1581 Ill cut off my Eighteen Centimeters for You (1/2)
Edited by Aelryinth
”Have these creatures been here all along? Why do I feel like they suddenly appeared out of nowhere?” Heidi wondered aloud.
They had not detected any presence of these creatures when they first entered the hall, yet it was quite obvious that these Hellish Cerberi had come for them.
The Hellish Cerberi had disappeared after the battle. They had no idea if the creatures had retreated after knowing they did not stand a chance against the team, or if they were preparing for their next attempt!
”Let's not worry too much about it now; I believe we are going the right way. Those hounds are the most loyal servants to the Pharaohs. If those Hellish Cerberi are guarding this place, it means we are getting closer to the Pharaoh's coffin,” Shreev said.
The group continued on its way, and the Hellish Cerberi did not show up again. They passed through the spacious hall and entered an enclosed chamber.
The chamber was huge; space was obviously compressed here. Only the people inside the chamber could see how big it was.
The chamber was triangular, but its domed ceiling had four sides joining at the apex, with the lowest points around the edges. The lowest point of the ceiling was roughly five meters from the ground. In simple words, the chamber perfectly resembled the inside of a pyramid, but Mo Fan knew it was only a confined space inside the enormous Pyramid.
The highest point of the chamber was around four hundred meters from the ground. Zhao Manyan raised his head and stared up at it. He exclaimed, ”It's roughly four hundred meters to the top of the Pyramid. Isn't that around the height of the Canton Tower? I remember its height was around four hundred and fifty-four meters! Wouldn't that mean the chamber is the size of the area we could see if we looked down at forty-five degrees from the top of the Canton Tower?”
”It's around fifty degrees for the Pyramid, so the length of the room is over a kilometer. How extravagant are the ancient Egyptians? Think about it, a square meter for a house in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou is easily in the range of a hundred thousand. This chamber is at least a million square meters in size. The money needed to afford it is enough to train an entire army,” Mo Fan said.
”A square meter at the cemetery is a lot more expensive than a normal house. Mo Fan, you aren't counting it right,” Zhao Manyan corrected him.
”What are you two going on about? Didn't you see the coffin hanging up there?” Mu Bai inerrupted with a stern look.
The luxurious chamber was empty. There was only a Huntsman Spider with a golden head and a silver body remaining unmoving at the highest point. Anyone would assume it was a decoration if they did not take a closer look at it.
The Huntsman Spider was a lot bigger than a palm-sized normal spider. It perfectly suited the ratio of the spacious chamber that served as a mummy's bedroom.
A normal Huntsman Spider could not produce silk, but that was not the case for this Huntsman Spider with a golden head and a silver body. Thick strands of silk were dangling from its bloated belly. Coincidence or not, their ends just happened to be right at the center of the chamber.
More shockingly, a coffin was dangling at the end of the silk!
The silk spread out into a web around the coffin and held it perfectly in place. The pitch-black coffin was unmoving up there in the air. It had a noble yet eerie presence!
The others were staring at the coffin alertly as Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan were talking nonsense.
The coffin clearly indicated the existence of undead in the chamber. Most low-level undead were lone souls without their own tombs or graves, but the owner of this coffin had a luxurious chamber inside the Pyramid. It clearly displayed how high the status of the undead the coffin belonged to was!
”Could it be a Pharaoh?” Mu Bai asked.
”It's a Mummy, a Pharaoh's chamber should be in the higher levels. This one is for a Mummy,” Shreev said confidently.
”A room like this for a Mummy?” Zhao Manyan blurted out in disbelief.
Mummies were nobles in the past. Their corpses were preserved through mummification, so they were able to preserve their power, too. Beings of their power might even evolve after they died. Those nobles had to be rich if they could afford to mummify their bodies after death.
”This is the Great Pyramid of Giza, hence the mummies in it must have had some really high status in the past,” Shreev said.
”It seems to be sleeping. Maybe we can just sneak past it without alerting it?” Zhao Manyan said hopefully.
”Speaking of which, did none of you realize there's no door in here?” Meos suddenly said.
It immediately reminded the others.
There was no door!
There was no exit!
There was no passage other than the one they came from!
”This is awkward... did we go the wrong way?” Zhao Manyan asked.
”We are going the right way, the chambers of mummies are normally before the chamber of pharaohs. We just haven't found the exit. If it was so easy to find the paths inside a Pyramid, it wouldn't have remained a mystery for a few thousand years,” Shreev said.