent city, a thick layer of frost forms wherever they go.

The sense of apocalyptic desolation was suddenly imbued with a touch of fantasy and eeriness.

In the emergency meeting room of the Houses of Parliament, many high-ranking British officials, who were watching the drama unfold right on their doorstep, even had a question in their minds.

What is this ice giant doing in Iceland?!
Their question was quickly answered.

Under the watchful eyes of the sky, Berg rode on the back of the snow demon eastward, arriving at Vatnajökull Glacier in southeastern Iceland.

This is also the largest glacier in Europe, covering an area of ​​8300 square kilometers, and has attracted many adventurers to hike here.

Of course, after a long period of volcanic ash settling in the sky, the snow-white glacier is now gray and hazy, as if covered by a heavy shadow.

What the ice giant Berg did next was also very simple and brutal.

He jumped off the Blood Demon's broad back and slapped his exaggerated pectoral muscles hard a few times with his right hand.

Immediately, both hands flashed with an icy blue light, and a large amount of cold air gathered between his ten fingers, transforming into a snow-white and translucent giant axe.

The axe is plain and unremarkable, except for its length of about 40 meters, and has no decorations or embellishments.

But its understated appearance does not diminish its exaggerated power.

With both hands gripping the giant axe tightly, Berg's massive, ice-blue arms bulged with muscles like dragons, and a terrifying blue light gathered on the axe blade.

After exhaling a storm of ice from his nostrils, he leaped high into the air, raised the giant axe that gleamed with an eerie blue light, and slammed it heavily onto the ice.

boom! !

With a deafening roar, the ancient glacier cracked open, the deep black fissures spreading rapidly to both sides like the smile of a demon.

The terrifying force of the blow that struck the ground shook the entire island of Iceland. Inside the research institute, the expedition team members were knocked off balance, and several research instruments were smashed. They couldn't understand why their institute, so far from Vatnajökull glacier, would suffer such an undeserved disaster.

Click, click, click——

The continuously cracking ice surface has put the minds of high-ranking officials from various countries who are watching the situation on edge.

I have absolutely no idea what this ice giant is doing!!

In the US operations command center, the old general who had previously suggested launching a nuclear missile slammed his fist on the table again, declaring that the moment the enemy stood still might be the best opportunity to launch a nuclear missile!

"This"

This is a suggestion that the president needs to think about carefully.

Because he couldn't guarantee that the nuclear bomb would actually kill the mythical creature completely, and if the bomb failed, the United States would be permanently antagonistic towards the Frost Giants.
This is undoubtedly a terrible thing for the United States, which lacks historical depth and the protection of local deities.

While the Grand Commander was still hesitating, the snow demon beside the ice giant Berg began to exert its power, opening its mouth and spewing out a large amount of icy blue cold air into the cracks in the glacier.

boom! Boom boom! !
In the chilling blue light, what appeared in satellite images from various countries was a rectangular box, seemingly containing endless cold currents, with strange silver metal inlaid at its edges.

"Hahaha, I found it! I found the Ice Casket, the lost treasure of our Frost Giant race! That damned Odin has been hiding it here all along!"

Berg was so excited he practically danced with joy, striding forward and grabbing the strange, ice-blue box. *Click, click-click-click—*

In an instant, to the astonishment of the high-ranking officials from various countries, the ice giant's right hand, which touched the ice-blue box, along with the right half of his body, was covered in a thick layer of frost and frozen in place.

But he didn't care at all. He still looked up and laughed excitedly. Afterward, he guided the powerful energy in the Ice Box to himself and began to chant a spell.

"Hrím,s,Jkull,rjár tungur frostsins rdd,Mkirúr Niflheimar"

The immense incantation resounded throughout Iceland.

The research institute is located in Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland.

A red-haired female researcher hugged her arms and shivered from the cold.
Meanwhile, her American colleague beside her shivered as she stared at the real-time atmospheric temperature curve of Iceland displayed on the computer screen.

Even their country's stock market wouldn't crash like this.

"Professor Adrian?!"

Many of the expedition team members, wrapped in thick cotton-padded clothes and pale-faced, looked at their leader upon seeing the alarming temperature curve.

The middle-aged professor, who had led scientific expeditions in the Arctic for many years and had extensive work experience, had an ever-changing expression.

Finally, after the temperature on the computer screen continued to drop and had fallen below his psychological limit, he made a decision.

"Go! Everyone, put on your winter clothes and dust masks now, and leave immediately!!"

"Yes!!"

The research team members at the institute had been waiting for this sentence.

Already dressed in their winter gear, they rushed to the research institute at their fastest speed, forming groups of five and boarding the all-terrain vehicles parked outside.

boom! Boom boom! !
This is when character and luck will be put to the test.

Some groups' all-terrain vehicles could still start, but the engines of other groups' vehicles were completely unresponsive.

Seeing this, some members of the research team prepared to get off the vehicle and switch to another one, but in the sky, a large, dreamlike, ice-blue storm was already approaching.

The research team members who had just gotten off the vehicle had only taken a few steps when they found that their feet were stuck in the snow and they couldn't pull them out. Their bodies were also getting colder and colder.

"John, help me."

A female scientific expedition member looked at a male colleague who often fawned over her in the vehicle ahead.

"I"

Before the male colleague could make up his mind, Professor Adrian, the team leader, roared into their earpieces at the same time.

"Go, now, immediately, right now!!"

boom! !

In an instant, five all-terrain vehicles sped off towards the dock where their research vessel was moored.
In the four vehicles that remained behind, the research team members watched in despair as the icy blue storm drew ever closer, letting out a desperate cry, "No!!"

Soon, everything returned to calm.

Centered on the location of the ice giant Berg, an icy blue storm swept across the entire island of Iceland.

Volcanoes, lakes, highways, cities.
Whatever was there before, it is now covered by a thick layer of ice.

Click, click, click——

The terrifying, icy blue storm spread outwards for hundreds of nautical miles from Iceland before gradually subsiding.

As the European country closest to Iceland, the UK has seen an average temperature drop of more than ten degrees Celsius across the country.

And that's not even the worst thing.

The worst thing is.

Images captured by a British military satellite show that the clearly problematic, ice-blue box released cold air that not only altered the surrounding environment but also mutated the organisms living around Iceland.

The most important of these are the various kinds of fish in the sea.

Strange creatures emitting blue light flew out from the seawater that was not covered by ice.

They have shark-like bodies, are ice-blue in color, have many holes on their backs, and at least seven or eight pairs of eyes with golden pupils. Behind them are several long tails that are intertwined and resemble sharp blades.

Despite their best efforts to steer the research vessel out of the freezing fog, the research team members ultimately did not survive.

Thousands, or even more, of these strange creatures rose from the seawater, floating in the air, glowing faintly, and appearing harmless to humans and animals.

But the next second, as one of the strange creatures let out a shriek, its companions around it also let out shrieks.

The blue torrent began to surge toward the research vessel, but in the blink of an eye, screams rang out from the vessel, and then everything returned to calm.

They began to disperse in all directions along the sea surface.

The first to be affected are naturally the United Kingdom, which is closest to Iceland, and other European countries near Iceland.

European leaders were baffled as to how their countries had been drawn into the war.

"FUCK!!"

Amid a chorus of profanities, European countries began emergency preparations and held emergency meetings online.

"We recommend that we immediately launch nuclear weapons at Iceland to resolve the conflict as soon as possible."

"agree."

"+1."

At the meeting, after Russia proposed launching nuclear weapons, the suggestion was endorsed by most of the participating countries.

However, there were some dissenting voices, and the US representative raised objections.

And before anyone else could question him, he released a video, saying, "Watch this before you start questioning me."

The French representative clicked on the video with some skepticism, but after seeing the content clearly, a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.

"This is??"

(End of this chapter)