As the swarm of scarabs gradually receded, Zheng Zha finally loosened his fingers and dropped down. Only when Qin Zhuiyu hit the ground did she finally burst into loud sobs. The beautiful woman cried hysterically, cursing this place and all men repeatedly as she wept, until Zheng Zha sighed and walked deeper into the diverging path, at which point Qin Zhuiyu tearfully followed him.

“... All you men are no good; you discard women after you’re done with them. What a load of crap about directors, what a load of crap about rich men—all of you are drooling dogs. As long as I lift my skirt to satisfy you, you’ll just like…” “Slap!” Zheng Zha suddenly turned and delivered a fierce slap, knocking the great beauty to the ground. The incessant cursing immediately stopped. He spoke coldly, “I don’t care what you’re depressed about in the real world! Or what disappointment in reality has led you here! But this is the horror film world! Stop spewing dog shit out of your mouth; the one who saved you is a man!” Qin Zhuiyu was stunned by the blow. She spat out a tooth, then started crying and lashing out at Zheng Zha: “I knew it, all men are the same! So what? You dare hit me! Do you believe I’ll kill myself right now so that all of you have to die with me?” “Fine by me!” Zheng Zha suddenly pulled the submachine gun out of his storage ring, aiming the muzzle directly at Qin Zhuiyu’s forehead: “You want to die, right? Say the word, and I’ll grant your wish immediately! Don’t you think I’m joking with you. Do you think this world is just some easy place to run into for fun? To travel around? And then get stronger and return to reality? Go to hell. If you don’t have the will to survive, and you only complain and whine, if it were me, I’d rather just commit suicide!” Qin Zhuiyu was truly terrified this time. She dared not make a sound, only tears streaming constantly from her beautiful eyes. Faintly, Zheng Zha thought he smelled urine; the beautiful woman stammered tremulously, “No… I don’t want to die. Don’t kill me, please don’t kill me!” Zheng Zha retracted the submachine gun and gave her a cold look: “Now that you’ve entered this world, stop thinking you’re so precious. Here, there’s only one rule for all life: fight desperately to live on… Follow me closely, unless you want to be drained dry by a mummy.”

This finally made Qin Zhuiyu obedient, though vicious glints continually flashed in her eyes as she stared intently at Zheng Zha, who was moving ahead of her.

The two ran for an unknown time when suddenly, a gasp echoed from around a bend. Both their hearts chilled, wondering if they had run into those damned scarabs again. However, accompanying the gasp was a woman’s scream—it was Eve’s voice.

Zheng Zha inwardly cursed, already having a rough idea of what was happening: Eve had encountered Imhotep, the undead priest, still in his mummy state. Knowing this, he didn't slow down, continuing to run toward the source of the sound.

They passed the bend just in time to see Eve staring in horror into the alley depths. On Eve’s other side, O’Connell and the others were emerging from another turn. Following O’Connell were the Americans and the five members of the Zero Point team; it seemed they had all wandered into the same branching path.

O’Connell spotted Eve and rushed to her side, grabbing her: “Hurry up and move! What are you doing standing here? There are so many bugs behind us… Whoa!” The others also caught up to Eve, following her gaze into the alley, and then everyone was startled back a step.

A mummy—not just one, but a figure of rotting flesh with bones exposed in many places—stood there. This mummy shockingly still possessed eyeballs; the exposed globes were bloodshot, constantly scanning the crowd before it before opening its mouth and letting out a loud shriek.

O’Connell, like those around him, was momentarily stunned, then he roared back while pulling the trigger on his rifle. With a sharp crack, the mummy was knocked to the ground. Simultaneously, Zheng Zha and the others also fired, their gunshots ringing out in rapid succession—pa-pa-pa.

The mummy was blasted nearly ten meters away. O’Connell pulled Eve along and started running out, but Zheng Zha quickly turned to Zero Point and the others: “Zhang Jie, you lead them out first. Zero Point, stay here and help me examine the mummy’s wounds… We used Spirit Bullets just now, remember.”

The shattered mummy lay on the ground. Zheng Zha and Zero Point looked at it together. The spot O’Connell had blasted was rapidly reforming, as if sand were turning back into flesh, but the bullet holes from the Spirit Bullets fired by Zheng Zha’s group remained. Only when the black Spirit Bullets dropped out of the holes did the wounds begin to slowly mend.

“It has an effect, but it’s not significant… And his magical power is at its weakest now. After he drains a few Americans, his power will be enough to kick up a sandstorm, and the threat from Spirit Bullets will certainly be smaller then… Sigh, and the Indian Continent team must have adapted to their surroundings by now?” Zheng Zha said with a wry smile.

Zero Point pulled the trigger on the mummy again, firing several rounds before saying, “Let’s leave here first. We probably can’t kill him before we find the Golden Rebirth Scripture… How about the threat from the Indian Continent team first? Are they very strong?” Zheng Zha fired another burst at the mummy, then turned and ran back the way they came, saying as he ran, “Yes, incredibly strong… And they didn't come to the Battlefield of the City of the Dead we planned for. I can clearly sense them getting further and further away from here. I wonder if they’re waiting ahead to snipe us, haha. Zero Point, do you believe I can lead everyone to survive together?” “No, I don’t.”

Zero Point ran behind him and replied flatly, “It’s impossible for all of us to survive; someone will definitely die… But I believe you will always lead us, at least you won’t abandon your comrades and flee alone. I am absolutely firm on that point!” “Is that so? Hahahaha, that is truly disheartening… Then, let me continue leading everyone. Whether in life or death, at the very least, I will absolutely not abandon my comrades!” Behind the two, the mummy’s roar echoed once more… Jump to