#230 - mummy

The mummy that appeared before the new team was very tall, almost entirely wrapped in dirty bandages. His wrists and calves were adorned with relatively clean black and gold armbands, and his waist was covered with a matching loincloth. On his head, he wore a uniquely shaped pharaoh's crown, and around his neck, a black and gold collar. An eerie white light constantly seeped out from the gaps in the bandages.

It was Yang Le, transformed into a mummy. To avoid giving himself away, Yang Le had specially wrapped the Omnitrix with bandages. 'Mummy' was the name Yang Le gave him. This alien hero was quite unfortunate; for a long time, even the authorities forgot about his existence, and he didn't even have a hero codename.

The Mummy is a Secufoan from the planet Anur Khufos in the Anur System. The aliens in the Anur System all have one thing in common: their appearance or characteristics are very similar to various legendary monsters on Earth.

"Seriously! After Atlantis, it's ancient Egypt?" Fastball couldn't help but complain. "Are there living residents in all ancient civilizations?"

"Um, strictly speaking, shouldn't a mummy not be alive?" the Fungus quietly said from the side.

Although chatting during a battle wasn't ideal, Fastball's words undoubtedly reminded Mr. Immortal. He immediately asked Namorita, who was standing beside him.

"Do you know anything about this thing?"

"No," Namorita shook her head. If you didn't count the ones in the British Museum, this was her first time seeing a mummy, and a living one at that.

"Be careful, guys," Night Thrasher pulled out the two short sticks from his back, twirled them a couple of times before holding them in his hands. "This guy's bandages are very tough. My special daggers can't even cut through them. Getting entangled is no joke."

"I can see that," Robbie slowly activated his abilities, and a field of colorful energy spheres surrounded him, looking like a dream.

This was Robbie's ability, which he called the 'Fastball Effect.' In reality, it was a special kinetic energy field. This energy field could absorb almost all kinetic energy, making Robbie nearly immune to physical damage.

"Let me test his depth first!" Robbie shouted, and then charged towards Yang Le, who had transformed into a mummy.

Facing the charging Robbie, Yang Le wasn't surprised at all. This kid would make a big mistake because of his impulsiveness. He would be surprised if he wasn't impulsive.

Fastball's speed was very fast. With his ability, he could jump at a considerable speed. In the blink of an eye, Robbie jumped in front of Yang Le and kicked him.

Compared to Robbie's near-omnipotent defense, his attack methods were very limited, basically relying on punches and kicks, although their power was considerable.

However, his opponent was the Mummy, and the Mummy was most afraid of blunt weapon attacks.

Yang Le stood straight in place, allowing Robbie to kick him. Robbie's kick went into the Mummy's body without any obstruction. Robbie was shocked, but he vaguely felt like he had hit something.

'Too young,' Yang Le looked at the stunned Robbie with disappointment. Even with superpowers, Robbie shouldn't be so careless. It seemed that this battle would be simpler than he thought.

Tightening the bandages, Yang Le pretended to want to swallow Robbie into his body, which scared Robbie so much that he struggled desperately.

The rest of the New Warriors certainly couldn't sit idly by and watch Robbie get eaten. Night Thrasher took out a knife from his belt and threw it to Squirrel Girl Eileen, who understood and ran towards Robbie and the Mummy with the long knife.

Eileen was the most agile of the New Warriors, making her the most suitable for the task of saving Robbie.

Dodging and weaving, Eileen quickly arrived beside the two. Yang Le manipulated several bandages to attack Squirrel Girl, but she dodged them nimbly.

Raising the long knife, Eileen slashed at the bandages entangling Robbie, cutting them off one by one. Eileen was a little surprised; it wasn't this easy when Night Thrasher was doing it, right?

Having escaped, Robbie immediately distanced himself from Yang Le. He breathed a sigh of relief; after all, being eaten was too scary.

Eileen raised the long knife and was about to slash at Yang Le again, but Yang Le didn't dodge or avoid, instead facing Eileen and unwrapping the bandages on his upper body.

Originally somewhat puzzled, Eileen was shocked when she saw what was under the Mummy's bandages, and she couldn't bring herself to swing the long knife. Taking advantage of Eileen's daze, Yang Le stretched out several bandages again to entangle Eileen.

Seeing Eileen about to be entangled by the bandages, Namorita, who had the ability to fly, took the initiative to save Eileen, directly picking her up from the air, and the two flew into the sky together, temporarily escaping the attack of the bandages.

Those bandages missed their target but didn't give up, continuously lengthening and attacking the two in the air.

"Bang!" A gunshot rang out, and a bullet hit one of the bandages. Unfortunately, although it pierced the bandage, it couldn't stop the bandage from continuing to lengthen.

"Hmm?" Yang Le looked in surprise at the bandage that had been shot, which had broken apart. At the same time, dense mold spots emerged from it, beginning to spread towards Yang Le at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Yang Le glanced at the little fat man who wasn't very noticeable. He knew this was the Fungus's ability, to communicate with bacteria. For living things, this was indeed a terrifying ability.

'It seems to be because of that bullet.' While thinking, Yang Le severed the connection between that bandage and himself. It would be troublesome if these things crawled onto him.

Night Thrasher, seeing the attack was effective, immediately unleashed a barrage of fire, "Bang, bang, bang!" All the bullets were fired at Yang Le.

A cold light flashed in Yang Le's eyes. He retracted all his tentacles, blocking all the bullets. Although they didn't directly hit Yang Le's body, these bandages were all connected to Yang Le, and the Fungus could control those bacteria to climb onto Yang Le's main body along the bandages.

The Fungus thought so too, immediately contacting the bacteria and letting them grow rapidly in order to quickly solve Yang Le. Who knew those bacteria did grow rapidly, but they were all on the ground near Yang Le, not sticking to Yang Le at all.

"What's going on!" the Fungus said in confusion. At this time, Namorita and Eileen also retreated to their companions.

"Are you okay? Rita, Eileen," Mr. Immortal quickly asked about their condition.

"I'm fine, Captain," Namorita replied.

"Captain," Eileen anxiously approached Mr. Immortal. "There's a person inside that mummy."

"Isn't it normal for there to be a corpse inside a mummy?" Mr. Immortal said in confusion, thinking that Eileen was frightened by seeing the rotting corpse.

"No, that's not a corpse," Eileen shook her head. "I saw it very clearly, it's a living person."