Amidst the smoke, the wreckage of London Bridge was cut in two. About 200 feet of the bridge was slammed into the Tower of London. The huge tower was cut in two. The 10-century-old building had multiple towers. It had been a fortress, an armory, a treasury, a mint, a palace, an observatory, a refuge, and a prison. It had imprisoned the two youngest sons of King Edward IV, the king before him, his cousin and brother, and the two queens of Henry VIII.
But today, it had become the battlefield ruins of Imoden's invasion of London.
The British Royal Navy was torn apart by the powerful Dimensional Collapse outside the Port of London. The Archbishop of the Anglican Church had his soul devoured by Imoden. The Grim Reaper's army had massacred the British Army. Even the ceremonial troops in traditional red uniforms were reduced to wreckage. They were buried under the ruins and then stood up again to fight for their enemies.
Countless undead were slaughtering the living in the streets and alleys of London.
London resisted for three weeks. During those three weeks, the British Empire mobilized its world-renowned Royal Navy and brave Royal Air Force, risking their lives to take off at night and bombard the undead, just to soften the nighttime assault of the undead.
But O'Connor could not forget the abyss in her eyes when the eyeless woman next to Imoden opened her eyes and looked down at the British Empire's fleet outside the port. The sudden appearance of a huge black hole and Dimensional Collapse twisted the battleship into a huge steel twist. The flesh and blood of the naval soldiers were like squeezed out of a tin can, turning into a pool of juicy meat paste.
This was a war, a war between the dead and the living.
In the two most intense weeks of the war, the British Empire mobilized a total of 300,000 men, nearly 18 divisions, and mobilized 80% of the citizens of London to resist. The other 20% were not deserters, but Imhotep had converted them into his own soldiers and sent them into the war. At one point, both sides had more than a million men.
The British side defended London with all their might, while Imoden's side benefited from the fact that cremation was not so popular during the First World War.
There were trenches and fortresses everywhere. The British citizens fearlessly organized resistance in their houses, blocked the streets and built fortifications. King George V once stood up and called on the British people to stand up and resist. He cried out, "One step back and we will be in London. We have no way back!"
The battlefield in London was now splattered with the blood of the British soldiers and civilians. The entire city was in ruins. The British used artillery, explosives, and bullets, but the terrifying and shameless Imoden also used bacteria, viruses, and plagues. In this war, Imoden let the rotting corpses run amok on the streets, using them to incubate a large number of flies, beetles, and fungi.
At the beginning, there were only 50,000 undead who landed in London. They were all sailors and passengers who died at the Suez Canal. There were already a large number of Egyptians, but their strength was not considered strong. In the 'Three Days Offensive' — the first three days of contact between the British troops stationed in London and Imoden's army of the undead, other than the London Harbor and most of the South and East London, they quickly eliminated a large number of enemies, pushing the frontline back to the vicinity of London Bridge. It was at that time that the Tower of London became a meat grinder.
Just as victory was in sight, Imoden's real attack had only just begun. The undead that invaded London carried a large number of viruses, bacteria, and fungi. After breaking through to the city in a short time, they followed Imoden's orders and quietly sank into various drinking areas and hidden spots. Decay allowed bacteria and viruses to flourish, and the viruses developed by Imoden's divine powers nurtured unimaginable horrors.
In a few short days, the plague engulfed all of London, and more than 190 members of the British royal family died. Just as they boasted, Eton's death rate finally surpassed that of civilians. The death rate of Londoners was 48%, while Eton's was 90%. There was no doubt that this was the glory and honor of the British nobility, and they represented the conscience of the nobility.
Of course, it also had something to do with the fact that Imoden focused on the battle. One of his four Abominations, the Mist of Original Sin, used to linger around Eton, and the British Army that they focused on was coincidentally the place where the graduates of Eton gathered. With the joint efforts of both sides, they created a miracle that made the upper class of Britain wear mourning clothes.
The soldiers and civilians who died in the plague rose again to fight for Imoden.
Imoden, who had been taught a lesson by cannons and bombings, knew very well that the undead and the Death Guards would not be able to make humans surrender. Machetes and martial arts would not be able to compete with the armies of the imperialists, but bacteria and the plague could, and could even be enough to destroy humanity. This was what Chen Ang had earnestly taught him in Khufu and the Pyramids of Giza.
O'Connor carefully wandered through the ruins. There were many people like him. They all covered their mouths and noses with long masks that looked like the beak of a bird, and their bodies were tightly wrapped up. They had to be careful to avoid being discovered by the undead. Most of them were here to pick up scraps. It should be noted that this city, which had accumulated the fruits of Britain's colonization for hundreds of years, had immeasurable wealth.
The undead did not care about gold or wealth, so this ruin was hell for the poor who had nothing, but it was also a treasure trove.
Even the British government had secretly sent people to search here. Most of them had locked onto the target based on the information they received, and then guarded the area around the gold. They would then send a signal to the British Army, and they would come to the city in the form of small teams to excavate and transport the gold. Before the war, at least ten thousand tons of gold had been placed in London. Even now, the city still contained an insane amount of wealth.
The Government of the United Kingdom needed this wealth for military expenses and to recover London.
O'Connor was this kind of official tomb raider. The British Empire had been raiding tombs all over the world for hundreds of years. Now, they could finally loot at the doorstep of London. The people of London were overjoyed, and there were often rumors of wealth.
The undead under Imoden also welcomed the flesh and blood of the living to add to their meals from time to time. Now, even the skeletons, which were so rotten that only their skulls were left, knew to wander around the palace and the bank. The more luxurious the house, the more undead there were nearby.
Tomb raider O'Connor was here to find another legendary tomb raider, Indiana Jones. Mr. Indiana had recently been ordered by the Government of the United Kingdom to explore the British Museum. Now, it had become one of the headquarters of the undead army. Imoden's men all said that they felt like they were home in the Egyptian Relics section of the British Museum.
One by one, they moved their coffins to that place.
Imoden often came here to reminisce about the past. From time to time, he would touch the mummies and golden coffins, and read the stone tablets and murals that the British 'explorers' had excavated from the pyramids. During the war, it was not that the Government of the United Kingdom did not think about moving the cultural relics here.
Unfortunately, before they could be alerted, the army and guards here died because of the plague.
O'Connor carefully avoided the bodies of the eagle men in the sky, the sharp eyes of the undead with wings, and the patrols of the jackal men with amazing martial arts. He made his way to the vast British Museum. He nimbly followed the route that he was familiar with and arrived at the library that the undead would not be interested in. He climbed to the top shelf of the library and moved his hands on two inconspicuous tomes to open a mysterious door.
As soon as O'Connor entered, he felt someone pointing a gun at his head.
"Mr. Jones, it's one of us!" O'Connor slightly turned his body and showed the person the ID in his pocket. The person was younger than O'Connor. He was wearing a cowboy hat and a classic shirt. It was worth noting that he had an especially long whip tied around his waist.
Indiana Jones took O'Connor's ID and quickly glanced at it. "I know you, Mr. O'Connor. Former British soldier, now an archaeologist, and the famous demon door opener."
"We didn't release Imoden!" O'Connor retorted with dissatisfaction. "It was a group of Easterners who released him."
"Then, Mr. O'Connor, what business do you have with me?" Indiana asked as he put away his gun.
"Mr. Indiana, you became famous because you retrieved the Ark of the Sacred Covenant. At the time, the entire United Kingdom saw you as their savior. They thought that you would bring back the glory of God and help him destroy the demon Imoden. But you failed! Not only did Imoden not perish, but he also took away the power of the Ark. Although you destroyed a large number of the undead … it was useless. They would still crawl out of the corpses. "
"You, who failed in the end, were not willing to let it end just like that, so you came to the British Library to look for clues about the Holy Grail …"
"O'Connor, is that what you want to say?" Indiana Jones interrupted him impatiently.
"No!" O'Connor shook his head and smiled sarcastically. "What I want to say is, if the Ark of the Covenant couldn't destroy the demon Imoden, can the Holy Grail? What God and Moses could not do, can Christ Jesus do? "
"You're slandering my Lord!" Indiana Jones angrily grabbed O'Connor by the collar.
O'Connor glared at him and sneered. "If you want to lure Imoden here, then we can fight here!" Indiana Jones let go of O'Connor unwillingly. O'Connor said coldly, "The Government of the United Kingdom wants me to find you and tell you a new clue and mission — a clue that can really defeat Imoden."
"The group of Australians who searched for the Ark of the Covenant with you provided a very crucial clue. I've said it before, there was a group of Easterners who played a key role in Imhotep's death. They were the ones who awakened Imhotep and destroyed him. Now, the Australian called Horton has provided a crucial clue — that group of Easterners also participated in the crucial battle where Imhotep killed Anubis and transformed into a demon."
"They even took away half of the divinity."
"This is our only hope to defeat Imoden. Only by finding the divinity that the Asians took away can we have a way to kill the demon Imoden … According to reliable sources, this group of Asians brought the divinity to China to resurrect a tyrant called the Dragon Emperor, awaken the undead army of the Dragon Emperor, stop Imoden's invasion, and let that ancient country rule the world again."
"We must stop their evil actions, take back the divinity, and bury Imoden!"
"Then what is my goal?" Indiana Jones frowned slightly and said, "The Dragon Emperor is buried in a huge mausoleum. He was the first emperor of China. The legend of him being cursed is vaguely related in the history books of China. It is said that a fairy named Ziyuan sealed the tyrant Dragon Emperor who wanted to conquer the world. If that group wants to resurrect the Dragon Emperor, they will definitely go to his mausoleum."
"So the Government of the United Kingdom wants me to go to the mausoleum of the Dragon Emperor and help them take the divinity of Anubis to prevent the Dragon Emperor from resurrecting?"
"Not you, us!" O 'Connell pointed at himself. "Me, an archaeologist from the United States called Laura and an explorer called John Adams Gates are also on this journey …"
In the United States, the young female archaeologist Laura said to the American government officials sitting in front of her, "What? You want us to explore the mausoleum of the Dragon Emperor that is far away in China? " She flew down from the cliff and nimbly rolled two steps before landing on the ground. She untied the rope on her body and asked in confusion, "Why?"
In China, Partridge Whistle sighed deeply and said, "Hair Hill Seal, Touch the Golden Talisman, Move the Mountains and Unload the Ridges, Dragon Seeking Formula; Human Lighting the Candle, Ghost Blowing the Lamp, Survey the Inverted Bucket, Find the Star Peak; Mercury Spot, Raise the Bright Artifact, Go to countless Dragon Pavilions and Treasure Palaces; Dark Sunken Coffin, Bronze Outer-Coffin, Don't Get Close If You Are Not Strong. Vertical Burial Pit, Xia Zi Tomb, Move the Mountains and Unload the Ridges; Red Clothes Fierce, Smiling Corpse, Ghost Laugh Is Better Than Ghost Cry. "
"Did you hear that … Vertical Burial Pit, Xia Zi Tomb, I have to walk around when I hear it. You actually want me to touch the mausoleum of the First Emperor? Chen Yulou. Are you trying to push me to my death? "
The person sitting in front of him was called Chen Yulou. He was born into a family of grave robbers and was the leader of three generations of robbers. His father was the helmsman of the Unload Ridge Bandits. He had a pair of eyes that could see through mud, recognize the color of grass, and find hidden treasures. Although he was still young, his ability was already extraordinary. Hearing Partridge Whistle's refusal, he was not angry. He only smiled and said, "Yang Shao, do you have a red birthmark on your back that looks like an eye?"
"Legend has it that the Exquisite Queen's eyes are connected to an unimaginable world, that is the Ghost Cave. After her death, a tribe called the Ghost Cave was cursed for generations, and their people would die suddenly at a young age … The cursed people all have an eye on their back that symbolizes the Ghost Cave. Yang Shao, you can't fool me! You are the people of the Ghost Cave … "
"But now, another pair of eyes like this has appeared in the West. Your destiny has ushered in the dawn of liberation. "
"Only one thing in the mausoleum of the First Emperor can save you. Otherwise, when the woman in the West with eyes connected to the Ghost Cave gets closer and closer, your entire tribe will be dragged into the Ghost Cave, never to be reincarnated! "
Partridge Whistle was silent for a long time before he said, "Okay, I will go with you!"
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