bit stealing game

Chapter 101 The heresy among the gods
I stared at Jacqueline's body, but didn't see any movement.

Lou Shiqi also followed my line of sight.He searched carefully with burning eyes, and when I thought he saw something, he asked, "What are you looking at?"

You shouldn't be wasting time with this grandson.I didn't talk to Lou Shiqi, nor was I obsessed with what I saw just now, and quickly followed the team.

Since both Mr. Bai and Alex confirmed that Jacqueline was dead, there would be nothing wrong.Maybe I was wrong, or maybe the jewels under Jacqueline's body were rolling because of everyone's footsteps, making me mistakenly think that she moved.After all, how can a person "come back from the dead" twice.

Now I am more concerned about what Jacqueline heard at the time, so that Stephanie must kill her to silence her.The only one who knows the answer now may be Stephanie herself, and she may not even know it herself.

Maybe there is one more.

I quietly looked at Patrick who had already walked to the entrance of the cave. He should have understood the ancient Egyptian language during the sacrifice just now.After all, this person can hold his breath, otherwise he would probably have already returned to his place.I secretly thought about finding an opportunity to chat with him.

The foreigners file in without even bothering to check the air quality or don gas masks. 279 gave everyone a small pill, saying that it would be more refreshing in places where the air is blocked. Alex took a look at Teacher Bai and declined.Yano took it and thanked him with a smile.I snorted coldly in my heart, can I still poison you.Li Yuan told me later that it is very likely that those people knew that there was nothing wrong down there.

To continue walking inevitably passes the altar.Laila's blood seemed to have been licked clean without a trace.Everyone's sacrifices also disappeared, except for the thermometer that Kawai San put on and a brass earring that was left behind.Is this temple still picky?

Kawaishan was a little flustered, but the owner of the brass earrings had successfully followed the vanguard into the hole leading to the ground, so he was a little relieved.

The entrance of the cave seemed very out of tune with the temple, as if it had been dug secretly behind someone's back, but now it has the attitude that everyone can enter.Could it be that I really thought wrong?
"It seems that we are welcome." Arno said happily, "seriously, whoever it is, I hope they can prepare some wine."

Stephanie poked at Yano's smooth talk coolly: "Next time, I'd better listen to a serious historian. It's a pity about my earrings."

"Watch your words. We had three excellent Egyptologists and one of them has perished at your hands. This is unacceptable. If you do anything else, it will be your last. "Meng Weiqing said harsh words in person, and even glanced at Boothwell while speaking.However, he didn't count Lou Shiqi as an Egyptologist in what he said, which shows that he knew from the beginning that his grandson was a fake archaeologist.

At first I listened to their arguments with strained ears, but when I saw the blood-stained inscriptions, it seemed that some clues were entwined.

I hold Li Yuan. "Where did you go to see a doctor before you returned to China when you were a child?"

Li Yuan was startled for a moment, then immediately understood that what I asked was not a disease, but someone who knew that he had transformation symptoms.He quickly told me: "In addition to the family doctor, my mother took me to several hospitals. Later, a private doctor in New York suggested to check my father's genetic history. She remembered that my aunt went to the United States to recuperate. That's what brought me home."

"So have you checked these doctors later?"

Li Yuan shook his head. "Grandpa knocked on these guys after losing my mum, so no rumors got out, but there's no follow-up to what's going on behind them. Do you think Dr. White might take advantage of that?"

"I don't know, but Dr. White has had your eye on you from the start, and I'm afraid he may know more than we think."

"Now we can only place our hopes on the professional ethics of those doctors. Besides, so what if we know, I'm afraid he won't succeed." Li Yuan raised his eyebrows, but comforted me instead.

I can only smile and say: "Yeah, it's all here, I have to figure it out."

The statues of gods on both sides of the altar seem to be looking down at the uninvited guest, gloomy and irresistible.As the moon shifted, the passage below the altar was slowly closing.

I gritted my teeth and followed.

Since they were not dominant in numbers, they were afraid that they would be wiped out if they got together, so 279 people were interspersed in different parts of the team.Li Yuan and I were intentionally or unintentionally left beside Alex and Yano.

After entering inside, the last moonlight also disappeared.This downward corridor is very long, and the light of the flashlight can't reach the end.Surprisingly, this road is low and wide. I walked in with my head held high and I almost touched Tianling Gai. Both Li Yuan and Yanuo had to move forward with their legs bent.Along the way, there are very simple stone walls all around. Although it feels smooth to the touch, it is hard to hide the potholes, which is in sharp contrast with the luxurious temple above.As we walked, the user experience gradually improved, and taller people could finally straighten their waists.

And the more I walked, the more I felt something was wrong.Obviously, it should not have been seen in the world for thousands of years. Even if it was opened by the last generation of people, if it is underground, the stone building will have radon gas, but we did not feel uncomfortable without any protective measures.

That's not true either.I moved my wrist, and there was a slight dull pain.If it wasn't for Jacqueline quietly drawing a symbol repeatedly on my forearm just now, I really wouldn't have noticed some inexplicable bruises on my body.But I had no chance of being injured along the way, and the bruise was very shallow when it was in the hall, but now it looks like it has been injured for a long time.

Li Yuan slowed down.

"We seem to be moving from the past to the future."

Hearing this, Alex and Yano also looked around carefully.I saw that it was indeed the case.As time slowly moves forward, there are murals, sculptures and characters in the corridor.

At the beginning, the murals here were similar to those painted by Lou Shiqi from the Temple of Seth, in a rough prehistoric style painted with mineral pigments.Going forward, there are finally familiar ancient Egyptian elements in the murals, and there are even statues of human bodies and animal heads standing on both sides.These are the gods used by the ancient Egyptians as guardians, but here they show a fierce look, and there is something weird in the places that are not bright at all.

All ancient civilizations have their own cultural attributes.China is harmony, Egypt is order.But from entering the temple, there was chaos everywhere.Looking at these hideous statues, I couldn't help but wonder what role Apep played.It is the quicksand that it brings people away from the storm, and it is also the holy lake that it allows people to cross.In addition to attacking people who want to leave, it seems to help us along the way.

But does it really help?

It feels like we are not what the gods want us to be here, but what they want to prevent.

I can't figure it out a bit.Why did those precious stones that covered the entire temple appear? It’s not like trying to fool us, it’s like advising the comers to take the treasure, and it’s almost here.But Apep just cut off this retreat.In ancient Egyptian mythology, Apep is good or bad depending on perspective.But now I'm a little unsure if we're good or bad.

"No one stipulated that the people who filled the temple with gems are the same people who arranged Apepu." Arno said.

So who does this temple belong to?

Before I could figure it out, the cramped corridor finally came to an end.

This is an empty room, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a house with bare walls.However, the four walls and the ceiling are covered with inscriptions, as if to trap something here.After we all walked in, we looked at the loop again, only to find that the corridor we came in had disappeared.

In the middle of this space that I don't know what to call it, there is a burnt bronze bull.The bull is a symbol of Hathor, the female deity who was the wife of Horus, the sky god, and daughter of the sun god Ra.In the legend of ancient Egypt, He was also transformed into a fig tree, which is closely related to resurrection.

There is a door in the mural directly in front, and Sekhmet, the lion goddess, guards the door.The lion-headed goddess in front of me is called the right eye of God Ra.The Sekhmet in the fresco has ruby ​​eyes that give us a soul stare in the gloom.At His feet, there is a bronze statue of a cat.

"What is this cat doing here, the gatekeeper of hell?" said one of Stephanie's men.

"Don't look at ancient Egypt with your religion," Alex said disgustedly.

"Then why is this thing blocking the way?"

Indeed, no matter how you look at it, there is only one possible way around.The tunnel that he entered just now has disappeared, and now he can only walk forward.In fact, no one who came here wanted to go back halfway.

"Because this cat is the goddess Bastet, his bronze statue exists as a sacrifice in most cases." I looked at Patrick, and he nodded, so I continued: "That is to say , maybe there will be a way after the sacrifice.”

"Where is the altar?"

At this time, Patrick motioned everyone to look at the murals. There was a stone surrounded by water beside Sekhmet, which was the original hill.And a Benu bird is engraved on the original hill.

I saw so many images of animals along the way just now, but there was no Benu bird.He had an important and unique meaning in ancient Egypt, and was considered to be the soul of the sun god Ra or the god of the underworld Osiris in different periods.This is the closest god to the sun god, but I was more than surprised to see the Benu bird.

Because the pattern that Jacqueline was repeating on my arm before she died was a Benu bird.

(End of this chapter)