Chapter 4 The Talking Sphinx

  After walking for about half an hour, the four of them arrived in front of the legendary Sphinx. According to the Mars database, this magnificent building was built by the ancient Egyptians around 7000-5000 BC, with a body length of 73 meters, a height of 21 meters, and a face width of 5 meters. The base of the statue is made up of stacked stone blocks, while the body is carved out of a single block of natural rock by the people of Pharaoh Khafre of the fourth dynasty of ancient Egypt in his own image. The Sphinx has a solemn expression, its entire body filled with magical powers and mystery.

  This colossal statue has been guarding the three pyramids for a long time.

  Standing in front of it, the four of them exclaimed in admiration. Suddenly, they realized how small they were, and the world was so vast! But just as they were feeling overwhelmed with emotion, the Sphinx suddenly spoke up!!

  "I'm going!" Still the fat Dong, he took off his reflective sunglasses, with an incredulous face. The four of them looked like their jaws were about to drop off, this...this was really unbelievable!

  Have they gotten the time and space wrong? This is the world of ancient Greek mythology?!

  "What animal walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening? The most legs it has is also when it walks the slowest and is weakest."

  "Mr. Fang Kai can be certain that this Sphinx has been absolutely restored, with its nose and mustache intact."

  But this made its big mouth speaking appearance even more astonishing to the four people.

  If Ruò Zǐ excelled at researching the various mythological civilizations before the destruction of the earth, then after calming down her shocked emotions, she said to Kǎi Zǐ with a 'colorful' tone: "Kǎi Zǐ, in Greek mythology, the Sphinx is a monster that can strangle people to death. It was dispatched by Hera to intercept passersby, using riddles taught by the Muses. Those who couldn't guess correctly would be eaten. And Oedipus guessed the answer - man. The Sphinx was so ashamed that it jumped off a cliff and died."

  "This town guards the three great pyramids, and the Sphinx with a lion's body and human face can actually speak. As soon as it opens its mouth, it utters the riddle of mythology. It's probably hiding something profound, so we should be careful."

  Fang Kai nodded and immediately sought opinions from Huang Dong and Qiao Mu Si on whether to ignore the god statue and directly rush into the Huo Fu golden pyramid. After a long discussion, they still couldn't reach a unanimous decision. Fang Kai and Huang Dong advocated for forcing their way in, while Qiao Mu Si insisted on answering the riddle of the Sphinx-like creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human.

  Four people stood there discussing, the statue seemed not to be anxious, its head did not move, nor did it speak, but a pair of big eyes stared fixedly into the distance.

  In the end, it was Fang Kai and Pang Dong's impulsive battle that won over Qiao Mu's calmness. The two activated their emergency flight device and rushed towards the Hu Fu Pyramid. However, it turned out that Qiao Mu's persistence was completely correct.

  Fang Kai and Pang Dong had just flown for less than a second when they were suddenly bounced back to the ground by a light membrane that appeared in mid-air. In their astonished expressions, the surrounding light membranes gradually closed in, finally forming a standard cube that wrapped up the four people as well as the Sphinx's lion-bodied human-faced statue.

  All the Kama Cannon were left in the desert, and we only had the Button Rotation '激' Light Shovel and the Pulse Gun. Seeing that the situation was not good, Fat Dong took out the Pulse Gun and fired it at the light membrane, but it was also bounced back.

  "Damn it!" Fat Dong cursed, and at this time the rebounding pulse cannon was just shooting towards him. Fang Kai kicked his legs and knocked Fat Dong down, while the powerful pulse cannon directly hit the desert where Fat Dong was originally standing.

  "Bang!" The huge impact knocked both Yuzi and Jorms off their feet, countless sand grains rushed up, covering the entire screen.

  Fang Kai coughed a few times, waved his hand to brush away the dust, and then helped up Pang Dong. Pang Dong patted the sand grains on his buttocks, muttered a few curses, and revealed an expression of lingering fear on his face. To be honest, that scene just now was really too thrilling; if we had been delayed by one more second, both of us would have become cannon fodder. I wonder if Ruo Zi and Qiao Mu Si are okay? As soon as he thought of this, he felt a pang of guilt. If only he had listened to what Qiao Mu Si said earlier and answered the question about the divine statue, things wouldn't have ended up like this.

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  He rushed to the other end of the explosion pit, fortunately, both Ruo Zi and he were fine, but they had a lot of sand on their bodies. Seeing Ruo Zi's black hair full of yellow sand in a sorry state, Fang Kai wanted to laugh but couldn't. He walked up to her, carefully cleaned off the mud and sand from her hair, then tightly hugged her into his arms.

  If the child didn't resist, both hands hugged Fang Kai's waist, enjoying this brief warmth. The task given by the command center this time is probably extremely difficult, and so many obstacles have appeared just as it began. Fang Kai doesn't know if they can complete the mission or how long they can survive, so every second of the following time is precious.

  Qiao Mu cleared his throat a few times, hinting that they should pull their attention back to reality. Fang Kai let out a sigh of relief, stuck out his tongue at Ruo Zi, and then said to Qiao Mu with a hint of apology: "You're right, what's our next move?"

  Chomsky shrugged, then raised his eyes to scan the light membrane and the lion-bodied statue. He looked for a long time, his feet moving as his gaze moved. Finally, he stopped in front of the lion-bodied statue, at the center of the light membrane.

  No one had expected that Qiu Mu would be so decisive! He paused for a moment, then loudly said to the statue in a clear and distinct voice: "The answer is man!"

  "The answer is human" - a loud and clear voice, as if from a distant myth, reverberated repeatedly throughout the entire light membrane. The faces of Fang Kai and the other two changed dramatically, having not followed the "game rules" earlier, now this directness might lead to some unexpected occurrence.

  As expected, as soon as Jorm's voice fell, the Sphinx's lion-like body with a human face suddenly emitted two beams of black and white light from its deep eyes, which seemed to be about to 'shoot' at Jorm! Moreover, the originally static light membrane suddenly moved, and its speed was abnormally fast. It was going to crush us four people alive!

  "Damn it!" Fat Dong cursed, raised the button rotation '激' light shovel and rushed towards the light film. "I don't believe I can't penetrate you?!" Fat Dong shook his body, placed the shovel horizontally, and then pressed the blue button on top. The shovel immediately reacted, spinning at high speed, and emitting sharp '激' light.

  The button spun the "激" light shovel straight to the optical film, Fang Kai and Ruo Zi looked at each other, and immediately rushed towards Qiao Mu Si who was standing still. To be honest, Fang Kai didn't want this military advisor to lose his life in front of the god statue.

  Time was running out, and the black and white lights were about to close in on Jormung's tiny body. Fang Kai gritted his teeth, determined to make a desperate last stand. Even if it meant dying nine times over, he would protect Jormung!

  However, at this critical moment, Qiao Mu raised his right hand and made a gesture that left both him and Ruo Zi extremely perplexed, even shocked.

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  Jom's gesture meant for the two of them to stop.

  Fang Kai just wanted to criticize Qiao Mu's arrogant move, but suddenly saw the confident smile at the corner of his mouth. For some reason, Fang Kai stopped in his tracks. Seeing this, Ruo Zi also had no choice but to stop her pace.

  At the same time, Pang Dong's shovel 'excitedly' scooped up a corner of the light membrane, but the light membrane didn't break, and the shovel bounced back instead, hitting Pang Dong squarely on the body.

  Pang Dong let out a loud cry, his massive body drawing a beautiful arc in the air before heavily crashing down in front of Fang Ke. He and Ruo Zi quickly helped Pang Dong up, and as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw an unbelievable scene.

  The black and white light emitted by the deity statue just trapped Jorms, but surprisingly, they stopped, and Jorms was unscathed!

  For a moment, the gleam in its eyes disappeared, and the lion-headed statue slowly opened its mouth. Its words still exuded an air of wisdom: "Young man, you have overcome cowardice and gained wisdom. I can let you and your companions go, but you must promise me one thing." As soon as it finished speaking, without waiting for Jorms to nod or not, the statue stretched out its stone claws and implanted a white, floating object into Jorms' mind. The latter's body shook, and his face revealed an expression of utter disbelief.

  The Sphinx-like creature with the body of a lion and the face of a human gazed at Jorms for a moment, then said: "You must never forget our agreement. Very well, that is all."

  Fang Kai and the others only felt a dizzying blur before their eyes, and when their vision stabilized again, the black and white light had disappeared, the light membrane was gone, and the Sphinx statue stood motionless, as if everything that had just happened was just a nightmare.

  Seeing Jorm's face stiff, standing still in front of the statue, Fang Kai stretched out his hand and patted his shoulder - no reaction. He turned his head, gesturing to Ruo Zi and Pang Dong to come over. "Jorm!" The three people spoke at the same time, only to see Jorm's body go soft, and he actually fainted.

  "Joe, Joe!" The three of them shook him desperately, but he remained in a daze, the lingering fear on his face crystal clear. What had Sphynx's lion-headed statue agreed with Joem? Why was even the normally unflappable Joe shaken to the core?!

  Is there an untold secret involved here?...