At night, everyone sat around the campfire to keep warm. O'Connor went out for a while and then came back and said, "The Americans are not lucky today. Three workers melted during the excavation." Jiang Ning wiped the wand in his hand: "I guess it was caused by strong acid. In ancient times, many tombs of emperors and nobles used this method to prevent tomb robbers."
Evelyn looked at Jiang Ning's wand and said, "Ning, can you show me the 'cane' in your hand?"
"Of course, Evelyn!"
Evelyn took the wand and stroked the texture on it: "Incredible, the manufacturing process of this cane is really top-notch. Moreover, the metal on the cane is not ordinary. It doesn't look like silver, nor does it look like chromium. Is it a metal that humans have not yet discovered? I'm sure that this cane has a long history."
Jiang Ning was extremely surprised. He didn't expect Evelyn's level to be so high that she could analyze the information of the wand almost by touching it. This talent is really amazing.
"Besides, the texture of this cane doesn't look like European style, nor is it Asian style. It belongs to an unknown style. Could it be made by an extinct nation?" Evelin said the last sentence and looked at Jiang Ning.
"Don't ask me!" Jiang Ning rolled his eyes.
Evelyn touched the wand and praised: "It should be placed in a museum for all mankind to visit!"
Jiang Ning was startled and snatched the wand: "Don't even think about it, Evelyn! This is my thing, and it doesn't belong to the earth!"
"What does it matter, Ning. Valuable cultural relics should be placed in museums for all mankind to visit. This is a treasure belonging to all mankind!" Evelyn argued: "Besides, you said it doesn't belong to the earth, what do you mean? Do you know the origin of this thing?"
"Uh..." Jiang Ning shook his head: "I won't tell you, and this thing is very useful to me. I won't give it to the museum, I'm not that great. No one can touch my things, even for a day's visit. This is not negotiable, Evelyn. I hope you don't say such things again, it hurts our relationship. Besides, this thing is my trophy, no one can take it away!"
Evelyn wanted to say something, but O'Connor stopped her.
At this time, the ground rumbled, and a large group of horses came roaring. The gravekeepers on the horses kept shooting and killing people, and the camp was in chaos.
Jiang Ning, O'Connor, and Jonathan ran out, leaving Evelyn a gun for self-defense.
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Torches were lit in the camp, gunshots were heard everywhere, and workers and gravekeepers were killed or injured one after another.
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Looking at the explosives in O'Connor's hand, the leader of the gravekeepers, Adebe, ordered to stop the attack: "We can not kill you, but you must leave here. If you don't leave here, all of you will die!"
After that, Adebe led the gravekeepers to leave one after another.
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The next day, Jiang Ning and his team came to the secret compartment where the coffin was placed again. Evelyn opened the coffin with a key and found a fossil inside: "This seems to be a beetle fossil, ah, a scarab fossil. A carnivorous insect!"
"Then how did this fossil get into this sarcophagus?" O'Connor asked.
Evelyn was eager to try: "Open the sarcophagus and you will know."
Then, Jiang Ning and O'Connor opened the sarcophagus together. At the moment the coffin was opened, Jiang Ning clearly felt a cold breath flowing through. A very fresh mummy, with a hideous face, let out a silent roar.
Evelyn looked at the mummy and said hesitantly: "He... is still very fresh." She looked at the scarab fossil in her hand and said with pity: "Poor guy."
"Evelyn, look, there are words here on the coffin board." Jiang Ning reminded.
Evelyn stepped forward, stroked a few words with her hand, and explained: "'Death is just the beginning!' Our poor friend was imprisoned while still alive. As far as I know, this punishment is called insect bite! He was eaten alive by insects! This punishment is said to have never been used since it was invented!"
"Why?" O'Connor asked.
Evelyn said compassionately: "It is mainly because this kind of punishment is too harmful. It is said that once the prisoners who died of insect bites are resurrected, they will become monsters with boundless magic power and bring disaster to Egypt. It is precisely because of the serious consequences that it has never been used!"
Immorton's corpse, his eyes with holes and his crooked mouth, added an infinite atmosphere of fear to Evelyn's explanation.
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"It's really unlucky. I worked so hard for so long. I didn't dig up any treasures, but I dug up a mummy!" Jonathan threw stones in frustration.
Several Americans showed off the holy urns in their hands: "Ning, I heard that you dug up a fresh mummy this morning! You are lucky, haha!"
"Fuck You!"
Jiang Ning cursed angrily and raised his middle finger to several Americans.
Maybe this is an internationally used gesture, and several Americans pointed back without hesitation.
"Fuck..."
Jiang Ning was furious and was about to step forward and beat them up.
Evelyn stopped him: "Calm down, don't argue with these idiots. Hamunaptra is huge, there are many places we can dig!" Evelyn thought he was angry because he didn't find any treasure.
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"Wait, what is that book?" Evelyn walked past the American old man, as if she had realized something, then looked at the black book in the old man's arms and said, "You should use the key to open it, idiot!" After that, she twisted her little butt and turned away.
As night fell and everyone was asleep, Evelyn quietly got up and came to the American old man, and took the Black Book of the Dead that he was holding tightly.
"You know what? This is considered stealing!" O'Connor and Jiang Ning opened their eyes at some point and looked at Evelyn.
Evelyn said nonchalantly: "According to what you and Jonathan said, I call this borrowing!" After that, she opened the Black Book of the Dead with a key. At the moment when the Black Book of the Dead was opened, a gust of cold wind blew, lowering the campfire and bringing a hint of chill.
O'Connor and Jiang Ning looked at Evelyn, and Evelyn explained the words on the Black Book of the Dead: "The sun and the moon mean day and night." Then, Evelyn recited the next spell as if she had no idea.
"The Nine Lands of the Underworld, rebirth, rebirth, rebirth!"
At the moment the spell was recited, Jiang Ning clearly felt a force surging from the Black Book of the Dead. And with a roar that was not like a human, everyone in the camp was awakened.
"No, you can't read it out loud!" the old American man yelled, but it was too late.
Then a buzzing sound came, and everyone looked up at the sky... The next moment, a dark mass of locusts was boundless and countless.
"Oh my God!"
Evelyn yelled, threw down the Black Book of the Dead, pulled O'Connor and turned to run.
Jiang Ning took the Black Book of the Dead, wrapped it with clothes, and followed Evelyn and the others into Hamunaptra.
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After entering Hamunaptra, Jiang Ning hid from everyone at a corner, came to a stone step, opened the Black Book of the Dead in his hand and read it carefully. At the same time, the mental power spread out like a tide, searching for the figure of the high priest Imhotep.
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(End of this chapter)