Chapter 14 : Culture of the Gods

Riding an electric bike, Chu Yu rushed all the way back home.

I changed my torn jeans and two-day-old T-shirt and put on freshly washed jeans and...a T-shirt that looked wrinkled but was actually freshly washed.

Chu Yu is not handsome, but he is not ugly either. He looks very energetic and capable.

Before joining the Public Affairs Security Supervision Bureau, Chu Yu paid great attention to his appearance.

But after going to work, he had to face a bunch of rough guys all day long, and Chu Yu was too lazy to dress up, because if he looked clean, he would be called a sissy by a group of bald rough guys, although Chu Yu knew that these rough guys were jealous of him for having hair.

As time went by, Chu Yu also went from being careless about details to being unkempt.

Chu Yu took out a wet towel and wiped his shoes, then ran out of the door. After hesitating for a moment, he decided to take a taxi because it was a bit unreasonable to ride a broken electric bike.

Sitting in the back seat, Chu Yu sighed slightly.

In fact, he had met Fang Musheng once before going abroad to study.

The year he graduated from high school, Fang Musheng went to his school to give a speech. Chu Yu was there and met the kind old man Fang Musheng.

The old man was not at all arrogant and even had a cordial conversation with Chu Yu.

That conversation left a deep impression on Chu Yu.

The two men's identities are very different, one is the chairman of the board of directors of a listed company, and the other is just an ordinary high school student.

Chu Yu could not judge on business matters, but he felt in his heart that this old man was a good person.

Fang Musheng became rich forty years ago, and has been doing charity ever since. He looks kind and approachable, and is an honest elder in every way. Besides, the old man is also a devout Buddhist.

But such a person is actually involved in these messy things.

Although there is not enough evidence now, Chu Yu still feels that this matter is related to Fang Musheng.

If Fang Musheng was in another industry, Chu Yu would never associate them together.

But the old man's business is beverages, and in the future doomsday in Chu Yu's nightmare, the factory that produces mixed human dopamine is also a beverage factory.

When we arrived at the Jiuzhu Cultural Center, the lights had already come on. The center is located in a busy area with cars coming and going, but there are few people in front of the gate.

When he arrived at the door, Chu Yu waited for ten minutes before he saw an extended Bentley slowly approaching.

Chu Yu didn't think much about it at first, but when the Bentley stopped, a slender figure walked down.

Chu Yu opened his mouth wide, looked at Bai Yue who was dressed in gorgeous clothes, and swallowed involuntarily.

Bai Yue, who was already very tall, wore a pair of black high heels and a soft black dress, which highlighted her perfect figure.

Bai Yue, with her delicate and elegant makeup on, seemed like a different person and her temperament improved dramatically.

Before, Bai Yue had always worn digital camouflage combat uniforms, but it was already stunning enough at that time, not to mention the black evening dress that shows off her figure even more now.

Chu Yu felt a little regretful.

If I had known that Bai Yue would have so much room for improvement after changing her clothes and putting on makeup, I should have taken her to eat something good at noon, at least add some beef to the ramen.

With Bai Yue's figure and looks, if you can get her, it would be so impressive to take her out. Not to mention getting beaten up every day, even if you break your legs once a month it would be worth it.

Bai Yue slowly stepped out of the car, glanced at Chu Yu who was dumbfounded, curled her lips, and then walked straight over.

After walking in, Bai Yue smiled slightly, "How about it, isn't my sister pretty?"

After changing her clothes, Bai Yue not only improved her image and temperament, but her speaking habits and seniority also changed. She also lowered her self-proclaimed name from "mother" to "sister".

Chu Yu nodded heavily and exclaimed sincerely , "It is true that clothes make the man, and saddles make the horse. The ancients were right."

Bai Yue's smile froze, and she said coldly, "You must be a single dog!"

After saying that, Bai Yue naturally took Chu Yu's arm and walked towards the Jiuzhu Cultural Center with a peaceful smile on her face.

When he arrived at the guard post, Bai Yue took out the card, flashed by, and then continued to walk in with his head held high like a proud rooster.

The guard's attention was all on Bai Yue's face, and he didn't notice the card that flashed by at all.

Chu Yu asked quietly, "Where did you get the VIP card?"

"What VIP card? A meal card for the headquarters cafeteria."

Chu Yu, "..."

As they walked, Bai Yue said, "According to intelligence, Nephthys is here every night from 8 to 10 o'clock. Try to get close to her and see if you can get any useful information."

"Well, okay." When they arrived at the hall, Chu Yu couldn't help but feel a little nervous and asked quietly, "Is this considered an undercover operation?"

"What undercover operation? You've seen too many movies. I'm just here to check out the place. Don't let your imagination run wild. Don't be afraid if there's danger. I'm here for you!"

"Then should we check our identities?"

"That's right." Bai Yue smiled unchanged. After thinking for a few seconds, she said, "I'm a female anchor, and you're a second-generation demolition tycoon. You spent all your money in half a month to give me millions of tips, and then you chased me."

Chu Yu was speechless, "Isn't this character... just a moron?"

Bai Yue walked while looking for Nephthys.

Chu Yu, on the other hand, looked at the exhibits with a sidelong glance.

The exhibits in the exhibition hall were very strange. Even though Chu Yu had learned about this aspect abroad, he still felt it was strange.

There are not many exhibits, and most of them have strange shapes, which are somewhat different from Chu Yu's understanding of ancient Egyptian culture.

You should know that the teachings of ancient Egyptian primitive religion are very simple and natural, which is very different from the mature and rational artificial religions in the West today.

The gods worshipped by ancient Egypt can basically be divided into two categories. One is the animalized gods, and the other is the gods whose images are animals' bodies and human heads, or human bodies and animals' heads.

However, there are no human figures on display, but mostly animal bodies or images of gods.

Chu Yu's gaze rested on a gray stone slab.

Looking at the stone slab, Chu Yu couldn't help but exclaim.

Bai Yue asked, "What's wrong?"

"Many years ago, archaeologists unearthed an ancient Egyptian artifact, the Narmer Palette. There are graphics on both sides of the stone slab, which depict the deeds of Narmer, the first king of ancient Egypt." Chu Yu frowned and continued, "On the front of the slab, there is a picture of Narmer catching his enemy and preparing to hit him, while on the bottom of the front, there are two enemies fleeing in panic. The meaning of this stone slab is that Narmer has unified the world. Anyway, that's roughly what it means."

Pointing at the stone slab in front of him, Chu Yu said with a puzzled look, "But this stone slab has an extra female figure."

Bai Yue took a look and said, "Really? This woman has wings on her back and a basket on her head. What does it mean?"

"It's not a basket, but a house. This image is Nephthys, one of the ancient Egyptian gods, with wings on her back and a house on her head." Chu Yu squinted his eyes and said thoughtfully, "The unearthed Narmer Stone Tablet represents that Narmer unified ancient Egypt and punished his enemies, and many enemies fled. However, this almost identical stone tablet shows that the one who really made Narmer unify Egypt was the god standing behind him, that is, Nephthys, one of the nine pillars of gods."

Bai Yue smiled indifferently and said, "They are all knockoffs anyway, so you can add whatever you want. If I carve an Ultraman on it, it doesn't mean that Ultraman helped Narmer unify ancient Egypt."

Chu Yu didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Although the stone slab in front of him was gray, it was extremely exquisitely made. If it weren't for the Nephthys on it, it would be difficult to tell whether it was real or fake. At least as a semi-expert, he couldn't tell the real thing in a short time.

Neither of them thought much about it and continued wandering around. After walking for a while, they finally saw their target, Nephthys.

At this time, Nephthys was standing in front of a portrait called "The Four Sons of Hall".

The two looked at each other, pretended to walk over casually, and also stopped in front of the portrait of "The Four Sons of Hall".

Nephthys was wearing a loose black robe that tightly wrapped her tall figure, but this also highlighted her deep and extremely beautiful facial features, especially her long, shiny black hair that reached her waist.

As expected, after Nephthys noticed their presence, she walked up to them and smiled politely.

"Beautiful lady, and this gentleman, are you also interested in ancient Egyptian religious culture?"

Nephthys spoke Mandarin very well and you couldn't tell at all that she was a foreigner.

Seeing the other party approaching, Bai Yue nodded calmly, "Yes, I am fascinated by the ancient Egyptian religious culture."

Nephthys smiled even more, "Ancient Egypt is known as one of the four ancient civilizations, and its origins can be traced back to six thousand years ago. It was truly a great dynasty."

Bai Yue, who had done her homework, said, "Yes, that's why I am deeply fascinated by it. Ancient Egypt had its own hieroglyphic system and a complete system. Of course, what fascinates me most is the polytheistic religious system that has disappeared in the long river of history."

"No!" Nephthys suddenly stopped smiling, a look of annoyance flashed across her face, and she refuted rudely, "The gods are just sleeping. When they wake up, it will be the end of the false gods."

Bai Yue was slightly stunned, not knowing what she had said wrong that made the other party so disgusted.

She was just expressing that this belief system had disappeared, but Nephthys made it sound as if these gods really existed.

Nephthys said expressionlessly, "My lady, you are not welcome here."

Just as Bai Yue was about to speak, Chu Yu glared at her and said angrily, "I've told you countless times that faith is in the heart, not in words. Why are you wasting time with this foreign woman?"

Before Bai Yue could react, Chu Yu took Bai Yue's arm and glanced at Nephthys with his sidelong eyes. He said indifferently with an uneducated look, "The ancient Egyptian gods are not asleep. They are just too disappointed with humans and have temporarily left us. No matter how many believers the false gods have, they will always be as insignificant as sand in front of the ancient Egyptian gods."

After finishing speaking, Chu Yu put his arm around Bai Yue's shoulders and said cheerfully, "Why bother arguing with her? She knows nothing."

Bai Yue let Chu Yu put his arm around her shoulders and didn't know how to respond for a moment.

It was then that she noticed Nephthys' transformation.

Nephthys walked quickly in front of the two of them, staring at Chu Yu with burning eyes.

"Sir, are you familiar with the ancient Egyptian gods?"

Chu Yu said calmly, "Please remove the word culture!"

"Why?"

"The gods of ancient Egypt are gods, not culture. Ancient Egyptian culture is ancient Egyptian culture, and the gods are gods. The greatness of ancient Egypt was created by the gods. Without the gods, there would be no ancient Egypt!" Chu Yu snorted coldly and said in a deep voice, "Do you understand?"

Seeing Chu Yu reprimanding the other party mercilessly, Bai Yue felt helpless. Just as she was about to open her mouth to smooth things over, Nephthys' beautiful eyes moved, looking at Chu Yu with passion in them.

"I'm sorry, it was a slip of the tongue. Please accept my apology." Nephthys said seriously, "You are right. The decline of ancient Egypt is precisely because this ancient and great country was abandoned by the gods."

“No!” Chu Yu still had that annoying expression on his face. “The gods have not abandoned anyone. They are just disappointed. When we, the devout believers, awaken one day, we will return to the embrace of the gods again.”

As soon as Chu Yu finished speaking, Nephthys' eyes flashed with a charming red light.

Looking at Chu Yu, Nephthys once again revealed an extremely charming smile.

"Wise Xia people, you are the most devout believer I have ever met."

"My last name is Chai, Chai Er... Um, no, my last name is Sun, Sun Minhui." Chu Yu stretched out his hand and shook hands lightly with Nephthys.