Chapter 90: Quetzalcoatl's Treasury
"Can you find the entrance to the inner treasury?"
In prison, Lin Yuedong asked Xie Lifa. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Of course you can, because I'm the one who turns it on every time." Xie Lifa said confidently.
"Every time? Have you already performed several sacrifices at such a young age? Scarlett asked curiously.
"Yes. So far, I have held three sacrifices. Xie Lifa said with a little pride. To be able to serve as a priest at such an age, in charge of the sacrifice to Quetzalcoatl, is very remarkable for the Guardian family.
"Three sacrifices...... Lin Yuedong's eyes changed a little, "Is it the kind of sacrifice that gouges out people's hearts?" ”
If you think about it, this is the priest of Quetzalcoatl, and it is completely different from the teenage girl I know. The sacrifice of Quetzalcoatl was very bloody, the heart was cut alive, the limbs were chopped off, and the sacrifice was all handled by the priest, and perhaps more people died in her hands than at her own hands.
"Are you talking about a sacrifice with a living heart? We haven't had that sacrifice for thousands of years. We did have such a sacrifice when Quetzalcoatl was still around, but now that Quetzalcoatl is gone, and the sun is never extinguished, there is no need for it. Xie Lifa explained, and said with some admiration, "Speaking of which, it's a shame that you know such an ancient custom, worthy of a divine envoy." ”
"Huh? Oh, I've done some research, aha, ahahaha......"
Well, it seems that Xie Lifa is still the innocent girl, not the executioner with bloody hands in his imagination. After all, the world is different, and it is normal for these religious philosophies and rituals to be different.
However, the books left by our ancestors say that if the Guardian Clan is in danger and the treasury is in serious threat, reopening such a ritual can be blessed by Quetzalcoatl and turn the tide. It's a pity that when it comes to such a moment, we don't have time to perform the ceremony at all. Xie Lifa said regretfully.
"And such a setting?" Lin Yuedong was a little surprised. The Mayans in his impression did not have such legends, only the slightly strange saying that the sun could go out at any time, so they needed people's hearts to replenish fuel.
This is one of the differences between the two worlds.
"Yes, although Quetzalcoatl is gone, he still bestows his favor on us, and this is what our clan is most proud of." Xie Lifa said proudly.
"I don't think it's better to do that kind of ceremony." Scarlett pouted, "In addition to wasting human life, it won't do anything, and it's a waste of time." After all, human beings can only hope for themselves, gods or something...... Scold. ”
She didn't say it explicitly, but everyone could understand the disdain in her words.
"Miss Scarlett, don't be disrespectful to God." Sherifa advised, "Know that God knows everything in the world, even the words that are hidden in the heart and have not been spoken, are like thunder in God's ears. ”
"If it really exists."
"Of course God exists......"
"Then why do they ignore humanity and still want humans to revere him? Is such a selfish god, even if it really exists, worthy of worship? Scarlett burst out.
Her sudden outburst startled both Lin Yuedong and Xie Lifa.
I didn't expect her to be so sensitive to the topic of God...... Were there any psychological shadows in this area before?
Scarlett also realized her gaffe and scratched her head: "I'm sorry, I'm a little out of control, not for you, just remembering some things from before." ”
Lin Yuedong glanced at her. Scarlett's ability is to absorb and give, which is actually a more suitable ability for the team, which can quickly improve the strength of all personnel in the team. And in this place, the only team that needs to improve their strength the most is the various gangs, and they must also covet Scarlett's superpowers.
In the era when she was not the first master of St. Miguel, she must have suffered a lot because of her superpowers, and most of them lost faith in God in the process.
"No, nothing, I don't mind." Xie Lifa shook her head and said, "It's just that this is the closest place to Quetzalcoatl God in the human world, and if you say such things, I'm afraid you will be punished by the gods." ”
"Hmph, that kind of thing ......" Scarlett let out a breath from her nostrils, but finally didn't say anything, and instead said, "Forget it, it doesn't matter if it exists or not, I'm more concerned about how to enter the inner treasure house from here." ”
"Just follow the correct steps to turn it on...... Ah, here we are. ”
While the three of them were talking, they had already walked to the cell where Lin Yuedong was at the end of the corridor.
Seeing that the door lock had been cut, Xie Lifa opened the door directly and walked in.
"Huh? Is that doorway still in this cell? Lin Yuedong said in surprise. He really didn't expect that he had been in this cell for almost a day, but he hadn't found anything at all.
"Yes, this is the end of the preparation room." Shelifa nodded, biting the tip of her thumb with her teeth, and walked over to the wall facing the doorway, and drew on it.
She first smeared an inverted S-shaped curve from top to bottom on the wall, then drew two upward lines on either side of the curve at the middle point of the curve to draw an image resembling a cross, and then drew a large circle on the outside, with the circumference intersecting the four endpoints of the cross-like image, which was the mark of Quetzalcoatl.
After drawing the mark with her bare hands, Shella dipped the blood on the other four fingers, pressed five fingers to the center of the image, and chanted the incantation aloud.
"Atukan-Damatante-Irtima ......"
"What language is this? Mayan? Lin Yuedong asked Scarlett in a low voice.
"The Mayan language of Yukatun is almost a prayer to God, O great deity, please open your holy door for me or something." Scarlett replied in a low voice.
"Do you understand?" Lin Yuedong said in surprise. He hadn't expected an answer.
"Being an explorer in this land and not knowing a little Mayan will not work." Scarlett said a little smugly.
"But you don't even know what gods the Guardians believe in?"
"That...... Mistakes, mistakes, who knew their beliefs were so biased. ”
As the two spoke, Shelifa's prayer had come to an end. The symbols she had drawn with blood gradually shone brightly, and then the light spread along the cracks in the bricks of the wall in all directions, and soon it covered the entire wall!
“…… Lika Domaya! ”
The moment Shelifa's prayer ended, the entire wall rumbled, with the middle as the dividing line, and gradually moved to both sides, revealing a dark tunnel behind it!
"I've been in this place for almost a day, but I haven't found any cracks in the walls!" Lin Yuedong said in shock.
"This is a secret door covered by Quetzalcoatl's spells, and if it is not opened in the correct order, no one can see it." Shellifa bowed slightly towards the open door, "Thank you Quetzalcoatl for accepting us in." -- Let's go inside, someone might be here in a moment. ”
Lin Yuedong and Scarlett followed behind Xie Lifa, and Yuguan walked into the ruins. After the three entered, the door slammed shut again, returning to its original wall.
And after the gate was closed, the originally dark passage suddenly shone with golden light!
The sudden change from dark to light made Lin Yuedong reflexively close his eyes, and it took a while before he slowly opened them. When he opened his eyes, he realized that the place he was was not a tunnel at all, but a high platform in a huge temple!
There are steps on the high platform that extend all the way down, and there are hundreds of steps. At the bottom of the stairs is a brick and stone floor that covers an area that is almost impossible to see, and on the ground are wooden shelves of all sizes, high and low, and on top of the wooden shelves, all kinds of gold products and jade! The golden light that almost blinded the eyes of the eyes was reflected by the light hitting these golds!
"Oh my God...... How much treasure does Quetzalcoatl have? Lin Yuedong has never seen such a shocking scene in his life. To be honest, even if he went to the central bank's vault, he was afraid that he might not see so much gold.
"At least half the continent has its gold here." Scarlett had seen it once, and her mind was relatively calm, "I have estimated that there must be more than 10,000 tons, maybe more." ”
"One-sixteenth of the world's reserves......" Lin Yuedong remembers, as if the total amount of gold dug up by mankind so far is only about 150,000 tons. If the Holt company really digs up this place and all the gold is unearthed, I am afraid that the gold market, no, maybe even the global financial market will suffer a violent impact or even collapse.
Although the currencies of all countries in the world are basically no longer on the gold standard, gold still occupies a crucial position in international transactions. Once there is a problem with the gold price, the chain reaction is only afraid that the consequences will be more serious than the subprime mortgage crisis that began in 07.
However, Lin Yuedong did not remember that the Mayans had so much gold in history. In fact, the Mayan civilization on Earth did not even have a single gold mine, nor did it have silver, copper, or iron mines, and the deadly lack of metals meant that they could only live in the Stone Age until they perished.
Why is this Mayan civilization so gold......
"This gold was left by Quetzalcoatl, and no mortal can touch it, so he can only wait for the time to come, and Quetzalcoatl himself will take it." Shelifa introduced.
"What about the jade? And the weapons mixed in this pile of gold or something, all left by Quetzalcoatl? Scarlett asked.
As soon as she said this, Lin Yuedong noticed that between the large amount of gold and jade, there were still a few shelves with a lot of swords, guns, swords, halberds and the like that looked like iron or silver, and they were not the only ones.
"Those are not quite the same. According to a list passed down orally from generation to generation, only gold belongs to Quetzalcoatl, and the rest of the jade, weapons and armor are treasures left by Quetzalcoatl for mankind, and treasures captured by our clan in history. These are things that humans can take away, with the permission of the Guardians. Shelifa said.
"Do you want permission?"
"Specifically, it is up to us to cast a spell with our own blood to disarm the anti-theft spell released above."
"It turns out that there is still this step...... No wonder I was fine last time I walked around the hall for a long time, and I had an accident when I took a piece of jade......"
"Miss Scarlett, you've taken something out of here, haven't you?" Shelifa's face sank slightly, "That's a theft, and after death, the soul will be cut into seven pieces, torn and burned in the eternal flames. ”
"I really just took it, and I couldn't steal it at all." Scarlett tugged at the corners of her mouth, "Everything here has some kind of forced transfer spell attached to it, and as soon as I touched a piece of jade, I was teleported to the middle of the pile of hell monkeys, and the jade didn't arrive, and the person almost died." ”
"That is a prohibition left by God, and mortals are naturally powerless to resist." Xie Lifa smiled slightly.
"It turns out that there is such a mechanism...... Lin Yuedong looked at the equipment that looked like all kinds of crazy and cool, and said with a little regret, "I still want to take two of them, and enter the treasure mountain and return empty, it's a pity." ”
"God makes it a different story." Shelifa hurriedly said, "The Guardian Clan is gone, and there's no point in keeping these any longer. As a reward for getting me out of prison, you can take any three things you want with you besides gold, and I'll lift them for you. ”
"So? That's great, I'll have to see what I can use. Lin Yuedong said with a smile. The enemies he has to fight are more powerful than one another, and if he doesn't seize every opportunity to strengthen himself, he may hang up on any mission, and naturally he will not be polite here.
"What about me?" Scarlett asked excitedly.
"You are not allowed to touch anything in the temple." Xie Lifa said mercilessly.
"Cut, it's a stingy ......"