Ahmad's first reaction was that the pharaoh's mummy had been stolen. But when I think about it, I feel that something is wrong, why did the mummy steal remove the shroud? And the pharaoh's golden mask, which is the most valuable thing, why is it still in the coffin?

"What is this?" He no longer cared if the contents of the coffin were relics or not, and picked up a black object from some of the scattered gold ornaments under the shroud.

"Spices." "Together with these gold and silver treasures, they were stuffed into the mummies and embalmed the corpses. ”

Ahmad frowned and threw the spice back into the coffin.

"Do you know how the mummy is made?" Alepf asked.

"How?" Ahmad didn't know why Aleph was asking this.

"When every pharaoh died, a ritual was performed to throw the pharaoh's body in the wilderness or in the river, and then the whole city was mobilized to find it. This ritual stems from the myth of Aurisses. Legend has it that Orisses was once locked in a box by his brother and thrown into the Nile, and when he was recovered, he was dismantled and thrown in different places. Orisis' wife retrieved the body pieces and put them back together to make a mummy. Orisses was resurrected and became the god of the underworld. When the later pharaohs died, they would imitate this process and perform a corpse search ceremony.

The ancient Egyptians were not afraid of death, they believed that after death they would one day be resurrected. So I guess this ritual started while the pharaoh was still alive.

When the pharaoh's body or his dying body was recovered, he began to dissect him—exhuming the abdomen and removing all the internal organs; Then the nose is gouged out, the nasal bone and the upper jaw bone are opened, and the brain is removed. However, they will keep the heart, because the ancient Egyptians believed that the heart is the source of wisdom, the main difference between the ontology and the object, and only by preserving the heart can he guarantee that it is he who comes back to life.

They then immersed the body in salt water to dissolve the grease and wash off the skin. After about forty days, the corpse was taken out and dried, and then the cavity was filled with spices—the kind you just picked up—and some of the gold jewels that the pharaohs used during his lifetime. After the abdominal cavity is sutured, the outer layer of the corpse is coated with gum, and finally the corpse is tightly wrapped in a cloth. In this way, a standard mummy is made. ”

It was as if Alepf was lecturing to his students in class.

Ahmad was terrified to hear this, and the body in the corner lay there, with the entrails and brain removed, and only the heart remained. If you stuff it with spices and wrap it in a shroud, it's a standard mummy.

The murderer made the corpse like this, did he want to make a fake mummy to get by?

No. It's too easy to debunk, and it doesn't take as many dead people.

Or did the murderer deliberately handle the scene like this, trying to lead things in the direction of mysticism and make the police make a wrong judgment?

This is quite possible. For example, he judged from the beginning that the murderer was some kind of offal-eating animal, although it is unlikely that a large animal that can bite a person's stomach open in this place, but the inherent mystery of the pyramid makes it easy to ignore the logical irrationality, and it seems that even if there are some monsters that have never been seen before, it is reasonable to see them here, just like the plot in the movie "The Mummy".

However, Ahmad is an experienced veteran policeman after all, and after combing through it from beginning to end, this possibility is ruled out.

The duration of the sandstorm is only a few hours, if the murderer finds the treasures of the underground palace and wants to kill all the witnesses, he should not have time to deal with the scene, mysticism can only blind people for a while, for the murderer, time is the most precious. He should have slipped away quickly with the most valuable things, instead of leaving the golden mask and not taking it, laboriously disposing of the entrails of so many people and the mummy of the pharaohs.

Ahmad walked over to the corpse in the corner and crouched down again to look for clues.

The incision in the abdomen of the corpse was flat, but not like a knife, a bit like it had been cut with an awl. I can't see anything else, I'm afraid I won't have to wait for the forensic examination to come to a conclusion.

Looking at the empty corpse's belly, he suddenly felt the urge to fill the coffin with spices and wrap the corpse in a cloth. He didn't know why he thought that, but the thought was so strong that it was as if someone was constantly encouraging him in his ear.

He felt a cool breeze running through the back of his neck and ear, as if something was lying on his back and breathing.

Cold sweat broke out on Ahmad's forehead and back, and he turned sharply to see Abdullah behind him.

"Abdullah, what are you doing?" He asked.

Adullah seemed to be frightened, and pointed behind Ahmad with a look of horror: "He...... He ......"

Ahmad sighed and said, "Don't be afraid, it's just a dead man." ”

As he spoke, he turned to go back, only to see that the corpse that was still lying on the ground had already stood up, and behind him, there was an open stomach without internal organs, and half of the heart was exposed under the ribs, still fluttering there. And the faceless face, as if it could be seen, was staring at Ahmad.

Ahmad's heart was beating wildly. However, he was a policeman who had experienced strong winds and waves, and with the authority given to him by the chief before he came, he reacted immediately, and while quickly retreating, he pulled out his pistol and fired two shots.

The bullet puffed into the body of the living dead as if it had hit a torn cotton wool. The body of the living dead shook slightly, as if enraged, and began to approach him step by step.

The sudden sound of gunfire suddenly rang out in the stone room, shaking people's ears and hurting. He saw that the corpses in the other corners were also standing up, and the automatic rifles in the hands of the two soldiers who had come with Alepf were suddenly blazing.

"Let's go!" Ahmad shouted. Shooting in such a small place, before being bitten to death by a corpse, he was already killed by his own stray bullets.

He turned his head and rushed towards the entrance of the passage. However, I don't know if it was a mistake in his memory or because of his nervousness, he actually crashed into the stone tablet.

The stele suddenly glowed with golden light, and the other four steles also glowed as if they echoed.

The light is getting brighter and brighter, and people can't open their eyes, as if they have come to the middle of summer sun.

The light pierced through the thick stone wall like a sharp sword to the outside of the pyramid, and the entire pyramid became transparent.

Ahmad saw the sun in the sky, and the earth was a vast sea of sand, undulating sand dunes, and the fine sand reflected golden light in the sun.

The three pyramids of Giza stood like that in the middle of the sea of sand, surrounded by many people, all of whom had a halo on their bodies that made it impossible to see them.

Ahmad was clearly standing in the underground palace of the Pyramid of Khufu, but as if he had a pair of God's eyes, he could see everything on the heights of Giza.

Then he saw a man emerge from the crowd on the ground, walking towards the Pyramid of Khufu. Strangely, he did not walk towards the entrance, but walked directly towards the stone wall, stepping on the stone steps outside.

Is he going to climb to the top of the pyramid? The Tourist Office has made it clear that climbing without permission is punishable by one to three years in prison. Even if he had permission from the government, why did he go so easily? Those rocks are not easy to climb!

What is even more strange is that he actually walked through the stone wall and walked in, as if the pyramid was not finished, but a trapezoidal platform.

Oh, he went down again. But there's no road here!

The man walked down the invisible stairs a few steps to the same height as Ahmad, and then he walked towards Ahmad.

Ahmad was a little nervous, not knowing what was going on and what the man was doing.

The man approached, and Ahmad could finally see him. He was wearing a suit, because he was covered with a layer of golden light, so he couldn't see the color of the suit, and his facial features couldn't be distinguished, but he could vaguely see that he was not young.

He saw the man holding something like a red coral branch in his hand.

Even in the harsh sun, the coral branches are still a striking red, like blood-stained roses dedicated to their lovers.