Compared to the chaotic Chang'an City, the palace was unusually quiet.

Lin Qiye and Wu Quan stepped over a group of unconscious guards and entered the silent palace. Except for the guards stationed near the palace wall, the rest of the palace family members seemed to be hiding in the house. Sporadic candlelight came from each palace. The inner courtyard of the imperial palace must have been sleepless tonight.

"With such a commotion outside, why are there still so many guards left in the palace?" Wu Quan glanced around and spoke with a frown.

"These guards are the personal guards who protect the emperor and his concubines. Even if the sky falls, they have to guard the palace. After all, they can rely on the terrain to fight against the rebels. If they rush out, it will be no different from committing suicide.

They are the last line of defense of this dynasty."

Wuquan raised his eyebrows, "Then I just knocked out all these guards...Does that make me an eternal sinner who trampled on the last line of defense of the Western Han Dynasty?"

"This happened suddenly, and we don't have any credentials to enter the palace. I believe the emperor can understand."

Wuquan nodded, and suddenly seemed to realize something, "Brother Qiye, it seems to be quiet outside."

Lin Qiye looked back outside the palace wall. The noisy sounds of fighting had disappeared, leaving only the wailing and crying sounds from all directions. Surprise appeared in his eyes...

How long had it been? Chloe's move was too fast.

Just now he said that his physical strength was not like that of a human...but she turned around and instantly killed 30,000 soldiers, tsk.

Lin Qiye's eyes swept across the silent palace around him, his expression somewhat solemn. The palace was so big, where should they go to find Huo Qubing?

boom--!!

Just as Lin Qiye was thinking, a roar came from afar, thick smoke rose from somewhere in the palace, and even the ground beneath his feet shook slightly.

Lin Qiye frowned and immediately rushed towards the direction where the sound came from!

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"Humph, you guys want to kill me?"

Amidst the rolling smoke and dust, a figure in prison uniform slowly walked out. Gong Yangwan, with disheveled hair and wearing shackles, glanced at the several figures on the ground with disdain.

"Fake...monster..."

A soldier fell to the ground with blood all over his face. He stared at the female prisoner in front of him with his eyes wide open, full of unwillingness.

But as a foot landed, his head was instantly shattered and blood splattered all over the ground.

Gong Yangwan, whose body was soaked in blood, frowned and was about to turn around and leave when two figures whizzed down from the sky!

"Gong Yang Wan?"

"It's you?" Gong Yangwan subconsciously took a half step back when she saw Lin Qiye. She glanced at the corpses around her and her face looked a little ugly.

"Let me make it clear first, I didn't take the initiative to provoke them. I was originally following Huo's instructions... waiting here according to the Marquis's instructions, but these crazy people suddenly shouted about monsters and wanted to chop me to death...

This is legitimate defense, not disobeying orders!"

Gong Yangwan looked a little nervous. After all, Huo Qubing had planted the [Heart-Turning Gu] in her. If people mistakenly thought that she had killed someone and wanted to escape, she would surely die.

Lin Qiye did not answer. His eyes fell on the many corpses at Gong Yangwan's feet. As a breeze blew by, these corpses strangely melted into broken willow branches, emitting a foul odor.

"A creature of the negative system?" Wu Quan frowned and covered his nose in disgust.

Seeing Wu Quan's reaction, Lin Qiye felt a little relieved.

"What is that?" A broken willow branch happened to be resting on Gong Yangwan's ankle. The latter noticed that the touch was not right, looked down, and a look of doubt emerged between her brows.

"It's a creature from the K-type that fell to the earth with the meteor..." Lin Qiye opened his mouth slowly and repeated the information he knew.

When Lin Qiye finished speaking, Gong Yangwan raised his eyebrows and said in surprise:

"Are these the powerful alien creatures you mentioned?"

Gong Yangwan did not seem to be disgusted by these disgusting willow branches. Instead, she took the initiative to pick up the willow branches under her feet and put them in front of her eyes to look at them. "Being able to change into someone else's appearance at will... sounds interesting."

"The perception of the counterfeit can be arbitrarily tampered with by the red star, so even they themselves..."

Lin Qiye continued to add, but halfway through his words, Gong Yangwan opened his mouth and swallowed the broken willow branch in one gulp!

“??? What are you doing?!” Seeing this outrageous scene, Lin Qiye was stunned where he stood. Then he rushed forward and grabbed Gong Yangwan’s mouth, trying to reach out to take out the willow branch!

Wu Quan on the side opened his mouth in shock, as if he had thought of something. His face turned pale, his Adam's apple rolled for a moment, and he couldn't help turning around and retching.

“Are you crazy?!! These are the remains of Cthulhu’s creature! Not an alien! Something bad will happen if you swallow them like that!” Lin Qiye held down Gong Yangwan’s struggling hands, trying to take out the willow twigs, but the twigs had already fallen into her body and could not be taken out at all. He could not help but curse!

Damn it! He had dealt with Crusoe so many times, but he had never seen anyone dare to directly swallow the remains of a Crusoe creature!

You know, these ghost things are more or less contaminated by the power of the Cthulhu, whispering in the ear, mental disorder, madness... eating Cthulhu creatures alive? How is this different from committing suicide?

Gong Yangwan broke free from Lin Qiye's hand, took two steps back, raised her head high, and her eyes were bright under her messy black hair.

"Something happened? Haha... I crawled out of a pile of dead bodies. I have risked my life to survive. Why not take a gamble once instead of being treated as a dog to be ordered around for the rest of my life? As long as I can obtain their power, Huo Qubing will never be able to control me again!"

Looking at Gong Yangwan who was sneering in front of him, Lin Qiye's face became extremely ugly. He was about to say something when Gong Yangwan's shoulder suddenly moved!

Bang--!

With a muffled sound, Gong Yangwan's entire left arm exploded, blood splattered all over the ground, and a black willow branch extended from the broken end.

Gong Yangwan growled in pain and turned to look at her left hand. At the end of the willow branch, a pustule suddenly bulged. A wrinkle-like crack appeared on the surface, and a strange eyeball slowly opened...

Seeing this scene, a sharp look flashed in Lin Qiye's eyes. He protected Wuquan behind him with one hand and gently raised the other hand. The broken sword of Ama-Kushu fell into his palm, ready to go.

However, after the willow branch occupied Gong Yangwan's left arm, it did not continue to grow. Gong Yangwan's low roar gradually disappeared, and she looked at the willow branch in confusion with a pale face. The latter's end was raised, and the eyeball stretched in front of Gong Yangwan, as if looking at her.

After a moment, the eyeball seemed to be a part of Gong Yangwan's body, and it slowly scanned the surroundings following her thoughts...

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