From Concubine to Pharaoh [Transmigration Book]

The living creature sensed by the talisman Ymir turned out to be a mushroom growing on a certain statue in the depths of the underground?

Alixi was noncommittal about this, and first looked around the environment.

It was a vast space with a high ceiling, empty and deep.

The eighty watts in his hand burst out with bright light, illuminating a dozen or so pale human skeletons in the corner of the space.

But everywhere in the light, these bones dissipated immediately and turned into dust, as if they never existed at all.

She continued to stare at the painted statue in front of her, especially the red and white superimposed crown on the statue's head.

"Can't be wrong..."

"Pharaoh Nitocris."

The high priest Senmut, who is very familiar with the history of ancient Egypt, made the conclusion.

"The last pharaoh before the Great Chaos. After that, there has never been a female pharaoh who ruled both upper and lower Egypt."

Nanna's golden feathered arrow was still held in Erich's hand, and the bright light illuminated the statue in front of her.

Alixi stared intently at the eyes of the statue of the female pharaoh, and felt that there was a faint sadness in the pair of radiant jewel eyes.

"What kind of pharaoh is she?" Alicia asked casually.

"She was the last pharaoh in the old kingdom. When she came to the throne, the royal bloodline withered, and the pharaoh's direct bloodline was left as a woman. That's why she was the heir to the throne..."

"At that time, the court situation was quite chaotic. Not long after the female pharaoh came to the throne, the dynasty collapsed, and each nome went its own way and conquered each other. This situation lasted for more than 200 years, and it was called great chaos."

This is similar to Alicia's original judgment:

The hidden dangers of the Old Kingdom of Egypt continued to accumulate in the early stage, gradually causing the country to become unbalanced, and finally broke out when the female pharaoh ascended the throne.

Alicia silently thought: Sure enough, the collapse of the dynasty is irreversible, but those men in the later generations insist on blaming the female pharaoh and making her responsible for the collapse of the old kingdom.

It's really unfair.

But she immediately thought of another thing, and asked quickly: "Since he is the last pharaoh, how can there be a well-built tomb?"

Senmut continued to explain: "Nitocris was the beloved princess of the previous pharaohs. When she was very young, her father had already built many buildings for her. This Saqqara palace is in accordance with the wishes of the princess. Remodeled."

Ai Lixi thought while listening: And this princess' wish turned out to be to add an astronomical observatory to the palace...it can't be the extravagant and lustful king.

"According to later generations' speculation, when the previous pharaohs were in power at that time, they may have built a tomb for the princess in advance."

"In the third year after the female pharaoh ascended the throne, the female pharaoh invited the priests, priests, officials, and military generals of various Nomes to Memphis to discuss the state affairs."

"But after this one gathering, including herself, she and all these people disappeared."

"Pharaoh Nitocris left no heirs either."

"All the powers disappeared with the disappearance of the female pharaoh. For a time, the whole of Egypt was leaderless. This caused chaos throughout the territory, and all parties fought with each other. This situation lasted for more than 200 years."

"People have never discovered the truth about the death of the female pharaoh. The only thing that is certain is that she did pass away, otherwise she would not have allowed Egypt to be so turbulent."

"But where she died and where she was buried after death, no one has ever known."

"I also read the ancient papyrus, only to read that the predecessors speculated that her tomb was built under the Saqqara Palace."

"There are too many unsolved mysteries about this female pharaoh."

Senmut couldn't help but sigh.

Then he raised his head and looked at the statue.

Nitocris still looked at the three of them with sad eyes.

"For so many years, has anyone been looking for the tomb of this female pharaoh?"

Erich couldn't count how many years the Great Chaos had been.But after the great chaos came the Middle Kingdom, and after the Middle Kingdom came great turmoil, and after the great turmoil, the Delos family came to the throne, and it has been more than 1000 years.

"Yes..." Senmut answered Erich's question.

"When the female pharaoh disappeared, the huge wealth accumulated by the royal family of the old king over the years also disappeared. So for more than 1000 years after that, the search for this tomb has never been interrupted."

It turned out to be for huge wealth!

Alicia couldn't help being moved, and looked around, but saw that Senmut was calm at the moment, and Nanna was focused. The two had neither desire nor enthusiasm for wealth.

They are all people who regard money as dung, one only wants to find the relics of the old kingdom and unravel the mysteries of history, and the other only knows to be loyal to Elyse, almost without desires—

Only Erich herself vaguely felt that an incomparable fortune might be of use to her.

"Perhaps, the answer to the simultaneous disappearance of the female pharaoh and her enemies is hidden in this hall."

The eyes of the three of them passed the statue together and looked at the four walls of the hall.

The walls are painted with complex murals with beautiful lines, and the colors are strong and dazzling.

Alixi took a quick look and saw that these exquisite murals depict scenes of pleasure, such as music playing, banquets, hunting, boating and frolicking, wine and food...

There are even men and women getting together for multiplayer sports.The paintings are exquisite, and various scenes are depicted so vividly that one can't help but feel hot on the face.

The murals are interspersed with countless densely packed hieroglyphs—I don’t know whether they are hieroglyphs or monks.Alixie and Nanna are both overwhelmed and don't know each other.

Senmut quickly glanced at the blushing murals and ignored them all.He took a few steps back from the way he came, and looked up at the words.

He is the patron of Tut, the god of knowledge and wisdom, so he cares most about words.

Suddenly he frowned and said in a low voice, "Strange!"

"Neither Hieroglyphic nor Monastic."

"The text is simply indecipherable."

"Isn't this the text left by Pharaoh?"

Alicia was taken aback.

Because Senmut even changed his voice a bit.

The young man's voice, which was originally clear and bright, suddenly became very low at this moment.

Erich turned her head and saw Senmut standing in front of the statue of Nitocris, with her head raised, but her eyes had no eyes, it was a sea of ​​stars.

The hieroglyphs on the surrounding walls seemed to be directly reflected in Senmut's eyes.

And his own temperament seems to be changing rapidly.

Suddenly, Alicia heard a sharp laughter in her ears, as if it had drilled into her head, which made her feel a sharp pain.

Alixi looked around again, Nanna had already covered her eyes with her head covered, she fell to the ground with a painful expression, rolling, but she couldn't escape the sound no matter what.

The head maid's eyes protruded, and bumpy granulation suddenly appeared on the face that was originally as smooth as a freshly peeled egg.

The hard bow in Nanna's hand has been thrown far away, and the back of her hand is growing hair rapidly, as if she is about to turn into a wild beast.

It was Senmut who made the shrill laugh.

At this moment, Senmut's state is not much better than Nanna - he is like a shell that has been hollowed out, and the universe and stars are shrouded in the shell.

His opened eyes were filled with void and stars in the universe, but there were two thin blood lines flowing down from the corners of his eyes, like two meandering little snakes.

"Text... fake..."

"The mural... don't look at it..."

Senmut still retained some rationality more or less, saying this sentence intermittently, with a normal human voice, the corners of his mouth immediately began to crack upward along the cheekbones, revealing the emptiness and star sea inside.

Alicia had a splitting headache, and she didn't even dare to look down to see if her body had undergone terrifying changes like those two.

But as soon as she stretched out her hand, she threw the [-]-watt coin in her hand, and threw it far away towards the narrow passage they came from.

The light in this hall suddenly turned dim.

After a while, the eighty-watt coin finally went out without Asut's spiritual blessing.

The hall returned to darkness.

Senmut could no longer see the writing on the surrounding stone walls.

The shrill laughter in my ears finally stopped.

There is only silence around my ears.

Alicia no longer has a headache.

The only sequelae is that the cheeks are very sore, which may be due to the gritted teeth just now.

Only then did she feel cold sweat, which drenched all her clothes.

In the darkness, Nanna's panting voice finally sounded.

"High Priest, you, you...you actually divination out whether there is any danger..."

After a while, Senmut also made a sound.

He has recovered the clear voice of the young man, and said with a wry smile: "There is really no danger... because we are with the quick-responsive princess."

"It turns out that the method used by this female pharaoh to protect her tomb turned out to be the murals and words on the wall..."

Anyone who enters this space will carry a light source for lighting.

Moreover, people who can go deep into this underground space have a high probability of being able to read hieroglyphs, at least in monk script.After all, one needs to know how to inject spirituality into the Eye of Horus.

After entering, it is impossible for them not to seek answers from the paintings and words on the walls.

The evil power contained in the murals and words will spread rapidly as people perceive them, until it changes everyone here.

Thus, the secret of the female pharaoh Nitocris will be kept.

It may be because of Senmut's superb personality, his reaction after being contaminated by words is very restrained, which delays the onset of others.

And because of Erich, the only light source was decisively extinguished, so that Senmut could no longer read the words on the wall that seemed messy and unreasonable, but actually contained evil power.

Otherwise, Alixie and Nanna will definitely be affected by Senmut, and they will become monsters just like the pharaoh's guard captain back then.

At this moment, Senmut said softly: "Miss Nanna, please light another...a feather arrow, take your time, the light should not be too strong..."

Nanna snorted coldly, but followed suit.In her hand, a little yellow halo lighted up slightly.

Erich was overjoyed, she vaguely saw that Nanna's beautiful face had returned to its original state, and all those horrible granulation and hair had disappeared.

Senmut looked down at the ground, his eyes had returned to normal.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Alicia suddenly said: "Wait a minute!"

"Nanna, put out the lights."

Nanna has always believed in the rigid dogma that the young lady is always right, and immediately removed the spirituality from the golden feathered arrow, and the whole space fell into boundless darkness again.

"what--"

Senmut suddenly sighed faintly.

As he sighed, in this chaotic darkness, stars suddenly appeared in the huge dome above the entire space.

Like the night sky, thousands of silver stars are densely embedded in the boundless sky.

The gentle starlight sets off the figure of the female pharaoh Nitocris. She seems to be still alive, standing in the depths of the empty hall, staring and meditating.

Erich and Nanna helped each other stand up and came to Senmut.

Sen Mutt had already raised his head and stood there staring in a daze.

"I see."

"It turns out that only in this way can we see the real text left by the ancient pharaohs."

Erich followed Senmut's gaze, and saw that the starlight on the dome became more and more dense, and gradually gathered into graphics, and line after line of text appeared under her gaze.

It's words she doesn't understand.

The twilight reflected on Senmut's focused face, reflecting his sad expression, almost on the verge of tears.

"Master High Priest..."

Just as Alicia spoke, she suddenly felt someone reaching out her hand:

On one side was Nanna, holding her tightly to prevent her from being in danger again.

On the other side was Senmut. The high priest held her hand as if he was on an astronomical platform. The words instantly flowed into Erich's heart like flowing water, and also spread to Nanna's heart.

"The King of Thrones in the North and South, Pharaoh of Upper and Lower Egypt, Nitocris..."

"Choose to die here with her enemies."

"The god who guarded Nitocris has fallen."

"The gods who rule everything in the world no longer walk in the world."

"False gods and the clans they patronize are devouring the core of Egypt."

"Nitocris can't sit idly by..."

Alicia felt a heart beat suddenly and violently.At this moment, she seems to be Nitocris herself, wearing the red and white crown symbolizing Upper and Lower Egypt, but holding the empty authority, facing the kingdom she inherited and is falling apart.

Facing enemies from all directions, she was hard-pressed with two fists and four hands, and watched as her opponents drove out the people who were loyal to her one by one.

In front of her, they showed her the heads of those loyal soldiers;

They coveted her throne and coveted the huge wealth accumulated by the royal family for thousands of years.

"Don't forget, Nitocris, you are only a woman," they said.

And Nitocris opened her tomb—

"Here, come here to enjoy the joy you have never experienced before!"

The female pharaoh proudly extends an invitation to her enemies.

"Pharaoh is the person in this world who knows what the ultimate is."

Good wine, delicacies, gold, beauties, endless music, endless enjoyment... are staged in this underground treasure house in Saqqara.

Where have the enemies experienced this.

"They're all in a carnival..."

"At this moment, their souls have shed the packaging given by the rhetoric, revealing the most original and ugly appearance."

"They forgot what they wanted to do."

"Forget about the outside world."

"They reveal the most primitive animal nature."

"They eat, drink, enjoy themselves, fight, kill..."

"But they don't know that Sirius has risen."

"After the gods abandoned this world, Dahe still kept his agreement with mankind."

"The river will flood the entire palace, the entire mausoleum..."

"I will not be affected by the big river for the time being."

"And they won't notice at all."

"The mechanism is put down, and this underground tomb will be completely isolated from the outside world."

"The river will flow to the original along other roads."

"Wait a little longer, I will open the mechanism with my own hands, and the flowing water of the big river will flood the entire tomb."

"This will be my true grave."

"I, Nitocris, the pharaoh who ascended to the throne because of my bloodline..."

"Derided as the weakest pharaoh since the Scorpion King."

"However, I will do what the pharaohs of all generations have never done - wipe out all enemies in one fell swoop."

"I also died here, and my soul returned to the kingdom of the underworld."

"Those who have been sheltered by me will enter this mausoleum again after the flooding of the great river is over."

"They will help my soul and body to cross the river Styx, and avoid Apep of evil and chaos."

"In the land of Egypt in future generations, my name will still be chanted—"

"The first female pharaoh and the last."

"The pharaoh's blood will be cut off from now on, and Egypt will fall into chaos and turmoil."

"But I don't regret it."

"Because, everything will return to the beginning and start again."

"On the land of Egypt, a brand new world will appear..."

Alicia felt these words, thinking in her heart: very profound!

This is obviously the suicide note left by Nitocris.

The female pharaoh did not know how to keep this last words on the four walls of this underground space, but only in the dark after a brief lighting, can it be seen by people who know how to read the hieroglyphs.

Then, she died in this space with all her enemies.

Perhaps, after that flood of the Nile, someone reopened the tomb and disposed of the remains of Nitocris and all her enemies, leaving only this painted statue of the female pharaoh.

Perhaps, it is believed that only this statue can finally carry the soul of the female pharaoh.

Or maybe, the female pharaoh had already accomplished all her life goals when she left this world, and there was no need to leave anything in this tomb.

But it is basically certain that here, this hall, there have been tragic and heroic stories, and it is also the final destination chosen by the female pharaoh herself.

However, this text conveys too many places that are difficult to explain.

What is the original, and why all the flooded rivers flow to the original?

Could this space, when the Saqqara Palace was flooded by the Nile, be kept basically dry and air circulated without being submerged?

Allie wants to see the painted statue.

"Nanna!"

The head maid replied yes, and the golden feathered arrows in her hands were infused with spirituality, and the clusters of arrows became faintly shiny again.

Erich faced the painted statue head-on.

Suddenly she heard low sobs beside her.

High Priest Senmut's eyes were wet and he was crying like a child.

Erich understands Senmut's state at the moment: a strong empath who reads the text left by the female pharaoh in a perceptual way, and all the regrets and nostalgia left by Nitocris at that moment are indistinguishable. The relief poured into Senmut's heart.

Is this the first time the high priest has dropped golden beans in front of her?

Alicia thought a little coldly.

She didn't give any comfort, just quietly took her hand out of the other's.

However, at this very moment, she felt a surge of power, and her lonely and indifferent heart was instantly shocked——

She felt strong sadness and regret, like a giant hammer, hitting her heart mercilessly at the moment when she was defenseless.

It turns out... Senmut's empathy can also affect others in turn.

Alixi forcibly controlled her emotions, and kept her face calm, signaling Nanna to adjust the golden feather arrow in her hand to a light of about [-] watts.

"Master Senmut, Lord Senmut..."

A faint light came on, and at this moment, the miraculous hieroglyphs on the wall seemed to have completed their mission and began to disappear quickly.

They seem to be written in darkness, and as the light gradually brightens, these words are immediately dimmed and cannot be seen in the vast dome.

At the same time as these star-like characters disappeared, there were also murals and fake characters that were originally used to lure the enemy. Like the bones that disappeared beside the statue of Nitocris, they instantly turned into ashes and disappeared without a sound. Falling, disappearing into nothingness.

"Please leave with us!"

Nanna begged Senmut.

Senmut's eyes were red, and then he lowered his head, turned around, and followed Erich and Nanna step by step, step by step, walking out of this tomb belonging to the female pharaoh Nitocris.

The three walked out of the stone door engraved with the Eye of Horus and returned to the original passage.

Senmut removed the spirituality from the Eye of Horus, and the stone door closed.The three returned to the palace hall safely.

It wasn't until this moment that Alicia finally pulled her face down.

"Ymir, do you have something to explain to me?"

She gently grabbed the talisman worn on her chest and held it in her palm, ready to throw it into the air at any time.