From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

The coffin is over three meters long and is painted with blurred images of ancient Egyptian pharaohs. Near the left side of the center is a recessed groove resembling a sun pattern.

That's the key to open the coffin!

"Should we pry it open?"

Lu Jin asked Evelyn.

"Pry it open? Of course not!"

Evelyn quickly shook her head, "This coffin is also an antique!"

Although there are already many similar coffins in the museum, which are not very valuable, the patterns on them are the most precious treasures for a scholar like me who is dedicated to studying ancient Egyptian history!

"And it will take you at least half a month to pry open this coffin!"

Half a month?

Lu Jin chuckled. With his abilities, he could easily open the hardwood coffin with a gentle pry. Why would it take so long?

"The groove on it looks like the sun... That's right, the sun! It's a keyhole!"

Evelyn suddenly realized what was going on. She took out a palm-sized iron box from her bag, opened it, and found a sun pattern that almost perfectly matched the groove on the coffin.

Insert the key into the groove of the coffin and turn it gently.

With a click, the coffin lock turned, and the lid was instantly popped open, revealing a shriveled, tattered corpse covered in a hardened enamel-like substance, with its jaw askew.

"The punishment of being devoured by insects!"

The moment Evelyn saw the mummified corpse, her eyes widened in disbelief, and she exclaimed, "Unbelievable!"

"Is this Imhotep, the one depicted on the mural in the passageway? The one who had an affair with the Pharaoh's wife? How tragic!"

Duanmu Ying pulled out the crystal scalpel from her waist, reached into the coffin, and fiddled with the mummified corpse's crooked chin, clicking her tongue in amazement. She asked Jiang Liu, "This guy is completely dead, can he really be resurrected?"

"resurrection?"

Evelyn snapped out of her daze and was the first to deny it, "You don't believe the stories in the murals, do you?"

I admit that some of it may be true, but the idea of ​​resurrection is absolutely nonsense!

The legendary Book of the Sun and the Book of the Dead are not magic books, but simply two collections of poems about ancient Egypt!

We must be scientific!

"I'll do whatever you say, Ms. Evelyn." Jiang Liu nodded seriously.

"What a perfunctory response!"

With a quick quip, Evelyn turned her gaze back to the coffin. Besides a mummy, there was a pile of black insect corpses, the very "tools" used by the ancient Egyptians to inflict the torture of being devoured by insects: scarabs.

"Shouldn't the scarab beetle be a sacred object of ancient Egypt?"

Jiang Liu knew something about scarabs; they were dung beetles, commonly known as dung beetles, which feed on feces. The reason they were considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians was because they associated the act of piling and pushing dung with the rising and setting of the sun. They believed that the sun was propelled by an invisible scarab beetle, which enabled it to rise in the east and set in the west, repeating the cycle.

To execute a living person with a sacred object—

Isn't this a disgrace to the scarab beetle?

“We know very little about the history of ancient Egypt, and perhaps it is different from what Egypt believes today. Thousands of years ago, this insect was a tool that the ancient Egyptians bred to punish criminals.”

Evelyn believes that as time goes by, even the same word can have different meanings in different eras, let alone ancient Egypt, which has gone through thousands of years.

Afterwards, Evelyn closed and locked the coffin, saying, "The three of you, may we move it out together?"

"no problem."

Jiang Liu nodded slightly, grabbed the coffin from the bottom, lifted it up, and carried it on his shoulder.

My God!

Evelyn couldn't believe that Jiang Liu had actually lifted a coffin that would have required four or five strong men to move. In fact, judging from the way he lifted it with one hand, the weight seemed negligible to him. "I know that Easterners have good endurance, but is their strength really this great? It's unbelievable!"

"This is Eastern kung fu."

Jiang Liu chuckled, carried the coffin, left the secret chamber, returned the way he came, and arrived at the original location of the main hall.

O'Connor, Zhao Yingkong, and Qi Tengyi were also there. They found the warden, but he was no longer the "lovable fool" he used to be. His face had been completely eaten away, and there was a hole in the back of his head. His whole body was covered with holes of all sizes, as if something had drilled into him, biting through his intestines and stomach, piercing his heart and lungs, and sucking out most of his brain. He had already returned to the underworld and was no longer breathing.

"Let's get out of here first!"

O'Connor was used to death and felt no sympathy for the warden's death, but the warden's tragic and bizarre death still made him uneasy. He thought the best option was to leave first and then gather more people to excavate the place later.

of course!

Most importantly, O'Connor's backpack was much fuller than before she came in, clearly indicating that she had made a great haul.

As an Englishman, O'Connor also loved gold, but unlike most reckless explorers, he had a good habit of knowing when to quit while he was ahead.

"That won't do!"

Evelyn refused, "I haven't found the Sunbeams yet."

That's right!

Evelyn's purpose in participating in this archaeological excavation was not the coffin and mummy that Jiang Liu was carrying; it was an unexpected bonus.

What she truly desired was the legendary Book of the Sun, a treasure of ancient Egypt, which she hoped would allow her to learn about ancient Egyptian culture, traditions, and history through understanding the "poems" within it.

"You're such a stubborn woman!"

O'Connor was somewhat angry; he valued his life more than his wealth.

"What? You call me stubborn? You have the face of a handsome man, yet you're so timid."

Evelyn couldn't help but retort, "I did this to show all of humanity the civilization of ancient Egypt!"

Is there any necessary causal relationship between them?

Seeing the two bickering, Lu Jin was puzzled.

"No, it's just that once a woman gets angry, you shouldn't pay too much attention to what she says, because the cause-and-effect logic in it is chaotic, and the only meaning is to vent her emotions."

Jiang Liu shrugged, his gaze falling on Zhao Yingkong. Pointing at the warden's corpse, he asked, "Tell me, how did this guy get into this state?"

"Because of greed, he pried off the sapphire on the wall, but that gem was actually a protective device for storing scarabs. Once it was shaken, the gem-like protective membrane would break, releasing the scarabs inside. The insects burrowed into the soles of his feet, climbed upwards, and devoured all the flesh and blood along the way, eventually reaching his head and emerging from directly above it."

Zhao Yingkong said, "When we found him, the worms had already burrowed into his brain, and there was no way to save him."

Upon hearing about the scarab beetle, Evelyn also stopped arguing with O'Connor.

If the cannibalistic scarabs in Hamunaptra really exist, then the best course of action right now is to leave this place and reconsider our options.

"Help!"

"You're all here? That's great! Can you save Ron and Hermione?"

# Chapter 533 Imhotep's Revival (Part 1)

Isaac Taber and Jonathan rushed out from another passage and saw Jiang Liu and his group, calling out to them.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Liu put down the coffin and said to Evelyn, "Teacher Evelyn, you go out first, we'll go help Isaac."

"I can't abandon my students!"

Evelyn, being an ordinary person, was naturally afraid of the scarab beetle that would devour human snowmelt, but she was also a qualified teacher, at least in terms of professional ethics, and decided to follow Jiang Liu and the others.

"You're absolutely insane!"

Having witnessed Zhao Yingkong and Qi Tengyi's ability to kill scarabs before, O'Connor knew they possessed "magic" and understood that their presence would only be a hindrance. He strongly urged her and Jonathan to leave with him.

Jonathan readily agreed.

But Evelyn was stubborn and showed her attitude with her actions by running towards the passage.

"Then you two go up first."

After Jiang Liu finished speaking, he added to Qi Teng, "You come along too."

Without saying a word, Qi Teng grabbed Jonathan with one hand and carried O'Connor with the other, and quickly ran back to the passage and cave entrance they had come from.

Afterwards, Jiang Liu, Lu Jin, Duanmu Ying, and Zhao Yingkong followed Isaac to catch up with Evelyn and found another secret room. In the center of this room was a huge square stone platform with a pair of huge stone feet supporting a block of sand on top.

The group immediately realized that this was the location below the statue of Anubis that was exposed in the desert!

The stone platform at the foot of the statue had been pried open, and a square box had been dug out and opened, revealing a large black book that was completely black and dull, as if it were made and carved from stone.

That is the legendary Book of the Dead!

Beside the box lay Ron and Hermione, groaning in agony.

Ron was completely disfigured; his facial skin was corroded, and red muscle tissue, along with thick blood, clung to his skull, occasionally making a sizzling sound. More importantly, Ron still retained consciousness; his mouth, devoid of lips, opened and closed, making a grotesque "ga-ga" sound that sent chills down one's spine.

Now let's look at Hermione.

Compared to Ron, he was in better shape, with only half of his cheek corroded.

Jiang Liu squatted down, and with a raised hand, two red and blue Yin-Yang Qi pills appeared in his palm. He flicked his fingers and sent them into Ron and Hermione's chests respectively. Then, a "bang" sound was heard, white Qi spread out and then quickly dissipated, revealing Ron and Hermione who had recovered completely.

However, both of them were pale, especially Ron, whose muscles had become much thinner and even his hair had turned a little white.

The method of avoiding death and prolonging life consumes the body's Qi. Although it can replace fatal injuries, if one's cultivation is insufficient, it will forcibly extract the body's potential life force to replace it.

That is: Consume the primordial Qi!

Ron, the magician, was not very strong, and his injuries were extremely severe. The energy expenditure from using the life-saving technique on him was naturally also great.

If measured in terms of time, Jiang Liu's method of avoiding death and prolonging life can be considered as sacrificing about twenty years of his lifespan to help him avoid this calamity.

"it turns out!!!"

Isaac Tabor was deeply impressed by Jiang Liu's skill in saving people. He then pulled Hermione and Ron up and asked with concern, "Are you alright?"

"It's nothing, I'm just a little hungry."

Hermione touched her cheek, realizing she had truly recovered, and was overjoyed. She thanked Jiang Liu again, saying, "Thank you for your help, otherwise I would definitely be disfigured!"

Ron dared not look directly at the river, but still managed to softly utter a "thank you".

"Speaking so softly, haven't you eaten?"

Although Duanmu Ying was also shocked by Jiang Liu's move, seeing Ron's reluctant look, she put her hands on her hips and sneered, "Louder!"