"Trust him!" Lu Cheneng practically roared, his voice filled with a desperate determination and a hint of unquestionable command. He violently broke free from Ajie's support and stumbled to his feet. The tearing pain from his left Mithril arm made his vision blacken, but he forced his remaining strength to draw the magic blade half an inch again. Although the mercury luster was dim, it condensed with a brutal murderous intent of a last-ditch fight. He had no choice! His sister was in the hands of this mysterious man, and the chaebol's pursuers had blocked their only exit. This suddenly appearing "ghost" was the only incomprehensible variable in their desperate situation! He had to take the gamble!

Wen Shifei instantly understood the determination in Lu Cheneng's eyes. Without hesitation, she endured the excruciating pain in her arms and the draining mental energy, dashing towards the rusted inspection hatch. Unable to project her mental energy to form a barrier, she used her bloodied hands to grasp the cold, slippery, sharp-edged metal cover and pulled it outward with all her might!

"Ajie! Help!" Wen Shifei growled, veins bulging on his forehead.

Ajie gritted his teeth, rushed over immediately, and smashed the rusted edge of the cover with the butt of the shotgun!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The harsh sound of metal colliding echoed in the passage. The cover groaned under the combined force of the two men, and rust chips fell off.

At the entrance to the tunnel, a blinding white light suddenly lit up! Several beams of light from powerful tactical flashlights pierced through the thick smoke like sharp swords, instantly locking onto the figures deep within the tunnel!

"Target found! Lu Cheneng! Wen Shifei! Target sample! And an... unknown target! Open fire! Kill without mercy!" A cold and ruthless command came through the loudspeaker, carrying the arrogance and cruel disregard for life that was unique to the chaebol.

Dadadadada——!!!

Intense, popping-bean-like gunfire erupted instantly! Searing energy beams and solid projectiles, mixed with a deadly storm of metal, tore through the air and madly poured down towards Lu Cheneng and the others! Sparks flew from the walls and ground, and debris flew everywhere! The passageway was ablaze with flames, and the air was filled with smoke!

“Get down!” Lu Chen entropy roared, slamming Ajie to the ground beside him! Several scorching energy beams grazed his scalp, instantly melting a huge pipe support behind him!

Wen Shifei instinctively lowered her body the moment the gunshot rang out. Several bullets ricocheted and hit the metal wall next to her, making a sharp sound. The sparks burned her cheeks.

And the mysterious man had already moved the moment before the gunshot rang out!

He didn't lie down! Instead, he moved with an extremely strange gait, like a ghost walking in a dense hail of bullets! His body twisted and swayed at incredible angles, each movement accurately predicting the trajectory of the bullet! The deadly metal storm seemed to avoid him! The mechanical arm that imprisoned Lu Qingyi was as steady as a rock!

As he dodged, he pointed his cold mechanical arm towards the entrance of the passage. The armor on his wrist slid open silently, revealing a honeycomb-shaped launch port!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Several thumb-sized spindle-shaped objects flashing with faint red light were shot out silently and as fast as lightning!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A violent explosion suddenly erupted at the entrance to the tunnel! It wasn't a massive shockwave, but rather a sudden burst of blindingly bright light, like a tiny sun, and a deafening noise! ​​A high-explosive stun grenade!

"Ah—my eyes!"

"Damn it! It's a stun grenade!"

The painful screams and chaotic curses of the chaebol soldiers were heard at the entrance, and the dense firepower was instantly stagnant!

"It's open!" Ajie's roar came!

During this brief moment of chaos, Ajie and Wen Shifei finally managed to pry open the rusted inspection panel! An even stronger, stale stench of rust, mold, and sewage hit them! Inside was pitch black, with only the downward-sloping metal pipe wall covered in slimy moss visible.

"Let's go!" Lu Chensheng, despite his body in severe pain, grabbed Wen Shifei, who was still a little dazed, and pushed her towards the cave entrance!

"Brother Lu!" Ajie followed closely behind.

The mysterious figure flashed and appeared at the cave entrance like a ghost. Without a pause, he took Lu Qingyi and went into the dark and stinking pipe first, and was instantly swallowed by the darkness.

Lu Cheneng pushed Wen Shifei into the cave and went in without hesitation. Ajie was the last one to come, and the moment he entered the cave, he did not forget to push the heavy metal cover that had been pried open back violently!

Bang!

Although the cover was not completely restored, it greatly obstructed the vision of the pursuers at the entrance who had just recovered from the stun grenade.

"The target has entered the abandoned maintenance pipeline! Chase them! Don't let them get away!" An angry roar came from the entrance.

dark.

The sticky, cold darkness that emitted a disgusting stench instantly enveloped everyone like thick grease.

The abandoned maintenance pipe was narrower, steeper, and more slippery than expected. Its walls were coated in a thick, slippery, cold moss and an unknown, sticky substance, making it easy to slip and fall. The air was suffocatingly foul, a mixture of rust, mold, sewage sediment, and the sweet, fishy smell of decaying corpses. Every breath felt like inhaling scorching gravel and razor blades.

The pipe wasn't straight, but instead extended downward in a dizzying arc, connecting to an older, long-forgotten, abandoned structure deeper within the fortress. In the darkness, the only sounds were the heavy, suppressed breathing of the crowd, the rustling of bodies rubbing against the pipe walls, and the faint, angry shouts and scrambling sounds of pursuers coming from the direction of the pipe entrance behind them, following closely like a maggot on their tarsal bones.

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