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Chapter 39 Ancient Bloodline

Full Moon has finished work and gone home.

It was only after two o'clock in the night when we left the Valley of the Kings by car, which was earlier than I thought. It is unimaginable that a night trip to the Valley of the Kings, a kidnapping, an array of ancient Egyptian priests and a temple theater were squeezed into the past four short days.

For more than hours.

I informed A Tian and Lao Zhang that they were safe, and couldn't help but fall asleep on the way back. The car seemed to have stopped once, and when I woke up, only Meng Weiqing, Li Yuan and Lou Shiqi were left with me. Teacher Bai

I took over from Master Xie and drove without a license in a foreign country.

Now that we have entered the city, there are some lights on the road. I recognize that this is the road to Karnak Temple.

There is also an altar watched over by the Eye of Horus.

I looked at Li Yuan who was closing his eyes and concentrating. As he expected, 279 couldn't help but want to confirm the "ancient bloodline".

The team leader and Menistawi, who is in charge of archeology in Upper Egypt, were waiting for us at the door of the temple.

It was so late at night, but I didn't see a trace of dissatisfaction on the Egyptian's face. I snorted in my heart. It was this Menistawi who took the Americans to the temple behind his back, but now he is just hedging his bets here.

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The leader's face was livid, and when he saw that Lou Shiqi and I were there, his face turned even greener. This night visit to the Temple of Horus was against the rules, and the leader must have come because he was afraid of causing trouble.

After greeting each other, everyone ignored the small talk and headed all the way to their destination. Going to the construction site in the middle of the night, naturally they couldn't make a big fuss.

We walked through the deserted brick walls and stone pillars of the temple in the dark, like wandering ghosts wandering in a deserted cemetery.

An Egyptian silently opened the door to the archaeological site. Menistavi whispered a few words and asked him to stay where he was, and he took us in.

There was a rustling sound coming from the exploration area of ​​the construction site. It was Maomao and the others. It seemed that our team dogs were fulfilling their mission seriously. I smiled silently.

In addition to the team dogs, there are obviously more wild dogs here. A pair of eyes glowing in the dark night, which is quite scary when paired with the lack of light in the night.

Lou Shiqi blew a loud whistle, and the dogs dispersed one after another.

I clicked my tongue in surprise: "It happened twice."

He snorted proudly.

Meng Weiqing unexpectedly ignored us, and the leader just walked around silently holding a pipe in his mouth.

The night fell silent again.

The Temple of Horus has been re-encircled, but fortunately there is no time to backfill it. The entrance to the temple is open and the weak starlight cannot even illuminate the outermost inscription clearly.

I'm a little scared. This temple already looks like a tomb during the day, but now it's dark and windy, so I'm inevitably afraid of hitting something.

Menistawe was very measured and had no intention of going down together. After a few words with Meng Weiqing, the team leader also stayed on top.

Meng Weiqing took out his flashlight, looked down, and jumped down. Lou Shiqi and Li Yuan also jumped down one after another and landed on the cleared ground. However, Lou Shiqi couldn't stand firm when he landed, staggered, and was knocked down.

Li Yuan supported him.

I thought to myself that the archaeological team had worked hard to dig out the way down, so why bother jumping down? Fortunately, Teacher Bai didn't waste his mind and walked down the normal path like me.

When everyone was standing in front of the temple door, Meng Weiqing didn't hesitate, and he rushed in, and we filed in. Perhaps it was a psychological effect, but I always felt that this place was more gloomy than when I came back. It was clear from the door to the altar.

After only a few steps, I felt a little out of breath.

The flashlight's beam of light hit the altar straight, illuminating the Eye of Horus on the mural behind it. The black lines glowed dark red under the artificial beam, as if weeping blood.

What was under the gaze of this evil gaze was the altar that was missing the statue of the god, and the inscription "Your blood is offered as a sacrifice" inscribed in holy script.

Thutmose III actually enshrined a bloodthirsty god here.

We gathered around the altar.

Meng Weiqing didn't take anything lightly: "I don't need to explain the purpose of coming here, you all know it. Morgan and Carl have now returned to the [Omniscient Temple] to find the 'ancient bloodline' in their team."

He looked at us and then at Teacher Bai. The latter took out a few things from a small medical bag he was carrying. They were individually packaged disinfectant tablets and disposable blood collection devices like those used by blood glucose meters.

Needle.

This clearly requires us to donate blood in order to test fallacies.

There was no way to hide from the left and right. I thought happily that at least I didn’t have to stab my arm with a dagger.

Li Yuan saw this and smiled: "You are still thoughtful, it won't hurt too much."

Teacher Bai also smiled and gave the disinfectant tablets and needles to three of us.

I reached out to take it, but I was a little confused as to why Meng Weiqing called Lou Shiqi and me here. Could it be that he suspected that we had also been transformed? Or was it because he wanted to make Li Yuan feel at ease, so he sent people who were not 279 as well?

Drag me here?

"After we came here last time, we felt that this inscription was a bit strange, so we tried to 'sacrifice' it." Teacher Bai explained.

My doubts never linger for a moment in front of him, which makes me suspect that he is not only sharp in senses, but he may also be able to read minds.

Teacher Bai continued: "But since nothing happened that time, we didn't take it to heart. After listening to Hassan's words today, I felt that maybe we were negligent. Since our blood can't light up the altar,

I just have to let you guys try it too."

It's reasonable to say that. Although I don't think that the city government of 279 would rashly follow the instructions of the wild temple inscription and use blood to build an altar that looks evil without being sure, but I guess I can't ask anything now.

Come on. So I don’t have to ask this question.

"Is this for fingers?" Lou Shiqi had already torn open the package, holding up the short and flat needle, and asked Teacher Bai. After receiving confirmation, he sterilized his fingers first, and looked at the pad of the index finger of his right hand.

tie.

The blood flowed out quickly and stuck to his skin. He squeezed it with his other two fingers, and the blood dropped into the altar.

We waited for a while, but nothing happened.

Lou Shiqi stared at the altar: "Is it possible that the flow is not enough?" He quite wanted to give himself some more.

I glanced at him sideways: "It's not just an individual's reaction. Maybe you're not the chosen one at all."

Teacher Bai wordlessly took out the band-aid and handed it to Lou Shiqi.

Li Yuan had already disinfected himself and pricked his finger above the altar.

As soon as his blood dropped, the altar seemed to be awakened. As the light was lit, the inscriptions on the base began to swim as if given life, causing the altar to tremble slightly. This was simply

Even Bilela's blood will work.

I had never seen such a scene before, so I could only open my eyes wide in surprise.

Lou Shiqi also marveled: "It really has nothing to do with blood volume."

Meng Weiqing stared at the altar: "That's enough. Just wrap up the wound." He and Teacher Bai seemed not surprised by this.

Li Yuan retracted his hand as he said. He lowered his eyes and glanced at the altar where he was still not satisfied. When he raised his eyes again, he had that leisurely look again.

The altar flickered longingly for a while, and could only die without getting any more sacrifices.

Meng Weiqing's goal has been achieved. They were originally here to test, or to confirm that Li Yuan's blood also met the requirements. However, the show had to be done enough.

So when the thing calmed down again, I wiped my hands, frowned and pricked it with my index finger. I don't know if it was because I was too sleepy or something, but I couldn't control the strength of my hand well, so it pricked it hard.

Blood gushes out all of a sudden.

Seeing my blood flowing into the altar as if it was for free, I hurriedly stuffed my fingers into my mouth in a vain attempt to stop the bleeding. The lack of sleep made all my senses sluggish, and it took me a while to taste the smell of blood.

.In addition, there was no food in my stomach, so I almost vomited it out.

Teacher Bai disapproved and took out the alcohol cotton and pressed it on my finger. The pain made me jump. Fortunately, my blood was of no use and the altar did not react at all. This really made me relieved.

The leader's voice came from outside, telling us to hold on tight, as people would arrive at the construction site soon. So we headed back home.

Before I left the house, I couldn't help it, so I looked back and took another look. I don't know if it was an illusion, but the altar seemed to light up reluctantly.

Lou Shiqi came up from behind and bumped me with his shoulder: "What are you looking at? If you don't leave quickly, I'll leave you here."

I turned around and knocked him away and walked out first: "I'll keep it for you."

It was still dark when we came out of Karnak Temple, but there was already a faint light leaking out from the east. Standing on Ram Avenue and looking back, it was like seeing the horizon of the Sun God.

After returning to the hotel, we went back to rest separately. I wanted to communicate with Li Yuan, but he was called away first by Meng Weiqing.

I opened the door, and both A Tian and Lao Zhang stared at me with dark eyes.

Last night they were waiting for me to come back in my room, but Xia Shangzhou and others went back, but I was nowhere to be seen. They couldn't sit still and kept calling me. But I never looked at my phone.

I didn't even notice that it was out of power and turned off.

As soon as I walked in, I was given a lecture by two people.

I briefly talked about what happened. But I didn’t dare to mention the fact that Ali and others were used as hostages. I only said that Ali and Hassan were in the same group.

Lao Zhang scolded Ali, that boy is quite good at pretending.

A Tian felt something was wrong, and I was afraid that she would ask too many questions, so I quickly explained the matter about Li Yuan lighting the altar with blood just now.

"It seems that the whole thing is indeed related to the magnetic field." A Tian said, "So the Hassan brother and sister may have also been transformed."

Lao Zhang suppressed his sleepiness and nodded in agreement.

I hesitated for a moment, then told me that my blood could make the altar in the Temple of Horus seem bright but not bright.

"But at that time we had all cleaned up the altar and were getting ready to go out. Maybe it wasn't because of my blood, but because we were regurgitating Li Yuan's blood." I added.

A Tian pondered for a while and frowned: "It's not necessarily that you are wrong. If you can see the scenes of ancient Egypt in the multi-column hall, and also have some sensations in the [Temple of Omniscience] at night, then it is very possible.

Your relationship with this magnetic field is unusual."

Lao Zhang doesn't look too good either.

In fact, we have all guessed this possibility, and we are not avoiding this issue now.

"But this doesn't necessarily mean that you have been transformed." A Tian continued, "And after you first experienced the 'small theater' in the multi-column hall, didn't you say that you felt it was somewhat 'regionally restricted'?

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I nodded.

"Given the extent of the magnetic field's radiation, it's possible that your reactions to these things would only occur here in Egypt."

After listening to A Tian's explanation, I think it is very possible.

Indeed, I had never had any supernatural experiences before coming to Egypt. However, ever since I arrived in Luxor, the whole thing has lingered around me like a dark cloud.

But I can't figure out a problem.

"Hey, Lao Zhang, let me ask you, what are the situations that would cause some people's blood to make the altar react, and some people not? How does this work?"

"If you look at it from the perspective of radiation, it may be that the composition of the blood has been converted into different substances. However, this involves the issue of element transformation. If it really reaches this step, I am afraid it will have to be explained by nuclear physics."

Zhang paused and then said: "But if the blood changes, the behavior of 'lighting the altar' may be just an expression. There may be other issues involved, and we need to investigate."

I didn't ask Lao Zhang how to investigate, but he said that if things go well, there will be no mistakes.

A Tian said from the side: "About the transformation, you should ask Li Yuan."

I nodded and thought about it for a while before knocking on his door. We haven't gotten to know each other yet, so this won't work.

"Or you can ask 279. After all, they have taken you with them from the beginning, so I'm afraid they have learned something. And according to them, there may also be people on Arnold's side who have been transformed. You go and talk to Arnold

You can just ask around. Although you may not be able to get the truth out of him, if you know who has the 'ancient bloodline' over there, and you can find some connections between a few people, you can also deduce something."

Judging from the information A Tian found, unlike 279 or Morgan's team, Carl and others were put together from different places. This is the first cooperation, and it may not even be a cooperation, it is just getting money to do things.

Just take what you need.

"If you have to act with such a team in the future, you need to be more careful." A Tian warned again.

I nodded in agreement. Although I didn't say that Carl and others had guns in their hands, A Tian could also detect all kinds of dangers.

At this point, I asked A Tian: "What's going on with Alex?"

When I was taken to the underground [Temple of Omniscientity] by Ali and others, in addition to Li Yuan, there were also Holmes students Alex and Arnold who came to see me.

I have dealt with Yano several times, and the problem is certain. Li Yuan's blood can make that altar more happy than an ancient Egyptian priest like Hassan Leila, just short of putting the word "target" on his head

Two of the three people who came here were written as suspicious. Not only did Alex come back from the Antarctic incident, the UN team leader Morgan's attitude towards her was also intriguing. But she didn't look like she knew the inside story.

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When A Tian heard my question, he smiled disdainfully: "The information has been found a long time ago."

Alexis Hein, a German-American. Both her wealthy parents disappeared when she was a teenager. It is said that they did not come back from an expedition. She went to a boarding school in Switzerland for middle school, returned to the United States for high school, and then went to college.

She went to Harvard Medical School. Last year, she went to Antarctica with the project team of her mentor, Professor Holmes. There was no weird blank period in between, and the character was very innocent and full of story.

I looked through Alex's information and didn't see any problems. Later I thought about whether it was not a good idea to pry other people's information like this. Isn't this something Americans do?

Lao Zhang said, can it be okay if we don’t understand the fatal matter?

A Tian wasn't angry either: "You've already had your own information stripped down, and now you're still talking about it. If you really don't want to read it, you don't have to read it. Just give it back to me now."

I wailed in frustration: "No, no, no, let me have a look. That's all I'll say." Then Ah Tian smashed back the tablet he had just taken away from me.

I scrolled twice, and basically all the information about Morgan and Carl is here. But now another group of Arab priests have appeared.

"By the way, Ah Tian, ​​can you help me check the information about Hassan and Laila?" I said with a stern face.

"I just know that the name is not easy to look up. But if Hassan speaks good English, he probably has a certain level of education. Maybe we can start from this aspect. And Ali is also in contact with him. I'll give it a try." A Tianying

After he stopped, he asked me again: "Is there someone else you didn't let me check?"

I was a little confused: "No, you checked everything for me if I didn't know anything."

Lao Zhang also said: "No, there is another one named Yin Yuechen."

I said, "You mean Li Yuan. I know him and I told you before I came here."

Lao Zhang muttered: "We met twenty years ago."

I am speechless.

Seeing that I was not interested, Lao Zhang hated iron. "Old Wang, you shouldn't trust others." He began to show his own experience, "Look at that Ali, who was my brother-in-law all the way to the Red Sea, but in the end he deceived us.

I was stunned for a moment."

A Tian shared his hatred and said: "This debt must be settled with him. The calculation is actually on me."

I nodded, how could I just let it go: "Ali and the others must know a lot of information, and they have to squeeze it out. Tian, ​​it's up to you."

A Tian gave me a smile that was sure to win.

When Lao Zhang saw the two of us starting to attack Ali, he quickly said: "What I mean is that you should stop trusting others. That Yin Yuechen may not be a good person."

Only then did I realize that he was actually alluding to Li Yuan, and I subconsciously added: "He is different."

Lao Zhang asked: "Why is it different?"

I couldn't answer it at the moment.

Lao Zhang was heartbroken: "Lao Wang, do you think 279 is any different from those foreigners? Do they not use you because you are one of their own? Did Li Yuan tell you everything because you knew each other before? Nope.

Bar."

I have to admit that what Lao Zhang said is right.

Is it really because of our friendship that Li Yuan jumped out from the underground [Omniscient Temple] and still tried so hard to protect me? Is it really because of our friendship? The summer he spent at my house when he was a child is almost twenty years ago. How long was it?

The shelf life has expired. Not to mention that we only know each other because of our ancestral connections. In fact, personally, Li Yuan and I are completely strangers. And until now, I have no idea about his purpose of coming here or any information I know.

Known.

"Have you ever thought that he might be hiding it from you?" Seeing that I was deep in thought after what Lao Zhang said, A Tian reminded me. "After all, he has lived as Yin Yuechen all his life, but Li Yuan only has you.

Know."

I understand what A Tian didn't say. What if Yin Yuechen is real and Li Yuan is fake? How can I trust an illusion.

I'm also a little confused.

On the one hand, Li Yuan has indeed done nothing trustworthy so far. But on the other hand, after what happened yesterday, I really can’t doubt him categorically. After all, in the underground half of the omniscient temple, Li Yuan

He really stood up for me.

My hesitation made Lao Zhang unhappy: "Why are you so relaxed? He, Li Yuan, carries a transformation as big as the Yin family, and has always been watched by the two teams. Now the relationship between you two has been exposed.

,Too bad you’re not him!”

I wouldn't have thought of this unless Lao Zhang said it. I have a fatal weakness, that is, I am very subjective in looking at people. If I treat someone as a friend, I will subconsciously excuse them. Of course, I am confident that I will not make mistakes.

.If I really miss it, I won’t blame anyone.

But things are different now. Normally, even if I was wrong, there wouldn't be any dangerous consequences. But this time I suffered a loss from Ali. If they didn't have any ill intentions, I would still be alive.

But I feel that trusting Li Yuan is natural, so why would he harm me? No matter how you look at me, I seem to be in the same group as him.

"Great Sage, you're talking about her! This idiot is out of his mind." Lao Zhang's voice was a little hoarse as he scolded me, and I could tell that he had not slept at all that night.

For the first time, A Tian united with Lao Zhang and scolded me with disapproving eyes.

Looking at their red eyes, I felt that He Dehe could catch up with such two friends. For my safety, they definitely didn’t want me to take risks. So although it was very unethical, they had some thoughts.

I can't tell them yet.

A Tian still wanted to say something, so I covered my mouth with my hand and pretended to yawn. Then I raised my eyelids towards her with a wilted look.

Lao Zhang also yawned. But he didn't forget to poke A Tian, ​​gesturing for her to continue to denounce me.

A Tian sighed: "Look at your virtue. You are indifferent to the four limbs and the five grains, and you still get involved with this group of people. What good can you get?"

I was happy and said shamelessly: "It's because of you."

A Tian gave it to me, and Lao Zhang was disgusted by me. But at least the atmosphere became livelier, and they were willing to go back to rest.

Before leaving, A Tian told me: "I still have some questions about the magnetic field. When I wake up, call Li Yuan and let's talk."

I nodded obediently.

Lao Zhang also added: "Since there is a problem in the blood, then I will go back and study the possibilities. If your blood can really light up the altar, we will think of a way."

I said, "You two, stop thinking about it when you go back. Go to bed first."

A Tian and Lao Zhang didn't let me see them off, so they took them to the door and went out. It was difficult for them to go back to rest, but I couldn't sleep at all.

I was obviously very tired, but the experiences of the past few days and the weird magnetic field had messed up my mind. I took a quick shower, lay on the bed and stared at the brighter and brighter sky outside the window, and resignedly accepted the reality.

Just put on your clothes and go downstairs to find something to eat.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw Li Yuan standing in the corridor. He was neatly dressed and looked like he was about to go out.

Seeing me coming out, Li Yuan raised the corner of his mouth: "You haven't slept yet? Let's go have a meal together?"

I smiled at him too.

Good boy, you have arrived at my door.

(End of chapter)