American Comics: Something's Wrong with This Superhero World

Chapter 191 Gods

"Honey, I've found a clue to the extraordinary being you mentioned!"

After glancing at Penny and Casey, who were already asleep beside him, Xiao Xian went to the bathroom to answer Amanda's call.

"Caught? A vampire or a werewolf?" Xiao Xian thought of Lex McKinney's memories. According to his memories, there were vampires in his family.

"Neither, it's a mummy," Amanda replied.

"Damn it~" Xiao Xian was completely dumbfounded upon hearing this. Vampires in movies and TV series have many origins, including those infected by viruses, those transmitted by animals, those with genetic mutations, and of course, those cursed by gods. But mummies all have mythological backgrounds.

While the gods may not appear in the movie, the background story will almost certainly feature Egyptian gods.

Once there is a local god, it almost means that collecting souls in this world is possible, but dragging them to the hellish realm is basically impossible.

Especially the powerful gods of Egypt, almost every one of them obtained a portion of the authority of this world. Although in terms of comprehensiveness, they could not compare to Xiao Xian's almost all-encompassing authority within his own dimensional space, the former possessed the authority of an entire world, while Xiao Xian only had the authority of a small-scale dimensional space.

Although Xiao Xian is not inferior to his opponent in essence, and may even be superior in terms of freedom and development potential, the actual gap in strength between the two is still very large. Especially in this universe, it is not easy for Xiao Xian, an outsider thief, to fight against the administrator.

Minor squabbles are fine. In this era where miracles are rare, the gods' activities in the real world are usually restricted, and their true forms cannot descend. The world's will probably not care if Xiao Xian takes advantage of the situation.

But when Xiao Xian was about to drag the world into his own dimensional space, the world's will removed the restrictions and returned to the mythological era. The gods themselves stepped in to beat people. Not to mention Xiao Xian, a newly initiated dimensional demon god, even Mephisto and Dormammu would not be able to defeat the gods in this world.

This world appears to be free of demons, but it is filled with gods in the background. Although the prevalence of supernatural powers is far less than that of the superhero universe, in terms of advanced power, it may not necessarily be inferior to the superhero universe.

After all, if this world has Egyptian gods, what about Chinese gods, and God? Don't forget that Lex McKinney's family also has vampires. Originally, the absence of Egyptian gods could have been due to a virus or being bitten by bats, but now that there are Egyptian gods, the origin of vampires is most likely related to Jehovah.

The Egyptian gods in the Mummy series are quite powerful; a single priest under their command can destroy a city, unleash a massive sandstorm, and easily resurrect the dead.

"Tell me more about the mummy you found out about," Xiao Xian asked, clinging to his last glimmer of hope. What if this mummy wasn't the one he knew, but something created by some unscrupulous magician? After all, magicians can create anything.

"It is said that a series of disasters that occurred in Cairo, Egypt in the 20th century were related to Imhotep, a priest who was said to have betrayed the Pharaoh," Amanda said.

"Alright, that's enough." Xiao Xian sighed and rubbed his forehead. It really was the Mummy series. But at this point, the plots of the original three Mummy movies should have been completed. He just wondered if there would be a new Mummy storyline in this world.

If there's a new Mummy storyline, Xiao Xian really has to get involved. Otherwise, if Seth were to descend into the real world, Xiao Xian would basically have no part in this world.

After all, the other party is a powerful god who is in charge of life, death, and souls, and it is an administrator account that personally intervened. Xiao Xian, who came from out of town illegally, has no way to fight against the other party.

The only good news is that other gods and forces certainly don't want Seth to descend into the real world. In the movie, Seth's descent ritual was incomplete, and his will was suppressed by Tom Cruise after he arrived in the real world. He was subdued but not completely subdued. So, in this matter, Xiao Xian, Fate, and the gods are all allies.

It can be said that apart from Seth and his priests, no one or god wanted Seth to come to the real world and become a god walking in the mortal world. After all, if Seth came to the real world, who could compete with him in stealing believers and souls?

Imagine a living god standing before you, who controls death and can resurrect others. Even fanatics might convert if they encountered such a being.

"See if you can find any information about Anmanette. It might have been deleted, but keep looking around."

As Xiao Xian spoke, he recalled something mentioned in the movie: the Egyptians deliberately erased that period of history. In the movie, the female protagonist and her organization only learned about Ammanet by digging up the Crusaders' graves. It seemed that Xiao Xian might have to step in to gather information.

Although Xiao Xian was unwilling to see Seth descend into the real world, he was still quite interested in his powers. In the previous superhero world, there were no gods of power. The so-called Thor, Loki, etc. were more like powerful beings than gods. In fact, the Infinity Stones and gods of power were more similar to those gods.

Especially that gem dagger that stores the power of Set. If he could get his hands on it, he wondered if he could steal Set's power. Also, the Book of the Sun and the Book of the Dead seem to contain a lot of Egyptian pantheon spells. He wondered how open-source they were. If Xiao Xian got his hands on them, he might be able to reverse engineer them and create some magic to enrich his Elysium magic treasury.

After hanging up the phone, Xiao Xian woke up Casey and Penny.

"I have some things to take care of and need to leave for a while. I'll contact you again when I have time."

"Ah~ then I'll go with you!" Casey said quickly upon hearing this.

"Me too, I'll go with you!"

Penny quickly added that she felt she couldn't leave Xiao Xian anymore. Although Penny had a record of having slept with hundreds, or even thousands of men, she felt that only with Xiao Xian was it truly a card game, so strictly speaking, she had given her virginity to Xiao Xian.

Compared to Xiao Xian, Penny had completely lost interest in playing cards with Leonard. She felt that she could no longer play cards with Leonard after returning home; from then on, she belonged only to Xiao Xian.

"I'm doing serious business, none of you should follow me," Xiao Xian said, rolling his eyes. Casey was one thing, but Penny really thought she was single? Leonard might be a bit of a snob, but he wasn't this snob. Xiao Xian was hoping to get Leonard to sign the contract through Penny.

"What about what I said about introducing my best friend to you? I've arranged to have dinner with Bernadette every night, would you like to come along?" Penny suggested, hoping Xiao Xian could stay a little longer.

"Let's talk about it when we get back. Oh, and remember to call Raj's sister Priya over too." Xiao Xian shook his head and said, "Right now, it's more important to confirm if there's a new mummy storyline."

(End of this chapter)