Chapter 208 No Way Out
Chapter 208 No Way Out
This was true abandonment. Originally, he only needed to cut the rope on the other side, and the three people would swing back to the other side because the ropes broke. However, he chose to cut all the ropes on both sides. He... did not choose to leave Ishikawa Goemon alive!
The three of them continued to fall, surrounded by darkness.
The feeling of falling suddenly disappeared, a sharp pain came, and the next moment he fell into coma.
..........
Lupin III walked forward, and the space around him became increasingly wider, as if he had entered a new world after crossing the abyss.
There were two roads ahead. Lupin III thought for a moment, stood in the middle of the road and took out a coin!
"Flowers on the left and people on the right!"
The next moment, the coin was thrown into the sky by Lupin the Third and fell down spinning.
Lupin the Third reached out and caught the falling coin, then slowly opened his hands, only to see that the coin was facing up!
Just as I was about to turn right out of habit, I thought of what happened just now.
Robust No. 3 shook his head and finally chose to go left.
The corridor on the left was a little dark, and the lamps on both sides seemed to lack fuel, so the flames were not obvious.
Lupin III didn't care and walked forward step by step. After walking for half an hour, there was no mechanism along the way. In the dim light, Lupin III saw that the road ahead was dead end.
He sighed and was about to turn around and leave, but he found a clue on the stone wall in front of him.
Taking two steps forward and getting closer to the stone wall, I saw that other stone walls were slightly uneven. Even if they were polished smooth, they still had bumps and depressions. But this stone wall didn't have that. It was as if it was a flat surface cut directly out using modern technology.
Lupin III reached out his hand suspiciously and felt around on it, knocking left and touching right, and soon found an unusual place. He pressed it lightly, and the stone wall actually moved.
Lupin the Third pressed it to the bottom and a space appeared inside. He felt around and found a lever on the left.
Without hesitation, Lupin the Third pulled the lever.
But there was silence all around, without the slightest change. Just when Lupin III was about to give up and turn back, his feet suddenly felt empty, and he fell into a space.
Rubbing his painful butt, Lupin III stood up with a grimace. This butt was unlucky for him.
Looking around, there is a spacious stone chamber, brightly lit, with various reliefs on both sides. In the front is a row of stairs leading upwards, but there is nothing behind the stairs.
The mechanism above his head had been closed, and it was impossible to go back. Lupin III could only go to the stairs and look around.
"This can't be a dead end, there must be a trap!"
Lupin III groped around one by one, not leaving out any corner, and finally found a brick that could be pushed.
With a gleam in his eyes, Lupin the Third pushed the brick in with all his strength.
The next moment, the ground beneath his feet suddenly opened up, and Lupin III fell in, sliding down along a slide.
There was a bright light in front of him. Lupin III fell to the ground, his eyes still a little uncomfortable after emerging from the dark environment.
Close your eyes and open them after a moment.
I saw that the surrounding corners were filled with yellow sand, and mummies wrapped in white cloth were hanging in the air. In front of them was a high platform with a golden coffin on it. This coffin was a human-shaped coffin made of gold. There were these patterns painted on it, which generally represented the life of the deceased.
The face of this strange humanoid coffin is sunken and has no facial features, as if the original facial features had been pried away by someone.
Lupin III looked up at the mummies hanging in the sky, came to the human-shaped coffin, looked at the missing face on it, and took out the mask from the black bag!
Gently placed on it, the mask and the human-shaped coffin merged perfectly into one, fitting together seamlessly!
The next moment, the entire pyramid seemed to be shaking, gusts of yellow sand fell from the ceiling above, and several stone slabs descended from the stone wall behind the coffin!
The queen's last words were recorded in ancient Egyptian.
“Stranger, I’m glad you’re here.
On an ordinary afternoon, it suddenly rained heavily. My people were very happy. You know, rain is very precious in the desert. It is difficult for us to get rain under normal circumstances, and the water resources in the oasis are also limited.
But this water resource, which originally represented life and hope, has turned into a curse!
My people were cursed after being caught in that rain. The number of boys born in my tribe became fewer and fewer, until finally only females were left in the entire tribe, and we no longer had the ability to reproduce.
Without men, there are many dangers, and difficult things become difficult to accomplish. Our food is becoming less and less, and the resources we can obtain are also becoming fewer and fewer. The Shimu tribe is about to perish!
This is not what I wanted. Even though I have the ability to become immortal, I cannot save my people. This makes me spend every day in pain, and I can only watch my people die in front of me!
I began to look through the records left by the previous elders of the tribe, looking for a way to save us. God really did not abandon us. Atum left us a glimmer of hope. I found another way to spread my ability of immortality and let my people also gain this ability!
I summoned all the remaining members of the tribe to start the ceremony. Perhaps this method is cruel, but I have to do it. I can't bear to see my people continue to die like this!
Thank you, stranger, when you see this, I think there is no accident, I have already recovered......"
The writing on the back has weathered over time and cannot be seen at all.
When Lupin III was still wondering what method the queen had found to grant her people immortality, he suddenly felt the human-shaped coffin behind him...open by itself!
In the darkness, Xiaoxin slowly opened his eyes. The pain made him cough violently and he felt as if his internal organs were twisted.
Looking around, I found myself lying on a pile of sand. The bottom of the abyss was already covered with sand. I guess it was the sand that leaked in from the cracks.
There were a few broken branches nearby with green leaves hanging on them and a rope wrapped around the branches. Xiaoxin looked up into the sky and saw a tree growing out of a crevice in a rock not far away. At this time, most of its branches had disappeared, leaving only a small part.
Xiaoxin looked down at the broken branches around him and couldn't help but sigh at the power of life!
And it was because of his strength that he saved my life! Thank you, Brother Shu, for sacrificing yourself for others!
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