Infinite Terror: This Middle Continent is Rebellious

Chapter 18 Black Book of the Dead
Outside the tent, the others discussed and decided that Zheng Zha and Zhan Lan would guard the first half of the night, while Zhao Yingkong and Lingdian would guard the second half.

Although the British army arranged people to keep watch, Zheng Zha was not very confident about them.

Zhan Lan held the white cat and gently stroked its soft fur.

Zheng Zha used a wooden stick to pick up the firewood, making the flames burn more vigorously.

The shadows of the two people were reflected on the tent behind them. When the wind blew, the flames swayed, and the shadows of the two people swayed with it.

It was quiet all around, with only the footsteps of patrolling soldiers and the occasional sound of wood crackling in the flames.

Zhan Lan suddenly asked, "Zheng Zha, have you been avoiding me?"

Zheng Zha slowed down and asked, "What are you talking about?"

Zhan Lan said, "Even Wen Lie noticed it."

Seeing Zhan Lan talking about Wen Lie, Zheng Zha sighed helplessly.

"I'm not avoiding you. We're now facing off against another team, and everyone has already lost 2000 reward points. One mistake could wipe out the entire team. Under these circumstances, do you still think I'm in the mood to say, 'Hey, let's go on a date?'"

Zhan Lan said with a gloomy expression: "Don't treat me like this, really, I also have a bottom line as a person. I will not destroy other people's feelings and hurt another innocent girl. So, please, don't avoid me like this... I just want to talk to you about what Wen Lie said before."

Zheng Zha was silent for a moment, not looking up as he stared at the fire before him. He said, "Well, we're companions, comrades-in-arms, companions who have entrusted their lives to each other. But with this kind of relationship... what Wen Lie said was a trivial matter that wouldn't even matter to us."

"After you left, I mentioned the mole to Wen Lie," Zhan Lan nodded, her voice soft and difficult to hear from a distance if it weren't for this kind of situation. "He asked me to tell him in detail about our experiences from Resident Evil to The Grudge."

"So, this means that there is indeed a problem with someone on the Zhongzhou team."

Zheng Zha looked at the tent next to him and saw Zhang Jie sleeping inside.

Zhan Lan said softly, "However, that person poses no threat to us. In other words, in this team battle, he won't do anything even if it means risking his own life."

Zheng Zha fell silent again, his eyes fixed on the fire, a bright flame flickering in his eyes.

Zhan Lan also remained silent and sat quietly beside Zheng Zha.

After a long pause, Zheng Zha finally spoke, "I don't think Wen Lie meant that. Someone who can control you is hiding in our team. This is definitely an unstable variable in this team battle, but he doesn't think this variable is harmful to us..."

Zheng Zha's voice was calm. Although not loud, it carried the weight of trust.

"That person may have never had any ill will towards us, but he did something suspicious for reasons he couldn't explain."

Zheng Zha turned his head to look at Zhan Lan's face and said calmly: "He is suspected of harming you twice, but each time, I was notified in time, wasn't it?"

Zhan Lan retorted: "Every time it's a critical moment. If you hesitate even for a second, I won't be able to hold on until the moment I see you."

Zheng Zha nodded, not denying the urgency of the hero saving the beauty.

“So, although that person had no ill intentions, he could only do this, and he did do something to harm others… Zhan Lan, if he… No, it’s nothing.”

Zheng Zha hesitated to speak.

Zhan Lan thought about it and understood what Zheng Zha wanted to ask but didn't.

After pondering for a moment, Zhan Lan said, "It depends on how that person explains it."

Zheng Zha nodded and said nothing more.

In the tent behind him, Zhang Jie turned over with a slight sigh.

In the middle of the night, a sudden commotion erupted from the ruins of Hamunaptrap. The colonel and several soldiers hurried toward the Central Continent team's tent. The colonel shouted anxiously, "Your Excellency, we've unearthed something. Madam Eve said it's cursed. Can we take a look?"

"Wait a mininute."

Zheng Zha stood up, turned around and walked into the tent to wake up Wen Lie, Zhao Yingkong and others.

Wen Lie carried his substitute, the god Anubis, and walked out of the tent yawning. Although he was a little sleepy, the plot items were about to appear, and he couldn't be absent at this time.

"Once this box is opened, the vengeful spirits sealed within the Holy Law...will break the curse and return to the human world. By taking their internal organs and blood, they will be resurrected through this method...from cursed vengeful spirits, they will be transformed into evil spirits that bring disaster upon the human world..."

Workers moved a sarcophagus and a wooden box to the spacious hall opposite the entrance to the mausoleum. Eve stood next to the wooden box and read the ancient Egyptian words engraved on it.

The colonel asked Zheng Zha, "What should we do, Your Excellency?"

Zheng Zha was in hesitation.

Someone has to open this box, which is not a big problem because the real curse is the bottles inside the wooden box.

Whoever gets the bottle will become a sacrifice for Imhotep's resurrection.

This is the key.

What Zheng Zha needs to consider is whether he should let those who help them become sacrifices for them to complete the mission of the main god.

Wen Lie stood aside holding a long sword, not wanting to influence Zheng Zha's judgment at this time.

Zheng Zha turned his head and looked at the people around him. Zhan Lan, Zhang Jie, Zhao Yingkong, Lingdian, Qi Tengyi, and Wen Lie were all looking at him.

Having made up his mind, Zheng Zha said in a deep voice, "Go ahead. What are you afraid of with us here?"

After Zheng Zha made this decision, his expression became depressed.

For the sake of the team, he took the initiative to kill innocent people.

He realized this in just a few days.

In the main god space, it is completely impossible not to dirty your hands.

In the dimly lit underground mausoleum, no one could see Zheng Zha's expression clearly.

The officer believed him and asked the workers to open the wooden box.

The wooden box was opened, and the top layer contained the Black Book of the Dead wrapped in cloth.

When Eve saw the iron scripture, her eyes lit up like light bulbs.

However, someone reached out before her.

Wen Lie picked up the Black Scripture of the Undead. This thick black ancient book felt very cold, like metal.

(Obtain plot items to learn Undead Darkness spells. Learners must possess Bloodline Energy, Spiritual Energy, Mana, Telekinesis, True Essence, Fairy Power, and Divine Contract Power... to use them. You can interpret the text and learn on your own, or return to the main divine space to learn. Learning consumes 1000 bonus points... Before returning to the main divine space, you must possess this book to use the skills in it.)
Wen Lie handed the Black Book of the Dead to Zheng Zha and asked, "Qi Tengyi seems to know ancient Egyptian, right?"

"Hmm? Yeah, how come..."

Zheng Zha took the Black Sutra of the Undead with confusion, and then immediately understood what Wen Lie meant by asking this.

He stood there in a daze, with an expression of great surprise on his face.

(End of this chapter)