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Chapter 36 The Bloodthirsty God

There was an uproar everywhere.

I feel like something is wrong. It seems like I have been being led around since I entered this place.

Whether it was because I was inexplicably kidnapped and brought to the [Temple of Omniscientity] in this record, or whether Li Yuanano Alex found me first, and then the Egyptians used me to blackmail them into 'sacrifice', now Morgan and Hassan are singing together. If you use

Fate is indeed quite bluffing. But in my opinion, there is another way to say it. Common sense calls it a trap.

I just don’t know who has so much ability to count all these people.

"I don't care where this is or who you are. Let our team members go first." Meng Weiqing's voice was particularly clear in the noise. He has a convincing aura and is the leader of 279. He said

The words he spoke still had some weight. The chaos temporarily stopped.

Seeing that someone finally remembered me, I breathed a sigh of relief.

No matter what these Egyptians and the masterminds behind them want to do, it really has nothing to do with me.

Hassan also saw from everyone's reactions that Meng Weiqing was not easy to get along with and did not dare to neglect: "Don't worry, our invitation to your team members is really just an integral part of the ceremony. Tonight is the time to launch the ceremony. If you miss it,

Yes, that will have terrible consequences. We have to do it."

Then Hassan told them the real purpose of gathering everyone here.

It is true that Hassan and others are ancient Egyptian priests. However, they only suddenly learned of their identities after growing up as ordinary Arabs. Originally, who had a good life and was inexplicably trapped into such a trap?

Nothing happens happily. But because the stakes are so high, if they don't follow their inherited responsibilities, terrible things will happen.

"Do you know the curses of ancient Egypt?" Hassan asked.

Everyone here has done research, how can they not know anything?

He continued: "[Whoever disturbs Pharaoh's peace, the wings of death will come]."

This refers to the inscription on the door of Tutankhamun's tomb. In 1922, Carter excavated the tomb of the young pharaoh with the help of Lord Carnarvon. This curse that spanned thousands of years showed the world the magic of ancient Egypt. Of course,

The practical strength of this curse is still far-fetched.

Could it be that Hassan wants to make an issue out of this?

"We are here because of a curse passed down from generation to generation. No one believed it before, but this curse really came true sixty years ago. So now we must complete this ritual in order to avoid terrible things happening."

After Hassan finished speaking, other Egyptians who had been silent just now chanted with him:

"[When the red desert sings in unison,

When the orange bull disappears into the cold winter.

When the white gaze reflects the distant faces,

When black stars fill the sky.

Strangers come from far away,

Covet the treasures of the desert.

Awaken the full moon with the blood of the priest,

The moonlight will illuminate wherever you go.】"

This recital in ancient Egyptian sounds quite similar, but I didn’t understand a word of it.

I looked at the other end of the hall in confusion, and met the equally confused eyes of everyone.

Seeing that everyone was confused, Jacqueline translated this sentence understandingly. Even in English, it still didn't sound like human speech.

Hassan did not try to be mysterious and said directly: "Actually, this curse existed a long time ago. The old man said it was passed down by word of mouth. But no one understood what happened at first. It was not until sixty years ago that people understood the curse.

What does it mean? In short, the full moon for seven consecutive days will start an unknown event. And this [Temple of All Knowing] will guide us to the building built by Thutmose III for his gods at the beginning of the seven-day full moon.

's temple."

The temple of Thutmose III? I thought of the temple under the archaeological site that is outside the ancient Egyptian records. There is indeed an inscription in the mural with the Eye of Horus behind the altar of that temple that mentions the figure.

Temple of Temos III.

[Beyond the horizon, I built two thousand-year-old temples for you

Osiris and Seth guard your glory, and time cannot harm you in the slightest]

At present, it seems that all this makes sense. Including the appearance of Hassan and others, it is the same as what Lord Black mentioned. It all seems to be happening again sixty years ago.

But I always feel like something is wrong.

"Why should we believe you? If you say you are an ancient Egyptian priest, we have to believe you." I don't know who said this.

When Hassan heard this, he touched his cool priest's robe.

The sound of gun loading, often heard in action movies, rang out one after another.

Hassan stopped moving.

I couldn't help but raise my eyebrows. What did these people think he would take out of these pieces of clothing? An Armstrong cannon?

Arno waved his hand anxiously: "Karl, there is no need to get into such a big fight! Be careful of accidental injuries!" Although he said this, he refused to stand in the middle.

The formation of the United Nations people is that they would rather kill by mistake. If Hassan's hand moves even a little bit, I'm afraid there will be no more free time this time.

The hair all over Li Yuan's body exploded. He rushed to Karl in two steps and put the gun in his hand directly on his head. Karl innocently raised his hand and asked everyone to put down the gun. But there was a red mark on his side.

The strong man with long hair held up the gun reluctantly. Li Yuan stretched out his hand and easily pinched the man's wrist.

It finally became quiet again.

I broke into a cold sweat when I saw it, and everyone was shocked. Li Yuan, a young man with a pretty face, didn't expect his hands to be so dark.

Hassan still kept his hand half-stretched in his arms. He glanced at Li Yuan, as if asking for his opinion.

Li Yuan stared at him: "What do you want to take?"

Hassan said: "The evidence you want."

Li Yuan looked at Meng Weiqing. Meng Weiqing and Morgan looked at each other and nodded. Karl sneered and stopped stopping him.

Hassan successfully took out a small seal from his robe.

I was relatively close and was dazzled by the golden light.

Based on the context, this should be the seal of the tomb keeper. In ancient Egypt, the door of the pharaoh's tomb would be sealed with a lacquer seal after it was closed. There was a seal printed on the door of Tutankhamen's tomb, and the seal itself

The whereabouts are still unknown.

I don't know much about this.

The priest of Tottou gave the seal to Jacqueline. Her excitement told us that it was the real thing.

Karl snorted mockingly: "Assuming these so-called curses and rituals are true, then how do you know that the curse refers to today?" Even though he is ready to take action if he disagrees, he still has the ability to grasp the key points.

Strong.

Yes, today is the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, so it must not be a full moon. I have always ignored such an obvious mistake.

"If you don't believe it, just go out and look at the night sky. There will be unusual celestial phenomena today. Black stars and the full moon will appear where the Pharaoh rests." Hassan said firmly. "But before that,

The blood of the priest must be sacrificed.”

I was helpless when I saw that he still insisted on asking for our blood. Even a fool knows that it is impossible to give our blood to him, let alone this group of human beings.

No wonder Ali wanted to arrest me at the beginning. After all, it was much easier to handle when there were only a few of us than now.

"We'll wait until we see the full moon," Meng Weiqing said. "You kidnapped our team members first, and now you're talking nonsense. Who knows what your intentions are."

Karl continued: "Taking a step back, even if this curse is true, shouldn't you stop us? Why are you so kind and lead us to the real location of the [Temple of Omniscience]?"

"Can we stop you?" Hassan smiled self-deprecatingly: "This curse has been on us for too long. Instead of worrying about it all day long, it is better to solve it."

"You keep saying curses, but why didn't I hear it? Where is the curse? Doesn't that tell us how to find the treasure?" The big man whose wrist was pinched off by Li Yuan was aggressive.

Hassan gave him a pitiful look.

"Because it's not a treasure. It's called a curse because everyone who looks for it is buried in the desert."

Earlier he claimed that the secret of the Temple of Omniscient was a treasure, but now he claims that it is actually a curse. Who can believe it?

Hassan sighed. "Actually, everyone who comes here must know that this matter is not as simple as a treasure. I have no intention of stopping or hindering you. As long as you take us with you when you go later."

"Why? Are you thinking that if we find a place, you will benefit from it?"

"Just because you will need us. Because we are descendants of the priests, children of the desert." Hassan said, "If you want to go into that desert, you will need us. Just like we need you."

As he spoke, he cut his palm with a dagger and let the blood flow into the altar without the statue.

The altar lit up faintly.

"This altar can identify ancient bloodlines. All you need to do is put a drop of blood into it."

I took a peek.

It is indeed quite bluffing, but this alone is not very convincing. And no matter what the sacrifice is, it is not very particular. It actually collects the sacrifice directly where the body is. If the statue of the god is still there,

Isn't that a head full of blood?

But he is really a bloodthirsty god in a literal sense.

Seeing that everyone was speechless, Buswell said anxiously: "You must not bleed! Blood is very important in ancient Egypt, it can bring the gods back to life!"

Of course, the blood cannot be drained, but it is certainly not for this reason. The tattooed man Buswell sounded like a completely pedantic who was not very smart. Even Jacqueline could not bear to close her eyes.

Teacher Bai broke the frozen atmosphere: "Have you ever seen the zodiac chart?"

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, no one knew why he asked this question.

"The zodiac signs here are different from those in the Greek and Roman times. Look at this ten-star star. Apart from here, I have only seen it in the Temple of Horus."

We looked up following Teacher Bai's words.

Sure enough, on the zodiac chart above our head, there is a strange star in the quarter of the winter sky.

Although Jacqueline had never entered the Temple of Horus, she had seen the rubbings of the French team. So she nodded and said: "The zodiac pictures here are indeed different from those elsewhere. My excavation records in the French team

I have seen it here, and the picture of the zodiac in the Temple of Horus is the same as the one here. If we calculate according to the time on that picture, it is indeed recent."

Karl didn't care about Jacqueline's life or death and could point his gun at her without any psychological pressure. But after all, Jacqueline's professional knowledge was very good. After hearing what she said, not only Morgan Arno and others thought it was reasonable.

Even Karl and the others changed their expressions. Meng Weiqing and others had already learned the truth from Lord Black, and were just pretending to be confused.

"Bruce, what do you think?" Karl still seemed uneasy, turning his head to ask for advice from the person behind Morgan.

Bruce was raising his head to look at the zodiac chart above his head, and when he heard Karl calling him, he withdrew his gaze. He had just been standing in the crowd, making no sound or taking any action, and his presence was not very high. At this moment, Bruce

He lowered his head, revealing a beautiful and somewhat familiar face under the blond hair.

"Today I did see an unknown star near the constellation Canis Major. I have never seen a similar phenomenon before, so I may have misjudged it." Although Bruce said that he might have misjudged it, the blue pair

Her beautiful eyes were so confident that it didn't look like this.

Karl smiled and said: "Bruce said he saw it, then there is indeed such a star."

Carl suddenly turned into a bitch, which made me a little curious about Bruce. In addition, I remembered where I had seen this face. Just before coming here, Bruce was with Carl at the colonial ball hosted by Arnold.

Let's chat with Sir Black.

Since Hassan and the others are not lying, even if this celestial phenomenon is just a coincidence, there is no room for carelessness. Now everyone's face is full of solemnity.

Seeing that everyone believed his words, Hassan also softened his tone: "Now that everyone has confirmed that what I said is true, can you please come up with some blood as a sacrifice? Please believe me, this is the right thing to do.

The subsequent actions are crucial.”

Having said that, no one is willing to follow the instructions to bleed because of this ambiguous matter. After all, no one knows what the consequences of this sacrifice will be.

It was Karl who asked again: "You said that this altar can recognize ancient bloodlines, but what happens after it is recognized? How does this mechanism work?"

Originally, there was no explanation for such a mysterious and mysterious matter, so Karl's question was obviously making trouble over nothing.

Hassan was stunned by his question, but had to answer: "The altar will choose its sacrifices. Those chosen by it can find the treasures of ancient Egypt." Then he added: "But finding the treasures is not the end.

.”

Karl was extremely tired of his rhetoric about treasures and curses, and waved his hand impatiently: "Then are all of you chosen by the altar?"

Hassan looked at the people around him and said: "Only my family has been chosen for the altar. But among you, there are also chosen people. The visitors from afar mentioned in the curse appeared sixty years ago. They

He is also the one who can find the treasure.”

"So among so many people, only your blood is useful? If we want to go, we have to take you with us?" Karl asked.

Hassan felt something was wrong, but nodded hesitantly.

Karl smiled. "In that case, they are useless."

I screamed inwardly. Sure enough, after Karl finished speaking, those people raised their guns again.

Let alone 279 now, even Morgan was angry: "Karl! Tell your people to stop!"

Aren’t co-authors Morgan and Carl the same group of people?

Karl tilted his head indifferently. "Since he also said that only those selected by the altar can see the treasure, there is no use keeping the rest."

"Wang Yu is still over there!" Li Yuan stood next to Karl, looking as if he was going to break his neck.

"Don't worry, we only kill useless people." Karl said, glancing at me casually: "You can only hope that she hides it well."

Here, Hassan and others also picked up weapons. In fact, they were weapons, but they were just props for sacrifices.

"Don't you care about this person?" Socrates shouted next to me. He was not old, and his face turned pale with panic when encountering such a thing.

Hassan saw that the situation was not good, so he lowered his voice and said to the people around him: "Everyone, be careful, that Karl doesn't know what to do."

There is no need to guess what Karl is going to do.

Li Yuan had already taken action to restrain Karl when he said that. But the lunatic still ignored him and let his minions shoot.

Fortunately, Morgan and the others were also angered by Carl's actions at this time, and 279 was not a freeloader. After a while, the group of people got into a fight. Jacqueline was more anxious than them, saying not to hurt others while feeling distressed at the same time.

These reliefs.

I secretly cursed these people, who looked like they were American policemen, for being so shady. These priests were holding a stick, not the Sword of Damocles.

In the chaos, I hunkered down and scurried around with the Egyptians.

"You are really not the same group as them." Socrates gasped in shock, not forgetting to tell the difference for me.

I gave him a black and white look. This man's name is Socrates, which is probably the same as when we named him.

The bullet only flew for a moment, and then only the sound of close combat was heard.

I stood behind the stone pillar and carefully poked my head out, dumbfounded as I watched this completely unnecessary melee.

In the chaos, the sudden drumbeat sounded angrily.

Everyone's attention was drawn, and they saw that it was Laila who ventured to touch the drum under the altar. She was the one who interrupted the melee with the sound of the drum.

When everyone calmed down, she said: "Instead of being in a stalemate here, how about going to see the facts directly? Now that the blood of the priest has been sacrificed, you can see the celestial phenomena recorded in the zodiac when you go out, and you can also

Know we didn’t lie.”

This girl has always been timid, but now she stood up. Her courage is commendable.

"Do you think we are so easy to deceive? It's what you said in the sacrifice now, and the blood used is your blood. What will you do if you get into trouble later?" The person who spoke was the person from Karl's side.

Laila was not offended by the rude words and said calmly: "I am a descendant of an ancient Egyptian priest, and my blood is as effective as my brother's. If you are afraid of something going wrong, can I be a hostage?"

After hearing what she said, Hassan's expression changed and he stood up from behind the altar. Laila looked back at him.

Hassan was froze in place by this look, and watched helplessly as Laila walked up to the altar, pulled out a knife from her waist, cut her palm and dripped blood into it.

The altar was lit up with vitality this time. Anyone with eyes could see that Laila's blood was more effective than Hassan's.

"Lila is much more useful than you." Socrates muttered.

"I didn't ask you to tie me up." I didn't talk nonsense to Socrates.

Laila's blood can awaken the altar. Could she be the person Ali said was granted miracles by the gods?

I just saw her cut her hand. The blood was bright red, not golden as Ali said.

But Ali told too many lies, and he might have made them up to deceive me. So I didn’t dwell too much on it.

After seeing the scene just now, the United Nations did not raise any objection to Laila's statement. Ali wanted to stop Laila, but she shook her head at him and walked straight to the other end of the temple.

What kind of life-and-death separation can happen if you talk nicely? You didn’t ask for it.

"No. You have to let Wang Yu come back first."

It's hard for Li Yuan to still think about me, a poor hostage. He just crushed someone else's wrist and was able to subdue Carl at once, which was quite a deterrent. Now everyone stopped and looked at him.

Lou Shiqi was trapped in the melee and stood out among the foreigners, and now he was nodding vigorously there.

Actually, I don’t think it’s necessary. Anyway, now that the matter is over, no one will probably want to take action on me.

Besides, Lord Black actually told us yesterday that there will be unusual celestial phenomena today, and we will also meet someone who will help us puzzle out the map.

This is what I have always felt is wrong. 279 It is impossible for them not to see that Sir Black is referring to Hassan and others. If this is the case, then why did Meng Weiqing and others look shocked after seeing Hassan's series of operations?

Where's the face? Morgan, Carl and others don't know that we have obtained this information from Lord Black. It's understandable if Meng Weiqing wants to hide it from them. But the problem is that Li Yuan doesn't know our calculations here, and he still thinks that I am

Taken hostage by the evil ancient Egyptian forces.

I glanced at Meng Weiqing, wondering how it would end. His eyes were as calm and firm as ever, but the problem was that I couldn't see anything from his eyes. Now I don't know what kind of medicine Meng Weiqing is selling in his gourd, and this situation is about to break out again.

As soon as I hesitated, I missed the opportunity to explain to Li Yuan.

In fact, I was surprised that Li Yuan suddenly showed such a strong desire to protect me. We pretended not to know each other tacitly at first, but now I don’t know where this came from.

I was thinking about what to do next, when I heard Ali shouting.

"But you all took Laila over!"

When he howled, I became angry.

Ignoring those hesitations just now, I made it clear: "This is not a fucking hostage exchange. It's her business to go if she wants to, but you kidnapped me. You can either get out of the way now and let me go back, or

Let’s just spend it here.”

I acted like a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water, mainly because I calculated correctly that they would not dare to waste it with me. After all, these people need that celestial phenomenon more than us. It seems that they are really cursed once in sixty years.

Believe it or not.

In addition, Li Yuan has clearly stood by my side from the beginning and is very skilled. Now he has to think carefully if he attacks me again.

Seeing that we were arguing again, Laila could only accept her fate and take the lead in walking towards the foreigners.

Although Arab girls cover their heads tightly in most cases, the ancient Egyptian priests wore very different clothes. When she passed by me, I saw a birthmark on her arm. The birthmark was the same as Hassan's just now.

The seal shown to everyone is the same. This really integrates responsibility into the body.

I grabbed her.

"Come on, don't go there either."

Laila was startled, and everyone's eyes focused on her.

I shrugged and said to the Egyptians: "Anyway, if you leave me here, those people will be silenced or silenced. It will only be a waste of sacrificing one more Laila. If I go back, although I can't stop those Westerners, we can't."

The people will definitely do as promised. This way you don’t have to worry about Laila’s safety, and you will have one less opponent. This exchange is not a loss.”

In fact, I can't guarantee that 279 values ​​my life more than the mission. But I want to bet. In their eyes, the two things are not in conflict. I also bet that the United Nations team is also not in a hurry.

my life.

Sure enough, Meng Weiqing said: "If you let Wang Yu come back, we will never make it difficult for you."

Now that there is a guarantee of 279, the behavior of Karl and others is really unsettling. Hassan wishes that his sister does not have to go there, and the remaining Egyptians are obviously worried about Laila's safety.

So I heard Hassan say hurriedly: "It's a deal."

Socrates was behind me and urged: "Then you go quickly." He was afraid that if I walked too slowly, Laila would have to be asked to pass. I noticed that Ali was also looking at me, feeling quite guilty.

I ignored him and strode off the altar.

Li Yuan watched me return to 279, and Lou Shiqi also squeezed back from the crowd of foreigners. He looked at me up and down and said, "As long as it's okay, that's okay."

I patted his arm. "Look, I scare you."

In fact, I am already breaking out in a cold sweat. Just now I have been particularly afraid that Karl and others who do not play their cards according to the routine will suddenly do something evil. Fortunately, I am still a complete person now.

"Then let's go out now to see this celestial phenomenon that only happens once in sixty years," Morgan said.

Everyone responded, except Karl.

Just now he had been watching us negotiating with the Egyptians with a smile on his face, and now he is really going to cause trouble again.

"We came here to find the Chinese, and now we are going out to listen to the Egyptians. It doesn't feel good to be led by others here and there. Since everyone has said with certainty that there are strange celestial phenomena outside, then we still have to

It would be better for the ancient Egyptian priests to take us up. If there are any problems ahead, I believe the priests will know how to solve them better than us."

After Karl finished speaking, he looked at Hassan with a smile. Laila bit her lip and was about to come over. But she heard Li Yuan say: "Since we agreed, there is no need to let her come over. If you are worried, I can go up first.

"

As he spoke, he walked past the crowd to the front and asked Hassan, "Where are we going to go out next?"

Hassan looked at him deeply and said: "There are two doors behind you. One of them is the one you walked in when you came in. The other door you walked out of is the temple you were looking at just now. That temple

It’s nothing special, but tonight, when the curse is activated, we can see the path He promised after the sacrifice.”

This time Hassan knew everything and talked about everything.

Li Yuan thanked him, turned around and walked towards the door. Karl had just been brushed off by Li Yuan gently, but he was not angry at all. When Li Yuan passed by, he just made a gesture of invitation.

I glanced at Meng Weiqing and followed Li Yuan. Lou Shiqi also walked out with us.

There is also a narrow corridor after exiting this door. I quietly looked back and saw Meng Weiqing and Teacher Bai not far behind us, and behind them were Morgan and others.

Lou Shiqi suddenly squeezed towards me, and stretched out his hand to grab Li Yuan. We both looked at him at the same time, and he said, "Keep walking."

We kept the three-person huddled formation and slowly moved forward. Only then did Lou Shiqi lower his voice and said: "Yuechen, be careful later. I just heard someone say that they want to kill you, but that Karl said

'It's not yet time'."

I shivered.

There is wind blowing from the front.

Looking up, I saw that it was the dilapidated temple that was swaying in the dark night.

When I looked up again, half of the moon was quietly sitting on the top of the Valley of the Kings. It was looking down at the world slowly and slowly.

The moonlight is like a curtain, spreading out gently and involuntarily. And we don't know what kind of performance we are about to perform.

Everyone performed in coordination with each other.

(End of chapter)