"I know who you are.
You are the morning sun, and you are the evening sun.
You are the king of the gods, and the lord of all nations. You rule heaven and earth, and eternity is in your hands.
You are the father of all, and the creator of all. You were born before light and darkness, and you are omnipotent.
By your name they pray, by your name they swear, and the gods call on your name.
But mortals cannot call you by your real name, and they can only call you "Shub Nicholas". That does not show even one ten-thousandth of your greatness.
Day and night, you can hear every cry of the people. You can see the people of all nations in the world.
You don't need to judge the trivial matters, and your beloved Little Ram God has arranged everything.
Little Ram God, give your joy and anger to the world.
Mortals cannot recognize the Little Ram God's true appearance, and they can only call him Knum, Paen, and Faunus.
Dionysus is another incarnation of him, sacred and crazy, and joy and pain. He is the highest state of life.
"The First Born of the Endless Black Goats, new life after the night, our ruler" is his real name, and mortals call him "Kerma".
Little Ram God, Kerma, we give you our souls!
Please take us to the giant ship that traverses the heavens, and with an extraordinary body, we will reach heaven, and the king of the gods. "
Frantic and strange noises came from inside the camp, and many people seemed to be screaming in panic. Everyone in the camp suddenly became very nervous.
Eldin was also surprised, and there was an indescribable restlessness. Could it be that the buyers were trying to take advantage of the situation?
"Be careful of these people. Come with me!" Eldin hurriedly called his men. The situation was already very tense, and everyone raised their guns. Eldin could not care less about the confrontation, and he rushed into the main tent with a small group of men. "Bashir, Ella, what's going on …"
As soon as he walked past the curtain at the entrance of the tent, Eldin stopped, and his hair stood on end …
Around him, the other men were also stunned, and their hands holding the gun suddenly trembled.
In front of the camp, Bashir, Ella, the guards, Edwin, Ford, Smith, and their bodyguards were all either on the ground or on their knees.
Faultner was still struggling a little, and the haggard Edwin was holding the ceramic animal figurine in his hands, muttering crazily.
At the back of the tent, the nylon cloth had been flipped to one side. Three figures stood there. On the left and right were two skeletons. The empty eye sockets of the skeletons glowed with a strange light. In the middle was a taller stone figure … the three mummies.
Eldin was speechless. He did not know if he was trembling. What was that …
The figure in the middle was not just a rock or a bone. In a trance, he saw that the face had vivid colors.
It looked like a young man in his twenties. He looked like a man, but his delicate facial features had a hint of femininity. Unlike modern Egyptians, Caucasians, black people, Middle Easterners, and Asians, the bronze-colored skin looked like a figure in an ancient Egyptian mural, handsome and mysterious.
When Eldin wanted to get a clearer look, as soon as his eyes met the eyes on the ancient face, a heart-wrenching pain exploded in his body, and he immediately fell to the ground. Now he finally understood why he always had a strange feeling when he participated in the excavation of the stone body …
"Ah, ah …" A guard next to him was covered in cold sweat. In a daze, he aimed his rifle at the resurrected mummies, pulled the trigger, and fired.
Bang! The gunshots immediately overwhelmed the nerves of the other guards who were still standing, and they all fired. Bang, bang, bang …
However, everyone who was still looking in that direction saw a scene that they could not understand. The space there seemed to be distorted, and the gunshots only caused slight ripples before they disappeared, and the three mummies were still standing there.
"Fool." At this time, the stone mummy in the middle made a sound. The mouth on its face seemed to be moving, but it did not. "Say my name."
The voice did not belong to a human at all. It was deep, sonorous, and inexplicably weird, as if it came from the underworld.
While the guards were still panicking, the guard who fired first suddenly covered his throat with both hands in pain. His whole body was suspended from the ground, and his feet were kicking as if he was being strangled. Then, the other guards were also suspended in pain.
Eldin was stunned. Overwhelmed by a deep sense of fear, his legs bent involuntarily, and he fell to the ground …
"Fool who offended me, you will have no afterlife," the stone mummy said. "You will perish from now on."
As soon as the creepy voice trailed off, there were a few heavy bangs. Before the guards could even scream, they all exploded into a pile of flesh and blood, and only their skeletons were left.
Eldin was instantly drenched in flesh and blood, and his heart was so tight that he could not feel it …
Because of the gunshots, there were still other people walking in from outside the tent. They were shouting, "What's going on?" "Mr. Smith?"
The corner of the stone man's mouth seemed to be curled up, and he revealed a wanton smile.
Eldin thought he saw the man raise his hand, and then he heard the horrible explosion again, coming from everywhere outside the tent, and then it was quiet again.
"Little Ram God Kelma, Little Ram God Kelma …"
At this time, another voice came from inside the tent. It was Edwin's voice, filled with fanaticism and fear. Edwin was still holding the animal statue with both hands reverently, kneeling on the ground, his eyes lowered, not daring to look straight ahead. "The traitor of the King of Egypt, the traitor of the Sun God Amon, the eldest son of the real Sun God …"
The eyes of the Little Ram God turned slightly, as if he was a little dissatisfied. "Fool, what can you give me?"
The vague murderous aura made everyone in the tent even more afraid to make a sound. Even Ella, who was arrogant and domineering before, could only curl up on the ground.
Only Edwin, who seemed to be crazy, could speak, "Let the world know the true name of the Sun God …"
"I mean, what can you give me?" the Little Ram God said again, his voice a little higher than before.
The slight change made everyone in the tent feel a sudden heart-wrenching pain, as if the temperature had suddenly risen by dozens of degrees, and the fire of the sun was baking them, and they were about to be turned into a pile of ashes that could never be resurrected.
"George, I think the Little Ram God means …" Ford had to speak with difficulty, "Sacrifice, we need to offer sacrifice …"
The Little Ram God glanced at Ford and said, "You just wanted to stop him from calling me."
"I …" Ford wanted to defend himself, but this thought brought about an instinctive fear, so he changed his words, "I was afraid because I was ignorant."
"You're not lying." The Little Ram God looked at Edwin again. "What about you?"
Edwin's old, thin face became even more fanatical, and he was telling the truth. "Little Ram God, I'm 57 years old. I've loved the ancient Egyptian civilization since I was a child, or rather, the ancient civilization, which led me to the path of archaeology … I'm eager to get close to the truly great things, God, power, resurrection, immortality … People think that ancient humans are ignorant, but I think ancient humans know the essence of all things better, and they used to be closer to the gods … Your arrival has confirmed my view … Little Ram God, I'm willing to offer sacrifice and follow your light …"
Ford remembered that when he was in Cambridge, Edwin liked to delve into mysticism and was always interested in the unsolved mysteries of the Egyptian civilization.
However, how many people who studied ancient civilizations did not have a love for mysticism?
The thoughts of his youth surged in his heart as well, and they were like a whirlpool that gave his heart strength that he hadn't felt in a long time.
When people lived to the age of 60, all kinds of passion had long disappeared, and the old body slowly lost strength. This situation would only get worse.
The average lifespan of the ancient Egyptians was only about 30 years old. At the age of 12 or 13, they entered the reproductive period and began to have children. When they were in their twenties, they were already old, and at the age of 30, they would reach the end of their lives. Therefore, the ancient Egyptians had a great fear of death and a great nostalgia for life. They longed to regain their youth, and yearned for resurrection after death.
But how different were the modern people? Their lives were also short. It was as if they were still in college yesterday, but now they had a head full of white hair.
Their entire lives were shrouded in the shadow of disease and death. There was never a day when they were truly "healthy". Every day, they were gradually dying.
Even if they prayed to God, they would not receive the slightest response.
But now, the one in front of him was God.
"Little Ram God." Faultner made up his mind and called out the name. He thought of his mother who had passed away and his little daughter who had died at an early age. "I also long to follow you and live in the new world blessed by the true Sun God."
Whether it was because of fear, desire, or blind obedience, Paul Smith, Bashir, Ella, and a group of bodyguards next to him also hurriedly spoke up.
Eldin, who had fallen in a pile of flesh and blood at the entrance, also called out the Little Ram God.
Their previous religious beliefs were on the verge of collapse in front of this manifestation of God Power, not even worth mentioning.
"Your will is nothing special," the Little Ram God responded. "This generation, however, is a little different."
As it spoke, the Little Ram God seemed to see some kind of scene in time and space. "But not now. You have not offered anything, not now."
No one in the tent understood what it meant. Even Edwin and Ford were not sure.
"Not now, not this year," the Little Ram God said again. The Little Ram God continued, "My promise to my followers has not changed. After 10,240 seasons of the last revolution, the stone disease will come, and a new world will arise."
After that, the ancient voice faded away, and the mysterious face gradually returned to the color of stone.
The tent quieted down. Bang! Bang! The two skeletal mummies fell to the ground, but the stone mummy in the middle was still standing.
After a while, the people in the tent finally dared to speak. "Just now, what, what happened …" "Is that real? How … "
Unlike the others who were still confused and unable to stand up, Edwin had already put the animal figurine back on the long table and picked up an automatic rifle on the ground.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
The decisive and rapid gunshots, the chaotic screams of fear, and the screams soon stopped.
The ground of the entire tent was dyed red with blood, and the dead bodies of those who had been shot were scattered everywhere.
Ella was dead. Bashir was dead. Eldin was dead. The faces of their battered skulls still showed the disbelief and terror of their deaths. The guards they had hired were dead. Paul Harding was dead. The bodyguards Harding had hired were dead.
There were only two people left alive in the tent. One was Edwin, and the other was Ford, who had not yet stood up and was sitting on the ground.
"George …" Ford murmured blankly.
"These people only do bad things," Edwin said in a hoarse voice. It was his first time killing someone, but he was so calm that it did not seem like he had just killed a dozen people. "We can't let them live. Herry, only the two of us here understand this. Only we have become the followers of the Little Goat God. "
Faultner also felt that the likes of Ella would not amount to much, but Paul Smith, an old friend of many years …
"The Little Goat God did not look at Paul just now. God doesn't like him," Edwin said. "Herry, cheer up. We have a lot of things to do."
"Yeah …" Ford could not help but let out a sigh. Yes, there were a lot of things to do.
"The ancient Egyptians and the ancient Kushites had three seasons in a year, so 10,240 seasons would be 3,413 years and one more season. If the 'last revolution' refers to Amenhotep III's reign in the New Kingdom, that would be 1391 to 1353 BC."
Edwin was already thinking. "That would be between 2022 and 2060. That is when the Little Goat God promised to come again."
"I think so …" Ford pulled himself together and stood up. "George, that's still a few decades away."
It was August 1982, and people mentioned this year because of the Falklands War, the World Cup in Spain, the release of Spielberg's "E.T.", or the fact that "AIDS" had been officially named and was rapidly spreading across the world.
"At least 40 years," Edwin said in a hoarse voice. Edwin's voice was hoarse. "Herry, we have to live until then. We have to act now."
"Old friend, remember when we were in Cambridge, we started a secret society?" Ford said. "I think it's necessary to start it again."
"Yes, yes …" Edwin nodded. "But this time, we have a direction."
The two of them, facing the goat-headed pottery statue on the long table and the stone statue behind it, once again bowed deeply and knelt down to worship.
When the ten thousand two hundred and forty seasons are over, when the year comes at last
May Kelma, the Little Goat God, and all his followers be reborn
May they hear the cheers of the world
In the ceremony to welcome the arrival of the Little Goat God
The people will offer up everything that is precious
Give all the water left in the water bowl to Kelma
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