Regulations, Insight into the Pharaoh King's World

The Mummy.

The story sprouted in 1290 BC, when an illicit affair blossomed between the High Priest Imhotep and Anck-Su-Namun, the Pharaoh's mistress.

In the midst of their private tryst, fueled by burning desire, they were inadvertently caught by the Pharaoh Seti I.

The pair of adulterers, deciding to go all the way, hastily murdered the Pharaoh. Shortly after, Anck-Su-Namun was cornered and forced to commit suicide by the Pharaoh's royal guards.

Escorted by his priests, Imhotep managed to escape the royal city for the time being.

To resurrect his lover, he risked everything to steal Anck-Su-Namun's corpse from the tomb, located the canopic jars containing her internal organs, and entered the true mausoleum and treasury of the past Pharaohs:

The City of the Dead, Hamunaptra.

Subsequently, he successfully obtained the Book of the Dead, which commanded the power of death, and summoned Anck-Su-Namun's soul back from the underworld. Just as the ritual was about to be completed successfully, the Pharaoh's guards burst in once more, interrupting the ceremony and forcing Anck-Su-Namun's soul back into the underworld.

Imhotep and his subordinate priests were captured and subjected to severe punishment. The latter were mummified alive, while the former, as the primary culprit, was forced to endure the most terrifying punishment in Egyptian history—

The Hom-Dai.

Because this punishment was so incredibly vicious, any being subjected to the devouring of the scarabs would, upon returning from the underworld, possess boundless power and become a supreme monster capable of destroying the Egyptian civilization!

Not to mention that Imhotep already possessed formidable magic while he was alive.

"The above is the primary background. We are currently in the 1930s, where the explorer O'Connell has been commissioned by the museum employee Evelyn to head to the City of the Dead, Hamunaptra, to unearth ancient secrets."

"They are accompanied by another armed American expedition team—well, that's just a polite way of putting it. In essence, they are no different from the Great Powers' armies that looted the Middle Kingdom and burned down the Old Summer Palace."

"Both factions together awaken the High Priest Imhotep, who was cursed and imprisoned three thousand years ago, followed by a series of cliché stories about evil spirits rising and heroes saving beauties."

After finishing, Uchiha Xiu looked at Zhao Yingkong, who was squatting obediently beside a sand dune, listening intently to his lecture.

The personal introduction process was swift.

After all, aside from the baby-faced female assassin, the rest were just insignificant newcomers. They might have potential, but that would have to wait until after they returned.

Farming?

His gaze swept over the three incapacitated thugs who had stopped bleeding thanks to the kind-hearted healer.

Numerous thoughts raced through Uchiha Xiu's mind:

How to excel in this line of work is a profound science.

First, one must have a powerful mental ability to hypnotize and control newcomers, preventing resistance and the sowing of seeds of rebellion.

At the same time, one must periodically use monsters from the plot worlds to clear out or eliminate those lacking value, lowering the Main God's hidden score evaluation for the reincarnation team, thereby entering lower-difficulty horror movie worlds to continue acquiring resources for growth.

If a mortal situation is encountered, one can use the accumulated wealth squeezed from others to exchange for items like Resurrection Crosses to escape.

In this way, one can exploit a bug—the team is theoretically wiped out, the hidden score is reset, and new members are added. Relying on the extraordinary strength that wasn't fully liquidated, one can continue the happy cycle of farming to make up for losses.

"Of course... the Main God may seem dull, with fixed mechanisms, but it is not a mindless machine."

"It is equivalent to the Will of Heaven."

"It will carry out malicious targeting, including but not limited to sending other reincarnation teams to hunt you down, lowering the cap on exchangeable items, restricting access to high-level bloodlines, and arranging trial worlds with low resources."

"There are pros and cons; it depends on how you weigh them."

As for the common ailment of farmers—the lack of life-and-death battles, slow progress in the Gene Lock, and the inability to exert the full strength of exchanged items, eventually being killed like a leaking human husk by the roadside—Uchiha Xiu was not worried about this "young master syndrome" in the slightest.

I have been tempered through a thousand trials in the Ninja War!

I am solid as a rock~

Unless I grow to the ceiling of the Naruto World and can no longer find any opponents to hone my skills against... wait, those Otsutsuki in Boruto look a lot like farmers; their concepts are god-like, but their actual combat performance is consistently pathetic.

Clearly, Uchiha Xiu was seriously considering the protocols, tempted by the potential benefits while also struggling with the prospect of liquidation.

In any case, the embryonic form of the team was ready, and they could be summoned for a team battle at any time. As the captain, I should establish a code of conduct for the East Sea Team.

"Forget it... the Gene Lock is a power derived from the heart. I will act according to my heart and select reliable teammates who can fight alongside me."

"I have made the following decisions."

Thus, amidst Uchiha Xiu's muttering, everyone's expression turned solemn.

Zhao Yingkong stared straight at this man with different-colored eyes who had suppressed her with force and seemed very methodical.

He said he could lead me to win everything and kill Zhao Zhui-Kong!

"Do not exploit the weak, nor should you use 'I am weak, therefore I am right' to reverse-exploit the strong. Newcomers joining for the first time must step up to take responsibility after their initial enhancement, face the pressure of life and death, prove themselves, and contribute to the team."

"Anti-social time bombs should not be accepted and should be abandoned without reason."

In the cold statement, the members of the East Sea Team, both old and new, looked toward the three human-stick thugs.

Foul-mouthed, violent, and challenging order, they were clearly categorized as time bombs that should be abandoned immediately.

That is all.

This was also the code of conduct for the Central Continent Team in the later stages.

It does not lean toward any extreme, and the style is sufficiently steady!

One word to describe it:

Balanced.

In the eyes of Uchiha Xiu, the resources currently obtainable through reasonable means—clearing side quests, uncovering hidden plots, and even the various positive treatments provided by the Main God, such as reinforcing Zhao Yingkong—were already quite excellent.

There was truly no need to take extreme risks and invite even more unknown, negative variables.

"Very reasonable, I agree." Zhao Yingkong, having initially pledged her loyalty, was the first to stand up and support him.

Curling his lips, Kobayashi Yoshito felt that the care and cultivation he received from the captain had been forcibly diverted, and coupled with past grievances in reality, he felt somewhat displeased with the female assassin.

But he quickly raised his hand:

"I fully support this."

"It should be so." The healer nodded slightly.

The newcomers looked at each other; it seemed the treatment wasn't bad at all?

This round provided basic protection, leaving the rest to fate; once they had the power to protect themselves later, they would face life and death to undergo true evolution.

At least they hadn't been abandoned...

At this very moment, the three idiots were plunged into unconsciousness and would soon dehydrate in the vast desert, killed by the harsh environment.

Without going through the struggle Zheng Zha faced with those thorns—persuading them early on, beating them mid-way, and killing them later, shifting from wanting to save everyone to only protecting those worth saving to avoid a "saintly" heart dragging the team down—my East Sea Team will be better!

The next moment, the Main God's light barrier vanished.

The hot desert wind blew in.

"Let's move."

"During this time, I will teach you a few incantations to trigger the efficacy of the Guardian Stone Talisman."

Just as Uchiha Xiu said, the Main God cherished the newcomers It added more than anyone else.

The stone talisman corresponding to the identity of the Pharaoh's guardian descendants was no simple token; the various runes carved upon it could catalyze divine power.

Among the newcomers, an elderly man with a semi-bald head opened his mouth as if to speak, wanting to show off.

"Nile-duat Mert, Amenti Khem."

Until Uchiha Xiu fluently recited this phrase—it was used to summon the River of the Underworld to briefly resist the power of the undead.

The moment the words fell.

The cheese-shaped, four-sided stone talisman in Uchiha Xiu's palm suddenly trembled slightly.

Green light emanated from a line of ancient runes!

Under the ancient sounds, a small mass of invisible power was released into the surroundings.

"This side is the incantation to summon Horus."

"Wadjet Horus, Ra-Xiu, Nebt."

"Borrowing the power of the hawk god Horus and the sun god Ra to protect oneself and temporarily evade the erosion of poison and swelling."

"Khem, Shemsu, Ancestwell."

"Summoning the spirits of the ancient Pharaoh's guards to increase stamina and glimpse the weaknesses of ordinary undead."

"The last side of the stone talisman is the Tomb Guardian spell, which only takes effect while inside a pyramid."

"Set-Neb, Anubis, Khepri, Sekhmet."

"Praise the Lord of the Desert, granting weapons a temporary buff that suppresses undead magic."

Healer Kitagawa Nacai: "..."

Am I unemployed?

No, the incantation buffs of the stone talisman were unstable, their efficacy was not as strong as her own specialized healing, and the internal divine power was depleted with every use.

Kaguya, who had been using her Byakugan to observe the surrounding environment the entire time, whispered: "Before the language was driven, I didn't see any energy reaction; it relies on absorbing the free power in the air to operate."

"Hmm, energy is generally present in the air of this world. If I master Sage Mode, perhaps my combat power can reach another level."

Having fulfilled his responsibility, Uchiha Xiu put away the stone talisman, its runes now slightly dimmer, and looked at a sand dune five hundred meters away.

"Ah~ ah!"

Huffing and puffing, a group of tall camels charged over from there.

Water bags, rune scimitars, everything was provided.

A bit of color returned to the newcomers' faces; they felt more confident. It could be seen as entering a starter village, complete with initial equipment and a guiding NPC.

"The Main God is treating this batch of newcomers better than when we were on the Xenomorph ship," Kobayashi said, still maintaining the air of a bitter, experienced veteran. "Tsk, lucky them."

"I don't think so. Back then, It also arranged a rifle armory, flamethrowers, and a captain for us nearby."

Nacai didn't like this style of speaking. She stated the facts objectively, and deep down, she had a vague premonition: the more thoroughly the Great Light Sphere prepared, the higher the difficulty of the challenge.

Much like the captain, the Main God was never the type to enjoy playing nanny!

Amidst their exchange, Uchiha Xiu closed his eyes and pointed his finger toward the desert—

The Kaguya clan gathered the bloodlines of many Brahmin origins in the Ninja World, allowing the precision-enhanced perception of the Byakugan to expand to a radius of fifty kilometers.

Not enough!

If one were to awaken the Mind's Eye of the Kagura, it would still be insufficient; it could only perceive energy anomalies within a radius of ten or several tens of kilometers, precisely grasping the target's detailed location, movements, numbers, characteristics, and speed, locking onto a specific target's aura and its trajectory, or judging whether the other party was lying.

To pursue maximum range, one must learn from Senju Tobirama.

That old ghost did not need to weave hand signs to perceive the life force and chakra intensity of any target from over a thousand miles away.

In his private notes, Tobirama claimed that he had possessed outstanding sensory abilities since childhood, often successfully tracking his elder brother Hashirama and witnessing him crossing borders to meet Uchiha Madara in secret.

From this, he developed a secret technique based on his own constitution.

As the Fifth Hokage who held infinite power, and given his close relationship with Tsunade, Uchiha Xiu had naturally read the corresponding manuscripts.

Coincidentally, the old ghost Tobirama rarely wrote his true feelings in his diaries, preferring to guide future readers according to his own train of thought, teaching them how to mobilize the corresponding power.

Setting aside his prejudice against the Uchiha clan, Senju Tobirama was indeed unique when it came to developing ninjutsu.

If it weren't for the fact that the concept of the Gene Lock did not exist in the Ninja World before him, one would have to suspect whether this guy had developed his Third-Order brain domain to be able to create such inconceivable skills!

"Third-Order simulation, start."

Before long, wisps of chakra like invisible tides spread rapidly along the sand layers, acting like thousands of invisible scouts piercing through the sky filled with yellow sand.

They extended infinitely in all directions, and then extended further.

This exotic land, sunken in ancient curses and favored by the gods, was being surveyed by Uchiha Xiu.

His vision and consciousness drifted along with his perception, first sweeping over the undulating dunes within a hundred-mile radius, the ancient cities buried deep beneath the sand, devoid of divinity, their divine protection vanished, lacking any value.

It was not until the outlines of several towering pyramids clearly emerged in his cognition that he saw it; beneath the tombs piled with giant stones, the silent souls of pharaohs and millennial curses were sealed, with cold, deathly qi lingering in the underground palaces.

There was even a barrier preventing his perception from penetrating.

The strongest reaction inside... was roughly equal to one Kakashi?

The "Five-Five-Open" of the Ninja World had been used by someone as a unit of measurement.

Not much value.

His perception continued to drift away.

At the edge of the desert, Cairo, a city carrying an ancient civilization, came into view!

Black clouds covered the sky.

Swarms of flies danced everywhere, frogs leaped from the Nile River, and the drinking water in the wells turned to blood.

Large fire meteors were falling from the sky!

The prelude to destruction had begun.

The revenge curse from the High Priest had evidently twisted all the natives of ancient Egyptian descent in the city into living dead servants.

They shouted the name of Imhotep, set houses on fire, and brandished scimitars, slaughtering those foreigners who lacked Egyptian blood.

The Americans, the British, the French—the great powers in the traditional sense—had dreamed that by teaming up with revolvers, shotguns, and Maxim guns, they could run wild in an ancient civilization and plunder precious artifacts, but that dream had been ruthlessly shattered by the High Priest.

Monsters did not fear bullets piercing their hearts or brains unless they were physically smashed to pieces.

Under Uchiha Xiu's witness, the sound of gunfire grew fainter, turning into wails.

"Imhotep!!"

"Im—ho—tep!"

"Im—ho—tep—"

Amidst the raging fire, a large number of natives howled fanatically, black smoke pouring from their seven orifices, forming thousands of weeping faces in mid-air.

Outside the city.

Great Britain, which still held the "stirring stick" of the Blue Star and had not yet handed it over to its little cousin America, had stationed an aviation formation there.

Sixteen Handley Page O/400 bombers, along with their pilots, had been transformed by Imhotep, billowing with thick black smoke.

—This star equipment, famous for its role in World War I, could drop 750 kilograms of bombs and had a range of 1,200 kilometers.

The combination of magic and primitive technology created a bizarre aesthetic.

"Phew, I found it."

Moving his perspective away from Cairo, Uchiha Xiu located the City of the Dead hidden in the deepest part of the vast desert:

Hamunaptra!

The evil, special energy was exceptionally eye-catching, definitely more than one "Ka." The bald High Priest Imhotep felt something, looked across the air toward the sea of sand where the East Sea Team stood, and grinned lecherously.

Well, that was how Uchiha Xiu chose to interpret it.