A mummy that retained the ability to move was hardly anything unusual. Similar "moving corpses" had probably appeared in countless films and other works.
But a mummy calling out the name "Anck-su-namun," one that even seemed to possess intelligence—that felt all too familiar.
That was why Li Jiye had risked exposing himself to ask that question.
The shriveled, battered corpse before him, riddled with holes, visibly paused. Then it immediately swiped a claw toward the sound in the air.
Old Li, already taut with nerves, easily dodged the strike, which was not yet particularly fierce.
A voice leaked from the mummy's windpipe. "You—who are you?"
Still unable to see anyone, but having confirmed that living people were nearby, the corpse seemed to grow somewhat anxious. It lunged at a mangled body beside it and pressed its ugly, rotten face against the dead man's unclosed eyes!
Accompanied by a chilling series of gurgling, sucking, and chewing sounds, less than two or three minutes later, the battered mummy turned back around. Having temporarily acquired eyeballs and a tongue, and looking slightly more "filled out," it seemed to have regained some clarity of mind. It spoke softly into the surrounding air and asked again, "Who are you? Why do you know me?"
Clearly, despite being physically "brainless," unlike many other monsters, this ancient Egyptian "high priest" who existed as a mummy still retained part of his sanity.
The mummy was from The Mummy series—or rather, The Mummy.
Originally an ancient Egyptian high priest, Imhotep had committed adultery with the Pharaoh's favored concubine, Anck-su-namun. Together, they ambushed and killed the Pharaoh. He was therefore sentenced to be devoured by insects, sealed inside a tomb, and transformed into a mummy amid pain and resentment as countless scarabs gnawed at him.
In theory, that was most