As soon as they left the tomb, without waiting for Fina to speak, Richard automatically used its beak to clamp the light stick, causing the green light stick to illuminate the long tomb passage.
"Ga woo woo woo —"
Having saved its bird's life, it became elated and hummed, "Love is a light, so green that you panic ~"
Unfortunately, only it knew the content of the lyrics.
To Fina's surprise, the tomb passage connected to the tomb chamber was actually flat, with no obvious slope. If the internal structure of the golden pyramid was similar to that of the Great Pyramid, it meant that she had chosen the tomb of the king as her resting place, not the tomb of the queen.
This … was indeed her style.
Although she had not been able to officially become a pharaoh during her lifetime, she would at least get what she wanted after her death.
Fina and Richard walked in front, and Galaxy and Old Time Tea followed behind, looking at the gorgeous and solemn tomb passage in amazement.
Stone statues of animal gods were placed in pairs on both sides of the tomb passage. Some were pure animals, some had beast heads and human bodies, and some had human heads and beast bodies. They were all carved from black rock, and a lot of dust had fallen on them. They looked at each other solemnly, as if waiting for the moment when the owner of the tomb would be resurrected.
To people who did not understand Egyptian mythology and traditions, the atmosphere might be a bit strange.
There were also gold utensils and ornaments of slightly lower quality scattered in the tomb passage, making people feel that the gold here was as worthless as brass, and could be casually thrown around.
The tomb passage itself was also covered in dust, like the first snow in winter, and it led straight into the darkness.
For two thousand years, no one had stepped into this tomb passage, and no one had left footprints here.
Walking between the stone statues of animal gods and being stared at by their cold eyes, people would unconsciously lighten their footsteps and hold their breath, as if they were afraid to disturb the sleep of these tomb guards.
Richard felt creeped out and did not even dare to hum. It wanted to protest why there were stone statues of fierce beasts. Did the ancient Egyptians live in Africa, but they did not know the cuteness of African grey parrots?
It wasn't long before they reached the end of the short tunnel. There was a fork in the road ahead. One road led to the top, and the other led to the bottom. The former should lead to the King's Tomb, and the latter should lead to the entrance.
Fina looked up in the direction of the former. It really wanted to run to see her, but it had to solve the problem of Peter Lee and the others first.
There was a faint clanking sound coming from the lower tomb. It was Peter Lee and the others making their final effort to enter the pyramid. From the sound, it sounded like the stone wall had been thinned by their bombardment and could be broken through at any time.
"Ga wu wu wu!"
With the light stick in its mouth, Richard flew to the top of the stone wall at the fork and scratched the wall with its claws. It found that there were words engraved on the stone wall, but they were covered in dust and could not be seen clearly.
After it cleared away the dust, it realized that it was an ancient Egyptian hieroglyph that it could not understand.
Fina narrowed her eyes, glanced at the handwriting, and said, "The death of the body opens the door to eternal life for the soul — this is a sentence from the Book of the Dead."
Richard flew down angrily. It thought that it had found something incredible, such as a spell or something. It wanted to ask Fina for credit, because according to its previous observation of Fina, Fina changed her attitude faster than flipping a book.
Suddenly, there was the sound of a heavy object sliding in the tomb passage behind them, followed by a loud noise of a heavy object falling to the ground. The noise was not too loud, but it seemed very loud in the quiet tomb passage.
Almost at the same time, there was a louder noise in front of them, and they could vaguely hear people cheering.
Fina's expression changed. It knew that Peter Lee and the others had finally broken through the outer wall.
"Ga! Haunted! Haunted! What's the sound behind us? Could it be that the Tomb Guardian Beast has been resurrected? "
Richard was so scared that it quickly flapped its wings and tried to fly as high as possible. It almost touched the ceiling, and the light stick in its mouth fell to the ground.
Old Time Tea walked at the back and heard it more clearly. It said, "No! From what I can hear, it seems to be the sound from the tomb just now. "
"The sound from the tomb?" Richard rolled its eyes. "Is that a zombie?"
As soon as it said it, it realized that it was wrong. This sentence might touch Fina's bad luck, so it quickly changed its words. "I guess it's probably a bottle that fell. But it's a pity. If it was haunted, let the ghosts fight Peter Lee, and we can sit on the mountain and watch the ghosts fight! "
Fina said angrily, "Is your mouth for talking?"
Richard quickly flew up and picked up the light stick again. It felt wronged. Could it be that its mouth was not used to speak?
"Follow!"
Fina took a big step and quickly ran to the lower tomb passage, trying to stop the actions of Peter Lee and the others as soon as possible.
Most parrots were not very good at flying. Richard flapped its wings with all its might, but it could not keep up with Fina's speed.
Old Time Tea was afraid that Fina would make a mistake. It called out to Galaxy, passed Richard, and followed closely behind Fina.
There was another fork in front. According to the layout of the Great Pyramid, the lower part should lead to the underground tomb, and the higher part should be the direct entrance.
There should be a vast amount of rare treasures stored in the underground tomb, but Fina did not hesitate to choose the latter. It had to stop Peter Lee.
Richard was dizzy and disoriented. As soon as he flew to the fork, he was stopped by Xinghai, who was waiting there.
"Meow! Richard, don't fly forward," Galaxy said.
"Ga wu wu wu!"
Richard whined angrily, meaning to get out of the way, or Fina would not spare it.
Galaxy shook its head. "The entrance in front has been opened. There is no need for you to hold the light stick in your mouth."
"Ga? Really? "
Richard loosened its mouth. It wanted to be involved in the feud between Fina and Peter Lee. What if there was a fire at the city gate?
"Really," Galaxy replied affirmatively.
"Then can I go first?" Richard thought that with the illumination of the light stick, he could fly out through the ventilation duct.
"Meow! Not yet. You have to go over there first." Galaxy raised its claws and pointed to the fork in the high place, which led to the tomb of the king.
"Ga? Why do I go over there? Don't look at how big my eggs are. I'm still quite timid! "Richard looked at the dark tomb passage and trembled.
Galaxy pushed its bundle of light sticks to Richard. "Meow! You have to put a light stick at intervals. Fina will need it … and she will thank you."
Richard did not want to take on this inexplicable task, but if it could make Fina owe it a favor, maybe it could save its life again next time.
"Ga! I really can't do anything to you. Then I will go! "
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