Story
Set in the year of 1936, the player assumes the control of (a fictionalized version of) Robert Ripley. The game starts in Thebes, Egypt, where Ripley is pursued by two men. They steal his sack and are about to execute him, when they are terrified from the sounds from the talking Colossus of Memnon and run away. On his way back to New York City he finds that the same two people have ransacked the Odditorium, attacked his assistant, Feng Li, and were looking for any documents concerning "Master Lu". He surmises that they are after the Emerald Seal of the tomb of China's first emperor, a powerful talisman which could be used to unite all Asia under a single power, in the eve of the World War II.
The adventure starts in Peiping, where Ripley believes he can find more about Master Lu in the Hall of Classics. It is there where a priest tells his history: Master Lu was the sage of Emperor Qin, traveled in locations such as Easter Island, Sikkim and Peru to discover the Elixir of Life for the Emperor. After designing the Emperor's Tomb, he used Rongorongo, Sikkimese and Peruvian hieroglyphics to conceal the secret to open it; he believed that only after the peoples of the world reach a certain point of peace and cooperation, they would be able to use joint knowledge and understand it. The priest also mentions that Twelvetrees came before Ripley, and two men tried to steal the tablet. However he will allow Ripley to study the tablet if he finds the key to solve the riddle.
Read more about this topic: Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: The Riddle Of Master Lu
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