Extraordinary North America: Where are the magical partners?

Chapter 102 The Strange Pyramid Under the Church

After hearing her cry, everyone gathered around.

All eyes were focused on the stone gate on the ground that was covered in dust over the years.

"Everyone has seen the movie, right?"

Rango glanced at the stone door, looked around at everyone, and said with a cautious tone, "In the movies, such doors often hide unknown dangers. Nine out of ten are monsters that kill people. Once opened, it will definitely cause a series of troubles. So my suggestion is to pretend you didn't see it and leave. Or we can come back and take a look after we find the curator."

Under normal circumstances he might not care, but now the curator has not been found yet, so this is not the time to create unnecessary trouble.

Around him, Annabeth and Tyson, who were preparing to leave on Toothless's wind dragon, nodded in agreement.

However, Jones and his team held a different view.

"It's been at least 1,800 years since modern times. What kind of monster could have lived that long?"

"That's right. Besides, even if there is a monster, how can such an ordinary stone chain lock it up? There is a high probability that what is contained in it is the treasure from the church!" Laura also followed suit.

"Treasure?"

Hearing this, Rango raised his eyebrows slightly and couldn't help but think about what they said.

Indeed, a bluestone chain as thick as a finger does not seem to be enough to imprison any terrifying creature.

After thinking for a while, he nodded and said:

"OK, let's take a look. No matter what's down there, we'll leave after we see it."

"of course."

After everyone agreed, Rango turned to Toothless who was rolling in the mud and called softly.

Wu Yazi came over upon hearing the sound, and first playfully shook off the mud on his body. When he saw that it splashed all over everyone, he immediately revealed a mischievous smile.

Then, without waiting for Rango to teach him a lesson, he opened his mouth and spit out a mouthful of lightning and fire. The originally strong stone chain shattered instantly after being burned by the high temperature!

Rango gripped the door handle tightly and pulled hard, and the heavy door burst open.

A long and deep tunnel appeared before everyone!
What is even more surprising is that there is the sound of wind passing through the tunnel.

It is obvious that the other side is not an enclosed space, so there is no need to worry about suffocation.

When everyone saw this, they took out flashlights from their pockets and walked down.

The stone steps were covered with thick moss and were very slippery, so you had to be very careful with every step.

But fortunately, they were not ordinary people. Even Jones had decades of adventure experience, so nothing unexpected happened.

As they went deeper, the air in the tunnel seemed to become more stuffy. Suddenly, everyone felt a darkness before their eyes and the flashlights in their hands went out for some unknown reason.

"do not move!"

Rango immediately warned them, and although he didn't understand why the lights went out, he didn't sense any creature approaching.

A few seconds later, a circle of red light suddenly spread from his hands, instantly illuminating everything around him.

Jones and the others looked up in surprise, only to see Rango holding a pumpkin head that was emitting a dazzling red light.

Before they had time to wonder about the origins of the pumpkin head, their eyes were attracted by the scene before them and they all opened their mouths in shock.

Before their eyes, there stood a pyramid!

"Man, are we seeing things?"

Rango patted the one-eyed Tyson beside him and said, "Use your big eyes to take a good look. Is that really a pyramid?"

"It seems...it seems to be true!" Tyson blinked his one eye and nodded vigorously.

On the other side of the team, Jones and Laura could no longer contain their excitement and almost ran towards the mysterious building.

That excited look was as if Copernicus had discovered the New World or Columbus had overturned the geocentric theory!
"It's really strange, why would someone build a pyramid underground."

He always felt that this scene was familiar, as if he had seen it in a movie. Generally speaking, whenever he had this feeling, nothing good would happen.

"Have you noticed that this pyramid seems a little short?" Annabeth was shocked and raised her doubts.

A normal pyramid is at least one hundred meters high, but the one in front of them looks only a dozen stories high, and the highest point will not exceed fifty meters.

“This is a Nubian pyramid.”

Professor Jones, who was taking photos in front of the tower, explained: "Compared with ordinary Egyptian pyramids, its slope is very steep, and the height is about 40 to 50 meters. Originally, this kind of pyramid was only found in Africa. I didn't expect to see it here. It's incredible."

He stroked the damp bricks of the pyramid, then shook his head and said, "It's a pity that the outer layer has been corroded quite badly. I wonder how the artifacts inside are preserved."

As an adventurer who has spent his entire life exploring and searching for treasures, he has entered the pyramids many times. He is certain that there must be many ancient artifacts preserved inside.

Artifacts left by Christians more than a thousand years ago.
He trembled with excitement, imagining the sensation these cultural relics would cause once they were made public.

Looking at the old man's excited expression, Rango couldn't help but laugh, and then turned his attention to the stone door in the center of the pyramid.

The stone gate is carved with twisted and complex ancient English, which looks extremely mysterious.

"Come and take a look at what is written here." Rango called Jones and Laura who were exploring around. The curator was not here, so they were the only two professionals here.

Professor Jones picked up the magnifying glass, studied it carefully, and said thoughtfully: "The text above translates to 'treasure within', but it doesn't say what the treasure is."

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Rango couldn't help but widen his eyes after hearing this. He pointed at the densely packed characters on the door and said speechlessly:
"Although I dropped out of college, I did study at UCLA for a semester. Now you tell me that there are hundreds of characters on this page, but when translated, they only translate to four words???"

"That's right!"

Professor Jones patiently explained, "The first part mainly describes the meaning of gold or treasure, and the second part talks about how they put everything inside. Putting them together, doesn't it mean 'the treasure is inside'?"

Laura also echoed: "Rango, don't doubt Professor Jones's research on ancient Chinese."

Hearing what they said, Rango said with a smile: "I really don't believe that someone would write such bullshit words as "treasures are hidden" in front of the pyramid. Isn't this clearly inviting others to steal?"

Then, without waiting for the two men to refute, he waved his hand and said, "Don't try to fool me. Hurry up and find a way to open the door, go in and take a look at what it is, and then leave after you're done."

"Okay, okay, let's go after we finish watching!"

When Professor Jones heard this, he immediately became alert and began to search carefully for the mechanisms around him.

He was familiar with the structure of the Nubian pyramids and soon found a clue in a hidden location - a seemingly ordinary mud brick, but when he pulled it out gently, he revealed a stone chain.

Then, without waiting for anyone to say anything, he pulled hard without hesitation.

With a roar, the heavy stone door slowly rose, revealing a deep passage.

"It's bad, Rango." Teddy suddenly frowned and said, "I suddenly have a bad feeling!"

"Then your premonition comes too late." Rango rolled his eyes helplessly.

At this time, all the doors were opened. Jones and his gang walked in carefully under the light from the pumpkin head without asking Rango.

Rango turned his head and looked at Mavis on his shoulder, with a serious tone: "Based on my luck, I estimate that there is a high probability of danger in there. How about you wait outside first?" "What? No!" Mavis immediately shook her head, and then said excitedly: "This is the magical adventure I dream of every day in the hostel. How can you leave me behind!"

As she spoke, the girl grabbed Rango's shoulders tightly with her claws, but as if she was afraid of hurting him, she changed her grip to grabbing his clothes.

Rango smiled helplessly when he saw this, then looked at Annabeth and the others, "What about you guys?"

After looking at each other, they all expressed their desire to go in and take a look together. As descendants of the gods, it is often hard to have an adventure of their own, and they don't want to miss it easily.

"OK, in that case, let's go in."

After saying that, Rango walked ahead of them, but after taking a few steps he stepped back.

Then, under their admiring gazes, Rango picked up stones and piled them under the stone gate.

"Just in case, we'd better keep a way out."

Contrary to what everyone expected when they entered the pyramid, its interior space was much larger and taller than they had imagined, like a hidden underground palace.
The surroundings are engraved with dense ancient English. Although no one knows what it means, it gives people an extremely mysterious feeling.

After passing through a long corridor, a long-sealed stone door suddenly opened.

What appeared before their eyes was a church covered with the dust of time.

The furnishings inside were extremely simple, the wooden tables and chairs had long since decayed, and the murals around them were blurred and indistinguishable. Only the cross relief in the center and the altar below could vaguely be seen in their solemn outlines in the dim light, reminding everyone of the former identity of this place.

However, what is even more creepy is that there are several dried skeletons scattered in the corners.

"Church in the Pyramid"

Rango frowned. If this was really the plot of a movie, he was sure he had never seen it.

After all, this scene is so erotic that you will never forget it once you have seen it.

Professor Jones and others were already speechless with shock at the sight before them, and were busy recording and filming.

Rango remained highly alert, always keeping an eye out for possible dangers lurking around him.

At this moment, Teddy suddenly came trotting over and pulled his trouser leg, winking at him. Looking at his eyes, Rango immediately pretended to follow casually.

The guy took him to the foot of the cross and to the altar used by the Vatican for prayer, blessing and mass.

He whispered excitedly, "Look what I found!"

As Teddy spoke, he wiped the dust in front of the altar with his furry palms. When Rango saw what was underneath, his eyes suddenly lit up.

This thing is actually made of gold!

Rango also raised his hand excitedly, and then his eyes changed slightly.

When the system came into contact with this thing, the progress bar was actually growing slowly. Although it was very slow, it was indeed growing.

Is there any supernatural power attached to it?

Rango suddenly thought of something, his heart trembled, and he immediately took out a Colt revolver bullet from his waist and felt it in his palm.

He was overjoyed by the conclusion he reached.

The power attached to this altar is the same as the power on the bullet, which is what Amos calls the power of faith!
He looked in surprise at the mass altar in front of him, which was three or four meters long and more than one meter high, and couldn't help swallowing.

How many bullets can this thing produce? !

"Teddy, we are rich!"

"Of course, this thing is worth at least several million if it is sold!"

"Sell it? I'd almost sell it to you."

Rango was joking, but he had already made up his mind to take the golden altar out. With this thing, he would be able to suppress Lucifer with firepower even when facing him in the future.

"Rango——"

At this moment, Mavis, who had been flapping her wings and searching around curiously, suddenly called out.

Rango came over when he heard the sound, and saw Mavis tapping the dusty ceiling gently with her wings, motioning him to look up.

"Look at what these are, scratches?"

Rango looked in the direction where he was looking, and sure enough, underneath the dust, there were shocking scratches, so densely packed that they looked like marks made by countless sharp blades, which was chilling.

Jones and others who had been around discovered the same thing. They pointed at the walls and said in shock, "There must have been a big battle here! There are traces of corrosion, knife marks, and sword marks. What on earth did the believers here go through?"

Laura frowned, stroked her chin, and whispered thoughtfully: "No wonder people outside the door said there is a demon sealed inside. It seems that the believers had a great battle with this demon more than a thousand years ago."

"But judging from what's inside the pyramid, it's clear that the demon isn't completely sealed away."

Even Victor, who had been silent the whole time, was surprised and asked, "More than a thousand years ago, when God appeared most frequently, how could these believers fail to seal a demon and instead be forced to imprison it in this pyramid?"

On the other side, Rango was too lazy to listen to their discussion anymore. Anyway, he had already got what he wanted most this time.

"I knew you guys had no good intentions, and you said there's a 'treasure hidden inside', tsk."

Rango snorted coldly, then used the characteristics of [Dragon Body] to carry the golden altar out. "I was the first one to see this. You guys can chat slowly. I'm leaving first."

Then he tensed the muscles in his arms, ready to lift the altar in one go.

suddenly!

Just as Rango was about to lift the golden altar off the ground, a deafening roar sounded all around, as if a giant beast sleeping underground was awakened.

Then, the stone slabs under their feet collapsed and disintegrated without warning, turning into countless fragments. Everyone lost their balance in an instant and fell down!
At this critical moment, Mavis showed amazing agility and strength.

She quickly grabbed Rango's collar and flapped her wings vigorously, suspending Rango and the heavy golden altar in mid-air.

Toothless followed closely behind, and although he reacted a little slower, he used his strong wings to fly into the air from below. In addition to Teddy on his head, he also held Annabeth and Tyson tightly in his mouth.

"What should we do? What should we do? Should we go down?" Although she was carrying a huge weight, Mavis did not feel any effort at all and asked anxiously.

Rango listened to the sound of water below, thought for a moment, and nodded: "Go down, it should be fine."

It didn't take a while.

Rango fell to the bottom, and found himself in a deep and vast cave space. The surrounding rock walls were moist, exuding an ancient and mysterious atmosphere.

Unfortunately, Professor Jones and others fell into a lake at the bottom of the cave, splashing water.

But at this moment, Rango had no time to care about others. His eyes were firmly attracted by a huge figure in front of him. His pupils suddenly shrank, and unprecedented shock and astonishment surged in his heart.

"It's a miracle that the church's seal works!" Rango muttered to himself, his tone full of disbelief, "So the believers are not fighting against demons, but the damned Alien Queen?!"

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(End of this chapter)