With a warehouse full of supplies, I stood alone as king in this chaotic world, gun in hand.

With a few quick sawings, the massive iron lock was broken, the cell door opened, and a putrid smell wafted out.

The cave was pitch black. Nangong Wu took out a flashlight and shone it as she walked inside.

After walking for about 15 minutes, two forks appeared in the cave, and she chose the left one to go in.

But after walking for a short while, they reached the end of the road and saw several prison cells. It looked like people had been imprisoned here, but there was no one there now.

Nangong Wu had no choice but to turn back and take the right-hand path, quickening her pace.

After walking about 500 meters, we encountered another fork in the road.

This time, she chose to go through the cave on the left again.

The cave was quiet, with only the soft sound of her footsteps.

"Who's there?" A voice suddenly came from the other end of the cave.

Nangong Wu looked up and saw a faint light.

Judging from the voice, it must be a soldier guarding this place, and a pistol immediately appeared in her hand.

Seeing that she didn't reply, the people on the other side became wary and walked over.

"Who is it?"

"It's me," Nangong Wu replied, greeting the group.

There were three people, carrying a lantern, all dressed in soldiers' uniforms.

Upon seeing her unfamiliar face, the three soldiers' expressions changed. "Who are you...?"

Nangong Wu raised her gun and pulled the trigger three times in quick succession. All three men were shot between the eyebrows and fell to the ground before they could even scream.

After dealing with the three people, Nangong Wu quickened her pace and ran inside.

Since there are guards here, it means there are people being imprisoned inside.

Sure enough, there were many cells here, separated by iron bars.

"Father, where are you? I'm coming to save you!" Nangong Wu cried out.

Upon hearing her voice, the dozens of people imprisoned there scrambled to their feet and rushed to the fence.

"Young lady, are you here to rescue us?"

"Huo Jing, which one of you is Huo Jing?" Nangong Wu asked as she walked through the cells.

The people who were imprisoned looked at each other, but none of them answered.

"Young lady, the Huo Jing you're talking about isn't the same Huo Jing who was the consort of the Princess Protector and later became the Prince of Zhenyuan, is he?" someone asked.

"Yes, it's him. He was brought here. Have you seen him?" Nangong Wu asked.

"No!" The people in the cell all shook their heads.

"Girl, since you've come all this way, please save us!" the prisoners pleaded with her.

"I was originally a businessman, but I was imprisoned here by Nangong Xun because I refused to associate with him."

"And us, we were all captured by Nangong Xun because we offended him."

"I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't help you tonight." Nangong Wu told them about the situation outside:

"This place is called Qingfeng Village. There are 20,000 private soldiers raised by Nangong Xun outside. If I let you out, I can't protect so many of you by myself. You might fall victim to their evil deeds."

But please rest assured, now that I know the situation here, I won't stand idly by. In a few days, government troops will come to suppress the bandits, and then you will be able to leave."

"Miss, you're looking for Huo Jing, could it be his daughter, Princess Runing, Nangong Wu?" Someone guessed her identity.

Nangong Wu didn't speak, nor did she have time to stay there any longer. She returned along the same route, and when she passed the three corpses, she pulled out her dagger, dug out the bullets, and didn't forget to collect the spent cartridges.

After exiting that fork in the road, follow the tunnel on the right.

More than a quarter of an hour has passed since she entered the cave. There should be patrolling soldiers outside by now. Hopefully, Bei Chenyan won't make too much noise while fighting them.

This time, she walked a long way, and the path in the cave began to go downhill, and it was very humid.

Then, I could faintly hear someone talking.

There were people there, those were the people being held captive inside. She quickened her pace, almost running.

But her footsteps also attracted the attention of the people inside, who came to check the situation with torches.

"Who is it?"

"It's me!" Nangong Wu's voice was cold.

Perhaps because they sensed something was wrong with her voice, a few more people came out.

"Who are you? Who let you in?"

This time, Nangong Wu did not rush to fire her gun. She walked up to the group of about ten people.

"Go and bring Huo Jing to me. The chairman will take him away."

"The guild leader wants to take Huo Jing away?" A soldier looked at her suspiciously. "The guild leader just left this morning and won't be back until at least tomorrow night. Why the sudden need for someone?"

Upon hearing his words, Nangong Wu knew that her father was being held here. "Enough nonsense, bring him out to me right now."

"Since you were sent by the leader, then show us your token." A soldier pointed his broadsword at her.

"Okay." Nangong Wu raised her gun and pulled the trigger repeatedly.

There were highly skilled martial artists among them. The moment she raised her gun, they sensed something was wrong and shot her with a hidden arrow.

With a thought, Nangong Wu conjured a shield that blocked the hidden arrow.

The cave was small and close by, so the soldiers had nowhere to hide and were all killed by her.

She quickly changed to a new magazine, holding a gun in one hand and a shield in the other, and slowly made her way inside.

There was a bend ahead, and she became more careful. Just as she reached the bend, a sharp whooshing sound came from behind.

Nangong Wu raised her shield with her left hand to block, and at the same time fired her gun with her right hand.

"Bang!" A knife struck the shield, sparks flying.

Nangong Wu felt a numbness in her arm and was jolted back two steps.

Her shot missed, and Ling Lie's murderous aura surged forth again.

Nangong Wu knew she had encountered a master, so she rolled away to avoid it and pulled the trigger again.

Five shots were fired in quick succession, and "Bang!" The body fell heavily to the ground.

Nangong Wu sprang to her feet and fired two more shots into the head of the man lying on the ground.

"Damn it."

After confirming that there were no living soldiers, she looked around and discovered that it was a large underground water dungeon.

She slowly approached the fence and saw three people imprisoned inside the water dungeon. Hearing the noise, two of them looked up.

"Father!"

The two men just looked at her without answering.

"Huo Jing, who is Huo Jing?" she asked again.

The person closest to her finally realized she was there to break her out of prison and immediately shouted at her, "Girl, you'd better run..."

Before he could finish speaking, countless arrows rained down from the stone walls on all four sides.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."

Nangong Wu was prepared and quickly retreated to a stone wall with her shield in hand.

In this way, she avoided the hidden arrows on three walls; she only needed to block the hidden arrows shot from the opposite side.

After a long while, the torrential rain of arrows finally stopped.

The arrows that were shot down piled up to two feet high on the ground.

If she didn't have space or something to use to defend herself, she would have been shot to death in there.

She used a pistol to break the lock on the cell door. "Father, I've come to save you."