bit stealing game

Chapter 63 Seeds of Doubt

I frowned.

Lou Shiqi asked me what was wrong.

I said vaguely: "It's okay, I just bit my tongue."

"In our hometown, this is called gluttony for meat." Lou Shiqi nodded and thoughtfully put some more meat on my plate. "If you eat more, it looks like you are too greedy."

This person always has the ability to make me angry with good intentions. When Lou Shiqi saw that I didn't move my mouth, he bumped my shoulder and said, "Hey, eat it while it's hot."

While I chewed a few mouthfuls of meat, I looked at Jiang Can's left hand playing with the knife. If I remember correctly, he was using his left hand just now to hold chopsticks. However, I didn't realize that he was left-handed the few times I met him.

Jiang Can noticed that I was looking at him and made a pose to show off my muscles. "I've done a good job, right? I'm not bragging, my muscles are real. They're different from those trained in the gym." As he said,

, and he even squeaked smugly twice.

Ding Ze made a sound next to him.

I looked at Ding Ze, who had not touched any alcohol yet, and then glanced at the remaining people.

The more I look at it, the more something is wrong. When did Xia Shangzhou start eating mint leaves? She specifically said not to eat it the day she had dinner with the archaeological team. Teacher Bai is a person who loves spicy food, but today he didn’t even eat mint leaves.

Bump. He carried that on his own, and it is usually a must-have for every meal. Where did Meng Weiqing’s pipe go? When did he start smoking Cuban cigars?

In this desert, everyone gathers in a jointly constructed space. The tents, campfires, etc. do not have much personal color, so it is difficult to tell what kind of people they are.

It's like the threads on clothes. I thought it would be fine if I removed them, but in the end I almost tore the clothes off.

I went to see He Rongchuan and Lou Shiqi again. The latter saw me looking at him and covered his plate defensively. This reaction as usual made me relieved.

"Good practice." I turned back and looked at Jiang Can. "But Teacher Jiang, is your right hand injured?"

Jiang Can subconsciously moved his free right hand. I looked at him intently.

After a moment of silence, he told me: "We have received special training and can use both hands. After all, you can't point to your dominant hand that won't attack you."

He answered calmly, but this did not eliminate my uneasiness.

"But why do you want to change your eating habits? People won't attack you because of which hand you use to eat."

This is not a big deal in itself, but at this juncture, I have to think more. The Chinese say "eat no more than three meals". One is to avoid addiction, and the other is to avoid being controlled by others.

I always felt like I was being manipulated from the moment I entered the desert. Every step was planned by someone else.

People's words, actions, and eyes may all be deceiving. But people's words and deeds will not always lie.

Everyone has their own specific behavior pattern. For example, I am right-handed, I will want to kick pebbles when I encounter them, I will subconsciously move to the other side when I encounter people, I am picky about eating, I don’t like to step on manhole covers, etc. If

A thoughtful person can completely guide me to do something through my behavioral patterns.

For example, touch the stone pillar with the Senet game painted on it, and then find the underground palace of the Temple of Set by "accidentally".

"Because we can't take any chances."

Jiang Can's answer solved the problem that had been bothering me.

Ever since Qi Tian helped me find the list of the 279 operation, I have always had a question. That is why these people are here, especially why they need two people from the archaeological team.

After getting along with each other for the past few days and the explanations just given by He Rongchuan and Jiang Can, I realized that Lou Shiqi had always been one of theirs and had special skills. In this way, his joining was very reasonable.

But I have never been able to figure out why they need me. Is it because I accidentally discovered the [Temple of Horus] under the archaeological site last year? But even if there is no such temple, 279 will definitely come to Egypt.

Entering the Sahara.

Li Yuan's "protective desire" for me in the [Omniscient Temple] was also an on-the-spot reaction. 279 could not have calculated this in advance. Even if they knew that we were old acquaintances, they would not be able to use a paragraph of more than ten years in a whimsical way.

I used the friendship of the children years ago to contain Li Yuan. I have always been dispensable. However, 279 incorporated me into the team from the beginning.

I thought about what was normal and unusual about today.

First, Meng Weiqing came to me and told me about Sir Black's uncle's notebook, and then I was asked by Arno to look at scorpions under the temple wall. Then I heard Buswell and Jason arguing, so I hid away in order to avoid suspicion.

. Then I saw the game scene on the stone pillar, and I accidentally touched it. Normally, I don’t do such immoral things that destroy cultural relics. Lou Shiqi and He Rongchuan passed by and took a photo of me, otherwise I would probably jump in directly.

That underground palace. After that, I saw a small stone on the ground and kicked it out of habit, and then I discovered the Temple of Set again.

It is not impossible to insist that these are all coincidences. After all, the occurrence of small-probability things over and over again can also be regarded as hints of the so-called fate or complete accidents. For example, the discovery of the Temple of Horus one after another

] and [Temple of Set].

Coincidentally, I happen to know that this is not fate. It is just a conspiracy to control my actions based on a sufficient understanding of my behavioral patterns.

What a chosen one, wasn't someone setting a trap for me?

As usual, Teacher Bai could see that I was uneasy. He came over, bent down slightly and said to me: "Do you think we controlled your behavior and made you discover the Temple of Set?"

I raised my eyes and looked at him: "What do you think?"

Teacher Bai shook his head.

"Before we saw the notebook, we did know that there was an underground part of the Temple of Set, but we didn't know how to get in. Those foreigners should know the method, which is why we acted with them. But we also

I didn’t expect that you would eventually discover the entrance to the Temple of Set.”

"I didn't discover it." I corrected him. "Someone asked me to discover it."

"It is indeed possible. All parties involved in this operation know the participants very well. This is why we have been changing our habits to prevent others from taking advantage of us. But I didn't expect that they were targeting you."

Teacher Bai has removed the suspicion of manipulating me from 279.

I smiled at him and then looked away. How could you lie to a fool without getting money?

"Actually, you were originally going to join Morgan's team." Meng Weiqing suddenly spoke.

I raised my head in surprise.

Across the blazing bonfire and the roasted chicken that was dripping with oil, he looked directly into my eyes. "We snatched you over because you will come here no matter what. In this case, why not follow us."

"Why?" I couldn't help but ask. "Why did they take me with them? Why did I come anyway? Even if Morgan and the others wanted me to go, I wouldn't have to go."

In fact, when Meng Weiqing said it, I remembered that before the archaeological team sent me an email, the British Exploration Society had extended an olive branch to me and promised a large amount of work funds. If the archaeological team had not obtained the excavation permit later, there would have been

Due to the curiosity about the [Underground Temple] and the financial inducement, it is very likely that I will join the British. If Morgan and the others are behind this, then I will indeed be in their team.

"We don't know why they want you to join, and we don't even understand what's special about you. Originally, we didn't want more people to be involved in this task, because no one knows what they will face in the end." Teacher Bai

He said with a sigh. "But it's just like Yue Chen. Even though we still have no clue about his secrets, we can't miss the clues inside, let alone let others grasp it."

Li Yuan smiled understandingly. "What are you talking about? I also want to find out what caused all this. Even if you don't come to me, I will come to you."

"No matter what it is, we have to find it first." After Meng Weiqing finished speaking, he continued to deal with the roast chicken that had begun to leak oil.

The oil fell on the bonfire, making the flames a little brighter.

I stared at the tireless flame.

Can I trust 279 again? I still don’t know what is in the desert. What’s even more frightening is, do they know?

If it's not 279, then who made me the "Chosen One"? Could it be that they went through such a long circle just to let me discover the place that the French archaeological team entered sixty years ago?

The Temple of Set?

"What did you think of?" Li Yuan moved closer to me, "People who can use or scheme against Morgan and Meng Weiqing."

Indeed, this is not something that one person or a limited force can do. If you just want to plot against me, it is actually not that difficult. But being able to figure out Meng Weiqing's actions is not that easy. After all, I will enter at noon.

I went to the above-ground building of the Temple of Set mainly because Meng Weiqing gave me Old Blake's notebook. This was also the reason why I doubted 279 at first.

But if you think about it from another angle, if Meng Weiqing has also been calculated, then there is someone else behind the scenes. But if it's not 279, who can have such great energy?

"You think it's not 279?" I turned my face to the side and asked him in a low voice.

"Do you still remember the person who deceived Hassan and others into going to the Temple of Omniscient?" Li Yuan suddenly changed his tone of voice and whispered in my ear: "Do you think this method is familiar?"

From the corner of my eye, I saw Jiang Can wink at us, Xia Shangzhou looked in this direction with a smile, and said something to Ruiya next to him. So I answered Li Yuan with an artificial expression. "You mean White?"

PhD?"

"Yes. Although we don't know who Dr. White is, I think he is also among the people who entered the Sahara this time."

Indeed, if they want to control our actions, then no matter who it is, they must be aware of our movements at all times. This requires keeping an eye on us.

It is not impossible in theory or practice to manipulate people's behavior by calculating behavioral patterns, but these must be based on a sufficient amount of behavioral data of the manipulated person. And these data must be collected under certain circumstances, such as in

In daily life. But after we come to Egypt, we are basically surrounded by new things, and our behavior will be adjusted to a certain extent. If there are too many variables, it will not be conducive to ensuring that the actions of the target tasks will be carried out as expected.

If you want me to be the chosen one, you have to observe me early in the morning and be able to obtain and analyze my past behavior data, and at the same time monitor all influencing factors on the spot, such as who will appear in front of me and cause my "prejudgment"

"Behavior" changes, otherwise it is impossible to achieve the goal.

Thinking about it this way, Dr. White, who made Hassan and others take the initiative to undergo transformation and then led them to trick us into going to the [Temple of Omniscientity], is indeed the best suspect.

But does this person really exist?

If it is indeed Dr. Walter who is manipulating everyone, then the suspicion of 279 is eliminated. Because this person's handwriting also appears in Old Black's notes, 279 must not have been in line with international standards at that time.

The amount of information is a bit large, so I can't make a judgment at the moment. I think I'll have to listen to A Tian and Lao Zhang's opinions later.

Li Yuan moved closer. He seemed to be particularly interested in Dr. White.

The flawless face was illuminated by the fire. I remembered what I saw at sunset, so I lowered my voice and asked him: "Why is there a scar on your ankle? Don't you leave no marks?"

"I don't know why, but it's one of the reasons I came here."

I glanced at him.

Li Yuan looked at me. "Since I can be injured, it means that the magnetic field's control over me is not without loopholes. This is why I want to find Dr. White. I think he should have some answers."

There was fire in his dark eyes.

(End of chapter)