Wen Lie held the strap that served as a scabbard in his left hand, refusing to let go, snapped his fingers with his right, and said with a faint smile, "That's right. So, from this, we can draw a conclusion: the horror movie worlds are not created by God. God simply sends us to worlds that already exist, and possesses the ability to interfere with them."
Zheng Zha asked with a puzzled expression, "Worlds that already exist? Then why do the plots from the movies happen in them?"
Wen Lie asked, "Have you ever heard of the infinite monkey theorem? It means that if a number of monkeys hit typewriter keys at random, they will eventually write all the books in the British Museum. In an infinite multiverse, why couldn't there be a world where the exact same events as in the movie happened?"
Zheng Zha scratched his hair, unable to refute this possibility.
"Let's get back to the point. Why does The Mummy World have JoJo's Bizarre Adventure? You haven't explained that yet."
Zhang Jie tapped the table, his face gloomy as he questioned Wen Lie.
"First of all, I didn't think JoJo's Bizarre Adventure existed in The Mummy World right from the start."
Wen Lie had long since prepared his explanation and was not afraid of Zhang Jie's continued questioning.
"Remember when I suggested taking a stroll around Cairo earlier?"
Zheng Zha nodded and asked curiously, "Wasn't that to scout the terrain?"
Wen Lie asked in bewilderment, "Not at all. I never planned to fight Imhotep to the death in Cairo, so why would I scout the terrain? Besides, with locals like Evelyn and O'Connell around, why bother with such unnecessary work?"
Zheng Zha awkwardly looked away.
So it turned out he had just been acting too smart for his own good?
Wen Lie explained, "I love the work JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, so when I was shopping at the Khan el-Khalili market earlier, I thought of the plot from Part 3 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, where Avdol claims to run a shop in the Khan el-Khalili market and meets DIO.
At that time, I had a wild, unrealistic thought: could I find DIO's mansion in the Cairo of this world?
You all should know that when you go to a place mentioned in a work you love, you can't help but want to go and see the scenery described in the work with your own eyes."
Zhan Lan nodded in deep agreement; she had experienced similar thoughts and experiences herself.
Zheng Zha smiled and said, "I understand that. It's just like when I see a famous landmark in a city on TV, and when I go to that city on a business trip, I want to go and check out the landmark that was described."
"At the time, I didn't think I would actually find DIO's mansion, but once I got there, I discovered that in the exact location corresponding to the map Araki-sensei drew in the manga, there really was a mansion!"
Wen Lie's expression became somewhat excited, and his speech sped up a fraction.
First The Infinity Horror, and then JoJo—Wen Lie was looking forward to his future adventures all the more.
That's right, the world of The Infinity Horror was dangerous, the kind of dangerous where the mortality rate went off the charts.
Yet many people had probably had this thought before: rather than living a mediocre life, wouldn't it be better to go out in a blaze of glory? He was simply turning that fleeting thought into reality.
Zhao Yinkong, who had never read JoJo, did not understand Wen Lie's attitude. Her response was merely a single sentence: "And then?"
Wen Lie found Zhao Yinkong's reaction uninteresting and continued, "Then I suspected that this world might also contain JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, and then I wondered why JoJo's Bizarre Adventure would exist in this world, and then I further wondered: if I could encounter the plot of JoJo in Cairo, would there be plots from other movies and mangas in Cairo as well?
The works I've seen concerning Egypt and Cairo are few: only *The Jewel of the Seven Stars*, *The Mummy: The Curse of the Pharaoh's Wives*, *Raiders of the Lost Ark*, and *JoJo's Bizarre Adventure*. While shopping, I asked the locals and O'Connell about the legends and characters present in these works..."
Ling Dian said in astonishment, "All those things you asked about before were movie plots?"
While they were out shopping earlier, Wen Lie had asked O'Connell and several store managers about various Egyptian legends and stories. Ling Dian had kept a close eye on Wen Lie, assuming at the time that Wen Lie was asking about legends passed down in the real world, never expecting they were actually movie plots.
Wen Lie said, "I don't know if the timing was wrong or if it was just too well hidden, but the only one I could verify was Sallah, the excavator from Raiders of the Lost Ark. Stand: God Anubis could only be confirmed once we reached the warehouse of the Cairo Museum."
In reality, *The Jewel of the Seven Stars* and *The Mummy: The Curse of the Pharaoh's Wives* were merely camouflage for his true target; he couldn't possibly expect to ask for something and immediately find it—that would have been far too suspicious.
Xiao Honglv pinched the hair at his forehead, his brows furrowing deeply.
What kind of situation was this? Even he couldn't figure it out.
Everyone's eyes were filled with confusion. Although they now knew how Wen Lie had discovered Stand: God Anubis, they still had no clue whatsoever as to why the plot of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure existed in The Mummy World.
"It's just a guess, so feel free to take it with a grain of salt. Could there be some kind of resonance between worlds, or a certain inevitability and coincidence?
According to what you've told me, you've already been through three horror movies: Resident Evil 1, Alien 1, and The Grudge. Counting The Mummy 1, that makes four. Setting Alien 1 aside, is there any difference between the human history of Resident Evil 1, The Grudge, and The Mummy 1, and the human history of the real world?"
Zheng Zha said hesitatingly, "There shouldn't be, right?"
He hadn't specifically investigated it, but judging from the information he gathered through everyday activities, it didn't feel much different from the real world.
"If a habitable planet like Earth is a miracle in the universe, then could human history also be a miracle in the multiverse? A planet must possess the exact same conditions as Earth in order to nurture human life; so for the same worldview, must history develop along the exact same path for humans to multiply and survive?"
Whether this was the truth, Wen Lie did not know—just as he did not know what kind of world his own original world was, with Author Z's books constantly stabbing each other in the back and their settings conflicting with one another.
Still, the existence-unconfirmed "Human Destiny Resonance Project" was a hypothesis that could be used to explain why the plots of The Mummy, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, and Raiders of the Lost Ark all happened in the same world.
Zheng Zha asked, "Then what about Alien 1? In most movies, history up until the 21st century is the same, but science fiction movies involve the future world, and there are a lot of differences there."
Wen Lie shrugged and said indifferently, "That can be explained as the influence of civilizations on other planets. When a civilization develops to the point where it can make contact with other worlds, a fork in the road appears ahead. Depending on the nature of that contact, history will diverge in different directions. By that stage, the internal history of the planet no longer has much impact on its future."
Xiao Honglv plucked out a strand of hair and muttered, "Although it's just a guess, it actually makes sense."
No, it was simply that only this possibility remained—at least, he couldn't think of any other explanation.