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Chapter 36 Bloodthirsty God
There was an uproar.

I feel something is wrong.It seems that since I entered here, I have been led by the nose.

Whether it was the inexplicably kidnapped [Temple of Omniscient] in this record, or Li Yuanyanuo Alex who found me first, and then the Egyptians used me to coerce them to "sacrifice", until now Morgan and Hassan are singing together.In terms of fate, it is indeed quite bluffing.But in my opinion, there is another statement that is more appropriate.Common sense calls it a trap.

I just don't know who has such great ability to count all these people.

"I don't care where this place is or who you are. Let our team members go first." Amidst the noise, Meng Weiqing's voice was particularly clear.He himself has a convincing aura, and he is the team leader of 279, so what he says still carries some weight.The chaos stopped for a moment.

Seeing that someone finally remembered me, I breathed a sigh of relief.

Whatever the Egyptians and the men behind them are up to, it really doesn't matter to me.

Hassan also saw from everyone's reactions that Meng Weiqing was not easy to get along with, and he didn't dare to neglect: "Don't worry, our invitation to your team members is really only an integral part of the ceremony. Tonight is the time to start the ceremony. If you miss it Yes, that would have dire consequences. We had to."

Then Hassan talked about their real purpose of gathering everyone here.

It is true that Hassan and others are ancient Egyptian priests.But they also suddenly learned of their identity when they grew up as ordinary Arabs.In the first place, no one would be happy if their good life was caught up in such a thing for no reason.But because the stakes are high, if they don't do what is handed down, then terrible things will happen.

"Do you know the curse in ancient Egypt?" Hassan asked.

Everyone here has done research, how could they not know.

He went on to say: "[Whoever disturbs the peace of Pharaoh, Deathwing will come]."

This refers to the inscription on the door of Tutankhamun's tomb. In 1922, Carter dug up the tomb of the young pharaoh with the help of Lord Karnafon. This curse that spanned thousands of years showed the world the magic of ancient Egypt.Of course, the practical strength of this curse is still mostly far-fetched.

Does Hassan want to make a point of this?

"We came here because of a curse passed down from generation to generation. No one believed it before, but 60 years ago this curse really came true. So now we have to complete this ritual in order to avoid terrible things from happening."

After Hassan finished speaking, the other Egyptians who had been silent just now chanted with him:
"[When the red desert sings in praise,
When the orange bull disappears in the dead of winter.

When white eyes reflect distant faces,
When the sky is filled with black stars.

Strangers come from far away,

Coveted the treasure of the desert.

Awaken the full moon with the priest's blood,

The moonlight will illuminate the place. 】”

This ancient Egyptian chanting feels like that.But I didn't understand a word.

I looked at the other end of the hall in confusion, and met the same confused eyes of everyone.

Seeing that everyone was completely fooled, Jacqueline interpreted this passage empathetically.Available English still doesn't sound like a human language.

Hassan didn't play tricks, and said directly: "Actually, this curse has been around for a long time. The old man said it was passed down by word of mouth. But at the beginning, no one understood what was going on. It wasn't until 60 years ago that people understood what the curse said. What does it mean. In short, it means that the seven-day full moon will start to be unknown. And this [Temple of All Knowing] will guide us to the building built by Thutmose III for his gods at the beginning of the seven-day full moon Temple."

The Temple of Thutmose III?I thought of the temple below the archaeological site that was outside the records of ancient Egypt.There are inscriptions in the frescoes behind the altar of that temple depicting the Eye of Horus that do refer to the temple of Thutmose III.

[Beyond the horizon, I built two thousand-year-old temples for you

Osiris and Seth guard your glory, time cannot hurt you at all]

So far, it all seems to make sense.The appearance of Hassan and others is the same as what Sir Black mentioned.It all seems to be repeating itself 60 years ago.

But I always feel that something is wrong.

"Why should we believe you? We have to believe you when you say you are an ancient Egyptian priest." I don't know who said that.

Hearing this, Hassan fumbled inside his cool priestly robe.

The sound of gun loading that is often heard in action movies rang out one after another.

Hassan stopped moving.

I couldn't help raising my eyebrows.What do these people think he will get out of these pieces of clothes?Armstrong cannon?
Yano waved his hands anxiously: "Carl, there's no need to make such a big move! Be careful of accidental injury!" Although he said so, he refused to stand in the middle.

The formation of the United Nations gang would rather kill by mistake.As long as Hassan moved his hand a little more, there might be no more empty noises this time.

Li Yuan's hair exploded, and he grabbed Karl in two steps, and the gun in his hand went straight to his head.Karl innocently raised his hand, telling everyone to put their guns down.But there was a big red-haired man next to him holding a gun stubbornly.Li Yuan stretched out his hand and pinched the man's wrist easily.

Now at last it was quiet again.

I was in a cold sweat watching it, and everyone was shocked.This kid Li Yuan looked handsome, but he didn't expect his hands to be so dark.

Hassan still maintained the posture with his arms half outstretched.He glanced at Li Yuan, as if asking for his opinion.

Li Yuan stared at him: "What do you want?"

Hassan said, "The evidence you want."

Li Yuan looked at Meng Weiqing.Meng Weiqing and Morgan looked at each other and nodded.Carl sneered and stopped blocking.

Hassan successfully took out a small seal from the robe.

I was relatively close, and was dazzled by the golden light.

Based on the understanding of the context, this should be the seal of the tomb guard.In ancient Egypt, the tomb door of the pharaoh's tomb was sealed with a paint seal after it was closed.There is a seal on the door of Tutankhamun's tomb, and the seal itself is still missing.

I don't know much about this.

The priest of Thoth took the seal to Jacqueline.Her excitement told us that it was the real thing.

Carl snorted mockingly: "Assuming that these so-called curses and rituals are true, how do you know that the curse is mentioned today?" Don't think he will do it if he disagrees, but his ability to grasp the key points is quite good. strong.

That's right, today is the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, and it must not be a full moon.Such an obvious mistake, I have been ignoring it.

"If you don't believe it, just go out and look at the night sky. There will be unusual sky phenomena today. Black stars and a full moon will appear at the place where the Pharaoh sleeps." Hassan said firmly. "But before that, the priest's blood must be sacrificed."

Seeing that he still insisted on taking our blood, I felt helpless.Any fool knows that it is impossible to give him blood, let alone this group of people.

No wonder Ali wanted to arrest me in the first place.After all, when there were only a few of us, it was much easier to handle than now.

"Then we have to see the full moon." Meng Weiqing said. "You kidnapped our team members first, and now you talk nonsense. Who knows what your plans are."

Carl went on to say: "Take a step back, even if this curse is true, shouldn't you stop us? Why are you so kind and lead us to the real place of [Temple of Omniscience]?"

"Can we stop you?" Hassan laughed at himself, "This curse has been on us for too long. Instead of worrying about it all day, it's better to solve it."

"You keep saying curse and curse, but why didn't I hear it? Where is the curse? Doesn't that tell us how to find the treasure?" The big man whose wrist was broken by Li Yuan was aggressive.

Hassan gave him a pitying look.

"Because it's not a treasure. The reason why it's called a curse is because anyone who went to it was buried in the desert."

It was claimed earlier that the secret of the Temple of Omniscience is a treasure, but now it is said that it is actually a curse. Who would believe it?

Hassan sighed. "In fact, everyone who came here must know that this matter is not as simple as a treasure. I don't mean to stop or hinder you, as long as you go later, you can take us with you."

"Why? Are you thinking that if we find a place, you will benefit from it?"

"You will need us. Because we are descendants of priests, children of the desert," Hassan said. "If you want to go into that desert, you will need us. Just like we need you."

As he spoke, he cut his palm with a dagger, and let the blood flow into the altar without the idol.

The altar lighted up faintly.

"This altar can distinguish the ancient blood. You just need to drop a drop of blood into it."

I took a peek.

It is indeed quite bluffing, but this alone is not very convincing.And no matter what the sacrifice is, it doesn't matter too much.He actually collected the offerings directly at the place where the main body was.If the statue is still there, isn't it drenched in blood?

But it really is a literal, bloodthirsty god.

Seeing that everyone was speechless, Boothwell said anxiously: "You must not let blood! Blood was very important in ancient Egypt, it can bring the gods back to life!"

Of course blood can't be released, but that's certainly not the reason.The tattooed Boothwell sounded like a pedant with a bad brain, and even Jacqueline couldn't bear to close her eyes.

Teacher Bai broke the frozen atmosphere: "Which of you has seen the zodiac chart?"

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, but they didn't know why he asked this question.

"The twelve signs of the zodiac here are different from those in the Greco-Roman era. Look at this ten-day star. Except here, I have only seen it in the Temple of Horus."

We followed Teacher Bai's words and looked up.

Sure enough, there is a strange star on the zodiac chart above the head, which is in the quarter of the winter sky.

Although Jacqueline has never entered the Temple of Horus, she has also seen rubbings of the French team.So she nodded and said: "The zodiac chart here is indeed different from other places. I saw in the excavation records of the French team that the zodiac chart in the Temple of Horus is different from the one here. The same. If calculated according to the time on the map, it is indeed a few days ago."

Carl doesn't care about Jacqueline's life and death, and can point a gun at her without psychological pressure.But after all, Jacqueline's professional knowledge is very strong.Hearing what she said, not only did Morganiano and the others think it was reasonable, but even Karl and the others changed their expressions.Meng Weiqing and the others had already learned the truth from Sir Black, but they were just pretending to be confused.

"Bruce, what do you think?" Carl still seemed worried, and turned his head to ask the people behind Morgan for their opinions.

That Bruce, who was looking up at the zodiac chart above his head, looked away when Carl called him.He just stood in the crowd without making a sound or doing anything, and his presence was not very high.Bruce lowered his head now, revealing a pretty, somewhat familiar face under the blond hair.

"Today I did see a star that has never appeared near Canis Major. There has never been a similar phenomenon before, and it may be wrong." Although Bruce said that he might be wrong, but the pair of blue The black eyes are quite self-confident.

Carl smiled and said, "Bruce said he saw it, so there is indeed such a star."

This Carl suddenly became a dog's leg, which made me a little curious about Bruce.Plus I remembered where I had seen this face.Just before coming, Bruce and Karl were chatting with Sir Black at the colonists' ball that Arno held.

Since Hassan and the others did not lie, even if this celestial phenomenon is just a coincidence, there is no room for carelessness.Now everyone's face is full of dignity.

Seeing that everyone believed his words, Hassan also slowed down his tone: "Since everyone has confirmed that what I said is true, can you please offer some blood as a sacrifice now? Please believe me, it is right for you to do so." It is crucial for the subsequent actions."

Having said that, no one wants to bleed because of this ambiguity.After all, no one knows what the consequences of this sacrifice will be.

It was Karl who asked again: "You said that this altar can recognize the ancient blood, so what happens after it is recognized? How does this mechanism work?"

Originally, there was no explanation for such mysterious and mysterious things, and Karl's question was obviously making trouble out of nothing.

Hassan was caught by his question, but he still had to answer: "The altar will choose its sacrifices. Those chosen by it can find the treasures of ancient Egypt." Then he said: "But finding the treasure is not the end .”

Karl was very tired of his rhetoric that treasure is a curse, and waved his hand impatiently: "Then are you all chosen by the altar?"

Hassan looked at the people around him and said, "Only my family has been chosen for the altar. But among you, there are also chosen ones. The guests from afar mentioned in the curse appeared 60 years ago. They too The one who can find the treasure."

"So among so many people, only your blood is useful? If we want to go, we have to take you with us?" Carl asked.

Hassan felt something was wrong, but still nodded hesitantly.

Carl smiled. "In that case, a few of them are useless."

I secretly screamed badly.Sure enough, after Carl finished speaking, those people raised their guns again.

Let alone 279 now, even Morgan was furious: "Carl! Tell your people to stop!"

Are Morgan and Carl the same people?

Carl tilted his head indifferently. "Since he also said that only those chosen by the altar can see the treasure, it's useless to keep the rest."

"Wang Yu is still over there!" Li Yuan stood beside Karl, looking as if he was about to break his neck.

"Don't worry, we only kill useless people." Carl said, and glanced at me casually: "You can only hope that she hides well."

Here, Hassan and the others also picked up their weapons.In fact, it is a weapon, but it is just a prop for sacrifice.

"Don't you care about this man?" Socrates shouted beside me.He was not very old, and he was already pale in panic when he encountered such a thing.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Hassan lowered his voice and said to the people around him, "Everyone, be careful, that Karl doesn't know what to do."

What Carl is going to do is really no guesswork.

Li Yuan had already restrained Karl when he said it.But that lunatic still didn't care, and let his minions shoot.

Fortunately, Morgan and the others were also irritated by Carl's actions at this time, and 279 was not just for nothing, and the gang became a mess after a while.Jacqueline was more anxious than them, and she felt sorry for the reliefs while saying don't hurt others.

I secretly scolded these people as if they were from the American police, and they were so shady.These priests have a stick in their hands, not the sword of Damocles.

In the chaos, I bowed my waist and ran away with the Egyptians.

"You really are not with them." Socrates panted heavily in shock, and still remembered to distinguish for me.

I gave him a black and white look.This person is called Socrates, which is probably the same as when we named it.

The bullets only flew for a while, and then only the sound of close combat was heard.

I poked my head out carefully behind the stone pillar, staring dumbfounded at this completely unnecessary scuffle.

In the chaos, the sudden drum sounded angrily.

Everyone's attention was attracted, and it was Leila who ventured to touch the drum under the altar.It was she who interrupted the melee with the sound of a drum just now.

When everyone was quiet, she said: "Instead of stalemate here, how about looking at the facts directly? Now that the blood of the priest has been sacrificed, you can see the celestial phenomena recorded in the zodiac when you go out, and you can too." Know we're not lying."

The girl had always been timid, but now she stood up.It's courageous.

"Do you think we are so easy to deceive? You are the ones who say everything about the sacrifice now, and the blood used is also your blood. What will you do if you are a moth later?" The person from Karl's side was still talking.

Laila was not offended by the unkind words, and said flatly: "I am a descendant of ancient Egyptian priests, and my blood is as effective as my brother's. If you are afraid of any problems, can I go as a hostage?"

Hearing what she said, Hassan's expression changed, and he stood up from behind the altar.Lyra glanced back at him.

Hassan was pinned in place by the look, and watched as Laila walked up to the altar, drew a knife from her waist, cut her palm and dripped blood into it.

The altar was lit up this time with great vigor.Anyone with eyes can tell that Laila's blood is more effective than Hassan's.

"Laila is much more useful than you," Socrates muttered.

"I didn't ask you to tie me here." I didn't talk nonsense with Socrates.

Lyra's blood can awaken the altar.Could it be that she is the person Ali said was endowed with miracles by the gods?
I just saw her cut her hand, and the blood was bright red, not golden as Ali said.

But Ali lied too much, maybe he made it up to lie to me again.So I didn't dwell too much on it.

After seeing the scene just now, the United Nations did not raise any objection to Leila's statement.Ali tried to stop Laila, but she shook her head at him and walked away to the other side of the temple.

What kind of life and death are you doing? If you talk well, you can have this?It's not self-inflicted.

"No. You have to let Wang Yu come back first."

It's hard for Li Yuan to still think about me, the poor hostage.He crushed someone else's wrist just now, and he was able to subdue Carl in one fell swoop, which is quite intimidating.Now everyone stopped to look at him.

Lou Shiqi stood out among a group of foreigners in the chaotic battle, and now he is nodding his head vigorously there.

Actually, I don't think it's necessary.Anyway, things have come to this point, probably no one wants to take me out.

Besides, Sir Black told us yesterday that there will be unusual celestial phenomena today, and we will meet people who help us put together maps.

This is something I've always felt wrong about. 279 It was impossible for them not to see that Sir Black was referring to Hassan and the others.That being the case, why did Meng Weiqing and the others put on a shocked face after seeing Hassan's series of operations?Morgan, Carl and others don't know that we have obtained this information from Sir Black, so it is understandable if Meng Weiqing wants to hide it from them.But the problem is that Li Yuan doesn't know about our calculations, and he just thinks that I was held hostage by the evil ancient Egyptian forces.

I glanced at Meng Weiqing, wondering how it would end.His gaze was as calm and determined as ever, but the problem is that I can't see anything from this gaze.Now I don't know what kind of medicine is sold in Meng Weiqing's gourd, and this situation is about to explode again. As soon as I hesitated, I missed the opportunity to explain to Li Yuan.

In fact, I was also surprised that Li Yuan suddenly showed such a strong desire to protect me.At first, we tacitly pretended not to know each other, but now we don't know where it came from.

I was thinking about what to do next when I heard Ali call out.

"But you all asked Lyra to pass!"

As soon as he howled, I became angry.

Ignoring those who were looking forward and backward just now, I made it clear: "This is not a bloody hostage exchange. It is her business that she is willing to go, but I was kidnapped by you. Either you get out of the way now and let me go back, or We'll spend it here."

I put on the virtue of a dead pig not afraid of boiling water, mainly because I was sure they would not dare to spend it with me.After all, these people need that celestial phenomenon more than we do, and it seems that they really believe in the once-in-60-year curse.

In addition, Li Yuan has been on my side from the very beginning, and he is very skilled, so if he wants to attack me now, he will have to weigh it.

Seeing that we started arguing again, Laila had no choice but to resign herself to going to the foreigners first.

Although Arab girls are mostly covered tightly after all, the clothes of ancient Egyptian priests are very different.I saw a birthmark on her arm as she passed me.The birthmark was the same as the one that Hassan had just shown to everyone.This really puts responsibility into the body.

I hold her.

"Come on, don't go there either."

Laila was taken aback, and everyone's eyes focused on her.

I shrugged my shoulders and said to the Egyptians: "Anyway, if I stay here, those people should keep their mouths shut. They just sacrificed one more Laila for nothing. If I go back, although I can't say anything about those Westerners, we will The people in the team will definitely do as promised. This way you don’t have to worry about Leila’s safety, and you can have fewer opponents. This exchange is not bad.”

In fact, I can't guarantee that 279 values ​​my life more than tasks.But I want to gamble.Bet that in their view, these two things do not conflict.I also bet that for the United Nations team, it is also not in a hurry to kill me.

Sure enough, Meng Weiqing said: "If you let Wang Yu come back, we will definitely not make things difficult for you."

Now that there is a guarantee of 279, the behavior of Karl and others is really worrying.Hassan wished his sister didn't have to go there, and the remaining Egyptians were clearly concerned for Laila's safety.

So Hassan hurriedly said, "It's a deal."

That Socrates urged behind me: "Then you go over quickly." I was afraid that if I walked too slowly, I would have to ask Lila to go over there again.I noticed that Ali was looking at me, too, guiltily.I ignored him and strode down the altar.

Li Yuan watched me go back to 279, and Lou Shiqi squeezed back from the crowd of foreigners.He looked me up and down and said, "It's fine, it's fine."

I patted his arm. "Look, it scares you."

In fact, I am already in a cold sweat.Just now I was very afraid that Carl and others who didn't play their cards according to the routine would suddenly play tricks, but fortunately, they are still completely human.

"Then let's go out and see this once-in-60-year celestial phenomenon." Morgan said.

Everyone responded, except Carl.

Just now he has been watching us negotiate with the Egyptians with a half-faced smile, and now he is really going to have trouble again.

"We came here to find the Chinese, and now we are going out to listen to the Egyptians. It doesn't feel good to be led by the nose. Since everyone said with certainty that there is a strange celestial phenomenon outside, it is still It would be better for the ancient Egyptian priests to take us up. If there is any problem ahead, the priests will know how to solve it better than us.”

After Carl finished speaking, he looked at Hassan with a smile.Lila bit her lip and was about to come.But I heard Li Yuan say: "Since we agreed, there is no need to let her come over. If you are worried, I can go up first."

As he spoke, he passed the crowd and walked to the front, asking Hassan, "Where are you going to go out from?"

Hassan took a deep look at him and said, "There are two doors behind you, one of which you walked in when you came in. After the other door goes out, it is the temple you were looking at just now. That temple It's nothing special, but tonight, when the curse is opened, you can see the path He promised after the sacrifice."

This time, Hassan knew everything.

Li Yuan thanked him, turned and walked towards the door.Karl was not angry when he was gently brushed off by Li Yuan just now, and he just made a gesture of please when Li Yuan passed by.

I glanced at Meng Weiqing and followed Li Yuan.Lou Shiqi also went out with us.

After going out of this door, it is also a narrow and cramped corridor.I quietly looked back, Meng Weiqing and Mr. Bai were not far behind us, and behind them were Morgan and others.

Lou Shiqi suddenly squeezed towards me, and stretched out his hand to grab Li Yuan.We both looked at him at the same time, and he said, "Go on."

We kept the formation of three huddled together and slowly moved forward. Only then did Lou Shiqi lower his voice and say, "Yuechen, be careful later. I just heard that someone said that they would deal with you, but that Karl said 'Not yet'."

I fought a cold war.

There is wind blowing from the front.

Looking up, it turned out to be the dilapidated temple stumbling around in the dark night.

Looking up again, half of the moon has quietly sat on the top of the Valley of the Kings.Unhurriedly, overlooking the world.

The moonlight is like a curtain, spreading out softly and involuntarily.And we don't know what show we're going to do again.

　Everyone cooperates with each other to perform.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)