Chapter 4: Wooden Cage

First came the soft rustling of thousands of troops and horses, then the thumping sound of heavy objects hitting the ground around me, followed by the creaking sound of binding wood. Is it the sound of the desert skeleton army’s resurrection in “Scorpion King”, or the voice of the evil pharaoh leaping out of the coffin in the ancient tomb?

Suddenly, the light came on. Even though I curled up in a ball and closed my eyes tightl......