bit stealing game

Chapter 65
After Kawaii-san finished those astonishing words, he returned to his humble and pleasing look.

Everyone was either surprised or solemn.Even Li Yuan's calmness, as if it had nothing to do with him, took a bit of effort.Only Lou Shiqi turned his head around suspiciously, not understanding why everyone was silent all of a sudden.

As if he had just realized that he had made an incredible speech, Kawaishan adjusted his glasses and gave a few apologetic laughs.But now I can't see him as a purely harmless scientist.

A cheerful voice came high-pitched.

"It smells so good!" Arno stepped coquettishly on his opening line and came to us, holding a glass of red wine out of date.He was joined by Morgan, Boothwell, and a few new faces, all holding glasses.

We all get up.

Only then did Meng Weiqing be willing to put the cat down, and instead took a bottle of Erguotou in his hand.Tempura also surprisingly understands human nature, and was not intimidated by many people, but followed Meng Weiqing's feet step by step.Even if Meng Weiqing didn't look down, he never stepped on it.

I also took a few sips of sugarcane juice while the two groups of people toasted each other politely.

Jacqueline stood at the back of the crowd and waved in my direction.She held the cigarette between her fingers, and when she waved it, it brought up a thin white mist.

After confirming that I was not self-indulgent, I followed her and stood a little far away from the crowd.Jacqueline didn't speak at first, just looked at me inquiringly.

I waited patiently for a while.

The French woman took a puff of the cigarette with only a few tails left, and waited until the smoke was exhausted before she spoke: "I was wondering what's wrong with you."

"Excuse me?" I suspect I heard wrong.

"The one on the stone pillar in the Temple of Seth this afternoon is not a common Senet game." Jacqueline lit a cigarette again, and fidgeted with her fluffy blond hair with her fingers holding the cigarette. "I've never actually seen a Senet game like that, and even Patrick only saw it once in a collector's manuscript a long time ago. Until today I thought it was a figment of the imagination. "

I'm confused by this French archaeologist. "What does this have to do with me?"

"Senet won't be untied so easily." Jacqueline's eyes turned to me for the first time, but she hurriedly looked away as soon as they met. "Being able to pass that round of Senet will definitely not rely on luck."

It was obvious what she wanted to express.I accidentally passed Senet, it's like saying that Xu Zhu just closed his eyes and made a move to solve Zhenlong's chess game.However, I ask myself that it has absolutely nothing to do with the ancient Egyptian religion, not to mention that all of this is probably designed by someone.

But I didn't express my doubts. I just heard Jacqueline continue to say with a vague French accent: "We are not the first people to go there in modern times. More than 70 years ago, the French team was in the Montu Temple. I have read the excavated materials. We also entered the Horus Temple below. I know something about the fact that someone entered the Temple of Seth 60 years ago. But even they are unreasonable. Someone knows how that Senet game was solved."

I cut her off. "As I said at the scene this afternoon, I don't know how to unlock Senet."

Jacqueline's words reminded me of the hand hiding in the dark, trying to control everything.So my tone became a little bit bad.

"No one will know." Jacqueline turned her head and slowly exhaled a smoke ring.She stared at the turbid air, as if she was staring at nothingness or something concrete. "Because it's not for mortals to pass the time, but for the gods."

God's game?Is it a god that has long since fallen and been submerged in yellow sand for thousands of years?

"Why are you telling me this?" I looked into Jacqueline's quivering blue eyes through the dissipating smoke.

After a long while, she heard her whispering to herself: "I'm afraid this trip will be very dangerous. I have to make plans."

When I returned to the place where the three bonfires were located in 279, those who came to toast were gone.Meng Weiqing and others were invited to the United Nations to continue a new round of hospitality, and Kawaii-san followed suit with tempura.Only Lou Shiqi, He Rongchuan and the few people who stayed behind were chatting about each other.

I chatted with him for a while, and Guangyu, who came back from the United Nations, brought Meng Weiqing's instructions: I will go to the Temple of Seth later, and Chang Xiao and Lou Shiqi are ready.

This combination is really surprising.

I looked at Lou Shiqi who was also taken aback, and asked Guangyu curiously: "Did Teacher Meng just let them go?"

Guangyu nodded.

The rest of the people didn't have any objections, and didn't even express a certain degree of curiosity, and continued drinking and chatting.Jiang Can also only joked: "You guys won't have any part in the supper at night."

Although Chang Xiao had a smile in his name, his face was drooping, and he sat on the side without paying any attention to him during the whole process.It wasn't until now that Meng Weiqing called him out and asked him to go on a mission, which showed some sense of existence as a member of 279.

This person is neither tall nor short, neither beautiful nor ugly, so it is difficult to elevate him in terms of presence.But although this man is not good-looking, he has a bit of intriguing vigor.Among other things, just those eyes.I have seen too many beautiful eyes.Looking closer, Li Yuan and Rhea's peach blossom eyes, Lou Shiqi's phoenix eyes, Arno's blue eyes comparable to Walden Lake and Alex's emerald eyes are all beautiful.But the man's eyes are actually not distinctive, they just droop for no reason, like a resistance to gravity.When someone called him, the eyelids had to fall down for a while before they were willing to lift up.Then the eyeballs hidden under the eyelids moved a bit condescendingly at this moment, and a little black eyeballs will be exposed.These reserved eyeballs are really dark, as if they have never seen the light, no wonder they are well hidden.

After listening to the arrangement of the organization, Chang Xiao took a sip of wine, and when he was upstairs, Shi Qi got up and went back to the tent before he had a chance to get close to him.The latter had a bitter face and sighed.

Lou Shiqi didn't like Chang Xiao very much, because Chang Xiao basically never looked at him along the way.Of course, I was treated the same way.But now that Lou Shiqi wants to go to work with Chang Xiao, it's inevitable that he will be confused if he can't figure out the other party's way.

"Why do you want the two of us to go?"

He Rongchuan comforted him and said, "Brother Lou, don't worry, Chang Xiao shouldn't be targeting you." Under Lou Shiqi's mournful gaze, he had no choice but to tell the truth about Chang Xiao: "Chang Xiao is the same as Comrade Wang Yu. He is a regular member of 279. It is said that he was invited to be a foreign aid this time because of his personal relationship with Mr. Bai. Although I have never worked with him, as far as I know, he is actually a good person. It’s just that he is somewhat taciturn.”

Lou Shiqi nodded slightly after hearing this, and showed a negative aura of resignation to the next task.

"Why did Teacher Meng call Shi Qi and Chang Xiao to go?" I still haven't figured out the meaning of Chang Xiao in 279's operation.Is it specifically uncomfortable?
"Do you guys still remember what happened in the previous few ancient Egyptian ruins?" I had no hope at first, but He Rongchuan had some ideas.

Lou Shiqi and I both nodded.

He Rongchuan didn't give a damn either. "This time we came to Egypt, the personnel seem to be mixed, but in fact there are still some points to follow. From the information I know, the situation I encountered a few times before, and everyone's response, I roughly divide everyone into technical groups. , capability groups and action groups.”

Now it's not just me and Lou Shiqi, Jiang Can and Han Jiangxue also came to listen.Although Ding Ze didn't show much curiosity, he honestly stopped what he was doing.

He Rongchuan adapted well to the attention shown by everyone:

"The technical team consists of Guangyu, Jiang Xue, Chang Xiao, Lou Brother and Bucai.

In the ability group, I currently have two people, Mr. Bai and Brother Yuechen.I won't talk about Brother Yuechen's abilities, basically we can say that we are here because of Brother Yuechen's uniqueness.And since Mr. Bai joined 279, his super powers are indispensable when he goes out to work.What is listening to the voice to argue, seeing things in the dark and so on.What's more amazing is that he can also tell the direction without markers. "

When He Rongchuan said this, I suddenly realized the problem. "You mean Teacher Bai can tell the direction?"

"Comrade Wang got the point right away." He Rongchuan clapped his hands. "But I personally feel that his abilities are different from Brother Yuechen's. Perhaps it can be classified as 'sharp five senses and extraordinary talent'. Let's first talk about the technical team where Brother Lou and Chang Xiao belong."

I said "oh", Lou Shiqi also pricked up his ears and waited for the next sentence.

"Brother Guangyu, Jiang Xue, Brother Lou, and I can roughly be divided into space and information communication. As for Comrade Chang Xiao, if I'm not mistaken, he is doing cryptography research. If we can get him here, we should It's going to be wonderful."

"But why do we need someone to do deciphering?" I don't understand. "Is it because you want to intercept the information over there?" As I said that, I glanced in the direction of the United Nations.

He Rongchuan shook his head. "I don't know about that. It may also be because there are still many mysterious messages in ancient Egypt that have not been deciphered? Comrade Wang should know better than me."

I laughed self-deprecatingly.Now I don't know anything.

"Don't laugh. It is said that Chang Xiao has learned from the master, maybe he can also read Feng Shui." Jiang Can leaned over and said mysteriously.This person doesn't look like a gossip guy at all.

"It's useless for him to come to Egypt because he knows Feng Shui again." Ding Ze directly dismantled Jiang Can.

"Hey, you cowherd boy, you're not happy, are you?" Jiang Can didn't have a sleeve to roll, so he could only wipe his arm with his hand in a mean-spirited manner.

Ding Ze glanced at him contemptuously: "Jiang Sihuzi, let's practice if we have the ability."

Jiang Can and Ding Ze got into a fight over there, and if it wasn't for the fear of making the United Nations see a joke, they might have to fight.Han Jiangxue sat quietly on the side, but did not show any surprise at this scene.

He Rongchuan continued without any surprises: "Next there is Sister Xia. She and brother Can nail who are fighting over there are both members of the action team. It is said that she should be the pinnacle of our force." When it comes to Xia Shangzhou's force value At the ceiling, Jiang Can, who could fight at first glance, and Ding Ze, who was able to toughen poachers by himself, did not raise any objections.He Rongchuan paused, thought for a moment and shook his head, "Brother Yuechen also seems to be very skilled, but he probably won't have the chance to see who is more skilled."

Li Yuan is indeed talented, and it is definitely not something that Shichahai Sports School can train.I looked over to the other half of the fire, the United Nations.The figures of Meng Weiqing and others were vaguely visible in the firelight, at least on the surface, they seemed to be having a happy conversation with each other.

Lou Shiqi muttered: "Since Yin Yuechen is so powerful, why don't you let him go, but let me go instead?"

He Rongchuan smiled: "Perhaps Brother Yuechen has other important tasks. But I don't know much about it, and there are people here who know him better."

I look away.

After listening to He Rongchuan's words, Jiang Can had already let Ding Ze go, and was winking with Lou Shiqi.I ignored him and just asked, "Brother Chuan, have you forgotten a few people?"

"Don't worry, that's the end of the story." He Rongchuan tactfully did not continue Li Yuan's topic.He looked around us, and stretched out three fingers: "There are three people in our team that have not been mentioned. Mr. Meng, Miss Ruiya and Comrade Wang Yu.

Let's talk about the present first.It was Wang Yu who discovered the [Temple of Horus] under the site of the archaeological team and the [Temple of Seth] in the village today.At present, it seems that the person is destined in the dark. "After He Rongchuan finished speaking, everyone smiled kindly. I also hooked the corners of my mouth. Then he said seriously: "But as you said, this is probably a conspiracy against you.I don't know much about it personally, so I won't make judgments.But in this way, Comrade Wang Yu's role is more ambiguous, and I don't know how to calculate it. "

I am very grateful that He Rongchuan didn't say the word "blame man".

"Mr. Meng is not easy to classify. He has been in the organization for a long time, and he will not be sent out to do field work, so he cannot be counted as an action team. And out of experience, he may be more inclined to rely on traditional methods, so he will not be included for the time being." It’s technical. As for superpowers, they can’t be acquired. So let me say, “

"If you want me to say that Meng Weiqing just eats nothing." Before He Rongchuan could finish, Jiang Can added for him.This is not the first time that Jiang Can has shown disdain for Meng Weiqing, but he has no objection to Meng Weiqing's arrangement.

He Rongchuan finished his words: "So if you ask me, it should be considered reasonable for Mr. Meng to receive the title of leading brother."

Ding Ze nodded in agreement.

"Miss Rhea is not the same kind of person as us. To be honest, I don't know why she is willing to come here."

I thought to myself that if this young lady hadn't been for her sister's son, she wouldn't have gone to the desert to eat dirt.Her affection for Li Yuan is really touching.

"As expected of Brother Chuan, this analysis is thorough." I gave a thumbs up.

Lou Shiqi also couldn't help nodding his head in complete convincing.

He Rongchuan hurriedly said modestly: "Don't dare to be. It's just that I am used to getting to know my companions."

At this moment, a few more people came over.When someone blocked the firelight, I looked up and saw that liar Ali.

"Yu, may I spare you a few minutes?" Hassan stood beside Ali, looking at me with sincere brown eyes without blinking.

I sneered.He ignored Hassan and went straight back to the chat just now.I was so deceived by these Egyptians that I couldn't hear a single truth from them, and the more I listened, the more I was fooled.

When Lou Shi saw that it was Hassan and the others, he immediately jumped up.He had seen these people make deals with me in the [Temple of Omniscience] underground in the Valley of the Kings, and he had linked them with terrorists.

When Lou Shi was tall and burly, although he was an idiot on the inside, he looked quite capable of bluffing.

Hassan took a step forward against the pressure. "Yu, we just came to talk to you. It's really not that we deliberately hide it from you."

Didn't it mean to hide it from us?I looked at him with a half-smile.

First, Ali dug a hole with "prehistoric civilization" on the Internet and dug me, Qi Tian, ​​and Zhang Yang into it, while Hassan was an undercover agent in our archaeological team.Even Socrates pretended to be a god with sacrifices in the Temple of Khonsu, and cheated us of twenty Egyptian pounds.After a few descendants of ancient Egyptian priests hijacked me to appear on the stage in the Valley of the Kings, they lied to Li Yuan and me that they didn't want to get involved in ancient Egypt at all, and even brought us to meet Mustafa hypocritically.But it was they who, after we got help from Sir Black, went to the Americans and said "because the Chinese have a lot of things, you have to bring us to balance the strength" and came here.

I was completely taken advantage of by them.Now I still have the face to say that "it's all a misunderstanding", and there may be some calculations waiting for me later.

"Wang Yu, don't listen to their nonsense. These people haven't held back their farts, let them talk here if they have anything to say." Jiang Can also stood up.Although he is not particularly tall, he has a strong sense of oppression.A few Egyptian youths are as harmless as little sheep in front of such a tyrant like him.Even if he doesn't look very serious at ordinary times, the smoke of gunpowder belonging to the battlefield on Jiang Can's body has never cleared.

Ding Ze stood silently beside Jiang Can, and He Rongchuan didn't smooth things over this time either.

I made up my mind not to be fooled again.But thinking of some unreasonable things in the notes about the Temple of Seth and Old Black, I still want to ask clearly.As for whether the words of these Egyptians can be trusted.
So I stood up and patted Lou Shiqi who stood in front of me, and said to Hassan with a dignified face, "Then please explain why you sacrificed blood on the altar in the Temple of Seth."

Hassan pursed his lips.Laila also did this action when she was lobbying 279 to take her into the desert.

I stared at him, but there was no reply.

"Okay, then we don't have anything to talk about." I shrugged, with a smirk on my face.

Sure enough, these people cannot be trusted, they are simply worse than Karl.At least Karl was a villain from the start, and the Arabs never stopped cheating.

Hassan and Ali exchanged a look and looked me in the eye again, ignoring Ali's scowling disapproval.

We just watched them perform.

Hassan took a deep breath, as if he had made up his mind: "We really don't want to be priests. After Laila's 'illness', everyone in the village avoided us, thinking that we were unknown. Except for the immediate family members , Even those who are close relatives isolate us because they are afraid of being 'infected'. Only Ali and the others still care about our brothers and sisters." His voice trembled a little, as if just reliving those days was painful enough.

He Rongchuan and Han Jiangxue pretended to go to get something, and politely avoided Hassan's past.

Jiang Can didn't care about these things, and he still stared at the Egyptians covetously.

Although I was a little embarrassed to hear other people's sad things, but when I thought that these were probably lies, I made up my mind: "I'm sorry for what happened to you. But can we skip these and enter the sacrifice?" "

Hassan froze for a moment, then nodded slightly. "It was my grandfather who told me that the sacrifice would be made there."

This is beyond my expectation. "Didn't you decide to sacrifice after seeing the inscription?"

"No." Hassan shook his head with a wry smile. "The Arabic words on the altar were engraved by my grandfather after he returned from the depths of the desert. He said that if there is another chance to enter there, he must face his fate again."

I am even more confused. "Didn't Mustafa destroy the address on the [Temple of Horus] mural under our construction site back then? I thought he didn't want people to find this place again."

"He really doesn't want to." Hassan lowered his eyes. "That's why he hasn't been there again for 60 years. But he told us that if someone goes into the desert again, we have to complete what he didn't do back then. Otherwise, more terrible things will happen. .”

Something more terrifying?I frowned, and couldn't help but think of the Senet chessboard that inexplicably appeared in the Temple of Seth, and the gods who might be resurrected with [ancient blood].

The words of the Egyptians no longer have credibility with me.Yet the incongruities recorded in old Black's notes and those I saw in the temple of Set can indeed be explained to some extent by Hassan's statement.

If Mustafa really knew that there was a problem with that altar, why did he sacrifice it in 60 years?And what did that Jew Beyer know, and what kind of mentality did he have to encourage Old Blake to go deep into the desert?Are there any unrecorded secrets in the double frescoes of the Temple of Set?

I'll have to take another look at the Temple of Set.

(End of this chapter)