"Hurry, I have a feeling the trouble’s not over yet. The queen seems to have used her soul to resurrect Ramses II." Tang Zheng, while helping Dantai up, heads for the Magic Array. However, before they the step into it, a roaring voice filled with anger rings out across the Sunship.
"You ants, you killed my beloved wife; I will ensure you’re damned to eternal torment." With his roar, the rear of the Sunship is blown away, causing the entire ship to lurch and tilt to the right.
Tang Zheng and Dantai immediately lose their footing and fall to the deck, sliding away.
"Warlord." Tang Zheng initially wanted to pass the queen to it for transportation. However, just as it jumped onto the deck, two golden beams exploded onto it, severely injuring its back and flinging it towards the ground.
Boom! The Warlord swings its Warhammer into the deck, suspending itself in mid-air, unable to provide any assistance.
"Dantai, grab it!" Knowing that the revived Ramses II is after them, and not being able to let the queen go due to the necessity of sealing her, Tang Zheng reluctantly grabbed Dantai by the collar with one hand and flung him towards the Magic Array on the slightly elevated deck, the path back to Abu Simbel Temple.
Dantai knew he must seize this opportunity. As he skimmed across the surface of the deck, approaching directly above the Magic Array, he drew his Military Dagger from his waist and plunged it into the Magic Array. A flash of light later, he was gone.
Due to the reactive force of flinging Dantai away, Tang Zheng’s fall was harsher. Fortunately, he managed to control it by plunging a hand into the deck, but he nearly lost his grip on the queen. She was dressed in a robe, and the sound of tearing cloth alerted him it could let go any moment.
Tang Zheng fiercely kicked the deck, embedding his toes into it; he rapidly pulled out his right hand and inserted it back into the deck again, making his way towards the magic array in this crude and clumsy manner. However, another explosion shook the Sunship, tilting it further to form almost a seventy-degree angle with the ground, causing him to slide down and lose his grip on the queen.
"Damn it!" Tang Zheng cursed, letting go of the deck and lunging towards the queen. However, she had smeared olive oil all over herself prior, which made her too slippery to hold onto.
Tang Zheng felt like dying. Just then, the Warlord managed to climb back up using the chain attached to the Warhammer. It dived and caught the queen by her ankle, embedding itself in the deck. Immediately, it began breaking through the deck with its two legs and one hand, quickly crawling towards the Magic Array.
With both his hands finally free, Tang Zheng retrieved his sword, while using both of his feet to make holes in the deck, barely managing to enter the Magic Array before another explosion occurred.
A flash of light later, Tang Zheng experiences a sudden blackness. When he opens his eyes, he finds himself back in the main burial chamber of the temple, with a group of anxious faces waiting for him outside of the Magic Array.
"Uncle is so awesome. He defeated the queen!" Not just Lu Fan, but everyone looked delighted, for they now had a chance to survive.
"Get out quickly, the king is about to blow up." Tang Zheng dashed to the Warlord, lifted the queen, and started to run frantically towards the exit. His mission was to seal the queen and had nothing to do with the king. Therefore, if possible, he would rather avoid fighting. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ NoveI[F]ire.net
However, the Trojan Squad, and particularly the cruel proclamation from the Wristwatch, contradicted him.
"The death of the queen has led to seal failure, mission fail. In ten minutes, the Trojan Squad will be annihilated. Please leave your last words."
After the Trojan Squad finished speaking, an eerie silence filled the burial chamber. Nobody expected things to turn this way.
"Didn’t we kill the queen? Why did we fail?" Pang Meiqin put the wristwatch to her lips and yelled at it.
"Given that you’re about to die, I’ll tell you. It’s not just about death, it’s about sealing her. Isn’t your brain for thinking, not just for cracking walnuts? The queen sacrificed her soul to resurrect the king, which is equivalent to her not dying, just changing her form of existence." Trojan Squad mocked them all, "How do you plan on spending your last ten minutes? Will you wait for death quietly, or throw a tantrum?"
The Trojan Squad fell silent, with varying expressions on their faces, clearly having lost their cool.
"No, I won’t die. I haven’t lived enough. I want to be an international superstar. No, I don’t need anything. I just want to live, even as an ordinary person." Chen Hong grabbed her hair, then rushed to Tang Zheng, grabbing his wrist, and cried out to the wristwatch.
"Sigh!" Xu Liangmao threw his rifle heavily onto the ground, then crouched down holding his head. He took out a cigarette pack, lit one, and inhaled deeply. This man, betrayed by his wife, surrendered at the last moment of his life, appearing utterly resigned.
Yu Manli, on the other hand, looked at Tang Zheng. As a middle-aged woman, the more she yearned for life, the more she couldn’t give it up.
Chu Baichuan and Ai Yixin had arrived, sitting against the wall, holding hands.
"Baichuan, maybe we’re the luckiest." Ai Yixin grimly joked, "I’ve always made you worry."
"What nonsense are you talking about? Marrying you is the proudest thing I’ve done in my life." For once, Chu Baichuan murmured sweet words, "Honey, let me hear our baby’s heartbeat."
"What rubbish! It’s not the end of the world yet!" Pang Meiqin was disgusted by their attitudes and yelled at them, "The queen is not dead yet, I haven’t lived enough, and I haven’t found a man who loves me. I won’t die like a maggot, there must be a way, there must be one!"