From Concubine to Pharaoh [Transmigration Book]

The time stone, also known as the cosmic egg, appeared in front of Erich and the others.

It looked like a gigantic egg, a few rings larger than the ostrich eggs the Egyptians occasionally saw.

This gigantic egg hangs in the air as if it has no weight.And below it is an extremely rare clear spring in this vast sea of ​​sand.

"Egg of the Universe!"

A sigh came from Viola in Erich's ear.

Just at the same time, she also let out the same heartfelt praise from the bottom of her heart.

The surface color of this cosmic egg is both dull and bright.

Its background color seems to be the eternal starry sky, deep and high;

And its depth is dotted with countless bright spots, large and small, like a sea of ​​brilliant stars, all over the vast starry sky.

It doesn't look like a giant egg, and it doesn't look like a stone.

It is suspended there, as if it is a mass of universe itself, as if it is an entire starry sky, as if it is time that has stopped.

And the clear spring below it is as horizontal as a mirror, so the small universe in the sky is reflected on the water.It is like another mirror universe, deep and quiet, impossible to explore.

Everyone is moved by this mysterious and beautiful time stone.

Only the three gray-eyed Hittite warriors stood still and didn't make a sound, to show that they didn't notice anything strange.

Compared with the Stone of Time, the hourglass placed in the gravel on the side of the clear spring is a bit weird.

Karsha was the first to express his curiosity about this item: "What is that?"

Alicia heard Viola whisper beside her: "No, the time is wrong——"

This hourglass should not have appeared in this era.

Erich didn't know when the hourglass appeared in human history①.But Biola came from a family of archaeologists, so Erich completely believed in Biola's judgment—in ancient Egypt in the first millennium BC, people should not have invented the hourglass.

Next to the Stone of Time, a timing tool that does not belong to this era appeared.

However, Karsha quickly untied a small rucksack from his back, and repeatedly called out to Erich and Senmut: "We need to be quick!"

He pointed to the hourglass and said: "Look, this thing looks like an object that calculates the length of time. The sand in the upper container will fall into the lower container at a uniform speed. I guess when all the sand falls, we explore Your chance is over—"

Alixie and Biola glanced at each other, both applauding.

Karsha had never seen an hourglass, but he guessed its function at the first sight, and reasonably speculated about its possible influence.

Erich then asked Viola to step back and stand between the three Hittite warriors.

She took a step forward by herself, stretched out her hand, and sensed the environment near the Time Stone with a demigod.

"This stone is surrounded by an invisible barrier."

Alicia came to a verdict.

She took half a step forward, stretched out her hand, and gently pressed forward.

Small shimmers began to appear near her palms, growing brighter as the pressure increased.

Thus, a slightly curved barrier appeared in front of people.It is like a huge dome, buckled on top of the Stone of Time and the hourglass next to it, at first glance, there is no gap.

It is this barrier that separates people from the Time Stone, which is known as the original miracle.

"Perhaps this barrier is the seal left by the Creator."

Senmut reminded from the side, "Be careful!"

Alicia looked around and felt a little pity.

Inside this barrier containing enormous power is a desert, not a blade of grass grows, and there are no plants.

Otherwise, relying on the ability of the original seed, she would have already exchanged with any grass inside, and could easily enter the barrier.

Karsha chuckled, and proudly said in Erich's direction: "This is the hardest thing for us Hittites."

He immediately reached into the pocket that he took off from his back, and after digging in it for a long time, he finally took out a small, dark object, stretched out his hand, and threw it on the surface of the barrier.

This dark object is in the shape of a thin strip, about the length of a finger.

When it was thrown onto the surface of the light screen by Karsha, it suddenly began to wriggle slowly, like a stiff bug that had just woken up from hibernation, regained its vitality, and began to move around.

It squirmed aimlessly on this complete barrier, as if trying to find a weak spot where it could try to get in.

But the size of this worm is too small compared to the dome that completely covers the Stone of Time. It has to rely on it to crawl through the barrier and find a breakthrough—in Erich’s words: day lily It's all cold.

But Kalsha's eyes were full of excitement and hope, looking at this bug that was struggling to crawl.

In an instant, everyone who was staring at this special item seemed to be dazzled suddenly. The slow crawling bug instantly turned into two.

Immediately afterwards, two became four, four became eight, eight became sixteen...

The number of bugs increased rapidly, and the surface of this barrier suddenly seemed to be covered with a deep black curtain.

The edge of this curtain is rapidly expanding, almost in the blink of an eye, the entire surface of the barrier has been covered by this curtain.

Alicia immediately heard Viola's heartfelt voice: The exponential growth, the coming momentum is fierce!

Alicia: I thought so too.

After these black bugs spread all over the surface of the barrier, the color of this black curtain obviously began to become thicker.All of a sudden, Erich's eyes were full of wriggling little guys.

They lowered their heads and bowed their bodies, as if they were looking for the weakest side of the entire barrier.

Suddenly, the black bugs all over the entire barrier suddenly and neatly stopped moving.Because one of them is raising its head proudly.

As if the tide came and went quickly, it took only one or two breaths for these black bugs to change from one to thousands, and it took only one or two breaths for them to return to one.

Before Alixi could see clearly, these black bugs had merged two by two and then merged two by two, and finally they were grouped into one, and it was the one that found the weakest position of the entire barrier, twisting its body triumphantly, as if Signal to Master Karsha.

As soon as Karsha stretched out his hand, the black worm jumped into the palm of Prince Hittite, and Karsha immediately put it back into the bag.

Without further instructions from Karsha, the three Hittite warriors took out items from the sacks on their backs.

Alice saw that it was an awl, a chisel, and a hammer.

If you think about it, it can't be an ordinary tool.Erich only took one look, and concluded that it was the same special item as Karam and other artisan gods.

I saw the three warriors either holding awls or raising hammers, clanging and beating.

Dendritic cracks suddenly appeared on the surface of the barrier covering the Stone of Time, and quickly extended——

There was only a crisp click, and the barrier quickly dissipated after cracks appeared, and then disappeared.

There was a slight disturbance in the Time Stone.Suspended in the air, it seems that nothing has changed.

However, thin lines appeared in the mirror-like clear water below, and the reflected deep starry sky suddenly shattered into pieces.

At this moment, there is no longer any barrier between Erich and the others and the Stone of Time.

Viola let out a slight exclamation, and two lines of tears gushed out from the corners of her eyes covered with a linen towel, and slowly flowed down her cheeks—reaching this step meant that she was about to be able to go home.

With ecstasy in his eyes, Karsha took a step forward, reaching out to the Time Stone.

Senmut is still engrossed in Erich, and he refuses to look away for a moment.

And Alixie faced this original miracle full of energy, but as if she was facing a big enemy, she stretched out her hand to block Biola lightly, and lowered her head slightly, concentrating on perceiving the energy and usage of the Stone of Time .

Power... mighty power.

There are many original miracles, and this is the first one that made her feel such a strong force field before it was opened.

Order, such a solemn sense of order.

A product of Ma'at's birth... Before it appeared, there was neither order nor time in the world...

For a moment, everything Priest Shushen had told Erich came to mind.

Erich suddenly realized that the energy contained in this time stone might not only be the cornerstone for maintaining the order of Egypt and Hittites, but also the cornerstone for maintaining the stability and continuation of this time and space.

It has never been easily controlled.

As soon as this idea came to her mind, she heard a loud ringing in her ears, as if a huge bell hammer was hitting her heart. The ethereal and distant bell seemed to come from the deepest part of history, in the desert. The repeated echoes in the sky caused the sand grains on the surface of the dunes to form fine lines along with the sound waves.

The hourglass next to the Time Stone suddenly started to flow backwards, and Alicia saw a grain of sand flying upwards quickly, flying over the narrow mouth of the two containers.

The next moment, her thoughts seemed to be at a standstill, and in a state of unconsciousness, the scene in front of her changed rapidly.But she couldn't react, and it all happened in a split second.

When she woke up, Alicia heard screams for help coming from her ears——

"Alice..."

"You woman, you can't just keep watching, can you?"

Erich was startled, but she still couldn't answer, and let Karsha drive his woolen blanket to fly through the air, avoiding the huge Humbaba.

In the end, Senmut reminded Karsha: "Your Highness, this monster Humbaba is also known as the swallowing gold beast. As long as you feed it a few gold objects made of pure gold, it can temporarily restore it and prevent it from attacking others... "

Karsha murmured, but finally had no choice but tossed out a few pure gold items that had been prepared in advance, and temporarily fed Humbaba.

Alicia was still in shock.

Is this... another time loop that she can't break out of?

The last time loop was in the desert near Swimmer's Cave, and that time was quickly proved to be an illusion, a fake time loop.

Is it true this time?

Viola, who shared her senses with her, suddenly felt excited: Ah, so this is the Time Stone!

Karsha, who was looking left and right, was fascinated by an object with a strange shape: "What is that?"

Alixi followed the reputation, and saw that the hourglass was still lying on the gravel on the ground beside the Stone of Time.

In the vessel on the upper level, gravel filled about two-thirds of the space, and it was pouring into the lower level at a steady speed.

It was placed there as if it was the greatest mockery of Elyse.

The creator and guardian of time and order are also the players of time and order.

"Do you notice something is wrong?" Alicia asked loudly.

The three Hittite warriors were shaking their heads.Both Karsha and Viola paid too much attention to the incomparably profound and incomparably pure Time Stone.

Only Senmut noticed the astonishment in her heart, came to her side, put his hand on her shoulder lightly, and asked softly, "What's wrong?"