Neither side expected anyone to fire. After they realized what was happening, some people hurriedly fled for their lives, but a few hot-tempered individuals were left behind, and the fighting intensified.

Rong Anli fired shot after shot, and with each shot, a person was hit and rendered unable to fight.

The sky was already showing signs of dawn. Rong Anli calculated the time since the first shot was fired, how long it would take for the patrol team to arrive, and then he swam laboriously towards the shore.

Finally, after he fired his last bullet and was fighting desperately with his dagger, patrol officers appeared and arrested the five people on the sea. He breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

An Moxue was unaware that Rong Anli's efforts had failed overnight, and the company was facing numerous dangers.

On her way back to the hotel, she saw a few thugs chasing Huo Yuanchen again. She was a little confused about what they were doing. She stopped her car in front of Huo Yuanchen, rolled down the window, looked at him mockingly, and said, "Mr. Huo, being chased again!"

Huo Yuanchen stopped and said slowly, "Yes, it's just a regular meal. It would be boring without it."

An Moxue glanced at him, let out a long sigh of "Oh—", and then drove off.

Huo Yuanchen watched the car disappear into the distance, then glanced back at the thugs who were about to catch up with him. He sighed helplessly and quickened his pace, running into the alley next to him.

An Moxue and Sophia had a great time on Hong Kong Island until three days before school started, when each of them had two or three large suitcases and boarded a plane back to England.

Upon returning to Chunshan, An Moxue received a message from her contact saying that a defector had fled to Chunshan and they needed their help to find him. After receiving the specific information, An Moxue felt a sense of reaping what she had sown.

This time, she was determined to find that woman and learn the other side of her parents' sacrifice from her.

School had just started and the workload was light. After class, she investigated the whereabouts of the female assistant.

One day, she saw a woman dressed in a trendy style in a bar. If she hadn't had a good eye, she might not have recognized her. With her long, wavy hair, bright red lips, and black stockings, it was hard to associate her with a research assistant.

A man sat at the bar, drinking one glass of wine after another.

Waves of men trying to seduce women went up to him, but all of them returned empty-handed.

An Moxue sat down at a small round table not far from her, ordered a glass of iced blue flame, and sipped it slowly while subtly observing her.

She drank a bottle of wine and staggered out of the bar, and An Moxue followed her out.

Along the way, the woman stumbled out of the bar street and into a small alley.

The alley was dark, littered with garbage, and rats, stray cats, and stray dogs scurried around.

The woman had barely entered the alley when An Moxue was about to approach her when a group of thugs surrounded her, hurling insults and making advances. The woman, growing impatient, didn't let the thugs get away with it and quickly and cleanly knocked them all to the ground.

The message didn't mention that the woman knew martial arts, so it seems she was hiding her abilities.

The woman walked past the thugs and continued inside. An Moxue stayed further away and followed behind the woman into an inconspicuous little building.

An Moxue followed her in, but lost track of her.

She searched carefully and finally found a special spot in the stairwell. The spot was dust-free and a little different from the others; it was quite inconspicuous.

An Moxue pressed the button, revealing a hidden door. After thinking for a moment, she went inside. The narrow passage felt suffocating.

Finally, at the end, clear voices from inside reached An Moxue's ears.

"Leader, the infiltration failed. I'm sorry. I didn't expect the people of Lan Kingdom to be so cautious. I barely managed to escape."

"What did you gain during your time there?"

"The people there are too stubborn and cautious. They are so poor, do they really have any scientific research worth thinking about? They don't even have computers, they use the most primitive methods to calculate everything."

"Huizi, you're too confident. That's a mysterious country with thousands of years of civilization. How's the investigation into An Muyang going? Is he a member of the founding father Abaganar family?"

"We couldn't get anything out of them. The couple were both tough nuts to crack; we didn't get any useful clues before they died. Boss, is there really such a legendary treasure that could make you richer than a country?"

"Fools! Who gave you permission to kill him? Only when he's alive can you pry open his mouth and find out where the things are. What can you know if he's dead? Who gave you the audacity to act on your own?"

With a thud, An Moxue felt a pain in her voice. "Leader, don't worry, I will continue to investigate."

The sounds of whipping and muffled groans came from inside.

After a while, the whipping stopped, and the man said, "Remember, you are a British citizen of Lan, but a research spy. Your investigation into Abaganar can only be conducted in secret."

"yes."

When An Moxue heard that the conversation was about to end, she took out the sleeping incense, lit it, and then took an antidote herself.

Only after hearing two thuds did An Moxue extinguish the incense and enter the secret room.

The room was small. An Moxue first fed the man a Truth Pill, then took out a snuff bottle, opened it, and smelled it under his nose.

After a while, the man's eyes rolled around, and he slowly opened them, his gaze unfocused.

An Moxue looked at him and asked, "What's your name?"

The man's face first turned red, then bluish-black, and then he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, and died without another breath.

An Moxue checked his pulse and found nothing abnormal, but he died just like that.

An Moxue took another Truth Pill. Similarly, the woman also died, with the same symptoms as the man. An Moxue realized something was amiss, carefully examined their bodies, took photos, and then left the basement.

Back at her residence, An Moxue recalled the conversation between the two, and then remembered the man's appearance, especially the way he called the woman's name, confirming that the two must be from the Wa Nu Kingdom.

Could my parents' deaths be related to the Japanese?

An Moxue thought she had solved the mystery, but she didn't expect that so many people were involved. However, one thing was certain: their deaths were related to the secret about the treasure that An's ancestors had kept, and her mother's identity as a member of the Nalan family had not been revealed.

Leader?

Is this organized again?

What caused the True Word Pill to fail and even cost him his life?

An Moxue was completely baffled. She spent half the night searching for information in her study before she finally got a clue.

Witchcraft is about imposing prohibitions on a person's mind. When certain keywords are touched, the mind will self-destruct and the person will die!

Does anyone still know this ancient witchcraft?