I, Became a Gravekeeper of the Pyramid of Giza - Chapter 9

Chapter 9: The Unwise Archaeological Team and the Second Encounter with the Sacred Scarabs

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“Alan! What do you think?” Taylor asked his student.

Alan’s family had paid a good fortune to get him in here, so Taylor had confidence in him.

As expected, Alan did not object.

“Professor! I-I’m going in. I don’t want to miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!” Alan gritted his teeth as if he had made an important decision.

His father had told him that even if he couldn’t take out anything valuable, he had to be on good terms with Taylor and the other archaeology professors.

That was because he was very young.

The excavation of the Great Pyramid of Giza would definitely go down in history. Hence, if he participated in this project at such a young age, his career as an archaeologist would surely be a smooth-sailing one.

Besides, there were plenty of treasures in the Pyramid of Giza.

Ancient Egypt was one of the four well-known ancient civilizations. Therefore, the tombs of their kings, the Pharaohs, would definitely be better than those in other countries.

Furthermore, Professor Taylor had already told him that if everything went well this time, they would be able to obtain a lot of good stuff from the burial items.

In this world, money makes the world go round.

And now, as long as he reached out to pick up a few relics and bring them out, he would have more than enough money for the rest of his life.

“What do you think, Anna?”

At this moment, Kohler also asked his student.

Actually, Anna did not want to proceed any further.

No matter what, the Great Pyramid of Giza was not as important as one’s own life.

She could not understand why her mentor was so eager to enter.

However, she was the only one who had yet to voice their opinion.

If she refused, Professor Kohler might not give her another chance in the future.

Hence, she could only nod helplessly and say, “I agree to go in too. I am very grateful to Professor Kohler for giving me this learning opportunity!”

She was a smart girl. How could she not see Kohler’s hidden motives?

Then, she turned to the security guards behind and said, “Then, we’ll be counting on you all this time! Thank you!”

Hearing Anna’s concern, the security guards nodded and said, “Alright. Since the entire archaeological team is in favor of going ahead, we’ll go in with you.”

Regardless, their duty was to protect the archaeological team.

They were still safe as of now, but even if they were in danger, the security personnel would still step forward to protect everyone else.

At this moment, only the broadcast team had not made up their minds.

“Julie…” The photographers looked at the hostess with mixed expressions on their faces.

Stop joking around!

They weren’t scholars with lofty ambitions. They were just ordinary staff members.

Besides, the experts had already speculated that it was very dangerous inside, yet they still decided to proceed with the project. Were they all crazy?

Please don’t involve the production team too!

But given the current situation, the hostess, Julie, had no other choice.

She said to them helplessly, “I don’t have a choice. We can only follow them in.”

They were in a true dilemma.

Everyone else had decided to enter the pyramid.

If they chose to return now, not only would they be punished by their company, but the journey back might not be safe either.

Without a choice, they could only follow the archaeological team forward.

The group walked deeper into the tomb.

After about five minutes, they suddenly realized that the passageway had become wider.

Kohler took out a map from his backpack and studied it. “It looks like we’re reaching the central area.”

Looking around, Kohler continued, “If we continue forward, we might encounter some mechanisms.”

“Everyone, be careful.”

The closer they got to the central area, the more dangerous it would be. Hence, the special forces immediately pulled out their guns and kept their guard up.

The group walked on…

However, at this moment.

“Look!”

Anna spoke suddenly. Everyone looked over and saw a dead body on the floor.

Another dead body!

They carefully approached the corpse.

Upon a closer look, they felt a chill up their spines to the top of their heads.

“F*ck! Doesn’t he look the same as the other two bodies?”

“Yeah! The same bug bites, and he’s dried up too!”

“Another explorer cursed by the Pharaoh!”

“His soul will be with the Pharaoh forever!..”

At this moment, the netizens watching the live stream were quick to notice that there were many bite marks on the fatty’s body.

Furthermore, he had also dried up!

The group was able to identify the victim immediately.

“Is this the last explorer?” Anna asked Kohler.

“If nothing goes wrong, he should be the third explorer!” Kohler nodded.

“The fact that his body is here means that we are getting closer to the source of the danger. It should be nearby.”

“So we’d better be prepared now…”

Everyone became serious when they heard that.

The appearance of this corpse meant that the thing that killed them was not far away!

“Professor!”

Alan rarely spoke. He seemed to have discovered something important.

“There seemed to be traces of fire around the first two bodies!”

“Does that mean fire can be effective in fighting off what killed them?”

Everyone’s eyes lit up when they heard this.

Even Anna was impressed.

She had always thought that Alan was a useless rich kid. But now it seemed that her judgment was wrong.

Following Alan’s analysis, Anna said, “The first two explorers died probably because they didn’t have enough fuel. But we were well-prepared before entering this tomb!”

That’s right, they were more than well-prepared.

Actually, they even brought several high-pressure flamethrowers!

Upon hearing that, the security guards took out their flamethrowers and stood guard on both sides of the archaeological team.

“Give me one too!”

Alan’s views were rarely acknowledged by pretty girls like Anna. Delighted, he asked the security guards for a flamethrower.

It would be great if he could win the heart of a beauty!

Besides, having a flamethrower in his own hands made him feel more secure.

Then, they continued to move forward.

“Wait…

“Professor, what’s this?”

At this moment, people who were walking at the front of the team suddenly saw a staircase leading up ahead.

Looking up, they saw a vertical grave tunnel before them.

However, the tunnel was very long. Even with a torchlight, they still couldn’t see what was up there.

“This was probably supposed to be a descending passage, but as time passed, the pyramid gradually revealed itself under weathering, so the passage turned upward instead.”

Kohler explained.

“This should lead to the second-floor passageway up there. There should be many burial chambers on the second floor!” Taylor added.

The two professors’ words put everyone on alert.

They were in imminent danger.

At this moment, a special security guard took out a flash grenade. He pulled off the safety lock and threw it up the tunnel.

Whoosh!

The flash grenade lit up the staircase immediately. It was so bright as if it was daytime.

But strangely, they didn’t see anything.

“There doesn’t seem to be anything up there. Why don’t we go up and take a look?” After saying that, the security guard lowered his head and was about to walk forward.

But in the next second, he suddenly stopped.

Then, under everyone’s puzzled gazes, he made a gesture to keep silent.

But before the rest could figure out what was going on, they saw something that made their skin crawl.

Ta-ta-tat!

A series of noises were heard from the other end of the staircase. It sounded like a large number of things were about to rush out from above.

Everyone quickly turned up their flashlights to maximum brightness and shone them upward.

But they were petrified when they saw what was above.