Chapter 10: Man-eating beetles

The sand was full of keys, and after another ten minutes, An Yi threw out a wallet, but the beetle did not come out of the sand.

To be on the safe side, she threw her sister's purse out and landed on the sand, still not moving. She tried to stick her feet out, stepping on the soft sand to make sure the ground was safe.

"Quick, they're already dormant. She pulled her sister and ran towards the buggy.

"Sister, how much time do we have?"

An Yi hurriedly twisted the car keys, and the engine gasped, "Maybe seven minutes, maybe only five minutes left." ”

In such a short period of time, it sounds suspenseful to bring back enough food from the supermarket. Angel saw her sister turn the steering wheel and the car went straight to the supermarket, in fact, the other way was to leave the pyramid tourist area, but her sister only stared at the supermarket, without blinking, only thinking about saving her husband.

A depression appeared in front of the road, and a steady stream of black beetles crawled out, and these small things quickly took over the entire road.

"Sit tight. Her sister reminded her, and then the accelerator pedal went to the bottom, and the wheels pressed against the beetle's nest, immediately sticking to the green visceral liquid. As the car raced through the bug-infested area, she turned around to see beetles fighting for their companion's stump.

The car stopped in front of the supermarket, these little things poured in from all directions, they rushed into the house, and they stubbornly pressed against the two glass doors, and there were more and more beetles, and the layers were half a meter high.

Seeing these little things up close, Angel's feet were weak, but fortunately, the glass door was thicker, and their tentacles clanged on it, not enough to smash it.

"Sister, what should I do? Sooner or later, I won't be able to withstand this. ”

An Yi saw that the cash register of the supermarket was suitable, so she pushed it over to the door, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, she opened the refrigerator and handed her sister a bottle of mineral water. The two sat on the floor, stupidly watching as the beetle swooped down and slammed into the glass door.

"Don't they have heads?" said Angel thought the ugly-looking bugs were stupid.

"They're just hungry, like the people in the pyramids. An Yi looked at the time on the wall, there was only half an hour left before the deadline George had mentioned.

They got up after only taking a sip of water, packed the shelves with food in four large plastic bags, and filled them full, but the beetles outside did not retreat and could not return to the car.

Seeing that there were less than ten minutes left, they were in a hurry, worried that going back late George would be bad for Kaiming.

Suddenly, there was a loud rumble outside, and the beetles panicked and burrowed into the sand.

They moved the table facing the gate, and as soon as they left the door, they saw a large military transport plane flying by at a low altitude, and pieces of paper were scattered in the sky.

Cumming kept an eye on the men guarding his surroundings, and the casual men suddenly became alert, and soon he saw George walking by while looking at his watch.

The Brit wiped the blonde hair from the top of his head, then drew his pistol, "Unfortunately, your deadline has arrived." ”

Facing the muzzle of the black hole, Kaiming had nothing to say, and closed his eyes to guess whether his wife and sister-in-law were okay.

"Stop. ”

All eyes were on the entrance to the passage, and Kemin couldn't believe his eyes, as two women stood there carrying four bags of things.

"They made it!"

"Oh my God, how?"

"We're saved. ”

Everyone applauded their bravery, which George didn't want to see, and he put away his pistol and instructed his nine men to surround An Yi and An Qi.

An Yi regretted not bringing back the * in the car, otherwise she would not be helpless in the face of these men.

"You guys are amazing to me. George snatched the food from their hands, one of which was divided among the nine men, took care of two for himself, and threw the last bag into the hungry crowd.

There were too many people, there was not enough food at all, and most of the people who didn't grab it were old and weak, women and children, and George was happy to see them fight for survival.

Kaiming, who had been sitting in the corner, had not been able to get food, and the British had no intention of giving it to An Yi and An Qi. But An Yi didn't care about this, she held up a piece of paper and said to everyone: "Everyone be quiet. I've found a way to get out of here, and I've been informed by the Egyptian government that in two days there will be a boat at the mouth of the West Bank of the Nile to take the refugees to Greece. ”

Everyone listened and hugged each other excitedly. But there was a person with a stiff face, he snatched the notice from An Yi's hand, and pointed his gun at everyone.

"What's the noise? she's deceiving you, there is no boat at all, the outside world is finished, and it is safe to stay in the pyramids. ”

An Yi ignored George, his eyes were on his men, "Do you think so too?"

They looked at each other and bowed their heads. Everyone started talking, and suddenly a* got up and shouted, "I've had enough of getting out of this hellish place." ”

bang

As soon as the shots rang out, the man fell, and everyone was dumb.

George lowered the muzzle of the white smoke, "No one will want to take a step out of here without my permission." ”

This is clearly an illegal confinement, and everyone blew their tongues, but no one dared to step forward for fear of the gun in his hand.

George instructed his men, "You two throw the bodies outside, and the others lock the Chinese in the small stone room." ”

Going deeper along the passage of the inner chamber of the pyramid, you will reach a smaller stone chamber, about four or five square meters, with strange writing written on the walls.

The three of Kaiming were driven to the stone room where the pottery was stored, and when the outsiders left, An Yi magically took out a pack of ham sausages from his coat and handed it to her husband.

Angel sat on the side sulking, "Why did he trap us here when he could have escaped?"

"This guy killed someone, and if he returns to safety, he will be arrested, and he naturally wants to stay in this chaotic country. Kemin said.

"We're going to find a way to get out. An Yi said.

But there were two people guarding the stone outside for a long time, and they couldn't sneak through the inner room, so they didn't think of a way to escape.

boom

The necklace fell to the ground from Kaiming's pocket, An Yi picked it up in his hand and looked at it carefully, "This is an ancient gold necklace, at least a thousand years old. "Judging from her years of experience in excavating cultural relics, she can't be wrong.

Kai Ming couldn't help but glance at Angel after hearing this, and then turned to his wife, "You mean it's valuable?"

"Historical significance is priceless, but if it were put on the auction market, it could be estimated at more than $10 million. As soon as An Yi finished speaking, she saw her husband's eyes shining like stars in the sky.

"Oh my god, I picked up the baby this time. ”

"How did it get to you?"

Kemin replied, "It was given to me by a quirky man." ”

An Yi frowned, "That's weird, why did he give you such a valuable thing?"

"Maybe he thinks I'm handsome. Kai Ming was proud, completely ignoring An Qi and An Yi's cold eyes.

Angel stumbled upon a strange groove on the wall of the stone chamber, which happened to be the same shape as the pendant of the necklace, "It's not a coincidence. She tried to put the pendant inside, and it didn't coincide without a single gap.

There was a ticking sound in the pyramid, as if to touch the hidden mechanism, and the stone wall slowly sank before their eyes, and a staircase leading to the ground appeared.

Kaiming leaned forward, the staircase was long, leading directly into the dark depths, "Let's go down and take a look, maybe we'll find the treasure." ”

His wife grabbed him, "Wait." Unfortunately, it was too late, and he stepped on the stairs, and the candles on both sides lit up automatically, and the underground passage was deep and long.

Kai Ming immediately retracted his feet, and Anqi hid behind him with a completely white face, "What's the situation?"

An Yi didn't hurry to check the fire on the lamp holder, "The lamp oil is whale oil, and there is white phosphorus seeping into the fire rope, which will automatically ignite when it encounters air." ”

After receiving the scientific explanation, Kaiming and Angel also calmed down.

The people in the inner room also felt the vibration just now, "What's going on?"

The voice came from the stone chamber. ”

"Let's go, go in and have a look. ”

Entering a dark chamber that has been sealed for thousands of years may lead to traps or poisonous bacteria, but hearing the dense footsteps in the passage, you can no longer ignore these dangers.

"Let's go in and see if we can find a way to the outside. An Yi grabbed her husband and sister and walked down the long staircase step by step.

The stone steps and walls were excavated by hand, with a clear sense of concave and convex, and the whole was quite smooth, so it must have taken a lot of manpower to build at that time.

The staircase was more than 200 meters, and it went deep into a small room underground, and as soon as I entered the doorway, I saw two large rectangular sarcophagi.

To the alarm, the lid of one of the sarcophagi had been opened, and Kaiming and Angel nervously watched the surroundings for fear that the mummy would suddenly pop out of somewhere.

An Yi did not panic like them, and cautiously approached the open sarcophagus. Kaiming sweated for his wife's behavior and kept reminding her, but she had already been dominated by her passion for archaeology and couldn't listen to it at all.

An Yi looked down at the situation inside the coffin, and then said, "I have found the origin of the beetle. ”

Kaiming approached the sarcophagus with Angel's support, and saw a corpse wrapped in a cloth belt lying straight inside, strangely its belly had a large hole, and the corpse was covered with black beetles.

He took a step back in fright, and when he looked closely, he saw that the beetles were much smaller than what he saw outside, about the same size as usual, and they were motionless, many of them on all fours.

"Don't be afraid, these are just worm shells. An Yi said to her husband and sister.

"Are you sure it won't jump out?" Kemin didn't dare to get too close to the sarcophagus.

"More than that, I want to know how it was put in the sarcophagus?" An Yi's brow furrowed more as he observed, "These beetles seem to have burst out of its body, and the sarcophagus lid should have been shaken off by the recent earthquake, which means that these beetles have spent thousands of years in the sealed sarcophagus." ”

It was unbelievable, and it made Keming even more headache, but he finally figured out why there were so many man-eating beetles out there because of an earthquake that had escaped from the sarcophagus.