1923, Cairo, Egypt!
Egypt at this time was a colony of the British Empire. The opening of the Suez Canal made Egypt gradually prosper. Countless ships were moored in Egypt's major ports. The British colonial army patrolled everywhere. Egypt was too important for Britain to lose.
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Jiang Ning, wearing a black robe and a hood on his head, strolled in the bazaar of Cairo.
People came and went on the street, and there were people from all over the world. In this era, white people had the highest status. All other people of color could not be compared with white people. Jiang Ning soon ran into trouble.
"Stop, what are you doing?"
"Pull your hat off."
A team of British colonial troops stopped Jiang Ning and began to interrogate him.
Jiang Ning pulled down his hood, revealing a head of black medium-length hair. His oriental face made the British army slightly stunned. Afterwards, several British soldiers began to become restless, searching Jiang Ning's clothes, and speaking in a racist tone: "Yellow monkey, what are you doing here?"
The words of this British soldier made the rest of the British soldiers laugh at him, and looked at Jiang Ning with a cat-and-mouse look.
"I'm talking to you, answer me!" After saying that, the British soldier raised the butt of his gun and smashed it towards Jiang Ning's head.
Jiang Ning dodged easily, and the magic wand obtained from Janetis instantly pierced the stomach of the British soldier. Then, with the speed of lightning, he stabbed the remaining British soldiers to death. Ignoring the panic screams of passers-by, Jiang Ning calmly put on his hood and turned to leave.
After that, the British army launched a large-scale wanted list for an Oriental throughout Cairo.
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"Where is Hamunatta...?"
The trauma to the soul is too inefficient to be repaired by time alone. Therefore, after resting for a while, Jiang Ning decisively began to look for items or methods that can heal the soul.
"O'Connor and his crew set out from Chittagong. They were attacked by the Pharaoh's guards on the way and were forced to abandon the ship. After that... where they landed and which desert they entered, the movie didn't mention it at all. We were completely clueless!"
"What the hell should we do?"
Jiang Ning scratched his head. Facing such a situation, he really didn't have any good ideas. As for asking the housekeeper, he didn't have any good ideas either. Moreover, there are gods in this world. It's better to maintain a certain respect for Anubis, the Egyptian god of death.
So, Jiang Ning wandered around Cairo.
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Then, the British colonial army stationed in Cairo began a city-wide search.
Jiang Ning had no idea about this, or even if he knew, he wouldn't care. Although Jiang Ning was not much stronger than an ant in the face of gods. Even the high priest Imhotep might not be able to defeat him, but for ordinary people, they were not on the same level at all.
Even if they were holding the most advanced weapons in the world, they couldn't hurt him at all.
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Then Jiang Ning wandered around Cairo, trying to find O'Connor and his crew. However, he had been looking for O'Connor for half a month but couldn't find him. He had also visited Cairo Prison. There was no sign of O'Connor either, but he didn't know that it was 1923. The plot officially started three years later, in 1926, so he came too early.
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So, without finding O'Connor, Jiang Ning began to look for Evelyn. He remembered that Evelyn seemed to work at the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities. She had studied ancient Egyptian culture thoroughly and knew the ancient Egyptian writing.
Jiang Ning was very curious about the two scriptures.
One recorded all the witchcraft and curses of ancient Egypt, and the other was said to record information about gods. He wanted to see if he could find information about the soul from these two scriptures. Even if he couldn't, the ancient Egyptian spells could greatly enrich his means of attack.
Therefore, after spending some money and using witchcraft to seduce the Egyptian colonial government. The wanted order for him was soon cancelled. After donating a large amount of sponsorship funds to the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, Jiang Ning successfully entered the museum and met Evelyn.
After spending some time to establish a good relationship with Evelin, Jiang Ning expressed his interest in learning ancient Egyptian characters. Evelin agreed generously and was very happy. Every day, she enthusiastically explained ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics to Jiang Ning, and Jiang Ning's eagerness to learn and diligence also made Evelin very satisfied.
In this way, one was willing to learn and the other was willing to teach, and time passed little by little. Jiang Ning's level continued to improve, and his reading and writing skills increased day by day, which surprised Evelin.
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"Incredible, Ning! It's only been a short time, and you have mastered ancient Egyptian characters so quickly. You know, when I was learning, I also spent a lot of time. But compared with you, I am ashamed." Evelin praised.
Jiang Ning smiled: "I can learn so quickly, thanks to the good teaching of Teacher Evelin."
"I am also honored to have such an excellent student." Evelin said seriously, and after that, the two laughed at the same time. Evelin was quite surprised by the eagerness to learn and intelligence of this "little brother". Jiang Ning's politeness also greatly increased his popularity in Evelin's heart. The Chinese of this era were generally despised, and the impression they left on the world was that they had long braids behind their heads, were dirty, old-fashioned and backward... In short, it seemed that all the bad words were poured into China overnight.
At the same time, in comparison with Jiang Ning, it was no wonder that Evelin changed her impression of China.
In fact, Jiang Ning talked about this issue with Evelin for a long time. Discussing the past and the present, making a comparison from ancient times to the "modern" China, Evelin repeatedly refreshed her understanding of Jiang Ning, and made Evelin admire Jiang Ning's erudition and versatility.
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Although Jiang Ning is not from this world, this world is part of the history of the main world. The only difference is that there are supernatural powers and gods in this world, but these things do not exist in the main world.
Although he always admonishes himself like this, every time when others talk about China, they talk about the bad and backwardness of China, Jiang Ning is still very angry. Maybe this is irrational, maybe this is a bit too naive.
But even so, Jiang Ning still said something to those people.
When we Chinese were leading the world, your ancestors were still savages!
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The topic has gone too far, let's get back to the main topic.
In the process of learning, Jiang Ning not only has a good relationship with Evelyn, but also has a friendly relationship with Jonathan. Jonathan is a dirty man and a gambler. However, he cares about his only sister Evelyn.
This is also what makes Jiang Ning very fond of him. When watching movies, he is one of the few characters he likes.
For this reason, Jiang Ning wiped a lot of his butts for him, and Jonathan also likes Jiang Ning very much. Not only did he help him settle his gambling debts, but he also helped him from time to time. Where can you find such a good, good-tempered, and rich friend?
Jonathan completely forgot that when he first learned that Jiang Ning had killed several British soldiers with his bare hands, he was wanted by the colonial government throughout the city.
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Today, Evelyn and Jiang Ning sorted out the museum's information together.
Evelyn was mainly busy, and Jiang Ning was helping out, anyway, he was idle. In this era, there were no entertainment activities, and there was no fun place except drinking and prostitution. There was an extreme lack of spiritual entertainment. Jiang Ning could only kill his boring time in this way.
Because he didn't know when the plot started, Jiang Ning was staring at Evelyn and the others most of the time.
"Okay, today's information is sorted out. Let's go, Ning. I'll buy you a cup of coffee!" Evelyn patted Jiang Ning's shoulder and walked out first.
"Nafidili!" Jiang Ning suddenly shouted.
Evelyn was obviously stunned for a moment, and felt that the name was familiar, but she didn't know why it was familiar. She turned around and looked at Jiang Ning in confusion.
"What?"
Jiang Ning shook his head and smiled, "Nothing, didn't you say you would treat me to coffee? What are you waiting for? Let's go!" Jiang Ning pulled Evelyn away. Evelyn just felt that the name was very familiar, and then she didn't think much about it.
Jiang Ning, who secretly observed Evelyn's expression, came to a very certain conclusion that Evelyn was still a little familiar with her past life. However, her memory of her past life has not yet awakened.
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In this way, Jiang Ning spent three years in Cairo without knowing it!
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