Mark and Suntan walked through a long hallway, and the tarmac was not far from here, in an open space behind the museum, which used to be a parking lot, but now there is nothing.

The plaster decoration above the promenade is covered with several gargoyle sculptures, and the sharp eyes are a little unsettling to watch, but what makes Mark even more uneasy is another statue, which is placed in a separate hall, surrounded by a huge exhibition fresco, where the main colors of brown and gold, and the plain colors of stone bricks and gold are blended together, giving people a strong visual conflict.

The statue Mark looked at was a heavy figure with his hands crossed, holding a scepter in one hand and a ritual instrument in the shape of a cross in the other, indicating that he was a political and religious leader, with a large strange headdress on his head, spread out to the sides like a cobra's ribbed wings, and gold and blue alternately dotted on both sides. The upper part of the statue is in the form of a human being, while the lower part seems to be uncarved, and it is still a regular cylindrical shape, with only the feet carved out of a shoe-like base, like a ...... A large coffin.

It is indeed a coffin, and in it sleeps the coffin of Pharaoh Honeyti, a great ruler of two thousand years ago, the emperor of the sandy world, the lord of the entire Valley of Miracles, and the blessed man of the sun god.

The sarcophagus was empty, the body of the pharaoh had been sent to a well-known university for research many years ago, and it had not ended until now, his body was gone, but the mysterious atmosphere of the mummy did not leave, and still haunted this sarcophagus.

When the great pharaoh died, according to the Egyptian religious tradition at the time, his noble body was dissected, the internal organs and body were smeared with antiseptic herbs, and then wrapped in layers of linen, and then his body was covered with various amulets, precious stones, and evil spirits, and then covered with a painted gold-painted mummy box, and his face was covered with a gold mask, and a scarab was carved under the mask. The inside of the coffin is painted with exquisite patterns, the inscription on the coffin records the identity of the owner, and the inner coffin is painted with the sun, moon and stars. Then, the people respectfully put the mummy in the coffin, and the great life of the Pharaoh came to an end, and he would sleep forever in this "time machine", and his soul would go to the kingdom of the night.

"Do they really think so?" Mark spoke suddenly, his voice shattering the cold silence around him, echoing through the empty corridors, this time retelling them as an eerie gargoyle.

"What?" Sun Tan didn't understand his thoughts.

"Mummy......" Mark stopped his wheelchair, and his position was parked right in front of the huge sarcophagus: "The purpose of the pharaoh to mummify himself...... The ancient Egyptian civilization also made countless brilliant achievements, their civilization grew around the Nile River that runs through the desert, due to the lack of wood and metal veins, they did not have too high achievements in military, handicrafts and manufacturing, but they were far beyond the level of theology, mathematics and medicine at that time, and perhaps in some ways they collided with my ideas......"

"You mean...... Hibernation? Sun Tan was very smart, and after thinking about Mark's words, he understood: "Their current state may also be regarded as a kind of hibernation." ”

"That's right. Before Alexander's iron hooves broke through the yellow sand, the ancient Egyptians had no strong foreign enemies, limited by the surrounding environment, and they did not have the ability to expand externally, after mastering the entire desert transition, the emperor had only one thing to do, that is, to find a way to live longer, in the ancient land of the East, Qin Shi Huang also went to find a way to live forever after he unified the six kingdoms. Mark looked at the sarcophagus's godless eyes, he didn't know why, he always felt that the other party was staring at him, even if he knew that there was nothing in it: "It's just that the gap in civilization makes them make different choices, East Asia is rich in medicinal herbs, and Taoist culture is popular, alchemy for immortality is the first idea of the Easterners, and the situation in Egypt is different, they look forward to death and the gods of the sun, they know that death is inevitable, and there is no way to escape it...... At least for now, but who knows what the future holds? So the pharaoh carefully disposed of his corpse and preserved it as intact as possible, and all the entrails were kept in small delicate bottles. ”

"Are you afraid that future generations will be confused?" Sun Tan made a joke very inappropriately.

"Perhaps." Mark shrugged his shoulders and continued, "In the future, someone will definitely resurrect me, that's what the Pharaoh thought at the time." ”

"Yes, all emperors think that their empire will last for a thousand years, from generation to generation, and they stand on a high platform, overlooking the entire empire they have, and they can't imagine anything overthrowing their dynasty, but they don't know...... No matter how great an empire is, everything will turn to dust under the vicissitudes of history, and nothing will last forever, let alone what they desire...... Eternal life too. Sun Tan sighed.

"Pharaoh thinks that he is the greatest man in the world, and one day in the future, if science and technology develop to that point, the world will immediately resurrect him, and he can still enjoy his noble identity and lofty status, but after more than two thousand years, he has become a museum of art, for the world only scientific research and artistic value remains, and the great tree of power established by his dynasty in the desert has long since decayed into ashes with him...... Moreover, the technology that can resurrect mummies has not yet appeared, and in a few thousand years, he may not even be considered a work of art. Mark spoke out his worries, and Sun Tan heard the troubles in his heart.

According to Mark's thoughts, after he separated his brain, he was no different from the mummy in this coffin, he could neither move nor express his thoughts, maybe Mark was better, at least he could still think in his own world, if others didn't put him into a new body and resurrect him, he would slowly die in a few hundred years.

Just thinking about it makes people shudder......

"Not to mention respect, the European nobles in the Middle Ages heard that mummy grinding into powder can cure diseases, and the price is speculated, some people are willing to buy it, and the locals are also willing to steal, and a large number of pharaohs and sacrificial corpses were stolen and powdered and eaten at that time."

"Poof, do you have to tell a joke at this time?" Mark couldn't help but laugh, then frowned in pain.

"Don't worry, you at least still have me." Sun Tan enlightened Mark.

"Once...... The Pharaoh must have left his watchmen behind, and they silently guarded his tomb, waiting for the birth of the technology that would resurrect him, but time was too long, and the tomb keepers died or forgot their duties. ”

"I'm your watchman, not to mention two thousand meters, you just have to hibernate for twenty years, and I can still guarantee this time."