Chapter 176: Speedy Flight

"Dad, do you still have the letter? Show it to me."
Faced with Blake's teasing, Jackie Chan seemed a little embarrassed. He asked his father about the letter out of curiosity, and at the same time wanted to change the subject.
"Of course I still have it. It's right here. If you want to see it, take it and see it."
Dad raised his hand and clicked on a letter on the counter.
Hearing this, Jackie Chan walked over and picked up the letter and read it.
The sender of the letter is indeed from World Archeology Magazine, and the address is London, England.
The hosting location of World Archeology Magazine is there.
After reading the envelope, Jackie Chan took out the letter inside and read it carefully.
Although Dad had just given a rough outline of the content of the letter, after all, it was not a trivial matter to him, and Jackie Chan still wanted to take a closer look.
Seeing Jackie Chan reading the letter there, Xiaoyu and Tang Mu, as two little curious people, also came over to watch the fun.
Because he was not tall enough, Tom Mu also moved a folding ladder and placed it behind Jackie Chan.
One person and one cat climbed up the ladder and lowered their heads to read the letter with Jackie Chan.
When Blake on the side saw this, he didn't know what to say.
Although the main job of District 13 is to investigate all kinds of extraordinary events, he should have a certain immunity.
But for someone like Tang Mu, he really couldn't accept it.
No matter how many times he watched it, Blake felt that the existence of cats like Tom was really unreasonable.
Even if all the gods and Buddhas appeared in the sky, they would not be able to bring a greater impact to his heart than this cat.
In fact, Tang Mu's performance a few hours ago left such a deep impression on him that he might never forget it in his life.
Blake thought that his spirit was quite strong, at least he didn't go crazy directly.
You know, Daniel, who drove him before, is now receiving treatment from a psychologist in District 13.
Tom Mu, the cat, has now become a key observation target in District 13.
It's just that the main responsibility of District 13 is investigation and observation, and there will be no other interference, so no one will come to affect Tom Mu's life.
Not only for Tom Mu, but also for other extraordinary events.
On the other side, Jackie Chan has carefully read the letter sent by the magazine.
Generally speaking, it's what dad just said.
It's just that Jackie Chan is still more or less a scholar, and he still needs to be rigorous as a scholar.
Some of the key information in the letter is also very important and must be read.
Generally speaking, several papers on ancient Egyptian that Jackie Chan submitted before have attracted the attention of some experts in the industry.
It just so happened that the curator of the Egyptian Museum of the British Museum also noticed Jackie Chan's paper and has been studying its feasibility.
The understanding of ancient Egyptian by experts in this world is different from that of the main world.
Their understanding of ancient Egyptian writing at this time was more inclined to the view contained in "Egyptian Hieroglyphics", a book about Egyptian hieroglyphics written by Hera Pineapple around 500 AD.
The book believes that the rabbit symbol in Egyptian hieroglyphs means open, because the rabbit's eyes are always open.
The symbol of the vulture means mother, because all vultures are female.
These contents are undoubtedly quite nonsense, but the problem is that it successfully led all subsequent researchers astray and fell into the ditch one by one.
They all ran forward on the road of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics without looking back, so that to this day, ancient Egyptian has been called a dead script.
No one can translate it.
Jackie Chan's talent in language seems to be very strong, and his thinking is not qualitative.
Inspired by the deciphering of Tangut script, and because Jackie Chan, as a Chinese, is naturally very aware of the history of the development of Chinese characters, he naturally received some inspiration and had some different ideas about deciphering ancient Egyptian script.
Ancient Egyptian, why must it be ideographic?
Perhaps, those symbols can actually be used directly as letters after being phonetically transcribed.
Precisely because of these thoughts, Jackie Chan immediately began to conduct research along this line of thinking.
In the end, certain results were achieved.
Just like in a paper he submitted before, Jackie Chan compared the names in the royal circle of the kings of the Ptolemaic Dynasty.
This is used to initially prove that ancientEgyptian writing can be used as letters to mark pronunciations.
Subsequent step-by-step research and the publication of papers have made Jackie Chan's conjecture more likely.
Because of this, Jackie Chan is also somewhat famous among a group of scholars who study ancient Egypt.
His identity is like Champollion who deciphered the ancient Egyptian text in the world of Tom Mu.
It's just that for the time being, he doesn't have as high a status as Champollion, nor does he have that much authority.
But for the almost stagnant ancient Egyptian translation, the emergence of Jackie Chan has given everyone a new way of thinking.
It happened that the curator of the Egyptian Museum of the British Museum had made some new archaeological discoveries and was planning to invite Jackie Chan to participate in an archaeological operation in Egypt.
It is really rare to be invited to participate in archaeological activities like this.
Even Jackie Chan is relatively well-known in the industry and is an honorary professor at the University of Hong Kong.
But this is the second time for such a serious invitation.
Especially an invitation at the level of the British Museum.
In fact, for Jackie Chan, his feelings towards the British Museum are quite complicated.
As a patriotic Chinese, the large number of Chinese collections in the British Museum will remind him of that humiliating history and the ugly face of the British.
But as an industry insider, he also knows how much the invitation from the British Museum will help his archaeological career.
After thinking for a long time, Jackie Chan finally let out a long sigh and decided to accept the invitation and go have a look.
He really loved archeology so much that even if there was no prestige for this trip, after learning about the new archaeological discoveries, he still went there at his own expense.
This has nothing to do with the British Museum.
Moreover, Jackie Chan also knows some foreign archaeologists. There are indeed many bad people, but there are also some people who are not bad. Jackie Chan still wants to control his emotions as much as possible so as not to affect innocent people.
The Chinese are always like this. Because they are too civilized, they appear out of place in the barbaric world dominated by the West.
As a rational adult, Jackie Chan still needs to weigh his own thoughts.
As an invincible cat, Tom's idea is of course simpler.
After seeing the British Museum in the letter, a bold idea came to Tom Mu's mind.
Many Chinese people probably have similar thoughts.
But based on reality and strength, in the end we can only think about it and cannot implement it.
But Tang Mu is different. There is no doubt about its strength.
In this case, if you have the opportunity in the future, just do it as soon as you think of it.
But I'm not in a hurry about this matter. Anyway, I'll have the opportunity to go to England in the future, so I can just do that thing by the way.
Now, Jackie Chan should accept this invitation, and it is estimated that a brand new adventure will begin.
Its side missions can go one step further.
So it has to keep up with Jackie Chan.
The final result was not unexpected.
Jackie Chan indeed accepted the invitation and responded to an email confirming the time and location.
"Jackie Chan."
Watching Jackie Chan finish his work, Blake, who had been waiting for a long time, stared directly at Jackie Chan, his bald head very conspicuous under the light.
Although Blake didn't speak, Jackie Chan naturally knew what he wanted to say.
"Okay, okay. Blake, when we get to Egypt, if I have time, I will help you check on the scarab."
Previously, Jackie Chan rejected Blake's invitation because he was not planning to go to Egypt and did not want to get involved in Blake's affairs.
But now that he is going to Egypt, and Blake is one of Jackie Chan's few old friends, and things have come to this, it is natural that he can no longer refuse.
Seeing this, Blake smiled with satisfaction.
But Jackie Chan hadn't spoken yet. Looking at his old friend in front of him, Jackie Chan said again: "Blake, I'm going to say something ugly first. My main mission in Egypt is to participate in archaeological activities. I can't guarantee that I will help you investigate the scarab."
"I know, you are already very good. We in District Thirteen really need talents like you."
The expression on Blake's face did not change.
He knows Jackie Chan. This guy is so kind. As long as things are opened, things will be much easier to handle in the future.
If you can help the first time, there will definitely be a second or third time.
Even if there is no consultant named District 13, it is almost the same.
Blake wouldn't let Jackie Chan's work go in vain.
He has found out that Jackie Chan's recent income situation is very poor.
This job in District 13 can at least allow Jackie Chan to live a less financial life.
Talking about income.
Blake looked at Tom who was observing his tail.
This cat has really made a lot of money selling books recently.
The book "The Adventures of Jackie Chan Myth" did make Tom Mu a lot of money.
It's a pity that the money can only be used in this world and cannot be taken to other worlds, so it is not that meaningful to Tom Mu.
But it's not bad to have this money, at least you don't have to use the money in the cat's account anymore.
"Uncle Long, so you have decided to go to Egypt?"

Xiaoyu looked at Jackie Chan with her big eyes open, her hands mingled together, showing her expressionWith some trepidation, but also some hope: "Will you take me with you? Ancient Egypt is so mysterious, I want to see it too."
When Jackie Chan heard this, he immediately turned to look at Xiaoyu, subconsciously wanting to reject Xiaoyu.
But then he seemed to remember something.
He looked at Xiaoyu, who looked cute on the outside, and then at Tang Mu, who was using his paws to hook his tail.
The first two times, Jackie Chan wanted Xiaoyu to stay at home.
Both Xiaoyu and Tang Mu agreed very enthusiastically.
​But what about in the end?
Not to mention asking the two little guys to stay at home obediently, good guy, in the end they even brought the food to him.
I remembered the scene I saw on the plane before.
Fortunately, my father did not have any heart problems. Otherwise, when he woke up and found himself at an altitude of nine thousand meters, he would have been frightened out of trouble.
The mouth opened.
After staring into Xiaoyu's longing eyes for a long time, Jackie Chan finally sighed helplessly.
"Okay, let's go together. But we have to agree in advance. This trip is not just for fun, but also for archaeological work. It will be very hard, so don't expect too much."
Considering that this trip to Egypt was mainly due to the invitation of the British Museum, there should be no problems in terms of safety.
Jackie Chan was also afraid that Xiaoyu would secretly follow him to Egypt in the end. Without an adult watching, it would be even more troublesome.
My ancestors were right, blocking is worse than sparing.
In this case, just take Xiaoyu with you.
Anyway, the real archaeological site is actually very boring.
With Xiaoyu's out-of-the-box personality, Jackie Chan didn't think Xiaoyu could survive the scene.
It's good to temper her temperament like this, so that when she goes out again in the future, she won't think about following him.
"Okay! I can go to Egypt too! I want to ride a camel! I want to see the pyramids and mummies!"
Unexpectedly, she would actually get Jackie Chan's permission. Xiaoyu jumped up excitedly!
Seeing Xiaoyu's appearance, Jackie Chan turned to look at his father behind the counter, and asked with some worry: "Dad, do you want to go to Egypt with us?"
"Dad can do it alone, but there always have to be people in the store. We can't just close the shop."
Dad waved his hand indifferently.
He has also been to that damn place in Egypt, but now he is no longer interested.
"Dad's old bones can no longer stand the torment. If you find some interesting antiques there and you can buy them back, just treat them as helping dad buy them."
Hearing what his father said, Jackie Chan nodded and agreed without any further persuasion.
After a moment of silence, Jackie Chan seemed to have remembered something. He looked at his father and asked solemnly: "Dad, aren't there seven more demons? Are they making any movement now?"
The father waved his hands indifferently and said: "Oh, don't think so much. If those demons are to be resurrected, the demonic energy will definitely become active, and the Tiger Talisman Jade Pendant will naturally react. The jade pendant is still fine now, which means that it is not there for the time being. Well, you should do your own thing first."
Hearing this, Jackie Chan's anxious heart was relieved.
Nothing is best.
"Well, Dad, I'm going to pack my luggage first. Although it's not the appointed time yet, I want to go to Egypt to see it tomorrow."
Jackie Chan said and walked out directly, preparing to go back to his tower crane to pack his luggage.
Before, he went to inland areas. They were all within the country and the distance was very close, so he didn't make any preparations.
Although he had just flown back to Xiangjiang, this time he was going to Egypt, so Jackie Chan still had to prepare some necessary supplies in advance.
"Xiaoyu, follow me, you have to prepare something. The environment in Egypt is different from that in Hong Kong."
When Jackie Chan went out, he even greeted Xiaoyu.
Xiaoyu was very happy and naturally followed quickly.
"Aaron! There's one more thing. The store has been busy recently and you're away from home all day. Dad needs help. When you have time later, remember to print out a recruitment notice for dad."
When Jackie Chan and the others were about to go out, Dad stopped Jackie Chan from behind.
"Ah, okay dad, I understand."
Jackie Chan scratched his head. He didn't expect that his father's antique shop would also be recruiting people. He was still a little uncomfortable for a while.
But since dad has spoken, Jackie Chan will certainly not refuse.
He was indeed relatively free before. Because he had less work, he often stayed in the store and helped his father.
I don't know if it's because of the adoption of Tom Mu recently, but it's a bit like a lucky cat, and he's got more work to do.
But if this happens, he will no longer be able to help his father.
From this point of view, it is really imperative to find someone for Dad's antique shop.
Jackie Chan and the others went to pack their luggage. Blake also achieved his goal and naturally left with satisfaction.
After Jackie Chan and Xiaoyu took some time to pack their luggage for Egypt, Jackie Chan immediately went to the print shop to print out recruitment notices for his father.
A recruitment notice was posted at the door of the store and they stayed in Xiangjiang for another night. The next day, Jackie Chan and Xiaoyu took the cat Tom Mu to Xiangjiang Airport again.
They need to take a plane to Cairo Airport in Egypt.
Recently, they really spent a lot of time on the plane.
In just one month, I have flown several times in a row.
Fortunately, Tang Mu made some money from selling books, otherwise, Jackie Chan might not even be able to afford a plane ticket.
Tom Mu still remembers that Jackie Chan wanted to buy a plane ticket yesterday, but ended up being embarrassed.Discovering that you don't have enough money.
Especially after paying the money themselves, Jackie Chan and Xiaoyu's expressions became even more exciting.
In a small family, whoever controls the wallet will be tough in speaking.
Taking advantage of this period of time, it doesn't matter if Tang Mu acts casually in front of Jackie Chan.
After boarding the plane with your ticket, it's a long wait for the flight.
The flight they took took at least fifteen hours to fly from Xiangjiang to Cairo.
Whether it's economy class or first class, flying for such a long time is actually not very comfortable.
Even though Jackie Chan and Xiaoyu were looking forward to Egypt, they still couldn't help but look sad when they thought about the long flight time.
Staying in a small space for such a long time is no different from going to jail. It is a physical and mental torture.
"Go to sleep, it's better when you're asleep."
Jackie Chan and the others had just sat down. Seeing Xiaoyu's uncomfortable expression, Jackie Chan comforted Xiaoyu.
On this long flight, I can only pass the time by sleeping.
At least after falling asleep, time can pass faster.
But the problem is that even if you want to fall asleep on a plane, it is not that simple.
At this time, the plane trembled slightly and began to slowly take off.
Seeing the expressions of Jackie Chan and Xiaoyu next to him, Tang Mu didn't want to suffer on the plane for so long.
After thinking about it, it raised its left paw and lifted the fur on it, revealing a children's watch underneath. It stretched out a paw and put it on the minute hand of the dial, rotating it clockwise for more than ten times.
As the minutes on Tom's dial turn, the time all over the world also moves forward!
The plane passed through Xiangjiang and Cairo at extremely fast speed.
The weather outside also changed drastically in an instant.
Jackie Chan and their body senses clearly knew that the plane had just taken off, but within a few seconds, the plane had already begun to land and was taxiing on the Cairo airport runway.
"ladies and gentlemen:
The plane has landed at Cairo International Airport. The outside temperature is 37 degrees Celsius. The plane is taxiing. For the safety of you and others, please do not stand up or open the luggage rack yet. "
"After the plane has completely stopped, please unfasten your seat belt, pack your hand luggage and prepare to get off the plane. Please pay attention to safety when picking up items from the luggage rack. Please collect your checked luggage at the baggage claim area. You need to pick up your luggage at the baggage claim area. Passengers transferring from this station to other places should go to the transfer counter in the waiting room to handle the matter."
"Thank you for choosing Xiangjiang Airlines. See you on your next trip!"
Listening to the flight attendant's radio announcement in the cabin, their buttocks were not even hot yet. Jackie Chan and Xiaoyu suddenly looked at each other with disbelief on their faces!