bit stealing game

Chapter 82 Polaris 4000 years ago
Day and night in the desert are distinct, but entangled.Before the last ray of sunlight dissipated, the stars appeared.

The endless desert looks like the sea.I can't see the passage of time, and I don't know where I am.The surrounding sand dunes are raised high, as if to surround us and cover us again.

The sun set slowly, but the temperature dropped suddenly.

We went back to the broken wall where the quicksand washed us down at the beginning.After all, the air leakage here is not so serious, and I really don't want to spend the night by the bottomless pool.Who knows what has been buried under the thousands of years of sand.

Li Yuan went to find a lot of plants such as dead tree branches and camel thorns, and planned to get local materials, and then caught some small animals to roast and eat.In the end, I couldn't make up my mind to open that scorpion, so Li Yuan let it go.

I wandered around resolutely, but brought back nothing exciting.At this moment Li Yuan had lit a fire and handed me a piece of meat threaded on a tree branch.The condiments are irrelevant, but fortunately the meat is delicious.

"What kind of meat?" I asked casually.

"Gerbils. I've cleaned them up, so there won't be any parasitic diseases," Li Yuan said. "There is also a little snake, it looks like it has no meat, so I didn't pick it up."

My scalp felt numb when I heard it, but now I have more hope of living if I take another bite, so I can only swallow it forcefully.Li Yuan didn't mind, picked up his share and started eating slowly.His ability to hunt and handle live food was nothing like that of a pampered modern man.

After nightfall, there was finally some movement around.I was already hungry, and I saw a few familiar animals standing on the dunes by starlight.

"Can you catch those antelope?"

Li Yuan looked at me.

He later caught a small furry mammal outside the enclosure, which looked a bit like a fattened meerkat. The veins on its back were stretched out by fat, and it was pure brown.

We both stared at it for a long time, neither of us knew what it was.

"Eat?" Li Yuan asked.

I swallowed hard, unable to speak.

The little thing was pinched by Li Yuan on the nape of his neck, trembling under his hands.Li Yuan looked at it for a while, then raised his hand and carried it to the outside of the wall and put it away.I watched helplessly as the chubby little legs staggered over the dunes.As for the nest of desert hedgehogs not far away, it's better to keep a respectful distance from such big fairies.

The bonfire faltered in the night wind.

Li Yuan took out a knife from the tactical bag tied to his thigh, and touched the blade lightly.This is the bronze fragment that cut his ankle and scarred him.I found out later that Li Yuan was afraid that the knife would not be sharp enough to kill himself.

The gust of wind and sand in the daytime blew away all the haze.The air is cold and the stars are getting brighter.Those bright planets are buried deep in the nebula, hidden by thick dust, so we have the opportunity to see them directly.

In the desert, the sky is on the ground, and the starry sky is like a roof that is too high, but there is really no wall that can match it.I wrapped up all our clothes and nestled in the corner to sieve chaff. I was very annoyed that I was not a watermelon, and the temperature difference between day and night in the desert was completely wasted.

Trapped in the desert, Li Yuan was quite happy, as if there was no better place than this place.

I worry about how to get through the night.

Those at 279 and the United Nations are definitely going in the direction of the North Star.Li Yuan and I also had to travel at night, otherwise we would not be able to get out of this desert during the day without any reference.What's more, the night is too cold, and it is impossible for us to wake up after we really fall asleep.

Today is the seventh day of the full moon.Li Yuan wanted to find that temple and give his life there. Now was his only chance.

I looked at Li Yuan questioningly.

"Maybe quicksand helped us. It stands to reason that quicksand should make people sink, but we were washed here."

I thought it was true. "Why is this happening?"

"I guess it's probably because of the snake." Li Yuan said. "Apep should have been living under the desert, so it is likely that there is a passage from the sacred tree to here for its activities. After the tree fell, it collapsed the passage. This gap in space caused us The sand that was poured in was brought here."

"You mean that the scope of Apep's activities is not far from the temple built by Thutmose III?"

"At least the effect of the magnetic field is stronger here, and I guess it won't take long to get there." Li Yuan pointed to his old man's shirt with a hole in it.Although the clothes were still torn, the flesh underneath had already grown.

I'm speechless.This transformation is really against the sky, such a serious injury can be recovered within a short period of time.But if the influence of the magnetic field is greater, will the transformation tonight be more unbearable.Waiting to find that temple again, wouldn't Li Yuan be about to go to the end of his destiny generously?
For reasons that I can't explain, I said, "Even if it's not too far away, if you don't know where to go, you can only wander around in the desert like a headless chicken. Every day should not make the earth ineffective. I would rather stay here until the day, at least I won’t freeze to death in the desert.” After speaking, he leaned against the corner to show his determination.

"I'm sure I won't let anything happen to you. Just squint for a while, save your strength, and we'll leave later." Li Yuan gathered his fire and blocked himself from the wind. "I'm looking at you."

"Let's go." I took a deep breath and sat up, but was pushed back by Li Yuan.

"Why, wait for the magpie to build a bridge for you? Let me tell you, there are only vultures here."

"I'm waiting for a star."

Waiting for the stars?I frown.

"Didn't you just say that there used to be a temple on the side of the sand dune? Since it has lasted for thousands of years, it should be very important."

Li Yuan's eyes lit up expectantly.

I see what he means. "You want to say that the pharaoh probably started from that temple at that time, and we just need to follow his way?"

Ancient Egypt is one of the ancient civilizations in the world that independently created a calendar.Although its cosmology is not as perfect as that of our country and lags behind Sumer in time, it also explains the way of getting along with nature.There are many buildings in the ancient Egyptian period that were built according to the sun or a specific star.

It is indeed not far-fetched to say that the temple buried under the yellow sand for more than a thousand years is related to the astrology at that time.And in the notes that Sir Black gave us, his uncle did indeed write that to find the last temple, one needs to rely on astrology as a positioning method.

If we take the place where we are as the foothold of the Pharaoh, and we all head towards the final temple, then it is unknown if we can really find the right direction.

Trembling, I took out the notebook.Li Yuan took it.

Old Blake's guide to that temple reads:

【You have walked for two days under the guidance of Polaris, Seth will test you.Then you will face the night, and finally you will reach the sacred horizon. 】

We have already met the first few, and we were taught a lesson by Seth.The dark night is exactly what we are experiencing at the moment, we just don't know if we can make it to the "sacred horizon".

"When was the temple built just now?"

"The fragment of the Judgment Stele of Seth just now was reused as a brick in the Old Kingdom, and the brick has Hassan's imprint on it. It is estimated that it was already used as a religious place at that time. In this way, it must be more than 4000 to 5000 Years ago."

Li Yuan nodded.

So long ago, Polaris was not the star it is now, and the circumpolar star would naturally have to be counted again.

Fortunately, Li Yuan has been working as Yin Yuechen for a long time, and he has not forgotten that this is what he did in his old profession, and he can even memorize the ephemeris.He was drawing pictures in the sand, and when I was drowsy, he said excitedly: "Ariadne's crown!"

How did it get involved in Greek mythology again?

"The Polaris at that time should be Draco. If I'm not mistaken, the circumpolar star that Black said is the northern corona α star."

Li Yuan pointed at the night sky.

"When the legendary crown given to Ariadne by the God of Dionysus appears, you will know where you are going!"

However, we cannot judge based on the relative position of the current astrology, after all, the variable here is still the borrowed full moon.

We chatted one after another until Li Yuan slowly shut up.I know, that is the moon came out.

Such an overbearing full moon couldn't hold the full moon in the night, and the stars stepped aside one after another.The moonlight was so heavy that someone as proud as Li Yuan couldn't help trembling.

Li Yuan refused to show weakness, and would always be patient.So I moved my shoulders and turned away from him, only to hear his restrained panting.

Dionysus misses his lover especially tonight, and refuses to give up the token to the night sky easily.The period of waiting for the circumpolar star to come out is actually not short, but it is very long.It is indeed closer to the magnetic field, and Li Yuan suffered a lot from the transformation tonight.

Pain is part of Li Yuan's life.No matter how much we try to find a way to end his suffering, the only way to do that seems to be to end his life.

A piece of moonlight rests between us.

Eternal, the moon that we have gazed at for generations, only brought burns to Li Yuan.The icy moonlight is the best fuel at this moment, enough to heat up a steely will.The tranquility just now was suddenly shattered by the pain.

For me, the supreme scenery made Li Yuan miserable.Fate is too cruel and cruel.A man bruised and bruised needs to get through it with someone who doesn't understand pain.

I turned my back to Li Yuan and stared at the bare wall.

Why is it still not bright today?

　Work slowly and carefully.whee.

　　BTW Greeks like to use mythology to mark constellations. The story of Dionysus and Princess Ariadne is one of them.

　　I don’t know whether the circumpolar stars of Draco more than 4000 years ago are the seven stars of Corona Borealis. The main reason for writing this myth is to cue two points
　　1. Dionysus.

　　2. The country of Princess Ariadne is Crete, and her father is King Minos.My research direction is actually ancient Greece in the Bronze Age, so it can be regarded as a private product hhh (yes, I am basically soy sauce in Egyptian archaeology)

　　
　
(End of this chapter)