Egypt, Nile Delta.

Zhang Xiao walked the streets of Cairo, it was the height of summer, he was dressed in the clothes of the locals, like a tourist, admiring the scenery of Cairo.

In fact, it is.

The sun shines on the ancient city, gilding the whole city with a layer of gold, the color here is warm, and the ancient and modern buildings are blended together with a unique visual impact.

The old city is relatively backward, Zhang Xiao also saw a lot of ruins or half-finished houses, and he didn't know why he didn't repair them, and there were many people in the alleys.

The aroma of baked naan spreads through the alleys, and most of the trinkets are sold here.

Zhang Xiao wore sunglasses and intuitively felt the exotic scenery on her face.

Soon someone was eyeing him, and a local with a thick accent stopped Zhang Xiao, asking if he needed to enjoy the local special accommodation, and said that he could arrange a camel tour of the Great Pyramid.

Zhang Xiao waved his hand, five hundred dollars. When am I a fool? Also specially supplemented unit is the knife music.

I wandered around Cairo until an Egyptian white vulture brought Bill's reply.

"Bill, long time no see."

In a very secret tavern, Zhang Xiao smiled and greeted Bill.

"It's been a long time, and I'm a little surprised to hear from you." Bill sat on a stool at the bar and waved his hand, pushing over a glass of butterbeer, he was still so 'cool'.

The little fan in his ears swayed, and after the war, Bill returned to Gringotts and, in his words, offered a challenge that no other job could match.

Charlie also adheres to a similar philosophy, for him, the fire dragon, an extremely dangerous magical animal, is very cute.

"Muggles here are forbidden to drink, but it's good to have this wizards' bar." Bill shrugged his shoulders and held up the flame whiskey, "But how did you come here?" You know, the media are desperately looking for your traces. ”

Zhang Xiao couldn't help laughing, because of the relationship of that war, the media directly hung out the name of the strongest, and analyzed how far Dumbledore was getting older and older, taking over by himself and becoming the new strongest in the wizarding world.

Originally, wizards didn't have any sense of the concept of strong, in their eyes, strong means that the spell fired is faster and more powerful.

Until that battle, several powerhouses in the wizarding world were in full swing, which really made the wizards see the horror of the top powerhouses.

Now they are frantically chasing power, and Dumbledore's prestige and deterrence have skyrocketed as a result.

"Dumbledore suggested that I come, and he suggested that I go out and walk more, saying that it is good for the future!"

Bill showed a clear expression, and he nodded:

"Let's go meet with the head of Gringotts here, and if we want to enter the pyramid, we must get his permission.

But. It's hard, I need time to convince it. ”

Zhang Xiao drank the butterbeer, put the empty glass on the bar, and smiled confidently:

"The pyramid never belonged to goblins, I just wanted to go in and have a look, and it didn't dare to refuse."

In front of me is an endless stretch of yellow sand, the sun hangs high, and the dazzling sunlight is evenly sprinkled in every corner.

Two camels walked alone in the desert, Bill wore a large straw hat, and his bare skin was already tanned.

Originally, Zhang Xiao thought that he would use the phantom to go to the camp, but Bill chose two camels, and he still used Garons.

"No way, that desert has been magical, some have been released by ancient Egyptian wizards, and some have been added by goblins."

Bill said this with a mocking smile on his face:

"Ha, the elves thought that the people who entered the pyramid might escape with their treasures, so they put a considerable effort into preventing the wizards from stealing them.

That's why we had to go to camp this way - the wizards also used magic on the camels, which was faster and more stamina. ”

Fortunately, the feeling of riding a camel is quite novel, at least Zhang Xiao has not ridden it before, his body rises and falls up and down with the camel's walking, squinting at the surrounding unchanging desert and undulating sand dunes.

The distant scenery took on a distorted eerie feeling in the heat, and Bill checked the direction with his wand, pointed into the distance and said:

"Zhang, we can arrive at the entrance camp in about half an hour, and it will be much more convenient to take the magic flying carpet there."

Zhang Xiao nodded, he remembered that he had passed by the Pyramid of Khufu before, which was full of tourists, and asked curiously: "The pyramid in Cairo, is there nothing?" ”

Bill smiled and shook his head: "There used to be, when it was built, it was built with a lot of help from the priests (wizards), but these pyramids. Anyway, it's completely worthless now.

As I said before, the real pyramids are all underground, and that is the effort of the pharaohs and priests to escape death. ”

Bill was silent for a moment, then stretched out his hand and pointed to the desert in the distance:

"There was even a wizard who made one. Ridiculous conjecture that this whole desert was made by the priests with magic to hide the secrets of the pyramids."

He looked at the vast and boundless desert and laughed dryly:

"The idea is somewhat. Terrible, if that's the case, then the power of the priests."

Zhang Xiao's gaze also wandered over the entire desert, and he suddenly had a strange feeling in his heart.

That's the idea Bill was talking about. There is a good chance that it is true.

When they actually arrived at the place, Zhang Xiao found that the so-called camp was actually a small market.

Tents were scattered and placed, and from time to time someone lifted the tent and walked in, and some people came out of the tent.

Zhang Xiao's gaze lingered on the small wooden sign in front of the tent:

"Desert lodge – a novelty like never before, with a pool and shower."

"Moonlight Tavern – Watching the Moon in the Desert for a Drink"

"Giggs Potions Shop - Sells a variety of cooling potions to cool you in the scorching sun"

"Hussein Defense Against the Dark Arts Supplies – An Essential Companion in Exploring the Pyramids"

Bill jumped off his camel and said with a smile, "In the beginning, there were only a few tents here, all of which were Gringotts employees, but as time went on, there were more and more, and now it has become a small and famous market, and many wizards are begging for a living here. ”

Zhang Xiao followed him to hand over the camel to the branch that opened here and completed the lease:

"But isn't this the main purpose for excavating the pyramids? I've heard that the elves have taken control of the mining rights here? Would they like someone else to come over? ”

"Of course I don't want to, but this is also something that can't be helped, the wizards have been very angry at the Egyptian Ministry of Magic for handing over the pyramids to Gringotts, in order to calm the anger.

The Egyptian Ministry of Magic can only add one more rule, each pyramid elf only has half a year's priority right to explore, after which they can participate in the Egyptian Ministry of Magic's bidding.

The successful one can get the right to mine the pyramid later, so there are more and more people, and finally it becomes like this. ”

Bill said as he pointed to the huge tent in the distance:

"See there? It was Gringotts' tent and was the place where the Pyramid products were traded. ”

The two of them walked towards that side, and Bill was still introducing the situation of the advance camp:

"There are hundreds of pyramids that have been discovered, but only a tiny fraction of them are in the desert.

No one knows how much is hidden beneath the ground in the Sahara Desert. ”

Zhang Xiao listened carefully, the total area of the Sahara Desert has reached an astonishing 9.32 million square kilometers, and the land area of his hometown is only 9.6 million. All in all, terrifyingly big!

"We're here." Bill slipped into the tent and saw a jeweller-like counter with glittering gold ornaments.

These ornaments have a strong ancient Egyptian style, such as gold beetles made of pure gold, masks of pharaohs, golden scepters, stone tablets carved with cuneiform characters, and so on.

Some of the wizards looked at these things, while others mysteriously took out their treasures and asked the store if they would accept them.

The elves were among them, and they looked at the ornaments with greedy eyes with their hands behind their backs, but it was impossible for them to pay for them.

Wizards are thieves! These things should all belong to the goblins, and they stole the treasure from the goblins' pyramid!

"What? Take someone to the pyramids? Weasley!

What are you thinking? No one can plunder the property of the goblins! ”

A shrill voice with intense anger came, and Zhang Xiao followed the voice to see that Bill and a goblin that was only up to his thigh were on the other side of the hall.

He thought for a moment and walked over.

Bill frowned: "I said, he just wants to visit, and he won't take anything!" And he's Zhang! Kleg, you don't know, do you? ”

The elf named Kleg had red eyes and sharp nails rubbing back and forth, and he didn't hear what Bill was saying:

"See? It's not ———— to see."

Zhang Xiao walked over, lowered his head, and looked at the goblin, and Kleg also raised his head, looked at the face that suddenly appeared next to him, and then shivered suddenly, as if he had come to his senses.

He was stunned with his mouth open, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his head:

"Of course you can see it! The great heiress of the East, one of the most powerful wizards, is willing to visit our pyramids, and it is a pleasure for the elves! ”

Kleg bent down, rubbed his hands, and had a big smile on his face:

"I'm sorry I didn't hear Weasley clearly, really, how could he say your name so lightly?

With your position, it should be grandly introduced in the first sentence. ”

Bill's eyebrows were raised, he had never known that the goblins of Gringotts had such an attitude, even to the Minister of Magic, who were only superficially polite.

Zhang Xiao looked at the goblin and almost laughed out loud, and every movement and expression of Kleg was full of two words - from the heart.

But how did Zhang Xiao know that the fear of the goblins in the last battle had reached a new peak?

The fear of being pressed to the ground by the Dao Gate hundreds of years ago poured out again, and it was more intuitive and clearer.

"By the way, which pyramid would you like to see? Gringotts will arrange the best people to explain to you, so that you can have the best experience. ”

The more Zhang Xiao doesn't speak, the greater the psychological pressure on Krieg, the goblins are not afraid of wizards, because wizards will negotiate and debate with them.

But the East will not, these people will kill them mercilessly, like killing a chicken.

What's more important is that it can't be beaten.

Zhang Xiao hummed casually, thought about it, turned to Bill who was looking at the excitement and asked:

"Bill, which pyramid are you exploring now? Or is there a pyramid that's so big that it's impossible to start?

I just want to see the pyramids, and of course, if I can help you, it would be great. ”

Hearing this, Bill fell into deep thought, he touched his chin, and said slowly:

"It seems that there really is, the pyramid numbered X-1, x is unknown, and the pyramids that we can't solve or encounter problems are all placed under the x number.

Number 1 is the one who is completely helpless, and he can't even get in."

Krieg's eyes lit up, and he realized that it was a good thing that the heir of the East was willing to visit, and in any case, this boy was recognized as one of the strongest people in the wizarding world.

And he knew that there were many magical spells in the East.

In this case, those tricky pyramids are thought of from another angle, aren't these characters working for Gringotts for free?

Kleg's attitude suddenly became a little more enthusiastic, and he made a statement about the journey to the pyramid with unprecedented efficiency.

Soon they were full of things in front of them.

Bill inhaled the cold air, pulled it off, and said in a confused tone:

"The top-of-the-line Dark Arts defense equipment has multiple layers of dragon skin inlaid with fairy metal, which is usually equipped only by manager-level elves.

Cursed Detector, Dark Arts Detector. It's all the latest and most expensive models, and the goblins have never been reluctant to use them, saying that they have depreciation fees for use, and if they have to use them, they need to pay money.

It's my 3 weeks' salary that is very strange, why do you have to pay for their work.

This one is even more powerful————"

Bill carefully pinched up a crystal bottle, which contained a glowing liquid with a little fluorescent.

"A weakened version of the Thief Falls, you can understand that this vial is a miniature Thief Falls, which can wash away almost all the magic, and this vial can top my salary for several years.

The point is that production is limited! ”

Before Bill could finish counting the equipment in front of him, several heavily armed goblins were already respectfully lined up in front of him.

The deluxe flying carpet is in their hands.

Zhang Xiao motioned for Bill to put all these things away and looked at him with an inquiring gaze.

Bill nodded and said there was no problem and he was ready to go.

So the little heavenly master immediately couldn't wait to shout out:

“gogogo！ Target: Pyramid X-1! ”

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1. Commuter pass 2. Recommended ticket

(End of chapter)