Stealing Game

Chapter 114 Fighting with God

Li Yuan's blood bloomed on the altar.

The inconspicuous low altar was instantly awakened in front of my eyes, and only then did I realize that the appearance of the altar was actually a section of "Osiris' backbone".

In ancient Egyptian belief, the backbone of Hades represented constancy.In this way, the spine of the god of the underworld Osiris can be used as an altar, the bones of the desert and the god of strength Seth can be used as a sacrifice, and [ancient blood] can be used as a sacrifice. The gods to be sacrificed are really great style.

At the same time, the colors stained the walls on all sides, and the complicated and complex murals wrapped everyone in a beautiful dream. In an instant, they had seen the rise and fall of ancient Egypt for thousands of years.I held my breath, looked at the grand scene in front of me and couldn't help taking a step back.

Li Yuan grabbed me and said, "Wang Yu be careful!"

It turned out that at some point a senet chessboard stretched out from the altar as the center, half of it unfolded towards the wall, and the other half towards the crowd.Li Yuan and I happened to be standing in this game with unknown rules, and the step I just took made us stand in different camps.

Not only that, but it seemed that something was triggered, and the grand and magnificent ancient Egyptian event just now turned into a different look.A bright river flows under the flourishing fig tree, and the blood-colored river flows backwards to the top of the mural.There is an eye of Horus that seems to be weeping blood.And in the brown-green soil under the bloody river, there were countless dry and twisted people with hideous faces.I couldn't help but think of those murals before I separated from Lou Shiqi and the others that showed similar human figures, each of them was trying to break out of the ground, but after climbing out, they all lost their vitality and sat on the ground.

Who were these people sucked out of their lives?One more question, where is the dead man?

Look at the game of chess under your feet.

Senet was called the [Death Game] of ancient Egypt by later generations, because most of the archaeological discoveries are in tombs.Egyptologists believe that the game connects the world of life and the afterlife, symbolizing the prudence of the soul of the deceased in the underworld.Just like you need to go through different levels in [Book of the Dead], in order to win the game, the dead must play against their opponents until they pass the test and come to the realm of eternity.

Perhaps the people on the murals are metaphors for life and death, plump for life and shriveled for death.But this doesn't explain why buried in the soil is more alive than on the ground.

On the other hand, Senet chess was actually a game between the gods before it became a game dedicated to tombs.Legend has it that Thoth, the god of wisdom, bet on light, and it was this game that won Kongsu, the moon god.Because Konsu was defeated by Thoth, it could not show its full light outside the full moon.

So in this game, is Senet betting on the full moon or life and death?

For us, either one is deadly.

Li Yuan and I looked at each other.We are now pawns, and at the same time both sides of the game.But as a mortal, how can he control life and death, and how can He De play against the gods?

Since I accidentally took that step, my whole body was tense, and no one dared to act rashly.

No one dared to claim to know the rules of Senet's game so far, and the only person who might know had just passed away.Thinking of this, everyone wanted to catch Stephanie and beat her up.

What can I do?I was a little panicked, looking eagerly in the crowd with my eyes, but none of them was what I wanted.Everyone was waiting for me to go down, and even Meng Weiqing didn't show any hints.

"Don't worry, we can definitely get out."

Li Yuan pinched me lightly, and his hand has not let go since he grabbed me.It did give me some support, even if I still feel guilty.I nodded towards Li Yuan, and after gathering my mind, I carefully studied this round of Senet.

"Do you know how to get there?" Carl grabbed Laila and tried to ask, but was pushed away by Ali.The faces of the Egyptians are very bad now, but it seems that they really know something.

Alex kept Lyla behind him. "Don't go crazy, now think about what to do next."

I ignored those Egyptians who were still hiding something, and said loudly: "Wait, don't move!"

"Yes, no one should act rashly now, if you make a wrong move, the consequences will be disastrous." Morgan's face sank like water.

"I remember that Yu met Senet once at the Temple of Seth. At that time, Lee asked what would happen if he went wrong." Arno frowned: "Yu, do you know how to go next?"

Under the eyes of everyone, I clearly realized that I was the only Egyptologist, and I had to pull myself together.

"This should not be the real Senet. First of all, in the traditional Senet, the two players each hold five pieces and start from one end together. In the end, whoever reaches the end first will win the game. After all, Senet It’s a clearance game. But the current situation is obviously against the rules, and you can’t go to the wall.” I pointed to where I and Li Yuan were, and motioned them to look at the wall. "Of course, it's already very unconventional here. But maybe those rules don't matter."

"So what should we do?" asked Kawhisan, who had great respect for the gods of ancient Egypt.

Yes, having said so much, the key is how to go next.I remembered that Old Black wrote in his notes that if he made a mistake in Senet, the worst result would not be that he couldn’t solve it, but a wrong entrance would be solved.I can't even imagine where a wrong entrance will lead everyone.

I thought about it: "This may not really be Senet, but more like a symbolic chess game. And what we have to do is to join this game."

Except for the wall next to Li Yuan and me with half of the Lacenet chessboard unfolded, the murals on both sides depict the scene of the pharaoh playing the Senet game with the gods.Pharaoh and the gods played chess, so the bet in this game of Senet is to be reborn through death.

Boothwell looked at me scrutinizingly.

Arno shrugged and walked over.Everyone dubiously followed suit, and stepped into Senet's chessboard one after another. Alex, Hassan, and Laila also sacrificed their own blood on the spine of Osiris.

I watch it all.

In fact, among the rules of Senet that no one has determined so far, there is one that is not true or false, and it is very appalling.When the player, that is, the dead, triggers a special place, he will even switch roles with the opponent.How on earth are we ordinary people going to play this game of chess with the gods, or even replace them?

"Is there something wrong?" Li Yuan whispered to me.He has always been quite sensitive to changes in the surrounding environment, and upon closer inspection I found that something was indeed not quite right.

When everyone entered the game, the mural changed again.The spine of the blood-drenched Osiris began to rise, breaking the entire wall vertically.A gurgle of golden liquid flowed out from the pierced place, filling up the entire mural in a short while.

Where the liquid passed, the shriveled and twisted human figure became full like a soaked sea cucumber.After being endowed with vitality, those "people" dragged their bodies and crawled towards the place where the liquid gushed out. After touching Osiris's flesh and blood backbone, inexplicably intoxicated colors appeared on their ferocious faces.

As the golden liquid filled the entire wall, the entire mural was fully revealed.It turns out that what we have been looking at is the underground world, and what is really exposed on the ground is only the backbone of Osiris floating on the golden liquid.

On the spine of the god of the underworld, which symbolizes eternity, stands a Benu bird lightly.The dead buried in the liquid are trying their best to get closer to the only piece of land in the water.

"This is Primordial Hill?" Alex narrowed his green eyes.

I nod.According to the correspondence of the murals, we are on the island of creation, and it is also the land where the gods first set foot.But what I don't understand is why there is still no way to go when everyone enters the Senet?
Li Yuan carefully studied the mural in front of him.I also tilted my head and pondered for a long time, but I didn't see any tricks.

"Yuan'er, what do you see?"

Li Yuan looked at me, raised a smug smile, and stepped on the spine of the god of the underworld in the mural.I was about to scold him for blasphemy, but he didn't forget to give me a hand.

"Since this is our game, let's go down together and see if that 'god' can win this round."

　The first half ends here

　　
　
(End of this chapter)