After everyone gathered at the door, Chen Ming brought a policeman in a brown-green uniform, a black beret, and a short beard over, Chen Ming first introduced him to Deng Jinbo and Dr. Jonathan, and then said to everyone: "Everyone, this is Officer Shreif from the Cairo Police Department, and he will take us to see the scene of the destruction of the Pyramid of Khufu." ”

"Hello Malhaban, friends from China." Officer Shreif bowed to the crowd with his hands over his chest.

"Hello!" Lin Fan and the others saluted him back in the posture of Shreif.

Under the leadership of Shreif, the group passed through the isolation zone and entered the main scenic spot of the Pyramids of Giza, the main scenic spot is composed of three pyramids of Khufu, Hafra, Menkaula and the Great Sphinx.

After ascending a gentle slope along the main road, a magnificent pyramid appeared in front of everyone, it was in a regular and flat triangle under the blue sky, and as far as the eye could see, it was a tower composed of layers of stone steps, looking up, the tower body was like a ladder leading straight to the sky, and the ladder was made of countless square boulders, the surface of these boulders has weathered and there are many traces of cracking, but it is still tightly sealed after thousands of years of immortality, the whole pyramid stands still on the boundless golden desert, This is the largest pyramid in the world today, the Pyramid of Khufu.

"Wow~ It's bigger than what you see on TV!" Chen Bo stretched out his arms and measured, everyone had arrived at the foot of the Pyramid of Khufu, and they were all impressed by this miracle of mankind.

"Let's take a group photo first! Is it okay to stand on the first stone step and shoot it?! ”

Wu Lingling chirped: "Fat Xue, you're enough, we're not here to travel!"

"Wu Lingling, are you my mother? Tube so much? Xue Panru countered, and the two quickly fell into quarrel mode.

Dr. Jonathan stopped in front of the pyramid and said, "'I am Osmandis, the king of kings, and the great deeds of the gods are unattainable!'" Now everything is gone, the huge ruins, the wreckage is surrounded by only the vast and desolate Gobi, and the lonely yellow sand spreads into the distance, boundless. ”

"Doctor, are you reading Shelley's poems?" Ji Yutong asked.

"Yes, son, have you read Ottomandis too?" Jonathan looked at Ji Yutong with a kind face.

"I've read it, but I don't quite understand the meaning of the poem yet."

Jonathan explains: "Shelley's 'Ottomandis' is about the 13th century BC Pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty of Egypt, Ramses II, whom the ancient Greeks called Ottomandis, a powerful king, an invincible general, a tireless builder, who ruled at a time when Egypt was the most powerful empire in history, feared by his enemies, loved by his subjects, and blessed by the gods. The Egyptians thought that their empire would always be strong, but after the death of Osmandis, the entire Egyptian kingdom began to decline day by day, and was finally conquered by the Romans, and thousands of years of civilization came to an abrupt end, and finally died out in the long history of mankind. ”

Jonathan looked up at the pyramids and said, "Just like these pyramids, as a symbol of the glory of Egyptian civilization, they are now just a huge pile of ruins, and everything in the world is no match for time." ”

Jonathan's words touched the hearts of the listeners, and Lin Fan looked at the pyramid, and the phrase "everything is no match for time" kept echoing in his head.

The crowd did not stay long, and soon followed Officer Shreif to the north side of the Pyramid of Khufu, where the destroyed part of the pyramid could be clearly seen, only to see that the entire upper part of the tower on the north side was charred black, the top of the tower collapsed into a notch, and there was a large piece of rubble in the open space next to the base of the tower, and many antiquities workers were on site to deal with these wreckage.

Shreif pointed to the top of the pyramid and said to everyone: "The entire top of the pyramid has collapsed, the pyramid has not been so badly damaged since it was discovered, and we are now working hard to repair it, hoping to recover some losses." ”

Deng Jinbo asked, "Officer Shreif, do you have any clues about the attacker?" ”

Shreif shook his head in frustration and said, "Not yet, the guards at the time of the attack on the pyramid were all stunned, and there was no evidence left at the scene, but I heard from the guards who were attacked that they saw a group of people in black robes at that time, and they were knocked down from a distance, and no one could see the true face of the attackers." ”

"There should be surveillance around the pyramid, right?" Deng Jinbo asked.

"Yes, there were, but the surveillance around the scene was malfunctioning at that time, and the attackers were not photographed." Shreif pointed to a circle of telephone poles around the pyramid with circular cameras on it.

Then he pointed to the distance and said: "The only thing that captured the situation was the camera on the main road in the scenic area, but the distance was too far to see the attacker clearly." ”

"Can you show us what the surveillance is getting over there?" Deng Jinbo said.

"Yes, you can see the camp in front, and I'll take you there."

More than 100 meters to the north side of the pyramid in the direction of the desert, there is a large camp made of awnings, which is a public camp, where many policemen, antiquities workers and journalists work and rest. When they arrived at one of the Egyptian police offices, Shreif walked over to a working policeman, and then asked him to use his computer to pull up a surveillance video, and said to everyone: "Everyone, this information is the picture taken during the attack on the pyramids at that time. ”

The crowd leaned over to see that the surveillance time showed that it was 1 a.m. on September 3, and the location of the shooting appeared to be on the main road outside the Pyramid of Khufu. I saw that the pyramid in the distance was brightly lit, there were guards patrolling around, after a while, there seemed to be something on the back of the pyramid, a few guards ran over to check, those guards did not come back after passing, but a team of people in black robes walked out from the back of the pyramid, the pair came to the foot of the pyramid, and then the lights around the pyramid were inexplicably extinguished, and the picture of the surveillance video also appeared a snowflake signal, and it was impossible to see anything, and when the picture returned to normal, the pyramid was already dimAfter half a ring, a red light suddenly shot out in the darkness, and the surroundings were brightened by the red light, only to see a team of people in black robes under the pyramid, the red light was shot by one of them, the red light passed through the night sky in the middle of the pyramid tower, and suddenly there was a violent explosion at the top of the tower, igniting a raging fire, and the team of people in black robes saw the pyramid burning, and then they walked away, and quickly disappeared into the dark desert.

"Can the image resolution be enlarged?" Deng Jinbo asked.

"No, that's it, I can't see the attackers clearly." Shreif asked the police officer to try to zoom in, and the zoomed-in image was very blurry, "Look, that's it. ”

"Did you find out what kind of weapon the pyramid was attacking?" Deng Jinbo asked again.

Shreif spread his hands and said: "There was no gunsmoke reaction at the scene, no bullet casings were found, no explosives were detected in the bombed place, weapons experts have also been here, and no one knows what the pyramid was blown up by." ”

"Could that be a laser?" Bill spoke.

"Lasers?" Shreif wondered.

"Yes, using high-energy, high-power lasers to produce thermal damage, just like those laser cannons in Star Wars." Bill excitedly.

Shreif looked dazed, completely unsure of what Bill was talking about.

Dr. Jonathan tapped Bill on the shoulder to stop talking, and then asked, "Officer Shi, can you tell us about the damage to the pyramid?"

"Oh, of course...... The most serious damage was the top of the tower, which collapsed completely, and the upper part of the fire area was almost 200 square meters, but it was not very serious, and it could be repaired with stone slurry later, and then the internal stone chamber was also damaged......"

"The inner stone chamber?! Is it the Pharaoh's Tomb? Jonathan asked in a somewhat excited tone.

"Oh no, it's the top one."

"What's the law of destruction? Did the attackers enter the inside of the pyramid? ”

"It should be that the capstone of the uppermost stone chamber has been destroyed, and a hole has been pierced from the inside to the outside, and now the outside can be seen directly from the stone chamber after the roof collapses." Officer Shreif replied.

"Ah, can you show me the stone chamber?" Jonathan asked.

"This ...... It's not very convenient, it's still being repaired inside, and taking you in will be said by the people of the Cultural Relics Bureau. ”

Jonathan grabbed Shreve's hand and said in a warm voice: "Officer, I'm an expert in the field of archaeology, and I'm more sad than anyone else about the destruction of the pyramids, so I want to know about the destruction inside." ”

Shreif looked embarrassed, and then Deng Jinbo spoke: "Officer Shreif, do you think it's okay to do this, we only go in a few people, just check it and leave, it will definitely not affect your work." ”

Shreif couldn't get rid of it, so he had to say, "Okay, but the maximum number of people who can go in is not more than three, and no photos are allowed or anything touched inside." ”

"Absolutely! Thank you very much. Jonathan immediately agreed.

"Doctor, let's talk about who to go in." Deng Jinbo said.

"Mr. Deng, it's up to you to decide, I just need to be able to get in." Jonathan replied.

"Okay, then I'll be with you, and ......" Deng Jinbo's eyes swept over everyone, Lin Fan felt that Deng Jinbo was looking at him, but he seemed to be looking at Ji Yutong, and finally Deng Jinbo pointed at Lin Fan and said, "Classmate Lin, you can also go in with us." ”

Officer Shreif, Deng Jinbo, Jonathan and Lin Fan came out of the camp and came to the foot of the pyramid and began to climb along a winding staircase, the passage into the pyramid was set up halfway on the north side, where the tower body had two huge stone herringbone beams, under the beam was a small hole, inside the hole is the inner passage of the pyramid, this passage was originally set up to transport the coffin of Pharaoh Khufu, and now it has become a visiting passage. Due to the hot weather, Lin Fan was already sweating when he climbed to the entrance of the cave, and Shreif and one of the policemen guarding here explained the situation, and the four of them got into the hole.

The interior of the pyramid is dark and narrow, with only one passage with a wooden boardwalk, which is flanked by huge granite boulders, which are still smooth to the touch because they have not been eroded by the wind and sand, and are more neat and chimeric than the outer stones, with almost no steel needles inserted between the cracks.

The four of them climbed up a ramp in the passage, with Shreif leading the way, followed by Deng Jinbo and Lin Fan, and Jonathan hobbling to the end. Although there are ventilation facilities in the passage, but due to the deep passage Yu Jinyu, the air is gradually turbid and stuffy, the four of them climbed two zigzag routes along the slope, Lin Fan is already sweating profusely at the moment, but the slope does not seem to have come to the end, Jonathan behind him is out of breath, and Shreif and Deng Jinbo in front of him have opened up a distance, Lin Fan is worried that Jonathan will be unwell and slows down to take care of him.

"Thank you, child, alas, for giving me a break." Lin Fan just helped Jonathan, Jonathan couldn't support it a little, leaning against the stone wall to gasp.

"Doctor, are you alright?"

"It's okay, it's okay, just take a breath, it's old after all."

Lin Fan stopped Deng Jinbo and Shi Ruifu in front, and the two of them also rested in place when they saw their situation.

"Do you know, child, the Pyramid of Khufu is the only pyramid in Egypt that has a labyrinth of internal passages and chambers?" Jonathan, resting against the wall, said.

"Isn't that the case with other pyramids?" Lin Fan was a little surprised.

"Well, all the other pyramid chambers have only one, but the Pyramid of Khufu has three, which is why it has this complex internal passage structure."

"Why did the Pyramid of Khufu have three burial chambers?"

"The three burial chambers of the Pyramid of Khufu are distributed according to the top, middle and bottom, there is an ancient saying in Egypt that the human soul must go through the baptism of the three worlds of hell-earth-heaven in order to complete reincarnation and achieve eternal life, the bottom of the three tombs of the pyramid of Khufu represents hell, the middle represents the earth, and the top layer represents heaven, and the mummy of Khufu must stay in the three tombs for 99 days before his soul can complete the reincarnation and finally be resurrected." Jonathan explained.

"So the top stone chamber we're going to is the tomb of Pharaoh Khufu?"

Jonathan shook his head and said, "Khufu's sarcophagus is in the stone chamber in the middle, which is quite a strange place, and now archaeology has not figured out why his sarcophagus has not been moved to the stone chamber on the top floor." ”

"What's in Khufu's sarcophagus?" Lin Fan asked.

"The sarcophagus was empty, there were no mummies or jewels, and the treasures of the pharaohs had been looted by tomb robbers." Jonathan smiled bitterly, "Okay kid, let's go, I've rested." ”

Lin Fan and the others followed Deng Jinbo and Shreif, and the four of them continued to climb along the slope, and after walking up for about a few tens of meters, they finally came to the stone chamber on the top floor.

Lin Fan entered the stone chamber from a stone door carved with various animal patterns, the stone chamber was twenty or thirty square meters large, and there were smooth granite boulders on all sides, which were carved with all kinds of hieroglyphs, and the stone chamber was full of gravel chips, and there were two cultural relics workers cleaning inside, and a hole leaked at the top of the center of the stone chamber, and a ray of sunlight shone directly from above the hole, leaving a circular spot of light on the gravel.

"This hole is where it was destroyed." Shreif said.

Deng Jinbo and Jonathan both walked to the entrance of the cave to observe, Lin Fan also followed, the entrance of the cave was the size of a wheel, and he saw that the edge of the cave was cut to be unusually smooth and flat, as if it had been polished.

"How did you get this?" Lin Fan was a little puzzled.

Shreif shook his head: "We don't know, we didn't find any traces of explosives at the scene, but we found that the stone wall at the entrance of the cave had been burned by the heat. ”

"What do you think, Doctor?" Deng Jinbo asked Jonathan.

Jonathan looked up at the hole and said, "No dynamite can blow up such a regular hole, unless ...... Use a laser to penetrate the entire stone wall ......"

"Huh? Is there really such a weapon? Shreif was surprised.

Lin Fan immediately thought of the red-clothed goddess, he was now more and more sure that the people who destroyed the pyramid were those people, he wanted to find more evidence in the stone room, and inadvertently found a small hole in the side of the stone room, this hole was only the size of a fist, and there was light leaking out of it, and it seemed that it also went straight to the outside of the pyramid.

"You see, there's a hole in that too." Lin Fan pointed to the small cave at the edge of the stone chamber.

But Shreif immediately shook his head and denied: "Young man, that hole is the original vent of this stone chamber, not made by the attacker. ”

Jonathan also came over and explained: "This hole is actually not just a vent, it is facing the North Star, which is only reserved for the pharaoh's tomb, because the Egyptians felt that the immovable North Star in the sky represents eternity, and they hoped that the pharaoh's mummy could also see the North Star outside in the stone chamber, so as to be immortal, so a hole was opened in that direction, but this stone chamber did not store the pharaoh's sarcophagus at the end, which is also a strange place." ”

Jonathan seemed to think of something out of the blue, and asked Shreif, "By the way, officer, I remember that there seem to be nine capstones on this stone room, right?" ”

"Yes, Doctor, you know that."

"I've read the relevant information, and it is said that the nine capstones are made of completely different stones from other granite, have they been destroyed?"

"Well, that's where the nine capstones were originally located." Shreif pointed to the hole in the center of the stone chamber.

"Ah, have all nine capstones been destroyed?" Jonathan said with some pity.

"Not really, there's still one piece to keep, and this one under our feet is the last capstone." Shreif gestured to the rubble-covered floor.

Shreif asked the two antiquities workers at the scene to sweep away the rubble on the ground, and everyone saw that there was a white granite on the floor in the center of the stone chamber made of a completely different material from the dark yellow stone around it, this granite was a regular rectangle, tightly embedded in the floor, and the sunlight from the hole above fell on this white granite. Lin Fan only felt that something seemed to be shining in the sunlight on the surface of the stone, and when he looked down, he found that there was a pattern carved on the surface of the granite, which was the crescent moon that was bent by the wheel.