"Your Highness is not here?" Pei Ling saw Han Chen standing at the entrance of the dark alley with a serious expression.

"The mark points here. His Highness cannot be absent."

But in the orcs' sight, there was no female figure except the empty alley.

"Perhaps His Highness is in danger..."

Pei Ling squatted down and gently rubbed his fingertips on the floor tiles. "These are footprints that were left just now. Wuyou City has been raining for several days. These footprints should have been left before we arrived."

In the abandoned warehouse, Yu Nian sat on a simple chair.

The man opposite twirled the gun twice between his fingers and placed it on the table. "Well, Your Highness, what do you think of my proposal?"

Yu Nian glanced at the ten-minute countdown tied to her waist, "Is there an option I should consider?"

Ye Mu curled his lips, "Of course, no."

"I've already given you a chance. We're about to leave Worry-Free City, so why are you stopping?"

Yu Nian: "...Did you arrange the car accident?"

"Not stupid."

Ye Mu's narrow eyebrows curved, his eyes full of amusement: "Our audience has arrived."

With a "bang", the warehouse door that was kicked open stirred up a layer of dust.

The dust cleared, revealing the man's figure.

"Ye Mu, are you crazy?" Ye Luo frowned and looked at Ye Mu with anger in his eyes.

"Brother, you came faster than I thought." Ye Mu blew on the muzzle of the gun, then raised it and aimed it at Yu Nian.

"One more step and I'll shoot."

Ye Luo retracted the foot he had just taken and raised his hands in the air, "Ye Mu, don't be impulsive. We can talk it out if there is anything."

"Talk nicely?" He suddenly burst into laughter, and his laughter echoed in the empty warehouse.

Ye Mu wiped away the tears of laughter from the corners of his eyes, "What about my father's death? Are thousands of lives of the Third Legion going to die in such an unclear way?"

"Brother, I see that in the past few years since you were sent to the empire, you have been completely assimilated into the empire's lackey!"

Ye Luo lowered his eyes, "No matter what, this matter has nothing to do with Yu Nian, let her go first."

"Since I can't kill Yu Wanying, then I will kill her only daughter!"

Ye Mu finished speaking in a gloomy voice, with the muzzle of the gun against Yu Nian's forehead, "Your Highness, let's play a game."

"This gun has fifteen magazines, three of which are energy-loaded. If you accidentally use one of the energy-loaded magazines, then all you can do is..." He put his finger to his forehead, making a shooting gesture, "bang, your head will explode."

"Your Highness and my dear brother will play this game together. Once someone is shot, the game ends."

He pulled the remote control from his pocket and waved it in front of the two men. "Your Highness has a time bomb strapped to his waist. There are thirteen minutes and fifty-three seconds left. If this time is exceeded, no one present will be able to escape."

"Ye Mu, you!"

"Ye Luo! I gave you a chance a long time ago! It was you who kept delaying, and even obstructed me last time in the M galaxy."

Ye Mu untied the rope on Yu Nian's wrist and put the gun into her hand.

"Now, the game begins."

The man sat on the table with his lips curled, legs crossed, turning a black remote control in his hand, leisurely enjoying the scene of lovers about to become enemies.

Yu Nian held the gun in his hand and looked up at Ye Luo.

Then, as the man's pupils constricted, he slowly raised the gun to his head and pulled the trigger.

"No! Yu Nian!"

“Click.”

The crisp sound of empty gunfire was heard.

Ye Luo's heart suddenly dropped, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"There's no need to give him the gun. To prevent any accidents, Your Highness, just shoot him directly."

Ye Mu raised his eyebrows, and the smile on his lips became even more vicious.

Look, can you still continue to love someone who wants to kill you?

Yu Nian held the gun in his hand, his fingertips slightly curled, and his eyes moved upwards to meet those golden eyes.

"Hurry up, there are still eleven minutes and forty-seven seconds left on the countdown."

"Nian Nian, don't worry, just press it."

“Click.”

Empty gun again.

Ye Mu narrowed his eyes slightly, not satisfied with this harmonious scene.

He took the gun back from Yu Nian's hand, "Now the rules of the game have changed. Fire three shots in a row. I will carry out the operation."

"Ye Mu! Fuck you!" Ye Luo gritted his teeth and almost rushed forward, veins popping out on his neck, his breathing short and suppressed, but considering the button in the man's hand, he could only stand where he was.

"Why are you scolding your own mother?" the man responded indifferently.

Then he raised his gun and fired three times at Yu Nian.

Three empty gunshots were heard.

"It's a bit boring. There are still seven chances left." Ye Mu raised his hand and pointed the black muzzle of the gun at Ye Luo.

As the first gunshot rang out, Ye Luo transformed into a beast and rushed towards Ye Mu at a speed almost like an afterimage. When Ye Mu turned his head to avoid the attack from behind, Ye Luo wrapped his snake tail around the remote control and threw it aside.

Ye Mu also transformed into a beast, and two almost identical golden anacondas began to fight.

"Your Highness, let me untie the ropes for you first." Han Chen half-knelt in front of her, quickly untied the tangled ropes, and then took out professional equipment from the space hub to dismantle the bomb.

Fortunately, it was just an ordinary time bomb, and Han Chen easily defused it.

He picked up Yu Nian and left this place of trouble.

The bloody mouth bit down without mercy, and blood flowed out along the scales.

"You don't have to be so angry, do you? It's just a joke." Ye Mu covered his injured shoulder and pulled the corner of his mouth.

"A joke? You call this a joke?" Ye Luo lowered his voice, hoarse and cold like the hissing of a snake. The blood that did not belong to him at the corner of his lips dripped down his fangs.

Ye Mu certainly didn't want to die. Although they were both golden anacondas, their toxins were different. If the poison took effect, he would probably die in a few minutes.

He said unhappily, "Look at the magazine of that gun. There's nothing in it."

Ye Luo frowned, picked up the gun on the ground half-believingly, opened the magazine, and found it was empty.

Ye Mu covered his wound, his face pale, "Good brother, I'm just afraid that you will be deceived by a female, so I helped you test her like this."

"I don't need your kindness." Ye Luo frowned deeply. He and Ye Mu were born from the same womb. They had a good relationship when they were young, but gradually became estranged as they grew up. Especially after his father died unexpectedly, Ye Mu's personality became more and more weird.

"You'd better take care of yourself." Ye Luo glanced at him and turned away.

A low laugh came from behind him, and the laughter became louder and louder, like a wandering ghost in the empty abandoned warehouse.

"You think she doesn't know?"

The low murmur seemed to disappear into the silent darkness.

*

Fortunately, there was still time and the hovercraft left Wuyou City in time before the city was closed.

"Niannian, are you feeling unwell anywhere?" Han Chen carefully checked her body, but he was still worried.

Yu Nian looked through the rear window of the hover car.

The city gate, shrouded in thick fog, is barely visible.

(End of this chapter)