Chapter 90 Desert Search (13) - Altar and Grand Corridor
The mural depicts a woman looking at something, with a man behind her looking back at her.
In the second painting, the man and woman are looking at each other.
In the third painting, the man and woman appear to be holding a wedding, with other figures on both sides offering their blessings. The clothing of the man and woman has changed.
The man's clothing, especially the lion-shaped headdress typical of Egyptian pharaohs, indicates that he must be a pharaoh.
So, is this mural telling the story of a pharaoh getting married?
The last painting has a completely different style; the man is lying in a golden coffin, while the woman is being held aside by guards. The mural ends here.
This story... is a bit creepy," Ning Shu frowned unconsciously.
Finally, there were a few symbols on the wall. She was certain she didn't recognize them, but she could understand what they meant—the Pharaoh's favorite concubine.
This didn't seem to be a prompt from the glasses. Just as she was about to take off her glasses to check, she heard Wu Yi look at the symbols and read them aloud.
"The Pharaoh's favorite concubine? My goodness, Sister Ning, I can actually understand these scribbles!"
Stop yelling, stop yelling, I can understand it too.
Ning Shu sighed, not quite understanding what the mural was trying to convey, or what it had to do with her mission.
Suddenly, she froze. The outline of the blurry block in the upper left corner of her changed again; it turned out to be just the image of a person.
Now its waist has become slender, transforming it into the shape of a woman.
So the object she's looking for is something in the shape of a woman?
She thought about it for a moment and realized that her change only occurred after she saw the mural.
The woman in this mural is this favored concubine, so what she's looking for is related to this favored concubine.
If it's true, that's not good. She was being held by guards after the Pharaoh's death. If she didn't assassinate the Pharaoh, she was going to be buried with him.
In either case, her task doesn't seem easy.
But the mission description says that all she needs to do is find the object and put it in the designated place. There shouldn't be any hidden dangers in such a mission, right?
"Let's go, next place." Ning Shu said, turning around and leaving the sacrificial chamber.
The two walked forward for a while. This time the corridor was quite long, so long that they thought it would never end, when suddenly they saw the exit.
Ning Shu saw the four words displayed on the glasses: "Altar Area." It was both a sacrificial chamber and an altar. It was too creepy. Ning Shu felt a chill run down her spine.
The space that appeared before them was ridiculously large, with a ring of blazing fire trenches surrounding them, just over a meter away from the wall.
There are some reliefs on the four walls of this space, and four relatively tall stone statues in the four corners, with human bodies and animal heads.
There was an exit on the other three walls. Ning Shu scanned them and saw that from left to right, they were “Grand Corridor” and two question marks.
Ning Shu stared at the question marks above the two exits and fell silent. Lately, she had been silent quite often.
The good news is that the two question marks are neither highlighted in red nor enlarged; they are just normal size and white.
This gave her a little psychological comfort, suggesting that the danger posed by those two question marks might not be high.
They first went to look at the larger stone table in the middle. The stone table was very clean and there was nothing on it.
No, it's more accurate to say that there weren't any extra items placed on it, but there were still some things on the stone table, such as several recessed patterns and reliefs.
Ning Shu walked to the side facing the exit of the "Great Corridor" to look at the contents of the stone table.
There was a bunch of neatly arranged symbols above, but this time she really didn't recognize them. The only ones she recognized were the symbols at the very bottom center, which meant—the Pharaoh's curse.
What does this mean?! With both an altar and a curse, Ning Shu felt her legs trembling.
She noticed several indented patterns on the stone table. Was this something to be put inside?
Since it's an altar, does that mean we have to put the items into the corresponding recesses to activate this so-called curse?
Ning Shu took a closer look at the altar and found that there were no patterns on it that matched the outline of her blurry figure, so her mission objective was unrelated to the altar.
"Wu Yi, come and take a close look at this table. See if your target has any similar shape to the pattern on it," Ning Shu called over Wu Yi, who was looking around.
Wu Yi looked at it carefully for a while, then shook his head.
Ning Shu frowned. If neither of their tasks had anything to do with this table, then that was troublesome.
They need to clear the level as soon as possible, because if other players collect all the items on the stone table and activate the curse, it probably won't be very fun.
She remembered what Monkey King had mentioned about the game panel being able to take photos, so she summoned the panel and took a few pictures of the stone table.
She paid special attention to the deepest pit in the middle, which even had a rounded bottom, suggesting that it could only be fitted into a relatively tall container.
Ning Shu also took photos of the stones around the table, which were covered with carvings of people or symbols he couldn't understand. It was better to leave some clues than nothing.
The most worthwhile thing to see in this place is this altar. Ning Shu felt that they shouldn't waste time and should hurry up and go see other places.
She didn't want to go to the other two question marks displayed on her glasses for the time being; who knew what was inside? She'd rather go to a safer place first.
She chose the "Great Corridor," which faced the altar directly. When they reached the entrance, they discovered that it had two exits.
One is an upward slope, and the glasses indicate "Pharaoh's Tomb"; there is another entrance nearby, and the glasses indicate "Queen's Tomb".
Oh, so there's another place here related to women. Ning Shu hesitated for a moment; she actually wanted to visit the Queen's tomb first.
But considering that the most authoritative person here is the Pharaoh, and there might be more clues there, I decided to go to the Pharaoh's tomb first.
They walked up the slope, which wasn't actually that steep, but it was still quite strenuous to walk up, especially since the distance was quite long.
They walked for an unknown amount of time before finally reaching the entrance to the pharaoh's tomb.
Throughout the journey, both the corridors and rooms were illuminated by firelight, and this place was no exception, so Ning Shu and the others could see the situation inside the house very clearly.
The first thing that catches the eye is a gleaming golden coffin, luxurious and heavy—that was Ning Shu's first impression.
Upon seeing the golden coffin, the glasses provided a timely clue—"The remains of the Pharaoh."
Do you need to tell me what's in here? I'm not an idiot.
Ning Shu rolled her eyes, but she dared not actually criticize Lord Ping.
There were also murals around the tomb chamber. Ning Shu examined these murals carefully and found that they mainly depicted the glorious deeds of the pharaoh's rule.
This is very much in the style of a ruler; one must sing praises to the tomb's occupant.
Ning Shu mainly studies gold coffins. Although she has no expertise in Egyptian artifacts, she has visited museums and seen some of the pharaohs' gold coffins while traveling.
She remembered that the golden coffin should be in the shape of a human, so why is this square?
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