After Mileena had possession of Shinnok's amulet, she leveled entire villages using its power. Facing certain death if she stayed, Li Mei led her people to Earthrealm to seek asylum. Li Mei was then brought in by Sonya Blade and Raiden for questioning. She told them about Mileena's new power and lack of control over it, which Raiden suspected was Shinnok's amulet. Sonya then sent her daughter, Cassie Cage and her team to talk to Kotal Kahn to get confirmation of this information.