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

Chapter 526 Return and Inner Demons

The pitch-black sky, constructed by the laws of death, was like a mirror struck by a giant hammer, suddenly bursting open with an irreparable gap.

The boundless energy finally broke free from the shackles of the divine kingdom, transforming into a white pillar of light that pierced through heaven and earth, breaking through the boundary between reality and illusion, and stabbing straight into the sky shrouded in night!
The whole world lost its sound and its color at that moment.

All that remained in everyone's sight was a pure, pristine white.

Immediately afterwards, a destructive torrent of energy, centered on the pillar of light, transformed into a visible white shockwave that swept outwards in all directions.

The earth wailed, the hard rock layers were instantly vaporized, and the sand and gravel were melted into crystal-clear glass.

Centered on the explosion point, a massive circular sinkhole with a diameter exceeding ten kilometers is rapidly taking shape in an unstoppable manner.

Ruins, sand dunes, rocks... everything was cleanly and efficiently wiped out in the face of this force capable of reshaping the earth's surface.

Amidst the chaotic energy turbulence, a disheveled figure was violently thrown out and crashed heavily onto the sand hundreds of meters away.

Imhotep struggled to his feet. His pristine white robes were now tattered and covered in charred marks. His body, which had originally been made of yellow sand, now presented a bizarre state of being half sand and half flesh, with black blood and yellow sand constantly flowing from his wounds.

The composure on his face vanished, replaced by the fear of surviving a catastrophe.

His divine kingdom was destroyed, his connection with Anubis was forcibly severed, and the divine power originating from the gods was almost completely exhausted in the clash just now.

From the perspective of the laws, he undoubtedly had the advantage, but the problem was that the energy generated by the impact was simply too great.

escape!
That was the only thought in Imhotep's mind.

However, he had barely taken a step when a huge shadow fell over his entire body.

Imhotep stiffly raised his head and saw the giant armor slowly emerging from the core of the explosion.

The cocoon-like outer shell peeled away layer by layer, revealing the inner KAP armor.

Those eyes, flashing red light, locked onto Imhotep, and he raised the golden Book of the Sun in his hand.

"Do not……"

Imhotep let out a dry growl as he tried to snatch the book.

But Zhang Qi did not give him any chance.

Infused with energy, the golden pages shone with a brilliance more dazzling than ever before.

Without the suppression of the Underworld Kingdom, the power of the Sun God displayed its most primal and pure majesty on this land belonging to the human world.

Zhang Qi opened the scripture and looked at the ancient text specifically used to send back the souls of the dead. He then recited it word by word in pure ancient Egyptian.

"Dust to dust, ashes to ashes, those who should leave should not be kept!"

Golden light transformed into countless sacred chains that descended from the sky, instantly piercing Imhotep's body and binding him firmly to the spot.

"No! No—!!"

Imhotep let out a desperate roar, feeling his soul being forcibly torn from his immortal body by an irresistible force.

All his ambitions, his three-thousand-year obsession with Ansuna, will vanish in this radiance.

"Anshuna—!"

With a final roar filled with resentment and love, his body disintegrated inch by inch in the golden light, eventually turning into specks of dust, and was completely dragged back to the realm of the dead.

The world finally quieted down.

[Sealing the Undying High Priest Imhotep rewards the entire team with one B-rank side quest and 3,000 reward points.]

[Mission complete. You will return to the Main God Space in thirty seconds.]

A cold notification sounded in his mind. Zhang Qi put away the "True Scripture of the Sun" and looked up at the sky that had been torn apart by the "impact".

Then, a familiar dizzying sensation, as if my soul had been ripped away, struck me again.

When he came to his senses again, the scene around him had changed to the plaza of the Main God Space.

The figures of the Zhongzhou team members appeared one after another, many of them bearing injuries and looking exhausted.

"God, heal their bodies, and deduct the reward points from my account!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Zhang Qi immediately issued a command to the huge ball of light above his head.

As soon as he finished speaking, more than ten warm beams of light descended from the sky, precisely enveloping each team member who needed repair.

The beam of light gently enveloped their bodies, and their wounds healed rapidly under its illumination, while their physical and mental energy was quickly restored.

However, the moment Zhang Qi's gaze swept over the number of beams of light, his brows furrowed sharply.

The number of beams of light was only two more than when they entered this world. Those two were for the newcomers.

In other words, on the other side of the battlefield where they were chasing down that little monk from the Indian team, the newcomers suffered heavy losses.

How could this be?
Zhang Qi was stunned; he had not expected this outcome at all.

According to his calculations, even if the little monk had entered the fourth stage of gene lock, their side not only had more powerful and sophisticated weapons, but also had Zhan Lan, the mental controller, providing comprehensive information support and battlefield suppression.

Dealing with an enemy who has just entered the fourth tier should not be too difficult.

What made him even more uneasy was that while the beams of light on most of the team members gradually dissipated, revealing their unharmed bodies, two beams of light remained solid, showing no signs of dissipating.

Zheng Zha and Zhao Yingkong are still immersed in the pillar of light of the main god.

"what happened?"

Zhang Qi looked at Zhang Jie, who was the first to finish repairs, and asked.

"That little bald monk from the Indian team is much more troublesome than we imagined."

Zhang Jie's face was grim. He lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, and exhaled smoke that carried a veil of irritation.

He paused, seemingly organizing his thoughts, and glanced at the pillar of light where Zhao Yingkong was located with a complex expression.

"But the one who really tripped us up wasn't him, but Sakura."

"Ok?"

"That little monk's ability is very strange. He can control his own cells and invade other life forms like a virus, thereby controlling them."

Zhang Jie continued, "We had already suppressed him, but just when he tried to use this move against Ying Kong, something went wrong."

“Zhao Yingkong was not under his control,”

Zhang Jie's voice carried a hint of lingering fear.
"On the contrary, stimulated by that guy's cells, Zhao Yingkong... suddenly entered the fourth stage of gene lock state, and then began to attack all of us indiscriminately."

"That's right, too...too strong."

Brother Zheng Zha, Brother Jie, and I—the three of us together—we were all completely overwhelmed by her; we weren't even in the same league..."

Li Xiaoyi, standing next to him, added that he subconsciously touched his arm, his face full of lingering fear, clearly having personally experienced that terror.

Zhang Qi's brows furrowed even deeper.

Having read the original novel, he naturally knew that Zhao Yingkong's "inner demon" was a huge hidden danger, stemming from the trauma left by the darkest memories and training of her assassin family.

But he didn't expect that this hidden danger would erupt so quickly and in such a violent way.

"And then what?"
"He pressed on."

"While Zhao Yingkong was in a frenzy and we were preoccupied with our own problems, that little monk ran away."

Zhang Jie's tone was full of frustration and helplessness, "He even took advantage of the chaos... to kill several newcomers. We didn't have time to stop him at all."

"Afterwards, in order to stop Ying Kong from going berserk, Zheng Zha... he put on that mask and forcibly entered the fourth stage of the gene lock state..."

Zhang Jie sighed deeply and stubbed out his cigarette on the ground.

His gaze fell on the pillar of light where Zheng Zha was, his expression complex.

"The gap between the fourth-order and non-fourth-order is too great; we can't get involved at all."

Moreover, at the time we weren't even sure if the captain of the Indian team was hiding nearby.

In that situation, Zheng Zha's judgment... couldn't be said to be wrong.

Everyone fell into silence.

Everyone understands that in such a desperate situation, Zheng Zha's choice was almost the only solution.

Using equal strength to fight against an out-of-control force is the most direct, but also the most helpless, method.

In the dead silence, a calm voice broke the oppressive atmosphere.

"Their condition can still be saved..."

Chu Xuan pushed up his glasses, the lenses reflecting the light of the Supreme God.

"The trouble should end it."

"Since that mask comes from the world of gods and demons, then the root cause of its aftereffects must also lie there..."

(End of this chapter)