From Concubine to Pharaoh [Transmigration Book]

Apart from anything else, Elysee logged into the Eye of Horus and gave Biola advice in a godlike tone.

When the blond girl heard the oracle, her eyes lit up with excitement, and she thanked: "Great god, how can you ask Biola to express her gratitude to you and your compassion..."

Alixi originally wanted to hear a few more words of gratitude and compliments.But considering that the object of her gratitude is not herself, Erich still controlled any thoughts stemming from vanity, like a god who was not moved by any emotions, and directly logged out of the Eye of Horus.

Just now she told Biola that if the girl was asked to respond to the envoy of the wind god, the return God Amon asked for was to ask the two envoys to tell them everything about the Stone of Time.

Viola reacted very quickly, and immediately imagined all the deep meaning of the god's request:

As a high god, even if God Amon knows everything about the Stone of Time, it is impossible to tell his followers all of these contents so easily, but tends to instruct the believers to find them by themselves.

When his believers make meritorious deeds, the gods immediately give rewards in disguise. The rewards are to give clues to his believers to obtain the information they need.

This means that the gods must be convinced that those two have their own information about the Stone of Time.That's why he instructed himself to ask for something in return.

Ah... the great, merciful, understanding god!

"This is also my reward and encouragement!"

Filled with joy, Viola clasped her fingers together and held them reverently in front of her chest, looking at the position where the phantom figure disappeared on the tent.Soon, Viola found the two angels and asked them questions. 'The Time Stone? "

Grandpa Fengshen and Grandma Rainshen looked at each other, and finally the grandpa replied in amazement: "We Egyptians usually call it the egg of the universe. It is one of the eight original objects."

Viola's emerald-like deep and thick eyes suddenly lit up.

"Yes, yes, this is the Egg of the Universe. Its Hittite name is called the Stone of Time."

I got it right——

These two oracles really knew about the Cosmic Egg.

Erich, who was floating silently in a corner of Biola's small tent, felt emotional.

As she listened, she also made a note in her heart: Egg of the universe.

This turned out to be an original item that even the high priest Senmut didn't know about—as expected, an old man in a family is like a treasure. The old man who has lived from the turbulent era to the present knows more about these items related to the creation of the world than There are many more priests of the god of knowledge and wisdom.

Viola immediately poured out all the content she knew about the Time Stone like pouring beans, the original, the first time, correcting the time error.The only thing that is not mentioned is about Anu, the main god worshiped by the Hittites.

The envoy of Tefnut, who spoke softly and even had a maiden voice, nodded, and said, "They can all be right. The Egg of the Cosmos as we know it is exactly such an item."

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

"When the original creator created Ma'at, he sealed Maat's secrets and the energy used to protect time in the egg of the universe. And left a word, whoever can control the egg of the universe can control time. "

"Ah, the great God Amon has the word "Guardian of Time" in his title. I think He must also be the Guardian of the Cosmic Egg." Biola said excitedly.

Alicia thought to herself: ... that's not necessarily the case.

Sure enough, the envoy of Tefnut raised his eyelids, looked at Viola politely, and said, "The oldest Creator himself sealed the egg of the universe. I don't think it needs to be guarded."

Biola: Ah this...

"It is said that the egg of the universe is buried in the place where the sun rises, which is to the east of the great river."

Grandpa Fengshen, who still had the blue feather on his head, interjected beside him.

"But because the Hittites said that according to their legends, the egg of the universe is in the southwest of their land. After comparing the two, it can be basically confirmed that the egg of the universe is in the desert between Egypt and Hittites."

This is also right.

"So, if we ordinary people want to explore, find this cosmic egg, and open it, what should we pay attention to?"

asked Biola happily.Her tone seemed to be asking what should be in the picnic basket if she went out for a picnic tomorrow.

Even the two envoys who lived three hundred years old could not hide the astonishment in their eyes.

"Looking for the egg of the universe..."

Grandma Yushen repeated it hesitantly.

Grandpa Fengshen looked away at his wife: "I seem to have heard a prophecy..."

Both of them regained their composure after exchanging glances.

"Little girl, don't say that you are an ordinary person. Even us Asut, who is in the rank of envoy, would not dare to easily propose to find the egg of the universe, let alone open it."

Only then did Viola realize the seriousness of the problem, covered her mouth with her hand, and let out a soft ah.

She was regretting in her heart: she had been deceived by those Hittites before.Since you have already recognized their true colors, why do you still take their words seriously?

"Not to mention that the egg of the universe is hidden in the vast sea of ​​sand on the border between the two countries. It is difficult to find it. The earliest Creator should have added a strong seal to it when he left it. Asut who is a god or above can lift the seal—”

Alicia who is listening: Oh, huh...

For now, don't even think about this item.

Demigod level and above... Now in the whole of Egypt, there are only two priests of gods with the highest rank, Senmut and Opt. She can't rush to urge these two to be promoted to another level.

But Biola was completely confused by this: "Demigod...Asut?"

Grandma Yushen looked at her young and enviable little face showing disappointment bit by bit, and comforted her gently: "My child, don't take it to heart... This kind of thing is already a legend. , no one has really tried it. What if you really run into it someday?"

Said that he knew that Grandpa Fengshen said at this time: "No, this is not just a legend. I have seen the mythical beast that guards the egg of the universe in the desert over there, the jackal-headed monster Humbaba in lion skin, and there is no difficulty. navigating through terrifying sandstorms with obstacles."

When the God of Wind God Envoy said this, the God of Rain God Envoy couldn't help but gouged him out, so that the old man wearing feathers instantly lowered his head embarrassingly.

Viola regained her strength at this moment.

She said solemnly: "You two must not misunderstand. This is just that the gods want to confirm through me how much you two know about the egg of the universe. Exploring and so on, I just said it casually..."

"My dear Tefnut Angel, you really don't want to try the steam equipment I mentioned?"

Viola turned to Grandma Rain God.

Alicia knew why she asked that question.

Previously, Biola used the windmill she invented to endow the Aeolus with new abilities, so that he had the opportunity to improve his personality.

But on the side of the Rain God's envoy, Viola never came up with a good solution——

According to the same idea, it should be done after designing a waterwheel.But the waterwheel does not use water vapor but water flow.

Therefore, this belongs to the jurisdiction of the river god, and has nothing to do with the rain god's natural power to move clouds and make rain spontaneously.

So Biola came up with the method of a water vapor collector, which is to spread the common fishing nets around Tanis into an upside-down cone in the air. When the temperature drops at night, the water vapor contained in the air will gradually condense on the fishing nets. And it flows down slowly along the network cable, and merges into the container at the bottom of the cone, where it is accumulated ②.

At that time, Grandma Yushen asked Viola: "What is this for?"

Viola replied seriously: "To fetch water!"

"But this is Tanis, and there is a big river running day and night next to the city. Why do you need to use this method to get water?"

Biola was at a loss for words, and after thinking for a long time, she replied: "It will be more useful in places like deserts where there is less dryness."

Grandma of the Rain God immediately asked her back: "I am the messenger of the Rain God. If I have already arrived in the desert and accepted the request of the local people, why don't I just make it rain to satisfy them?"

Biola: ...and also...

Therefore, the scheme of this water vapor collector is temporarily shelved.At this moment, Biola brought up the steam, and Alicia knew that she must be thinking about the steam engine.And this does have a little bit of connection with the Rain God Envoy.

The prerequisites for the invention of the steam engine are theoretically complete.But the problem is, the steam you use needs fire, needs heating—

This is no longer simply a question of applying the law of similarity, it is even a question of the authority of different gods.

But since Viola was so eager to achieve something, she didn't intend to stop it.

Whether it can be done or not depends on how the Rain God Envoy and Biola cooperate.

When she was young, Viola and the envoy of the Rain God made an appointment to meet the next day, and Elysia also quietly boarded out of the Eye of Horus and returned to her royal ship.

At this time, Gregor, the queen navigator, was looking around outside the cabin.Erich asked Urania to go over and ask, and only then did she know that Wang's fleet has officially entered the boundary of Upper Egypt since then.

Before Alixi set off, the great priest, his wife and others had reminded her of the risk of going to Egypt more than once.

In their view, Upper Egypt is a barren land that refuses to accept kingship.If it weren't for the fact that there is still very important production there, and it is the only way for Lower Egypt to obtain gold from Nubia, Lower Egypt probably wouldn't care about the life and death of the twenty nomes in Upper Egypt.

But now, Pharaoh Delos is only the lord of Egypt in name.He didn't have much control over Upper Egypt.

Every year, the nomes of Upper Egypt return to Memphis to pay tribute during festivals. They will never hand over all the grain and minerals they produce and let the royal family redistribute them like the nomes of lower Egypt did.

They will offer some flashy items.For example, last year No.17 Nome gave Pharaoh Delos a Nubian dwarf to play a clown in the court.

However, if the year is bad, or if any Nome in Upper Egypt suffers from a natural disaster, and there is not enough food to cause a famine, these Nomes will immediately send envoys to the palace of Delos, asking the king to allocate precious money from the royal treasury. Food for their emergency.

"Great Pharaoh, we are your loyal subjects, and we have always served you faithfully as Lord."

They will say so.

And in her memory, Erich has heard the pharaoh's complaint more than once: "What kind of self-serving is my master? This is simply called a pharaoh if there is something, and Delos if nothing. I always only know how to ask for food, but there is no one A grain of grain has been sent to the grain bank in Memphis . . . "

This is the relationship between the nomes of Upper Egypt and the royal family of Lower Egypt. It has basically been in such a state since the family of Delos came to power.

The pharaoh could not directly send officials to these nomes, even if they were sent, it would not take long for people to return to Memphis in despair, pleading guilty to the pharaoh, saying that they could not deal with the locals.

At this moment, Erich's ship has arrived in Upper Egypt.Erich could not predict what kind of attitude the people of Upper Egypt would have towards her, the First Princess.

The navigator Gregor looked at Erich, and couldn't help showing a sad face.

After all, they never sent a message to the nomes of Upper Egypt, informing the first princess of her visit.

There was no obstacle in Alicia's heart - she was originally the one who was disliked by the Pharaoh of Lower Egypt, and if she was also disliked by Upper Egypt, it did not mean any loss.

What's more, she is also a favored person of God Amon, and she is walking towards the god she follows at this moment. Even if the god refuses to respond, she can at least find one or two temples that believe in God Amon. Like Biola, she also believes in the Amon God.

She stretched out her hand to Urania very calmly, and said, "Help me to the deck, I want to see this red land."

Together with Nanna, Urania and Nanna supported Elyse to the deck of the royal ship that was running smoothly.

The most notable feature of upper and lower Egypt is the difference in land color. As Erich said, Upper Egypt has red land and rich mineral deposits.

What appeared in front of Erich at this moment was just such a vast and dry red soil.

The river was no longer the flat beach near Memphis or Saqqara.Lush reeds and papyrus no longer grow here, replaced by large rocks and red soil exposed outside.The soil quality of the laterite is loose, and there are gullies and gullies left by the rainwater in the mounds.

But the air here is very dry, the sky is clear, and the afternoon sun brings scorching heat.Alicia stepped onto the deck as if she had stepped straight into a bread oven.

The vegetation on the riverside was very low. Standing by the side of the boat, Alicia could look out unhindered at the mountains and deserts in the distance.

Erich thought to herself: It turns out that what Delos chanted every day is true, and the land in Upper Egypt is indeed not as rich as Lower Egypt.But its importance must not be ignored.

The water shimmered in the afternoon sun.But there are no people on both sides of the strait.

Occasionally there are papyrus boats or canoes on the river, probably carrying fishermen.

When they saw Erich's king ship, they probably snorted, slipped away from the fleet, and immediately disappeared behind the rock crevices on the river bank.

The navigator Gregor sighed and said to Elyse: "Your Highness, we still need to sleep by the river tonight, please bear with it, we will arrive at the first town in a day or two..."

Alicia nodded indifferently.She's not the kind of person who can't afford to suffer.

"Miss, go back to the cabin first, and wait for the bend in front of the river to dock. Nanna will accompany you for a walk on the shore."

Nanna went to hold Erich's arm.She knew that one of the problems that Alixie was struggling with today was not getting enough exercise.

Every day when she is on the boat, her range of activities is limited to a small cabin.The small amount of activity directly affected Alixie's body shape. She felt that her waist was inevitably thicker, and the changes in her body began to become obvious.Even when she walks, she will unconsciously stretch out her arms to support her waist——

"it is good……"

Alicia agreed.

She heard the sound of water splashing at the bow, and couldn't help but look back.

She happened to see Kong Si, and saw that the pale young man had taken off his shirt, casually scooped out water from the big river below the side of the boat, and poured it on himself to cool down—sailors often do this, but they don’t do it in public The face of a princess.

When Alicia saw Kong Si, Kong Si just turned around.On his pale and handsome face, the pair of black and white eyeballs protruded slightly, staring at Elyse.

Suddenly, a look of surprise appeared in his eyes——

At the same time, Erich also had a premonition of something strange.

But Kong Si's surprised eyes were the last sight Erich saw.In an instant, her whole body was plunged into an indissoluble darkness.

Am I blind?

This was Alicia's first thought.

But she immediately knew it wasn't, because all the sounds in her ears disappeared at the same time, the sound of sailors rowing, the sound of Kongs playing with water, Gregor's chattering voice and the whistling wind on the river...

It all disappeared in an instant.

As if all senses were deprived in an instant, Erich entered a completely dark and isolated space.

"Nanna—"

She opened her mouth and shouted loudly.

But her voice seemed to be cleared as soon as it came out, and Erich could hear an echo.But this echo seemed to be simulated in her heart, existing in her imagination.

Small scene, don't panic!

Alicia told herself.

She immediately reached out to feel for it, to see how many other items she was carrying with her.

She touched the talisman Ymir first, this polyhedron with twenty sides had no temperature at all, hanging on her chest icily.

The bluffing talisman in the past was silent at the moment, as if the one worn on Erich's chest had a body with twenty faces, but it lacked that spirit.

But she still has—

Erich still didn't panic, she still had the Eye of Horus that she could carry with her.

"Point to... where Nanna is..."

When this instruction was generated in Alicia's mind, she felt that the thoughts in her mind seemed to be slowed down suddenly, and she paused to connect.

Fortunately, the Eye of Horus immediately precipitated virtual hexagons around her.

Erich hoped that she could return to Nanna quickly, at least let her know what happened to the king's ship... What was the reason for Kong Si's surprised look at the end.

no change...

There was still darkness in front of him.

She did not surface quietly from the Wang Chuan.

The hexagon disappears - the eye of Horus fails to point.

She was still trapped in this dark, maddeningly dead little world.

Alicia simply closed her eyes and sat down first.