Wanjie Hotel: Iron Man is not allowed to charge

Chapter 249 The Book of the Dead, The Book of the Sun, Locust Plague, Scarab Tide (8K views, please vote)
"Then let's set off."

Wen Ming casually waved his hand, and the Somersault Cloud descended from the sky. Evelyn looked at the cloud in front of her in surprise, as well as 2B and A2 standing on it: "This is, a cloud?"

"You can call it the Somersault Cloud; it's a flying machine."

Do you want to bring some changes of clothes? Even though we'll be back soon.

"Ah, yes, of course I need to pack my luggage and bring some books, otherwise deciphering the City of the Dead will be quite troublesome."

Evelyn turned and ran happily into the museum, while Jonathan moved closer to Wen Ming, squinting at him: "I'm warning you, stay away from my sister... ah, closer, even closer!"

A gold bar was shoved into Jonathan's hand, and Jonathan's face immediately lit up with a smile. He was about to say something, but then he felt bad for his sister, so he quickly stopped smiling and said, "I don't object, but you can't... wait, wait a minute!"

Another gold bar was tossed into Jonathan's arms. He caught it hastily, beaming from ear to ear, and exclaimed excitedly, "I approve of your marriage..."

"This is your reward, and I'm giving it to you so that you'll keep a clean slate once you're inside Hamunaptra and don't steal anything, lest you attract the mummies or scarabs or something."

Wen Ming looked at him strangely: "What were you trying to say just now?"

Jonathan immediately objected: "Don't slander me, I'm definitely not that kind of person... Oh, there's more? You're so generous."

When the third gold bar was taken out, Jonathan felt his bones melt. He patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I definitely won't do anything reckless."

"If you can do that, I don't mind taking you elsewhere to find more wealth."

Although Jonathan is a bit greedy, he is not a bad person and loves his sister very much. In addition, he has a high luck factor, so Wen Ming really hopes to add a fun person to the hotel.

However, he sometimes has dirty tricks up his sleeve and needs to be properly disciplined, otherwise he'll definitely get beaten up by others when he enters the hotel and will cause trouble for everyone during missions.

"Other places? More wealth?"

Jonathan's eyes suddenly lit up: "How much wealth?"

"What I'm giving you today is just pocket money."

Wen Ming casually tossed out another gold bar, and Jonathan suddenly perked up: "From now on, you're my boss. Oh, by the way, what's your name again?"

"Oh, it's not important. Can I call you brother-in-law?"

……

"I don't know your name yet."

Sitting on the somersault cloud, Evelyn felt like she was dreaming.

She had seen airplanes before, but what about sitting on a cloud?
Who would dare to think this?

Could he be an ancient god?

Jonathan was even more astonished. What kind of aircraft was this? It was too amazing!
How much is this worth?

You can call me Wen Ming.

Wen Ming pointed down: "We've arrived."

"arrive?"

Jonathan and Evelyn looked down in disbelief and saw a city faintly emerging from the rising heat.

"This is way too fast! We...we just got here!"

The brother and sister felt like they were dreaming; Hamunaptrata, as shown on the map, was anything but close.

"Let's go, finish early so I can take you back to the museum for dinner."

"Ah good."

Evelyn felt dizzy; everything that had happened today was truly amazing.

And it won't delay me from going back for dinner?
Do you think digging is that simple?
……

"Yes, it's that simple!"

Seeing Evelyn's surprise, Wen Ming chuckled and led them to follow behind the Yuan Serpent, quickly arriving inside the City of the Dead.

Evelyn felt she had received too much information today and was a little overwhelmed: "They, I mean those few, are machines?"
My God, machines can walk? They can talk? They can even help me excavate the pyramids?!

"To be precise, the four of them, including Yuan She, are mechanical lifeforms, 2B and A2 are artificial lifeforms, Gwen is a human mutation, and well, none of us are considered normal humans."

Wen Ming did not hide the differences between the individuals, but instead introduced them to the librarian of the history museum who lived in 1926.

"Am I dreaming? I don't understand what you're saying. Artificial life? Are you God?"

Evelyn stared at 2B and A2, who looked exactly like real people, and felt that the man in front of her was deceiving her: "Where's Melina? Is she also an artificial life form?"

"No, she's just an ordinary person, well, an ordinary person who's been enhanced."

Wen Ming knew that these researchers were very curious, so after patiently answering their questions for a while, he said, "I know you have many questions, and I can answer them all for you. But we need to dig out the Book of the Dead and the Book of the Sun first. Oh, great, thank you, Yuan She."

As the two were talking, Yuan She had already dug out a large box, which was the very box that contained the "Book of the Dead".

As for the concentrated acid in the wall, it did not harm the Yuan Snake, which was already on guard.

Upon seeing the box, Evelyn no longer cared about robots, Transformers, or artificial life forms. She excitedly began to decipher the inscription, but Wen Ming simply put it into his storage ring.

"What? What did I just see? Magic? Where's the box?"

Evelyn and Jonathan stared in disbelief, thinking they were hallucinating.

Jonathan immediately roared in fury, "You don't want to take all of the Pharaoh's wealth for yourself, do you? I'm warning you, I'm trained, I'm not afraid of any robots or androids like you."

"I'm sorry, we can't let you read the text yet. We need to find the Book of the Sun and Imhotep's mummy before we can take the contents out."

Evelyn was somewhat disappointed, but she nodded understandingly, after all, Wen Ming was the sugar daddy, and he had already paid the brother and sister their dues.

Along the way, Jonathan would occasionally take out four gold bars, which made her realize that Wen Ming and these mysterious people were definitely not here to dig up the mummies for the purpose of selling their bodies.

While mummies are valuable on the black market, they're not enough to warrant him offering five gold bars as payment.

"Boss, I have accomplished my mission."

I found the Golden Book of the Sun inside the statue of the sun god.

2B and A2 walked in carrying a large, glittering book. Jonathan's eyes lit up with excitement. He watched as Wen Ming cast his magic again and made the Book of the Sun disappear. He couldn't help but swallow hard.

"I said, is it made of gold?"

"Most likely," Wen Ming said with a smile.

"Oh? Can I touch it?"

Jonathan swallowed even faster. Wen Ming laughed and said, "When we get back to the hotel, I'll let you touch me as much as you want."

"Hotel? Why go back to the hotel?"

Jonathan didn't react for a moment, but Wen Ming didn't intend to explain further. Instead, he said, "The last target, which is also the Imhotep mummy we're going to dig up this time, might require some luck from you, Jonathan."

"My luck?"

Jonathan pointed to himself with some confusion: "I know I've always been very lucky."

"Yes, so I feel you need a golf club and a golf ball."

Jonathan and Evelyn were both puzzled when Wen Ming handed them the golf club and golf ball, and Gwen also felt it was very strange.

Why do we need golf clubs and golf balls?
Jonathan took the club and ball, tossed the ball onto the sand, casually swung the club, and then blasted the golf ball away: "You don't expect me to play golf inside the pyramids, do you? Let me tell you, I'm the golf ball of Great Britain... Wow?"

With a loud thud, a huge coffin fell from the sky. A2 reacted quickly and caught the massive stone coffin with his hand.

"Are robots that powerful?"

Jonathan and Evelyn stared wide-eyed. They simply couldn't imagine how such a delicate little girl like A2 could lift a stone coffin weighing over a thousand pounds with one hand.

Jonathan even forgot to ask himself how he had opened the mechanism of the mummy's sarcophagus with that blow.

Anyway, I often encounter all sorts of coincidences, so this isn't that unusual... right?

"I apologize for my rudeness just now. I shouldn't have raised my voice at you."

At this moment, Jonathan was more obedient than ever before.

"Alright, all our targets... Oh right, Gold, Yuanbao, is Gold all packed up?"

Wen Ming ignored Jonathan; he knew this money-grubber needed to be disciplined.

"Of course, everything will be packaged together without any contact, ensuring that it won't trigger any strange curses or attract any weird scarabs or mummies."

"Then let's go, beautiful Ms. Evelyn. It seems we haven't kept you from going back to the museum for dinner."

Wen Ming looked at Evelyn, who was still in shock. Evelyn nodded unconsciously. Watching Wen Ming use magic again to make Imhotep's mummy disappear, her curiosity and desire to explore the mysterious power made her unconsciously follow Wen Ming outside.

I must find out about these mysterious forces!
"Buzzing—"

Just as Wen Ming put Imhotep's mummy coffin into his spatial ring, a buzzing sound suddenly rang out in the air.

2B and A2 warily blocked Wen Ming's path: "Boss, there are many life forms approaching, but their combat power is not high."

Melina immediately assumed a fighting stance. Gwen, facing this situation for the first time, was both eager to try and somewhat afraid of the unknown.

Just then, a large hand suddenly reached out and pulled her back: "Hide behind me."

"Oh? Okay, thank you!"

Gwen felt a warmth in her heart as she looked at Wenming's broad back, a sense of security welling up within her.

He has always been careful to protect me.

Evelyn also felt a sense of security.

She hadn't expected Wen Ming's first reaction to be to protect her, which made her feel a little uneasy.

"Melina, you hide behind me too."

Wen Ming tugged at Melina, but Melina stood in front of Wen Ming with her head held high: "How can a boss protect his employees?"

"obedient."

Wen Ming's voice was somewhat stern, but Melina pretended not to hear him, so Wen Ming had no choice but to signal Yuan Bao to protect her.

"Buzzing—"

A loud buzzing sound approached rapidly, and soon a swarm of locusts poured out of the passage, fluttering and swarming towards the group.

"We didn't resurrect Imhotep, so why did the locusts appear prematurely?"

Yuan Ying looked at the scene before him in surprise, but he immediately raised his claws and the light cannon quickly blasted towards the swarm of locusts.

"Squeaky-"

The locust swarm was hit by the light cannon, and thousands of them were instantly vaporized. Many of the locusts affected by the light cannon let out painful screams.

However, their deaths did not deter the locusts; instead, they fueled the ferocity of even more locusts, and countless locusts swarmed in even faster.

"Full fire."

Wen Ming decisively gave the order, and Yuan She and his men immediately turned up their firepower to the maximum. Laser guns, light cannons, and electromagnetic pulse rifles were used in turn, and countless locusts were burned to ashes before they could even get close.

If any insects managed to slip through, 2B and A2's two adamantium knives would instantly slice them in two.

The two knives acted like two walls of wind, blocking the locusts' advance.

Melina's electromagnetic pulse pistol never stopped, quickly filling in the gaps for Yuan She and the others.

In an instant, the entire pyramid was filled with the mournful cries of locusts.

Gwen looked at the scene before her with a mixture of fear and excitement. She wanted to go forward to help, but Wenming held her back tightly.

Evelyn felt dizzy from the sight; the overwhelming apocalyptic scene of locusts was truly terrifying.

Jonathan was so scared that he wanted to find a hole to escape to, but he found that the safest place was behind Wen Ming, so he squeezed in with his sister without hesitation.

"Wen Ming, you didn't say it would be this dangerous here."

"If you want gold, why are you afraid of danger?"

"What I mean is, we need to pay more!"

"You think too much."

……

"Swish—"

Wen Ming's keen ears picked up some strange sounds amidst the flapping of the locusts' wings, their mournful cries, and the sounds of gunfire.

Without hesitation, he shouted, "Let's go out."

Upon hearing this, Yuan She immediately turned the plasma cannon around and fired a shot at the wall next to it.

With a loud crash, a large hole was punched through the wall.

"go!"

Wenming led the way out of the large hole, followed closely by Gwen, Evelyn, and Jonathan.

As the group rushed out of the City of the Dead, they saw that the sky was covered with locusts, and that many scarabs had appeared on the ground at some unknown time.

Countless scarabs converged into a scarab swarm, as if covering the golden sand with a thick black carpet, and rapidly crawled towards Wen Ming and his companions.

These scarabs appeared out of nowhere, but each one was waving its forelimbs, determined to devour the group of people and turn them into skeletons.

"The Book of the Dead hasn't been recited yet, and Imhotep hasn't been resurrected, so how could it cause a locust plague and a scarab swarm?"

Melina was somewhat puzzled, but Yuan Ying and the others immediately increased their firepower, continuously suppressing the swarms of locusts and the ground covered with scarabs.

However, there were simply too many locusts and scarabs to kill them all.

Evelyn was so frightened by what she saw that her legs went weak. Wen Ming reacted quickly and pulled her into his arms.

Evelyn immediately felt her panicked heart find support, and her rapidly beating heart and rapid breathing all slowed down. She huddled in Wenming's arms, not daring to move, and didn't even dare to look at the locust plague and scarab swarm outside.

Even if she loved adventure, such terrifying danger was something a girl like her wouldn't dare to face.

Jonathan's legs went weak. He grabbed Wen Ming's arm with both hands and kept asking loudly, "What do we do? Wen Ming, you promised to take me to get rich! Are we going to die?"

Of the group, it was the youngest, Gwen, who was the most composed.

Although frightened, she mustered her courage and shot out spider silk at the locusts and scarabs swarming from all directions, binding them one by one. However, the scarabs were extremely ferocious, tearing at her silk frantically. Just as they were about to break through, Melina used her electromagnetic pulse rifle to fire a shot, killing them completely.

The two worked together well and quickly killed large numbers of scarabs and locusts, but there were simply too many of these insects, seemingly endless, and they could not kill them all.

Just then, the Super Girl sisters descended from the sky.

The heat rays in the sisters' eyes, like four scythes of death, quickly joined the harvesting of the locust plague and the scarab swarm.

However, it was still too slow.

To their surprise, they discovered that countless scarabs had also crawled out of the desert.

The sheer number of scarabs was enough to make anyone's scalp crawl.

"Somersault cloud!"

Seeing the critical situation, Wen Ming reached out and summoned the Somersault Cloud to his feet. He helped Evelyn and the other two up, and then casually lifted Melina, who was standing guard and firing shots nearby, up as well.

"Boss, you—"

Melina looked at Wen Ming with concern, only to see Wen Ming point to the sky, and the Somersault Cloud immediately took off and flew into the sky.

Gwen immediately exclaimed, "Wenming, come up here too!"

Evelyn looked nervously at Wen Ming, only to see him wave at them, signaling them not to worry.

The group remained on the somersault cloud, unsure of what to do.

The swarms of locusts and scarabs seemed to turn the entire world into a night of apocalypse; just looking at them made one's scalp tingle.

"Use the shrinking watch to come back to me."

Without any hesitation, Yuan She and the others rushed to Wen Ming's side, activated their shrinking watches, and skillfully hung themselves on Wen Ming's belt.

"2B, A2, you too, hurry up."

With the attack from Yuan She and the others ceasing, the pressure on 2B and A2 suddenly increased. The two originally wanted to persist, but upon hearing Wen Ming's stern tone, they dared not delay and immediately activated their shrinking watches, which were then attached to Wen Ming's belt.

"Wen Ming, we're here to help you!"

Seeing that Wen Ming was alone, the Super Girl sisters immediately wanted to land next to him, but Wen Ming waved to stop them: "Fly further away."

"Fly a little further?"

The twin sisters were completely bewildered, but they idolized Wen Ming so much that they did whatever he said and immediately flew into the sky.

However, the heat rays in the eyes of the two women did not stop, continuously vaporizing the locusts and scarabs that approached Wen Ming.

"What is he going to do?"

Gwen, Evelyn, and the others lay on the somersault cloud and looked down.

The endless locusts transformed into a massive black curtain, forming a black net that, together with the black carpet created by the scarab swarm, completely enveloped Wen Ming.

Fortunately, the heat rays from the Super Girl sisters continuously vaporized all the insects around him, otherwise Wen Ming would have been completely invisible.

Evelyn was awestruck by the epic scene as she watched Wen Ming stand alone, head held high, facing the endless black catastrophe with unwavering composure.

Gwen was also deeply moved. Even though she had become Spider-Gwen, the powerful figure who faced the apocalypse alone left a deep impression on her heart.

"Hold on tight!"

Wen Ming looked at the black sky and earth, shouted a warning, and then slammed his hands together. Immediately, a spatial rift appeared above the City of the Dead.

"That is--"

The people on the somersault cloud stared in astonishment at the scene before them.

Melina knew Wen Ming best, so she quickly explained, "That's a spatial rift that the boss opened using the quantum bracelet. On the other side is... outer space!"

"That's right, it's space!"

Gwen, the academic high-achiever, immediately saw through Wenming's intention.

As expected, as soon as the spatial rift opened, all the locusts and scarabs in the entire city of the dead flew uncontrollably toward the spatial rift.

The immense pressure difference between the vacuum of space and the interior of the planet directly triggered a violent storm.

The storm started out only one meter in size, but within a few seconds it rapidly expanded to hundreds of meters, and then to thousands of meters in size.

The hurricane formed by the storm was like a small black hole. Not to mention locusts and scarabs, even the yellow sand on the ground and the walls of the city of the dead were swept into the hurricane and then quickly sucked into space.

The people on the somersault cloud felt as if they were witnessing a miracle.

It was spectacular!

"My God, that's outer space, how could he...?"

Although Evelyn didn't know much about space, she could guess how difficult it would be to link the City of the Dead with space.

She thought Wen Ming had already impressed her enough today, but she never expected him to have such amazing abilities.

No wonder he dared to face such a terrifying locust plague and scarab swarm alone just now.

The question is, are all these aliens really that powerful?

"That was so cool!"

The shrunken Yuan Ying shouted, "Boss, you're so smart!"

Yuan Ying, Yuan Long, Yuan Bao, 2B, and A2 were all deeply moved.

The Super Girl sisters flew swiftly through the air, cheering for Wen Ming: "Wen Ming, you're amazing! You actually came up with such a clever trick. When can I learn this move?"

Wen Ming waved to them: "It's no wonder you've all watched more of the Alien movie series."

"Yes, yes, yes, this is the trick that Rip used twice in Alien 1 and Alien 4."

Yuan Ying immediately shouted loudly at Wen Ming's waist.

In just a few seconds, the entire city of the dead vanished from the planet.

Locust plague?

A scarab beetle swarm?

Let them all go on a space trip.

Wen Ming closed the spatial rift at the right moment, then waved to the Somersault Cloud, which immediately appeared at his feet.

"Phew—Wen Ming, you're really amazing."

Gwen excitedly pumped her fist: "To think you could open a spatial rift in space! I feel like with this move, any enemy facing you will have to put on a safety rope."

"Are you OK?"

Evelyn was also shocked, but her first reaction was to check if Wen Ming was injured.

Wen Ming smiled and shook his head, saying, "It's alright, I'm tough, they can't bite me."

Evelyn breathed a slight sigh of relief. Melina, who was standing to the side, saw this, her eyes flickered, but she didn't say anything.

The somersault cloud flew away quickly, and from the yellow sand below, a group of men in black on horseback quietly appeared.

They stared in astonishment at the enormous sandpit before them and the rapidly departing somersault cloud, feeling as if they were witnessing a miracle.

"How is this possible? Hamunaptra has vanished? Is that man a god?"

"Have Imhotep's mummy disappeared too? Do we still need to guard this place?"

"What was that just now? Why could it fly? Was it a magic flying carpet?"

……

The man at the head of the group had ancient characters tattooed on both cheeks. Looking at everything before him, even someone as resolute as him felt an urge to kneel down and pray in worship.

Was that man really a god?
……

In just two hours, Wen Ming was already sitting with Evelyn, Jonathan, Gwen, Melina, and the Supergirl sisters in the most luxurious restaurant outside the museum, drinking champagne.

"So, where exactly do you come from?"

Evelyn's bright green eyes were fixed on Wen Ming; she couldn't wait until after dinner to find out the answer.

Everything she experienced today completely overturned her understanding, even making her doubt whether there really is a God in this world.

Wen Ming casually ate some food, then looked at Evelyn and said, "I come from another universe."

"Other universes?"

Evelyn felt like she was listening to a myth, and then something came to mind: "The Time Machine? Doctor Moreau's Island? The Invisible Man? Star Wars?"

Wen Ming was surprised that Evelyn was so knowledgeable that she had actually read these works by the father of science fiction.

Now that the other person has seen it, it means that some things become much simpler: "You can understand it this way."

"So, you're from Mars?"

To Wen Ming's even greater surprise, Jonathan also joined the conversation.

Jonathan, seeing Wen Ming's surprised expression, immediately became displeased: "Don't underestimate me, okay? I am also a highly educated person."

"Well, a family that can raise such a knowledgeable and beautiful lady would definitely raise you too."

In the movie, Jonathan may seem unreliable, but he is also someone who can read the Book of the Sun. Although he is not as proficient as Evelyn, it shows that Jonathan is highly educated.

"Thank you."

Hearing Wen Ming's praise, Evelyn thanked him shyly, but Jonathan looked at Wen Ming excitedly: "Then can you make gold?"

"Why bother manufacturing them? Why don't we just find the gold planet and mine it directly?"

Wen Ming's words left Jonathan speechless: "You can do that?"

"Of course, I'm already mining several planets," Wen Ming said casually.

Jonathan jumped to his feet: "Several? You're saying you've mined several gold planets?"

The diners in the restaurant all looked over, and after hearing what Jonathan said, they all chuckled softly.

Golden Planet?

Are these people telling some new and interesting joke?
This is hilarious!
Jonathan ignored the others and solemnly patted Wen Ming on the shoulder: "So, when are you planning to marry my sister?"

"Jonathan!"

Evelyn looked at her unreliable brother with embarrassment and annoyance, but Jonathan pointed at Wen Ming and said, "Do you think you can find a better man than him? If so, please tell me."

Evelyn was speechless. The composure, calmness, courage, and wisdom that Wen Ming displayed when he fought against countless locusts and scarabs all by himself were things that ordinary people could not do.

That image was deeply imprinted in her mind, and she would probably never forget it for the rest of her life.

Moreover, Wen Ming immediately pulled him behind him to protect him, a gentlemanly act that is considered a top quality in modern Britain.

Add to that Wen Ming's youth, wealth, and good looks, and it's impossible not to be tempted.

The problem is, we've only known each other for a few hours.

Seeing that his sister was speechless, Jonathan immediately looked at Wen Ming excitedly and said, "I agree to this marriage."

Gwen covered her face immediately, and Melina covered her mouth and chuckled.

Wen Ming ignored him, but still said, "I know your brother is joking. If you want to know the details, I'll have Melina give you a beginner's guide after we finish eating."

"Beginner's guide?"

Evelyn grew increasingly curious about these new terms, but Wen Ming didn't want to talk about them anymore. Instead, he gestured for her to eat quickly. She could only suppress her curiosity and wait to see the so-called beginner's guide later.

However, she was eating much faster.

No food is as delicious as the mysterious knowledge you are about to learn.

What's more, the food here is exceptionally bad!

I really want to marry a good chef.

As the group was eating, Wen Ming's body trembled slightly, and a hint of joy flashed in his eyes.

The Fallen is dead.

The story of Transformers 2 has ended.

The amount of electrical energy stored in his body doubled again, reaching 320000 kWh.

This amount of electricity, while not enough to cause a thunderstorm, is equivalent to the explosive yield of 275 tons of TNT, enough to destroy unreinforced buildings within a 0.5 square kilometer area in one go.

If this power were amplified by the Destroyer mech, its destructive power would be unimaginable.

However, the energy conversion rate is low during the release of electrical energy. Even with Wen Ming's current super strong mental strength and extremely high control, he cannot completely bombard the opponent with 320000 kWh.

However, in any case, his current combat strength is enough to protect himself to a certain extent... What?
Wen Ming looked inside his body in surprise. He saw that the Eternal Spear, the Quantum Bracelet, the Destroyer Mech, and the Goddess Minerva, as if they had made a pact, consumed all the surge of electrical energy in his body in just a few seconds.

"not good……"

Wen Ming immediately felt a huge emptiness coming over him. Before he could react, he collapsed into Gwen's arms.

"Wen Ming, what's wrong?"

Gwen was startled and quickly went to help Wenming.

Melina, who was standing nearby, was very experienced in this matter and immediately said, "Something must have happened in the hotel, or the divine beast White Tiger ate something, which is why the boss is dizzy. You can help him for a while and he'll be fine."

The Super Girl sisters looked at Wen Ming with concern: "Should we take him out to get some sun?"

“The boss isn’t one of you Kryptonians.” Melina shook her head.

What's wrong with Wen Ming?

When Evelyn and Jonathan saw Wen Ming faint, they quickly stood up. Jonathan asked in surprise, "You Martians can faint?"

……

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