Stealing Game

Chapter 34 The Temple with All the Answers
All my attention was focused on the gloomy stone door behind me, for fear that something capable of Taoism would pop out suddenly.

However, unexpectedly, the door did not move at all.The sound seemed to be coming from the other end of the temple.Startled, I turned around immediately.The Egyptian priests who lined up in front of me were also facing a big enemy.

Under the gaze of everyone, the mural wall depicting Osiris' journey in the underworld was moved from its original place by a gap.At the place where the god of the underworld accepted the tribute from the believers, a head poked its head in.

I breathed a sigh of relief.It is a good head with a long neck.

The man first looked around carefully, and after confirming that there was no danger, he was willing to lean out a little bit.After seeing the situation here clearly, he froze in place.

It's no wonder the person didn't respond.The scene in front of me is indeed quite a test, and anyone will feel that they have entered the scene of a cult by mistake.

But this person has seen the world after all, and he quickly came to his senses.He immediately whispered, "Sorry to bother you." Then he retreated into the door without hesitation.

The stone gate that had just been half opened was about to be closed again.The Egyptians in front of them didn't expect this development, and they didn't react for a while.

But I can't let that person go.As soon as I heard the man speak, I hurried out from among the priests.After seeing who was coming, I subconsciously called out: "Li Yuan!"

The door that was about to close was immediately pushed open again, and Li Yuan walked out again.He raised his head and squinted his eyes to look at the altar, and when he saw me, a smile appeared on his face: "Wang Yu, what a coincidence!" That posture seemed to meet me on the street, not in the weird Valley of the Kings. In the temple.

Meeting an acquaintance by chance, Li Yuan stopped looking forward and backward, and walked straight towards the altar.Seeing that I was not moving, he seemed to have noticed that there were still a group of ancient Egyptian priests standing around me, and asked redundantly, "Are you okay?"

I didn't feel any sense of crisis when I was taken by him: "Thanks to you, except for being kidnapped by a group of Arab priests, everything else is fine."

The smile on Li Yuan's face became more obvious. "Yeah, I see that."

I never thought that I would be so happy to see Li Yuan's face. After talking to him, I realized that the corners of my mouth turned up unconsciously.

Seeing Li Yuan coming this way, those people dressed as priests did nothing.I stood on the altar and said to Li Yuan who was coming down: "Be careful, these people are a bit evil."

Li Yuan walked briskly, while muttering: "Then why are you still standing there, she is well-posed, don't make trouble for others."

The shape Li Yuan mentioned refers to seven people dressed as ancient Egyptian priests lined up in a herringbone shape.

Anubis, who was playing drums, stood next to the girl named Laila, sandwiching her with Hassan on the left and right.In this way, six people surrounded the girl, as if she was the core of this inexplicable sacrificial ceremony.

Just after hearing the sound of Li Yuan pushing the door, those six people all took a step forward, blocking Laila behind.Ali also stepped forward quickly, standing closer to her without breaking the formation.I was firmly blocked behind by a wall of people, and I didn't squeeze to the front until I heard Li Yuan's voice.

As soon as I took a step to go under the altar, Hassan, who used to be an undercover agent on our construction site, blocked me sideways.

I didn't expect the Egyptians who had been inactive just now to suddenly attack, so I had to stop where I was.

Hassan asked me, "Where are you going?" He glanced down at Li Yuan.

I thought to myself, aren't you asking this knowingly?But people had to bow their heads under the eaves, so I said kindly: "My friend is here. You are busy, so I will leave first."

But the man turned a deaf ear.

That fellow Li Yuan had already walked halfway through the room, and now he quickened his pace again.I didn't think the Temple of Osiris was so big just now.

I feel anxious.But Hassan is now standing in front of me, and his clothes are cool, so it's not easy to push him away for a while.

While they were in a stalemate, there was another sound of footsteps coming from the door that Li Yuan pushed open.

Everyone's attention was diverted, even Hassan, who was standing in front of me, looked back.

I saw Yanuo's two hundred and five coming out of the door.He muttered "This place is really hard to find" at first, and when he looked up, he yelled "Wow, are you having a Halloween party?" Alex followed behind and gave him a sideways glance, but he couldn't help but let out an exclamation when he saw this battle.

Seeing Yanuo pretending to be stupid and stunned, I angrily said to him: "Don't think about someone here who can give you candy."

After hearing this, Yano made a gesture of unknown meaning to me, with a heartless smile on his face, as if he just strayed into an innocuous activity.

I really want to tie the hands of this Italian.

Li Yuan didn't look at Yanuo and Alex.He kept staring at the altar, and seeing that everyone was attracted by Arno, he took two steps towards this side.After I saw it, I didn't care about anything else, and I was about to turn sideways to avoid Hassan and walk down.

At this moment, Li Yuan suddenly shouted, "Wang Yu be careful!"

I was startled and stopped immediately.Only then did I realize that a dagger was close to my eyes at some point.If Li Yuan hadn't reminded me just now, I probably would have had a non-anesthetized outer canthus.

I didn't dare to move anymore, I subconsciously shrunk my neck back.He thought to himself that he had underestimated the risks of these Arabs, but he didn't expect Hassan to do it.They didn't get this kind of treatment when they were kidnapped, but now they are still jumping over the wall.

Arno, who was still yelling just now, also fell silent when he saw this.

In fact, I think Hassan is just putting on a show, and he can't really plot against me when 279 and the others are still not far away.But Li Yuan and the others were obviously frightened and stayed where they were, not daring to move.After a long stalemate like this, Li Yuan asked me cautiously from a long distance away: "Wang Yu, who are these people? What do they want to do?"

I was questioned.In fact, I also want to know who they are.But no matter what they want to do, I will not serve them.If I still feel sorry for my pair of eyeballs, I must educate them now.

Unexpectedly, within a short period of time, Yano's eyes were fine, but mine was almost lost.

I was upset, but dared not speak out, and only muttered a few words, "There is no reason for the cult."

Li Yuan hadn't answered yet, but Ali who didn't know when came over and asked, "What are you talking about?"

Yano's nervous voice came at the same time, "Yu, are you okay?" Then he answered, "Yeah, what are you talking about?"

It turned out that Li Yuan and I had been subconsciously talking in Chinese just now, no wonder they couldn't understand.I kind of regret that what I just said was all unnutritious jokes. It would be great if I could discuss escape strategies with Li Yuan.

But it's too late to regret now.So I asked Hassan in English: "What do you want to do? If I have nothing to do here, then I will leave first."

As for the yelling Ali, I don't want to bother with this shit.

"Of course you can leave when the person we're waiting for arrives." It was also the first time for Hassan to do this kind of thing, and he didn't wear a few clothes, but his face was covered with sweat.But the firmness in his tone let me know that this time I might not be able to get away easily.

"Then who are you looking for?" Li Yuan also had a solemn expression, completely gone from the leisurely pretending just now.

Hassan turned his head to the side, exchanged glances with someone, passed me and looked down and said, "It's not up to us to decide who to find. But since everyone is here, can I trouble you to donate a little blood? Then we will know gone."

I rolled my eyes slightly.Now I have faintly realized that this matter is not simple, but I just can't figure out what makes me especially uneasy.

But when he glanced over, he could only see that unlucky Li Yuan walking towards the altar without saying a word, Yanuo and Alex looked at each other behind him and followed him.

"Wait!" I yelled subconsciously without thinking about it.

Li Yuan and the others stopped and looked at me inexplicably.At the same time Hassan approached me with the dagger.

Good guy, this dagger is really not bad, he cut off a few of my eyelashes.

"Be careful!" Li Yuan shouted towards Hassan from below.This time he was directly frightened to stand where he was, not daring to go any further.

I swallowed hard, my fingers felt cold.Since Hassan's dagger was still on his face, I slowly moved my eyes to the middle of the hall without turning my head. After finding Li Yuan, I asked him, "Do you remember the altar of the Temple of Horus?"

Li Yuan nodded, and after looking at each other briefly, he turned his gaze back to Hassan next to me.

I coughed a little, and cleared my dry throat: "The inscription engraved on it, there is also one on the altar behind me."

I purposely speak slowly and clearly to make sure everyone here can hear me.

Li Yuan glanced at me in surprise, then looked past me to the altar behind me.Arno and Alex should have never entered the temple underground at our construction site, but after listening to me, I know there is something wrong with it.

No one interrupts me.

"At first I didn't understand what all this was for, and I'm still in the dark, but I do know one thing. Is the wall behind the altar leading to a certain tomb?" I said, Cold sweat drenched.

Feeling that Hassan's eyes became colder, I tried to keep my voice steady and continued, "But I'm curious, whose tomb is it?"

Before Li Yuan came in, because I was still very concerned about the wind blowing behind me, I looked back defensively for a few more times.But just looking at it almost scared me out of my soul.

In fact, I mistook the flickering of the candle at first, and the shadow cast by the relief on the wall behind the altar was regarded as the door being pushed open.But that was a fake door at all.Just when I breathed a sigh of relief, I realized that the wind was actually blowing from behind.I thought about it for a while, but still bit the bullet and leaned over to look.But I found that there was a small hole in the false door that said it was square or not round.The wind blows from there.

When I understood this configuration, I broke out in a cold sweat.Because of this kind of false door, in the ancient Egyptian architectural rules, it will only appear in the tomb.

Just like the tombs of the pharaohs I visited with Ah Tian and Lao Zhang in the East Valley of the Valley of the Kings.The coffin containing the pharaoh's mummy is generally placed in the last room of the tomb, and the stone wall at the end is painted with murals of hands holding the sun.It means that this is the place where Pharaoh was reborn like the sun.

But in some mausoleums, there is still space at the end of the tomb.I suspect that behind this altar, there is a certain tomb.And the small hole in the wall where the Eye of Horus is painted is for the dead to look out.Look at his altar, and the people who come to worship.Even the steps extending from the altar to the false door are prepared for the owner of the tomb to come and enjoy the offerings.

The ancient Egyptians, like us Chinese, believed that people had souls.However, unlike the three souls and seven souls we are talking about, the soul they refer to is called "Ba", which is an existence that will wander in the grave after death.The steps extending from the mural to the altar are for the "Ba" of the owner of the tomb to walk.

Behind this altar, there is someone who is waiting for its sacrifice.On the altar is written [Take your blood as a sacrifice].And Hassan wants our blood.

All the signs connected together, pointing to a spine-chilling answer.

But looking at it this way, the problem arises again.

The small shrine in the innermost part of the shrine is regarded as the tomb of the god, but it does not have a false door like a real tomb.Assuming this is really a temple of Osiris, as I think, whose tomb is his tomb attached to?What is that elemental god who has never shown his true colors?Who the hell is watching us through that hole?

I felt a chill all over my body.

Things seem to be more complicated than grassroots cults.

"So this is not the Temple of Osiris." I muttered.

Hassan didn't say anything, but Ali behind me sneered: "We never said that this is the Temple of Osiris, all of this is your own guess."

It is true that I am headstrong and preconceived.I sighed quietly, scolding myself for being careless.

"In that case, who is this ceremony for? I guess the owner of the tomb must be extraordinary. Is he satisfied with your sacrifice?"

Hassan's dagger hesitated, leaving my eyes.

I was able to turn my face, looked at him provocatively and said, "I can't see it. When I looked at the altar just now, there was already blood on it. Whose blood is it? He is not satisfied with this sacrifice, so you Want to find someone else?"

But who could please that unknown god?Did these Arabs know that among us there was someone who could satisfy the owner of the tomb, so they acted like this?What if the right person sacrificed blood?
My train of thought was wrong from the beginning.

First being held hostage and then being worried all the time, I have already fallen behind psychologically.After entering this temple, coupled with their sacrificial performances, I was taken away by the ancient Egyptian routine.So thinking about it all revolves around sacrifices.

But if you think of them as simple kidnappers who take money to do things, then there are other people behind it.

"Who are you?" I asked again.

I don't believe the nonsense about priests in ancient Egypt.

Ancient Egypt perished thousands of years ago. If there are still people who believe in the gods of ancient Egypt, then I might as well believe that they used dollars to cheat us.But the appearance of Yano and Alex made me wonder who was behind the scenes.

Since Ali has been with Lao Zhang and the others, and Hassan is at our construction site, there may be other Egyptians who have mixed into the United Nations.Even, they were sent by the United Nations.

I just don't understand why it took so much trouble to get us here.If you just want someone's blood, there are too many ways, there is no need to do it so relentlessly.Now it is like offending the four of us and the organizations behind us all at once. What is this picture about?

Before I saw Li Yuan just now, I felt that no matter who came, it was better than a pharaoh who didn't know which century.Now I regret it, it's better for Li Yuan and the others not to come.Who knows what kind of trouble this bloodletting will cause.And blood does have the magic power of resurrection in ancient Egyptian mythology, if it is true
My mind was in a mess, and I felt like I was vaguely touching some thoughts.But the more I try to figure it out, the more I can't grasp it.Or maybe I don't dare to think about it at all.

The bloodthirsty ancient Egyptian evil god was resurrected with the blood of innocent modern people?This is too unbelievable.

Hassan and the others remained silent, as if acquiescing to my guess.But regarding their identities, the few of them refused to speak up no matter what.

"Now is not the time for you to ask questions," Hassan said.His dagger was always hanging around me, and his eyes were still looking in the direction of Li Yuan and the others below. "If you don't want her to get hurt, you can come and sacrifice."

I looked at the tip of the knife and couldn't help but get angry.This feeling of being controlled by others is very annoying.And there are a lot of things I can't figure out. If they lead me by the nose for no apparent reason, something will happen for sure.

Without much hesitation, Li Yuan rolled up his sleeves calmly and exposed his arms. "This blood can be given." He glanced at Hassan, then looked at his arm, and said indifferently: "Anyway, don't exceed 400cc, it's not a big deal."

Hassan and the others did not expect it to go so smoothly, and exchanged glances with each other.

Li Yuanquan saw it, and suddenly changed the topic: "But you have heard her question, let me tell you who you are first."

It is said that no one can give them blood.I feel anxious.

Unexpectedly, Hassan answered this time. "We are indeed ancient Egyptian priests, but you don't need to think of us as ancient Egyptians."

What does it mean?The identities of ancient Egyptian priests and ancient Egyptians were still separated in this way.Could it be that becoming an ancient Egyptian priest is like a profession, and one can only hold a position without converting?
I'm about to wrinkle my eyebrows.

This was clearly an answer that didn't count as an answer, but Hassan didn't intend to explain further.He signaled to Li Yuan that after asking questions, it was time to come and fulfill his promise.

"Then how are you going to find out who you are looking for? Do you recognize your relatives with blood? You see clearly, the four of us are all foreigners. It is impossible to have ancient Egyptian blood. It is useless for you to find us." I am still struggling .

Hassan glanced at me. "The altar will recognize the person you are looking for. And this is not the place for the final sacrifice. As long as the altar recognizes his sacrifice, it will guide the direction."

Every time he opened his mouth, my doubts increased.

Not here, where would it be?How does the altar recognize his sacrifice?What happens after you recognize it?
Fed up with procrastination, Ali interrupted: "Didn't you just ask where this is? I'm telling you now, this is the temple that has all the answers. Remember you asked me why I believe in prehistoric civilization? Here is the answer. As long as you find clues, you can find evidence of prehistoric civilization."

I really didn't expect Ali to have the face to mention this.This grandson played me and Ah Tian and Lao Zhang for fools, and now he still expects me to listen to his ancient Egyptian nonsense.

Arno finally found a chance to speak: "Why do you say that you will find prehistoric civilization, isn't this the temple of ancient Egypt?"

Alex frowned: "Could it be true what Morgan said? There are treasures left by prehistoric civilization?"

Hassan answered the question for Ali. "Prehistoric civilizations themselves are treasures. They have knowledge beyond our imagination, which is wealth. If you want to know."

With his other hand, he gestured towards the altar behind him, and made a gesture of invitation:
"Why don't you see what will happen after the sacrifice. The gods will guide you."

(End of this chapter)