After watching Galaxy disappear into the air duct, Zhang Zian looked back. There were only himself, Famous, Vladimir, and Snowy Lionet left.
To his slight relief, it wasn't just him who felt weak in the knees when he saw the iron ladder. Snowy Lionet also felt the same way.
It had always clamored that no matter where Fina went, it would follow her, but … this ladder was too high! It thought that with its short legs, it would fall after climbing no more than ten steps, not to mention the last two meters. Even if it was killed, it wouldn't be able to jump up. It could only stare at it.
In addition, the sun was rising higher and higher. They were on the south side of the pyramid, so it was already very hot. Snowy Lionet felt that its fur was almost burnt.
Something's not right … It suddenly smelled something burning. It's really burnt!
A few strands of white, straight, and soft fur had turned black and curled up. If it continued to burn, it would really catch fire.
It was so scared that it quickly jumped back into the car. It didn't want to wait for Fina to come back and find a burnt black cat.
Vladimir noticed Zhang Zian's gaze and said, "I'm not going up. I saw a lot of wild cats on the way here. It might be more appropriate to stay outside."
As it spoke, it trotted into the sand dunes and quickly disappeared.
As for Famous, even if it wanted to go in, it couldn't because of its size.
Since no elfins wanted to go in, it was his turn.
Of course, he didn't want to go into the air duct. That would only be possible if he learned the legendary bone shrinking skill. However, he had to go up. There was one thing he had to send in — the Holy Cat statue.
Sending the Holy Cat statue into a pyramid and letting the ancient Egyptian gods guard it so that it had no chance of resurrection was one of his main goals in coming to Egypt.
He visually estimated that the size of the air duct seemed to be able to accommodate the Holy Cat statue, so he decided to give it a try. Anyway, Peter Lee and the others were still working and hadn't entered the tower yet.
The north side of the pyramid was currently in shadow. It wasn't too hot, but it would be hit by the sun at most around noon. At that time, whether or not Peter Lee and the others had successfully entered the tower, they would have to stop working.
He put the iron ladder down. It was easy. He just had to pull it up and let go. The iron ladder didn't make much noise when it fell on the sand.
Then, he lengthened the iron ladder and fixed it. With great effort, he put the ladder back on the pyramid. The collision of iron and stone made some noise, but he let go while Peter and the others were chiseling, so the sound was well covered.
He moved the Holy Cat statue out of the trunk and stuffed it into a vertical hiking backpack. He carried the backpack on his back and bravely climbed up the ladder.
One step, two steps …
His hands gripped the handrail of the ladder so tightly that his palms were sweaty. He carefully climbed up.
Logically speaking, this iron ladder was designed to be very stable, and the outer wall of the pyramid was inclined at more than 50 degrees. The iron ladder was leaning against the outer wall, and it was very heavy, which made it even more stable. Unless there was an extremely unexpected situation, it would never fall forward or backward, unless the climber himself lost his center of gravity and fell to the left or right.
But the theory was one thing, and the reality was another.
Zhang Zian kept telling himself not to look down. He absolutely could not look down.
At first, he could still bear it, but after climbing for a while, he felt like he had been climbing for a long time. Why hadn't he reached the top? He clearly saw Fina, Old Time Tea, and Galaxy climbing up like they were flying …
So, he looked up.
He suddenly felt a little dizzy. Why was he still so far from the top of the ladder?
His eyes uncontrollably looked down at his feet …
Oh my God!
His whole body was sweating profusely, but the sun immediately evaporated the sweat.
It was hard to describe this feeling. In the past, when he watched the old dragon movies, he only felt that it was very thrilling and exciting, such as rolling down a slanted roof with sparks and lightning. Now, it was like he was on a slanted roof without any safety ropes, performing a performance without any special effects.
The only difference was that no one would take pictures of his heroic feat.
The heavy Holy Cat statue behind him was like a big, malicious hand, pulling him back hard, making him feel like he could fall back at any time.
He gritted his teeth and clung to the ladder, not daring to move for a long time.
Famous was worried, but it couldn't help him. It was so anxious that it could only stare at him. It couldn't even shout to encourage him, because it might be heard by Peter Lee and the others, and that would be even more dangerous.
Zhang Zian, who couldn't reach the sky or the ground, was now a live target that was waiting to be slaughtered. He was as fragile as a two-hundred-pound orange cat.
"This stupid, stinky man." Snowy Lionet poked its head out of the window and smacked its lips. "He didn't look carefully at all. Your Majesty, they are not climbing up, they are jumping forward."
Jumping forward?
Famous was stunned. Recalling the movements of Fina and the others, it seemed to understand a little.
It ran to the foot of the iron ladder, raised a front paw, and tapped it gently.
Sound traveled through solid objects with less loss. Zhang Zian felt the sound and vibration, and he reluctantly looked down.
He saw Famous take a few steps back, then run up. Using the momentum, it ran four or five meters up the outer wall of the pyramid, then slide down, and repeat.
It seemed to be conveying some kind of message to him.
Its posture was a little strange. It pressed its body very low, almost crawling on the wall. It obviously couldn't rush high like that.
Zhang Zian gritted his teeth, bent his elbows inward, and let his body stick to the ladder. His eyes were parallel to the ladder, parallel to the direction of the outer wall.
In his subconscious mind, he had always thought that he was climbing "up," but the outer wall was more than 50 degrees. Compared to "going up," it was actually more like climbing "forward."
He hypnotized himself that he was climbing forward.
His eyes looked over the ladder and fell on the outer wall. He imagined himself as a recruit learning to crawl forward. It was more physically exhausting, but his body's center of gravity was closer to the ladder, so it was more stable.
The second half of the road was easier to walk than the first half, at least it felt that way.
He finally reached the hole in the ventilation duct, stuck his head in, and shouted, "Fina, Old Time Tea, Xinghai, B * tch Bird, are you there? I'm going to throw the Holy Cat statue in, be careful not to hit you! "
The sound was concentrated in the ventilation duct, so it wouldn't leak out.
After shouting once, he tilted his ear and listened carefully. He repeated this a few times, but there was no response.
It seemed that they had left the tomb.
He carefully took off his backpack, unzipped it, and stuffed the bag into the hole.
The bronze Holy Cat statue smoothly slid out of the bag, along the ventilation duct, and into the tower.
He secretly prayed that the sound of the statue hitting the wall would not be too loud.
As he wished, a louder sound came from the north side of the pyramid, overshadowing the sound of the collision. At the same time, there were cheers.
Peter Lee and the others finally opened the passage into the tower.
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