Chapter 10: The Strange Tower

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Although it may not seem very large from a distance, when we get closer, we realize that the pyramid is almost as large as a skyscraper. Standing at the foot of the tower, humans are too small, like ants. The bones stretched out their fingers and counted them one by one, and then sighed: "This thing is really high, thirty-two steps, each step must be one or two meters, at least one or two meters, it is sixty or seventy meters......

The bald head snorted: "What is this, there are ninety-nine floors higher." It's man-made, but it's full of mysteries. It seems to be a pile of broken stones piled together, but in fact, it hides many mysteries. Even now in the 21st century, there are still many archaeologists who cannot explain it. ā€

Bones quietly asked, "Mystery? What's the secret? ā€

Simple bragging, bald head can still say something useful or useless, and if he asks deeper, even he doesn't know, so he waved his arm for a long time: "This...... So what...... Anyway, there are a lot of mysteries, and you don't understand it, so why ask so clearly. Hurry up and find out where the entrance is. ā€

Leng Qi walked in front, his long hair tied up in a strand fluttering in the wind, and while observing the pyramid in front of him, he whispered: "1015 times the weight of the pyramid is equal to the weight of the earth; A billion times the height of the tower is equal to the distance from the Earth to the Sun; The square of the tower height is equal to the triangular area of the tower surface; Perimeter of the base of the tower: height of the tower and other than circumference: radius. These are all data that can only be calculated by modern technology, but the pyramids built by the ancient Egyptians match exactly! ā€

I glanced at the bald head with the same blank face as we and smiled: "Bald man, looking at your expression, it seems that you don't know much about these things, and in turn you popularize knowledge for us?" ā€

The bald head was slightly embarrassed and cleared his throat: "I...... So what...... The bald master is a serious Chinese captain who touches the gold, and he is proficient in the domestic mausoleum Baidou. It's normal to not understand this foreign thing. Besides, it's not that we don't understand, it's called 'a little understanding'......"

As we spoke, we had come to the front of the pyramid, and directly east of the tower, there was a huge sphinx, clearly below the horizon, and it was not difficult to see that it had been excavated at a later stage. The entire statue has been severely weathered and corroded, and the lion's head has completely lost the appearance of a human head, leaving only a round outline, making this sculpture that should be more majestic look a little funny.

The entrance is at the back of the face, a small and extremely narrow gap. Before it was excavated, it was supposed to be sealed with a double layer of stone slabs, and then it was violently blasted by the archaeological team with explosives. When the archaeology was completed, it was closed with a simple wooden door, and a large lock was symbolically added to it.

The bald head walked over and raised the flashlight to lie down in the gap of the wooden door and looked inside, then grabbed the wooden door and gently tugged it, and the big lock and a wooden board fell off in response, and the wooden door almost disintegrated, loosely hanging on one side.

Behind the wooden door is a long, frightening passageway, which in Chinese tombs is called Yongdao, and there is no more professional name for it in the pyramids of Egypt. Since we have not studied the pyramids in any ordinary way, we do not know anything about the structure in the tower, the possible mechanisms and the location of the pharaohs. Thankfully, the Pyramid of Ocalas has been turned upside down by the Archaeological Bureau, and even if there were any mechanisms, it should have been eliminated long ago, so we can put our hearts in our stomachs and stride forward.

Although the pyramid is very large when viewed from the outside, the internal passages are so narrow that only one person can pass through most places, and four people have to line up to move forward. Leng Qi walked in the front, I stood second, bald third, and Rum followed at the end.

The whole passage is in the form of an upward slope, and after walking for a short time, the light from the entrance behind us completely disappears, and we are completely immersed in absolute darkness, and the only lighting equipment comes from the multi-functional longan flashlight purchased by the bald head.

The passage is about two meters high, and in some places there are some wires attached to the top, but the light bulbs have been removed. Well, it's true, it's been 'looted' by the local archaeological bureau, and there are traces of human activity everywhere. After walking about 150 meters, an opening appeared in the stone wall on the right side, and inside the opening was a stone chamber of more than 100 square meters.

Leng Qi held up his flashlight and swept it casually, and the stone room was completely empty, only two stone pillars with carved lines stood in the corner. Because the stone pillar was connected to the bottom and top of the stone chamber and could not be disassembled, it was not taken away by the Archaeological Bureau.

Seeing this, the bald head shook his head and sighed: "These grandsons of the Archaeological Bureau are not things, we don't rely on the technology in our hands, we have to guard not only the things inside the tomb, but also the police outside the tomb." Not only are they unattended, but they are also protected by the police, and they can shove valuable things into their crotches and take them home. Originally, I thought that only China was like this, but now it seems that the whole world is like this, who can reason with this......"

I patted him on the shoulder: "Hey, when did our bald master become an 'angry youth', anyway, you have a skill, and if you can't get used to it, you can also go to the Archaeological Bureau to apply for a job." There is not only police protection, but also the state's salary, and there is no delay in handing out valuable items to go home. ā€

"I'm not going, the bald man is used to being alone and free, if someone is in charge, it's really embarrassing, and he doesn't care how much money he gives. Besides, we can do it alone, take whatever we want, and take as much as we want. Rather than sneaking around in the archaeological bureau, it's better to sneak around yourself. Old bones, are you right? ā€

As he spoke, he turned around and shone the flashlight back, but he screamed in a loud voice: "Hey,! Where are the old bones? What about this rum, how can a man and a mastiff disappear in a blink of an eye!? ā€

Hearing his scream, I also turned my head to look behind me, and my heart was shocked! Sure enough, I found that the bone that had been following Rum behind me disappeared silently, without any sound at all, and even Leng Qi, who has always been very vigilant, didn't notice it!

So far, there is only such a narrow passage except for the stone chamber next to it, and there are stones all up and down, left and right, and there is no way to go. Now that the bones and rum were gone, and the stone chamber was empty, there was no way he could outtake us. The only possibility is to go back the way you came. But what happened so that Bones didn't even say a word, and Rum suddenly turned away without even screaming?

Standing in place, my heart began to beat faster, and I raised my eyes to look at the bald head and Leng Qi: "What's the matter, we were all together just now, what's the ...... Say no, it's gone!? ā€

The bald head was also full of surprise: "What is this...... I heard Rum gasping for breath just now, and when I turned around again, he was gone. Two big men, you can't let me take the old bone's hand......"

Leng Qi frowned slightly, and looked around intently: "We can't let our guard down just because the Archaeological Bureau has come, there must be something that Endi hasn't told us, this pyramid is weird!" Let's go back the way we came, and then we'll find the bones! ā€

When she said this, I suddenly felt my pores tighten a little, and a sense of unknown fear arose. I don't know what I'm afraid of, but I just feel like there's an endless fear coming over me, as if something bad has happened, but we just don't realize it yet.

Due to the narrow passage, it is inconvenient to change the position, so after turning the direction, the bald head becomes the first, and Leng Qi follows last. The bones suddenly disappeared, it is very likely that they returned the same way, if Leng Qi disappeared again on the way back, then there is really no reasonable reason to explain. In order to prevent something like this from happening again, I kept holding Leng Qi's right hand from the moment I turned around, and she didn't say anything, silently following behind.

However, what should have happened will happen, and after walking back along the road for more than ten minutes, the estimated distance has exceeded 200 meters, but the exit still does not appear. The bald head didn't know whether he was tired or anxious, his head was covered with beads of sweat, and he walked more than ten meters and sat on the ground: "Mom, foreigners also know how ghosts hit the wall, it's almost half a point away, where did the exit go?!" ā€

I also stopped to take a breath, took the lead in looking behind me, and found that Leng Qi was still there, and then said: "We are indeed a little careless, we rushed into the tower without any preparation, let's look for the old bones first, and then find a way to get out." With Rum here, nothing should happen to him. ā€

The passage was surprisingly quiet and windy, and when we didn't speak, we were panting. The sounds reflected back and forth in the empty passage, sounding as if there were a lot of people standing nearby.

After a short break for a few minutes, the bald head was about to get up again, when a piercing faint voice suddenly sounded on him: "Good girl, it's so beautiful, the flowers are all open for you......"

It was the ringtone of his mobile phone, which was already loud, and it was even more deafening in this extremely quiet environment, and for a while the whole pyramid seemed to be echoing with this song. Leng Qi and I, who were unprepared, were both frightened and shivered, and the bald head was even more shocked, and his feet slipped and fell to the ground again, and he hurriedly took out his mobile phone and stopped abruptly before holding the ringtone.

swallowed hard, patted his chest with his bald head and scolded: "Fuck your uncle, who the fuck is calling at this time, Nima almost scared the bald man out of a heart attack!" I ...... so much" He suddenly closed his mouth halfway through speaking, then got up and shook the phone in front of my eyes: "Old bones! It's old bones! Then he called back.

After waiting for a few seconds, there was a busy sound coming from the mobile phone, and the bald head took it in his hand and pressed it a few times and then shrugged his shoulders: "It's over, there is no signal in this damn place......

Since the bones can still call the bald head, it proves that he is not okay at the moment, I also took out my mobile phone and looked at it, the signal showed zero, and even the operator's logo was gone.

Just as I was about to ask Leng Qi if he had any opinions, before I could make a sound, another sound came into my ears! The sound was deep and muffled, as if in the wall next to us, and as if it came from under our feet, like some animal whimpering.

The first thing that comes to my mind when I hear this sound is rum, because it is only made when canines are in a hurry or injured.

The sound lasted for seven or eight seconds and then never sounded again, and I was about to open my mouth to ask the bald head on the other side if this was Rum's cry, but when I looked up, I saw that his eyes were fierce, and he quickly pulled out the military dagger on his waist and stabbed straight at me!