7What happened on the Pyramid of Khufu? (Part II)
"How can I say that you can believe it? Those things are real, in a stone chamber deep into the yellow sands of the desert. Mr. Chen, if these things were told to Professor Leng or Leng Xin, they would definitely be able to understand, but unfortunately, God is jealous of talents, and people who are too smart always disappear faster. β
Disappointed, she closed the notebook and put it back in her pocket.
I frowned slightly: "Leng Xin is just missing, I will find her back as soon as possible and be your best listener." β
At the mention of Leng Xin, my mood suddenly dropped a lot, and when I twisted the key, the engine roared. Under the illumination of the headlights, the ochre-yellow tower base boulder is vividly visible, and a few dozen meters ahead, is the main entrance of the pyramid for tourists to enter and exit, which is now blocked by a sparse electric iron grille.
So far, archaeologists' exploration of the Pyramid of Khufu is still in its infancy, and in addition to a few burial chambers that have been opened to the public, there are still more than 40 theoretical burial chambers that have not yet been entered. However, according to several top experts in the Global Tomb Robber Alliance, more than half of these forty tombs have been patronized by them, and the results after success are enough to buy a small half of Africa.
"The value of the collections in several tombs is so considerable, if the 'sea of gold' is really excavated, I am afraid it will be an indescribable astronomical amount - "I am a little distracted, people are not saints, whether they are greedy or not, they will be thrilled by this huge wealth."
"Mr. Chen, what are you thinking?" Xiwei sighed again.
"It's nothing, let's go back. "I took one last look at the silent and towering spire with mixed feelings, and the appearance of the masters of the Tang Sect in Shu put a huge question mark on the calm before this mountain rain was about to come.
At the end of the field of vision, a purple snake flame arrow suddenly shot into the sky, exploded with a snap, and scattered into a strange and beautiful purple flower.
"Huh, someone in distress?" I whispered.
This kind of flag flower rocket is a signal for the people of the rivers and lakes to call the police to the same door, and the snake flame arrow is the unique and exclusive symbol of the Tang Gate in Shuzhong. I slammed the door open, rolled over and jumped onto the roof, looking as best I could at the spire. After the fireworks dispersed, the top of the tower returned to tranquility, without a single human voice.
"Mr. Chen, go save your friend, I can take care of myself. A pale smile appeared on Syvi's face.
I pondered for a moment and slowly shook my head: "That's not my friend, you're not from the rivers and lakes, you must have never heard of Tang Mei's name, right?" Tang Mei is definitely not my friend, and in more sense, she may even be my enemy.
The bounty hunter profession has been the common enemy of both black and white since its inception, and its nature has never changed.
"Tang Mei, that must be a very beautiful girl, right?" The girl's natural sensitivity made Xiwei's smile a little far-fetched. She took out a pistol from her pocket and lit it up at me, "Mr. Chen, I have its protection, you can rest assured to do your own thing." β
With a "click", the bullet was loaded, she skillfully made the action of aiming and shooting, and then blew the muzzle of the gun like a western cowboy, and the smile on her eyebrows became more and more bitter: "Look, I am not as inseparable from the protection of others for a moment as you think." Leng Xin often said that the most important thing for people in the rivers and lakes is to rely on themselves. β
The three words "rely on yourself" are indeed Leng Xin's mantra, and she is also following this "three-character mantra" in person.
"Okay, I'll take a look, watch out for yourself. I smiled apologetically, got out of the car, and sped off the pyramid in front of me.
"Retrieving Leng Xin" is my most important task now, and it is an unshirkable responsibility, which cannot be compared with anything. Of course, Shevi needs protection, but after weighing the two, I still chose the former, and I believe that Shevi can understand this and will not blame me for being selfish.
The last time the Egyptian government renovated the Pyramid of Khufu was in 2005, and the weathered parts of the stone on the tower were completely removed and repaired, making it very suitable for people with light skills to jump and climb.
"Did the snake flame arrow come from Tang Mei? what did she see, what did she encounter? orβ" My heart suddenly hung in the air, and in the face of powerful unnatural forces, human resistance was really too insignificant. If she had suddenly froze to death like Sive, it would have been a catastrophe-like nightmare.
While I was making the leap forward, I was still paying attention to the situation around me. In the direction of the north of the tower, there were also a few figures rushing up, but their light skills were very ordinary, and every time their bodies moved, there was a dull sound of guns colliding. The people of the Tang Sect rarely use modern weapons, and it can be concluded that these people are not Tang Mei's peers, and they are not the targets she summons with snake flame arrows.
With a "whoosh", a snow-bright knife light suddenly flashed from the shadow of a crumbling boulder, and swept towards my throat like a crescent moon. When the light of the knife flew, a man with a hoarse voice roared: "Who?" The kind of English mixed with the native Egyptian accent is very clumsy, and the other party uses a standard Arabic scimitar as a weapon, there is no doubt that his identity must be a desert gang.
I just made a delicate movement to twist my waist and neck, avoiding the blade, and the elbow slammed, and the "click" of the opponent's four ribs snapped together.
The Arabian scimitar is one of the top ten cold weapons in the world, and once allowed the invaders of World War II to get nothing cheap with long guns and short cannons, and its excellent hand-forged standards have always been a model pursued by swordsmiths from all over the world. Unfortunately, this swordsman's martial arts skills are a little inferior, and he is too light for me as a rash intruder.
The figures swayed in the darkness on all sides, and at least a dozen people surrounded them at the same time, the sword light reflected each other, and the sound of the sassy blades breaking through the air was endless.
"I'm just here to save people, please don't get me wrong. I repeated the same phrase twice, in English and Arabic, raising my arms to show that I had no ill intentions, just legitimate self-defense.
"Go and report ......" someone lowered his voice very low and hurriedly shouted, and the name of the person behind him could not be heard at all.
"I'm in a hurry, please give way to my friend in front of meβ" A master like Tang Mei who came over in the wind and waves, if it wasn't for the terrible situation, she would never have sent a snake flame arrow to call for help. I hope that I will be the first to rush to the scene of the incident, so that I can gain insight into the truth, capture clues, and have no intention of entangling with the gangsters at all.
"No, our boss has something to do tonight, and no one is allowed to go up!" The person who spoke was quite tough, and several swordsmen who were lying on the high place turned their feet, blocking the way up.
"Uhh Saving people is like fighting a fire, and it can't be delayed for a second, even if you offend these underworld characters, you can't care about it.
"Stop him, stop himβno, don't shoot, don't shoot!" the little leader cried out in panic, but I was left behind in an instant, and it was thanks to his "don't shoot" order that made me run all the way more recklessly.
Just as he was about to reach the top of the tower, next to a boulder fifteen paces ahead, a third snake flame arrow flew again. Through the afterglow of the arrow, I vaguely saw that the arrow was actually shot from below the ground, and I couldn't help but be stunned: "What? Tang Mei fell into the dark hole of the mechanism?"
The fireworks exploded, the embers scattered, and I bounced again, landing my feet on the two-meter-square stone.
"Tang Mei, isn't it you?" I guarded my chest with both palms, raising my guard so as not to be plotted. To put it bluntly, a bounty hunter like Tang Mei who behaves obediently can never be regarded as a decent person on the rivers and lakes, and it is always good to guard against her.
"Yes...... It's me, Mr. Chen, you're really ...... Hurry, it's a pity, the ten demons are so poor in their martial arts, pointing at them to save me probably won't even be able to find a single bone - you hurry up and find a way, I'm stuck, I can't move at all......" The sound did come from underground, just on the side of the stone, there was a dark and dull circular hole, and Tang Mei's difficult gasping sound came from there.
I quickly leaned down and looked into the air a few times, and immediately felt inexplicably surprised.
The diameter of the round hole is only enough for a person's head, and at this moment, Tang Mei's body is two meters below the entrance of the cave, and her shoulder is stuck on the wall of the cave.
"Why did you fall? Did you use the bone shrinking technique? Then why didn't you use the exercise to shrink the bones and go back the way you came?"
Tang Mei smiled bitterly: "Mr. Chen, it's hard to say - stop talking nonsense, save me!"