The artificial fog in the amusement park finally dissipated.
Only the dense and curling water vapor around the Brave Rapids remained. The area closest to the pyramid was sticky and wet, and covered with mudflats.
At the innermost end of the park, the stone gate swung open with a bang.
Wei Shi walked out from the ‘House of Life’ sacrificial temple first, the longbow slung over his back and the bronze arrows at his waist, beside his right hand.
Wu Jin finished stamping himself and followed him out.
Sporadic drops of water hit Wu Jin’s cheek, and the youth wiped at them with the back of his hand. The two of them looked up at the same time to take in the largest entertainment facility in the entire amusement theme park.
The sound of water was deafening.
Water rushed down from the mouth of the Sphinx sculpture at the top of the 60 meter high pyramid, charging like a sword into the ground and washing open a channel in the oxygen-rich, iron-red tinted stones that formed the pyramid. At this time, it was approaching noon, and the side facing the sun was shining, the water spray refracting and reflecting the light. It seemed that if one looked on for longer, they would be painfully dazzled by this Ancient Egyptian miracle.
Amidst the noise of the water, the pyramid that stood higher than 30 stories seemed quiet and mysterious.
Wu Jin looked back. Behind them, the temple of clerical sacrifice and the temple of life with the dancers and musicians that had just been cleared weren’t even worth mentioning when compared to the magnificent pyramid mausoleum in front of them.
Wu Jin suddenly realized, “The order of the kneeling priests is the same as in the mural. At the bottom is the clerical priest who is responsible for recording and passing on their history, further up are the priestesses in charge of divine music; finally there’s the priest of the door of life who performs magic and treatment. However, all of them together are still unequal to the reverence that ‘death’ brings.”
In Ancient Egyptian culture, death was the most important trial, and it led the dead souls to the residence of the gods. The joys and sorrows of a person’s life were merely preparation for the subsequent trial.
The pyramids were the tombs of the ancient pharaohs.
The funeral priest who was in charge of the construction of the pyramids was the most revered priest in Ancient Egypt. Because they were closest to death, they were ‘prophets’ with an incomparably high position.
The water mist was still gathering in the shallows, and tens of meters away from them, the mechanism of the temple where Jingyi was located was still rotating.
“Get ready to look for the entrance.” Wu Jin spoke immediately, “In this humidity, nobody will take the risk of letting their guns become useless. Just now, I heard a sound in the corridor; it should be the sound of Jingyi going back to the previous level to get a set of bow and arrows.”
“We’re the fastest team to get here.”
Just before stepping into the mud, Wu Jin suddenly stopped. He looked forward thoughtfully.
“Take off your shoes. Don’t leave any footprints when we go in.”
The two of them removed their military grade shoes and tossed them into their combat backpacks, then walked barefoot along the shallows. Wei Shi appeared impatient and urged Wu Jin to walk in front of him. At the same time though, a long arrow had already been nocked silently onto the bowstring as he kept watch from behind Wu Jin, aiming it the whole time at the possible direction that Jingyi would emerge from.
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