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

Nangong Wu also instructed, "If anyone else comes and wants to stay in the cave, don't stop them. It will help you gather information."

"Understood."

Wei Yang and Cao Li bowed in response.

"Fifth Senior Brother, why don't we come along too?" Sun Xunzhen really wanted to go with them.

"There's no need for so many people. Just wait here and protect yourselves," Bei Chenyan said.

"Alright!" Sun Xunzhen felt they were too useless, which was why his fifth senior brother was unwilling to take them along.

The three of them left the cave.

"I think Sun Xunzhen is older than you, so why does he call you senior brother?" Nangong Wu looked at Sun Xunzhen's appearance and thought he seemed to be a few years older than Bei Chenyan.

Bei Chenyan glanced at her. "We're the same age. Sun Xunzhen is only a little over a month younger than me. He's a bit more rugged-looking, so he looks more mature."

"So that's how it is." Nangong Wu understood.

After that, they didn't say anything more and walked towards a canyon.

The canyon narrowed as you walked, and at its narrowest point it was only about three feet wide, with snow on the ground.

More than 25 minutes later, the canyon became even narrower, with some places only a thin crack through which one could barely see the sky, and the path underfoot became increasingly difficult to walk on.

Nangong Wu looked around and said, "If this is the entrance to the treasure, it will be difficult to move things in through such a narrow passage."

"A passageway about three feet wide is enough to carry in smaller boxes! When people are pushed to the brink, they unleash unprecedented potential and creativity, turning the impossible into possible."

"It is precisely because of what seems impossible to others that the treasures here have been preserved until now." Seeing that the path was difficult to walk on, Bei Chenyan pulled her along.

"That's true." Nangong Wu recalled her past life, during which she spent more than ten years on missions outside, facing countless desperate situations, each time unleashing unprecedented potential and escaping death time and time again.

Hearing their words, Adlin also spoke up:

"I came here with the leader that time. He used that instrument to probe into this cave, but in the end we still couldn't find the entrance to the buried treasure, so we had to give up. The princess has even more powerful detection instruments, and I believe she will definitely be able to find the entrance to the treasure."

"Let's look for it! It would be great if we could find the treasure, but if it's too dangerous to retrieve, we shouldn't force it," Nangong Wu said.

"Your Highness is right. Nothing is more important than life. I've followed you for several years and I've come to understand this principle. When a person dies, everything is gone, and all the efforts of the first half of one's life become meaningless." Adeline laughed at the foolish things he had done in the past.

They walked for a short while, and the gap above their heads disappeared, the canyon turned into a cave, which was dark inside and had an unpleasant smell in the air.

"We'll go first." Nangong Wu took out a flashlight, turned it on, and shone it inside.

As you walk further in, the cave gradually widens, and the stone walls are uneven. Outside, it's a world of ice and snow, but inside, the stone walls are covered with unknown moss plants.

Suddenly, several dark figures flapped their wings and swooped in from inside the cave.

"Watch out!" Bei Chenyan drew his sword.

But Nangong Wu was faster than him; without even drawing her weapon, a pistol appeared in her hand instantly.

She fired five shots in quick succession, hitting the dark figures who fell heavily to the ground.

"Bang bang bang..."

Although the pistol had a silencer, it still made quite a noise, startling many more dark figures flying out of the cave.

"They're vampire bats, be careful." Nangong Wu's expression changed, she leaned back against the stone wall and pulled up the hood of her cloak.

Dozens of bats, each the size of a pheasant, flew out and scurried around the narrow cave, making a series of crackling sounds as they collided.

The cave was too small, and in the chaos, the bats bumped into each other and even crashed into the cave walls.

"Master, I've brought a large net bag. Please put all these wretched things into your spatial storage, and I'll throw them into the crematorium to burn."

Nangong Wu raised her hand, "Take it away."

The next moment, all the bats in the cave that were within her control were taken into her spatial dimension, along with the few on the ground and the bullet casings.

"Holy crap, there are hundreds of them!" Eileen exclaimed in the space. "They're all vampire bats, covered in viruses. We need to burn them right away."

"There's a lot of this stuff, and there's more inside, so let's be careful," Adeline warned them.

Nangong Wu was puzzled. "There are so many bats in this cave. How did you manage to avoid them when you came in?"

"We have a kind of medicine over there. When you put it on a torch and light it, it emits a smell that keeps all poisonous creatures away," Adeline said.

"This medicine is truly remarkable." Nangong Wu thought that the person who could develop such a powerful anti-poisonous insect medicine must be extraordinary.

Adeline nodded. "That leader is indeed quite capable. His martial arts skills are superior to ours. If you hadn't had such a powerful weapon, we wouldn't have been able to kill him at all."

Nangong Wu asked in surprise, "When did I kill him?"

"It was on the day the Empress Dowager held Emperor Mingde hostage and forced him to abdicate that you spared my life. Otherwise, I would be a pile of bones by now. Thinking about it, it really shows how kind Heaven has been to me." Adeline still feels lingering fear when he thinks about that great battle.

"Let bygones be bygones." Nangong Wu stopped, took out the metal detector, turned it on, and ran a test.

This detector has a detection range of 1,500 meters and a depth of 25 meters. If there is gold or silver hidden in this cave, it will definitely be able to detect it.

"How is it?" Bei Chenyan leaned closer to look.

"No response, let's go further in." Nangong Wu took the detector in her hand and continued walking in.

The cave widened as it went deeper, but the jagged rocks made it difficult to walk. In the narrowest part, there was only an opening of about one square meter, and you had to climb up.

After walking a certain distance, Nangong Wu would use the detector to scan the area.

As she walked further in, she encountered many more bats, but anyone who dared to attack them was immediately captured and burned in her spatial storage.

They also encountered many venomous snakes, so they dared not walk too fast.

After walking for nearly an hour, the cave seemed to have no end, and the detector did not react at all.

"Could it be that there's no treasure at all?" Nangong Wu began to have doubts.

"This cave is very long and difficult to navigate. Last time we came in and came out, it took us two days and two nights," Adeline said.

Upon hearing this, Nangong Wu immediately perked up again, "Now that we're here, we should at least explore this cave to the end. Maybe there really is treasure there."

They walked for another hour or so before the detector finally showed a faint response.

"The instrument is responding."

Upon hearing this, Bei Chenyan and Adelin both came over to look.