"The boatman is the seventh poisonous scorpion?" Yu Xiaojie looked back at the boatman's egret head, and couldn't help but wonder, "Where did his head come from?"
Yang Mian: "Stolen or deceived? Similar to a lie, deceiving players and souls. It may also be one of the assessments of the soul, but it feels full of malice."
At this moment, the boatman asked, "Which word is in my real name?"
Tang Ze quickly answered: "serqet!"
Another wave of Tantric players also responded quickly, almost the same second as Tang.
They all stared at the boatman, waiting for him to pronounce the sentence.
Boatman: "Yes, all right. But—" He raised his voice: "He's a second slower!"
The boatman suddenly let go of the helm and pointed directly at Tang Ze: "One second later, you lose."
Tang Ze's face changed drastically. The next moment, the boat standing under his feet suddenly stopped and slowly plunged into the quicksand, while six poisonous scorpions that were twice the size of before climbed out of the yellow sand, covering the sunlight, poison claws and poisonous needles in their tails. attack them separately.
Yang Mian grabbed the sail rope and quickly climbed to the mast, then jumped vertically to the back of the poisonous scorpion that was chasing after her. When she looked up, she saw a scar on the neck of the poisonous scorpion.
I think this is the poisonous scorpion whose neck was cut off by her just now, and now she takes the opportunity to seize her for revenge.
"Unfortunately, if I can cut off your head, I can cut you into eight pieces."
There was a strong wind blowing behind him, and Yang Mian rolled to the side on the back of the poisonous scorpion, dodging the stinging tail, and inserted the long knife into the poisonous scorpion's body to stabilize his body.
The poisonous scorpion howled in pain, the body turned back, and the head glared at Yang Mian with venom. And its flexible tail whipped Yang Mian like a steel whip. Yang Mian was a little embarrassed to hide at first, but he also cut several wounds on the poisonous scorpion.
The more wounds, the more terrifying the scorpion's madness.
Yang Mian used her brain to recall the appearance of the poisonous scorpion and the preparations for the attack. Suddenly, she had a flash of light and rolled down, slipped into the belly of the poisonous scorpion, grabbed a few feet of the poisonous scorpion, and completely hid herself in the belly of the poisonous scorpion. Down.
The scorpion's tail couldn't sting her.
Yang Mian raised a long knife and slashed recklessly, almost cutting off the poisonous scorpion's feet, causing it to fall to the side, but it also gave the tail a flaw to attack her.
Yang Mian released the poisonous scorpion's feet and continued to slide in in the direction where it fell, and stabbed the poisonous scorpion's feet and tail with a backhand. When it was retracted, the tip of the knife was aimed at the abdomen of the poisonous scorpion, and with a 'puchi', it was inserted directly.
The poisonous scorpion suddenly screamed, and its huge body struggled and twisted, like a worm on a skewer.
It attempts to return to the quicksand to revive, but where will Yang Mian give it a chance to grow
Although it seems that the next round will be resurrected again, but now the important thing is to survive the round.
The poisonous scorpion gradually stopped struggling and died on the deck.
Yang Mian crawled out of the belly of the poisonous scorpion carrying the long knife, and looked up to see that the remaining five poisonous scorpions had all been dealt with.
Xie Sanqiu had dealt with two poisonous scorpions alone, which was not difficult for him. If he could, he could deal with six poisonous scorpions in an instant.
The tricky thing about a scorpion is that it grows, getting bigger and scarier each time.
When the time came, the ship continued to sail, and all the corpses of the poisonous scorpions were thrown back into the sand.
Yang Mian held the knife and pointed the tip of the knife at the boatman: "Third reminder."
Boatman: "Third reminder - day and month, my real name is between the sun and the month."
"By the way, I forgot to tell you that the first two rounds of reminders are invalid. They are no longer part of my real name. When you can't say my real name within the time limit, you will miss the way to the central temple. "
Tang Ze: "Time limit? Isn't it after three reminders?"
Boatman: "Did I say that? I said the last, but not the last of the three tips. In fact, you only have two chances. The third tip is to give you a chance to do it all over again, and I'm merciful enough. , did not drive you off my boat immediately."
"You guys, shouldn't you be thankful?"
"Just now - have you been to the Central Temple?!"
Boatman: "Yes, it passed in front of your eyes. It's a pity you didn't notice it."
In fact, except for the boatman to determine the route and destination, no one else can see the central temple at all.
The players were indignant, but helpless.
The other team of tantric players was not angry, and showed obvious murderous intent towards the boatman, and the tantric practitioners headed by them stopped them.
Tang calmed down: "The boatman has been lying."
"In the first two rounds of reminders, he didn't lie, but he didn't say much." Su Jiang analyzed: "If his egret head is not real, then his real name should not contain the name of the god of wisdom, Thoth. Just now He hints that it contains the goddess of scorpions, the seventh stinging scorpion that should bear the name Serket."
"But now the two reminders are invalid, which means that our guess is completely denied. In other words, the boatman may not be the seventh scorpion, or the race of the God of Wisdom, but it may be both."
Everyone listened to Su Jiang's analysis quietly, and then followed his narration to arouse thinking.
"He's not lying, his real names are both Serket, the goddess of scorpions, and Thoth, the god of wisdom. At the same time, neither is him. What is the role of the boatman in the desert river? Extradition of souls to the Central Temple for trial."
"Why did the boatman become a boatman? He was extradited in the desert river, voluntarily or imprisoned? Although he hid well, he intentionally killed the player many times in his behavior. He did not kill the player when he did not know the identity of the player It's well hidden. In other words, whether it's a player or an ordinary soul, he's not going to let it go."
Xie Sanqiu said at this time, "Because he committed a crime."
He first thought about why a boatman became a boatman. The boatman in the desert river could not leave his boat. Once the boat started sailing, he could not let go of the rudder in his hand.
"The boatman was imprisoned in the desert river. Remember what he said at the beginning? We have two ways to get to the central temple, one is to call the boatman's real name, and the other is to guess the crime committed by the boatman. He is only convicted. Imprisoned in the desert river as a boatman." Xie Sanqiu guessed.
"So, what is his charge?"
"You need to know which god in Egyptian mythology the boatman corresponds to in order to guess his crime."
Su Jiang: "But Egyptian mythology is quite special. It does not have a god with a clear distinction between good and evil. The Egyptian gods have both good and evil sides, and the divine authority is supreme, and there is no description of punishments and crimes against the gods at all."
The Egyptian gods had high status, and there were no descriptions of crimes against the gods.
In mythology, the cat goddess who killed half of Egypt's human beings on the order of Ra was replaced with cruelty and slaughter. After that, she was still the goddess of Egyptian beliefs.
So the appearance of a god who was convicted and punished is simply incredible.
"Except for the enemy of the sun god Ra." Su Jiang added.
Yang Mian was surprised: "The sun god Ra is the god of creation, and the god of creation also has enemies?"
Xie Sanqiu: "Because the sun god Ra is not the oldest god, before he was born, there were also the god of the flood and the goddess of fate. In later Egyptian mythology records, the goddess of fate had seen the creation and the goddess of creation several times. But let's not discuss them now, let's talk about Ra's enemy, Apep the Orochi."
"The sun god Ra was born in the great flood, representing the order and system of the world, so he created the world and the universe. The serpent Apep was born in the abyss, representing disorder and chaos, it will destroy the creation of the sun god Ra orderly world."
Xie Sanqiu pointed to the sun hanging high in the sky and said: "When the sun sets and the moon rises, the sun god pulls the sun carriage and leaves the sky. When the moon sets and sunrise, the sun god pulls the sun carriage out of the ground and walks through the seven-fold gate. Pu is hidden in the seventh gate, the darkness when the sun and the moon alternate."
"So, the existence between the sun and the moon is the serpent Apep. Apep turns into a serpent and fights with Ra, but in fact it has no definite entity. It's just because in the prophecy, Ra's old enemy is a poisonous snake. Apep can be of any race of gods, but none of the gods can be him. He can be of the race of the god of wisdom, or the seventh poisonous scorpion given to Isis by the scorpion goddess."
"There is a follow-up to the story about the seven scorpions and the goddess Isis we mentioned just now. The seventh scorpion stung the child of the rich mistress, and Isis rescued the child. Later, she exhausted her power and gave birth to Horus, the seventh poisonous scorpion thought that Horus hurt Isis, so it stung Horus. Isis had no divine power and could not save Horus. At this time, the god Ra saw this scene and saved Horus. "
Tang Ze: "As the seventh poisonous scorpion of the goddess Serket, the crime committed by the boatman was reckless and indiscriminate killing. Now as the serpent Apep, the crime is to destroy the orderly world. But it also has The identity of the race of the God of Wisdom, so it still needs to maintain the task of escorting the undead in the desert river. Therefore, it does not lie."
Yes, the boatman didn't lie from start to finish, he was telling the truth.
It's just that the language is vague and there is suspicion of deliberate misleading.
Yu Xiaojie raised his hand and whispered his immature doubts: "Then the question is, as the ancient god who was born at the same time as the god Ra and is the only enemy. Why is Apep trapped in the desert river in the Styx country? Even the sun God can't help it, who can trap it?"
"… "
This is a good question.
..
After careful consideration, Gao Yan decided to go to the central temple.
Song Beiliu: "Are you sure? There are no other players to explore the way, you are not afraid of dying in it accidentally? If the trial process fails, you will be eaten by monsters."
Gao Yan: "Brother Chu came to Minghe Kingdom for me, but he can't appear in front of the Underworld God, which means that he can't grab the Book of the Undead with his own hands."
Song Beiliu: "So you have to grab it yourself?"
Gao Yan: "Otherwise?"
Song Beiliu grabbed his hair and compromised irritably: "Okay, I know either the Book of the Dead or Yang Zhi Ganlu. Okay, I'll accompany you."
Gao Yan: "I don't know if you have thought about it carefully."
"What's up?"
"The news spread throughout the Styx Kingdom-'God Chu's death' is obviously news released by Brother Chu on purpose. Have you ever thought about the purpose of Brother Chu?"
"Deceiving the players and slackening the vigilance of the gods? You are not stupid, are you, and you can still spread the word when you are dead?"
"It is because of the news that Brother Chu is dead."
"what?"
"Brother Chu is really dead." Gao Yan stared at Song Beiliu: "Why did the Styx Kingdom open after it was closed for ten years? Because Brother Chu used the second book of the Book of the Dead as a bargaining chip. He was resurrected because of the Book of the Dead, so he lost his soul. What will happen to him in the book?"
Song Beiliu: "Death."
"Yes, death. So those who enter the kingdom of Styx will become Asura, a six-year-old child. I don't know what method Brother Chu used, but his physical body in reality must have died."
Gao Yan: "I can't wait any longer. Song Beiliu, as long as I get the complete two volumes of the Book of the Dead, I will resurrect you immediately, and you don't have to take any merit."
Song Beiliu looked at Gao Yan deeply, then sighed: "That's not good, we have to unravel the cause and effect of each other. By the way, did you just mention the purpose of Chu Shen?"
"Draw out his former enemies."
"Who?"
Gao Yan didn't speak, because Song Beiliu had already reacted, and his face turned cold in an instant: "That's right, I forgot that we have a common enemy. He will indeed appear in the Styx Kingdom, for the Book of the Dead."
Both have a common enemy and a common purpose, both conveniences are the same, and they go directly to the central temple.
Chrysanthemum Hualing always listened to Song Beiliu's words, so she didn't object, and followed them on the way of God.
Stepping into the way of God and walking for a while, the three of them found that the scene in front of them suddenly turned into a dark atrium, with large pillars about 20 meters high at both ends of the atrium. Behind the pillar is the throne, which is carved with huge statues of gods.
There are a total of forty-two statues on both sides, and their empty eyes stared at the three people who broke in.
Gao Yan: "Forty-two judgment gods? Let's go directly to the central temple?"
As soon as he opened his mouth to speak, he found that there was a huge echo, and the atrium was really empty.
The soul body entered the temple of the god of underworld, and the god of underworld Osiris sat on the first throne, with a scale in the middle, one end of the scale was the feather of truth, and the other end was the spirit body.
Anubis is weighing, the god of wisdom is recording, the goddess of truth is watching, and forty-two gods are judging the soul.
The scene in front of me is very similar to the description of the myth.
Song Beiliu: "It shouldn't be that fast."
They continued to move forward and saw the 'god' sitting on the throne of the atrium - the familiar sphinx monster Sphinx.
Sphinx originated from ancient Egyptian mythology. They are smart and like to guess. If a human figured out the answer, it would choose to die. Instead, he will kill humans.
There is a classic story, the Sphinx has a puzzle, the title is: There is an animal that walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs at night. The more legs there are, the weaker they are.
The answer is people.
The result was that the Sphinx jumped off a cliff to his death.
As a result, a Sphinx effect is formed, that is, the 'Sphinx Mystery'.
Song Beiliu: "The first door of the Central Temple, Sphinx."
The Sphinx of the Atrium Throne is sleeping, and when someone speaks in its ear, it opens its eyes to ask questions - its eyes are open, green eyes, unexpectedly modest rather than arrogant.
The Sphinx stared at the players in the atrium, and it asked, "Your purpose?"
Gao Yan: "The central temple, the gods judge."
The sphinx told them: "You need to pass me first, then in the seventh heaven, where the darkness of the sun and the moon meet, to avoid Apep the serpent, then in the two halls of truth to receive a fair trial, and finally appear. In the judgment hall, the underworld god, the eight main gods and the forty-two gods will jointly judge."
Gao Yan: "Thank you."
Sphinx: "If you insist on passing by me, you need to solve the mystery of the Sphinx."
Gao Yan, Song Beiliu and Juli Hualing agreed at the same time, and as soon as they answered, their figures disappeared in the atrium immediately.
The three of them are separated and appear in different eras, and they can only come back if they solve the mystery of the Sphinx.