Manhattan, New York, 17:00 p.m., American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West.

"The museum will close after 45 minutes, so please leave in time. We apologize for any inconvenience caused. Repeat, the museum will be in ......"

It's closing time again. As the radio announcement sounded, the already deserted Natural History Museum saw off its last few visitors today. The three security guards at the museum, who were nearing retirement, walked to the staff office after checking to make sure there were no visitors.

"I just said, just steal it."

"Of course not, then we would be suspicious. We've got to find a substitute for the dead. ”

"Well, isn't the board of directors of the museum planning to find someone to replace the three of us, let's choose someone who has a criminal record or is in a hurry to use the money, and then find a way to plant some stolen goods in this person's house. In that case, after we take the golden tablet, it will not be us who will be suspected. ”

"Great idea!"

At this point, the three security guards in their fifties and sixties were so excited that they didn't even notice that they weren't the last people left in the museum.

The truth is, even if they weren't too excited, they couldn't spot the two people who were hiding behind the three-meter-tall Easter Island stone statue not far from them.

It was a man and a woman, the man was wearing a black suit and a black shirt, a bit like the informal attire of a Christian clergyman, and the woman was wearing a beautiful white trench coat and white miniskirt, forming a strong contrast. However, it can be seen that the two are not brain-pumping teenagers who deliberately stay and want to have some fun and show that they are different. When it comes to hiding their figures, both are professionals.

When the three security guards walked away, the two walked out from behind the stone statue, and the woman among them looked at the surrounding exhibits and asked the man, "The golden tablet that the three security guards want to steal is what you want to show me?" ”

"Sort of." The man nodded. He also looked around, no less curious than his companions.

"So you're here for the first time, too?" The woman looked at him and asked. "Then how did you know that the golden tablet, well, is magical? I still find it hard to believe that. ”

To this, the man made a 'I'm hurt' expression: "I believe what you said about zombies, ghosts, etc., and you don't believe in the magic I said?" ”

The corners of the woman's mouth hooked, and she shrugged her shoulders and pretended not to care: "That's because what I said is the truth." You're not sure what you're talking about. How do I know you didn't mean to find an excuse to bring me here on a date with me? ”

"Well, I don't rule out that I mean it's small. But......" the man laughed too, "just wait, in another half an hour, even you will be shocked." ”

Soon half an hour passed. Without seeing any 'magic' phenomenon, the woman looked at the man with a narrow face: "How? If it's really a date, I'd suggest a more romantic place and then be more sincere, maybe I'll relent! ”

The man still looked confident. At this time, the two walked to a window, he stopped, raised his wrist and looked at his watch, and then looked out the window just enough to see the horizon where the sun was about to complete: "Wait, it will be fine soon." Before I came, I checked the observatory's forecast, and there were still five seconds, three seconds, and two seconds before today's sunset...... Roar! ”

Well, I'm sorry, but he didn't shout this "roar", but from the front hall of the museum.

"Is this voice ...... The Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton model in the Frontrooms? ”

The man nodded. Seeing that the woman was about to run to the front hall, he grabbed the other party: "Don't worry, walk over slowly." You'll see more than just that Tyrannosaurus rex coming to life. ”

The man was right. Along the way, the woman also saw Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, Octavian Augustus, the first monarch of the Roman Empire, Christopher Columbus, a navigator explorer who crossed the Atlantic to discover the New World, and Attila, the ancient Hun emperor of Eurasia, known as the 'whip of God...... sculptures or wax figures or even portraits. They, no, they came back to life!

In addition to these, there are mammal models in the African Pavilion, fish models in the Oceanarium, and Little Tin Soldiers, a Civil War soldier in the History Pavilion, and so on. If it weren't for the window panes or iron barriers, these things would have rushed out.

"Not only can they walk, but they can also talk? This ...... "The woman was really shocked. "But how is this possible! Especially that Tyrannosaurus rex, it doesn't even have muscles and vocal cords, how did it roar?! ”

"So I say magic, not unknown technology or something. Anyway, compared to the zombies and yin spirits you said, these are okay. The man said with a smile as he pointed the phone he was holding at the woman's face.

Noticing his movements, the woman was not shy or anything, but her face was strange: "What are you doing?" ”

"I'm going to record what's happening now, and I'll take it out for you to refer to when you get back to you. Then, by the way, I recorded your surprised expression. ”

The woman pouted: "After you send it to me, I will delete it as soon as possible." I can't let a video like this show up on our side, it will affect my business. ”

The man couldn't help but laugh and cry: "You, you are still talking about business at this time, which is really typical of your style." ”

The woman rolled her eyes at him, deliberately not looking at him again. And the man is thick-skinned enough. He directly took the woman's hand, chose a direction and walked forward.

"Come, I'll take you to see the 'culprit' who caused all this, that really magical thing."

On the way, the two of them also ran into the three security guards who were patrolling, apparently they knew that the museum would become lively every night. For these three old men who wanted to steal things and blame others, the two didn't mean to respect the old and love the young too much, so they knocked them down and tied them up in three or two clicks. Afterwards, the two went to the Egyptian pavilion of the museum, in front of the temple of Pharaoh Akamenla, who had a fairly good degree of restoration.

"Well, this will be our first and final challenge tonight."

The woman rolled her eyes again. Needless to say, she could see it. The temple originally housed four Anubis statues taller than the previous Easter Island statues, but they were brought to life along with the more than three million other specimens and artifacts in the museum. In addition, in addition to Anubis, there is also a golden coffin in the temple, in which Pharaoh Akamenla is lying, struggling and shouting to get out, the coffin board cannot be held down, and the sound is like the big boss sealed in some video games. The two of them had no intention of letting go of this dead man more than 3,000 years ago, or rather a mummy. And in the innermost part of the temple, on the wall engraved with hieroglyphs, hung the 'Akamenla Monument', which was about the size of a tablet, what the three old security guards wanted to steal before. It is this golden tablet that was commissioned by Pharaoh Akamenla's father to gather the best craftsmen and priests in Egypt at that time, and is said to have been endowed with divine powers by the god of the moon, and guarded by the god of the night wanderer, who gave 'life' to all the specimens and sculptures in the museum every day after sunset, so that they could be brought to life.

"What are you going to do?" The woman asked.

The man didn't hesitate, obviously he had a plan: "It's very simple, when the door is broken, I will be responsible for dragging the four Anubis, you rush over and take off the golden tablet, and then replace this, the fake I prepared before." ”

The woman was stunned for a moment: "Are you sure you can handle these four Anubis?" ”

At this time, the two Anubis standing near the door in the temple were trying to use the metal spear in their hands to penetrate the iron gate in front of the two of them, so that they could come out and solve the two of them. Each of them can make the iron gate seriously deformed, so the woman's question is not untargeted.

The man didn't care: "Don't worry, I'm not trying to compete with them, I'll dodge their attacks." Also, if you want to relieve my pressure, there is a nine-square grid on the golden tablet that can be turned, and you only need to turn one of the squares up, and its magic will stop. ”

The woman didn't write expressions like "don't go, I'm worried about you" on her face like in the TV series, but simply replied "Okay then", and then took advantage of the time to warm up.

As it turned out, the man's plan was not bad. In the absence of danger, the woman took the golden tablet and turned over one of the nine squares above, successfully stopping Anubis and all the exhibits in the museum. The two Shi Shiran left the museum, got into the car, and called the police, pointing out that the three old security guards were stealing and destroying the exhibits, and finally came to the downstairs of an apartment building in Queens after confirming that no traces were left.

Parting is imminent, and both men and women are a little unsatisfied. Seeing that the atmosphere in the car was gradually becoming pink and hot, and seeing that the physical distance between the man and woman in the driver's seat and the passenger seat was shrinking, the woman suddenly let out a soft "ah", sat up straight again, and at the same time shifted her gaze to the window, constantly inhaling and exhaling to cool her red and hot face.

The man was also a little disappointed, but he quickly adjusted his mentality and said with a smile: "Go up." ”

The woman seemed a little guilty: "You ......"

"What are you? Go ahead, I'll wait for your window to come on before I go. "The man didn't care." I don't think you're going to invite me up for coffee. ”

The woman burst out laughing: "Coffee at this time? You're going to have a hard time tonight. ”

The man shrugged his shoulders and did not answer.

The atmosphere gradually became a little awkward, and the woman was a little reluctant to take the door away. In an ambivalent state of mind, she asked, "Why did you suddenly show me this?" You're not trying to prove to me that there's something more magical than zombies and ghosts so childish, are you? ”

Seeing that the woman was a little angry with herself, the man shook his head: "You are going back to Xiangjiang tomorrow, and I plan to give you a special memory." By the way, the memories I've prepared for you aren't over yet! ”

He took out the authentic Akamenla Monument that he had stolen from the museum and placed it in the palm of his left hand. The next moment, under the woman's shocked gaze, his palm lit up with a golden light. This light went from faint to deep, and soon covered the entire golden tablet and enveloped its surface.

"I think you're confused about me taking something like this. It's fine to keep this kind of thing in a museum, but once it's in the hands of a conspirator or something, it's dangerous, such as making a batch of soldier dolls for a few hundred dollars to wage war? Now the three security guards are planning to steal it, which will increase its danger indefinitely. So ......"

The man's voice fell, and the light on his palm gradually faded. By the time the light had completely disappeared, the golden stele was no longer 'golden', but rusted, and the surface seemed to be covered with patina.

"I've purified the magic in it. So, how does this compare to your exorcism? ”

"Not good." The woman said this, but her eyes were full of surprise.

The man laughed: "I won't be going to the airport tomorrow to see you off." I hate saying goodbye. What I want to say is that if you have any problems in the exorcism business, you are welcome to come to me at any time. I may not be able to help you, but who knows, you have seen my little secret. ”

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