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Chapter 1,327 The City of Sacrifice
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The ancient Egyptian sacrificial city 'Herakpus', although it is a city, it should be regarded as a temple, a temple dedicated to the supreme god 'Ra'. Therefore, the scale of the city is not as rich as a real city.
It covers a huge area. But compared to ordinary cities, Heracles is even more majestic.
Looking down from Suowan Mountain where Liu Dong and others are located, we can clearly see that the entire Herakpus is rectangular. It is about 800 meters long from north to south and about 250 meters wide from east to west. The entire ancient city is distributed in a three-level ladder shape from front to back, and finally
The first floor is built close to Suowan Mountain, with a height of 45 meters, which is extremely majestic.
"Master, how do we get down?" Rody asked.
The entrance of the cave where Liu Dong and the others were located faced due east, which was at an angle of 90 degrees to the direction of Herakpus. If they wanted to go down, they could not rely on the last height of the ancient city, so the distance from the cave entrance to the basin where the ancient city was located was nearly 100 meters.
Distance has become the most difficult thing to bridge.
"Didn't you prepare a rope?" Liu Dong frowned.
"Ready! However, we lost part of it during the battle with the mercenaries a few days ago. In addition to the few ropes lost in the steel channel yesterday, we only have one usable rope left in our hands!
But this one is only 50 meters long, which is far from enough to get us safely to the ground."
"50 meters?" He shook his head slightly, took enough ropes from the mustard space and threw them over, "plus these should be enough!"
"Yes!" After agreeing in awe, Rody quickly took the rope handed over by Liu Dong. After tying one end to the alloy door buckle, he threw the other end down the mountain with all his strength.
With the rope, getting up and down naturally becomes more convenient.
After the group got their feet on the ground, everyone involuntarily breathed a sigh of relief and finally came down.
"Walk!"
After taking a look at the majestic ancient city of Herakpus not far away, Liu Dong greeted him excitedly and strode towards the location of the gate of the ancient city.
This time, there was no need for him to say hello too much. The curiosity about the ancient city drove everyone to use their fastest pace and follow Liu Dong to the only city gate of Herakpus in the south direction.
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"It's so spectacular!" Facing the main entrance of the ancient city, Clark Muller couldn't help but admire.
After hearing this, Liu Dong glanced at him, smiled slightly, and didn't say much. Strictly speaking, the main entrance of the ancient city of Herakpus is indeed quite spectacular. The height of the city wall alone is nearly ten meters, and the main entrance
The width is also more than ten meters, and on both sides of the door are four stone seated statues of Egyptian pharaohs, and on both sides of the seated pharaohs on the left and right sides are two obelisks with a height of nearly 15 meters!
But perhaps due to the war or later sandstorms, the one on the left side of the two obelisks has collapsed, and the four pharaoh stone statues have also suffered varying degrees of damage.
As for the city gate that was supposed to serve as a defense, it has long since disappeared.
Moreover, the ancient city of Egypt does not have a gate tower like the ancient city of China. The gate of the entire ancient city is the city gate, and there are still city walls on both sides. Like the external city wall, the height of this 15-meter-long city wall is also ten meters. Among them are
There are a total of 16 square black holes in the two layers.
Obviously, these black holes are convenient for the defenders to attack the attackers from here.
After walking through the city gate with Rody and others, their eyes suddenly opened up. A corridor about 150 meters long and 5 meters wide, all paved with rocks, appeared in front of everyone. On both sides of the corridor were miniature sphinxes.
These stone sculptures are like the "stone statues" commonly seen in Chinese imperial tombs, and they go along the corridor to the magnificent palace at the end.
This is a huge stone palace located on nearly 50 steps and more than 20 meters high. The magnificent corridor in front of the palace supported by papyrus pillars is no less majestic than the Temple of Amun and the Temple of Karnak.
Every cent.
Between the two papyrus pillars sits a huge statue of a god with a height of more than 10 meters. Among these towering statues, there are three tall portals for entry and exit.
In the absence of competitors, Liu Dong naturally chose the middle door and walked in.
"So many mummies?"
Upon entering the temple, the first thing that attracts people's attention is not the gorgeous statues of gods and the ancient Egyptian-style murals on the surrounding walls. It is the mummies that fill the temple.
Picking up a weapon that was not completely decayed from the ground, it looked like a weapon similar to a knife. After briefly looking at the remaining clothes on the corpses, Liu Dong guessed that they should be soldiers from ancient Egypt. Specifically, what kind of weapons were they?
I don’t know a dynasty. But according to Clark Muller’s narrative, if the story about the ancient city of Herakpus is not a legend, then they should be Egyptian soldiers who died in the New Kingdom.
"Click...!"
At this moment, Sinclair accidentally touched a skeleton. Although his movements were not large, the originally relatively intact bones turned into fragments of ashes almost instantly.
"Uh, I didn't mean it!"
Seeing everyone's eyes focused on him, Sinclair couldn't help but said awkwardly.
"Let's keep walking, be careful where you step!"
After giving the instructions, Liu Dong strode forward.
Everyone quickly followed, but even though they were paying attention, a large number of bones were still turned into loose ashes along the way.
The skeletons that had been preserved for three thousand years due to the desert's arid and drier environment have long lost any toughness.
At first, as a traditional Chinese, Liu Dong felt a little guilty for breaking other people's bones. But later he couldn't avoid it and just let it go.
And compared to the bones on the ground that should have perished long ago, the exquisite moments in the stone temple, the various shapes of pharaoh stone statues, statues of gods and sphinxes can arouse his interest more.
Everyone who knows about ancient Egyptian civilization knows that the most famous Egyptian building in BC is the Pyramid of Weir. There are obelisks, stone pillars and stone statues that are often twenty to thirty meters high. Moreover, these architectural styles of ancient Egypt have an important influence on later generations.
Greek civilization had a profound impact.
If you compare the Acropolis of Athens and the Temple of Luxor, you will find that there are many similarities between them, especially the architectural form.
After walking around in the middle hall, Liu Dong briefly browsed the palaces on the left and right sides. It turned out that the things in the three gorgeous palaces were similar. Most of them were stone statues of pharaohs and gods. The rest were reflections of Egypt.
Murals and carvings of human warfare, production, and most importantly worship.
"Master, I think we should continue walking back. There is nothing valuable here!" Rody is not an archaeologist. In Liu Dong's eyes, it is a treasure that cannot be exchanged for a lot of money. In his eyes, it has no value at all.
Of course, Liu Dong didn't say much about this. Everyone has their own preferences for radish and green vegetables. In the eyes of Luo Di and others, the golden cutie is the real wealth.
"Okay! Let's go!"
Liu Dong nodded.
Things can't escape here, and they will be meat in his bowl sooner or later. It won't be too late to appreciate them carefully after moving home.
In addition to the palace, what appeared in front of Liu Dong and others was another rocky corridor leading directly to the second, larger palace behind. However, this time the sculptures on both sides of the corridor were no longer small sphinxes. Instead, they were decorated with stone statues.
It has a solid base and is 3 meters high. A standing statue of an ancient Egyptian warrior holding a weapon.
There are nearly 100 tall warrior statues in two rows. Each one is wearing strong armor and has a serious look on his face, making everyone walking through them unable to help but feel a sense of solemnity.
In addition, behind the two rows of warrior statues, the space between the two palaces is not completely empty between the first-floor palace and the city gate. Instead, there are many regular stone buildings about 1 meter high and 80 centimeters long.
The square stone platform is full of sand in the middle, and there are still some dry tree trunks left on one or two stone platforms. Obviously, these compact stone platforms should be used to plant flowers, plants and trees.
However, after the ancient city was buried by wind and sand, their vitality ceased.
After walking through the solemn corridor and arriving in front of the temple on the last floor, which was mostly embedded in the mountain of Suowan Mountain, Liu Dong stopped.
The architectural form of the temple on this level is not much different from that on the second level. Both the papyrus pillars and the statues are the same. The only difference is that the columns and statues here are taller than those on the second level.
That's all.
"Um?"
Just when Liu Dong was about to lift his legs and step up the steps, he couldn't help but frown.
"What's wrong with the door master?" Rody stepped forward and asked.
"We have a competitor!"
After finishing speaking, Liu Dong turned his head and looked at the sky in the distance.
"Competitor?"
Rody was stunned for a moment, and then he seemed to understand something. He immediately followed Liu Dong's gaze. Not long after, a subtle buzzing sound suddenly sounded in Rody's ears, and as the sound gradually became louder, the sound in the distance
Dozens of dense small black spots appeared in the sky.
"Helicopter!"
"Yes!" He nodded slightly, and after thinking for a moment, Liu Dong quickly ordered: "Rody, take them to hide in the palace behind!"
"What about you, the sect master?" Rody asked.
"I'll stay and meet these guys to see who they are!" Liu Dong said calmly.
"No, Master! They are outnumbered, so let me stay with you!" Rody said quickly.
"No! I know very well how much I am capable of. If you stay here, you won't be able to help me, and it will distract me."
"But……!"
"Nothing to worry about, just execute the order!" Liu Dong said after waving his hand to interrupt Rody.
"yes……!"
Seeing the serious expression on Liu Dong's face, Rody nodded somewhat reluctantly.
"Everyone follow me!"
Looking at the subordinates who hid in the temple at the back under Rody's greeting, Liu Dong, who had no worries for the time being, also relaxed. With his current ability, under the condition of precaution, firearms have lost their threat to Liu Dong.
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"Buzz...!"
As the roar of the helicopter became louder and louder, the distance between the two sides also became closer.
Liu Dong simply lost. There were about 25 helicopters in total. Except for five or six old-fashioned armed helicopters, most of the others were light transport aircraft. But what surprised Liu Dong was that among them
There are also four European eh-101 Lynx heavy transport helicopters.
Such a big thing with advanced performance is not cheap. Liu Dong, who often deals with arms, knows very well that it is not easy for any force to offer such a price of 12 million US dollars per aircraft.
"But this makes me even more curious!"
Just when Liu Dong was thinking about who was coming, helicopters one after another stopped on the top of the second-floor palace in the ancient city of Herakpus. The solid rock dome was enough for them to dock.
"How did the two of them get together?"
Liu Dong didn't pay much attention to the soldiers or mercenaries who were on guard with guns after getting off the helicopter. But when he saw clearly the thin middle-aged man with a hooked nose who got off the helicopter surrounded by elite soldiers, and the mercenaries who came out of the helicopter.
Liu Dong couldn't help but frown when a beautiful woman in a yellow-green camouflage military uniform came off a Bobcat heavy transport helicopter, but she still couldn't hide her tall and graceful figure.
However, while Liu Dong was surprised, the people who saw him standing on the top of the temple were also surprised.
"Nancy, do you know him?"
Seeing his sister's frown, Said Ali Abdullah, who had just gotten off the helicopter, looked up and down at Liu Dong in the distance and asked.
"Yeah! When we were in Haize, the leader of those elite mercenaries was this person!"
"oh?"
After hearing this, Said was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but look at Liu Dong with great interest.
"You two, it seems that someone has already boarded ahead of us!"
Following the voice, a thin middle-aged man with a hooked nose walked over.
"In this case, please trouble Mr. Luen to get rid of this person. I think it should be an easy task for this elite black-hand mercenary group. And I guarantee that all the trophies Mr. Luen gets from the other party will belong to you.
How's everything going?" Said chuckled.
Hearing this, Foster Luen's face froze. He had already learned that Liu Dong and his group were very powerful in combat, and he did not want to rush forward again and be beaten to death.
Moreover, Foster Rune, who suffered heavy losses again in the previous Satanic Storm, has greatly reduced his strength. If not necessary, he will never waste his few manpower easily. Otherwise, the smiling Middle East around him will
People must have chewed him up without hesitation and enjoyed all the treasures inside the ancient city of Herakpus alone.
Seeing that the plan to encourage Said to take the initiative to break out into conflict with Liu Dong failed, and both parties suffered losses, Foster Runn laughed without changing his expression, and continued: "Mr. Said is joking, don't look at them.
There are not many people, but they are all the most elite soldiers. The few people I have left may not be their opponents!"
"Oh, really? I really hope to have a chat with someone who can make Mr. Luen so fearful!"
Said's subtle disparagement made Ford Luen angry, but he could only endure it as he was not as strong as others.
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