When night falls and all is quiet, a crescent moon hangs in the vast sky, its cool light shining down on the earth as if draping the whole world in a silver veil.
In this tranquil atmosphere, two clear croaks of frogs drifted from somewhere, as if they too were enjoying this rare cool night.
Ye Lei slowly opened his eyes, stretched out his arms, and yawned widely.
Then he looked up and glanced at the castle. The posts that should have been patrolled by soldiers were now empty, with only searchlights sweeping back and forth across the vast lawn outside.
The time is ripe; it's time to take action.
Ye Lei carefully and gently shook Bei Anna and Xia Yuhe awake. They rubbed their sleepy eyes and quickly became fully awake.
At the same time, Hong Hai'er and Xiu Xiu next door were also awakened by their commotion and opened their eyes.
"Brother Lei, is it time to move out?"
Beanna rubbed her sleepy eyes.
"Okay, that's about it. Let's get ready to go!"
"But I can't even open my eyes right now!"
She must be exhausted; she's fast asleep.
"Come on, wash your face, it'll make you feel better!"
Ye Lei took out a 1.25L bottle of purified water from his spatial storage and handed it to them.
"Thank you, Brother Lei!"
"Enough with the nonsense, hurry up and wash your face, let's get ready to go!"
After everyone washed their faces, they felt much better, especially Xia Yuhe, who was already getting ready to get off the bus.
Led by Ye Lei, a group of figures silently approached the castle. To speed up their advance, Ye Lei carefully pulled Red Boy into his arms.
They first arrived at a bush that had long been withered and yellowed by the scorching sun, and quietly lay in ambush. When the searchlight swept across the area, the group of people leaped up like arrows, trampling the scorched grass and running at full speed.
However, fate always seems to like playing tricks on people. Just as they were about to cross the lawn, the damned searchlight turned around and swept back again!
"Get down!"
Ye Lei spoke softly, his voice low yet full of authority.
Without hesitation, everyone immediately lay prone on the lawn, using the scorched yellow weeds as cover.
At this moment, they seemed to be one with the earth, completely still, and even from a distant castle outpost, it would be difficult to tell that these were living people.
As the searchlight slowly swept across the area, Ye Lei seized the opportunity, nimbly stood up, and continued to move forward quickly. After repeating this action twice, they finally arrived at the foot of the castle's majestic walls, albeit with great difficulty.
Wow! That's so exciting!
Xiuxiu was already very excited.
"That's right, sister, it feels even better than being a thief!"
Red Boy was also very excited.
"You two shut up and don't say a word."
Ye Lei said fiercely. He was worried that the two little brats would ruin their big plan, so he gave them two crystal cores to shut them up.
"I'll go up and take care of the sentries. You guys keep an eye on them!"
Ye Lei is about to take action.
"No problem, leave it to us. But how are you going to get up there? It's so high!"
Beanna and Xia Yuhe each grabbed one of them and asked.
"Don't worry, Brother Lei is very capable. If we can't get up there, how could he not?"
"Hmm, not bad, you have a good eye."
After taking a deep breath, Ye Lei said softly, "Now!" As soon as he finished speaking, he closed his eyes and his energy began to surge.
Suddenly, with a "whoosh," Ye Lei's figure vanished without a trace in the night sky. In the blink of an eye, he had successfully activated his superpower—teleportation—and arrived at the top of the castle.
Ye Lei cautiously approached the back of an enemy who was fast asleep against a pillar, clutching an AK-47. Then, he silently drew an extremely sharp dagger, gripped the hilt tightly, and moved with clean, swift movements.
In the blink of an eye, Ye Lei suddenly reached out and grabbed the man's head, then lightly slashed his neck with the dagger in his hand.
In an instant, blood gushed out, but the man didn't even have time to open his eyes before collapsing limply beside the pillar, lifeless.
Next, Ye Lei followed suit, using the same skillful and ruthless methods to quickly eliminate the other four sentries.
However, just as he was preparing to make his move on to his next target, a wisp of smoke inexplicably rose from a pillar in front of him.
This sudden turn of events made Ye Lei's heart tighten. He immediately realized that something was wrong—this person was not asleep, but was pretending to snore while secretly smoking!
That was close! If we hadn't noticed the anomaly in time, rushing in recklessly might have alerted them.
Since that's the case, the only feasible solution right now is to use his spatial freezing ability. With that in mind, he focused his mental energy without hesitation and fully activated this powerful ability.
When Ye Lei slowly opened his eyes, he found that the wisps of smoke that had been dancing in the air were now all suspended motionless.
Seeing this, Ye Lei was secretly delighted: "It seems there shouldn't be any problems!" So, he rushed towards that person without hesitation, his movements swift and decisive, like a lightning bolt streaking across the night sky.
In the blink of an eye, the enemy met his end without a sound.
Immediately afterwards, Ye Lei moved through the castle like a ghost, and wherever he went, the guards fell down one after another. In no time, the entire castle's defenses had been wiped out by him.
He looked into the castle and saw it brightly lit, clearly indicating that many members of the Scavengers' Alliance had gathered there. There was no doubt that a fierce and arduous battle was about to begin.
In fact, Ye Lei could have used his teleportation ability to bring everyone into the castle at once, and then killed them all by going down the stairs inside.
However, this is extremely risky, because if it alerts the scavengers, they will inevitably launch a fierce attack.
By then, everyone would likely be surrounded, and escaping would be harder than climbing to heaven. After careful consideration, Ye Lei decided that attacking from the city gate would be a safer option.
Having made up his mind, Ye Lei flashed forward, activating his supernatural ability to teleport instantly, and suddenly appeared in front of them. The sudden change really startled them, but fortunately, everyone was already used to Ye Lei's skills and did not scream in alarm.
"Brother Lei, is it all done?"
"Beanna asked softly."
"Okay, all done!"
Ye Lei smiled and nodded.
"Shall we leave now?"
"Walk!"
After speaking, Ye Lei led his group stealthily toward the city gate.
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