The only thing left in Zheng's mind was that death was looming in. Everything slowed down at this moment. Tengyi slowing getting up from the floor, Lan running toward him in panic, shredded papers and wood floating on where they were righting, and this giant serpent head coming closer and closer. He could faintly smell the blood coming from its mouth.
If the second stage of the unlocked mode gives absolute control over the body, does the nervous system counts as part of the body? When you unleash the nervous system's potentials, then your reaction speed...
Zheng's whole body was violently convulsing. Because of the speed it was convulsing, everyone could only made out his figure, but his body and face became blurred. As the serpent was about to bit into him, Shainaia yelled. "I, I can't... hold him with the Psyche Chain anymore!"
As she finished her words, Zheng flashed to the side of the serpent's head, but just barely getting by. He struck the giant head with the fist that had the ring. And he channeled his Qi into the ring. It was like snow came into contact with fire, a huge hole appeared on the serpent's head instantly. Half of its head was crushed into powder. Then Zheng gave its head a kick and used the propelling force to fly over to Tengyi.
"Give me the grenade!"
Though his words were meaningless as his speed was so much faster than Tengyi. He reached Tengyi in the blink of an eye and grabbed the grenade from his hand. He pulled the ring then threw this smoke grenade over at the monk. A thick white smoke began to fill up the museum.
"Ok, everyone leave the the museum now... Shit, what are you standing here for? Go!" Zheng turned to O'Connell and saw that he was standing there like an idiot. O'Connell and the other characters came into senses after his shout and hurried toward the exit.
"Lan, go with them, don't let them get separated... Tengyi, hurry, help me read this spell. These are good stuffs I found in the basement... Tengyi?"
Zheng took out a few broken pieces of the mummies, and some sand. Then he took out the Book of the Dead. But Tengyi was standing there with no reaction until several seconds later, he collapsed to the ground. That's when Zheng and Lan noticed a needle pierced into his heart.
Zheng's face looked distorted from anger. He held onto Tengyi but he couldn't pull the needle out... Judging from its position and depth, as soon as he pulled the needle out, Tengyi would lose his life...
"Zheng, give me the book. Hoho, my vision is a little burred." Tengyi muttered, but blood slipped through his mouth with every word he said.
Zheng held onto him tightly. "Don't worry, you're fine. Zero and Yinkong are skilled at dealing with injuries. You should be fine..."
"Fuck! I told you to bring me the book!" Tengyi shouted but that only made him vomited more blood. The cloth at his chest was stained by the blood sipping out.
Zheng opened the book to the page of the spell. Tengyi touched the characters with his fingers and read them out one by one. Zheng could only concentrate on remembering these characters and pronunciations. Ten seconds later, Tengyi finished reading. The monk still hadn't came out of the smoke. Maybe they weren't skilled with close combat, though Zheng felt that the monk went back up to second floor instead.
"I am just a grave robber. Those ancient relics and the culture of our country, a culture more magnificent that any other country. I only wanted to bring this culture back to the world... They lied to me and sold the relics to other countries. I am not a fucking traitor..."
Tengyi's voice became smaller and smaller. After his last few words, he lay back down quietly. Blood stopped coming out of his chest and the needle came out by itself then floated into the smoke.
"Guardians of death. Listen to my summons..."
Zheng put down Tengyi's body. He held onto the Book of the Dead then began chanting the spell. As his blood energy drained, the mummy pieces and sand merged together then grew in size. Several seconds later, four skeletal mummies with swords and shields appeared in front of him. Zheng waved his hand at the smoke and these mummies jumped in with incredible speed.
"Lan, bring Tengyi out. Remember not to let the characters get separated..." Zheng took a deep breath and held onto his knife.
Lan wanted to say something but when she saw Zheng face, she picked up Tengyi's body and ran toward the exit. When her figure went out of sight, a wolf howl came from the other side.
The three meter tall werewolf stood up. His hand was holding onto Yinkong. Her whole body was filled with cuts and a part of her shoulder was bitten off. Her left arm hung there without strength but she was still alive. She looked at Zheng with her feeble and dim eyes.
The werewolf howled again and threw Yinkong at Zheng. When Zheng caught her, the werewolf was already sprinting toward him. The scalpels on its claw was about to pierce through Yinkong's body. Zheng had no choice but to turn around and take the scalpels with his back to protect Yinkong. The scalpels penetrated into his body and the impact pushed him into the wall. The werewolf kept pushing Zheng through the wall and out of the museum.
With its claw inside Zheng's back, he howled and lifted Zheng up. His other claw was reaching for Zheng's neck. Yet Zheng couldn't do anything at this point. As he saw the monk and the other members of team India walked out from the smoke, hopelessness began to fill his heart.
Bang!
A bullet struck the werewolf at extreme speed, penetrated him from his right lung through the chest then knocked him to the wall. The huge force then crushed the wall. This powerful shot came from the Gaus sniping rifle...
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Chapter 10-2
The skinny man with curved blade began moving toward Zheng, but the monk quickly said. "Stop, Charcoal! Minima is still alive!"
Charcoal hesitated then stopped. The monk walked off the second floor as if he could stand on air. To everyone's surprise, he slowly walked down to the first floor.
Zheng had entered the second stage of the unlocked mode by now.
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When they were in the basement, due to the lack of light, he didn't receive much damage. Although the giant's strikes were extremely powerful, especially the hand with the claw, which could crush the wall into powder with a punch. But aside from power, his senses, vision, and control over his power were weak. While inside the basement, only a few of his punches scratched Zheng, most of them missed. Though these few punches still knocked Zheng to the wall. When one side's power overwhelms by too much, all techniques can become useless.
Zheng didn't get too close to the Minima afterward. He attacked with his knife from the sides. After a few slashes, the giant's body was painted with cuts. Several of his tendons were cut off. If it wasn't for fear of the extreme strength, Zheng would have probably gotten the knife into his heart.
Minima wasn't an idiot. After several cuts he knew he would die if he continued like this. Unable to hit his target while receiving cuts little by little. The glooming realization made him shouted with insanity. He ignored everything and charged at Zheng, letting the knife stab into his stomach and cut his intestines in half. But at the same time he also got a hold of Zheng and enclosed Zheng's body in his arms.
"Keep running! Chinese monkey! Run! You think you are really a monkey? Let me made you into ground meat! Weakling that only knows how to run!" He yelled then closed in with his arms. He could hear the sound of bones fracturing from Zheng's body.
"Ah!"
Zheng also began screaming like mad. The near death sensation fell upon him. This was the first time he really experienced this sensation since he entered the movie. The power coming from Minima's arms were too strong that even activating his Qi wasn't able to help. If he let this continues, it won't take more than ten seconds before he gets crushed.
(I can't die! After going through so many dangers... How I can die here!)
Zheng opened his mouth and bit the giant's shoulder. A taste of blood rushed into his throat. He felt a violent and blood thirsty emotion surfaced from within. His genetic constraint finally unlocked again at this crucial moment and entered the second stage. His muscles began convulsing, two seconds later his muscles puffed up. This was the symbol of the second stage, the ability to control his body at will and unleashing all its potentials!
"Go to hell! Monkey!" Minima was still yelling but before he could finish, a huge force emerged from within his arms and knocked him away to the wall.
"You are the fucking monkey!"
Zheng's eyes became bloody red. For some reason, he wanted to drink blood. As soon as he knocked Minima away, he jumped at the giant. The two huge powers clashed into each other. Endless combat instincts streamed into Zheng's head from the unlocked mode. When his hands clashed with the giant's, he kicked the ground and jumped over to Minima's back, which twisted Minima's arms then pah! His arms snapped.
Minima let out a scream then Zheng knocked him to the ground and snapped both his legs too. It still wasn't over, Zheng grabbed onto him and jumped up to the first floor until he finally took control over Minima's life.
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The monk was standing about ten meters away. He looked at Zheng and said. "The second stage of the unlocked mode? Then you are the leader of Team China? Shanaia... Let that Tengyi say out their quest!"
Tengyi's body trembled then his voice forced through his mouth. "Eliminate Imhotep!"
The monk touched his forehead with a finger then said. "Eliminate Imhotep? Good, I thought your quest was to kill Anck-su-Namun. Then... the Book of the Dead is still on your hands? And you've used the book. That's the reason you refused our suggestion and risked your lives to save the characters. Because you probably won't be able to find the Book of Amun-Ra without them. Too bad that you learned of the secrets of these two books, otherwise we could have remained in peace. But since you know them..."
Zheng was surprised, he asked without thinking. "The secrets of the two books? What secrets?"
"God will put some items inside the movies. These items cannot be exchanged from God, like the spells from the two books cannot be learned from God. Especially the Book of Amun-Ra. Even though every person only has once chance, but having it... Remember, this is the unspoken rule when two teams meet. If both teams are on the same level, then we will exchange information, such as how to survive a specific movie or how to run away when the plot changed. We met a team that experienced this movie, so we also know of the secrets of these two books... But if the powers of two teams are unequal... Shainaia!"
The monk shouted then opened his arms. A giant serpent about a meter in diameter and ten meters long appeared behind him. This serpent had two heads with different colors. When the serpent appeared, Tengyi fell to the ground as if he had loss all his strength. At the same time, Zheng felt that he lost control of his body. He dropped Minima to the ground. One of the serpent's heads then bit toward him.
That huge mouth looked like it was going to swallow him in whole.
Chapter 10-1
10 (1/3)
"Unfortunately it seems you ignored our suggestion for peace, or perhaps you believe you can win against our team. Even if you lost a team member in the beginning..." The monk walked in slowly.
Walking beside the monk was two women and a man, including the blonde doctor, the muscular man, and the cyborg, team India had at least eight members.
Yinkong did not take her eyes off the blonde man to look at the new comers. The two of them were moving in similar manners, silent footsteps, holding onto weapons with both hands, eyes fixed onto each other, as soon as the other person lets his or her guards down, they will attack without hesitation like a snake.
"You are the one who caught Muhammad Joseph? Then must be holding onto a magical weapon. It takes me quite a bit of effort if I have to catch him alive... Young assassin, snow white skin, red and soft blood vessels. Cut open your stomach and hold onto those organs then crush them... haha!" He got more and more excited as he talked, in the end he started laughing like a mad man. He moved toward Yinkong like a shadow.
Yinkong immediately raised her dagger in front of her. With a clank, she felt a huge force coming through her hand. The blonde man was holding two crystal like scalpels. Yinkong could only see a glimpse of light from the reflection before the pain on her right hand registered. One fifth of her thumb was cut off. Luckily she backed off instantly and dodged the follow up attacks. Even so, her right hand was already dripping in blood.
"Wolf doctor Arot... Aren't you already dead? The European assassin's clans couldn't have let you get away... Why are you still alive?" Yinkong didn't even look at her thumb. Her eyes went out of focus, she had entered the unlocked mode as she was talking. Although her life was not at risk yet, the pressure exerting from Arot was too much, as if he would cut her apart in the next moment.
Arot's mental state was getting more crazy. He licked the blood on the scalpel, and with a light pull of the hand, he cut off the tip of his tongue. He yelled. "Virgin blood! Skin, vessels, muscles, organs, brain... cut open all of them. Hahahaha!"
A woman next to the monk who had her eyes closed the whole time saw his craziness and frowned. "Leader, he's going mad again. I can't suppress it anymore... If he continues, he will kill everything in his view..."
The monk looked at the first floor quietly and said. "Then let him go mad. We can see how much power team China has. If he can kill everyone of them here, then we will start the hunt, wipe out their team..."
Arot kept yelling, his body was convulsing like during an orgasm. Yinkong tried to run up for an attack several times but as soon as she moved her feet, his eyes would became fixed on her, forcing her to stop in place. Arot's body slowly enlarged, breaking his clothes. His body hair was growing longer until he transformed into a werewolf. His nails were crystal scalpels instead.
The werewolf raised his head to the sky and howled. Suddenly blood splashed from his neck, a silver throwing knife stabbed into his neck. Unfortunately its power was only enough to penetrate his skin and didn't even reach into his muscle. Arot pulled out the knife then closed his hand, crushing the knife into coin like. Then he jumped at Yinkong.
"Run!" Yinkong only had the chance to yelled a single word before she was sent flying into the shelves. Paper and bits of wood floated in the air. For a while, the other people could only hear the clanking sounds of metals hitting onto each other, and the occasional moans from Yinkong.
Lan quickly took out a smoke grenade. She exchanged it before entering the movie and never thought it would come into use. As she was about to pulled the ring, Tengyi placed his gun on her head.
Lan yelled with shock and anger. "Qi... Qi Tengyi! You crazy? Do you think they will let you live if you kill me? Impossible! They will just kill you... Tengyi?"
Tengyi's eyes were filled with pain. His whole body was shivering but that gun was fixed on Lan's head.
The woman with closed eyes said. "The girl from the assassin's clan had undergone mental training, I can not control her. This woman seemed to have enhanced his mental capacity, it's not easy to control her either. So I can only control the one next to her..."
The monk laughed lightly. "No, you did a good job, Shanaia. Kill the four of them here. The one in the basement should become ground meat by now. Minima's close combat is only second to Arot... Team China is only so much, we can..."
Before he finished talking, they heard a huge impact and shout from the basement. Several seconds later, two people jumped out from the floor. Zheng's face was full of blood, his muscles were all puffed up, and his hand was grabbing onto the giant's neck. The two of them kept fighting on the ground until they heard the sound of bones snapped. Minima's body lost all strength. Zheng's eyes were bloody red. He was biting onto the giant's shoulder, while his other hand was holding a knife next to the giant's neck.
"I know you have a doctor in your team. You can swap him an arm even after I cut his arm off. I only snapped his neck... He's still alive, but can't last much longer. Let go of Tengyi, let them leave the museum or we will trade losses!"
"Unfortunately it seems you ignored our suggestion for peace, or perhaps you believe you can win against our team. Even if you lost a team member in the beginning..." The monk walked in slowly.
Walking beside the monk was two women and a man, including the blonde doctor, the muscular man, and the cyborg, team India had at least eight members.
Yinkong did not take her eyes off the blonde man to look at the new comers. The two of them were moving in similar manners, silent footsteps, holding onto weapons with both hands, eyes fixed onto each other, as soon as the other person lets his or her guards down, they will attack without hesitation like a snake.
"You are the one who caught Muhammad Joseph? Then must be holding onto a magical weapon. It takes me quite a bit of effort if I have to catch him alive... Young assassin, snow white skin, red and soft blood vessels. Cut open your stomach and hold onto those organs then crush them... haha!" He got more and more excited as he talked, in the end he started laughing like a mad man. He moved toward Yinkong like a shadow.
Yinkong immediately raised her dagger in front of her. With a clank, she felt a huge force coming through her hand. The blonde man was holding two crystal like scalpels. Yinkong could only see a glimpse of light from the reflection before the pain on her right hand registered. One fifth of her thumb was cut off. Luckily she backed off instantly and dodged the follow up attacks. Even so, her right hand was already dripping in blood.
"Wolf doctor Arot... Aren't you already dead? The European assassin's clans couldn't have let you get away... Why are you still alive?" Yinkong didn't even look at her thumb. Her eyes went out of focus, she had entered the unlocked mode as she was talking. Although her life was not at risk yet, the pressure exerting from Arot was too much, as if he would cut her apart in the next moment.
Arot's mental state was getting more crazy. He licked the blood on the scalpel, and with a light pull of the hand, he cut off the tip of his tongue. He yelled. "Virgin blood! Skin, vessels, muscles, organs, brain... cut open all of them. Hahahaha!"
A woman next to the monk who had her eyes closed the whole time saw his craziness and frowned. "Leader, he's going mad again. I can't suppress it anymore... If he continues, he will kill everything in his view..."
The monk looked at the first floor quietly and said. "Then let him go mad. We can see how much power team China has. If he can kill everyone of them here, then we will start the hunt, wipe out their team..."
Arot kept yelling, his body was convulsing like during an orgasm. Yinkong tried to run up for an attack several times but as soon as she moved her feet, his eyes would became fixed on her, forcing her to stop in place. Arot's body slowly enlarged, breaking his clothes. His body hair was growing longer until he transformed into a werewolf. His nails were crystal scalpels instead.
The werewolf raised his head to the sky and howled. Suddenly blood splashed from his neck, a silver throwing knife stabbed into his neck. Unfortunately its power was only enough to penetrate his skin and didn't even reach into his muscle. Arot pulled out the knife then closed his hand, crushing the knife into coin like. Then he jumped at Yinkong.
"Run!" Yinkong only had the chance to yelled a single word before she was sent flying into the shelves. Paper and bits of wood floated in the air. For a while, the other people could only hear the clanking sounds of metals hitting onto each other, and the occasional moans from Yinkong.
Lan quickly took out a smoke grenade. She exchanged it before entering the movie and never thought it would come into use. As she was about to pulled the ring, Tengyi placed his gun on her head.
Lan yelled with shock and anger. "Qi... Qi Tengyi! You crazy? Do you think they will let you live if you kill me? Impossible! They will just kill you... Tengyi?"
Tengyi's eyes were filled with pain. His whole body was shivering but that gun was fixed on Lan's head.
The woman with closed eyes said. "The girl from the assassin's clan had undergone mental training, I can not control her. This woman seemed to have enhanced his mental capacity, it's not easy to control her either. So I can only control the one next to her..."
The monk laughed lightly. "No, you did a good job, Shanaia. Kill the four of them here. The one in the basement should become ground meat by now. Minima's close combat is only second to Arot... Team China is only so much, we can..."
Before he finished talking, they heard a huge impact and shout from the basement. Several seconds later, two people jumped out from the floor. Zheng's face was full of blood, his muscles were all puffed up, and his hand was grabbing onto the giant's neck. The two of them kept fighting on the ground until they heard the sound of bones snapped. Minima's body lost all strength. Zheng's eyes were bloody red. He was biting onto the giant's shoulder, while his other hand was holding a knife next to the giant's neck.
"I know you have a doctor in your team. You can swap him an arm even after I cut his arm off. I only snapped his neck... He's still alive, but can't last much longer. Let go of Tengyi, let them leave the museum or we will trade losses!"
Chapter 9-3
"What are you waiting for! Hurry up and come down!" Zheng rushed into the museum and shouted. At the same time, a wall on the second floor shook, cracks appeared and began to expand. Evelyn screamed as she saw it. Fortunately she was smart enough to run down the stairs immediately.
O'Connell and the other characters pulled out their guns but before they had the chance to do anything, the wall on second floor exploded. A giant man of three meters tall came in from the hole. He saw Zheng and immediately shouted. "You weakling that only knows how to run! Come and fight me again!" He jumped down from second floor before he finished talking.
Zheng was a bit surprised when he saw this muscular man. His arm had completely healed. Aside from color of the skin appearing whiter, the arm was as muscular as before. The man jumped in between Evelyn and everyone else. His feet stepped into the concrete ground causing two dented footprints. You could tell his weight and power of the jump.
The muscular man didn't even take a look at Evelyn. He grabbed a bookshelf and threw it over at Zheng. Although the throw was powerful enough, its accuracy was inversely proportional. The shelf went over everyone's heads and hit the glass display shelves behind.
The curator moaned and was about to yell when O'Connell, the two Americans and the man in black opened fire at the muscular man. Yet their bullets couldn't even penetrate his skin.
"Shit! Zheng, where did you lure this monster from! Is he the mummy's subordinate?" O'Connell shouted as he kept firing.
Zheng shouted in reply. "... In some sense yes, he's on the side of the mummy. Anyway you guys hurry up and leave. This isn't a battle that you can join. Tenyi! Take them out of the museum!"
Evelyn yelled. "O'Connell! If you dare to leave me behind, I won't forgive you even if I become a mummy!"
O'Connell shrugged as he smiled bitterly. He pulled out another gun and shouted. "Shit, why did I ever meet a woman like you! Hurry up and come over from the side!"
Zheng saw that the muscular man turned to Evelyn. He had no choice but to take out his knife then jumped at the man. He slashed at the man's legs before Evelyn was attacked.
The musuclar man immediately jumped away in response. He was already several meters off the ground when the knife reached him. At the same time he punched downward. The immense pressure from the punch forced Zheng to block it with his knife. With a loud bang, the ground around them collapsed. The two of them fell into the room below.
Everyone was shocked. O'Connell asked. "There's a basement?"
The curator nodded. "Yes, there's a room below for storing documents, broken tablets, and broken mummies... Are you sure they are human?"
O'Connell looked at the second floor and said. "I don't know if they are human or not, but we if don't run right now... I don't think we can be human for any longer."
The skinny man that was shot away was standing on the stairs on second floor. There was no trace of gunshots on him, as if bullets were useless against him. His curved blades were very strange, they were surrounded by a cold fog. The man jumped down without a word then turned to Evelyn.
Right at that moment, two girls entered the museum from where Zheng entered. The short haired girl's hand flashed, a silver throwing knife flew at the man's neck, forcing him to pulled his blade back to block the knife. The impact knocked him over a meter back. When he landed on the ground, Evelyn had already ran into O'Connell's arms.
The two girls that entered were Yinkong and Lan. Lan frowned as she looked at the big hole on the ground. "You guys leave first. We will talk later... Wind Spirit!"
Yinkong was already running to the skinny man while holding her dagger. Lan immediately casted the acceleration buff on her. Her incredible speed became even faster. The dagger came in contact the curved blade in almost an instant. As blood dripped from the man's left arm, one of his blade also fell to the ground.
"You, you're also from the assassin's clan!" His face suddenly changed. He didn't even try to pick up the blade and instead backed off as fast as he could.
Yinkong's eyes looked bloodthirsty. She moved toward the man casually step by step, but her speed was much faster than his. As she was about to enter the attack range, she immediately flipped backward. Several throwing knives appeared at where she was standing... No, not throwing knives but rather scalpels. A figure in white came out from the second floor. A doctor like blonde European stood in front of the skinny man.
Next to the window on the second floor, a monk and several men and women were standing there. The monk looked down at everyone on the first floor with tease... Just like how a cat looks at the mouse trying to run away, bloodthirsty, cruel...
O'Connell and the other characters pulled out their guns but before they had the chance to do anything, the wall on second floor exploded. A giant man of three meters tall came in from the hole. He saw Zheng and immediately shouted. "You weakling that only knows how to run! Come and fight me again!" He jumped down from second floor before he finished talking.
Zheng was a bit surprised when he saw this muscular man. His arm had completely healed. Aside from color of the skin appearing whiter, the arm was as muscular as before. The man jumped in between Evelyn and everyone else. His feet stepped into the concrete ground causing two dented footprints. You could tell his weight and power of the jump.
The muscular man didn't even take a look at Evelyn. He grabbed a bookshelf and threw it over at Zheng. Although the throw was powerful enough, its accuracy was inversely proportional. The shelf went over everyone's heads and hit the glass display shelves behind.
The curator moaned and was about to yell when O'Connell, the two Americans and the man in black opened fire at the muscular man. Yet their bullets couldn't even penetrate his skin.
"Shit! Zheng, where did you lure this monster from! Is he the mummy's subordinate?" O'Connell shouted as he kept firing.
Zheng shouted in reply. "... In some sense yes, he's on the side of the mummy. Anyway you guys hurry up and leave. This isn't a battle that you can join. Tenyi! Take them out of the museum!"
Evelyn yelled. "O'Connell! If you dare to leave me behind, I won't forgive you even if I become a mummy!"
O'Connell shrugged as he smiled bitterly. He pulled out another gun and shouted. "Shit, why did I ever meet a woman like you! Hurry up and come over from the side!"
Zheng saw that the muscular man turned to Evelyn. He had no choice but to take out his knife then jumped at the man. He slashed at the man's legs before Evelyn was attacked.
The musuclar man immediately jumped away in response. He was already several meters off the ground when the knife reached him. At the same time he punched downward. The immense pressure from the punch forced Zheng to block it with his knife. With a loud bang, the ground around them collapsed. The two of them fell into the room below.
Everyone was shocked. O'Connell asked. "There's a basement?"
The curator nodded. "Yes, there's a room below for storing documents, broken tablets, and broken mummies... Are you sure they are human?"
O'Connell looked at the second floor and said. "I don't know if they are human or not, but we if don't run right now... I don't think we can be human for any longer."
The skinny man that was shot away was standing on the stairs on second floor. There was no trace of gunshots on him, as if bullets were useless against him. His curved blades were very strange, they were surrounded by a cold fog. The man jumped down without a word then turned to Evelyn.
Right at that moment, two girls entered the museum from where Zheng entered. The short haired girl's hand flashed, a silver throwing knife flew at the man's neck, forcing him to pulled his blade back to block the knife. The impact knocked him over a meter back. When he landed on the ground, Evelyn had already ran into O'Connell's arms.
The two girls that entered were Yinkong and Lan. Lan frowned as she looked at the big hole on the ground. "You guys leave first. We will talk later... Wind Spirit!"
Yinkong was already running to the skinny man while holding her dagger. Lan immediately casted the acceleration buff on her. Her incredible speed became even faster. The dagger came in contact the curved blade in almost an instant. As blood dripped from the man's left arm, one of his blade also fell to the ground.
"You, you're also from the assassin's clan!" His face suddenly changed. He didn't even try to pick up the blade and instead backed off as fast as he could.
Yinkong's eyes looked bloodthirsty. She moved toward the man casually step by step, but her speed was much faster than his. As she was about to enter the attack range, she immediately flipped backward. Several throwing knives appeared at where she was standing... No, not throwing knives but rather scalpels. A figure in white came out from the second floor. A doctor like blonde European stood in front of the skinny man.
Next to the window on the second floor, a monk and several men and women were standing there. The monk looked down at everyone on the first floor with tease... Just like how a cat looks at the mouse trying to run away, bloodthirsty, cruel...
Chapter 9-2
Evelyn immediately hid behind O'Connell. Jonathan also wanted to hide but O'Connell grabbed him. He and the Americans pulled out their guns and pointed them at the man in black.
The old curator shrugged. "Do you want to shoot or know why he's here? Take a seat. I will tell you what's happening."
They looked at each other and finally sat down. Humans will die to gunshots after all, unlike the mummy. So they would rather sit face to face with their enemy than the mummy.
"... That's the situation. We belong to a secret organization that guards the city of the dead and its secret. It has been like this for over three thousand years. We killed anyone and any organization that attempted to lay their hands on the city. We vowed to protect everything, using whatever means required. We wanted to prevent Imhotep from returning to the human world at any cost!" The curator said loudly.
The man in black frowned. "Yet we failed our mission because of you!"
O'Connell and the other two looked awkward. Evelyn said in a serious tone. "So you killed innocent people with this excuse?"
"For the organization and that monster? Let me think..." The curator met eyes with the man, then said simultaneously. "Yes!"
O'Connell's group were at a loss for words. After quite a while, O'Connell muttered. "But why is he chasing us? Just because we entered the pyramid? Didn't he betrayed the pharaoh? Why is he still guarding the tomb?"
The man said. "He didn't betray the pharaoh. He betrayed his responsibility as a high priest... After he resurrected as a monster, he doesn't kill people that entered the tomb but rather people that opened the chest. He will regain some power for everyone person he kills. Furthermore, he needs to recover the canopic jars to revive Anck-Su-Namun. This is the reason he is chasing you. Of course, the Book of the Dead is also something he needs."
The Americans turned pale. O'Connell said. "The Book of the Dead? Zheng took it away. Also... Zheng could summon a sandstorm using the book. Didn't you know of its power after guarding the tomb for so long?"
The curator and man yelled. "Impossible!" Then they looked at each other in shock because O'Connell didn't seem to be lying, and the book isn't on them.
The curator stood up and said with excitement. "If this is true, maybe we can kill that monster... Someone that can use the Book of the Dead. There were high priests that could use the book's power in historical records. After they used the book, a symbol of Osiris will appear on their hands. No one else can use the book until they die, even the incantation that can revive the dead without using any power. So as long as that Zheng doesn't die, Imhotep will not be able to use the book!"
The man in black was also excited. "Not only this, they can also use the books power to fight that monster and give us the time to find a method to kill it!"
O'Connell asked. "Do you have a way of killing it?"
"Kill it? Of course no!"
O'Connell scratched his head. The situation turned awkward until Evelyn asked. "Isn't there two books? The Book of the Dead and the Book of Amun-Ra. If the Book of the Dead resurrects this monster, wouldn't the Book of Amun-Ra be able to kill it?"
"Even though we are the guards of the tomb, we don't have access to these two books. In fact, we aren't even allowed to enter the tomb. As the descendants of the guards of the pharaoh, the city of the dead is a holy ground, a place where the dead rests in peace. We should not disturb their peace."
Evelyn said. "I know, I know. But aren't we protecting the world right now? No one wishes that monster to resurrect completely. Isn't it also your responsibility... to obtain the Book of Amun-Ra and kill him?"
Evelyn suddenly recalled something. "Right, did you mention Anck-Su-Namun? That monster called me by this name in the tomb."
The man and curator was surprised. "According to historical records, this woman was the cause of Imhotep suffering suffering the Hom-Dai curse... He probably thought of you as the reincarnation of Anck-Su-Namun. If he wants to resurrect Anck-Su-Namun, he needs the Book of the Dead and a human sacrifice. This human sacrifice..."
"It's probably me?" Evelyn climbed the stairs to the second floor as he replied. She stood next to a stone tablet with hieroglyphs.
"According to archaeological researches, the Book of Amun-Ra was hidden inside the statue of Osiris. But we found the Book of the Dead inside the statue instead. So the archaeologists were wrong. They mixed up the locations of the two books..."
"If I am not mistaken, the Book of Amun-Ra must be... inside the statue of Ra!"
"Yes! The Book of Amun-Ra is inside the statue of Ra, but... you won't be able to see that book!"
A voice came from above. Everyone quickly looked over and saw a dark and skinny man holding an unusual curved blade standing on by the second floor window. He jumped down while laughing arrogantly and swung the blade at Evelyn's head!
Pah!Pah!
The skinny man was hit by a series of gunshots during midair, sending him back almost ten meters, and knocking down several bookshelves. At the same time, Zheng and his group broke in from a window.
Chapter 9-1
9 (1/3)
The distance from the clock tower to the museum wasn't that far off. But just to make sure, they each took a communication device then headed off to the museum.
At the same time, O'Connell's group just left the inn. Even though they made a deal with Zheng to steal the mummies, they went back to the inn to put down their luggage and had lunch before leaving for the museum.
"Do you believe it? That wine tastes like blood. No, it turned into blood... I had never had red brandy before that..." O'Connell complained.
Evelyn said. "All the rivers in Egypt turned red and all the water turned into blood. This is one of the curses from the resurrection of the mummy. Did you see the meteors? He has come to Cairo!"
O'Connell said. "I don't care about anything else. Once we steal the mummies, we will find a ship to leave Egypt. I don't want anything to do with those mummies... Leave the monsters to the professionals. Zheng's group is much stronger than us."
Evelyn blocked in front of O'Connell and yelled. "Are you saying we should abandon our responsibilities? So we could run away? We are the ones that released that monster! Even if Zheng's group is helping, we can't just run away ourselves!"
"Wait, wait." O'Connell glared at her and shouted in reply. "It was you who released that monster, not us! Don't drag us into this responsibility! We don't have the obligation to save the world! Plus that monster is impossible to kill. You want us to fight those bones with our mortal bodies?"
Evelyn immediately replied. "That's why we need to find a special weapon. If memory serves me right, the other book, the Book of Amun-Ra is the weapon to kill the mummy... Don't they already have the Book of the Dead? Let them delay the monster with that power and we will go find the Book of Amun-Ra. We will definitely be able to kill it!"
O'Connell scratched his head as if he had a headache. "Wait, what does that have to do with me? Why should I do this? I am thankful that you saved me from the jail, that was why I went to the city of the dead with you and brought you back safely! That was what I promised you and I accomplished it. Why do I still have to help you with your responsibility? Who was the one that read the words on the Book of the Dead?"
Evelyn was shocked and muttered. "It's, it's me... but am I only a promise to you?"
O'Connell pushed her away lightly and walked toward the museum. "You either choose to stay here and save the world, or come with me and leave this place. It's your choice."
Evelyn followed behind him. She clenched her teeth and said. "I choose to stay!"
O'Connell looked at her in surprise then uttered the words. "Fine. Whatever you want!"
"Of course it's whatever I want. I don't need you to care!"
"Whatever..."
Jonathan shook his head. They seemed like two children in his eyes. Even though they care about each other, yet they were acting like this.
It wasn't long before they reached the museum. To their surprise, they saw the two Americans approaching them with pale white faces. They jumped over to O'Connell said hurriedly. "God, we saw him, that monster. You won't believe it, he found the bodies from the desert and sucked them dry. Those dried bodies are still in the inn. Fortunately a cat walked pass by and scared it away. Or else we would've become mummies also..."
It wasn't until the two of them calmed down and repeated the words before O'Connell, Evelyn and Jonathan understood what they saw.
After the Americans received the gold bars, they came back to Cairo and found a ship. Although they were willing to pay generously, but the ship wouldn't leave until the next day. So they went back to the inn. Once they entered their room, they saw a half rotted mummy carrying two dried bodies. The Americans' minds went blank and fired at the mummy. Yet, the normal bullets were ineffective against the mummy. As the mummy was walking over to them and they were about to be sucked dry also. A cat that walked by scared the mummy away and saved their lives.
"Yes!" Evelyn said with excitement. "In Egyptian mythology, cats are guardians of hell. Mummies also belong to the dead so cats are their nemesis. Do you remember that Zheng carried a cat along the whole time? So that's why. They knew we were going to encounter mummies. Can't we also carry a cat with us?"
"Right, cats are the guardians of hell. Before he completely comes back to life, cats can suppress him. But that's only before he complete resurrects. Once he resurrects... we won't be able to do anything!" The five of them entered the museum from the main entrance. As they were discussing the mummy, a cold voice interrupted them. They raised their heads and saw the curator standing along side a man in black... that man was the the one that attacked them several times!
The distance from the clock tower to the museum wasn't that far off. But just to make sure, they each took a communication device then headed off to the museum.
At the same time, O'Connell's group just left the inn. Even though they made a deal with Zheng to steal the mummies, they went back to the inn to put down their luggage and had lunch before leaving for the museum.
"Do you believe it? That wine tastes like blood. No, it turned into blood... I had never had red brandy before that..." O'Connell complained.
Evelyn said. "All the rivers in Egypt turned red and all the water turned into blood. This is one of the curses from the resurrection of the mummy. Did you see the meteors? He has come to Cairo!"
O'Connell said. "I don't care about anything else. Once we steal the mummies, we will find a ship to leave Egypt. I don't want anything to do with those mummies... Leave the monsters to the professionals. Zheng's group is much stronger than us."
Evelyn blocked in front of O'Connell and yelled. "Are you saying we should abandon our responsibilities? So we could run away? We are the ones that released that monster! Even if Zheng's group is helping, we can't just run away ourselves!"
"Wait, wait." O'Connell glared at her and shouted in reply. "It was you who released that monster, not us! Don't drag us into this responsibility! We don't have the obligation to save the world! Plus that monster is impossible to kill. You want us to fight those bones with our mortal bodies?"
Evelyn immediately replied. "That's why we need to find a special weapon. If memory serves me right, the other book, the Book of Amun-Ra is the weapon to kill the mummy... Don't they already have the Book of the Dead? Let them delay the monster with that power and we will go find the Book of Amun-Ra. We will definitely be able to kill it!"
O'Connell scratched his head as if he had a headache. "Wait, what does that have to do with me? Why should I do this? I am thankful that you saved me from the jail, that was why I went to the city of the dead with you and brought you back safely! That was what I promised you and I accomplished it. Why do I still have to help you with your responsibility? Who was the one that read the words on the Book of the Dead?"
Evelyn was shocked and muttered. "It's, it's me... but am I only a promise to you?"
O'Connell pushed her away lightly and walked toward the museum. "You either choose to stay here and save the world, or come with me and leave this place. It's your choice."
Evelyn followed behind him. She clenched her teeth and said. "I choose to stay!"
O'Connell looked at her in surprise then uttered the words. "Fine. Whatever you want!"
"Of course it's whatever I want. I don't need you to care!"
"Whatever..."
Jonathan shook his head. They seemed like two children in his eyes. Even though they care about each other, yet they were acting like this.
It wasn't long before they reached the museum. To their surprise, they saw the two Americans approaching them with pale white faces. They jumped over to O'Connell said hurriedly. "God, we saw him, that monster. You won't believe it, he found the bodies from the desert and sucked them dry. Those dried bodies are still in the inn. Fortunately a cat walked pass by and scared it away. Or else we would've become mummies also..."
It wasn't until the two of them calmed down and repeated the words before O'Connell, Evelyn and Jonathan understood what they saw.
After the Americans received the gold bars, they came back to Cairo and found a ship. Although they were willing to pay generously, but the ship wouldn't leave until the next day. So they went back to the inn. Once they entered their room, they saw a half rotted mummy carrying two dried bodies. The Americans' minds went blank and fired at the mummy. Yet, the normal bullets were ineffective against the mummy. As the mummy was walking over to them and they were about to be sucked dry also. A cat that walked by scared the mummy away and saved their lives.
"Yes!" Evelyn said with excitement. "In Egyptian mythology, cats are guardians of hell. Mummies also belong to the dead so cats are their nemesis. Do you remember that Zheng carried a cat along the whole time? So that's why. They knew we were going to encounter mummies. Can't we also carry a cat with us?"
"Right, cats are the guardians of hell. Before he completely comes back to life, cats can suppress him. But that's only before he complete resurrects. Once he resurrects... we won't be able to do anything!" The five of them entered the museum from the main entrance. As they were discussing the mummy, a cold voice interrupted them. They raised their heads and saw the curator standing along side a man in black... that man was the the one that attacked them several times!
Chapter 8-3
Everyone looked strangely awkward after hearing it. Jospeh also noticed this. His eyes turned to Zheng like the others. When Zheng was about to come into his view, Yinkong suddenly stabbed the dagger into his head. The flames burst out of his mouth, nose, ears, and eyes. He only got a chance for a short scream before his head was burned into a skeleton.
Everyone was shocked. Zhuiyu's scream brought everyone's attention back. She yelled with a sharp voice. "God! What did you just do? How can you just killed their member? You haven't even given them a reply. God, what if they misunderstand us and attack us?"
Yinkong gave her a cold smile. "Don't be naive. Do you think this will end peacefully if we accept their suggestion? No, because we've already used the Book of the Dead. Even if you give them the book, you will not get their mercy. They will definitely attack us first afterward..."
Zhuiyu continued yelling. "But only one of us used the book. Just trade him for someone in the other team. It seemed like they don't want to start a war with us either. If you start a war with them, what happens to us newbies? Just wait here and die?"
Yinkong looked at her like she's retarded. Zheng said coldly. "I'm sorry. The one that you believe should be given up... the one that used the book is me! Even though I won't abandon my comrades, but when I am faced with the situation, I will kill anyone that threatens me!"
Zhuiyu immediately turned around and saw Zheng holding a knife with an ice cold expression. She could feel his intention to kill through his eyes. As if he would attack the moment she moves. Her whole body froze there until Zheng moved his eyes away from her then she breathed heavily.
"Of course. We can't abandon you. In fact, we are in the same boat. Why do you think they want to make peace with us? Is it because of mercy? Stop joking. The only reason is because they're also afraid of our powers. Aside from being the leader of our team, you are also our crucial combatant. If you die, will team India still want to continue with the peace? That's not possible. Why would they when its a bunch of free points?" Honglu pulled a hair and said to Zhuiyu in a sarcastic tone.
Zhuiyu's face turned red but she couldn't utter a word. Liang patted her shoulders and smiled. "Then can we pretend to accept their terms and go get the Book of Amun-Ra from the tomb in the mean time? There shouldn't be any danger in the tomb right now. The mummy is in Cairo, and we also know Evelyn who knows the location of the book. Isn't this a great chance to finish the mission as soon as possible? We are at zero points so it doesn't matter if we finish the movie immediately."
Zhuiyu looked at him thankfully but before she could say anything, Lan shook her head and said. "That's not possible. The Book of the Dead is a critical item to reviving Anck-Su-Namun. Not only does Imhotep wants to get it, team India also needs it to finish their mission. Furthermore, once they learn that the Book of the Dead isn't in the movie characters' hands, they will think of us... In the movie, Imhotep moves as fast as an airplane after he recovered his powers and can summon sandstorms. His powers aren't something we can rival. Even if we get our hands on the Book of Amun-Ra, we will have to fight team India."
Zheng took a deep breath and organized these information. "Then our goal is clear. Since we are not at negative score anymore, we should focus on obtaining the Book of Amun-Ra as soon as possible and avoid fighting team India... Hoho, looks like we have are going on an adventure with O'Connell and the other two characters again. They are the only ones that can find the book easily. We don't have the skills to navigate through the traps and maze of the tomb."
Honglu pulled several hairs and said as he played with them. "Then we have to hurry. People who watched the movie should know that the Book of the Dead is on the hands of the Americans right now. And the main characters will be the ones that can find the Book of Amun-Ra. If I want to resurrect Anck-Su-Namun, then I will definitely do one thing... Aside from seizing the Book of the Dead, I will kill the main characters to prevent the Book of Amun-Ra from being discovered... In other words, team India is probably on the way to the museum. If they kill the main characters before we get there and find that the Book of the Dead isn't on the Americans, then we will be attacked by both team India and Imhotep. That would be a checkmate on us!"
Zheng was shocked. He could not find a reason to reject Honglu's deduction because that's what he would do if his mission was to resurrect Anck-Su-Namun. He immediately said. "Zero and Jie go find a high point around the museum. Me and Tengyi, Lan and Yinkong will enter the museum in pairs. As for the rest of you... Honglu come with us, let the three of them stay here."
Zheng made it clear that he didn't trust the three of them. If they want to die, they could go do what they want. But he wanted to protect Honglu.
Honglu shook his head with a smile. "No need. Give me and Heng each a gun... The four of us stay here. If you fail to save the characters then we will just suicide. We can't give them free points right? Of course... it would be best if you can live. I want to see you can exchange in God's dimension."
Zheng took out two guns and some magazines from his ring and took a long look at Honglu. Then said to everyone. "Then... let's go! Go save our hope!"
Everyone was shocked. Zhuiyu's scream brought everyone's attention back. She yelled with a sharp voice. "God! What did you just do? How can you just killed their member? You haven't even given them a reply. God, what if they misunderstand us and attack us?"
Yinkong gave her a cold smile. "Don't be naive. Do you think this will end peacefully if we accept their suggestion? No, because we've already used the Book of the Dead. Even if you give them the book, you will not get their mercy. They will definitely attack us first afterward..."
Zhuiyu continued yelling. "But only one of us used the book. Just trade him for someone in the other team. It seemed like they don't want to start a war with us either. If you start a war with them, what happens to us newbies? Just wait here and die?"
Yinkong looked at her like she's retarded. Zheng said coldly. "I'm sorry. The one that you believe should be given up... the one that used the book is me! Even though I won't abandon my comrades, but when I am faced with the situation, I will kill anyone that threatens me!"
Zhuiyu immediately turned around and saw Zheng holding a knife with an ice cold expression. She could feel his intention to kill through his eyes. As if he would attack the moment she moves. Her whole body froze there until Zheng moved his eyes away from her then she breathed heavily.
"Of course. We can't abandon you. In fact, we are in the same boat. Why do you think they want to make peace with us? Is it because of mercy? Stop joking. The only reason is because they're also afraid of our powers. Aside from being the leader of our team, you are also our crucial combatant. If you die, will team India still want to continue with the peace? That's not possible. Why would they when its a bunch of free points?" Honglu pulled a hair and said to Zhuiyu in a sarcastic tone.
Zhuiyu's face turned red but she couldn't utter a word. Liang patted her shoulders and smiled. "Then can we pretend to accept their terms and go get the Book of Amun-Ra from the tomb in the mean time? There shouldn't be any danger in the tomb right now. The mummy is in Cairo, and we also know Evelyn who knows the location of the book. Isn't this a great chance to finish the mission as soon as possible? We are at zero points so it doesn't matter if we finish the movie immediately."
Zhuiyu looked at him thankfully but before she could say anything, Lan shook her head and said. "That's not possible. The Book of the Dead is a critical item to reviving Anck-Su-Namun. Not only does Imhotep wants to get it, team India also needs it to finish their mission. Furthermore, once they learn that the Book of the Dead isn't in the movie characters' hands, they will think of us... In the movie, Imhotep moves as fast as an airplane after he recovered his powers and can summon sandstorms. His powers aren't something we can rival. Even if we get our hands on the Book of Amun-Ra, we will have to fight team India."
Zheng took a deep breath and organized these information. "Then our goal is clear. Since we are not at negative score anymore, we should focus on obtaining the Book of Amun-Ra as soon as possible and avoid fighting team India... Hoho, looks like we have are going on an adventure with O'Connell and the other two characters again. They are the only ones that can find the book easily. We don't have the skills to navigate through the traps and maze of the tomb."
Honglu pulled several hairs and said as he played with them. "Then we have to hurry. People who watched the movie should know that the Book of the Dead is on the hands of the Americans right now. And the main characters will be the ones that can find the Book of Amun-Ra. If I want to resurrect Anck-Su-Namun, then I will definitely do one thing... Aside from seizing the Book of the Dead, I will kill the main characters to prevent the Book of Amun-Ra from being discovered... In other words, team India is probably on the way to the museum. If they kill the main characters before we get there and find that the Book of the Dead isn't on the Americans, then we will be attacked by both team India and Imhotep. That would be a checkmate on us!"
Zheng was shocked. He could not find a reason to reject Honglu's deduction because that's what he would do if his mission was to resurrect Anck-Su-Namun. He immediately said. "Zero and Jie go find a high point around the museum. Me and Tengyi, Lan and Yinkong will enter the museum in pairs. As for the rest of you... Honglu come with us, let the three of them stay here."
Zheng made it clear that he didn't trust the three of them. If they want to die, they could go do what they want. But he wanted to protect Honglu.
Honglu shook his head with a smile. "No need. Give me and Heng each a gun... The four of us stay here. If you fail to save the characters then we will just suicide. We can't give them free points right? Of course... it would be best if you can live. I want to see you can exchange in God's dimension."
Zheng took out two guns and some magazines from his ring and took a long look at Honglu. Then said to everyone. "Then... let's go! Go save our hope!"
Chapter 8-2
"That's basically it. In order to prevent him from detonating himself, we didn't pull out the dagger. Up until now, we have cut off the wires connecting his limbs and took out the self detonation device in his chest. Yinkong actually cut off the wires connecting the brain to the rest of the body in the beginning, we are just taking precautions. So we might as well take off all his weapons" Honglu wiped the oil and blood on his hands calmly. His eyes were fixed on the wires inside Joseph's abdomen.
Zheng forced a smile. "You know this is not what I am talking about... I want to ask why are you dissecting him? You have the skills and knowledge? And... don't you feel a little..."
Honglu laughed. "Disgusting? Or cruel? Don't be naive. He's our enemy... And I am not doing this for fun or hentai. If he really has a way to self detonate, we are at risk of getting wiped by just himself. Do you wish to put all of us in danger? Just for that ideology of yours? Don't kid me."
Zheng nodded his head with a bitter smile then said. "Yes, I just felt a bit disgusted... but you are right. If I ever do anything no in line with the team's interest, please remind me... And now? Is he still alive?"
"Of course. I am not dissecting him alive. This is just surgery to take out foreign objects." Honglu laughed. "He is no longer human in a sense. He's half robot. His bones, nerves, and some muscles have been swapped for metals and plastic. Almost all his organs have turned into electronic devices. Only a small part is still flesh and muscles... I grew up in a hospital after all so I've seen dissections several times. As long as we take out his weapons carefully, it shouldn't cause too much harm to the rest of his body."
The door was pushed open again. Yinkong walked into the room. She looked at Joseph's abdomen quietly. "Have you taken out the self detonating device yet?"
"Even though I am not sure, but I basically took out all the weapons. Now we just have to wake him up, if he's still alive..." Honglu waved his hand at her.
Zheng took a breath. He watched as Yinkong walked over to Joseph's head and pulled out the dagger. The moment this flaming dagger separated from behind his head, he immediately opened his eyes and moved his neck a little. Though due to the wires being cut off, the body below his neck was in paralysis.
Joseph seemed to realize something. He didn't yell and just looked at them quietly. After a while, he said. "Why didn't you kill me? You think you can get something out of my mouth? Stop joking me, Allah's warrior won't..."
Before he finished his sentence, Yinkong had stabbed his arm with the dagger. When the flame began burning his arm, he screamed in pain. His neck was twitching nonstop. It wasn't until she pulled out the dagger did he calm down. His face was pale white afterward. Yinkong sneered at him. "You know the assassin's clan... so you probably know that the word mercy is not in our dictionary. Tell us what we want to know or I will make you suffer a whole day and night before killing you!"
Joseph stared at Yinkong. His eyes were filled with hatred. Then he said viciously. "You won't dare to do anything to me. Your leader probably received a message from our team. Your team is not weak, if we fight each other, it will end in a loss for both teams. Our team has come to a treaty with your leader. Release me and we can keep a peaceful distance from each other until the end of this movie..."
Everyone looked at Zheng. He smiled bitterly and said. "Yes, a blonde doctor from his team intercepted me on the way and said if we release this Muhammad Joseph... then they will keep a distance from our team until the end of this movie. If... if we aren't already at negative one point, we should probably accept this suggestion."
Joseph was pleased with himself but when he heard the last sentence, his face turned pale white. Especially when he saw that Yinkong had took out the dagger again, he couldn't even mutter a word. His lips were chattering violently.
Honglu clapped his hands. "Just like what you know. We won't let you go. If you want to die without suffering, then tell us everything including every member's roles, abilities, power levels, and items. When we learn of this, we will let you die peacefully. Otherwise we will crumble you mentally with pain then we can get any secret out of you. Think over it."
Joseph clenched his teeth as he looked at the flaming dagger in fear. The pain of burning of the soul wasn't something others could relate. Compared to death, he was more scared of prolonged pain. It was like the worst punishment in hell.
"I accept... Let me introduce myself. My name is Shiva Gantan. Leader of team India. Although I don't want to admit it but my reckless team member got caught by you... I also heard what you just said. You accidentally lost one point when disposing a newbie because this is your first team battle. No problem. He... we will gift him to you. But we will also erase his memory. This is good for both of us. Then we will keep our peace until the end of this movie. Do you accept my suggestion?"
When Joseph was about to accept their request, his expression suddenly changed and said these words. His face looked calm had a faint smile. "Of course, since we give away a veteran, we should be the ones to finish this movie. I think you don't have any objections right?"
Zheng's group was shocked. When Zheng recovered, he immediately asked. "Your mission? Is it eliminating Imhotep? If it is then I will accept your suggestion on behalf of my team..."
"No, our mission says it will give us the mission after Imhotep leaves Cairo..."
Before he finished talking, they saw meteors raining down from the sky onto Cairo. When they looked out from the clock tower, Cairo was burning in flames. This was the prelude of Imhotep leaving Cairo!
The watch on Joseph flashed. Honglu picked up the watch and read. "Bring back the Book of the Dead. Revive Anck-Su-Namun... If the Book of the Dead was used by a non movie character, kill the possessor of Osiris's mark and seize back the right to use the book."
Chapter 8-1
8 (1/3)
When the muscular man punched Zheng away with an enormous force, he instinctively kicked at the man's abdomen. He flew away and hit struck through a house, then the force carried him away almost a hundred meters before he stopped.
Zheng jumped up as soon as he landed. He felt a sense of pain from the shoulder that was struck. Everyone movement was accompanied by unbearable pain, but he clenched his teeth and ran through another house. Then merged into the crowd on the street and slowly ran away.
After he was some distance away from the scene of battle, Zheng finally got a chance to check his injury. He teared opened his shirt. There was a visible fist mark on his shoulder, and the joints under the area were dislocated. Fortunately he had fairly high toughness after the enhancements, plus he warded off some of the impact when he was hit. Though this also demonstrated the muscular man's power. As long as he hit anyone, that person would most certainly lose the ability to fight.
"But he seems to lack control over his power... he didn't give off a sense of danger, otherwise I would have gone into the unlocked mode automatically..." Zheng clenched his teeth then pushed up on his shoulder. In exchange for the extreme pain coming from the shoulder, he pushed the dislocated joints back into place. He moved his arm around again. Aside from a bit of pain, there was no more issue.
"You just mentioned... unlocked mode?" A cold voice came from the side. Zheng turned around and saw a man in a lab coat standing under the shadow of a building.
(Didn't sense him... Couldn't even sense his existence. When did he get there?)
Zheng took a deep breath and pulled out his knife. At the same time he took out his sub-machine gun on the other hand. Even then he still felt the pressure coming from this blonde man. Pressure that was much stronger than the muscular man. Although there was some distance between them, he still felt a chilling atmosphere, that was the feeling of death.
The blonde man stared at Zheng coldly, then frowned. "Don't worry, I don't intend to fight you right now. I just want to let you know... Contact your team and have them release Muhammad Joseph. Then we will not attack each other. Also tell your leader that as long as no one from our team dies, this deal will last until the end of the movie." Then he merged into darkness and disappeared in front of Zheng's eyes.
Zheng's palms were sweating. He didn't know why the blonde man gave him such a strange pressure. He had to try his best to focus, like the blonde man was going to attack him at the next second. It wasn't until this man disappeared that he was able to take a few deep breaths.
"Zero? Did Yinkong catch one of their member?" Zheng took out his communication device as he ran.
"Yes. I'll tell you the details when you come back..."
Before Zero finished talking, the little boy Honglu's childish voice came through. "Zheng? We can't disclose our location right now. You also won't find it from your device. Come to the square in the center of Cairo then we will tell you where we are."
Zheng looked at his device in confusion then adjusted the search distance to the max, which could include about a quarter of Cairo. The devices of the rest of the team also appeared in the search but these devices were each at a different location, forming a circle around the center of Cairo.
"So that's what's happening... Good strategy!"
Zheng understood it almost immediately. It was probably Honglu's plan to put the extra devices around the square and only keep one on themselves. So when someone who went away from the team got killed or controlled, the enemies would have to search them one at a time. Also because the locations were in view of each other, anyone who tries to search the locations are definitely going to die... to Zero's sniper rifle!
Zheng slowly walked over to the square. He focused his attention on the surroundings and even jumped through some houses and valleys. Fortunately there didn't seem to be any one following him. Then he sped up and reached the square quickly. As soon as he appeared on the square, his communication device rang.
"Zheng, go to the center of the square from where you are, then keep going straight until you are out of the square. Don't do anything else during this time... Yinkong will see if there's anyone following you. Let's go."
After listening to these words, Zheng took a deep breath and walked over to the center. He felt someone was watching him from afar. Even though it made him uncomfortable, he did not feel any danger. The device rang again after he walked out of the square.
"We are on top of the clock tower south of the square. Come over fast, I want to show you something interesting." Along with Honglu's voice was the sound of metal tearing apart.
A few minutes later, Zheng reached the top of the clock tower. He pushed open the door to a room and saw everyone standing around a table. They didn't even have much reaction when he entered the room. Zero and Jie turned around to take a look at him then went back to staring at the table.
Zheng was about to complain of the danger he faced, like almost got crushed by a muscular man. But the other people's reactions triggered his curiosity. He quickly walked over the table then almost vomited... A bearded Arabian was lying on the table. Honglu was dissecting his abdomen and taking out rounds of mini canons and missiles. There was a also a flaming dagger on his back.
When the muscular man punched Zheng away with an enormous force, he instinctively kicked at the man's abdomen. He flew away and hit struck through a house, then the force carried him away almost a hundred meters before he stopped.
Zheng jumped up as soon as he landed. He felt a sense of pain from the shoulder that was struck. Everyone movement was accompanied by unbearable pain, but he clenched his teeth and ran through another house. Then merged into the crowd on the street and slowly ran away.
After he was some distance away from the scene of battle, Zheng finally got a chance to check his injury. He teared opened his shirt. There was a visible fist mark on his shoulder, and the joints under the area were dislocated. Fortunately he had fairly high toughness after the enhancements, plus he warded off some of the impact when he was hit. Though this also demonstrated the muscular man's power. As long as he hit anyone, that person would most certainly lose the ability to fight.
"But he seems to lack control over his power... he didn't give off a sense of danger, otherwise I would have gone into the unlocked mode automatically..." Zheng clenched his teeth then pushed up on his shoulder. In exchange for the extreme pain coming from the shoulder, he pushed the dislocated joints back into place. He moved his arm around again. Aside from a bit of pain, there was no more issue.
"You just mentioned... unlocked mode?" A cold voice came from the side. Zheng turned around and saw a man in a lab coat standing under the shadow of a building.
(Didn't sense him... Couldn't even sense his existence. When did he get there?)
Zheng took a deep breath and pulled out his knife. At the same time he took out his sub-machine gun on the other hand. Even then he still felt the pressure coming from this blonde man. Pressure that was much stronger than the muscular man. Although there was some distance between them, he still felt a chilling atmosphere, that was the feeling of death.
The blonde man stared at Zheng coldly, then frowned. "Don't worry, I don't intend to fight you right now. I just want to let you know... Contact your team and have them release Muhammad Joseph. Then we will not attack each other. Also tell your leader that as long as no one from our team dies, this deal will last until the end of the movie." Then he merged into darkness and disappeared in front of Zheng's eyes.
Zheng's palms were sweating. He didn't know why the blonde man gave him such a strange pressure. He had to try his best to focus, like the blonde man was going to attack him at the next second. It wasn't until this man disappeared that he was able to take a few deep breaths.
"Zero? Did Yinkong catch one of their member?" Zheng took out his communication device as he ran.
"Yes. I'll tell you the details when you come back..."
Before Zero finished talking, the little boy Honglu's childish voice came through. "Zheng? We can't disclose our location right now. You also won't find it from your device. Come to the square in the center of Cairo then we will tell you where we are."
Zheng looked at his device in confusion then adjusted the search distance to the max, which could include about a quarter of Cairo. The devices of the rest of the team also appeared in the search but these devices were each at a different location, forming a circle around the center of Cairo.
"So that's what's happening... Good strategy!"
Zheng understood it almost immediately. It was probably Honglu's plan to put the extra devices around the square and only keep one on themselves. So when someone who went away from the team got killed or controlled, the enemies would have to search them one at a time. Also because the locations were in view of each other, anyone who tries to search the locations are definitely going to die... to Zero's sniper rifle!
Zheng slowly walked over to the square. He focused his attention on the surroundings and even jumped through some houses and valleys. Fortunately there didn't seem to be any one following him. Then he sped up and reached the square quickly. As soon as he appeared on the square, his communication device rang.
"Zheng, go to the center of the square from where you are, then keep going straight until you are out of the square. Don't do anything else during this time... Yinkong will see if there's anyone following you. Let's go."
After listening to these words, Zheng took a deep breath and walked over to the center. He felt someone was watching him from afar. Even though it made him uncomfortable, he did not feel any danger. The device rang again after he walked out of the square.
"We are on top of the clock tower south of the square. Come over fast, I want to show you something interesting." Along with Honglu's voice was the sound of metal tearing apart.
A few minutes later, Zheng reached the top of the clock tower. He pushed open the door to a room and saw everyone standing around a table. They didn't even have much reaction when he entered the room. Zero and Jie turned around to take a look at him then went back to staring at the table.
Zheng was about to complain of the danger he faced, like almost got crushed by a muscular man. But the other people's reactions triggered his curiosity. He quickly walked over the table then almost vomited... A bearded Arabian was lying on the table. Honglu was dissecting his abdomen and taking out rounds of mini canons and missiles. There was a also a flaming dagger on his back.
Chapter 7-3
When Zheng was fighting the muscular man near the port, Muhammad Joseph was fighting Yinkong in the center of the city. The alleys were long and looked identical. Anyone who came here the first time would get lost easily. Before he knew it, Joseph had lost track of Yinkong.
"Don't try to run! Allah do not forgive deserters!" Joseph shouted. He raised an arm and faced it against a wall. The arm bent open and revealed a gun barrel. Then he shot several mini cannons through his arm, bombing the wall into pieces.
Yinkong was sneaking behind the wall using a technique from the assassin's clan to hide her senses and sound and emerged as a part of the shadow. Even people in unlocked mode couldn't sense her existence that easily.
But when Joseph prepared his attack, she suddenly felt a strong sense of danger and jumped toward the exit of the room. Right as she crossed the door, the whole room was drowned in a fire. The impact from the blasts almost sent her flying. She turned around in mid air and stepped on the wall in front of her to stabilize.
As soon as she got on her feet, she rolled away. Numerous bullet holes appeared on where she was standing and the bullet holes followed her until she went behind another wall.
"Haha, stop trying to run. You put yourself in this hopeless situation. You can't even run away in this environment. I can intercept you from these three houses using my homing missiles and laser beam eyes. As long as you are still alive, you can't escape my vision. Don't try to hide. Don't try to run. Come out and fight me face to face! Allah will protect brave warriors!" Joseph opened up his fingers as he was talking and closed in on the house.
(Laser beam eyes? Can't escape his vision? Did he mean...)
Looking from Joseph's view, his left eye could see the normal colors of the world whereas his right eye had an infrared sensor. Yinkong's body emitted the highest amount of heat within this area. Her muscles were burning with every action she took. They were filled with such power as a result of her training all these years.
"It's no use. You can't run!" Joseph laughed out loud. He felt as if he was the hunter chasing a little rabbit. He raised his arm and fired several more cannons, bombing another house into pieces. A shadow jumped out from that house and he immediately fired at it with the bullets through his fingers. For a moment, the shadow was threw off balance.
Joseph was about to laugh again when he saw that Yinkong was running toward him using a familiar footwork. She ran up to him while swinging left and right then slashed on his two arms, causing two very thin cuts. After Yinkong was done, she stopped in front of Joseph.
"You're also from the assassin's clan? All of you are crazy. Cutting someone's tendons with just a simple slash... Do you think this is effective against me? Stop dreaming! Allah's warrior can't be stopped with just this!" Joseph paused for a moment then he shouted angrily. He raised an arm and punched at Yinkong.
Yinkong was prepared for it. She moved backward using the same footwork then she began running around Joseph in a circle. Gradually it seemed like several Yinkongs are running around him.
Joseph looked through his right eye, yet all of them contained the same amount of heat. He immediately fired at them with the finger guns but the bullets passed right through the figures, as if he was shooting through an illusion.
"In the real world, they've already created cyborgs. The infrared sensors caused us to lose a lot of our men during the first encounter. After that, we created this running technique to counter it. Running at an extreme yet consistent pace, with every step taking only several centimeters. This allows body heat to remain in the air for a moment after every step... Even though your body has many mechanical parts but I want to ask... do you still have a soul?"
Yinkong pulled out the Hellfire Fang (dagger). It was engulfed with a flame that could burn through souls. The dagger took the shape of the fang of Cerberus.
Joseph's mind went blank for a moment when he saw multiple daggers in the illusions. In the meantime Yinkong had already moved next to him in an instant and stabbed into the joint between his left shoulder. His left arm was immediately disabled and just hung there without moving. Furthermore he felt a unique pain coming from his shoulder. The pain was so extreme that he began to yell out loud. That feeling... was like his soul was burning!
"Mechanical parts also have joints, as long as we find the right spot."
Yinkong stabbed the dagger into Joseph's other shoulder and said. "Don't move, or die... Don't talk, or die... You better pray that I don't see anyone from your team, or I will assume you contacted them!"
Joseph's teeth were chattering from the indescribable pain. Yet he couldn't move one bit. The mechanical body that had given him a sense of safety felt like a piece of paper right now. The parts of his body with flesh could somewhat resist these flame but the flame on the mechanical parts reached straight into his soul. He couldn't even open his mouth to beg for mercy or detonate himself. He watched as Yinkong found his mechanical spine then as she stabbed into his spine, he immediately lost his consciousness.
"Don't try to run! Allah do not forgive deserters!" Joseph shouted. He raised an arm and faced it against a wall. The arm bent open and revealed a gun barrel. Then he shot several mini cannons through his arm, bombing the wall into pieces.
Yinkong was sneaking behind the wall using a technique from the assassin's clan to hide her senses and sound and emerged as a part of the shadow. Even people in unlocked mode couldn't sense her existence that easily.
But when Joseph prepared his attack, she suddenly felt a strong sense of danger and jumped toward the exit of the room. Right as she crossed the door, the whole room was drowned in a fire. The impact from the blasts almost sent her flying. She turned around in mid air and stepped on the wall in front of her to stabilize.
As soon as she got on her feet, she rolled away. Numerous bullet holes appeared on where she was standing and the bullet holes followed her until she went behind another wall.
"Haha, stop trying to run. You put yourself in this hopeless situation. You can't even run away in this environment. I can intercept you from these three houses using my homing missiles and laser beam eyes. As long as you are still alive, you can't escape my vision. Don't try to hide. Don't try to run. Come out and fight me face to face! Allah will protect brave warriors!" Joseph opened up his fingers as he was talking and closed in on the house.
(Laser beam eyes? Can't escape his vision? Did he mean...)
Looking from Joseph's view, his left eye could see the normal colors of the world whereas his right eye had an infrared sensor. Yinkong's body emitted the highest amount of heat within this area. Her muscles were burning with every action she took. They were filled with such power as a result of her training all these years.
"It's no use. You can't run!" Joseph laughed out loud. He felt as if he was the hunter chasing a little rabbit. He raised his arm and fired several more cannons, bombing another house into pieces. A shadow jumped out from that house and he immediately fired at it with the bullets through his fingers. For a moment, the shadow was threw off balance.
Joseph was about to laugh again when he saw that Yinkong was running toward him using a familiar footwork. She ran up to him while swinging left and right then slashed on his two arms, causing two very thin cuts. After Yinkong was done, she stopped in front of Joseph.
"You're also from the assassin's clan? All of you are crazy. Cutting someone's tendons with just a simple slash... Do you think this is effective against me? Stop dreaming! Allah's warrior can't be stopped with just this!" Joseph paused for a moment then he shouted angrily. He raised an arm and punched at Yinkong.
Yinkong was prepared for it. She moved backward using the same footwork then she began running around Joseph in a circle. Gradually it seemed like several Yinkongs are running around him.
Joseph looked through his right eye, yet all of them contained the same amount of heat. He immediately fired at them with the finger guns but the bullets passed right through the figures, as if he was shooting through an illusion.
"In the real world, they've already created cyborgs. The infrared sensors caused us to lose a lot of our men during the first encounter. After that, we created this running technique to counter it. Running at an extreme yet consistent pace, with every step taking only several centimeters. This allows body heat to remain in the air for a moment after every step... Even though your body has many mechanical parts but I want to ask... do you still have a soul?"
Yinkong pulled out the Hellfire Fang (dagger). It was engulfed with a flame that could burn through souls. The dagger took the shape of the fang of Cerberus.
Joseph's mind went blank for a moment when he saw multiple daggers in the illusions. In the meantime Yinkong had already moved next to him in an instant and stabbed into the joint between his left shoulder. His left arm was immediately disabled and just hung there without moving. Furthermore he felt a unique pain coming from his shoulder. The pain was so extreme that he began to yell out loud. That feeling... was like his soul was burning!
"Mechanical parts also have joints, as long as we find the right spot."
Yinkong stabbed the dagger into Joseph's other shoulder and said. "Don't move, or die... Don't talk, or die... You better pray that I don't see anyone from your team, or I will assume you contacted them!"
Joseph's teeth were chattering from the indescribable pain. Yet he couldn't move one bit. The mechanical body that had given him a sense of safety felt like a piece of paper right now. The parts of his body with flesh could somewhat resist these flame but the flame on the mechanical parts reached straight into his soul. He couldn't even open his mouth to beg for mercy or detonate himself. He watched as Yinkong found his mechanical spine then as she stabbed into his spine, he immediately lost his consciousness.
Chapter 7-2
Zheng didn't intend to go all out immediately. He jumped backward as the man swung the boulder to the ground in front of him with a loud bang. It pressed over half a meter deep into the ground. Not only that but he immediately lifted the boulder up again.
Zheng raised his gun then shot at the man's chest. At such close distance, even Zheng himself would not be able to dodge but the muscular man stood there and took all the shots. The bullets only barely penetrated his skin before they were caught in between his muscles.
"Haha. Come again. Come attack me! You skinny monkey!"
He laughed then threw the boulder away. The muscles on his body began to expand until he reached almost three meters tall. The bullets on his chest were pushed out by his muscle. Then he took out a pair of chained claws (fist weapon) from his pockets.
"Chinese monkeys, come play. Too bad you are too skinny, as skinny as a monkey..."
The man laughed then threw a little rock he was holding. The rock shot by Zheng's side like a bullet. It had enough power but its accuracy was horrible. The two of them were only seven meters away from each other but the rock still missed him by at least a meter. Then it crushed the wall of a house behind Zheng, creating a cloud of dust.
(Low accuracy? But its power...)
Zheng turned around and ran toward the cloud of dust behind him. The muscular man was lost for a moment then he charged at Zheng while shouting. He was so powerful that each step he took pressed several centimeters into the ground. Then he had to pull his foot out, making he looked like he was stumbling.
Although the man's running looked strange, his speed was incredible. Even with the acceleration buff on Zheng, he was merely faster than the muscular man by a bit. The two of them ran into the cloud of dust then went straight at the wall on the other side of the house.
The muscular man hit the wall with his body then he felt a sudden pain on his left arm. Almost instantly, he punched left with his right arm, causing a burst of air and dispersed most of the dust in the air. On the man's left side, Zheng jumped backward barely scraping by the fist. Zheng was holding a knife dripping of blood.
As soon as Zheng landed, he felt difficulty breathing. Although that punch didn't land on him, the air pressure it caused was enough to feel the effect. If it were to land, he would probably be critically injured or straight up die. He just felt lucky as he thought of this.
The muscular man wasn't so lucky. His left arm was almost cut off, including the bone. Only a fifth of his muscles were still holding onto his arm. His muscle was tougher than steel, that even bullets weren't able to penetrate it, but the progressive knife was able to cleave at the molecular level. As long as the object's molecular bond strength wasn't strong enough, the knife could cleave through it.
But the muscular man was tough. He grabbed his left arm as he shouted then pulled it in two. When his muscles were pulled apart, it sounded like a spring snapped. You could imagine how tough his muscles were. Even more terrifying was that he endured the pain and threw his arm to the ground. Then he struck the wall next to him with his right fist.
Zheng was about to run in for an attack, yet numerous bricks and rocks flew to him like bullets. He immediately used his knife to block them. He only blocked a few bricks before his right hand was feeling numb.
(No, can't tank it through... Lets test the power of Red Flame (blood magic))
Once Zheng was decided, he blocked the next few rocks then jumped backward. The muscular man was charged at him like a madman at the same time. Zheng kept running backward without stopping until he reached a wall and jumped up. The muscular man was like a tank. He charged the wall, crushing it and creating a cloud of dust. Then he punched upward, sending the bricks and rocks flying. A red light flashed inside the cloud of dust. Zheng was descending from mid air with his knife engulfed in blood colored flame.
The muscular man immediately rolled to the side. The knife only caught his left arm, taking the remaining part of the arm. The flame also spread to his left shoulder. Yet at the same time, the man's fist struck Zheng on his right shoulder. Sending him flying through two houses before he stopped.
It was like the muscular man went berserk. He began to charge again but a man jumped down from a roof. This was a slender blonde European in his thirties wearing in a doctor's lab coat. His speed was incredible. He appeared next to the muscular man in an instant.
The muscular man was losing his senses and struck at the doctor without thinking. The doctor dodged to the side and with a flash of silvery light, he made a thin little cut on the muscular man's arm. Then the arm just hung there without strength. It wasn't until now that the muscular man saw who this was. Then he shouted. "Arot! Why did you attack me? Go chase that dude, I already hit him!"
Arot sneered. "Stop joking. He kicked at your belly the instant you hit him and jumped off. Even though it seemed like you caused a powerful attack, he only took thirty percent of the damage... And do you want to die?" He moved to the muscular man's left side and cut off a large section of his left shoulder, including the bone.
The man was going to curse but then he saw that the cut off section was burning. The flame consumed the flesh and bone almost instantly and turned them into ashes before it disappeared.
"That person probably has vampire enhancement... This ability looks like Red Flame. Do you still remember the vampire enhancer from team South Atlantic? Leave him to leader... Also, our probe mission is over..."
"Muhammad Joseph was caught!"
Chapter 7-1
7 (1/3)
Zheng and O'Connell's groups split up in the port. Then they moved toward Cairo while they discussed a plan on the way.
"Just like what we planned yesterday, leaving the newbies out, the six of us will be assigned the following responsibilities. Jie and Zero in a group. Zero will be responsible for sniping, and Jie protect him. Yinkong and Lan in a group. Yinkong responsible for the assassinations, Lan give her support through acceleration and endurance spells. Me and Tengyi together. I will be responsible for close combat. Tengyi help me with the incantations that I haven't remembered... Any objections? If no then this will be how we fight. We will use the communication devices that we just exchanged. They can also show us the locations of everyone." Zheng said.
Honglu asked immediately. "Let me see the device... If they can show the locations of our team, what happens if they get in the hands of the other team? How you considered this?"
Zheng laughed. "Of course. That's why I am going to set a pass code. If someone with the device close in on us but doesn't know the pass code, then it's an opportunity to set a trap... Uh. we can't let non team members know this pass code. We will put the three of them in a group and we will monitor them in turns. If they do anything that may put our team in danger... Kill them at once. Even if it means another 2000 points."
Liang, Heng, and Zhuiyu shivered as they heard this. Honglu nodded. "Then... let me stay with them. We don't need the communication device but when we are not in a battle, you need to have a group to protect us. It's best if no one dies... but if the team is in a desperate situation, you can use the four of us as baits. This is what we agreed on in the beginning."
Zhuiyu immediately yelled. "Wh-what are you joking? The six of them are so strong and have weapons and that communication device. Why do we normal people still have to act as baits? That's just pushing us into hell. Hey! Why are you looking at me like this? I'm just stating the facts."
Honglu didn't even glance at her. He sneered and said calmly. "Because of the lack of power... that's why we are the first ones to die. This isn't the real world, where the weak will get protected. Every action we take is for surviving. If all our major combatants die, our chances of dying is a hundred percent. Team India won't let the 'living points' get away. Understand?"
Zhuiyu was dazed, then her face turned red. "But you still should to choose someone with good enough stamina as a bait. I won't be that bait no matter what. You will get penalized by 2000 points if I die right?"
Honglu pulled a string of hair then sneered. "Ladies first... I think the other two are thinking the same thing. If you don't agree, the four of us can decide it by votes."
Zheng looked at them quietly as he sighed within his heart. This boy's actions were too much like Xuan, except he still had a little bit of humanness. Xuan was too rational that he ignored everything else. They both like to place themselves on the side of the majority. Thus making what they were doing the 'right' thing. This was probably what smart people like to do.
Zheng, Zero, Yinkong, and Jie suddenly looked beyond the crowd. There was a giant, muscular, dark skinned man and a man with a big beard standing outside the crowd. A very unique feeling attracted their attention.
"... He's definitely from team India. Very strong sensation of wanting to kill us... Urgent situation. We may get sniped standing here. Not sure if there are anyone else from their team around us. Or we may have been surrounded... Zero, lead everyone away... Lan, give Yinkong and me buffs. Honglu, think of a way to get away from them... Yinkong, keep the bigbeard busy. Try to kill him but don't put yourself in danger. I will take on the muscular man."
Zheng made the assignments immediately. Through several movies and guidance from Xuan, he had established himself as a leader. Even though he wasn't too qualified, he was developing the qualities of a leader.
The muscular man laughed out loud and said to bigbeard. "Joseph, their responses are quick. I wonder how strong they are. Have you chosen your target?"
A red assault rifle suddenly appeared on his hand. There was also a dagger on the rifle, a dagger that Yinkong threw at it. "Don't have to choose, they have chosen it for us... The usual rules, whoever kills their target first wins. Loser exchanges 1000 worth of stuff for the other. Seems like I have the advantage."
"Haha, not so sure. Don't get castrated by accident..."
The muscular man laughed then raised his fist and punched the ground, knocking the rocks away. The flying rocks were almost as powerful as bullets, instantly killing about ten civilians. The rocks also blocked Zheng's vision. Right as he was using the dagger to block these rocks, a black object blocked the sunlight on top of him. That muscular man was holding a boulder several cubic meters big and crushed down on him.
Zheng and O'Connell's groups split up in the port. Then they moved toward Cairo while they discussed a plan on the way.
"Just like what we planned yesterday, leaving the newbies out, the six of us will be assigned the following responsibilities. Jie and Zero in a group. Zero will be responsible for sniping, and Jie protect him. Yinkong and Lan in a group. Yinkong responsible for the assassinations, Lan give her support through acceleration and endurance spells. Me and Tengyi together. I will be responsible for close combat. Tengyi help me with the incantations that I haven't remembered... Any objections? If no then this will be how we fight. We will use the communication devices that we just exchanged. They can also show us the locations of everyone." Zheng said.
Honglu asked immediately. "Let me see the device... If they can show the locations of our team, what happens if they get in the hands of the other team? How you considered this?"
Zheng laughed. "Of course. That's why I am going to set a pass code. If someone with the device close in on us but doesn't know the pass code, then it's an opportunity to set a trap... Uh. we can't let non team members know this pass code. We will put the three of them in a group and we will monitor them in turns. If they do anything that may put our team in danger... Kill them at once. Even if it means another 2000 points."
Liang, Heng, and Zhuiyu shivered as they heard this. Honglu nodded. "Then... let me stay with them. We don't need the communication device but when we are not in a battle, you need to have a group to protect us. It's best if no one dies... but if the team is in a desperate situation, you can use the four of us as baits. This is what we agreed on in the beginning."
Zhuiyu immediately yelled. "Wh-what are you joking? The six of them are so strong and have weapons and that communication device. Why do we normal people still have to act as baits? That's just pushing us into hell. Hey! Why are you looking at me like this? I'm just stating the facts."
Honglu didn't even glance at her. He sneered and said calmly. "Because of the lack of power... that's why we are the first ones to die. This isn't the real world, where the weak will get protected. Every action we take is for surviving. If all our major combatants die, our chances of dying is a hundred percent. Team India won't let the 'living points' get away. Understand?"
Zhuiyu was dazed, then her face turned red. "But you still should to choose someone with good enough stamina as a bait. I won't be that bait no matter what. You will get penalized by 2000 points if I die right?"
Honglu pulled a string of hair then sneered. "Ladies first... I think the other two are thinking the same thing. If you don't agree, the four of us can decide it by votes."
Zheng looked at them quietly as he sighed within his heart. This boy's actions were too much like Xuan, except he still had a little bit of humanness. Xuan was too rational that he ignored everything else. They both like to place themselves on the side of the majority. Thus making what they were doing the 'right' thing. This was probably what smart people like to do.
Zheng, Zero, Yinkong, and Jie suddenly looked beyond the crowd. There was a giant, muscular, dark skinned man and a man with a big beard standing outside the crowd. A very unique feeling attracted their attention.
"... He's definitely from team India. Very strong sensation of wanting to kill us... Urgent situation. We may get sniped standing here. Not sure if there are anyone else from their team around us. Or we may have been surrounded... Zero, lead everyone away... Lan, give Yinkong and me buffs. Honglu, think of a way to get away from them... Yinkong, keep the bigbeard busy. Try to kill him but don't put yourself in danger. I will take on the muscular man."
Zheng made the assignments immediately. Through several movies and guidance from Xuan, he had established himself as a leader. Even though he wasn't too qualified, he was developing the qualities of a leader.
The muscular man laughed out loud and said to bigbeard. "Joseph, their responses are quick. I wonder how strong they are. Have you chosen your target?"
A red assault rifle suddenly appeared on his hand. There was also a dagger on the rifle, a dagger that Yinkong threw at it. "Don't have to choose, they have chosen it for us... The usual rules, whoever kills their target first wins. Loser exchanges 1000 worth of stuff for the other. Seems like I have the advantage."
"Haha, not so sure. Don't get castrated by accident..."
The muscular man laughed then raised his fist and punched the ground, knocking the rocks away. The flying rocks were almost as powerful as bullets, instantly killing about ten civilians. The rocks also blocked Zheng's vision. Right as he was using the dagger to block these rocks, a black object blocked the sunlight on top of him. That muscular man was holding a boulder several cubic meters big and crushed down on him.
Chapter 6-3
The group finally reached the port at downstream. This was a commercial port. Most ships were cargo ships but there were the occasional tourists leaving sightseeing cruises. Though it was difficult to board cruise from this port. Of course, difficult was relative.
Zheng still had two gold bars and many more gold nuggets. Just a few of those gold nuggets got them on sightseeing cruise and even several VIP cabins. Money makes the mare go, and if you have more money you can make the mare fly.
Following the stream, they would reach Cairo by tomorrow evening. Fate and unknown enemies were waiting for them there... Would they live or die or struggle with their lives for that last bit of light?
Zheng brought a bottle of tequila to the deck. He barely had the chance for such tranquility since he entered this world. In order to prevent what happened last time, he held onto the Book of the Dead himself. Even if someone wanted to see it or if Tengyi needed to do translations for him, he would not let the book leaves his reach. No one could win a fight and take the book from him at such close distance, not even when Zero and Yinkong teamed up.
"You drinking?" It was Jie's voice from the other side of the deck.
Without turning his head, Zheng took out another bottle of tequila from the ring. Jie sat down and opened the bottle then took a gulp.
"Are you... feeling tire already?" Jie drank half the bottle at one go then lay down on the deck.
"Uh? Yeah, tired." Zheng sighed and also took a big gulp. The alcohol quickly made him feel hot.
"Because death may come at any moment?" Jie asked after a moment of silence.
Zheng finished the bottle in one go then threw it off the cruise. "Everyone can die at any moment. After being on the brink of death for so long, aside from the bonds with people I love making me live on, life and death don't matter that much anymore. Like the me before couldn't disregard someone's life so lightly, and just take it away so easily... What really makes me tire is having to fight on one hand and guard against my comrades on the other hand. If I can't even leave my back to my comrades without worrying, that's the real reason I am tired."
"If... if..." Jie then also finished his bottle then muttered the words. "Bro. Have you even wondered why team India is stronger than us? The team names are assigned based on their regions in ancient times. Team India includes India, West Indies, and all the land west extending to the Dead Sea and Saudi Arabia. Whereas team China included all the land from China. We have the most land and population among all the teams in God's World. Then... why are we weaker than team India? Aren't you curious?"
Zheng took out another bottle of alcohol then said calmly. "That's why I have been waiting for you..."
"If... give me some time. If you can live through this time against team India, I will tell you everything. Afterward... no, there's no afterward. Want to take a smoke?"
Jie finished his sentence then took out a pack of cigarettes. He threw one over to Zheng then lit his cigarette and began to smoke. Zheng caught the cigarette and felt as if he was back to Resident Evil when he just met Jie. That cold man and that cigarette...
In Cairo. Everyone's mind changed since the first time they were in Cairo. Knowing that team India had come, knowing that they were the stronger team, and we still had to kill one of their team member... But the existence of the Book of the Dead had given them hope. Describing how they felt in one word, complicated.
O'Connell said to Zheng after they got off the cruise. "According to our deal, we will go get the mummies... and you will kill that monster. Of course, we will also be responsible for the Book of Amun-Ra... but you must protect us in the mean time. Ok?"
Zheng nodded. "Ok, we will protect you... from afar. After you bring the mummies out, we will contact you. Oh, you should bring a cat. It can help you avoid getting attacked by that mummy."
O'Connell shouted as Zheng's group was walking away. "Where are you going? How do we contact you? Hey..."
"We will come find you. Don't get too close to us, you may die... And O'Connell, thanks for your help all this time. See you."
Several people were sitting in a room quietly in some inn in Cairo. A girl who had her eyes closed the whole time said. "Team China came back to Cairo. They are by the port."
These people were sitting with their legs crossed around a monk. The monk said. "Who's close by?"
A tall and slender man with pale skin took out a hand sized device and took a look. "Minima (changed from Yinima) and Muhammad Joseph."
The monk frowned. "Minima's burst is too powerful and may cause disturbance. Muhammad's weapon is also not suitable for fighting in a city... Just have them test team China's powers. Also get Arot over there as soon as possible. If those two get injured, Arot can keep them alive. It shouldn't be a problem with his medical abilities... Test team China's powers, lets see whether they are preys or enemies on equal grounds."
Zheng still had two gold bars and many more gold nuggets. Just a few of those gold nuggets got them on sightseeing cruise and even several VIP cabins. Money makes the mare go, and if you have more money you can make the mare fly.
Following the stream, they would reach Cairo by tomorrow evening. Fate and unknown enemies were waiting for them there... Would they live or die or struggle with their lives for that last bit of light?
Zheng brought a bottle of tequila to the deck. He barely had the chance for such tranquility since he entered this world. In order to prevent what happened last time, he held onto the Book of the Dead himself. Even if someone wanted to see it or if Tengyi needed to do translations for him, he would not let the book leaves his reach. No one could win a fight and take the book from him at such close distance, not even when Zero and Yinkong teamed up.
"You drinking?" It was Jie's voice from the other side of the deck.
Without turning his head, Zheng took out another bottle of tequila from the ring. Jie sat down and opened the bottle then took a gulp.
"Are you... feeling tire already?" Jie drank half the bottle at one go then lay down on the deck.
"Uh? Yeah, tired." Zheng sighed and also took a big gulp. The alcohol quickly made him feel hot.
"Because death may come at any moment?" Jie asked after a moment of silence.
Zheng finished the bottle in one go then threw it off the cruise. "Everyone can die at any moment. After being on the brink of death for so long, aside from the bonds with people I love making me live on, life and death don't matter that much anymore. Like the me before couldn't disregard someone's life so lightly, and just take it away so easily... What really makes me tire is having to fight on one hand and guard against my comrades on the other hand. If I can't even leave my back to my comrades without worrying, that's the real reason I am tired."
"If... if..." Jie then also finished his bottle then muttered the words. "Bro. Have you even wondered why team India is stronger than us? The team names are assigned based on their regions in ancient times. Team India includes India, West Indies, and all the land west extending to the Dead Sea and Saudi Arabia. Whereas team China included all the land from China. We have the most land and population among all the teams in God's World. Then... why are we weaker than team India? Aren't you curious?"
Zheng took out another bottle of alcohol then said calmly. "That's why I have been waiting for you..."
"If... give me some time. If you can live through this time against team India, I will tell you everything. Afterward... no, there's no afterward. Want to take a smoke?"
Jie finished his sentence then took out a pack of cigarettes. He threw one over to Zheng then lit his cigarette and began to smoke. Zheng caught the cigarette and felt as if he was back to Resident Evil when he just met Jie. That cold man and that cigarette...
In Cairo. Everyone's mind changed since the first time they were in Cairo. Knowing that team India had come, knowing that they were the stronger team, and we still had to kill one of their team member... But the existence of the Book of the Dead had given them hope. Describing how they felt in one word, complicated.
O'Connell said to Zheng after they got off the cruise. "According to our deal, we will go get the mummies... and you will kill that monster. Of course, we will also be responsible for the Book of Amun-Ra... but you must protect us in the mean time. Ok?"
Zheng nodded. "Ok, we will protect you... from afar. After you bring the mummies out, we will contact you. Oh, you should bring a cat. It can help you avoid getting attacked by that mummy."
O'Connell shouted as Zheng's group was walking away. "Where are you going? How do we contact you? Hey..."
"We will come find you. Don't get too close to us, you may die... And O'Connell, thanks for your help all this time. See you."
Several people were sitting in a room quietly in some inn in Cairo. A girl who had her eyes closed the whole time said. "Team China came back to Cairo. They are by the port."
These people were sitting with their legs crossed around a monk. The monk said. "Who's close by?"
A tall and slender man with pale skin took out a hand sized device and took a look. "Minima (changed from Yinima) and Muhammad Joseph."
The monk frowned. "Minima's burst is too powerful and may cause disturbance. Muhammad's weapon is also not suitable for fighting in a city... Just have them test team China's powers. Also get Arot over there as soon as possible. If those two get injured, Arot can keep them alive. It shouldn't be a problem with his medical abilities... Test team China's powers, lets see whether they are preys or enemies on equal grounds."
Chapter 6-2
In the following two days, Zheng practiced using the Book of the Dead. He was fainting less and less until he could finally control the flow of blood energy. They had reached the oasis by this time and restocked their food and water then continued along the river to the next port.
"Take the boat back to Cairo from there, takes about... two days. Then we will board the ship leaving Cairo. Don't worry, I don't think that monster will chase us across water." O'Connell laughed as he explained.
O'Connell went through so much shock these two days. The Book of the Dead was merely an antique to them. Perhaps it was valuable as an ancient literature but they never thought it would had such power to summon sandstorms or quicksands or wither all the plants in an area. After Zheng got a hold of the book, he looked like a mage or wizard from legends.
Evelyn also tried to read the book but unlike when Zheng did it, nothing happened. There was no magic or anything else. She did not stop and kept at it for over an hour before she admitted she didn't have the talent to become a wizard.
Zheng looked at the symbol on his palm in a daze. This sigil emitted a cooling sensation to reduce the heat during the channeling of blood energy through his hand to the book. It had no other effect but it appeared on his palm like a birthmark.
"Zheng? Zheng!"
A voice woke Zheng up. That was when he realized Jie, Zero and everyone else was surrounding him. It was Jie that woke him up and they were looking at him in confusion. "Sorry, my mind was wandering. What were we up to?"
Honglu twirled his hair and said. "The magics in the book are focused around the desert. Though if we are to use it to kill a few people in the city, they would not be so effective. We have also tested several single target spells like corruption. It is powerful but it takes too much energy and also twenty seconds of channeling. That's enough time for the enemy to run away or attack. The spell also only has a range of 500 to 1000 meters. To be honest, if we can't cast the spell with proficiency, it is worse than the Gauss sniper rifle."
"So the true value of the book isn't on its offensive spells but rather supportive spells. Like the one that summons the dead and gives the caster invisibility. Or the one that mixes human ashes with sand to create several guards. These powers are especially important and can change the tide of battle..."
Heng joined the conversation. "Human ashes? Where can we get that?"
Everyone looked at Evelyn. She didn't give up on the book and was eavesdropping on their conversation the whole time. Although the players were talking in Chinese, a well learned person like her could understand the language. When they looked at her after saying human ashes, her face turned pale and went into defensive mode. "What, what are you trying to do? You going to turn me into ashes?"
O'Connell and Jonathan's expressions also changed. Zheng immediately waved his hand and laughed. "Don't worry, how could we do that. As to human ashes, do you still remember what the Americans said in Hamunaptra?"
Evelyn and the other two people said simultaneously. "Dry up the mummy and turn it into firewood... you want to turn a mummy into ashes?"
Zheng thought it was funny that they all said it simultaneously. "Yes, yes. Evelyn you work in a museum right? It shouldn't an issue to steal one or two mummies. If you can't do it then ask the curator for us."
Evelyn said loudly. "How is it possible? They are historical relics. Do you know how much they are worth? Each one of them is a story..."
The greedy Jonathan quickly covered his sister's mouth and said with a smile. "How much are you willing to pay? If you are paying with gold, I can 'borrow' some mummies for you. How's it? Let's discuss a price."
Zheng and O'Connell shook their heads with a smile. O'Connell coughed and said. "I, ahem, we can help you get the mummies but we have some terms... We don't need gold but you have to kill that mummy chasing us. I think it isn't difficult for you since you have the Book of the Dead right?"
Zheng replied seriously. "We are planning to kill it anyway whether you believe it or not. But we need your help, like... we need the Book of Amun-Ra to kill it... We need you to help us find the book."
O'Connell looked at Evelyn and Jonathan. These two people kept giving him signals, one wanted him to refuse stealing the mummies, and the other wanted him to request gold. O'Connell smiled bitterly and moved over to Zheng. Then he held out his hand and said. "Ok! I accept your request. We will help you get the Book of Amun-Ra and you will be responsible with killing the mummy!"
"We will definitely do it... if we don't die before that..."
"Take the boat back to Cairo from there, takes about... two days. Then we will board the ship leaving Cairo. Don't worry, I don't think that monster will chase us across water." O'Connell laughed as he explained.
O'Connell went through so much shock these two days. The Book of the Dead was merely an antique to them. Perhaps it was valuable as an ancient literature but they never thought it would had such power to summon sandstorms or quicksands or wither all the plants in an area. After Zheng got a hold of the book, he looked like a mage or wizard from legends.
Evelyn also tried to read the book but unlike when Zheng did it, nothing happened. There was no magic or anything else. She did not stop and kept at it for over an hour before she admitted she didn't have the talent to become a wizard.
Zheng looked at the symbol on his palm in a daze. This sigil emitted a cooling sensation to reduce the heat during the channeling of blood energy through his hand to the book. It had no other effect but it appeared on his palm like a birthmark.
"Zheng? Zheng!"
A voice woke Zheng up. That was when he realized Jie, Zero and everyone else was surrounding him. It was Jie that woke him up and they were looking at him in confusion. "Sorry, my mind was wandering. What were we up to?"
Honglu twirled his hair and said. "The magics in the book are focused around the desert. Though if we are to use it to kill a few people in the city, they would not be so effective. We have also tested several single target spells like corruption. It is powerful but it takes too much energy and also twenty seconds of channeling. That's enough time for the enemy to run away or attack. The spell also only has a range of 500 to 1000 meters. To be honest, if we can't cast the spell with proficiency, it is worse than the Gauss sniper rifle."
"So the true value of the book isn't on its offensive spells but rather supportive spells. Like the one that summons the dead and gives the caster invisibility. Or the one that mixes human ashes with sand to create several guards. These powers are especially important and can change the tide of battle..."
Heng joined the conversation. "Human ashes? Where can we get that?"
Everyone looked at Evelyn. She didn't give up on the book and was eavesdropping on their conversation the whole time. Although the players were talking in Chinese, a well learned person like her could understand the language. When they looked at her after saying human ashes, her face turned pale and went into defensive mode. "What, what are you trying to do? You going to turn me into ashes?"
O'Connell and Jonathan's expressions also changed. Zheng immediately waved his hand and laughed. "Don't worry, how could we do that. As to human ashes, do you still remember what the Americans said in Hamunaptra?"
Evelyn and the other two people said simultaneously. "Dry up the mummy and turn it into firewood... you want to turn a mummy into ashes?"
Zheng thought it was funny that they all said it simultaneously. "Yes, yes. Evelyn you work in a museum right? It shouldn't an issue to steal one or two mummies. If you can't do it then ask the curator for us."
Evelyn said loudly. "How is it possible? They are historical relics. Do you know how much they are worth? Each one of them is a story..."
The greedy Jonathan quickly covered his sister's mouth and said with a smile. "How much are you willing to pay? If you are paying with gold, I can 'borrow' some mummies for you. How's it? Let's discuss a price."
Zheng and O'Connell shook their heads with a smile. O'Connell coughed and said. "I, ahem, we can help you get the mummies but we have some terms... We don't need gold but you have to kill that mummy chasing us. I think it isn't difficult for you since you have the Book of the Dead right?"
Zheng replied seriously. "We are planning to kill it anyway whether you believe it or not. But we need your help, like... we need the Book of Amun-Ra to kill it... We need you to help us find the book."
O'Connell looked at Evelyn and Jonathan. These two people kept giving him signals, one wanted him to refuse stealing the mummies, and the other wanted him to request gold. O'Connell smiled bitterly and moved over to Zheng. Then he held out his hand and said. "Ok! I accept your request. We will help you get the Book of Amun-Ra and you will be responsible with killing the mummy!"
"We will definitely do it... if we don't die before that..."
Chapter 6-1
5-3 is on the previous post.
6(1/3)
Zheng was silent for a bit then he looked around at everyone. "Let's test the power of the Book of the Dead first. Black magic sounds powerful enough... Evelyn, lend me that puzzle of yours."
The three movie characters were standing there in confusion. They didn't know what Zheng's group was discussing. When Zheng said to them, Evelyn quickly found the puzzle from her bag. It was the key to the book.
Zheng took the puzzle and opened the book then he handed it to Tengyi.
This man took it with excitement. He touched the hieroglyphs on the pages while pronouncing them and explaining their meanings. It had been ten minutes and he was still going at it.
"Tengyi! What did it say? It's not time for research." Zheng sighed.
Tengyi scratched his head with embarrassment. "Sorry, I got lost. Haha, it's really hieroglyphs. Some of these characters are similar to oracle bone script..."
Zheng and everyone else sighed. Then he shouted. "I am not asking you what these characters look like. What is written on the book?"
Tengyi nodded. "Yes, yes. There are a lot of ancient spells. Like this passage is about creating a sand man. You just have to read it aloud while mixing the ashes of a person with sand. It will summon several mummy guards. And this passage is about creating a storm using souls, which will turn to a tornado. This passage..."
Zheng grabbed the book from his hands and said. "Translate it to me line by line... Read the tornado one."
Tengyi nodded. He touched the characters on the book and said. "Souls of storm, listen to the command of Osiris, form a tornado to tear everything apart!"
Zheng repeated the words but nothing happened. His blood energy was also intact and the desert was calm as usual.
"No use?"
They looked at each other with disappointment, because this book was their biggest hope in their situation. If they could make use of the powerful spells on the book, then they would be able to rival team India. Yet this book didn't have the power they imagined or was it unusable at the current state?
Suddenly a thought came to his mind, Zheng said. "Read it in ancient Egyptian pronunciation. I will repeat it."
Tengyi took a deep breath and began reading again. Zheng also repeated the difficult pronunciations. Then he was certain that this book was real. As he recited the words, his blood energy began to get excited. Several seconds later, the blood energy was channeling into the book at crazy speed.
Zheng felt the book was boiling hot. He almost wanted to throw it away but the book glued to his hand and wouldn't move. Tengyi on the other hand was knocked away with a scream. The book glowed in a faint red light, although it wasn't obvious under the sunlight.
Zheng's blood energy was getting more and more excited until all of them went into the book. The book then began to cool down and he could feel an air of coldness. Yet Zheng fainted after he was depleted of blood energy. He didn't notice the tornado that was forming at a thousand meters away. It quickly picked up the sands and engulfed everyone like a sandstorm...
Zheng opened his eyes after quite some time. There was no more sand and the sky was sunny and clear, not even a little wind.
Zheng sat up and noticed he was tied up on the back of a camel. They were moving along on the desert. It was as though what he saw before he fainted was just an illusion.
When the others saw Zheng sat up, they shouted everyone to stop. Jie and Lan got off their camels and went over to him. Jie untied him with a laugh. Lan handed him some water.
"How long did I pass out? The sun is about to set... Was the tornado that I saw before I fainted an illusion?" Zheng took a few gulps of water then asked.
Jie said. "You passed out for a whole day and night. This is the evening of the second day... The tornado you said was definitely an illusion. I promise! Haha."
Zheng looked at the other people and they all nodded. "Right, how can something like that be created by a human... But the book still made me pass out, so it should be real."
Zero also drank some water and said. "Of course it's real... You didn't summon a tornado but I don't know what you did or maybe you didn't know how to control your energy. You summoned a sandstorm. If it isn't for the camels leading the way, we would have been buried in sand by now..."
"The power of the Book of the Dead exceeded our expectation." Honglu said with excitement. "As long as you can control your energy and not let the book suck you dry... It will be able to let us wipe team India!"
Zheng looked at the hand that was holding onto the book. There was a very faint symbol on his palm. The symbol that was on the cover of the book, a symbol that represented Osiris.
6(1/3)
Zheng was silent for a bit then he looked around at everyone. "Let's test the power of the Book of the Dead first. Black magic sounds powerful enough... Evelyn, lend me that puzzle of yours."
The three movie characters were standing there in confusion. They didn't know what Zheng's group was discussing. When Zheng said to them, Evelyn quickly found the puzzle from her bag. It was the key to the book.
Zheng took the puzzle and opened the book then he handed it to Tengyi.
This man took it with excitement. He touched the hieroglyphs on the pages while pronouncing them and explaining their meanings. It had been ten minutes and he was still going at it.
"Tengyi! What did it say? It's not time for research." Zheng sighed.
Tengyi scratched his head with embarrassment. "Sorry, I got lost. Haha, it's really hieroglyphs. Some of these characters are similar to oracle bone script..."
Zheng and everyone else sighed. Then he shouted. "I am not asking you what these characters look like. What is written on the book?"
Tengyi nodded. "Yes, yes. There are a lot of ancient spells. Like this passage is about creating a sand man. You just have to read it aloud while mixing the ashes of a person with sand. It will summon several mummy guards. And this passage is about creating a storm using souls, which will turn to a tornado. This passage..."
Zheng grabbed the book from his hands and said. "Translate it to me line by line... Read the tornado one."
Tengyi nodded. He touched the characters on the book and said. "Souls of storm, listen to the command of Osiris, form a tornado to tear everything apart!"
Zheng repeated the words but nothing happened. His blood energy was also intact and the desert was calm as usual.
"No use?"
They looked at each other with disappointment, because this book was their biggest hope in their situation. If they could make use of the powerful spells on the book, then they would be able to rival team India. Yet this book didn't have the power they imagined or was it unusable at the current state?
Suddenly a thought came to his mind, Zheng said. "Read it in ancient Egyptian pronunciation. I will repeat it."
Tengyi took a deep breath and began reading again. Zheng also repeated the difficult pronunciations. Then he was certain that this book was real. As he recited the words, his blood energy began to get excited. Several seconds later, the blood energy was channeling into the book at crazy speed.
Zheng felt the book was boiling hot. He almost wanted to throw it away but the book glued to his hand and wouldn't move. Tengyi on the other hand was knocked away with a scream. The book glowed in a faint red light, although it wasn't obvious under the sunlight.
Zheng's blood energy was getting more and more excited until all of them went into the book. The book then began to cool down and he could feel an air of coldness. Yet Zheng fainted after he was depleted of blood energy. He didn't notice the tornado that was forming at a thousand meters away. It quickly picked up the sands and engulfed everyone like a sandstorm...
Zheng opened his eyes after quite some time. There was no more sand and the sky was sunny and clear, not even a little wind.
Zheng sat up and noticed he was tied up on the back of a camel. They were moving along on the desert. It was as though what he saw before he fainted was just an illusion.
When the others saw Zheng sat up, they shouted everyone to stop. Jie and Lan got off their camels and went over to him. Jie untied him with a laugh. Lan handed him some water.
"How long did I pass out? The sun is about to set... Was the tornado that I saw before I fainted an illusion?" Zheng took a few gulps of water then asked.
Jie said. "You passed out for a whole day and night. This is the evening of the second day... The tornado you said was definitely an illusion. I promise! Haha."
Zheng looked at the other people and they all nodded. "Right, how can something like that be created by a human... But the book still made me pass out, so it should be real."
Zero also drank some water and said. "Of course it's real... You didn't summon a tornado but I don't know what you did or maybe you didn't know how to control your energy. You summoned a sandstorm. If it isn't for the camels leading the way, we would have been buried in sand by now..."
"The power of the Book of the Dead exceeded our expectation." Honglu said with excitement. "As long as you can control your energy and not let the book suck you dry... It will be able to let us wipe team India!"
Zheng looked at the hand that was holding onto the book. There was a very faint symbol on his palm. The symbol that was on the cover of the book, a symbol that represented Osiris.
Chapter 5-3
Zheng threw fifteen gold bars on the ground and looked coldly as they were overjoyed with the gold bars. He took over the book with one hand. A thick and black old book.
The book absorbed the blood within several seconds just like a sponge. Yet nothing changed about it. It felt cold to the touch.
"Obtained quest item... Enabled learning of black magic. The user requires blood energy, psyche force, mana, Nen, Xian energy, or faith energy to learn. Can learn through deciphering the words or through God. Learning costs 1000 points... User holding onto this book in the movie will be able to use the spells in the book."
Zheng was standing there in a daze. He had received God's notification and they totally shocked him.
Enhancements were expensive, and learning skills were even more expensive. His Red Flame spell was one of the lowest tiered spell for vampires but it still cost him a rank C reward and 2000 points. Compared to enhancements, skills were more effective in combats.
"How's it?" Jie ran over to him when he saw Zheng in a daze.
Zheng didn't know what to say and just laughed. "Shit... we hit the lottery... This book is so thick, don't know how many skills it has. And they're also black magic, spells that should be aimed at killing. Haha..."
Everyone came up to him. O'Connell and the characters were confused but also came up. The two Americans packed their gold then carried the American that was injured by the mummy away on horses.
Zheng let everyone touch the book. All the veterans looked shocked while the newbies thought they were making a big deal out of nothing. Honglu asked. "Is it expensive to learn spells?"
Zheng nodded. "Very expensive. Not only spells but anything that can improve your combat abilities instantly is expensive... It takes both a large amount of points and also ranked rewards. This book is equivalent to a high power level. Once we can use the spells within it, we can instantly improve our team by several folds!"
Honglu touched the book with curiosity then he crouched down to play with the sand.
"Those blood energy, psyche force, mana... what are they?" He asked.
Zheng answered. "I don't know about the others but blood energy came with my vampire enhancement. It's highly corrosive and difficult to use. Blood spells are also very expensive..."
Honglu sighed. "I think I get it... This book is a double edged sword, at least for now. Possessing it means danger... First, Imhotep will chase us to get back the book. Second..."
"Do you think team India knows of its existence? Even though it belonged to the movie world but you get a notification once you touch it. Judging by the value of the book, team India would want to get their hands on it no matter what. They're very likely to go all out on us..."
The others looked at him in confusion. Jie asked. "Aren't we going to fight them already? We have to kill one of their member anyway, otherwise most of our team will be erased at the end."
"There are many ways to fight. Like snipe, ambush, set traps, hit and run... but if they know of the secrets of the book already then they will probably monitor the movie characters. Once they found out that the book is gone, they can figure out we have the book. We won't be able to ambush them anymore. And there's one more thing I am worried about..."
Honglu pulled another hair and said with a bitter smile. "... If you can learn black magic from the Book of the Dead, then... what about the Book of Amun-Ra? What spells can you learn from the golden book? I think it should be on the same level as this one. If team India knows of the secrets of these two books already, I can only think of two possibilities. 1. They plan to ambush us in Cairo then follow the original plot to eliminate Imhotep and obtain these two books. 2. They ambush us in Cairo and take our book then come back here to find the Book of Amun-Ra. This is is what I am worried about the most... do they have the same mission as us?"
Honglu stood up and clapped his hands. "Our mission is to eliminate Imhotep. What if their mission is to protect him or... kill the main characters of the movie? They might be able to force this movie to end before we can kill one of them. What should we do at that point when most people has negative points?"
The book absorbed the blood within several seconds just like a sponge. Yet nothing changed about it. It felt cold to the touch.
"Obtained quest item... Enabled learning of black magic. The user requires blood energy, psyche force, mana, Nen, Xian energy, or faith energy to learn. Can learn through deciphering the words or through God. Learning costs 1000 points... User holding onto this book in the movie will be able to use the spells in the book."
Zheng was standing there in a daze. He had received God's notification and they totally shocked him.
Enhancements were expensive, and learning skills were even more expensive. His Red Flame spell was one of the lowest tiered spell for vampires but it still cost him a rank C reward and 2000 points. Compared to enhancements, skills were more effective in combats.
"How's it?" Jie ran over to him when he saw Zheng in a daze.
Zheng didn't know what to say and just laughed. "Shit... we hit the lottery... This book is so thick, don't know how many skills it has. And they're also black magic, spells that should be aimed at killing. Haha..."
Everyone came up to him. O'Connell and the characters were confused but also came up. The two Americans packed their gold then carried the American that was injured by the mummy away on horses.
Zheng let everyone touch the book. All the veterans looked shocked while the newbies thought they were making a big deal out of nothing. Honglu asked. "Is it expensive to learn spells?"
Zheng nodded. "Very expensive. Not only spells but anything that can improve your combat abilities instantly is expensive... It takes both a large amount of points and also ranked rewards. This book is equivalent to a high power level. Once we can use the spells within it, we can instantly improve our team by several folds!"
Honglu touched the book with curiosity then he crouched down to play with the sand.
"Those blood energy, psyche force, mana... what are they?" He asked.
Zheng answered. "I don't know about the others but blood energy came with my vampire enhancement. It's highly corrosive and difficult to use. Blood spells are also very expensive..."
Honglu sighed. "I think I get it... This book is a double edged sword, at least for now. Possessing it means danger... First, Imhotep will chase us to get back the book. Second..."
"Do you think team India knows of its existence? Even though it belonged to the movie world but you get a notification once you touch it. Judging by the value of the book, team India would want to get their hands on it no matter what. They're very likely to go all out on us..."
The others looked at him in confusion. Jie asked. "Aren't we going to fight them already? We have to kill one of their member anyway, otherwise most of our team will be erased at the end."
"There are many ways to fight. Like snipe, ambush, set traps, hit and run... but if they know of the secrets of the book already then they will probably monitor the movie characters. Once they found out that the book is gone, they can figure out we have the book. We won't be able to ambush them anymore. And there's one more thing I am worried about..."
Honglu pulled another hair and said with a bitter smile. "... If you can learn black magic from the Book of the Dead, then... what about the Book of Amun-Ra? What spells can you learn from the golden book? I think it should be on the same level as this one. If team India knows of the secrets of these two books already, I can only think of two possibilities. 1. They plan to ambush us in Cairo then follow the original plot to eliminate Imhotep and obtain these two books. 2. They ambush us in Cairo and take our book then come back here to find the Book of Amun-Ra. This is is what I am worried about the most... do they have the same mission as us?"
Honglu stood up and clapped his hands. "Our mission is to eliminate Imhotep. What if their mission is to protect him or... kill the main characters of the movie? They might be able to force this movie to end before we can kill one of them. What should we do at that point when most people has negative points?"
Chapter 5-2
Once Zheng and Zero exited the tomb, he instinctively raised his gun, because there were several dozen men in black pointing their guns at the two of them. His team, O'Connell, and the Americans were all under their control.
O'Connell laughed. "See, I told you I already killed the mummy. You are making a fuss about nothing!"
Zheng sighed and said. "No, the mummy is not dead. He's a monster, normal bullets are useless against him. No, all types of bullets should be useless against him."
No one aside from the players knew what he was saying. The leader of the men in black, a man with a tattoo on his face, said. "All of you leave this place at once! Don't ever come back... This is the city of the dead. If you come back again, I don't mind making you dead!" Then he led his group down into the tomb.
To be honest, after what they just experienced, no one wanted to stay here. So they went back to their camp quietly and packed their stuff. Then left on their horses and camels.
The players followed at the back of the group. It wasn't until now that they had a chance to look at their watch. Usually once the plot started moving forward, their restrictions would also disappear. And of course they were no longer restricted by distance when they look at their watch.
Zheng said. "Now that we are not restricted by distance, what should be do next? Wait here for team India? Since we are more familiar with this place... or follow O'Connell and go along with the original plot? Honglu, do you have any suggestion?"
Honglu was riding on a camel in the center of the group. He replied calmly. "No, I don't have any good suggestion, but I have two questions... 1. What is team India's mission? Eliminate Imhotep or something else?"
"2. Does team India also know of the special effect of the Book of the Dead and want to obtain it?"
Zheng was confused. "What do you mean by special effect?"
Tengyi said with a little embarrassment. "When I came out from the tomb, I picked up the book and took a look. The moment I touched the book, I received a notification from God about obtaining a quest item... It said I can learn black magic. If I know hieroglyphs then it won't cost any points, otherwise every spell costs 1000 points. But I must return to God's dimension to learn it..."
They all looked at Tengyi in surprise. Then Honglu said. "Even though I don't know the reason but we can also use Book of the Dead. Oh, does it take a lot of points to learn a spell in God's dimension?"
Lan replied. "Not only points but also lots of ranked rewards. Like I have two simple spells that can increase your stats temporarily, yet it took me several thousand points and rank D rewards. Offensive spells will need rank C or even B rewards to learn. Only 1000 points for one..."
Tengyi said humbly. "I'm sorry... I can read hieroglyphs."
Everyone fell into a silence then after a minute Zheng, Zero and Jie pulled out their guns, Yinkong also took out her dagger. They controlled their camels to run over to the Americans... The Book of the Dead was currently in the hands of the professor.
The Americans didn't notice the group until Zheng moved in front of them and blocked their way. That was when they saw the guns in shock.
"Hey, bro, this isn't funny..." One of the Americans shouted.
Zheng sprayed at the ground in front of them and they stopped their horses. Everyone aside from the professor also put up their hands... They had seen the power of these guns, which were enough to tear them apart at such close distance.
Zheng said in a calm voice. "I don't want to say much. Hand me the Book of the Dead. It isn't useful to you... And the mummy will come after you if you have it. I think you don't want to see that monster anymore right? Give me the Book of the Dead... I can give you gold in exchange."
The Americans were giving each other signs, preparing to take out their guns at any moment. The professor held onto the book tightly, and stared at Zheng.
Once they heard the word 'gold', the Americans' eyes lit up. "Gold... how much gold?"
O'Connell and the other characters also came over to the Americans, but Zheng ignored them. He took out a gold bar from the ring and said. "Ten gold bars like this just for a book. Do you think it's worth it?" Then he threw the gold over.
An American catched the gold bar anxiously. It felt heavy as he held it. It was real gold, several fingers thick.
He pinched it then bit it with his teeth then said to his partner. "Real, it's real... this is a real gold bar!"
The other American also took over the gold and did the same thing then he looked at Zheng with greed. "Ten... fifteen gold bars! Give me fifteen gold bars then we have a deal!"
"Ok, fifteen!"
Zheng didn't care. He took out another gold bar from the ring and as he was going to take out another one, an American suddenly pulled out his gun. However he didn't point it at Zheng but instead he shot the professor at once. Then the American grabbed the book from the professor's hand.
The Book of the Dead was stained with blood...
O'Connell laughed. "See, I told you I already killed the mummy. You are making a fuss about nothing!"
Zheng sighed and said. "No, the mummy is not dead. He's a monster, normal bullets are useless against him. No, all types of bullets should be useless against him."
No one aside from the players knew what he was saying. The leader of the men in black, a man with a tattoo on his face, said. "All of you leave this place at once! Don't ever come back... This is the city of the dead. If you come back again, I don't mind making you dead!" Then he led his group down into the tomb.
To be honest, after what they just experienced, no one wanted to stay here. So they went back to their camp quietly and packed their stuff. Then left on their horses and camels.
The players followed at the back of the group. It wasn't until now that they had a chance to look at their watch. Usually once the plot started moving forward, their restrictions would also disappear. And of course they were no longer restricted by distance when they look at their watch.
Zheng said. "Now that we are not restricted by distance, what should be do next? Wait here for team India? Since we are more familiar with this place... or follow O'Connell and go along with the original plot? Honglu, do you have any suggestion?"
Honglu was riding on a camel in the center of the group. He replied calmly. "No, I don't have any good suggestion, but I have two questions... 1. What is team India's mission? Eliminate Imhotep or something else?"
"2. Does team India also know of the special effect of the Book of the Dead and want to obtain it?"
Zheng was confused. "What do you mean by special effect?"
Tengyi said with a little embarrassment. "When I came out from the tomb, I picked up the book and took a look. The moment I touched the book, I received a notification from God about obtaining a quest item... It said I can learn black magic. If I know hieroglyphs then it won't cost any points, otherwise every spell costs 1000 points. But I must return to God's dimension to learn it..."
They all looked at Tengyi in surprise. Then Honglu said. "Even though I don't know the reason but we can also use Book of the Dead. Oh, does it take a lot of points to learn a spell in God's dimension?"
Lan replied. "Not only points but also lots of ranked rewards. Like I have two simple spells that can increase your stats temporarily, yet it took me several thousand points and rank D rewards. Offensive spells will need rank C or even B rewards to learn. Only 1000 points for one..."
Tengyi said humbly. "I'm sorry... I can read hieroglyphs."
Everyone fell into a silence then after a minute Zheng, Zero and Jie pulled out their guns, Yinkong also took out her dagger. They controlled their camels to run over to the Americans... The Book of the Dead was currently in the hands of the professor.
The Americans didn't notice the group until Zheng moved in front of them and blocked their way. That was when they saw the guns in shock.
"Hey, bro, this isn't funny..." One of the Americans shouted.
Zheng sprayed at the ground in front of them and they stopped their horses. Everyone aside from the professor also put up their hands... They had seen the power of these guns, which were enough to tear them apart at such close distance.
Zheng said in a calm voice. "I don't want to say much. Hand me the Book of the Dead. It isn't useful to you... And the mummy will come after you if you have it. I think you don't want to see that monster anymore right? Give me the Book of the Dead... I can give you gold in exchange."
The Americans were giving each other signs, preparing to take out their guns at any moment. The professor held onto the book tightly, and stared at Zheng.
Once they heard the word 'gold', the Americans' eyes lit up. "Gold... how much gold?"
O'Connell and the other characters also came over to the Americans, but Zheng ignored them. He took out a gold bar from the ring and said. "Ten gold bars like this just for a book. Do you think it's worth it?" Then he threw the gold over.
An American catched the gold bar anxiously. It felt heavy as he held it. It was real gold, several fingers thick.
He pinched it then bit it with his teeth then said to his partner. "Real, it's real... this is a real gold bar!"
The other American also took over the gold and did the same thing then he looked at Zheng with greed. "Ten... fifteen gold bars! Give me fifteen gold bars then we have a deal!"
"Ok, fifteen!"
Zheng didn't care. He took out another gold bar from the ring and as he was going to take out another one, an American suddenly pulled out his gun. However he didn't point it at Zheng but instead he shot the professor at once. Then the American grabbed the book from the professor's hand.
The Book of the Dead was stained with blood...
Chapter 5-1
5(1/3)
After the scarabs ran past them, Zheng released his fingers and jumped down. Zhuiyu began to cry when she reached the ground and cursed this place and all the men as she cried. When Zheng sighed and walked deeper into the tomb she followed him while still crying.
"... All men are assholes, always walk away after toying with women. That stupid director, those stupid rich people are all dogs. I just have to lift my skirt to satisfy you and you will..."
Zheng turned around and slapped her on the face, knocking her to the ground and silencing the complains. He said to her in a cold tone. "I don't care what depressed you in the real world! But this is the world of horror movies! Stop talking full of complains, the one that just saved you is a man!"
Zhuiyu dazed for a moment. She spat out a tooth then jumped at Zheng while crying. "So what if I am talking about men? How dare you hit me! Do you believe that I will kill myself right now and drag you all along with me!"
"Fine!" Zheng took out his gun from the ring and pointed it at her head. "You want to die right? Just say it and I will help you! Don't fucking think I am joking with you. You think we come here to play? Become strong then go back to the real world? Fuck, if you are not determined to live and just keep complaining, if I were you I will just kill myself! Say it, do you want to die?"
Zhuiyu was scared for real this time. She couldn't say a word and tears just kept falling down. Then she said with a trembling voice. "No... I don't want to die. Don't kill me. Please don't kill me!"
Zheng put his gun back then glanced at her. "Don't think of yourself so precious once you entered this world. There is only one rule to all living beings here. That is to live... Follow close to me unless you want to be sucked dry by the mummy."
Zhuiyu behaved herself afterward but her eyes were filled with hatred staring at Zheng who was running in front.
After running for a while, they heard a cry around the corner. A woman's scream followed it shortly after. It was Evelyn's voice.
Zheng thought 'shit'. He could tell what was happening there. Evelyn encountered Imhotep while he was still in his mummy form. Zheng ran toward their direction.
After they made the turn, they saw Evelyn looking into the deeper part of the path in fear. On the opposite side of her, O'Connell just came out from around the corner with the Americans and the other players.
O'Connell saw Evelyn then ran over and grabbed her. "Hurry, what are you waiting here for? There are a lot of bugs behind... wah!"
They all ran over to Evelyn then followed her vision. What they saw scared all of them.
A mummy with rotting flesh and many parts were just bones left. This mummy still had eyes but those eyes were filled with blood vessels, looking at all the people in front of him. Then he opened his mouth and shouted.
O'Connell and everyone else were dazed then he also began shouting and pulled the trigger on his rifle. Zheng and the others also began firing their guns. The mummy got shot to the ground.
After shooting the mummy away, O'Connell grabbed Evelyn and began running away. Zheng said to his team in a hurry. "Jie, bring them outside. Zero, stay with me to check on the mummy's wounds... We used magical bullets just now."
The mummy was shattered on the ground. Zheng and Zero looked at him and saw that he was quickly recovering the parts shattered by O'Connell's gun, just like a body made of sand. While the wounds that were caused by the magical bullets were still there. It wasn't until after the bullet fell out of the wound before it slowly recovered.
"It's not effective... And this is when he is still at his weakest form. After he sucked the Americans dry then he will have enough power to summon sandstorms. Then the magical bullets would become even less effective... Aye, tea India probably get used to the environment by now also." Zheng said.
Zero fired a few more rounds at the mummy then said. "Let's leave this place first. We probably can't kill him until we get the Book of Amun-Ra... Let's think about team India first. Are they strong?"
Zheng fired at the mummy again then turned around and began to run back the way he came. "Yes, very strong... And they didn't come to Hamunaptra like we planned. I can sense that they were getting farther and farther away. I don't know if they are waiting to ambush us in the front. Haha, Zero, do you believe that I can lead everyone back alive?"
"Nope." Zero was running behind him and answered calmly. "We won't be able to all live. Someone will definitely die... but I believe that you will keep leading us, at least you won't abandon anyone and run away alone."
"Is that so? Haha, that's disappointing... Then, let me continue to lead you guys. No matter if we live or die, I will not abandon my comrades!"
The mummy shouted again behind the two of them...
After the scarabs ran past them, Zheng released his fingers and jumped down. Zhuiyu began to cry when she reached the ground and cursed this place and all the men as she cried. When Zheng sighed and walked deeper into the tomb she followed him while still crying.
"... All men are assholes, always walk away after toying with women. That stupid director, those stupid rich people are all dogs. I just have to lift my skirt to satisfy you and you will..."
Zheng turned around and slapped her on the face, knocking her to the ground and silencing the complains. He said to her in a cold tone. "I don't care what depressed you in the real world! But this is the world of horror movies! Stop talking full of complains, the one that just saved you is a man!"
Zhuiyu dazed for a moment. She spat out a tooth then jumped at Zheng while crying. "So what if I am talking about men? How dare you hit me! Do you believe that I will kill myself right now and drag you all along with me!"
"Fine!" Zheng took out his gun from the ring and pointed it at her head. "You want to die right? Just say it and I will help you! Don't fucking think I am joking with you. You think we come here to play? Become strong then go back to the real world? Fuck, if you are not determined to live and just keep complaining, if I were you I will just kill myself! Say it, do you want to die?"
Zhuiyu was scared for real this time. She couldn't say a word and tears just kept falling down. Then she said with a trembling voice. "No... I don't want to die. Don't kill me. Please don't kill me!"
Zheng put his gun back then glanced at her. "Don't think of yourself so precious once you entered this world. There is only one rule to all living beings here. That is to live... Follow close to me unless you want to be sucked dry by the mummy."
Zhuiyu behaved herself afterward but her eyes were filled with hatred staring at Zheng who was running in front.
After running for a while, they heard a cry around the corner. A woman's scream followed it shortly after. It was Evelyn's voice.
Zheng thought 'shit'. He could tell what was happening there. Evelyn encountered Imhotep while he was still in his mummy form. Zheng ran toward their direction.
After they made the turn, they saw Evelyn looking into the deeper part of the path in fear. On the opposite side of her, O'Connell just came out from around the corner with the Americans and the other players.
O'Connell saw Evelyn then ran over and grabbed her. "Hurry, what are you waiting here for? There are a lot of bugs behind... wah!"
They all ran over to Evelyn then followed her vision. What they saw scared all of them.
A mummy with rotting flesh and many parts were just bones left. This mummy still had eyes but those eyes were filled with blood vessels, looking at all the people in front of him. Then he opened his mouth and shouted.
O'Connell and everyone else were dazed then he also began shouting and pulled the trigger on his rifle. Zheng and the others also began firing their guns. The mummy got shot to the ground.
After shooting the mummy away, O'Connell grabbed Evelyn and began running away. Zheng said to his team in a hurry. "Jie, bring them outside. Zero, stay with me to check on the mummy's wounds... We used magical bullets just now."
The mummy was shattered on the ground. Zheng and Zero looked at him and saw that he was quickly recovering the parts shattered by O'Connell's gun, just like a body made of sand. While the wounds that were caused by the magical bullets were still there. It wasn't until after the bullet fell out of the wound before it slowly recovered.
"It's not effective... And this is when he is still at his weakest form. After he sucked the Americans dry then he will have enough power to summon sandstorms. Then the magical bullets would become even less effective... Aye, tea India probably get used to the environment by now also." Zheng said.
Zero fired a few more rounds at the mummy then said. "Let's leave this place first. We probably can't kill him until we get the Book of Amun-Ra... Let's think about team India first. Are they strong?"
Zheng fired at the mummy again then turned around and began to run back the way he came. "Yes, very strong... And they didn't come to Hamunaptra like we planned. I can sense that they were getting farther and farther away. I don't know if they are waiting to ambush us in the front. Haha, Zero, do you believe that I can lead everyone back alive?"
"Nope." Zero was running behind him and answered calmly. "We won't be able to all live. Someone will definitely die... but I believe that you will keep leading us, at least you won't abandon anyone and run away alone."
"Is that so? Haha, that's disappointing... Then, let me continue to lead you guys. No matter if we live or die, I will not abandon my comrades!"
The mummy shouted again behind the two of them...
Chapter 4-3
This was their first time entering the underground tomb. Everyone was running in panic. The players were separated during the running and by the time people calmed down there were only Zheng, Zero, Jie, Heng, Tengyi, and Zhuiyu left. The others ran into another path.
The tomb was pitch black and filled with a rotting smell. Fortunately Heng picked up a torch before he entered the tomb. Otherwise it would be difficult to even take a step.
Even so, Zhuiyu still said with dissatisfaction. "Ew, smells so disgusting. Even worse than the last time I had to film in an old temple."
The men ignored her. Zero asked. "Zheng, did you see the other team just then? How many people do they have?"
Zheng said with a bitter smile. "I didn't get a clear look. It was too far and dark... But the other team should be very strong. They threw a rock at me from that distance and I had to block it with my knife."
He held out his hand and you could see a rupture on his hand between the thumb and index finger. Although it didn't seen like a big deal but to be able to rupture Zheng with an enhanced body would require such power. Because even blocking a bullet would not had caused this.
Zheng shook his head. "I don't think they threw that rock. It would take someone that has at least ten times a normal person's strength. Furthermore it requires accuracy as good as Zero's... That was probably a magical skill, or some sci fi weapon. But I can't think of any weapon that uses rocks as bullets."
They suddenly heard a scream as they were talking. Everyone took a look at each other then pulled out their guns. Zheng, Zero, Jie, and Tengyi also swapped in the magical bullets. Heng and Zhuiyu followed closely behind them and ran toward origin of the scream.
At the same time, eleven people stood on top of a hill ten thousand meters away from Hamunaptra. A few of them were wearing typical long robes for the desert while the others were wearing monk clothes.
"Deserts are so much better, even though they don't have the smell of the dead sea but being able to touch the sands is a bless... Haha, the sea in Deep Rising can go to hell and that octopus also." A black, muscular giant man laughed.
Standing in front of him was a young monk. "Minima, how is the 80 Percentage Power enhancement from Younger Toguro? Even though it's one of the cheapest tier B enhancements but it should be quite powerful when combined with your fighting style. Did that rock hit the target?"
The giant laughed. "Yup, not bad. The power is almost terrifying. If we just kill a few more people and get my reaction speed up to par when we go back, then... Haha, I won't be scared anymore even if I have to go face to face with an Alien."
The monk laughed. He looked toward Hamunaptra and said. "... Be careful of that man. The throw had enough force and Lamu's psyche power [^1] gave you the accuracy. Yet that man was still able to block the rock and avoided any damage from the fall. He's probably one of the strongest in that new team. If they have three people as strong as him... Then let's treat them as having equal power, keep a distance until the movie ends... Shanaia, how is the three newbies doing?"
A woman with white skin and dressed in typical Indian woman's clothes said respectfully. "Leader, the three newbies have been hypnotized. Arot is checking their potentials."
The monk looked behind him. There was a blonde European man in a white lab coat holding on to the chins of two men and a woman. After a minute, he said. "Leader, these three newbies are horrible, but one of them has an ok brain, probably worked in an office in the real world."
The monk moved his vision back to Hamunaptra and muttered. "Then undo his hypnosis when we go back to God's dimension. If he has no use then make him into a fodder like the other two. My summoning creature is about to level up..."
Shanaia said. "Leader, what should we do now? Go into the tomb to fight them or get in contact like usual?"
He thought for a moment. "No, Team China has just awoken. We don't know their power level and they probably don't know the conventions when encountering other teams. If we get in touch with them we may get attacked first... The plot is at unleashing the boss of this movie. We will go to Cairo first and find a chance to get in touch with them to make agreements... or wipe them!"
Zheng was moving deeper into the tomb. They've been hearing the sounds of countless little things moving on the ground ever since that first scream. As they moved deeper in, the sounds were getting louder.
Right as they made another turn, they saw O'Connell, Jonathan, and several Americans running toward them. O'Connell shouted. "Run, there are a lot behind!"
(A lot? A lot what?) Zheng and the others looked beyond them and suddenly lost the desire to ask. There were countless scarabs chasing after them. One of the guides suddenly fell to the ground and the scarabs immediately entered his body. It only took a few seconds before he was fully covered in a thick layer of scarabs. When he appeared again, he had became a skeleton.
Zheng's group of six began to run at full speed along with O'Connell. The skeleton behind them was horrifying. It was indescribable how it feels to get eaten alive.
Zheng, Zero, and Jie were running the fastest. They quickly passed by O'Connell's group then suddenly they heard someone tripped. Their hearts stopped for a moment. Zheng turned his head to look behind with panic and saw the movie star Zhuiyu was on the ground. The scarabs were just one meter away from her.
"You guys run!"
Zheng was getting so anxious that his eyes turned bloody red. Every team member that died was negative 2000 points. They couldn't afford any losses now. As Zhuiyu was about to get eaten, he overcame his fears and sprinted toward her.
He picked her up with a hand then jumped as hard as he can while his other hand grabbed onto a rock on the ceiling. He and Zhuiyu just hanged there in midair. The scarabs ran passed them from just ten centimeters below.
Just then another woman's scream echoed through the tomb.
P.S. If anyone's familiar with Indian names, you can suggest more authentic names with similar pronunciation for team India.
[^1]: 念力 - psyche power. subject to change.
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