Chapter 8: A Woman in the Desert
Fira's engagement ceremony was not so complicated, but every family present at this time, they were a little envious, one was the father standing behind the eldest lady of the Norslan family, who was one of the few gods with six wings in the entire god world, his identity was the manager of the upper echelons of the Holy Wing Society, and the man who was leaning on Fila was the most favored descendant of the Tusoka family, and they all stood in the most prominent position in this world.
The engagement ceremony was completed in a short time, and beyond that, there was the banquet, and Ramodi Noslan was in front of the main hall, saying some exciting words, although they were all old clichΓ©s, but everyone was still applauding them. Fira followed behind Dumans, both smiling, as if she was happy that the two people, who had been childhood sweethearts since childhood, had finally come together.
"Work harder, I guess before nightfall, you can see the door of the god's burial place." In the center of the Sahara Desert in the present world, a group of people wearing camouflage uniforms are struggling to use shovels to get away the sand in this huge pit, although the amount of work is very large, but it seems that no one wants to retreat, Shen Zhenghua, who is sitting in the tent at this time, and Ah Lan next to him are studying the patterns that have just been made from the archives of the Ministry of Servants, and then combined with the map simulated in the computer, ready to draw a safe attack route, so as not to see those unnecessary mechanisms when entering the divine burial center.
"What did you hear?" Alan asked, looking at the map with a frown.
"I heard the sound of water, and it was like flowing water, you are a geologist, did you say that at this time there will be a dark river where we are digging." Shen Zhenghua asked.
"The dark river, there may be, but it's also thousands of meters down, we dug no more than a few tens of meters, and it's huge, I mean the area. Although there are two squads working now, in fact, there is only one squad at the time of work, even if it is a shallow underground river, it is unlikely. Alan said.
"And what is the sound of water I hear?" Shen Zhenghua wondered, "Could there be a mechanism about water in the god's burial house?" β
"It's possible, or a large amount of liquid poison, so we have to add one and bring an anti-poison device when we attack."
"Yes, I agree." Shen Zhenghua nodded.
The scout who suddenly ran in startled the guard who was smoking at the door, and quickly put away the cigarette in his hand.
"Captain Luther, door ,,,, door,,,,, see the door." The investigator said angrily.
"Don't forcibly break the ban on the door first, we also have to study a good plan, in addition, let all the team members in the pit come out, try to let the spellcaster arrange some spells around the door, we don't know if the burial place in front of us is light or dark, if it is dark it will be a disaster." After Shen Zhenghua finished speaking, he sat in his seat, and he suddenly remembered the incident of nineteen years ago, and that scene was still vivid in his mind, and he would never forget it.
"Yes, Captain Luther." The scout ran briskly to the construction site.
When the sun was setting, the project was temporarily put on hold, everyone was repairing, the workload of the past two days was very large, everyone was exhausted, and the personnel of the Waiting Department here ordered the personnel of the Cooking Department to use half of the supplies for tonight's banquet, which was also regarded as a reward for these young team members.
Some people in another tent were discussing the burial of the gods at this time.
"The map is almost already drawn, and in case there will be a poisonous liquid or a large number of traps inside, I suggest that you add some equipment when entering the cemetery." Shen Zhenghua said while eating the chicken on the plate.
"Yes, I will send this information back to the Holy Wing Observation Headquarters, and then delay the time limit for construction." A veteran waiter said.
"In addition, find some Holy Wing Messengers who have forbidden spells from the Holy Capital, and arrange the Demon Destroying Forbidden Spell at the gate of the entire divine tomb and within a radius of five hundred meters around this cemetery." Shen Zhenghua said.
"Is it a radius of five hundred meters, isn't it a bit big?" The waiter said, putting down his knife and fork.
"No, that's very small, the area of each god's burial tomb will only be larger than this, not smaller than this, although we haven't determined whether the cemetery in front of us is light or dark, not to mention, we don't know that he is from that era, if it is the first generation, it is difficult to say." Shen Zhenghua said, "The light of the first generation, its godhead can pass through the soul, and at that time, we are estimated to become a god crack, maybe the darkness of the first generation has not been seen in the war of the gods, just like the followers of God disappeared together." β
"Do they still have a godhead now? They're all dead, aren't they? Ah Lan asked, as the oldest god in the audience, Ah Lan didn't know what was in the god's tomb, because he was only a geology researcher.
"No, they will not die, they will only sleep, and their names are written in the book of life." Shen Zhenghua said.
"The book of life, is there really a book of life?" The waiter asked.
"I don't know, but I know that they're just asleep, I don't know how many years." Shen Zhenghua swallowed the green vegetables in his mouth and drank some water, "Therefore, we must be fully prepared, and we must pray that what we can encounter is not a powerful existence." β
"Okay, I'll convey your meaning back, and I'll try to improve the rest of the work."
"Thank you."
After the feast, everyone dispersed and returned to their lodgings. In the whole desert, there is only light here, Ah Lan and Shen Zhenghua are in the same tent, Ah Lan is smoking, looking at the pictures of his children and lovers in his wallet, there is a little more nostalgia, although it has been less than a week since he came out, but for Ah Lan's age, I really hope that my family will be by my side every day, because of the secret of this mission, everyone present has no communication tools, and even the mobile phone that Ah Lan brought at this time has been confiscated, only a certain group of the waiter has a one-line contact with the Holy Wing.
Shen Zhenghua, who was sitting in the corner, was studying the inscription patterns on the tomb door at the end of the day. The image on it seems to tell a story, and it shows an ancient man who was weeping for a man who had died a long time ago, and then for some reason his country gave him a heavy sentence, and then he was cut off on both feet, but because he saw a man asking for food on the side of the road, he gave the only food he had left in his hand to the man who asked for food, and then he saw a light in the sky, and the man disappeared. Shen Zhenghua was looking at the rubbing at this time, but there was no longer it behind, maybe there were still some that had not been printed, and he would look at it again tomorrow, he thought.
Shen Zhenghua put down the pattern and looked at Ah Lan, Ah Lan was lying in his sleeping bag looking at the top of the tent at this time, and he didn't know what he was thinking, so Shen Zhenghua also lay down.
"Hey, what are you thinking?" Shen Zhenghua asked.
"Huh? Oh, I'm just thinking about home. β
"Hey, are you worried?"
"yes, I'm worried that something will happen, and I always feel uncomfortable."
"Don't think about it if you're uncomfortable, think about what to do, besides, we're just scouting, and the later drilling and sealing missions won't be ours." Shen Zhenghua said.
Alan didn't speak, then closed his eyes and fell silent.
Shen Zhenghua extinguished the small moving lamp beside him, and was thinking in the dark with his eyes open, whether Shen Luyu in the holy capital would make trouble, and it was a bit too much to say goodbye, but he didn't think that Shen Luyu would be angry, because that kid had never taken himself to heart, and he suddenly remembered Shen Luyu's mother, she was the most sorry person in this life, but the yin and yang were separated and never seen again.
When it was late at night, Shen Zhenghua heard someone singing, and the voice of the song was Shenwen, it was an ancient Shenwen! Shen Zhenghua sat up and listened quietly, the song was full of loneliness and loneliness, and there was a kind of historical sadness, Shen Zhenghua pushed Ah Lan who was sleeping.
"Hey, hey, Ah Lan hurry up, hurry up." But Ah Lan couldn't push it up, and he didn't even react at all, which didn't look like his suspicious personality. He thought about it, got up alone, and saw that there was no one in the dark desert at this time, and the members of the team who usually kept vigil outside were gone, could it be that he went to sleep, impossible, he thought, but at this time the voice remembered, could it be because of his own ability to hear it, and what made him even more puzzled was that he could understand the song at this time.
Song:
The blood in the cup reminds me of your favor
The flowers in the bun remind me of your love
I was in pain from the icy waters
You rescued me
The light shines on my body
Give me supreme authority
Your light is so bright
But why leave
Where have you been
I have been in this darkness for thousands of years
You know the pain and the loneliness
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Shen Zhenghua followed the song and walked deeper into the desert, he looked at the stars in the desert, and fortunately did not lose his way, not far from the project, but saw a person standing in the wind and sand, that person actually glowed with a faint light, although he couldn't see what the person looked like, but Shen Zhenghua could be sure that it was a woman.
"Man, how long are you going to watch behind my back?" The woman actually spoke, and in an instant, she came to Shen Zhenghua's side, as if she had some kind of spatial ability.
Shen Zhenghua sat directly on the ground, almost lifting the ban on himself, and wanted to fight with the woman in front of him.
"Hmph, I really didn't expect that I had been sleeping in this dark cave for thousands of years, and as soon as I came out, I smelled such a familiar smell." The woman said,
"Who are you?" Of course, Shen Zhenghua would not think that the extremely beautiful woman in front of him was a human being, because ordinary people here could not enter, and it was even more impossible to sing in the desert so leisurely.
"Me? You know what. The woman waved her hand on the sand, and behind her a great sandy throne appeared.
"What is your purpose?" Shen Zhenghua gets straight to the point.
"It's breathable, it's lonely there." The woman leaned on the throne and said. "It's weird that you can understand what I'm saying. Didn't the language divide a long time ago? β
"We are Godborn."
"Turns out, I said you have such a familiar taste in your soul." The woman said. "It turned out to be God's favored souls, so let's say we're not outsiders."
"No, I don't know your purpose yet. We are still enemies, and my task is to keep all the awakened gods to sleep. Shen Zhenghua was determined to die.
"Really? You are very honest, though, I like it, I see in your soul the suffering of your life, but I can give you the results you want, even if I am less than one thousandth of what I was at the beginning. The woman said with a frown and sighed, "I don't want to enter that place again, it's been thousands of years, I'm lonely, and it's time for my companions to wake up for their mission." β
"Are you tempting me? With what I wanted most, but it wasn't possible. Shen Zhenghua said.
"Your heart is pure, as my mercy, I will give you a favor, but what has been lost long ago can never be returned, this is the law of this world." The woman continued to say to herself, "By the way, the divine burial place has been opened for the second time, I don't know if the tyrant inside will wake up, although I have also stayed in this black cemetery for a long time, but if I leave, he will not sleep anymore." β
"What do you mean?" Shen Zhenghua just wanted to ask the woman in front of him, but he was gone, leaving only a bunch of sandy slopes scattered in front of him.
"Finally, I would like to give you a piece of advice, the world of the godsborn is no longer pure." The woman's voice echoed in her head.
When the newborn sun shone on the tent, Shen Zhenghua was still asleep, if Ah Lan hadn't called him, he didn't know how long he would have slept.
Shen Zhenghua came out of the sleeping bag and put on thick clothes, because the temperature difference between day and night in the desert is very large, so the temperature at this time is very low, he stretched his waist, and then walked out of the tent, the sun shines on his body and warms up, the team members are busy for the project, but Shen Zhenghua thinks about last night's dream, which is the same as his own experience. He walked to the pit not far away, looked at the burial place in front of him, and suddenly realized that there must be something in it, and it was dangerous.
"Today's excavation mission can be completed ahead of schedule." The waiter said.
"Huh? Why, those forbidden spell messengers? Shen Zhenghua asked.
"No need, we have already passed all your information back, and the people from the Serving Headquarters have already said that this divine burial place is the second excavation, but the first internal war of the Divine Descendants, so we have no way to carry out the next step of exploration and excavation, so we have put it on hold, this time, all this is complete, and the archives of the Serving Department show that the owner of the tomb is only three generations of Holy Wings, and it is in a sleeping period." The waiter said, reading the information in his hand.
"Sleeping? Are you sure. β
"Sure." The attendant said, "It is written that the awakening of the owner of this tomb will be in 2230, more than 200 years ago, and it was written by the great prophet 'Don Quixote Dore'. β
"Don't talk about what is written on the information, if it is really the third generation of Holy Wings, then we should also find some high-level envoys from the headquarters." Shen Zhenghua said, he suddenly remembered that the woman in the dream last night said that she left, and the owner who was sleeping in the divine burial place should also wake up, Shen Zhenghua didn't want to open the door in front of him like this.
"Yes, we have already transferred some second-order envoys from the Holy Capital, even if he can wake up, we will still let him fall asleep." The waiter said.
"Hopefully." After Shen Zhenghua finished speaking, he walked towards the tent.
"Shen, what's going on." Ah Lan looked at Shen Zhenghua who walked back to the tent and asked.
"It's okay, it's just that the plan has changed, our plan has been withdrawn, and now the plan of the Ministry of Observation is being implemented, they are not going to set up a spell of extermination near the entire burial place, but to enter directly, although I don't think this is advisable, but we have no choice but to listen to them." Shen Zhenghua was a little helpless.
"Who is the owner of the tomb of the Divine Burial House?"
"I don't know, I just know that it's a third-generation Holy Wing, and the people from the Serving Department have already sent some second-order envoys." Shen Zhenghua picked up the map in his hand and looked at it, he was no longer ready to deal with the people in the inspection department, or he could find some safe routes from this map.
"So what are you going to do?"
"What else can be done, we can only take one step at a time." Shen Zhenghua frowned and looked at the map in his hand.
"Excavation time."
"It should be today, the world line between Africa and the holy capital is very close to the Sahara, and it is estimated that those personnel will be able to arrive at noon today." Shen Zhenghua.