Chapter 72 Chapter 71

The higher Langdon climbed, the less stable the scaffolding seemed.Yet with each step he climbed, the sight of Rome became clearer to him.He continued to climb upwards. When he reached the top floor, breathing was harder than he had expected.He struggled up the last floor, brushed off the plaster, and stood up.Such a height did not make him feel uncomfortable, but it lifted his spirits. The scene in front of him was moving, like looking at a fire through the sea, and the red tile roofs of Rome lay before him, shining in the bright red sunset.Here, for the first time in his life, Langdon saw Rome's ancient foundation, the City of God, beyond the pollution and traffic.

Squinting as the sun set, Langdon scanned the rooftops of Rome, looking for a church steeple or bell tower.But when he looked beyond the horizon, he could see nothing.There are hundreds of churches in Rome, he thought, there must be one to the south of here!He reminded himself that as long as the church could be seen, hell, even as long as the church stood there!He tried his best to slowly patrol the distance, trying to find it again.Of course he knew that not all churches had visible spires, especially the smaller, out-of-the-way churches.Moreover, after the seventeenth century, the church was no longer the tallest building stipulated by law, and Rome had undergone earth-shaking changes.Langdon looked around now, and he could see apartment buildings, high-rise buildings, and television towers.

This time Langdon found nothing, not even a single spire.On the far edge of Rome, a Michelangelo-designed dome shades the setting sun.St. Peter's Basilica.the vatican.Langdon couldn't help but wonder, how was the meeting of the cardinals going?Did the Pope's Swiss Guard Find Antimatter?He had the feeling they hadn't...and wouldn't. The poem echoed in his head again.He thought about it sentence by sentence carefully. You step from Sandy's mound, where there is a devil's den.They have discovered Santi's tomb. Travel through the ancient city of Rome and unravel the mysterious elements.The mystical elements are earth, air, fire, and water.The way to the light has been opened, and this is God's test for you.The Path of Light is guided by a statue of Bernini.Let the angels guide you through that sublime experience.

The angel is pointing southwest... "Look at the steps ahead!" Glick yelled, waving his hands in front of the windshield of the BBC interview car. "There's a situation." McCree pans down to the gate.There are indeed situations.At the bottom of the steps, the military-looking man pulled up an Alfa Romeo near the steps and opened the hatch.Immediately he glanced around the square, as if to see if there were any bystanders.For a moment, McCree thought the man had spotted them, but his eyes kept moving.He looked satisfied, pulled out the walkie-talkie and spoke. Almost instantly, it seemed as if an army had sprung from the church.Like a huddled NFL team huddled apart, the soldiers lined up along the top rung of the steps.They went down the steps like a human wall.Behind them, almost completely hidden by the human wall, four soldiers appeared to be lifting something heavy and moving awkwardly.

Glick leaned forward against the dashboard. "Are they stealing from the church?" Chinette's camera stared even tighter, and she used the telephoto lens to inspect the human wall, looking for a breakthrough.Just a moment, she thought, just a shot, and that's all I need.But the group of soldiers was like a single person.Opportunity, come on, McCree stared at them, finally the opportunity came.While the soldiers were trying to lift the object into the carriage, McCree discovered the breach.Unexpectedly, it was an old man who fell.Only for a moment, but enough time, McCree snapped a shot.In fact, that's better than ten shots.

"Call the editor," Chinet said, "we've got a dead body." In the distant "European Nuclear Center", Maximilian Kohler came to Leonardo Witterer's study in a wheelchair.He quickly began to peruse Wittler's folder.After failing to find what he was looking for, Kohler came to Wittler's bedroom.The top drawer of the bedside table was locked.Kohler found a knife from the kitchen and pried open the drawer. In it, Kohler found exactly what he was looking for.