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

But the man was prepared. When he saw her pull out the gun, he quickly dodged, and the bullet grazed his scalp.

"You really are cunning." The man flicked his wrist and threw several throwing knives at him.

He realized that Nangong Wu didn't know any light-footed skills and thought she couldn't avoid his hidden weapons.

Nangong Wu remained completely calm, raising her hand to hold up a shield in front of her.

"Clang, clang..." The throwing knives struck the shield, scattering sparks.

"Damn it!" Nangong Wu mentally retracted her shield, then activated her Gatling gun and unleashed a barrage of fire at the man.

"Rat-a-tat-tat-tat~~~" Bullets sprayed out from the blue-flaming barrels, appearing particularly dazzling in the night, and the loud gunshots instantly echoed throughout Kyoto.

The person was instantly riddled with bullets, screaming "Ahhh!" as he fell straight down.

The sudden commotion startled the nearby soldiers, who all rushed over.

"The thief is there! Go after him!"

"Catch the thief quickly..."

In an instant, shouts of "Catch the thief!" echoed throughout the entire imperial city.

On Bei Chenyan's side, someone was also stabbed. When he saw Nangong Wu take out that big thing, he quickly retreated to her side so as not to hinder her performance.

He had barely stepped back when a hail of bullets came flying at him.

Seeing that things were going badly, the uninjured person dodged and ran away, but the injured person was in a terrible situation. As soon as he landed on the ground, his body was riddled with bullets.

"Let's go." Bei Chenyan picked up Nangong Wu, flew away, and headed west.

"The thief has escaped, hurry and chase after him..."

Bei Chenyan led Nangong Wu all the way outside the imperial city before stopping.

"These despicable Northern people." Nangong Wu took out an AK-47 and gave it to Bei Chenyan. She then took out two magazines, two grenades, and two poison grenades, put them in a military pouch, and hung it on him.

"If you run into those bastards again, beat them to death."

"Ha~~" Bei Chenyan couldn't help but laugh when he heard her cursing.

"Stop laughing, let's get back to the city, or someone will come after us again!" Nangong Wu said.

It's not that I'm afraid of those people, but that I don't want to waste my time.

Bei Chenyan tidied up the gun and bag before carrying Nangong Wu on his back and heading towards the east of the city.

As soon as they left, countless figures chased after them from the imperial city.

Bei Chenyan circled around to the east side of the imperial city and then returned to the imperial city.

The soldiers in the imperial city had all been led to the west, and no one expected them to return to the city from the east so quickly.

There were also guards on the eastern city wall, but they were all ordinary soldiers, and with the night so dark, they didn't notice the fleeting shadow at all.

They returned to the city and, using the buildings as cover, made their way to the house.

The patrolmen all ran west, and when Bei Chenyan and Nangong Wu arrived at Cao Li's house, they didn't encounter a single person.

Cao Li's house had also been searched; the gate had been kicked down and the contents inside had been ransacked.

As they walked toward the backyard, they saw that all the doors had been smashed open, and the potted plants and small rockeries along the roadside had been moved and knocked down.

Nangong Wu shone her flashlight into a room, and good heavens, the cabinets were all overturned, and their contents were scattered all over the floor.

She couldn't help but worry that the little house might have been discovered too!

"Cao Li has been implicated because of us, so please have someone give him some compensation!" Nangong Wu felt a little guilty.

"I will," Bei Chenyan replied casually.

He thought to himself: Cao Li is his man, he was sent to the Eastern Jin capital to spy on him, all the expenses were paid by him, this house was also bought with his money, he has already given him what he should have given, why should he compensate him?

When they arrived at the house, they were not spared either; everything outside was turned upside down, and the door was kicked open.

The two entered the room.

The house was unused; previously, it only contained a few cabinets, a table, four tables, and some unused pottery jars and bottles.

The place is now a mess; the cabinets, tables, and chairs have all been overturned, and the pottery jars and bottles are all smashed to pieces, including the vase.

Nangong Wu shook her head, "I suppose those people were too lazy to move these ceramic vases, so they smashed them all."

Bei Chenyan first pulled out the two chairs that had fallen over the entrance to the secret passage, then shoved aside the pile of broken porcelain shards and found the vase.

The vase was fixed in place and smashed, leaving only a small part of its base.

"Don't move yet," Nangong Wu called out, handing him a pair of gloves. "Put on these gloves so you won't cut your hands."

Bei Chenyan took the gloves and put them on, then gripped the edge of the bottle with both hands and turned it to the left, "click, click..."

"Boom!" The entrance to the secret passage was opened.

"Luckily, Cao Li brought these pottery jars to cover the vases, otherwise, this secret passage would have been discovered," Nangong Wu said.

Bei Chenyan went outside, listened to the commotion outside, and then came back. "Let's go downstairs."

The two descended to the entrance of the secret passage. Bei Chenyan pressed his hand on a brick in the wall, revealing a mechanism underneath, and the entrance to the secret passage closed again.

"Let's go." Bei Chenyan walked ahead and headed into the secret passage.

The bomb last night was quite powerful; the bluestone slabs in the secret passage were cracked and warped by the impact.

The deeper they went, the more severe the shock became; the secret passage near Cao Li's had actually collapsed.

Nangong Wu used a flashlight to check and found that this section of the secret passage had been destroyed by the shockwave of the bomb.

Although a collapse occurred, the fallen bluestone slabs were rectangular with large gaps in the middle, large enough for a person to climb over.

"The collapsed area was more than 30 meters away. We climbed over there, and when we encountered a very narrow place, I dug it open."

"Okay." Bei Chenyan bent down and climbed in first.

When they reached a narrower section, they used shovels to clear away the soil.

It took them nearly 15 minutes to climb over that section of the road, their heads and bodies covered in mud.

Seeing his disheveled appearance, Nangong Wu felt a little guilty. "I'm sorry to have made you suffer like this with me."

"I did it for my three children." Bei Chenyan said calmly, patted the dirt off his clothes, and took a step forward.

"Then I thank you on behalf of the children." Nangong Wu hurriedly followed him.

"No need for thanks, that's my child too." Bei Chenyan quickened his pace.

After walking for a short while, Nangong Wu felt a slight chill.

"There seems to be some airflow in here, so there might be other exits."

Otherwise, with such a deep, almost completely blocked passage, the air should be very scarce.

"Yes, there is an underground river leading to this secret passage," Bei Chenyan said.

Nangong Wu was taken aback. "There's an underground river? I didn't see it on Cao Li's map."

"His map didn't include the underground river."