Chapter 7 Chapter Seven: The First Opening of Heaven and Earth

An Yu's rowing skills are really good, he can steer the boat smoothly with just a thin wooden oar, as if he was born to do this. Merry hummed a few words and then quieted down knowingly.The autumn moon is in the sky, reflecting the endless reed flowers in front of you, as if a fine snow has just drifted between the sky and the earth.In this situation, it is more harmonious to match the sound of Einai's sailing boat. After paddling along the winding river for a while, An Yu suddenly stopped the boat at a simple pier. "The first door has arrived." He opened his mouth in a low voice, like a stone breaking the moon shadow on the water.

A huge building stands behind the reeds, like a hazy silhouette in the moonlight.Meili jumped off the wooden boat and walked to the front of the building along the road paved with stones. Then with the help of the faint light, he saw clearly that there was a wide earth wall in front of him. There was a tall cuboid stone at the entrance, but it was obviously collapsed and damaged. There are traces of erosion, and the remaining part looks like an ancient Chinese archway. Since it is a brand new park that has just been baked, this dilapidated appearance must have been deliberately imitated from a ruin.

But if it's just an antique building, what's so interesting about this kind of Xibei... Meili murmured in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it to the iceberg man. "Do you know the nine-pillar god in ancient Egypt?" An Yu tied the wooden boat to the railing of the small pier and asked Meili expressionlessly. "I don't know." Merly replied confidently.She's not a professional, so how could she know such an unorthodox thing? According to Meili's vision, even if An Yu doesn't want to see him anymore, as a tour guide sent by the Yalu Group to train newcomers, it is his duty to introduce scenic spots to himself.Unexpectedly, after hearing Meili's answer, An Yu actually walked away, showing the shopkeeper's demeanor of "forget it if you don't know".

Seeing An Yu standing in front of the outer wall of the temple, Mei Li leaned over and raised his head, counting the two or three meter high relief statues on the wall one by one.Those statues are male and female, some are humanoid, and some have animal heads, which look very mysterious under the reflection of the lights. Reaching out and touching a relief, An Yu turned her face away, hiding the fragility that flashed in her eyes. "La, the Sun God, is the ancestor of the Nine Pillars God family, here, it is the bird-headed man with a circle on top of his head." A voice suddenly sounded, showing off a little complacently, "The God Ra exists for itself, he uses My own semen created a pair of sons and daughters—the god of wind and the god of rain, and this pair of brothers and sisters later became husband and wife... Ah, this, isn’t this incest?”

"I thought you knew everything." An Yu teased lightly. "It was said on the website!" Meili continued to read on the phone screen a little angrily, "The god of wind and the god of rain also gave birth to a pair of brothers and sisters, that is, the god of earth and the god of heaven. After they got married, they had four children. The two boys are Osiris and Seth, and the two girls are Isis and Nephthys. Among them, Isis married Osiris, and Nephthys married Seth. Four generations of gods add up, exactly nine position, so it is called the nine-pillar god system."

After reading, Meili raised her head and pouted at An Yu provocatively.Aren't you just an old employee who wants to hide his secrets, and don't even think about it, it's an online society now! "In order to maintain the nobility of blood, brother and sister marriages were very common in the ancient Egyptian royal family, and it was not uncommon for father and daughter to get married." An Yu's voice was so low that only he could hear it, "It's just that now, it won't be accepted..." Meili peeked at An Yu, and saw that he was only lingering around a beautiful relief of a goddess.After comparing the pictures on the webpage, she confirmed that the goddess was Nephthys, one of the nine pillar gods.However, the names of those great gods are too difficult to pronounce, and Meri felt that no matter how many brain cells he killed, he couldn't remember them.

Fortunately, An Yu didn't force Meili to write down all these background knowledge, but reluctantly left the relief of Nephthys, and said to Meili in a rare and gentle tone: "Go in." For a moment, Meili was flattered—could it be that the greenhouse effect was so obvious that the iceberg man also melted? After entering the temple, Meili realized that this theme park is not a man-made scenic spot for cheating money. The interior of the simple and elegant building is actually quite modern. The steel frame track is laid in the empty hall, passing through it like a snake. Between the stone pillars carved with statues of gods in Langengen.And at the bottom is a small train.

"Indoor roller coaster?" Merry blurted out.For such a simple question, An Yu who cherishes words like gold will naturally not answer. There are four words printed on the body of the small train: "The world first opened", which is probably the name of this amusement project.An Yu waited until Meili sat in a carriage, and then she chose a seat farthest from her and sat down. This detail made Meili feel uncomfortable for a while. It's like, she's a super stinging caterpillar. Suddenly, all the lights in the temple went out in an instant.This unexpected change made Meili let out an "ouch", and then felt the little train she was riding slowly start to move.

She opened her eyes wide and looked around in the darkness curiously, and soon discovered that a huge curtain had been laid on the top of the hall, and a colorful image was slowly being reflected at the moment—it was a wooden boat with both ends bent upwards, similar to the one just now. The style of the boat I was on was almost exactly the same.On the wooden boat stood a row of gods standing sideways, and the bird-headed man with a circle on his head in the middle was the only sun god Ra I remembered just now. As the soothing music sounded, the loudspeaker installed in the temple began to broadcast the commentary: "According to ancient Egyptian religious mythology, the sun god Ra would ride his solar boat every day, rise from the east, cross the sky, and then enter from the west. Underworld. At night, Ra’s solar ship sails in the river of Hades, he will defeat those enemies who try to block his journey, and then complete a cycle, and rise again from the east the next morning.”

I see.While Merry muttered "so beautiful, so beautiful" silently like a fool, he stared intently at Ra and his solar boat as they rowed across the entire sky and finally disappeared at the end of the curtain. The last ray of light disappeared again, and the little train accelerated upwards suddenly. With a soft cry, Meri quickly grabbed the handrail in front of him. When she regained consciousness, the sky above her head was covered with stars.The stars were densely packed together like diamonds, presenting a magnificent sight that Merry had never seen.With zero astrology knowledge, she even identified the Big Dipper and the Milky Way.

Meili guessed that the little train had stopped at the highest point of the track at this moment, otherwise, how could she feel that the stars were hanging in front of her eyes, allowing her to touch them with her hands—no, she was clearly in the starry sky, not only The top of her head, her side, and even her feet are covered with twinkling stars! It was simply the most beautiful dream... Meri opened her eyes wide with joy, and even spread her arms. "Nut, the god of the sky, married Geb, the god of the earth, and we are now in the body of the god of heaven." The radio commentary sounded again. Following the explanation, the stars in the sky began to move, and gradually gathered into a graceful body of a woman. That's a huge woman.She stretched her slender limbs, and her body arched into a huge arc, completely covering the sky as far as Merry could see.And the Sun God's mighty parade just now was just cruising from her toes to fingertips. "The relationship between the gods and the gods is very good. After they get married, they are lingering day and night, and they can't bear to part for a moment." Sure enough, the prostrate huge woman landed slowly.Just when Meili was worried that she would fall on his head, the surroundings became pitch black again. "The gods of heaven and the gods of earth refused to be separated, so the heaven and the earth were glued together, and the world was in chaos, with no light and no life." The radio went on, completely grabbing Merry's attention, "Their grandfather Ra was so angry that he ordered the wind god to separate the couple. So the wind lifted the sky, and the space between the sky and the earth was filled with air." , all things have room to grow.” With the background music, the starlight came out bit by bit, as if the sky above their heads slowly rose to the sky.And the little train started slowly again in the starlight. "When the god of heaven was forcibly quarantined, she was already pregnant with the child of the god of the earth. In order to punish her, the god of Ra cursed her three hundred and sixty days a year, and would not let her child be born on any day..." "It's pathetic..." Merry whispered sympathy. "At this time, it is the turn of Thoth, the great god of wisdom." As soon as the commentary was broadcast here, a tall statue of a god suddenly appeared in the darkness in front of Meili.The style is very similar to other Egyptian gods, but his human body has the head of an egret. The little train swirled around against the holographic statue of the God of Wisdom and turned back. "Thoth has always loved the gods, so he made up his mind to help her. In order for her to give birth to a child, Thoth challenged five other gods to compete with each other. He managed to defeat them and won the precious five days. From then on, one year There were three hundred and sixty-five days. And during these five days, the god gave birth to her four children... Since then, these five days have become the festivals of the ancient Egyptians." One after another, illusory three-dimensional gods descended from the sky above their heads, gradually changing from babies to adults, and then dissipated in mid-air like water vapor. God of Wisdom is such a good man!Meili sighed inwardly, and finally sorted out a little bit of the tangled nine-pillar god system. I listened to the radio and continued to say: "These four children, two boys and two girls, just matched into two couples, but it also led to a series of love and hatred. About their stories, we will introduce them in other scenic spots. .” At this point, the broadcast ends.The little train also stopped, the surrounding lights turned on one after another, and everything returned to the original situation. Meili stepped out of the little train, still reminiscing about the miraculous scene just now, and the excitement couldn't dissipate for a while.She looked at her watch, it was already six o'clock in the morning, no wonder the sky was already shining outside the hall. With an hour to go, her first day of work is over.Although staying up all night is tiring, the job is quite attractive.Meili was secretly happy, and prayed that the next test would be as interesting as this one. Suddenly, a figure appeared outside the temple, striding towards the temple.I don't know if it was because of the background of the sky behind him, Meili felt that there was a dazzling light around him in a trance. "It seems to be...President Pei?" Meili rubbed her eyes, then turned to ask An Yu for confirmation, "Is it him?" An Yu who stood in the shadows did not answer, but his face turned pale in an instant. "It's really Boss Pei!" Meili couldn't help cheering as she stared at the handsome figure that was getting closer, and ran to the gate of the temple. "Hello, Meili!" Pei Sidu greeted gracefully, "How do you feel?" "Ah, it's...not bad." Meili originally wanted to complain about An Yu's work attitude, but tried hard to swallow the words back.She turned her head to see An Yu's attitude when she saw the boss, but unexpectedly there was nothing behind her, and An Yu disappeared at some point. "The guy who can't see the light actually wants to fight with me..." Pei Sidu sneered, and then he kindly comforted Meili: "It's okay, he doesn't like to see me." "He doesn't like to see me either..." Realizing that this sentence was a bit ambiguous, Meili blushed, lowered her head and patted her skirt as a cover-up, "Why did Boss Pei come here so early?" "I'm worried, so I'll come over and have a look." Pei Sidu smiled calmly, "It seems that I will personally arrange your next mission." "I'll do my best." With the respect of the boss, the new employee Meili suddenly became motivated. Pei Sidu bowed slightly, spread out his right hand politely, and motioned for Meili to follow him into the temple like a gentleman: "Let's go to the secret room at the back." The so-called secret room is actually a narrow room located behind the main hall in an Egyptian temple, and only pharaohs and priests are allowed to enter.Unlike the main hall, it is a public place to receive worshipers. There are no windows in the secret room, and it can only be illuminated by lights placed in the corners. The surrounding walls are covered with colorful murals. On the shrine facing the entrance of the secret room, there are two stone statues enshrined. One of the stone statues, Merry, had just seen in the projection. It was Thoth, the God of Wisdom with the head of an egret, and his slender beak curved downward.The other stone statue has a weird shape, like a gorilla with a crescent moon on its head, sitting chubby on the side. Looking at Meili's curious appearance, Pei Sidu explained with a smile: "Thoth, the god of wisdom, is also the god of the moon. He has two dharmakayas, the egret and the baboon. It is said that he invented writing and taught it to humans." It turned out that it was not an orangutan, but a baboon.Merry looked at the naive statue.But I couldn't figure out what the baboon looked like. But she was more concerned about the boss saying that she would assign tasks, so she quickly asked for instructions: "What do you want me to do?" "Don't worry." Pei Sidu smiled again, showing his white and neat teeth, and expressed his appreciation for Meri's positive work attitude. "In the ancient Egyptians' conception, there are several things that are very important: soul, heart and name. The soul resides in In the heart, is the key factor of eternal life, while the name is the source of power and the symbol of eternity." "How could the name have anything to do with these things?" Meili felt that those ancient Egyptians were talking about gods and gods, and he didn't know where these strange ideas came from. "There are two factors. One is that in ancient Egyptian magic, engraving the names of enemies on puppets can control them through spells, which is very similar to the ancient Chinese 'Zha Xiaoren'; the other is that the pharaoh was keen on Carve your own name on the building, the eternal life of the name is their eternal life in the world, and the greatest measure to eliminate political enemies is to chisel his name from the building." The rising sun shines in from the entrance of the main hall outside, Slanting past Pei Sidu's body, it made his appearance even more extraordinary, making Meili a little stunned. Aware of Meili's distracted mood at the moment, Pei Sidu didn't point it out, and continued to talk: "According to one of the most famous myths, the reason why Isis in the Nine Pillars became a goddess with superb spells was because she mastered magic spells. I got the secret name of the sun god Ra, and gained boundless magic power... Now, open the book of the dead." "Ah?" Seeing that Pei Sidu didn't speak anymore, but just stared at himself, it took Meili three seconds to regain his composure, and frantically took out the guide map given by An Yu from his coat pocket.When I opened it, my eyes were full of exquisitely printed ancient Egyptian murals, with unintelligible Egyptian hieroglyphs next to it, "Where, which page?" "Damn guy, I messed up the original itinerary." Pei Sidu took the book of the dead, flipped through it to the back, finally selected the number of pages, and returned it to Meili. What he said must be An Yu.Mei Li secretly agreed, that's right, An Yu is a hateful guy!God knows how such an employee gets mixed up in the unit? "This is the picture printed on the Book of the Dead." Pei Sidu walked to the side wall of the secret room, reached out and tapped a huge mural, "The text in the middle of these two rows of vertical lines is the coat of arms of the God of Wisdom Thoth The arms of the gods are represented by vertical parallel lines, symbolizing eternity; while the arms of pharaohs and mortals are circled in ovals, symbolizing the sun." "And what does this blank oval mean?" Merry asked, pointing to the circle next to the brochure illustration. "This is a blank coat of arms, and it is also a task for you today." Pei Sidu looked at Meili with a solemn expression, "On the path of the soul to eternal life, one must guess the secret names of the seven gods in the seven gates. Today Since you are here, the first god you need to guess is Thoth, the God of Wisdom." "Ah?" Meri was stunned, as if she couldn't believe her ears, "Thoth's secret name? Isn't he called Thoth?" Let the boss ask such a stupid question! "Every god has his secret name, and different souls have different answers." Pei Sidu encouraged, "I know that with your spirituality, you will definitely be able to find your own answer." Remembering that the word "spirituality" was the reason Boss Pei recruited her during the interview, Meili scratched her head, not daring to take the initiative to obliterate this only "advantage", that would be a dead end!But could God of Wisdom be the wisest person he knew?So is he Einstein or Socrates... "Don't worry, we'll give you three days to think about it." Pei Sidu patted Meili's shoulder lightly, "I'm off work now, and I'll take you home." "Yeah." Meili nodded obediently, and suddenly remembered something, "How is Manager Mo?" "He's fine." Pei Sidu's eyes aimed at his feet, shining like a falcon. Underground of Lin City, the palace of the Dark Lord. "Look, this is what will happen to you if you refuse to obey me." The King of Darkness watched every move of the images of Pei Sidu and Meili in the pool, and taunted ruthlessly, "You can't recover your mana, so you have to run away at dawn Otherwise, if she sees your face, she will definitely be scared to death... Why, don't you want to look outside? That's right, look at the way the little girl looks at the handsome man, she can't wait to throw herself into her arms, even me I can't go down..." "You don't need to provoke me." The slightly tired son interrupted his father's cynicism coldly, stepped into the pool to dispel the phantom on the water surface, and let the spring water gushing from the alabaster lotus sculpture wash his head and body. "That's true. Looking at your cold appearance tonight, it seems that you wish the princess would hate you as much as possible. Could it be that you have learned from the past?" The father rubbed his chin and looked at the wet body in front of him playfully. , "I remembered, her voice was piercing like a sword, and your ears are bleeding... It seems that my spell is still very useful. Have you reminded her to shut up in front of you?" "I have helped you lead the princess to the Temple of the God of Wisdom, and the rest has nothing to do with you." The son wiped the water from his face, stepped out of the pool and separated his hands. To the unfathomable next level palace. "But if I hadn't trapped Horus in the Temple of Seth, do you think you would have a chance to spend the night with the princess? Speaking of which, you should thank me, my son." The father gently stretched out his hand, blocking the door that was about to close. He followed his son's footsteps leisurely, with a smug smile on his lips, "Although that theme park is maintained by Ra and the others, they allow us to destroy Horus' plan without stopping. It seems that future actions will not be hindered." "Don't you just want the title of King of the God Realm? But that title is just a piece of carrion now, thanks to your appetite." The son stared at the excited look in his father's eyes with disdain, turned and left from another side road up. This time my father didn't chase after him, but returned to his bedroom through another passage. "Red Scale." The Dark Lord called softly, and a huge python slowly slid down the stone pillars of the palace, nestling docilely beside its master. "Help me guard the door of the secret room. No one is allowed to come in." The King of Darkness stroked the top of the python's head and ordered, "Even the young master can't do it." The exquisite huge stone statue slowly moved away, revealing the secret door hidden on the wall. When the secret door closed again behind him, the Dark Lord walked slowly to the wall of the secret room, took out a scroll from the pile of papyrus scrolls on the bookshelf, and unfolded it carefully—the ancient paper full of hieroglyphs seemed to be a piece of paper. It will shatter when touched, but the colors of the portraits of the God of Wisdom, the egret and the baboon, are still bright. "Thoth, God of Wisdom..." The Dark Lord lightly stroked the coat of arms written in gold powder next to the portrait with his fingers, and then he clenched his fist tightly, "Although you have never offended me before, but with your help this time Horus fights for the princess, I will not let you go..." Roll the papyrus paper on the wall of the secret room, and the pictures and words on the paper will be deeply carved into the stone wall in an instant, forming the common relief reliefs in temples. "Since you know that guessing the secret name is a double-edged sword, why do you dare to take risks? It seems that there is no way out..." A dark smile appeared in the eyes of the Dark Lord, and his fingers suddenly inserted viciously into the hole in front of him. In the relief, two deep holes were formed, "Then I will do what I can and use the power of the princess to wipe out your names one by one!"