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Chapter 37 The Resurrected Temple

The remains of the temple were covered with moonlight, giving it a somewhat holy flavor, but it also seemed a little lonely.

The strange thing is that the bright moon hangs low above the head, but the darkness in front of me is too thick to walk in.The moonlight is too stingy, only willing to illuminate the temple, and the outlines of people around me wish they could melt into the night.

Teacher Bai sighed and said: "It seems that the Egyptians are right, what is recorded in the zodiac chart is actually true."

After speaking, he asked us to look at the stars around the moon.

Lou Shiqi snorted. "It's strange. Why is the moon coming out, but the stars are still bright?"

This is true.Generally speaking, the best time to see the stars is the new moon, because the moon will not be too bright.But now the crescent moon is too bright, and the stars in the sky have not lost much of their brilliance.

At this moment Li Yuan spoke up: "Look, there is a star just to the southwest of the moon. It's in Jingsu, in front of the constellation Canis Major. It should be the position of Sirius."

I don't have much research on constellations, and I can't tell east, west, north and south at the moment, so I look up all over the sky with my head up.

Teacher Bai immediately understood what Li Yuan was talking about, and he said, "Could this be Sirius β? It seems that Sirius is the only star affected by this full moon among the stars."

I subconsciously asked: "Where is Sirius divided into β and α?"

All I know is that Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky and was very important in ancient Egypt.The ancient Egyptian calendar and the rise and fall of the Nile also refer to the trajectory of Sirius, and there is also a legend about the goddess Isis and Sirius.Now Sirius has dimmed, but those stars are so bright that they can compete with the bright moon.

Li Yuan explained to me: "Sirius α is a very typical blue dwarf star. Although it is not as bright as the moon, it is bright enough, which is why we can see it. But Sirius β is a white dwarf star, which is generally invisible to the naked eye. And in In the orbit of the binary star system, basically Sirius β will be covered by the light of α, so it is basically impossible to be seen by people."

Now he has become Li Yuan doing astronomical research.Quite professional.

But this is weird.Unexpectedly, the brightest Sirius α could no longer be seen, but Sirius β, which had been suppressed by its light all the time, popped out.

"Could it be that Sirius β is the ten-day star in the zodiac?" Li Yuan asked uncertainly.

"So the ancient Egyptians saw this celestial phenomenon and recorded this law on the top of the temple?"

As soon as the words came out, I felt something was wrong.

The ancient Egyptian star catalog was used as a guide for the dead to return to the world. How could it be possible to choose an erratic star as the ten-day star?That is equivalent to sending it away to someone without planning to pick it up.

Li Yuan pondered for a moment: "I'm thinking now why Bruce mentioned this 'dim star'. I didn't realize that Sirius was missing just now."

Teacher Bai held the same opinion: "In the situation just now, it can't be ruled out that he said that to appease Carl and others."

Yeah, astronomy is a thing now, but that's the job of astronomers.What is the connection between this celestial phenomenon and the curse handed down by the ancient Egyptian priests is the key point.

Carl and the others just came out of the ground at this moment, and they don't know what they did down there during this period.After they met the shadow star of Sirius under the guidance of Bruce, the atmosphere changed from confrontation to another sense of tension for a while.

Everyone looked at the impenetrable darkness and did not dare to act rashly, but Hassan and others took the lead and headed towards the temple wrapped in the moonlight.

When passing me, Hassan said: "Yu, let's go to the temple."

I looked in the direction of Meng Weiqing in the dark. He has been silent since he came up from the ground.Hassan and the others melted into the thick ink-like night, and Morgan, Carl and others were a little hesitant.

Meng Weiqing said at this time: "Let's go."

He ignored Karl Morgan and the others and walked ahead.I still didn't forget to tell him: "You guys follow Lao Bai well, watch your step."

What Meng Weiqing said was as if in this darkness where everyone was treated equally, we couldn't see it, but Teacher Bai could see it.

Teacher Bai patted me on the shoulder and followed me.

This road is different from the one Hassan and the others took me.The road is smoother and closer to the temple.

When we got to the wreckage of the temple, He Rongchuan had sharp eyes and saw us first.The first thing he said was, "Comrade Wang is back."

I said, "Bless you brother He."

At this time, Xia Shangzhou also came over. She helped me tighten the collar of my coat and said, "It's fine."

I smiled at her, and then I heard Meng Weiqing ask, "Did something happen here just now?"

"Still talking." Jiang Can's voice came, "you all left as soon as you said, we don't know anything here, so we can only follow these people around. And it's also evil, and it lights up after a while It’s all gone. It’s useless to use a flashlight, and my eyes are dark. Suddenly the moon rises, and then this temple becomes weird.”

I looked around, and I probably understood what Jiang Can meant by weird.I just came in and I was too busy talking to them, not paying attention to the temple itself.Looking at it now, I just feel weird, which is really a very gentle description.

This already dilapidated temple seems to be alive.The slumped and scattered stones returned to the pillars, and the color changed from gray to bright.The whole building feels like it has been rebuilt right in front of our eyes.

This is simply History in the making.

Not that I have seen a complete ancient Egyptian temple.But if there is such a well-preserved one, then I guess it should look like this.

I couldn't help stretching out my hand, wanting to touch the painted stone brick wall.Just when I felt the coolness of the wall was about to touch my palm, someone grabbed my wrist suddenly.

"Don't touch it yet."

I turned around subconsciously, and looked into a pair of dark eyes that reflected the starlight.

Li Yuan shook his head.

I regained my senses and turned my head to look at the wall that silently called me.

There are exquisite murals floating on it, all depicting a sun god festival in the time of Thutmose III.

The feeling was familiar just now, and twice I was unconsciously immersed in strange scenes in the hypostyle hall of the Temple of Karnak.This still hasn't touched the mural, and he has already started to stare.If Li Yuan hadn't held me back, if I touched it all at once, I might have drowned here today.

I thanked Li Yuan, then stared into his eyes: "Did you feel something at the Temple of Karnak that day?"

Li Yuan didn't look away either: "The feeling here is a bit like that day. Let's not touch these things first, or we don't know what will happen."

Sure enough, something actually happened after Li Yuan touched the stone pillar that day.But why was he able to leave that pillar by himself?Could it be that this guy can still order video in the small ancient Egyptian theater?

Putting aside these doubts, I nodded and agreed with his proposal.To be honest, I really don't want to drown in a certain segment without knowing why.

So I wanted to withdraw my hand, only to realize that Li Yuan was still holding my wrist.These hands crushed the bones of a strong foreign man just now, but now I don't feel any pain when I squeeze them so tightly.

That's when I realized that his condition was not right.His hand holding my wrist trembled a little, as if he was in some pain.

I patted Li Yuan with my other hand.Only then did he react, and let go of his hand.

Li Yuan's hands were cold, and his face was pale.I couldn't help but look at him more.Unexpectedly, in this cold night, tiny beads of sweat emerged from the tip of his nose.

Although Egypt is in Africa, the temperature at night in the desert is very low.It's understandable to be shivering from the cold, but sweating?I thought to myself, does this kid even want to touch God's porcelain?

Just when he wanted to tease Li Yuan, he caught a glimpse of a bulging moon peeking out behind him.

At some point, the half moon that had been perfunctorily hanging over the Valley of the Kings had quietly escaped from the clouds.It was a full moon.

I belatedly remembered that Aunt Li Zheng said that the full moon was the beginning of the weird transformation of the Yin family.

But today is the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month. According to common sense, it should not be a full moon anyway.This actually confirmed the [curse] that Hassan said.But is there really going to be a seven-day full moon in a row?
I looked at Li Yuan again.His expression remained unchanged, but he could see the subtle lines between his eyebrows.

Could it be that the full moon outside of this common sense will also accelerate the transformation?This full moon can't wait to hit Li Yuan's head. Although his expression is calm, I can't help feeling a little worried.

"Are you okay?" I asked him quietly.

Li Yuan tried his best to smile at me.

"You know. Actually it's not a big deal, I'm used to it. And it's not really a full moon after all, don't worry."

Although he looked relaxed, his body's reaction wouldn't lie.This transformation must have hurt him a lot.

I didn't ask any further, so I had to change the subject: "What do you think Hassan called us to do?"

Li Yuan looked at the priests walking towards the temple, and said: "Since the full moon and astrology are outside the laws of nature, and the temple can be restored, I suspect it has something to do with the magnetic field. Didn't they say that it happens once in 60 years today?" Will the celestial phenomena guide us to find the treasures of ancient Egypt? The next step is to see what kind of guidance method it is."

At this time, the noise interrupted our conversation, and the UN team members who came after us were all shocked by this scene.

Amidst the amazement, Arno's beaming voice stands out. "These murals seem real! I didn't expect to see such a complete temple in my lifetime. It's really a worthwhile trip. Even if I can't find the treasure this time, I don't feel bad."

Jacqueline was obviously also attracted, but due to the presence of Carl and others, she only cautiously kept a certain distance and opened her eyes wide to look around.

"Now this is the [Temple of Omniscience]." Hassan's voice came suddenly, "This sacrificial temple is connected with the underground temple, and under the moonlight after the sacrifice, the [Temple of Omniscience] will appear. the power of".

Hassan stood to the west of the temple, with the mountains of the Valley of the Kings and the low moon behind him.The moon weighed heavily on his head, bathing his whole body in holy light.Looking at it this way, it is a bit close to the image of Kong Su.

Speaking of Kongsu, the moon god of ancient Egypt can only exert his full power during the full moon.Does it mean this time?So only under the full moon can this temple be called the temple of omniscience?In other words, play the function of the temple of omniscience?

Laila stood beside Hassan, her arm tattooed with moonlight as well.

I noticed that under the bright moonlight, the shadows of the siblings were not cast on the ground.

What kind of moon is this?

However, under the light of the untimely full moon, this temple really deserves the title of [Temple of Omniscience].Holy, not stained with dust.In this environment, even Carl, who was looking for faults, didn't make any further moves.

The full moon moved over the temple pretentiously.As the entire temple was shrouded in moonlight, a strange feeling surged up.It was as if the temple was alive.The fog-like moonlight around it is that it is breathing.

We stood in the temple and saw the sacrifice or celebration following the ups and downs of its body.

Thutmose III pushed aside the moonlight and walked in with the sound of drums.The direction he came from was the temple where Hassan worshiped just now.

Thutmose III came as a priest.

He held the shrine made of gold in his hand, and the things on it were entwined by the sticky moonlight, making it hard to see clearly.Behind him were priests, some pretending to be gods, but they just walked in silence.But at this time he should already be a pharaoh, otherwise it would be impossible to build his temple in the Valley of the Kings.

So what was it, that the pharaoh was restored to priesthood, just to complete this ceremony?
In the records, Thutmose III also actively promoted the unity of theocracy and kingship.He and the earliest rulers of Egypt, those in the pyramid period, had the same idea of ​​emphasizing the sun god.

But what is unfolding in front of us now is not the sun god ceremony in the mural.

This feeling is very mysterious.The entire temple is like an echoing wall. Standing in modern times, I receive messages from thousands of years ago.

Thutmose III and his priests stood at the end of the temple, and the silhouettes of Hassan and others merged with the silhouette of the most powerful dynasty in ancient Egypt.

Unlike ordinary temples, the westernmost end of the [Omniscient Temple] does not have a wall full of murals, but looks at the Valley of the Kings at a glance.

The pharaoh's tomb is like the western wall of the temple.

The chant came:
"When the red desert sings praises

When the orange bull disappears in the cold winter

When white eyes reflect distant faces

When the sky is full of 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. "

The faceless god is on the altar restored by moonlight, with the moon on his head.

The murals on the wall also flowed with the chanting.

Under the moonlight, the light, shadow and lines that were once neglected on the murals appeared.In the boundless desert, there is an oasis, and a white building with a glowing halo stands in it.

That was the end of our trip.

　Let's watch the immersive theater together.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)