Chapter 274: Xu Yanan and the Dream
Xu Yanan's hole cards are not only the nine talismans passed down from generation to generation by the Xu family, but also the broken arm that was connected for her by Chen Xian and the old liar...... Her arm was parasiticized, but too few people knew about it, and there were no rumors of her severed arm in the circle except for those close to her.
This arm came from ancient Egypt, which Chen Xian had known for a long time, but it was impossible for him to guess the owner of this arm...... Maybe it's really the legendary Lord of Hades, Osiris!
Since the broken arm, Xu Yanan often has some strange dreams, some of which she also told Chen Xian, but Chen Xian never took it to heart, and when she comforted Xu Yanan, she just told her not to think about it, as the saying goes, you think about it day and night......
It's just a dream.
No matter how special it is, can it have my dream special?
After talking to Chen Xian a few times, Xu Yanan no longer talked to Chen Xian about these things, because she wondered if she was thinking too much, after all, those dreams were too ethereal, not sweet dreams nor nightmares, they were even stranger than some fantastical legends.
In those dreams.
Sometimes she would appear on an unknown river, walking upriver with divine help, and in the distant desert she could faintly see some pyramid-like buildings, although she hadn't actually been here, but she could probably guess it when she woke up...... That should be the bridge to the other world, which was endowed with "divinity" by ancient Egypt.
Nile.
Sometimes she would appear in the desert again, but the desert in her dream was different from the real desert, the sand on the ground was full of golden colors, as if this was a desert made of golden gravel, and there seemed to be many huge buildings, temples or palaces in the distance covered by the dust, and when she walked in the desert, she could hear some strange prayers, as if someone was praying to herself.
Those bizarre dreams made Xu Yanan scratch her head, and even she wondered several times if she had something wrong with her psychology, but just before the Kunlun meeting started, she had a long, long dream...... Only about eight hours had passed, but in her dream she had spent thirty rounds of the sun and the moon.
There was an ancient temple built in the heart of the desert in that dream, in which a golden coffin of the pharaoh was placed, and behind the temple, at the edge of the desert...... Or rather, it's the edge of the world.
At the edges, stand three unnamed large stone gates.
Whenever Xu Yanan gently pushed with his hands, these huge stone doors weighing tens of millions of tons would slowly open, and the scene behind the door would be unabashedly reflected in Xu Yanan's eyes.
Behind the first stone door, there was a world filled with dark green fluorescence, and not far away was a turbulent and flowing river, although the two sides were far apart, Xu Yanan could barely see clearly...... The ancient river was full of floating corpses, and the stench and rotting blood reached the sky, as if it was the river Styx in the underworld.
Behind the second stone door was a world that seemed so ordinary that it could not have been more ordinary, and behind the door was an ordinary desert, as if this door was just a faΓ§ade, and it didn't look as strange as the other two doors.
As for the third door......
When Xu Yanan pushed open the door, she heard a slight cat meow, and before she could react, a thin cat as big as a little leopard ran out of the crack in the door, both affectionate and eager, rubbing Xu Yanan's trouser legs with her little head.
The cat's body was very similar to that of an Abyssinian cat, with short hair, a slender body, a small head, large ears, snow-white hair covered with large and small black spots, and a black markings between the eyebrows on its forehead, similar to the ancient Egyptian scarab motif.
When Xu Yanan was confused because of the only dream creature, the slender cat had already walked gracefully towards the third stone door, and in the process it kept meowing at Xu Yanan, as if to signal her to follow quickly.
When the first two stone doors opened, Xu Yanan didn't have any idea of wanting to enter them, and the same was true of the third stone door, she simply pushed it open to see, she didn't want to go in so much, but she didn't know if it was because this cat had the power to bewitch people, or because the third stone door was prepared for her...... Led by the cat, she suddenly felt that she was not so resistant to the door, and slowly followed the cat in.
Cats can talk.
Maybe.
When Xu Yanan walked into the stone door, he clearly heard a voice in his head, speaking like a child was very immature, as if this strange cat was introducing himself.
It says it's called Best.
He is a god who has fallen asleep because of war. E-Book Workshop
Of course, Xu Yanan didn't believe this at all, because in her dreams, she could pinch the back of the big cat's neck and lift it up and knead it at will, like this kind of bullying and telepathic cat, at most it can be regarded as an abnormal life, how dare she claim to be a god?
When her head was rubbed, the cat acted a little angry, but for some reason, it couldn't resist Xu Yanan in this dream that shouldn't exist, as if she was the master of this dream, and everything had to follow her thoughts, including this strange cat.
Behind the third stone door is a secret room.
It is made of massive gray stone bricks, with colorful ancient Egyptian murals on the walls, and a black pharaoh's coffin in the center...... This kind of coffin shape is the first time Xu Yanan has seen it, the whole body is pitch black and non-reflective, and it is a little frosted when touched by hand, as if it is cast from some rare metal.
After stepping into the secret room, Xu Yanan found that the stone door behind him had closed silently, and the strange cat also jumped on top of the coffin, licking and combing his soft hair, while looking at Xu Yanan with a strange look, the pair of dream-like green eyes as bright as jewels, from time to time will reveal a human emotion.
Doubt.
It wondered how the heir of this world could be a woman?
This strange dream came to an abrupt end here, so Xu Yanan didn't think much about it after waking up, he just thought that this dream was the same as those dreams he had before, just like Chen Xian said, thinking about it day and night......
Knowing that his severed arm is a parasitic body from ancient Egypt, normal people will inevitably think more, and will always learn about some ancient Egyptian myths and religions from time to time.
Just like the time when she went home before the start of the preliminary competition of the Kunlun Club, she often dreamed of Chen Xian, although she had never told others about it, but ...... She felt that the saying that she thought about it day and dreamed at night still made sense.
But everything that happened to Xu Yanan next was something she couldn't imagine, after that strange dream, every time she dreamed, she would come to the closed stone room, and she would see the silent and quiet big cat, and she couldn't help but think about it again and again......
Is there a reason why I keep having this dream?
With all kinds of doubts, Xu Yanan also began to investigate some "information" about that dream in private. As a clue appeared, she found many things that interested her very much, such as...... The legendary black coffin of Osiris, and the legend of the ancient Egyptian cat god Best.
She had this dream for a long time, and every time she had dreamed it she would ask the cat all sorts of questions, but unfortunately the cat stopped talking after introducing herself, and did nothing but stare at her quietly, let alone communicate.
This stalemate lasted until after the round of 32 of the Kunlun Club, and she had the dream again that night......
It was in this dream that the cat finally opened its mouth to her.
And it is still Mandarin.
And it's fucking round.
"Can I trouble you to stay away from that human named Chen Xian next to you? I feel uneasy every time I see him, and if you are willing to stay away from him, I can consider rewarding you with some of the power of Osiris......"
Hearing this, Xu Yanan was stunned for a long time, and then without hesitation, he stretched out his hand and grabbed it, and then took the big cat in his arms and rubbed its head desperately.
"So you can talk? I thought you were dumb! What kind of cold have you been playing with me for so long! β
Without waiting for it to say anything else annoying, Xu Yanan quietly threw out his threat, while threatening it while helping it smooth its fur, until the big cat trembled on its toes.
"Although I don't know what you are, I think Chen Xian should have a way to crawl into my dream and eat you, do you want to try it?"
"Are you modern humans so rude?!"
"You call me rude? Forget it, when I wake up, I'll go to Chen Xian to complain, as the saying goes, old cats and tender dogs, don't blame me if he makes you into a dish when the time comes. β
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