Dream Guide

Ahmed now regrets agreeing to take on this mission. If he had refused the director's order and insisted on going to Hurghada for vacation, the result would have been to be scolded when he came back, but now he had to face unknown dangers. This was obviously no ordinary murder.

"Professor Aleph, did you know anything before you came here?" Ahmed asked tentatively, looking at the empty sarcophagus and the deep cave.

"No, I know nothing like you," Aleph said, "but now I know a little bit."

"What do you know?"

"From the discovery of the Pyramid of Khufu to the present, no mummies have been found. The tombs of the Pharaoh and the Queen are empty. It is said that this pyramid has long been looted by tomb thieves." Alef said, "In fact, so far we have not found any The bodies of pharaohs have been found in any pyramid, and all mummies were found in the Valley of the Kings. I have always had a question, how could the emperors of the ancient Egyptian dynasty build their tombs so conspicuously? Isn’t this an obvious way to tell the tomb robbers? Come and steal, my treasures are all here! Now I know that the pyramid on the ground is a cover, and its underground palace is the real tomb."

"Then why is the coffin empty?"

"Then you have to go down and take a look to find out."

Ahmed said: "Okay, I'll go down first, you follow me. Adura, if you are afraid, you can stay here."

Abdullah puffed up his chest and said, "No, sir, I'm not afraid, I was just... not ready. I swear on the name of my father and grandfather, Abdullah Rashad Rashid B. Zibrahi Yi Tsijerashi Tsishasha Mudzhile is a brave warrior and will never be a deserter. If you don’t believe it, I am willing to go in front!”

Ahmed thought for a while and decided to recognize the bravery of this lovely scenic spot administrator and let him go ahead. This is not because he wants Adura to be used as cannon fodder, but if he encounters danger, he will have time to make a more correct judgment.

Climbing into the sarcophagus, there is a steep downward ramp. There are a lot of blood stains on the ground and corners of the ramp. Not long after going down the ramp, you entered another stone room.

This stone chamber is much larger than the one above, but it is not square, but a regular pentagon. There are also many murals painted on the walls. There is a sarcophagus in the middle of the room, and five stone tablets are erected around the sarcophagus.

Professor Aleph's eyes were completely attracted by the five stone tablets, while Ahmed walked to the corner of the stone room, where there was a corpse.

The difference from the above is that the corpse here has been processed very cleanly, the internal organs have been completely removed, and the entire abdominal cavity is empty, but it is certain that the heart is still there. The dug hole in the face was also cleaned, and the eyes and brains of the deceased were gone. The whole head is like a hollowed out pumpkin.

There is such a corpse in every corner of the stone chamber, a total of five corpses in the five corners. Their deaths were exactly the same, and their placement was exactly the same. The feet are facing the cracks in the corner wall of the stone chamber, and the head is facing the direction of the sarcophagus in the center. It seems to be a sacrificial ritual.

This overturned Ahmed's speculation about the murderer. It was impossible for wild beasts to arrange the corpses so neatly.

He carefully checked around the stone chamber and found no other passages except two vents on the wall. Therefore, he set his sights on the sarcophagus in the middle.

Aleph was still looking at the stone tablets, saying to himself as he read: "This is not hieroglyphic, not ancient Egyptian writing. Damn it, I don't recognize any of these characters. It's so strange!"

He turned from the first tablet to the fifth tablet with a confused look on his face: "It is indeed hieroglyphics, at least somewhat similar to hieroglyphs. Could it be Chinese characters? No, no, it's impossible. How could Chinese characters appear in this world?" In the tomb of the Pharaoh four thousand years ago! Hey-" He turned around and shouted, "Which of you understands Chinese?"

Ahmed shrugged and thought to himself: How could anyone here understand Chinese? Aren't you a professor? Not an archaeologist? If you don’t know it, who else does?

When Aleph was disappointed, Adura suddenly stood up and said a little unconfidently: "I think I might know a little Chinese."

"You?" Ahmed was very surprised, "Do you know Chinese?"

"Just a little bit," Adura said. "Officials from the tourism bureau said that all people working in scenic spots should learn a little Chinese if... if they want to make money from Chinese tourists."

Aleph nodded and said, "Then come here and see what is written on this tablet."

Adula straightened his body and walked over, stood still in front of the monument, and looked at it intently for a while, but his face soon showed a look of confusion and confusion.

"This is not Chinese," he said.

"Are you sure?" Aleph asked.

Adura said: "Although my Chinese is not good, I am sure that what is written on it is not Chinese characters, at least not the current Chinese characters. If it is the kind of ancient characters carved on turtle shells, then I don't recognize it. , I heard from Chinese people that most of them don’t know him either.”

Aleph was a little disappointed, but soon became excited again, "Ah, that means we have discovered a new kind of writing, an ancient writing that is different from the hieroglyphics. This is a major discovery in the history of civilization. ! This tomb is newly discovered. No one has ever entered it before. The texts and murals are well preserved and there are no problems. I, and you, will be as famous as Champollion through the ages!"

Ahmed didn't care about being famous forever. He reminded: "Sir, you may have forgotten that we are now at the scene of a murder. There are five corpses here. Including those in the aisle, a total of seven tourists were killed. .”

Aleph was stunned for a moment, as if he just knew about this, and said, "Well, it's nothing, just a few people died."

"Only a few people died?! That's so easy to say!" Ahmed felt that there was something wrong with the scholar's mind. "Don't you think we are in danger?"

"Danger? Oh yes, it's dangerous. You can do anything without danger! But since everyone is dead, it means the danger has passed, right?"

Aleph said and ordered the two soldiers, "Open the coffin lid."

This sarcophagus was larger than the one above. The lid was well closed and looked very heavy. It took a lot of effort for the two soldiers to push it open.

Alhammed and Adura stood ready with their pistols raised, but Aleph looked relaxed and turned to read the words on the stone tablet.

The coffin lid was halfway removed, and no monster jumped out as expected. Ahmed approached and saw a humanoid mummy lying in the coffin, with a golden mask on his face and a blanket inlaid with many ornaments.

Although Ahmed felt that the mummy was a bit strange and suspected that there was a ghost inside, he understood that this was the most precious cultural relic and must not be touched easily, even if the director gave him the authority to make an emergency decision. He felt that it would be better to let the archaeological experts around him make decisions on this matter.

Aleph leaned over the coffin and praised: "Ah, it's so perfect, exactly like Tutankhamen's mask!"

Then, he made an action that no one expected, and actually reached out and picked up the mask.

There is no pharaoh's head under the mask, just a pile of tangled sackcloth.

He lifted up the blanket again, and there was also a pile of burlap under the blanket, and there were many scattered things piled there like stones.

"What...what's going on?" Ahmed felt incredible.

"Do you know what this is?" Aleph picked up a piece of linen cloth from the sarcophagus, held it with his fingers and shook it gently.

"What's this?"

"This is the shroud of the pharaoh's mummy."