[Tomb Raider] Escape

Soon everyone arrived in the Abu Simbel area.

The village of Abu Simbel is located 280 kilometers south of Aswan and only [-] kilometers from the Sudanese border.The small village is quiet and serene. There are not many tourists who come here for sightseeing. Almost all of them come for the world-famous Abu Simbel Temples. They will leave after the visit and will not stay overnight in this small village.

During the day, people naturally dare not act rashly. It should be noted that although it is not the peak summer tourist season, the number of daily tourists to several world-renowned temples is not small, and the government's protection is not weak.

At noon, Gou Sheng and others went to the Great Temple of Ramses II to investigate.

Back in the oasis, Nangong Gousheng had already bought several sets of local costumes for everyone to change into.Due to the exposure to the sun in the desert for several days, except for Su Yi and Qiao Yu, who were originally extremely fair skinned, everyone else has been tanned as dark as the locals. As long as you cover it up a little, you won't be able to see it if you don't look carefully. Is a foreign tourist.

The Great Temple was originally located on a large cliff on the west bank of the Nile River. The entire temple was not built of earth and rocks, but was built by chiseling mountains. The temple itself is a huge and exquisitely carved artwork.In front of the temple, there are three giant sitting statues of Ramses II about 20 meters high, guarding the temple building that has been immortal for thousands of years like sentinels.

Everyone stood at the foot of the mountain, looking up at the whole mountain, and felt that they were as small as ants.

Su Yi sighed: "There should have been four pharaoh statues here, but one was cut up and taken away by the British, and it is now placed in the British Museum. Cultural thieves."

Li Yaoyao said disdainfully: "It's not theirs that took it away."

Nangong Gousheng pointed to the mountain where the temple is located and said, "This is a fake mountain, specially built to cover the current temple."

In order to save the temple from being submerged by the river, under the auspices of UNESCO, many archaeologists from more than 50 countries around the world spent 18 years cutting the Great Temple of Ramses II into more than 2000 pieces , moved to the current location and rebuilt it, and built a rockery to cover it.

Everyone walked to the original ruins - where the temple more than 3000 years ago should have been.It was not yet flooded by the rising river, but it was not far from the shore.

Nangong Gousheng asked: "Shall we find the location of the treasure first or go into the temple?"

After discussion, most people were quite interested in the temple of this temple, so Nangong Gousheng led the people to enter the temple among a group of tourists.

The Great Temple is dedicated to the gods Ra, Amon and Puzhaota. In order to publicize his achievements, Ramesses enshrined his statue alongside the gods.Walk down a short flight of stairs in the front yard to the terrace in front of the temple.Above the entrance, there is another statue of Ra with a falcon's head and a human body between the giant statues of Apollo, but after 3000 years of erosion, this statue has been broken.

The roof of the hall is carved with vulture patterns. The local tour guide explained while Yu Yu translated: "He said that these vultures symbolized the goddess Nehabet—the goddess of vultures. Fuck me, everything can be considered God?"

She She said blankly, "The dung beetle has become a scarab, why not the vulture."

The hall is an eight-pillar hall, and there is a statue of Ramses II in front of each pillar.On the walls of the hall, murals depict the pharaoh's heroic victory and the beheading of his enemies in front of the gods.

Yu Yu was translating the guide's explanation: "This painting is the Battle of Kadesh in 1274 B.C., the Egyptians' war against the Hittites. Well, the one standing on the chariot and throwing arrows in the back is the Pharaoh, my Idol!"

She She glanced at him coolly, Yu Yu immediately fell silent.

Walking through the hall, at the end is a stone room as an altar. In the stone room, four statues sit side by side, namely the God of Darkness, the God of Sky, Pharaoh Ramses II and the Sun God.

The secret of this stone chamber is also the most magical place of this temple, and everyone present knows it without the explanation of the tour guide. Every year on February 2 and October 21, the first ray of sunlight in the morning will pass through the gate. The 10-meter-long hall shoots straight down to the pharaohs and gods on the altar - except the god of darkness who is destined to remain in darkness forever.And these two days also happened to be Ramses II's ascension day and birth day.It is a pity that after the temple was relocated, this miraculous scene was moved a day later due to inaccurate angle calculations.

After coming out of the temple, everyone began to look for the place mentioned by the piece of paper in the necklace.

"600 meters to the east..." She She walked while calculating the distance, and stood still by the river: "400 meters. If you go further down, you will go to the Nile River."

Everyone showed disappointed expressions.

"Tch..." Yu Yu kicked a stone, "Is it really flooded..."

Nangong Gousheng couldn't tell whether he was happy or angry, but the old god said, "Let's go, come back at night."

At night, Nangong Gousheng took out some clothes from his bag.

"Damn it!" Li Yaoyao rushed up and grabbed it in his hands, and tugged in disbelief: "Diving suit?! So advanced?!"

Nangong Gousheng smiled and said nothing.

Qiao Yu couldn't close her mouth in surprise: "Where did you buy it?"

Nangong Gousheng said with a grin, "I bought it in the oasis, I have already prepared."

Qiao Yu didn't know whether to laugh or cry: Who is this person!

Li Yaoyao tearing off the diving suit excitedly, Su Yi hugged Eagle No. [-] and asked, "What about it?"

Nangong Gousheng said regretfully: "I don't have to sell diving suits for cats..."

Yu Yu hugged the black cat and squeezed its chin: "Number two, you are a thousand-year-old cat demon, you must have supernatural powers, right? Can diving work?"

She She squeezed the back of the black cat's neck and walked out: "Take it there and we'll talk about it."

After loading the diving suit, oxygen cylinder and many tools into the car, everyone set off quietly under the cover of night.

The Nile River in the dark night is extremely quiet, and there are colorful lights in the bustling Cairo, but in a small village like Abu Simbel, the dark river water is like a terrible black hole, and there are unknown traps waiting inside. people.

After Li Yaoyao changed into the diving suit, he held up the oxygen mask and said hesitantly, "There won't be crocodiles inside."

Nangong Gousheng nodded: "Yes, yes."

Qiao Yu couldn't help shivering, trembling with each other, and suddenly felt something approaching silently behind him, which made his hair stand up in fright.

"Meow!" Eagle No. [-] suddenly jumped onto Qiao Yu's shoulder, and Qiao Yu knelt down without saying a word.

"Ha..." Li Yaoyao stepped forward and squeezed his shoulder vigorously: "Master, can you do it?"

Qiao Yu couldn't say a word.

Nangong Gousheng said considerately: "You can give us a break, just wait here. If there is anything - well, if there is anything, you can go first."

Of course, Qiao Yu didn't want to stay alone, but after looking at the unfathomable Nile River, he finally swallowed and said in a low voice, "Then I...wait for you here."

Li Yaoyao tried to drive Eagle No. [-] into the river, but every time he got to the bank, Eagle No. [-] yelled and refused to approach.

Li Yaoyao frowned, picked it up and asked, "Are you afraid of water?"

Yu Yu grabbed it into her arms directly: "Take it down and we'll talk about it."

After everyone put on their diving suits, put on their oxygen cylinders and carried their tools into the Nile River.

"Wow...Wow...Wow..."

The sound of water in the dark night only made Qiao Yu on the shore feel even more creepy.

Eagle No. [-] squatted on Yu Yu's shoulders, but as the water level got higher and higher, seeing that the river had flooded Yu Yu's chest, Eagle No. [-]'s drooping tail touched the water, and suddenly screamed miserably, pawing non-stop. Holding Yu Yu's shoulder, trying to stop him from going into the water.

Yu Yu impatiently pulled Eagle No. [-] off his shoulders, and wanted to throw it directly into the Nile River, but was stopped by Nangong Gousheng: "Forget it, it's afraid of water, it doesn't seem to work, let's send it ashore to accompany Xiao Qiao." .”

Yu Yu pursed her mouth in disappointment, walked back again, threw No. [-] ashore and swam after the crowd.

ashore.

Qiao Yu has always been afraid of getting along with this weird black cat, but after a period of time, Eagle No. [-] is indeed just like Nangong Gousheng said, just an ordinary cat and has no threat.

Right now, only she and the black cat were left on the lonely shore, so Qiao Yu had no choice but to bite the bullet.

Trembling, he hugged Eagle No. [-] and tried to stroke the hair on its head. Eagle No. [-] pressed his mouth against Qiao Yu's hand, causing him to immediately withdraw his hand in fright.

Qiao Yu tremblingly said: "Maomaomao, Master Cat, although the younger generation is much younger than you, but the younger generation has the intention to become friends with you..."

"Meow." Eagle No. [-] easily broke free from his embrace, narrowing his emerald eyes with a lazy expression.I don't know if it was Qiao Yu's illusion, but he seemed to see Eagle Two smiling strangely.

Qiao Yu's back was pressed against the car door, already drenched in cold sweat, and choked with sobs, "You, you, you, no matter if you are a beautiful girl or a cat boy, you must not transform... Woo... Mom, it's so scary ..."

Eagle No. [-] walked forward lightly with its tail cocked, turning its head from time to time, its green eyes shining brightly, as if silently inviting Qiao Yu.

Qiao Yu swallowed, probably understood what it meant, and said nervously, "Where are you taking me?"

Eagle No. [-] called softly, and walked slowly towards an open space—that was the ruins of the old great temple.

in the river.

Five people dived into the muddy Nile River, and after swimming 200 meters, the river water was unfathomable.Fortunately, no aggressive aquatic animals such as crocodiles were encountered in the water.

Nangong Gousheng took the lead in diving to the bottom of the water. After diving about 20 meters, the pressure of the deep water made him feel tightness in his chest and ringing in his ears.

Enduring the discomfort, he shone underwater with a flashlight, but he couldn't see anything in the muddy river.

Li Yaoyao followed closely, dived deeper, and checked everywhere with the flashlight.Suddenly, he found a small whirlpool not far away—this meant that there was something different underwater!

Li Yaoyao excitedly gestured to everyone, so the other four people moved closer.

Nangong Gousheng gritted his teeth, and gestured: Down!