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Chapter 114: Fight with God

Li Yuan's blood bloomed on the altar.

The inconspicuous low altar suddenly awoke before my eyes, and I was shocked to realize that the altar actually looked like a "backbone of Osiris."

In ancient Egyptian beliefs, the backbone of Hades represents constancy. In this way, to use the backbone of Osiris, the god of the underworld, as an altar, and the bones of Set, the god of desert and strength, as a sacrifice, it would also require [ancient

Bloodline] as a sacrifice, the god being sacrificed is really grand.

At the same time, the colors dyed the walls on all sides, and the complicated murals wrapped everyone in a magnificent dream. In an instant, they could see the rise and fall of ancient Egypt for thousands of years. I held my breath and looked at the eyes.

Sheng Jing couldn't help but take a step back.

Li Yuan grabbed me and said, "Wang Yu, be careful!"

It turned out that at some point a Senet chessboard stretched out from the center of the altar, half of it unfolded towards the wall, and half of it went towards the crowd. Li Yuan and I happened to be standing in this game with unknown rules, and I just stepped out

That step put us in different camps.

Not only that, something seemed to be triggered, and the grand and magnificent scene of ancient Egypt just now turned into something else. A bright river flowed under the flourishing fig tree, and the bloody river flowed backwards towards the top of the mural. There was a figure that seemed to be

The Eye of Horus, which looked like weeping blood. And in the brown-green soil under the bleeding river, countless dry and twisted people with ferocious faces were revealed. I couldn't help but think of the murals before I separated from Lou Shiqi and the others.

There were also similar human figures, each one trying hard to break out of the ground, but after climbing out, they all languished on the ground as if they had lost their life.

Who sucked the life out of these people? There is another question, where is the deceased?

Look at this game of chess under your feet again.

Senet is called the "Game of Death" in ancient Egypt by later generations because most archaeological discoveries are in tombs. Egyptologists believe that this game connects the world between life and death, symbolizing the cautiousness of the souls of the deceased in the underworld.

Just like the different levels that need to be passed in the "Book of the Dead", in order to win the game, the dead must play against their opponents until they pass the test and come to the eternal realm.

Perhaps the people on the mural are metaphors of life and death, with plump people living and shriveled people dying. But this cannot explain why people buried in the soil are more alive than those on the ground.

On the other hand, before Senet became a game exclusive to tombs, it was actually a game of bets between gods. Legend has it that Thoth, the god of wisdom, used light as a bet to win over the moon god Kongsu. Because Kongsu lost to Thoth.

, so it cannot show all its light outside the full moon.

So is Senet betting on the full moon or life and death?

No matter which one is important to us.

Li Yuan and I looked at each other. We are now chess pieces, and we are also both parties in the game. But how can we, as mortals, control life and death, and how can we play chess with gods?

Ever since I accidentally took that step, I felt tense all over, and no one dared to act rashly again.

No one dares to claim to know the rules of Senet's game, and the only person who might know has just died. Thinking of this, everyone wants to catch Stephanie and beat her up.

What should I do? I panicked a little, looking eagerly in the crowd, but there was no look I wanted. Everyone was waiting for me to go down, and even Meng Weiqing didn't give any hint.

"Don't worry, we will definitely be able to get out."

Li Yuan squeezed me gently, and his hand never let go from the moment he grabbed me. This really gave me some support, even though I was still feeling weak. I nodded to Li Yuan, and after regaining my composure,

Study this game of Senet carefully.

"Do you know how to leave?" Karl grabbed Laila and wanted to ask, but Ali pushed her away. People in Egypt looked bad now, but it seemed that they did know something.

Alex blocked Laila behind him. "Don't go crazy, now you have to think about what to do next."

I ignored those Egyptians who still had something to hide, and shouted loudly: "Wait, don't move yet!"

"Yes, no one should act rashly now. If you make the wrong move, the consequences will be disastrous." Morgan's face was as dark as water.

"I remember that Yu met Senet once at the Temple of Set. At that time, Lee asked what would happen if he went the wrong way." Arno frowned: "Yu, do you know how to go next?"

Under the gaze of everyone, I clearly realized that I was the only Egyptologist and I had to cheer up.

"This shouldn't be a real Senite. First of all, in the traditional Senite, both sides of the game each hold five chess pieces and start from one end together. In the end, whoever reaches the end first wins the game. After all, Senite

It's a clearance game. But this situation is obviously against the rules, and you can't go to the wall." I pointed to where I and Li Yuan were, and motioned for them to look at the wall. "Of course, it's very uncomfortable here.

The cards are played according to the routine. But maybe those rules are not important."

"Then what should we do?" asked Kawaiisan, who had great respect for the gods of ancient Egypt.

Yes, having said so much, the key is how to proceed next. I remembered that Old Black wrote in his notes that if you make a wrong move in Senitri, the worst result is not that you cannot solve it.

, but to solve a wrong entrance. I can’t even imagine where a wrong entrance will lead everyone.

I thought: "This may not really be Senet, but more like a symbolic chess game. And what we have to do is join this game."

In addition to the wall next to me and Li Yuan where a semi-Lasenet chessboard was unfolded, the murals on both sides depict scenes of the Pharaoh playing Senet games with the gods. The Pharaoh and the gods were playing chess, so the bet in this game of Senet was to pass death.

, be reborn.

Buswell looked at me appraisingly.

Arno shrugged and walked over. Everyone doubtfully followed suit and stepped into Senet's chessboard one after another. Alex, Hassan and Laila also used their own blood to sacrifice the backbone of Osiris.

sacrifice.

I watched it all.

In fact, among the rules of Senet that no one has yet confirmed, there is one that is not known to be true or false, and is very shocking. When the player, that is, the deceased triggers a certain special point, he will even switch roles with his opponent.

How can ordinary people like us play this game of chess with gods, or even replace them?

"Is there something wrong?" Li Yuan whispered to me. He has always been very sensitive to changes in the surrounding environment. I took a closer look and found that something was indeed wrong.

When everyone entered the game, the mural changed again. The bloody Osiris's backbone began to rise up, and the entire wall was broken vertically. There was a gurgling golden liquid where it was pierced.

It flowed out and soon filled the entire mural.

Wherever the liquid passed, the originally shriveled and twisted human figures became plump like soaked sea cucumbers. After being given life, those "people" dragged their bodies and crawled towards the place where the liquid gushed out.

Behind Osiris' backbone of flesh and blood, his ferocious face also showed an inexplicable look of intoxication.

As the golden liquid fills the entire wall, the entire mural is completely revealed. It turns out that what we have been looking at is the underground world, and the only thing truly exposed on the ground is the section of Ossie floating on the golden liquid.

Reese's backbone.

On the back of Hades, which symbolizes eternity, stands a Bennu bird lightly. The dead buried in the liquid underground are trying their best to get closer to the only piece of land in the water.

"Is this the Primordial Hill?" Alex narrowed his green eyes.

I nodded. According to the correspondence of the murals, we are on the Island of Creation, the land where the gods first set foot. But what I don’t understand is why everyone has entered Senet, but there is still no way out.

Woolen cloth?

Li Yuan studied the mural standing in front of him very carefully. I also tilted my head and pondered for a long time, but I couldn't see anything.

"Yuan'er, what did you see?"

Li Yuan looked at me, raised a smug smile, raised his foot and stepped on the backbone of Hades in the mural. I just wanted to scold him for blasphemy, but I didn't expect that he didn't forget to grab me.

"Since this is our game, let's go on together and see if that 'god' can win this game."

The first half is finished here.

(End of chapter)