Chapter 10: The Ark of the Covenant
The scrawny Cerberus whined and ran around Lin Xiao's feet, and although Lin Xiao was in a good mood, he wouldn't take out the food to feed itβfor a creature with an infinite appetite, this bit of food was a drop in the bucket.
Qin Yan said angrily on the side: "That's how you become the master?" β
Lin Xiao shrugged his shoulders, "Then I didn't see how loving you are." Look, the little one is running up to you again and wagging his tail and begging for mercy. β
Sister Qin's face flushed, she glared at Lin Xiao fiercely, and then silently took out a piece of compressed food from the mark and threw it to the hellhound who was wagging his tail pitifully and drooling.
"Woo!"
The hellhound barked happily, opened its mouth to swallow the food, and then wagged its tail desperately, how could there be the slightest ferocity in its red eyes? It's like a poor puppy, begging for the owner's favor.
So Qin Yan couldn't help it, and within three minutes of throwing another piece of food out, this hellhound had completely abandoned Lin Xiao, like a real puppy, and couldn't stop spreading joy around Qin Yan.
"Hehehe, I didn't see it, you are quite popular," Lin Xiao touched his nose and nodded: "Then I will call you the gray wolf." β
"Woo." The gray wolf ignored Lin Xiao's master, and continued to surround Qin Yan.
Under the night sky, crisp laughter rang out
The two moved very quickly, and it took two days to reach Cairo. And Lin Xiao, who knew the existence of the Ark of the Covenant, naturally would not let go of the rewards and side plots that he had received for nothing.
Indiana. Jones, whose real name is Henry. Jones II, born in 1899, received a doctorate in archaeology from the University of Chicago, and outside of his adventurous career, he was officially a professor of folklore and archaeologist, and was able to speak 27 languages, including Chinese.
β¦β¦ There is no doubt that Raiders of the Lost Ark (Indiana. Jones)" and the plot of "Legend of Gods and Ghosts: Tomb Robbery" have a complete overlap, although this is also expected, the latter was once considered to be the former's follow-up when it appeared, but it was out of the blue out of its own unique style, but it is not surprising that the two worlds are completely overlapped by the close period, similar themes, and almost the same view of the world.
For adventurers, this means that a bunch of treasures in the Raiders of the Lost Ark trilogy have become obtainable, and the mysterious goods warehouse in Nevada in the United States, the Shiva stone in India, and the Holy Grail in Eastern Europe will not be considered for the time being, but the "Ark of the Covenant" is simply in Cairo, buried deep underground, only a hundred meters away from the two of them!
The Ark of the Covenant is also known as the Ark of the Covenant. It is the most sacred object mentioned in the Bible, it contains the only handwritten text of the Ten Commandments left in the world, and it is also the most feared prehistoric artifact in biblical history.
This sacred ark was a sacred seal and a powerful talisman for the ancient Hebrews, and it was like holding God's weapon in battle. In the eyes of the Hebrew enemies, the Ark of the Covenant was undoubtedly a coveted treasure, but the only time it fell into the hands of their enemies was that the greedy enemies invited terrible calamities.
The Hebrews were convinced that the Ark of the Covenant was a symbol of God's all-powerful power, that it concealed God's ultimate link to humanity, from which they received guidance and wisdom, and that God's power would be sanctified through the Ark of the Covenant.
This miraculous ark was made under God's direction around 1400 B.C.E. when Moses received the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai, and while the Israelites under God's protection wandered in the wilderness, the ark of the covenant remained in the Holy of Holies in the mobile temple until King David built the temple in Jerusalem.
Solomon then enshrined the Ark of the Covenant in the sanctuary of the holiest temple in Jerusalem, but one day in the sixth century B.C.E., it mysteriously disappeared from Solomon's temple.
In the real world, the disappearance of the Ark of the Covenant is still unknown, and has since become the biggest mystery in the history of archaeology.
According to the first-century Jewish historian Josephus, the Ark of the Covenant was destroyed along with the temple when the Roman Empire destroyed Jerusalem, although there is also a legend that the Ark of the Covenant was smuggled out of Jerusalem and is said to be stored in Ethiopia. The Discovery Channel sent a film crew to Ethiopia to track down the vanished Ark of the Covenant, but the local clergy refused to let the film crew see it. Therefore, whether the Ark of the Covenant still exists remains a mystery to this day.
In addition, according to legend, during the Second World War, the German army believed that the Ark of the Covenant was a weapon that could rival thousands of troops, so they searched everywhere in the hope of using its divine power to influence the situation of the war - this is also the source of the script of "Raiders of the Lost Ark 1: The Ark of the Law", in the plot of the movie during World War II, Dr. Indiana Jones and the German Nazis who were looking for the Ark of the Covenant fought with wits and courage, and followed the message of the Ark of the Covenant from various subtle clues, and finally found this holy relic in an underground vault in Cairo, Egypt.
Lin Xiao and the others didn't have any relevant information, nor did they have the extremely crucial agate pendant, but after watching the movie, they remembered the location of the excavation of the ark of the covenant very clearly...... There was even a close-up of the map in the camera, which directly saved Lin Xiao and them all the trouble of reasoning and searching, and there was no need to go to the model map room that revealed the mystery, and they could reach the destination in one step.
It only took less than a minute for Lin Xiao and Qin Yan's feet to step on this desolate sandy land that was not guarded by anyone, thousands of years of wind and sand buried everything under the dust of history...... Who would have thought that such a holy relic would be under the yellow sand, where there is nothing out of the ordinary?
Then Lin Xiao turned on the mental power scan, and the terrain within a radius of 100 meters was in his mind, and by comparing the target terrain that appeared in the movie, he quickly found the exact location on the yellow sand that was buried with wind and sand but the overall structure was still there, and then- "Uh, this is it, let's dig it~"
It is said to be excavation, but in fact...... Still have to dig with your hands.
It's impossible to use a bomb to remove the dirt without affecting the secret room below, and if the entire secret room collapses, I don't know if the passage will cause any bad consequences, and there are no low-level spells similar to the mage's hand in magic.
So......
"Here, your shovel." Like a tinkerbell, he took out two sapper shovels from his pocket, and made a supplementary explanation to Lin Xiao, who threw one of them at Qin Yan, with an indifferent face, "The German sapper shovel is the main product, and the quality is trustworthy." β
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The corners of Qin Yan's mouth twitched, and she took the shovel speechlessly, and then joined in the excavation work.
The terrain has not changed here, and it is clear that other adventurers have not come. After all, most of their energy was now focused on the resurrection scripture, and even if there were one or two smart people, it would be difficult to be faster than Lin Xiao and Qin Yan's speed.
The two adventurers worked hard as cleaners, and under the flying sand, they quickly cleared the pile of soil about a meter thick, and cleared out a stone slab that showed that the goal had indeed been achieved.
The Ark of the Covenant is below.
And when the two of them put away the sapper shovel and moved the stone slab away directly by hand without using a crowbar, Lin Xiao suddenly muttered to himself a little strangely.
"After lifting this thing away, we're going to trigger a mission nine times out of the two......"
"Mission, what mission?" Qin Yan subconsciously asked, but before Lin Xiao could answer, he had already gotten the answer.
The secret room, which had been theoretically sealed for more than two thousand years, was opened again, and a white mist of unknown composition suddenly gushed out with a putrid stench, and then the solemn voice of the master sounded in the consciousness of the two people.
"Trigger the plot of "Raiders of the Lost Ark 1: French Wars", find the Ark of the Covenant within ten minutes, and reward a C-level side story, 3,000 points."
This quest prompt was actually expected by the two of them, but it seemed a little strange from the prompt message.
"Ah, I see, is there such a saying" Lin Xiao nodded, then pulled Qin Yan and jumped down.