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The sight beyond the door was nothing like Aaron had imagined. The place where the Snake God's Egg was stored was not like a museum, with its most precious treasure locked deep inside, protected by the strongest guards, the most comprehensive security, and the most devout servants.
Quite the opposite: the Snake God's Egg sat in the most conspicuous spot. Above roughly sixty pyramid steps, four golden statues of giant snakes held it over a shimmering pool of clear water.
Dim flecks of light glimmered across the water, and warm, humid air brushed their faces. Pools like this lined both sides of the entrance. The magic arrays were still operating, and no fewer than a hundred Abomination Serpentfolk lay in deep slumber. They were all powerfully built warriors, each resting with closed eyes in a transparent coffin filled with pale green liquid.
One golden arch after another was inlaid with a golden eye with a slit pupil, a symbol of the Snake God. The Snake God's divine power within them had also fallen dormant. Mysterious patterns were carved into the floor. They served little practical purpose, but still displayed the former splendor and architectural artistry of the Serpentfolk Empire.
The Serpentfolk Empire had evolved entirely from the Wuhai Empire, and its buildings retained the Wuhai Empire's style: grand, highly ordered, and roughly sculpted, with structures obsessed with symmetrical central axes and depth, all designed to convey their own majesty, solemnity, and mystery.
The indispensable snake sculptures were always arranged symmetrically, representing the balance of serpents, while the cold colors represented the Serpentfolk's cold hearts. As cold-blooded creatures, the Serpentfolk had little capacity for emotion. It was not that they had no feelings or could not get angry,