bit stealing game

Chapter 39 Ancient blood

Full Moon has already called it a day and went home.

It was only two o'clock at night when we left the Valley of the Kings by car, which was earlier than I thought.It's hard to imagine that the night-time raid into the Valley of the Kings, kidnapping, ancient Egyptian priests' array, and the temple theater were compactly squeezed into the past just over four hours.

I told Ah Tian and Lao Zhang that I was safe, and I couldn't help falling asleep on the way back.The car seemed to stop once, and when I woke up, only Meng Weiqing, Li Yuan and Lou Shiqi were left beside me.Teacher Bai 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 recognized this as the way to the Temple of Karnak.

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

I looked at Li Yuan who closed his eyes and meditated.Sure enough, as he expected, 279 couldn't help but want to confirm the "ancient blood".

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

It was so late at night, but there was no trace of dissatisfaction on the Egyptian's face.I snorted coldly in my heart.It was also Menistawi who took the Americans to the temple behind our backs, but coming here now is just a hedging bet.

The team leader's face was ashen, and when he saw me and Lou Shiqi were there, his face became even greener.It was against the rules to visit the Temple of Horus at night this time, and the team leader must be afraid of trouble when he came here.

After greeting each other, everyone ignored the greetings and went all the way to their destination.If you go to the construction site in the middle of the night, naturally you can't make a big fuss.

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

An Egyptian silently opened the door to the archaeological site.Menistawei whispered a few words, told him to stay where he was, and led us in by himself.

There was a rustling sound from the exploration of the construction site, it was Mao Mao and them.It looks like our team dogs are taking their mission seriously.I smiled silently.

In addition to team dogs, there are obviously more wild dogs here.Pairs of eyes glowed in the dark night, and it was quite frightening when paired with the dark night.

Lou Shiqi whistled loudly, and the dogs dispersed one after another.

I am amazed: "There are two tricks."

He snorted triumphantly.

Meng Weiqing accidentally ignored us, and the team leader just walked silently with a pipe in his mouth.

The night fell silent again.

The Temple of Horus has been re-walled, but fortunately it has not had time to backfill.The entrance of the temple was open in a regular manner, and the faint starlight could not even illuminate the outermost inscriptions clearly.

I am a little apprehensive.This temple already looked like a tomb during the day, but now that the moon is dark and the wind is high, it is inevitable to be afraid of bumping into something.

Menistaway was very measured and didn't intend to go down together.After talking to Meng Weiqing for a few words, the team leader also stayed on top.

Meng Weiqing took out the flashlight, took a photo of it and jumped down.Lou Shiqi and Li Yuan also jumped down one after another and landed on the cleared ground.It's just that when Lou Shiqi landed, he didn't stand firmly, staggered a bit, and was supported by Li Yuan.

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

When everyone was standing in front of the temple gate, Meng Weiqing plunged in without hesitation, and we also entered one after another.Maybe it's a psychological effect, I always feel that this place is more gloomy than when I came back last time.Even though there were only a few steps from the door to the altar, I was a little out of breath.

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

And under the gaze of this evil gaze is the altar missing the statue of the god, and the inscribed "Sacrifice of Your Blood" in the holy script.

Thutmose III actually enshrined a bloodthirsty god here.

We gather around the altar.

Meng Weiqing was not sloppy: "I don't need to say the purpose of coming here, you all know it well. Morgan and Karl have already turned back to the [Temple of Omniscience] to find the 'ancient blood' 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.It is an individually packaged sterile tablet and a disposable blood collection needle like a blood glucose meter.

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

You can't hide from the left and right.I thought bitterly, at least I don't have to stab my arm with the dagger violently.

Seeing this, Li Yuan smiled: "It's better that you are thoughtful, this way it won't hurt too much."

Teacher Bai also smiled, and gave us three disinfection tablets and needles.

I reached out to take it, but I didn't understand why Meng Weiqing called me and Lou Shiqi over.Could it be that he suspects that we have also been transformed?Or did he drag all the people who were not 279 over to reassure Li Yuan?

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

My doubts never linger for a moment in front of him, making me suspect that he is not only sensitive, he may also be able to read minds.

Teacher Bai went on to say: "But since nothing happened that time, we didn't take it seriously. After listening to Hassan's words today, I felt that maybe it was negligent. Since our blood can't light the altar, I just have to let you try it too.”

It is also reasonable to say so.Although I don't think the city government with 279 will rush to follow the instructions of the wild temple inscription to pour blood on an altar that looks so evil when it is not sure, but I probably can't find anything if I ask it now.So I skipped the 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 getting confirmation, he sterilized his fingers first, and then pricked the belly of the index finger of his right hand.

The blood flowed out quickly, sticking to the skin indelibly.He squeezed the other two fingers, and the blood dripped on the altar.

We waited for a while and nothing happened.

Lou Shiqi stared at the altar: "Could it be that the flow is not enough?" It felt like he wanted to give himself a little more.

I squinted at him: "It's not something that an individual will react to, maybe you weren't the one chosen that day at all."

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

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

As soon as his blood dripped down, the altar seemed to be awakened.With the illuminated light, the inscriptions on the base swam as if they were given life, causing the altar to tremble slightly.It would work better than Lyra's blood.

I have never seen such a scene, I can only widen my eyes in surprise.

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

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

Li Yuan withdrew his hand according to his words.He lowered his eyes and glanced at the unsatisfied altar, and raised his eyes again with that relaxed look.

The altar flickered longingly for a while, and it could only go out sleepily without getting more sacrifices.

Meng Weiqing's goal has been achieved.They were here to test, or to confirm that Li Yuan's blood also met the requirements.But the play must be done well.

So when the thing returned to calm, I also wiped my hands, frowned and pricked my index finger.I don't know if it's because I was too sleepy or something, I didn't control the strength of my hand well, and this time I stabbed hard.

Blood gushed out all of a sudden.

Seeing that my blood flowed into the altar as if I didn't want money, I hurriedly stuffed my finger into my mouth, trying in vain to stop the bleeding.The lack of sleep made all my senses sluggish, and it took a while to taste the smell of blood.In addition, there was no food in my stomach, and I almost vomited it out.

Teacher Bai disapproved and took out an alcohol cotton pad and pressed it on my finger, the pain made me shiver.Fortunately, my blood is useless, and the altar has no reaction at all.This really relieved me.

The team leader's voice came from outside, let's hold on tight, it's time for someone to come to the construction site in a while.So we headed home.

Before going out, I couldn't hold back, and looked back again.I don't know if it was an illusion, but the altar seemed to light up reluctantly.

Lou Shiqi came from behind and bumped me with his shoulder: "What are you looking at, don't hurry up and leave it here for you carefully."

I turned around and knocked him away and walked out first: "Leave it to you."

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

When we got back to the hotel, we went back to rest.I wanted to talk to Li Yuan, but Meng Weiqing called him away first.

I pushed open the door, Ah Tian and Lao Zhang stared at me with dark eyes.

Last night they were waiting for me in my room, but Xia Shangzhou and others went back, but I was still missing.The two couldn't sit still anymore and kept calling me.But I didn't bother to look at my phone, and I didn't even notice that it was turned off when it was out of power.

As soon as he entered the door, he was educated by two people.

I briefly described what happened.But he dared not mention being taken hostage by Ali and others, and only said that Ali and Hassan were in the same group.

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

Ah Tian felt something was wrong, and I was afraid she would ask more questions, so I quickly explained the matter of Li Yuan lighting the altar with blood just now.

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

Lao Zhang suppressed his sleepiness and nodded in agreement.

I hesitated for a moment, and then told me that my blood could make the altar in the temple of Horus half-lit.

"But at that time we all finished cleaning the altar and were ready to go out. It might not be because of my blood, but Li Yuan's blood." I added.

A Tian pondered for a while, and frowned: "It's not necessarily that you read it wrong. If you can see the past scenes of ancient Egypt in the multi-column hall, and you can also feel some senses in that [Temple of Omniscience] at night, then it is very likely. You have an unusual relationship with this magnetic field."

Old Zhang's complexion is not very good either.

In fact, we have all guessed this possibility, and we don't avoid it now.

"However, this does not necessarily mean that you have been transformed." Ah Tian continued, "And after you first experienced the 'little theater' in the multi-column hall, didn't you say that you felt a bit 'regionally restricted'? "

I nodded.

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

Hearing Ah Tian's explanation, I think it's very possible.

Indeed, I had never had any supernatural experiences before coming to Egypt.But since I got to Luxor, the whole thing has lingered, hanging around me like a dark cloud.

But I can't figure out one problem.

"Hey, old Zhang, let me ask you, what is the situation that will cause some people's blood to make the altar respond, and some people can't? How does this work?"

"If you look at it from the perspective of radiation, it may be that the composition of blood has been transformed into different substances. But this involves the transformation of elements. If this step is really reached, it may have to be explained by nuclear physics." The old man Zhang paused, and then said: "But if the blood changes, the act 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 check, but he said good things would not go wrong.

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

I nodded and knocked on his door after thinking about it for a while.The two of us haven't made up our minds yet, so it won't work if we go on like this.

"Or you can ask 279. After all, they took you with you from the beginning, and I'm afraid they have learned something. And according to what they said, someone on Yanuo's side may have been transformed. You go talk to Yano It’s okay to inquire about it. Although you may not be able to find out the truth from him, if you know who has the ‘ancient blood’ over there, and find the connection between a few people, you can also infer some things.”

According to the information obtained by Ah Tian, ​​unlike 279 or Morgan's team, Karl and others gathered together from different places.This is the first time to cooperate, and it may not even be a cooperation. It is just to use money to do things, and each takes what he needs.

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

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

Exactly here.I asked Ah Tian: "What's the situation with that Alex?"

When Ali and others took me to the underground [Temple of Omniscience], not only Li Yuan, but also Sherlock Holmes' students Alex and Arno came to see me.

Jarno I have dealt with several times, there is a problem is a certainty.Li Yuan's blood could make that altar more happy than an ancient Egyptian priest like Hassan Laila, and he was short of putting the word "target" on his head.Two of the three people who came were suspicious.And that Alex not only came back from the Antarctic incident, but also the attitude of Morgan, the leader of the United Nations, towards her is intriguing.But she didn't look like she knew the inside story.

When Ah Tian heard my question, he smiled disdainfully: "The information has already been checked."

Alexis Hein, German-American.Her wealthy parents both disappeared when she was a teenager, supposedly missing from an expedition.Middle school was at a Swiss boarding school, high school went back to the United States, and college went to Harvard Medical School.Last year, she went to Antarctica with the project team of her mentor, Professor Holmes.There is no weird blank period in the middle, it is a very innocent and full of story sense.

I checked Alex's profile and found nothing wrong.With hindsight, I wonder if it is not good to snoop on other people's intelligence like this. Isn't this something Americans do?

Lao Zhang said that if the fatal thing is not cleared up, can it be done?

Ah Tian was also not in a good mood: "Your own information has been scooped up by others, and you are still talking about it now. If you really don't want to read it, you can not read it, and return it to me now."

I wailed in frustration: "No, no, no, Tian, ​​let me see it, I'll just say that." Then Ah Tian smashed back the tablet that he had just taken away from me.

I swiped twice, and basically the information of Morgan and Carl is here.But now there is another group of Arab priests.

"By the way, Ah Tian, ​​can you help me look up the information of Hassan and Laila again?" I said with a calm face.

"I just know the name is not easy to look up. But if Hassan speaks English well, he probably has a certain level of education. Maybe we can start from this aspect. And Ali still has contact with him. Let me try." Ah Tian responded After getting down, he asked me again: "Is there someone else that you didn't let me check?"

I was a little puzzled: "No, you looked it up for me if you don't know anything."

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

I groaned: "You mean Li Yuan. I know him, and I told you about him before he came."

Lao Zhang muttered, "We met 20 years ago."

I am speechless.

Seeing that I don't care too much, Lao Zhang hates that iron can't be made into steel. "Old Wang, you shouldn't trust others." He began to speak out, "Look at that Ali, who called me brother and brother on the trip to the Red Sea, but he didn't fool us for a while."

Ah Tian said with the same hatred: "This account has to be settled with him. It turned out to be calculated on my head."

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

Ah Tian gave me an inevitable smile.

When Lao Zhang saw that we were attacking Ali, he quickly said, "I mean, 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 subconsciously answered, "He's different."

Lao Zhang asked, "Why is it different?"

I couldn't answer for a moment.

Lao Zhang was heartbroken: "Old Wang, do you think there is any difference between 279 and those foreigners? Did they stop using you because you are their own? Did Li Yuan tell you everything because you knew each other before? Nope. Bar."

I have to admit that Lao Zhang is right.

Li Yuan jumped out from the underground [Temple of Omniscience] and defended me hard. Is it really because of our friendship?The summer he spent at my house when he was a child is almost 20 years away, and the shelf life has passed as long as it has.Not to mention that we only know each other because of our ancestors. In fact, personally, Li Yuan and I are completely strangers.And until now I don't know anything about the purpose of his coming here and the news he knows.

"Have you ever thought that he might be trying to hide it from you?" Ah Tian reminded me seeing that I was lost in thought because of what Lao Zhang said. "After all, he has lived as Yin Yuechen all his life, but Li Yuan is only known to you."

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

I am also at a loss.

On the one hand, Li Yuan really hasn't done anything trustworthy so far.But on the other hand, after experiencing everything yesterday, I really can't categorically doubt him.After all, Li Yuan really stood up for me in the underground half of the Temple of Omniscience.

When I hesitated, Lao Zhang was not happy: "Why are you so relaxed? Li Yuan has such a big transformation of the Yin family on his back, and has been watched by the two teams all the time. Now the relationship between the two of you is exposed. , unfortunately you are not him!"

I didn't even think of this level unless Lao Zhang told me.I have a fatal weakness, that is, people are very subjective.People who treat him as a friend will subconsciously excuse him.Of course, I am confident that I will generally not be mistaken.If it really doesn't happen, then I won't blame anyone.

But now is different after all.Usually, even if it looks bad, there won't be any too dangerous consequences.But this time I suffered a loss from Ali. If they didn't have any malicious intentions, I would still be alive.

But I think it's natural to trust Li Yuan, why would he harm me.No matter how I look at it, I also seem to be the same person as him.

"Great Sage, talk about her! This idiot is out of his mind." Old Zhang's voice was a little hoarse when he attacked me, and it was obvious that he hadn't slept all night.

For the first time, Ah Tian united with Lao Zhang, and he condemned me with disapproving eyes.

Looking at their reddened eyes, I think He De could catch up with such two friends.For my safety, they certainly didn't want me to take risks.So although it's very unethical, I still can't tell them some ideas.

Ah Tian wanted to say something else, so I covered my mouth with my hand and pretended to yawn.Then wiltingly raised his eyelids towards her.

Lao Zhang also yawned.But he didn't forget to poke Ah Tian, ​​signaling her to continue denouncing me.

Ah Tian sighed: "Look at your virtue. You don't work hard and don't know the grain, but you still get mixed up with this group of people. What good can you ask for?"

I was overjoyed, and said cheekily, "Isn't it because of you guys?"

Ah Tian gave me a little bit, and Lao Zhang was disgusted enough by me.But at any rate, the atmosphere became more lively, and the two of them were willing to go back to rest.

Before leaving, Ah 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 something wrong with the blood, I'll go back and study the possibility. If your blood can really light up the altar, let's think of a way."

I said, "Don't think about it when you two go back, go to bed first."

Ah Tian and Lao Zhang didn't ask me to see them off, so they took them to the door and went out.It was hard for them to go back to rest, but I didn't feel sleepy at all.

Obviously very tired, but the experience of the past few days and that weird magnetic field messed up my mind.I took a quick shower, lay on the bed and stared at the brighter and brighter sky outside the window, accepted the reality resignedly, and simply put on my clothes and went downstairs to find something to eat.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw Li Yuan standing in the corridor.He was fully 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 have a meal together?"

I smiled at him too.

Good boy, you have come to your door.

(End of this chapter)