▁In ▁the ▁opening ▁intro ▁to ▁Dead ly ▁Alliance , ▁it ▁is ▁revealed ▁that ▁Qu an ▁Chi ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁escape ▁the ▁Nether real m , ▁using ▁the ▁am u let ▁he ▁had ▁st olen ▁from ▁Sh inn ok . ▁He ▁appears ▁in ▁a ▁tomb ▁containing ▁several ▁m umm ified ▁remains ▁and ▁an ▁ancient ▁run estone , ▁which ▁reve als ▁that ▁the ▁remains ▁are ▁the ▁" und efe atable " ▁army ▁of ▁the ▁long - f org ot ten ▁r uler ▁of ▁Out world , ▁known ▁simply ▁as ▁the ▁" Drag on ▁King ". ▁Learning ▁that ▁it ▁can ▁be ▁rev ived , ▁Qu an ▁Chi ▁forms ▁an ▁al liance ▁with ▁Shang ▁Ts ung , ▁offering ▁him ▁an ▁end less ▁supply ▁of ▁sou ls ▁in ▁return ▁for ▁him ▁trans plant ing ▁the ▁sou ls ▁of ▁defeated ▁war riors ▁into ▁the ▁army . ▁The ▁two ▁work ▁together ▁to ▁defeat , ▁and ▁kill , ▁Sh ao ▁K ahn ▁and ▁Li u ▁K ang , ▁the ▁two ▁greatest ▁thre ats ▁to ▁their ▁plans . ▁Unable ▁to ▁inter f ere ▁as ▁an ▁E lder ▁God , ▁Ra iden ▁surr enders ▁his ▁status ▁after ▁real izing ▁that , ▁should ▁the ▁al liance ▁be ▁vict orious , ▁Earth real m ▁is ▁do omed . ▁ ▁In ▁Dead ly ▁Alliance , ▁the ▁player ▁receives ▁information ▁concerning ▁the ▁back st ories ▁of ▁the ▁characters ▁and ▁their ▁relationships ▁with ▁one ▁another ▁mainly ▁during ▁Kon quest ▁mode , ▁but ▁also ▁by ▁way ▁of ▁bi ograph ies ▁that ▁can ▁be ▁obtained ▁in ▁the ▁K rypt .