Falsifying history is good business

Chapter 33: Why not just kill the protagonist?

Ever since ancient Egyptian culture became popular in the Western world, Egypt's tourism industry has flourished rapidly; the cruise business on the Nile River has been booming.

With the gentle flow of the lower reaches of the Nile River, the breeze blowing from the river, and the parasols blocking the scorching sun, you can enjoy a leisurely afternoon tea on the deck.

O'Connor and Evelyn were drinking tea under a parasol and talking about the City of the Dead, Hamunaptra; mainly O'Connor was telling about his experience of leading his army across the desert and discovering the City of the Dead, and Evelyn was fascinated by his story.

However, the former mercenary was obviously not a good storyteller, and he made the adventure, which was full of ups and downs, sound dull and boring. When he came to the part where he was forced to flee into the desert, the warden and Evelyn's brother Jonathan, who were originally listening to him, lost interest and went off to have fun.

Only Evelyn was still asking about various details; for example, what period of Hamunaptra's architecture was built in, whether the images of the gods in their murals and carvings were different from those now, how the sacrificial facilities in the city were distributed, who was the main object of the sacrifice, and so on and so forth...

The question made the uneducated mercenary's eyes wide open.

O'Connor, who was unable to answer the question, looked at Evelyn's red and tender little mouth that kept moving, and suddenly leaned forward, held her cheek and kissed her; he successfully stopped the woman's endless questions.

Lin You, who was peeping, slapped his forehead.

Well, they missed the kiss in prison, but finally made up for it on the cruise ship. This pair of bickering lovers is really destined to be together.

Evelyn was kissed so hard that she was trembling and terrified. It took her a while to react and she pushed O'Connor away.

At this time, O'Connor pursed his lips with a hint of satisfaction and asked shamelessly, "Is this the only way to stop your endless questions?"

Then he successfully pissed off his future wife and ran away.

However, O'Connor's rude and almost obscene hooligan behavior attracted envy and whistles from several Americans nearby.

This cruise ship brought together tourists from all over the world, including Europe and the United States. These Americans, under the banner of an archaeological group, were not very noticeable in Egypt, which was now full of treasure hunters. So it was not until these whistles that O'Connor had his first dealings with them.

As a result, some problems arose during the conversation.

Because during the greetings, these Americans inadvertently revealed that they were also heading for Hamunaptra, the City of the Dead.

"No one has ever found the legendary city of death." Under O'Connor's rough appearance, he had a delicate mind that had been honed from years of hanging out with all kinds of people, and he began to ask questions "casually".

The Americans were relatively rough, which was in line with the label of recklessness, barbarity and nouveau riche given to them by the British at that time. Someone proudly declared: "We are different from you. You can only go there in vain, but we found a guide who has been to Hamunaptra himself."

There was no sense of confidentiality at all, as if they were treating this adventure as an interesting game.

Little did he know that it was these few words that made O'Connor alert, and he soon discovered his "old friend" Benny who was hiding among the crowd of tourists.

Mr. Benny, who was as thin as a skeleton and had dark circles under his eyes, as if he had been a heavy smoker for many years, was O'Connor's old comrade and subordinate in the mercenary army. He was also the deserter who abandoned O'Connor and escaped alone when he was besieged by the enemy.

Both of them were survivors who escaped from Hamunatta alive, so when O'Connor saw him, he knew that the guide the Americans were looking for must be this guy. In other words, Benny and the American team were direct competitors of O'Connor and his team.

So, with new hatred and old grudges, O'Connor did not say a few words to his "old friend" and decisively picked up Benny and threw him into the Nile River. The small body did not feel much weight in O'Connor's hands.

Just when he stuck his head out to say goodbye to Benny in the river, O'Connor was shocked to find someone swimming from the river and climbing onto the cruise ship. Then, he followed the wet footprints all the way to Evelyn's cabin and narrowly rescued the mother of his future son from the attacker.

A fight broke out on the cruise ship.

Lin You still stayed on the top floor and watched the fight below. Even when facing several attackers who had climbed up to the upper floors and set up firing points, he deliberately cast an Illusion Spell on himself to avoid everyone's sight.

Although the details of the plot are vague, Lin You still remembers that the black-clad attackers are not villains, but the guardians of Hamunaptra. They sneaked on the ship with the original purpose of stealing the map in Evelyn's hand and preventing her from finding the City of the Dead.

It's just that their stealing skills were not very skilled and their work was done too roughly, so after they were discovered, it turned into a large-scale melee, and finally the cruise ship was sunk.

Therefore, Lin You had no intention of intervening, and had no intention of getting stained with anyone's blood. He appeared here just to be on the safe side; he was worried that his appearance would cause a butterfly effect, and accidentally cause an important character to die in this melee, thus changing the plot.

The entire Mummy world was formed in the virtual dimension based on the plots of the three movies; if important characters died prematurely, it would inevitably lead to a drastic deviation in the plot, and even a chain reaction would cause the foundation of the existence of the entire world to be shaken...

Ok? !

Thinking of this, Lin You's thoughts suddenly stopped.

Yup!

As long as an important character dies or the direction of a key plot is changed, the entire world will undergo drastic changes; does that mean that the gods of the larger world can take notice of their position in time and space?

Lin You's gaze at the battlefield below became flickering and his face turned gloomy.

The melee has reached a fever pitch, and the fire caused by the fighting is spreading to the power compartment below; the cruise ship may suffer irreversible damage at any time due to coal fire or boiler explosion.

O'Connor and Evelyn were trapped in a narrow corner by the attacker's fire from high above. Bullets made a series of bullet holes in the bulkhead next to O'Connor's head. If Evelyn hadn't stepped in to help him in time, O'Connor would probably have had to fish his skull out of the Nile River.

At this time, the hero and heroine of the story did not notice that an invisible figure appeared silently behind them; while silently watching them, the tip of the magic wand in his hand was already pointed at their backs.

O'Connor and Evelyn, in the story, one is responsible for force and the other is responsible for intelligence; killing either of them at will may bring the entire adventure story to an abrupt end.

Lin You held up the dark wood wand, feeling hesitant.

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