Chapter 995: The Fourth Seal
Conspiracy, deception, betrayal......
When a person's life is completely shrouded in these things, it is already doomed to a tragic end.
The only difference is how long his spirit can endure before he gives up resistance and becomes an emotionless walking corpse, or completely breaks down and chooses to cut himself off.
While Warrent was struggling to escape his pursuit, Zhang Cheng had already crossed the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, and arrived alone in Egypt, which was full of dense forests.
Affected by the impact of an asteroid, this once arid and hot desert has now become a literal tropical rainforest, full of towering trees and dense rivers and lakes.
The most important thing is that some monsters from other worlds have made their homes in this warm and humid jungle, and the remaining humans dare not approach it easily.
Looking at the terrain and landforms that had completely changed into another look, he couldn't help but sigh slightly, and complained helplessly: "Damn it! How do you say that? Oh, by the way, it is forgivable to do evil in heaven, but you can't live for your own sin." I knew there was a seal here, and I shouldn't have let one of these asteroids fall near here when I destroyed order and human civilization in the first place. ”
But complaining aside, he continued to look around, trying to find a place where magical energy or divine power gathered.
No way!
This is the only seal he can confirm the location of.
Once this seal is opened, the sleeping gods will awaken, and it will only be a matter of time before the remaining seals are unlocked.
Zhang Cheng felt an inexplicable sense of excitement and anticipation when he thought that he would be able to end this boring trial in a short time, to get in touch with and understand the wider world, and to uncover the secrets behind the multiverse.
What's more, thanks to the help of the satellite positioning system, although the terrain and landform have changed, the longitude and latitude coordinates on the earth have not changed.
After comparing it with the original map from hundreds of years ago, it took about two months to finally find the Pyramid of Osiris, buried under the soft sand of the earth, in the depths of a huge canyon.
Unlike ordinary pyramids, this one is extraordinarily tall, three times larger than the legendary Pyramid of Khufu, and instead of masonry, it uses bronze ingots of the same size, each with beautiful drawings, words, and symbols carved on its surface.
It is hard to imagine that the primitive ancient Egyptians were able to build such majestic structures thousands of years BC.
Not to mention anything else, if these bronzes, which were regarded as strategic materials at the time, were melted down and turned into weapons and armor, they would definitely be enough to arm a million-strong army.
Zhang Cheng stepped to the entrance of the pyramid and placed the scepter of Anubis, the god of death, into the hand of a jackal statue.
Thundered!
With a deafening bang!
The closed door of the tomb finally slowly opened, revealing a passage that had been sealed for thousands of years, exuding a strong smell of death and decay.
"Interesting! Let me see what the ancient Egyptian gods left behind to guard the seal. Zhang Cheng muttered to himself as he walked in generously.
Since the structure of the pyramid was not complicated, he soon saw the monster lying on the ground in the hall at the end of the passage.
It has a lion-like body and a pair of yellow and white wings, but its face is indistinguishable from that of a normal human.
Yes!
It is the famous Sphinx, the Sphinx.
Although in most myths and legends, this magical creature that can speak can speak likes to come up with riddles and then let the other party guess the riddle.
But in reality, it is a special kind of life form that is somewhere between a demigod and a half-monster.
According to the genealogy, almost all of the Sphinx were descendants of the ancient Egyptian eagle gods, and their power was far beyond the limits of what humans could have imagined at the time.
Aside from the Pharaoh, the descendant of the sun god, there is simply no second mortal in the world who can control the Sphinx.
Apparently, the Sphinx felt the warm and humid wind from the movement of the air, and slowly opened its eyes and woke up from its slumber.
But it didn't rush to attack, but looked at the seemingly ordinary young man in front of him with interest, and after a full minute, he did it very humanely, and greeted with a smile: "Hello, stranger. Tell me, how many years have passed outside, and are the sons of the sun god, Pharaohs, still ruling Egypt?"
"Sorry, so much time has passed, so long that the indigenous people who originally inhabited the land of Egypt have all but died out, at least in terms of ideology, culture, and religious beliefs, and bear no resemblance to the original Egyptians. Zhang Cheng gave a straightforward answer.
In his opinion, after the great war in ancient times, the gods of the earth chose to sleep, which was simply a bad move.
The sudden disappearance of these guys directly led to the crazy infiltration of the human world by the forces of heaven and hell, especially the rise of monotheism in the West Asian region, which can be described as a disaster.
Even today, after the Great Tribulation, there are still many foolish people who believe that there is an omnipotent creator in the world, and put their all their lives on this god, hoping to exchange for the opportunity to change their fate through extremely cheap prayers.
What's more, in the name of God and religion, they burn, kill and loot their kind, in the name of killing infidels, and after death, they can go to heaven and enjoy a good life that can never be enjoyed in the world.
Compared with the powerful, stoic, and creative ancients of the mythological era, later humans are simply weak.
Even if they later created a relatively advanced scientific and technological civilization, they could not fundamentally eliminate the ignorance and ignorance of the majority of human beings in the race.
"What, the Egyptians are gone?" the Sphinx's eyes widened in surprise, revealing a very human expression.
Don't forget, religion has always been the strong side crushing the weak side. When you and the gods behind you decide to disappear from the sight of mortals, you should be able to expect the outcome like this. Human beings are fickle and extremely snobbish, and they will only pray to those gods who can bring them good. Zhang Cheng explained with a sneer.
The Sphinx nodded thoughtfully, "You're right! Humans are indeed fickle! I'm a little curious now, what made you take a huge risk to open the seal? Don't you know what a terrible thing is sealed here?"
"Of course I do. In fact, counting this one, I have opened four seals, enough to awaken the gods from their slumber. Dear Sphinx, times have changed, if you are sensible, you better get out of the way, or I promise that in the next second you will disappear from the world forever......"