Above the River Styx

Chapter 177 Above the River Styx

The next day, at the Egypt branch.

Unlike other players who chose to visit the site for exploration purposes.

Lin Zhiying arrived here as usual. Although "One Cut to Cut Water," "Blue Dream Sky," and Chu Zihang originally had their own thoughts, they also came to the branch because of his lead.

Ramses Camus sat across from him; only he was qualified to entertain Lin Zhiying, this distinguished guest.

Although an exploration of those three sites is currently underway, leaders can't be busy all the time, no matter where they are in the world.

All Ramses Kamu needed to do was coordinate the various parties and review the daily reports.

Lin Zhiying stared at the phone on the table, as if quietly waiting for something.

The next moment, the phone screen lit up, and Lin Zhiying quickly picked it up.

coming.

An email was clearly displayed above, and the sender was none other than Old Tang from before.

"Sphinx, come quick to save us—"

It was obvious there was more to say, but before he could finish, the signal on Old Tang's end was cut off, and the email was sent at the last minute.

This clearly indicates an encounter with some enemy, or perhaps something even more peculiar.

On the other side, Lu Mingfei also looked at his phone.

After reading it, his expression became serious, and his usually listless face showed some emotion, which was rare for him.

He is in a hurry.

Lin Zhiying noticed this. He knew Lu Mingfei was in a hurry, but he told him not to rush because he was here.

He had told Old Tang about his mixed-race heritage to plant a seed in his heart.

I earned his trust through my honesty and sincerity.

This trust has now blossomed, and when faced with danger, Lao Tang thought of himself in addition to Lu Mingfei.

In this way, the first step of my plan was completed.

"Minister Ramses Camu, we've found the place."

"Found it?"

Ramses Kamu looked at him with suspicion.

In terms of skill and ability, you are indeed no match for him.

But when it comes to intelligence and connections, this is Egypt. As the local branch manager, how could he not know?

Even a powerful dragon can't suppress a local snake, but nowadays, why does the powerful dragon seem more like a local snake?

In this Egyptian branch, who's in charge here? Who's the local here?

Ramses Kamu checked his phone and found no other messages besides the search progress.

How did this guy know?

"One Cut Through Water" walked over to Ramses Kamu with the air of someone who had been there, patted him on the shoulder, and then put his arm around him as if the two were very close.

"Minister, have you ever heard of a genius?"

"One cut through water," he said.

Ramses Kamu didn't know why he said that, but he nodded nonetheless: "I know, so what's the connection between the two?"

"Yes, of course the two are unrelated."

Seeing that Ramses Kamu was about to lash out, "One-Cut Water" stopped being a riddle player and said, "What I want to tell you is that listening to the big boss is never wrong."

"What we need to do now is to have faith in those geniuses."

Ramses Kamu looked at the others, but neither Chu Zihang nor Caesar reacted after he said this.

Do they all think this is true?

"Whether it's true or not, you'll know once you take someone there to see for yourself."

Lin Zhiying said calmly.

That is indeed the truth; otherwise, if a real problem arose, Ramses Camus wouldn't be able to afford it.

He waved to the men behind him, and a sizable group left the branch together.

The Sphinx is a representative architectural feature of Egypt.

It's said that Napoleon's cannon shot off its nose, leaving a gap in its face. This is, of course, a rumor, but...

That might not be the case in Dragon Raja: New World.

"Reporting to the Minister, no abnormalities were detected."

The testing personnel at the scene handed the testing equipment to Ramses Kamu, who looked at Lin Zhiying with suspicion.

The other testing personnel who didn't speak also conveyed the same meaning to varying degrees.

Do you think you, an outsider, know more than us staff members on site?

"Brother Lin, it's not that I don't trust you, but could you tell me more details?"

Ramses Kamu walked over, organized his thoughts, and asked.

Based on the current exploration and testing data, there are indeed no abnormal phenomena.

There are always exceptions.

Lin Zhiying only said this one sentence.

Preaching proves nothing; actions speak louder than words. Show them something unusual, and you'll naturally convince them.

He took the detector from Ramses Kamu.

He walked toward the tunnel leading to the Sphinx.

Ramses Kamu followed him into several tunnels, each of which appeared normal.

He was getting impatient, wondering if this guy was playing a trick on him.

"Beep beep beep beep————"

The next moment, a piercing buzzing sound suddenly came from the detector in Lin Zhiying's hand.

There really was something unusual!

The surrounding staff were startled and immediately went into emergency mode, with some sealing off the scene and others setting up equipment to prevent any accidents.

They are all professional executives who are well aware of the danger of the current situation.

The tunnel in front of them was pitch black, and even the beam of the flashlight in "One Cut Through Water" could not penetrate it.

Once the light enters, it is as if it is swept into another dimension and disappears without a trace.

"Nibelungen, it must be Nibelungen."

Ramses Kamu took a deep breath and said with certainty.

He looked at Lin Zhiying beside him; this guy had actually found it.

He was so efficient, it was as if he knew in advance that the entrance was there.

He saw Lin Zhiying take a step forward, seemingly about to enter directly, and quickly stopped him.

"It's too dangerous to go in now, isn't it? There are only a few of us, and we're not prepared at all. Going in would be no different from sending ourselves to our deaths."

Ramses Camu said after an objective analysis.

Lin Zhiying looked at him with interest, slowly pushed his hand away, opened her lips, and whispered a few words: "I didn't expect you to be such a coward."

Upon hearing this, Ramses Kamu's face instantly turned a deep purplish-red, which, combined with the golden pharaoh's mark on his face, made him look like a cooked shrimp.

"Besides, do you think we have the luxury of waiting right now?"

Seeing that his suppression was effective, Lin Zhiying continued to ask questions in return.

"You must understand, every minute we delay increases the chances of the Dragon King's revival."

"We have no choice but to go in first, and we must go in first to stop him."

"If you're still worried, the entrance is right here, and we can send more people to provide support."

Ramses Camus couldn't find any way to refute Lin Zhiying's words, and neither could Caesar and Chu Zihang.

They didn't even dare to imagine what would happen after the Dragon King revived; Cairo was a megacity with a population of over ten million.

If the skin is gone, where will the hair attach?

After the "King of Bronze and Fire" is resurrected, no one will have a good ending; just surviving will be a huge risk.

Since there are risks involved, instead of gambling on that time, why not go in and take a gamble now? With this thought, Ramses Kamu's eyes gradually became fanatical.

He felt like he understood Lin Zhiying's line of thinking a little better, but only the line of thinking that Lin Zhiying wanted him to understand.

"Done."

Ramses Kamu said through gritted teeth.

He then instructed the staff around him, "Sending just the people in our group is enough for the advance team. Don't let anyone else in, except in special circumstances."

With just a few words, he effectively shut down any possibility of other players getting involved.

Lin Zhiying nodded to him and then stepped into the darkness.

Although the tunnel is the entrance, it retains its original structure. The passage is extremely narrow, and you can only crawl forward by hunching over.

However, after they crawled for several hundred meters, things changed.

Lan Mengtian thought of a line from her Chinese textbook: "After walking a few dozen steps, everything suddenly became clear."

This is the situation now. The road ahead is getting wider and wider. In reality, the Sphinx is not that long. Without a doubt, they have entered a special space.

The surrounding area looked like a spacious hall, but it was pitch black and impossible to see anything. It was already the limit to barely find the other people's positions.

Are there no lights here?

Just as they were thinking this, "snap!" A light suddenly appeared in front of the group. The light came from torches that were fixed to the rock wall and were now glowing with an eerie green light.

Immediately afterwards, they felt the ground beneath their feet shaking slightly, as if an earthquake had occurred.

Only the ground in the middle area remained normal.

"Quick, come to me quickly."

Lin Zhiying spoke up.

Fortunately, there are lights now; otherwise, hiding in the dark would be even more difficult.

"One Cut Cuts Water" and the others noticed that the ground in the area where Lin Zhiying was located had not moved, so they immediately took off and rushed towards him.

"Hoo hoo, what the hell is this?"

"One Cut to Cut Water" slumped to the ground and couldn't help but sigh. He had run the farthest just now, so he was the most resentful.

"Look around you."

After a short rest, everyone looked around in the direction Lin Zhiying was pointing.

All that remains of the original hall is this narrow passage in the middle; the surrounding ground has completely disappeared.

"One cut through water" curiously stretched its head over to look down, and almost scared the soul out of its body.

Beneath them lay an abyss of unfathomable depth!

Only the platform they are currently on is considered safe.

"What is that?"

"Lan Mengtian" pointed into the darkness below.

All eyes turned to that spot, where several bright, lantern-like objects were glowing in the darkness below.

"That must be a monster, or even a dragon!"

Lin Zhiying then shared his assessment.

dragon!

The group was startled upon hearing this and turned around to find that the road behind them had also broken.

That means they only have one option: to keep moving forward.

Lin Chih-ying couldn't help but wonder if this situation could be considered "a place without heaven or earth."

Ramses Kamu was very uneasy. He regretted coming in, but when he looked around, he saw a hint of excitement on the faces of Lin Zhiying and "One-Cut Water".

What a bunch of freaks, he couldn't help but think to himself.

A moment later, the group arrived at the end of the road, where a huge bronze balance scale appeared before them.

As Lin Zhiying and his group approached, a face above the scales seemed to sense something and slowly opened its eyes.

It was a "living spirit," but not the "masked face" I had seen in the Three Gorges; it was the shape of a "dog-headed man."

The "living spirit" scanned the area, then opened its mouth without any emotion, its tongue slowly protruding from the balance scale down to the ground.

The tongue was covered with densely packed golden characters.

Ramses Camus looked to the top, where it read: "The one whose heart is heavier than a feather shall be cast into the River Styx."

Below is a series of rules that were created around this.

Clearly, this is the test to enter the true "Nepalese root," the "weighing of the heart."

Chu Zihang looked around at everything, his gaze shifting back and forth between the scales, the "dog-faced man," and the monster below the platform.

"It all seems like a scene from a myth."

Upon hearing this, Lin Zhiying and the others all looked at Ramses Kamu, who, as a native of Egypt, obviously knew more about the matter.

Now that you know I'm a local, I thought you were. Recalling his previous experience, Ramses Kamu chuckled to himself, cleared his throat, and said, "This is indeed recorded in Egyptian mythology."

"Like other mythologies, Egyptian mythology also includes an underworld. Souls arriving in the underworld must place their hearts on one side of a scale, while the 'Wing of Truth' is placed on the other."

"If the heart and feathers are in balance, one is allowed to enter the Land of Bliss; if the heart is too heavy, one will be devoured by a monster called 'Amit' beneath the River Styx."

Ramses Kamu pointed to the entities below the platform.

Without a doubt, those guys were the so-called "Amit".

After hearing what he said, the air became quiet for a moment, and no one knew whether they were thinking or doing something else.

Caesar, who had been silent all along, slowly spoke, voicing a question that had been on everyone's mind: "But we are living people now. According to mythology, we need to take out our hearts and place them on scales. Doesn't that mean we're being forced to commit suicide?"

In this game, tearing out your heart means death, and falling backward into the abyss also means death.

Not to mention, how could a heart possibly weigh as much as a feather?

They're stuck here now, their single-mindedness has backfired, and they're completely in a bind.

Logically speaking, there shouldn't be a completely dead end here; there must be some way to break the deadlock.

However, playing the game requires sacrificing one's heart, a price no one dares to pay.

After all, if things go wrong, I might really die, even the moment my heart is pulled out.

If it were anyone else, they might have been stumped by this, but "One Cut Cuts Water" are the players.

Players are afraid of not surviving, but they're not afraid of dying!

"One Cut Through Water" quickly recovered, and his gaze toward Libra now held a hint of excitement.

Can he even cosplay as Bi Gan?

Thinking of this, he immediately volunteered and raised his hand: "I'll go over and try it out first, to check it out for everyone and see what's going on."

"With a single stroke, he cuts through the water," he said, and to everyone's astonishment, he jumped onto the enormous scales.

As he stepped onto the scales, a beam of white light immediately appeared, enveloping his figure.

Outside, Lin Zhiying and the others could only observe that the scales had tilted; the scales, which had been balanced, were now in a state of flux.

After the "water cut-off" entered, it pressed down on his side.

On the other side of the scale, there was a feather that looked like a scale.

Thank you everyone for pointing out the typos. Sometimes when I speak too fast, there are also some recognition issues (it's not entirely voice input, but rather I speak the general content and then type it out manually).

I will scan it after I have entered all the information.

However, sometimes I might overlook some details because I'm quite tired. I apologize for that; I've corrected everything I mentioned before.