Chapter 52: The Light of Hope
The mysterious helmsman of the financial empire, known as the wise man's withered body, is getting worse and worse, after all, he has spent more than a hundred springs, autumns, winters and summers.
"My lord, your body is obviously unbearable, and you must carry such a heavy scepter in every meeting. Why are you so troubled, it hurts to look at me. Pedro persuaded
"Xiao Luo, you are still young. I don't know what this crystal skull scepter means to our Golden Family. I'll tell you the story of it when I have time. That's right, Ro. Do you have anything you want?" said Ku in a hoarse voice
"I've been with you for so long, not to mention seeing all the warmth and coldness of the world, but I've seen a lot. The little one has nothing else to ask for now, I just want to be with the adults like this all the time, and serve you forever like this. Heartfelt Pedro replied (Pedro has long been accustomed to being a shadow of a man under ten thousand people after withering)
"You know what? Nobody in this world can really get what they want. Because it's like a toy that your parents let you choose between during the Chinese New Year, and no matter which one you choose, you'll feel like you're missing out on the one that's really the most fun. But when you get all the toys in your hands after many years, and the joy is instantly replaced by an inexplicable sense of loss, you realize that the best toys don't actually exist in this world, but just your own fantasy. So Xiao Luo, from today onwards, you have to make good plans for the days after I leave. Ahem..."Dry said slowly
"Your Excellency, please don't talk nonsense. You are the great leader of our Golden Family, we can't live without you!" said Pedro the butler, excitedly
At this moment, the watch on the withered hand rang drippingly.
"Alright, silly boy. The old decay is going to be busy, you should step back first. Ku said to Pedro
Pedro immediately bowed and turned to leave the room. Kuchi saw that he closed the door and connected to the other side of the watch to connect to the encrypted phone.
"Xiao Tai, I have to use you this time, just to ensure that the imperial plan is foolproof. Don't complain too much...", Ku said soothingly
The screen pans back to Mike's side
After eight hours on a plane and five hours in a bumpy car, Mike and his party finally arrived in front of the temple of Takun, which is surrounded by forests. The temple, which is more than a dozen stories high, is thickly covered with a variety of greenery. The temple is in the shape of a standard pyramid, except that the top is not pointed, and from a distance it looks like a small platform where something can be placed. Jessica held a torch at the front and led everyone through the narrow corridor in the middle. Except for Mike, everyone else thought that this was just a trip to accompany Mike. Jessica carefully observed Mike's emotions all the way, but fortunately Mike survived. Of course, this is also thanks to the careful care of everyone along the way.
The group slowly walked to an archway, and suddenly it suddenly opened up in front of them, and there was a huge space inside. Illuminated by the faint beam of the flashlight, the crowd saw that the walls were covered with hieroglyphs and murals, as well as evenly arranged metal candlesticks. Jessica quickly stepped forward and lit all the candlesticks with a lighter, and it was only then that everyone finally got a clear view of the inside of the temple.
"This is Hisbeven!, my dear!" cried Earl Kidd
"Can you read that, Kee?" Mike asked
"Well, I haven't seen it in a long time. This is the text of a civilization that was once at its peak. At a time when they appeared, there were not many human races with writing. Kidd replied
"Looks like we've really come to the right place!" Mike exclaimed excitedly
"But there is no road ahead, so everyone split up to find out if there are any clues in this hall. Jessica said
With torches in their left hands and flashlights in their right hands, they fumbled around the hall. But after two turns, there is still no clue. Jessica thoughtfully rushed out of the passage she had just entered.
"Sister J, where are you going?" asked Yu loudly
"I'll go to the little platform on the top floor!" Jessica replied as she ran out
"Why are you going up, Sister J?!" Rain asked again
Although Jessica heard it, she ignored him and ran out of the house. Mike scratched his head in confusion and looked at Jessica's back as she ran away. Earl Kidd was still looking at the hieroglyphs on the wall.
"What does it mean, Kee?" asked Mike
"So far, all I'm seeing are descriptions of everyday life and the rituals they hold for major festivals. Kidd replied, looking at the wall.
It is said that some things can be practiced, but some things can only be done by talent. This freehand climb is the latter, and Jessica, who has a strong sense of balance, can be said to be able to do this. She ran to the outside of the temple and climbed easily from the bottom to the top platform. She patted the loess on her body, enjoying the cool breeze and the scent of flowers wafting from nowhere, and then took in the lush jungle around her. Jessica thought to herself, 'No wonder the ancient emperors loved to build high platforms so much, this sour reign over the world really makes the people standing above it want to stop.' '
Jessica, who had deserted slightly, turned around and began to look for clues. I saw that this platform turned out to be an unusually 'clean' altar. There was nothing but a dusty stone bed in the center. Jessica covered her nose with one hand and swept the thick dust off the stone bed with the other. But nothing was found, except that it could be inferred from the smooth surface of the stone that had been dragged on the stone bed on a regular basis. Jessica crouched down again to study the side of the bed, and she found that it was surrounded by four raised circular stone carvings. It was all in the shape of a rose, and she subconsciously reached out and tried to twist one of the roses with missing horns, but she didn't expect it to really writhe for her! Jessica immediately pressed her face against the stone bed, twisting the carving while listening to the sound of the gears turning inside. After a while, I heard a crisp 'click' from behind the last rose, and the stone bed slowly turned in place. When it turned a hundred and eighty degrees, a dusty passage under the stone bed came into Jessica's eyes! Jessica lit a lighter, bent down and slowly poked into the darkness...
Earl Kidd, who was almost finished studying the writing on the wall, suddenly felt a lot of dust fall from the top of his head, accompanied by a muffled 'gurgling' sound. Everyone also vigilantly used flashlights to shoot at the roof. At the corner, a wooden staircase fell from the top! A dark shadow suddenly fell from the sky!
"Who?!" Mike shouted
"Hello everyone, I'm back again!" Jessica said, standing on the dilapidated staircase.
"Why did you get there, Sister J?!" Rain asked in surprise
"I climbed all the way up from the outside. But I didn't find anything on the altar above, and I found only a dark chamber with wine jars and a few female corpses in the middle. Then I stumbled upon another switch, got out of the exit, and was here. So it all seems to be back to square one..."Jessica replied helplessly
Mike and Yu went up to the compartment again to search, but they also returned in vain.
After a while, Earl Kidd, who could only hold a pocket flashlight, stumbled upon something in a gap in the ground that reflected the light of the flashlight.
"Come and see, there's something down here!" Kidd shouted
Everyone quickly got together. But even if everyone's flashlights shine together, they can't see what is inside, because this gap is too small even for Earl Kidd. But it's certain that there's a secret room down there.
"Look closely, the switch must be in this hall!" Jessica shouted to the group
Mike and Rain split up and tried the candlesticks evenly distributed around the walls, but nothing happened. The rain twisted and pulled out the stone platforms at the four corners again, but it was still in vain. Sweaty rain and Mike sat on the ground tired. Kidd looked at the writing on the wall again, hoping to find some code words hidden between the words.
"Could it be that it is in disrepair, this switch is broken. Jessica guessed as she knocked on the wall bricks
Mike sat on the floor and looked around, when suddenly he looked up and saw the large iron chandelier in the middle of the hall, and exclaimed, "Sister J, look at this chandelier! ”
"Come on, Mike. Give me a hand!" Jessica said as she struck a run-and-jump pose
Mike quickly half-crouched under the chandelier, his hands clasped in front of his abdomen. Jessica ran and grabbed the chandelier with Mike's strength. The chandelier moved down slightly, and the dust spilled on Mike's head.
"Grab my leg, Mike!" Jessica shouted at Mike below
After slapping off one of the ashes, Mike jumped on the spot and grabbed Jessica's legs with both hands. The chandelier slowly moved down a little more.
"I'm coming!" chubby Rain yelled and rushed to Mike and hugged his waist before squatting down with his ass.
Listening to the rattle of chains, a stone platform in a corner sank downward, leaking out of the dusty steps.
"The entrance is still here, it's still sunken, this ancient man is really bad!" Rain complained
Several people immediately went down to the secret room below. There are 13 small stone platforms erected inside, evenly enclosing a large circle. One of the stone platforms has a crystal skull on it. I guess it was the one that reflected the light of the flashlight just now. Behind each stone stand is a metal candlestick sealed on three sides.
"Oops! what?!" Rain shouted from behind