They traveled through time at the same time, but the villainous scientist

Chapter 514 Before the War
The next day, under the unchanging light of the main god square, the members of the Zhongzhou team, who had just finished a round of training, gathered in Zheng Zha's room.

Zhang Qi shared the information about the main god with the others.

"Wow—this is troublesome..."

Upon hearing this, Zhan Lan gasped and frowned.

"Trouble? What trouble?"

Zheng Zha had just wiped the sweat from his neck with a towel when he looked at Zhan Lan's tense profile, his face full of frank doubt.

"It's just a team battle, right? Our opponents are the Indian team... and we were the last to enter. What does that mean?"

"In team battles, do you think the team that enters the horror movie world first has an advantage, or the team that enters later has an advantage?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Qi raised a question to Zheng Zha.

"Of course, the first to enter has an advantage."

You can plan ahead, familiarize yourself with the environment, and even find characters from the story to help you.

Zheng Zha thought for a moment, and then answered.

This principle is not difficult to understand. In most games, the side that takes the first move always gains more initiative.

"Yes."

Zhang Qi nodded.

"That is why we entered after the other side, which means that in the judgment system of the Supreme God, we are the stronger party."

Therefore, the weaker party is given the first-mover advantage to balance the strength of both sides.

This is similar to giving a handicap in Go.

"I see!"

"In other words, according to the God's evaluation system, we are much stronger than that Indian team?"

Are they so powerful that the main god needs to open backdoors for them to balance them out?
Haha, isn't that a good thing?

Zheng Zha's eyes lit up instantly, the fatigue from the previous training vanished, replaced by an irrepressible excitement.

He witnessed the team's current strength on the training field, which filled him with unprecedented confidence.

"The wisdom of mortals..."

A cold voice extinguished Zheng Zha's enthusiasm like ice water.

Chu Xuan pushed up his glasses, the lenses reflecting light, making it impossible to see the emotions in his eyes.

Do you think God would let us get through a horror movie so easily?

His voice wasn't loud, but it made the temperature in the whole room seem to drop a few degrees.

"The main god will let the weaker side enter the horror movie first. This is a kind of balancing mechanism. Its purpose is not to let the strong crush, but to give rise to the most tragic and unpredictable battles."

What it hopes to see is two trapped beasts locked in a cage, locked in a life-or-death struggle.

And...more importantly..."

Chu Xuan paused, his tone growing increasingly cold.

"The timing of our entry was also quite delicate..."

"This……"

Zheng Zha's smile froze.

He wasn't stupid; Chu Xuan's words were like a heavy hammer, shattering his overly optimistic illusions.

He forced himself to calm down, his mind racing back to the plot of the movie called "The Mummy," which is more widely known in China as "The Mummy."

The core of the story is not complicated.

In the distant past, the Egyptian high priest Imhotep and Pharaoh's beloved wife Anshuna had an affair. During their adultery, they were accidentally discovered by Pharaoh Seti I.

Enraged, Imhotep and An'tsuna joined forces to kill the Pharaoh. An'tsuna then committed suicide to avoid capture. To save his beloved, Imhotep defied all odds, stealing An'tsuna's body from the tomb and traveling to Hamunaptra, the city of the dead.

He also attempted to summon Ankula's soul from the underworld and resurrect her by using the spells inscribed on the stolen Holy Book of the Dead, which he believed could control death.

However, just as the ceremony was about to be completed, the Pharaoh's guards broke in, interrupting the ceremony, and Ansuna's soul was forced to return to the underworld.

Imhotep and his monks were severely punished by the guards, and the monks were mummified alive.

Imhotep, as the culprit, was sentenced to one of the most horrific punishments in Egyptian history—eating by insects.

His tongue was cut off, his whole body was tightly wrapped in linen, and then he was locked alive in a stone coffin.

Even more terrifying, countless flesh-eating scarabs were poured into the coffin, allowing them to slowly devour his flesh while he was still conscious.

The reason this punishment is so vicious is not only because of the pain of the process, but also because of the curse it comes with—once the person who suffers this punishment returns from the underworld, they will have boundless magical power and transform into a monster that will destroy Egypt and even the entire world!

Then comes the movie's plot: a group of people break Imhotep's seal, and the protagonist seals Imhotep back into existence using the Book of the Sun.

However, the main god's task was to allow them to enter this world a full twenty days after Imhotep's resurrection...

Twenty days.

"and many more……"

Zheng Zha's expression gradually darkened. He suddenly looked up at Chu Xuan, his voice hoarse with nervousness.
"You mean...we might be facing...a combined force from the Indianapolis team and that monster Imhotep?"

This possibility, like an invisible hand, gripped the hearts of everyone present.

"If I were the supreme god, I would most likely issue the 'Resurrect Imhotep' quest to the Indian team, and then issue us the opposing quest 'Bury Imhotep'."

The Indian team has a full twenty days, which is a huge information and time gap.

If it were me, I would immediately go to Hamunaptra, find the Bible of the Dead, and then resurrect Imhotep on the last day.

"I will control Imhotep's resurrection progress, for example, only allowing him to regain a portion of his flesh and blood, but not enough to restore his full power."

This will both delay our entry and keep this terrifying monster firmly under our control.

"With these twenty days and Imhotep's power, there are so many things we can do, such as controlling the army, or triggering the second part of the story and obtaining the Scorpion King's power..."

Chu Xuan continued.

"And what's even more troublesome is that the Indian team has plenty of time to deal with the 'Sun Scripture'."

This means it will be much harder for us to cleverly seal Imhotep like we did in the original story…

Zhan Lan added that this is the most troublesome part.

The true strength of Imhotep lies not in its magic, but in its immortality.

Upon hearing these analyses, the entire room fell into a deathly silence, even the sound of breathing became heavy.

The overlord clenched his fist, his knuckles cracking.

At midnight, leaning against the corner of the wall, he also frowned.

"If that's all there is to it..."

Zheng Zha took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the pounding in his heart, and looked at Zhang Qi.

"Qi-ge's [Guardian Armor] should be more powerful than that mummy, right?"

According to the original film, Imhotep can summon sandstorms and control the undead.

Zhang Qi's giant armor, on the other hand, is a super weapon capable of creating black holes and fighting in space; the two are simply not on the same level.

In an instant, everyone's attention was focused on Zhang Qi.

"The premise is... that the main god does not impose any restrictions on my [Bio-Bio Armor]."

But there's no need to worry too much, because we are the stronger party..."

(End of this chapter)