Chapter 65: The First Pyramid
After Zhao Qi was fooled by Lily into coming to Cairo, the next trip could only follow Lily's arrangement.
After leaving the Cairo Museum, the two of them first went to a hotel that is said to be the best in Cairo.
"What are we going to do next?" Zhao Qi lay on the big bed in Lily's room and said without any image.
"Don't you have a room of your own? Why are you lying on my bed, get up! Lily pulled Zhao Qi up and said angrily.
"Stingy!" Zhao Qi rolled his eyes, reluctantly got up from the bed, moved to the chair next to him and crooked down again.
And when Lily saw Zhao Qi's lazy energy, she also shook her head and didn't bother to talk about him.
"I'll go and inquire about the situation first, and we'll talk about the specific night." With that, Lily walked out of the room alone.
However, it was not about two minutes before Lily went out and sneaked back again.
"What's wrong with you? Being a thief and getting caught? Zhao Qi looked at Lily's nervous look and asked puzzled.
"Now there is a lot of discussion about the newly unearthed pyramid in Cairo, and as soon as I went out, I asked people about the exact location." Lily sat on the bed and said to Zhao Qi.
"If you find out, let's go straight over."
"But I've heard bad news." Lily said with a frown.
"What's the news?"
"The Egyptian government doesn't allow anyone to go in, and now there are garrisons next to that pyramid."
"Garrison? Then don't go, and after a while they've studied it, we'll go in again. "Originally, according to Lily's idea, she sneaked in without letting her in. But at this time, the periphery of the pyramid was full of troops, and Lily was out of options, no matter what, Lily was just an ordinary person, and she didn't have the ability to sneak in from the protection of the army.
Zhao Qi could have sneaked in with Lily, but that would expose himself. According to Lily's character. If you don't solve it, Zhao Qi will definitely not give up. So this idea, Zhao Qi just thought about it himself.
"But there's another piece of news." Lily continued.
"I said, can you say it all at once, and it's interesting to say that half of it is left for half?" Zhao Qi sat up and said angrily.
Ignoring Zhao Qi's protests, Lily continued: "Now there are a large number of foreign scientists in Cairo, all of whom represent their respective countries, and these people have been asking to enter the pyramid for investigation, so the Egyptian government is afraid of these scientists, and allows some scholars to enter the pyramid for investigation together, maybe we can sneak in behind them." What do you think of this suggestion? After Lily finished speaking, she looked at Zhao Qi expectantly.
"I advise you not to pay attention to this." Zhao Qi unceremoniously dismissed Lily's suggestion.
"Why, like we did this afternoon, wouldn't it be up to you to 'steal' two passes and get out?" Lily said unconvinced.
"You've been to the pyramids as easily as you are to the museum? Not to mention the protective measures on the other side of the pyramid, these scientists from all countries who went in to investigate went in together, and they all knew each other. Besides, do you think that after you have a pass, you can go in if you want to go in, and you can come out if you want to? And I'm not 'stealing', it's 'borrowing'. Do you understand? ”
After Zhao Qi's words, Lily hammered her bed with her hand in annoyance, and at the same time realized that her idea was too simple.
"So what do you say?" Lily asked.
"Unless you get a pass from a regular source, you'll have to break in." After Zhao Qi finished speaking, he looked at Lily curiously: "Why do you want to go in so much?" There is not only one pyramid in the world. You can go to other pyramids. ”
"There are no mummies in other pyramids, so what's the use of going." Lily said dejectedly.
"Listen to what you told me before, there are a lot of dangers in this pyramid, aren't you afraid at all?" Zhao Qi asked.
"What is there to be afraid of. For me, it is my life's quest to explore all the unsolved mysteries of this world, and I would not have come to Egypt if I had been afraid. Lily said with a straight face. Although the words that came out of her mouth were not righteous words, Zhao Qi heard persistence from the words, and there was a little more admiration for Lili, a strong girl, in his heart.
However, admiration is admiration, and Zhao Qi was not ready to take Lily in. Thinking of Lily's curious gaze at him, Zhao Qi felt a little creepy just thinking about it.
The two of them discussed in the hotel room for more than an hour, but they didn't come up with a good solution, but Lily's stomach growled.
"Someone's stomach has started to protest, let's go out to eat first." Zhao Qi stood up and stretched and asked.
"I don't have an appetite, you can go eat by yourself." Lily said listlessly, but as soon as she finished speaking, her stomach screamed again, and Lily's face showed a hint of embarrassment.
"Come on, go to dinner." Zhao Qi chuckled and pulled the reluctant Lily out of the room.
As soon as she walked out of the room, Lily's eyes lit up, and she greeted a few foreigners who had just walked in front of her.
"Professor Howard."
An old man with gray hair and glasses in the middle of the walk in front of him turned around suspiciously.
"Lily? How did you end up here? ”
"Haha, Professor Howard, you can all be here, why can't I be here?" The two should have known each other a long time ago, and after meeting each other, it was a big hug.
"Yes, according to your character, it would be strange if you didn't come." Professor Howard said with a smile.
"Zhao Qi, come here. Professor Howard, his name is Zhao Qi, and he is ...... It's my assistant. Lily pulled Zhao Qi over to Professor Howard and said.
"Hello, Professor Howard." Zhao Qi politely shook Professor Howard's hand.
"Oh, hello, great lad." Professor Howard patted Zhao Qi on the shoulder, and looked at Lily with an ambiguous look in his eyes, which made Zhao Qi immediately realize that the old man in front of him must have misunderstood something, and he didn't defend himself after smiling bitterly.
There were three people in Howard's party, and the other two were also scientists in their forties and fifties, and they were all invited to participate in the study of the pyramids unearthed in Egypt. After visiting the mummy in the afternoon. I returned to the hotel, and was about to finish my meal, so no one sat down at a table.
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"Look, if you don't go out to dinner with me, can this matter be resolved so quickly?" After eating, Zhao Qi said to Lily, who was excited.
"Eun, count yourself doing the right thing this time." Just now, Lily learned that Professor Howard was one of the few scientists who could enter the inside of the pyramid this time, so she begged him to bring herself and Zhao Qi in to have a look.
Professor Howard was a little embarrassed, but finally agreed. That's why Lily is so excited.
"I really didn't expect it, I was still figuring out how to enter the pyramid just now, but I didn't expect it to be solved so quickly." As soon as Lily finished speaking, she found Zhao Qi lying on her bed again.
"Hey, go back to your room, I'm going to get up early tomorrow morning, and now I'm going to bed."
"Is there any mistake, it's just unloading the mill and killing the donkey." Zhao Qi muttered a sentence and slowly got up from Lily's bed.
"You say I'm a donkey?"
"Whoever should say whom." Ignoring the roar behind him, Zhao Qi hurriedly closed the door. I went back to my room.
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Early the next morning, Zhao Qi got up, and today was the time for the two of them to follow Professor Howard to study the pyramids, and they had to meet at the entrance of the hotel before six o'clock in the morning.
When you walk out the door. Lily was already ready to stand at Zhao Qi's door.
"Hurry down, Professor Howard is waiting for us down there." couldn't help but say, Lily grabbed Zhao Qi's hand and walked towards the elevator.
"Why so early?" Zhao Qi asked.
"The pyramids are far from Cairo, and it's desert. The transportation is not very convenient, so it is necessary to leave a little earlier. ”
When the two of them walked downstairs, Professor Howard had been waiting at the door for a long time.
After greeting each other, the group of five got into a jeep parked at the door.
"Professor Howard. Thank you for letting the two of us join. Lily sat next to Zhao Qi and said to Professor Howard.
"Hehe, if I don't let you go, you won't annoy me to death." Professor Howard sat in the co-pilot's seat, smiled and said to Lily, it seemed that he did know Lily's personality very well.
"You take this, and if anyone asks, say it's my assistant." Professor Edward handed Lily the two work cards he had.
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The car drove out of Cairo and along the Nile to the west, and in a short time it was already in the desert with rolling yellow sand.
Compared with the other people in the car, Zhao Qi, who had never seen the desert, looked a little surprised, and looked out through the window with relish.
Jeeps are very inconvenient to drive on the desert, although they are not stuck in the sand and cannot walk, but the speed is also super slow.
During the drive, Professor Howard also talked to Lily about the newly unearthed pyramid.
After two days of research, scientists from various countries can only conclude that it was built in the same era as the Pyramid of Khufu, but its scale is even larger than the Pyramid of Khufu.
The Pyramid of Khufu is the largest pyramid in history and is also known as the "Great Pyramid". The tower is 146.5 meters high, with a base length of 230 meters, covering an area of about 52,900 square meters and a volume of about 2.6 million cubic meters. However, the newly unearthed pyramid tower is 167 meters high, with a base length of 288 meters, covering an area of about 81,000 square meters. It became a veritable first pyramid.
And unlike other pyramids, this pyramid is buried deep in the desert, and the spire is only near the ground level. (To be continued......)