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Chapter 116 Passing between the stars

"Yu, what are you looking at?" Arnold came over curiously, and then looked at the round relief on the mural with disgust. "What is this? It looks disgusting."

"It stands to reason that it should be an amulet." I said hesitantly.

The main reason for hesitation is that the thing in front of me is indeed disgusting and even uncomfortable as Arnold said, especially when it appears at the heart of the god in the mural. But functionally speaking, it really should be a

amulet.

In the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead, there is a part that tells the story that when the deceased experiences the "God's Judgment", his heart will be placed on the scales of Ma'at, the goddess of truth. The heart is lighter than the goddess's feathers, so it can ride on the sun.

God's golden boat is reborn. If the heart is heavier than the feathers, it will not pass the judgment. The deceased is very fragile in the underworld, especially after the heart is taken out. Therefore, the heart of the mummy is usually covered with a piece of god's image.

The body is covered with fabric to protect the deceased from evil forces, and an amulet in the shape of a dung beetle is placed over it to pray for rebirth and reproduction.

The strange thing about the relief on the mural is that it is a dung beetle-shaped amulet, but it has a human head.

The plump human face made of ivory has a pair of curved eyes, the nose is wrinkled by the upturned corners of the mouth, and the expression is very intoxicated and satisfied. The smooth and hairless head is directly placed on the dung beetle's body, six

The slender legs with only burrs tightly hug the bulging carapace, like a greedy rich man holding a rare treasure. The entire relief is weird and twisted, and if you look at it twice, you will spit out your overnight meal.

But such a ghost actually appeared in the heart of Osiris, the god of the underworld, who was depicted as a mummy.

According to what Teacher Bai said, this relief of a dung beetle with a human face has appeared before, and it is the first recurring image along the way. This discovery is not trivial. Even if it takes time, we will not let go of any details at the moment, and every detail will be included.

After studying the murals carefully, I finally found some clues.

It turns out that the Osiris mummy with a dung beetle on its heart should be the last frame of the mural in front. In other words, the way we came was actually from back to front, looking at the mural on the wall upside down. And above our heads

The rough rock wall should actually be a road, but what we are stepping on is the starry sky.

"'The stars will fall when they reach this place, and they don't know how to rise back to the sky. The road of the god Ra has become narrow, and the god of earth Geb, who originally guided Upper and Lower Egypt, is also frowning at this time.'" Laila stared at it.

Mural murmured.

"That's why we can't see the end." Ali also frowned.

"What is she talking about?" Arno asked me.

"The Book of the Dead. It is the sacrificial inscriptions carved on coffins or pyramids by the ancient Egyptians. It talks about what the deceased will experience in the underworld. It will basically be shown as a mirror image of the human world." I was busy rolling my eyes around.

Looking for it, he took a breath when he saw it on the mural. "But it seems that we have experienced it just now."

It turns out that from the moment we set foot on the Senet chessboard, we have already entered the game that was laid out thousands of years ago. And the Duat in the underworld for the undead to walk is not just a metaphor, we are standing here alive.

In the underworld.

"Wang Yu, look here."

I walked over to Li Yuan, and what he showed me was a tribute table that occupied an entire wall. This magnificent table was supported by a pillar that was as thin as if it had been abused, but it looked very stable.

.A Bennu bird is covered with a fishing net, lying on its back next to a weak pillar. At the other end of the pillar are the Pharaoh and the gods standing side by side.

If the record in the Book of the Dead is correct, then what holds up the table by itself is the blood vessels of the God of Air. And the God who created order and all things, His blood vessels are connected with the tendons of time and month.

Divided in two here, the dead pray to Him: I gain time through this, and thus have eternity.

However, there is no record in the Book of the Dead about the Bennu bird covered in fishing nets, and it is even less likely that there is an existence that even the gods need to pray to.

Teacher Bai, who has read all the ancient Egyptian materials available on the market, helped to confirm this. He also put forward an idea: "According to what Xiao Wang said, it is probably the 'Duat', and these mirror murals are also

If there are some repetitions, if you can find the pattern, you may be able to get out of it."

Just like a Möbius strip, we have to find the "connection" that traps everyone. It has been more than two hours since we came down. Although the night is long, we can't help but keep wasting it.

Since we have been following the same path since some time, this means two things:

1. We have reached a critical point

2.We may be at the end

"In this case, there is only one way to verify it." People became quiet and looked at Buswell. He made arrangements: "The troops are divided into two groups. When they meet, we will know what is going on."

Buswell didn't say what to do if they couldn't meet up. Of course, the answer would be known by then.

But how to allocate personnel?

Buswell glanced at everyone: "Didn't that 'god' just help us sort out our camps?"

I opened my eyes in disbelief and looked at Li Yuan subconsciously.

When entering the Senet chess game, although the camps were not clearly divided, Alex, Laila and Hassan were going to sacrifice their own blood, so they all gathered around Li Yuan. And Buswell, Meng Weiqing, etc.

Naturally, people also followed suit.

Li Yuan's face darkened, but he did not raise any objection. I don't know what he was thinking, but if this is the arrangement, wouldn't we have to leave separately? The more important question at this time is, although

Everyone is created equal, but that team is obviously more "powerful".

I looked around, and Arno shrugged at me helplessly.

"Wait, what will we do if we can't wait for you?" Jason asked. The minor turned his green eyes around the crowd and finally locked them on Buswell. "We don't have anything here.

'Ancient Bloodline' can be used as a sacrifice."

"You won't need it. If we don't come back, it proves that this path is linear, and the path you take will be the path that has been solved. If we come back, there is no need to worry."

There is nothing wrong with this statement, but there are two problems.

First, if we look at the funeral traditions of ancient Egypt, this place called Duat, which is the underworld, is in the shape of a circle. They repeat the same path every day, so they will definitely come back.

The second thing is that Teacher Bai and the scientist both said before that this is probably a Möbius structure, that is, no matter how you go, you can only travel on the same surface, which means you will return to the starting point no matter what.

That being the case, why bother considering another possibility?

unless

Jason was obviously dissatisfied with this distribution, but Buswell did not give him a chance to continue. The bearded man greeted the vanguard: "Let's go after you have a rest."

I sat on the ground without getting up, just looking at Li Yuan and others who were getting ready to go. Since they didn't care about splitting up, it's not like we couldn't play without them.

Li Yuan picked up his equipment and squatted down in front of me. "I promised to stay with you, but what happens next is too dangerous, and that's not your destiny."

He looked into my eyes and wanted to say something, but swallowed those words back. "I will ensure that no one can hurt you."

"Anyway, it's you who are going to fight the thunder." I raised my eyebrows nonchalantly. "First of all, if you get caught in the front, I won't care about collecting the corpses. I'm only interested in people who have been dead for thousands of years."

I waved to Li Yuan, and he smiled good-naturedly. He said hello to Xia Shangzhou and Yanuo respectively, and then walked to Alex's side.

Hassan and Laila intoned:

"The dead and the stars that never set praise me.

"Ah, you are the unique God, you are the shining moon; Ah, you are the unique God, you are the shining moon. Oh, you are the unique God, you guide me to the place promised by the gods.

"He wants to get a place in the kingdom of heaven, he wants to be with the stars in the sky, and he wants to be the companion of the lonely stars in the sky."

In hieroglyphics, "stars" sound the same as "gates." Anyone who enters the underworld must pass through those gates and join the stars if they want to leave.

Following the priest's prayers, the images in the mural seemed to come alive, moving stiffly in front of us, as if to show how the deceased left the underworld with fear, like a star.

I watched the moon go among the stars.

The ancient Egyptians sometimes called the sun that entered the underworld at night the moon.

(End of chapter)