The Deadly Alliance commanded
Kano and his troops to force a small population of people to
construct a palace fortress. One of those enslaved was Li Mei,
who rebelled against the invaders and attacked Kano himself.
Recognizing the warrior spirit she possessed, the sorcerer Quan
Chi offered to free her people if she could win the Deadly
Alliance tournament. If she did not win, however, she would be
forced to serve the Alliance and her people would remain slaves
forever. Li Mei has no choice but to accept his offer.
Li Mei had been promised that her people
would be freed from enslavement if she could win the tournament
held by the Deadly Alliance. Now that she had emerged
victorious, the true purpose behind the tournament was finally
revealed to her. Her soul would be the last one Shang Tsung
needed to completely revive the Dragon King's lost army.
Her people would never be freed and Li Mei
herself would remain trapped inside the mummified remains of a
dead soldier... cursed to serve the Deadly Alliance... forever.