Chapter 442: Escape
Conquer the northern coast of the sea, Troyes.
At night, somewhere on the edge of Troyes, in the basement of a house.
This was an underground room where sundries were stored. The dim light of the gas lamp slightly illuminated the surrounding environment. In this basement filled with weeds and wooden boxes scattered around, there were three figures.
At this moment, there were three men in different clothes in the basement. One of them was dressed in black and was tied up tightly with coarse linen ropes and hung on the beam of the house. His feet were swaying slightly in the air without touching the ground. At this moment, his eyes were closed and he seemed to be in a coma.
On both sides of the hung man in black were two other men in ordinary clothes. At this moment, they were one sitting and one standing not far from the hung man. From time to time, they looked at the surrounding scene and the hung man, their expressions full of vigilance, as if they were on guard against something.
As time passed by one second at a time, the man hanging in the air in the basement began to tremble with his tightly closed eyes, and then slowly opened them. He had just woken up and was looking at the situation in front of him with confusion in his eyes. However, as he woke up and memories came flooding back, his brows could not help but frown slightly.
The man who was just about to wake up finally recalled what happened before he fell into a coma. He remembered that he was a subordinate of the secret organization Dark Gold Society. During the execution of a mission that night, something went seriously wrong. He and his companions not only failed to complete the mission, collect all the extraordinary resources of the target and tie them back, but were also subdued by the other party.
The man carefully recalled what happened before he fell into a coma. He remembered that he and his companions fell into a trap. The target knew that they were coming and ambushed his companions in the room in advance. He was caught off guard and his companions were trapped. When he wanted to rescue them, he failed because of the target's miraculous ability of rapid regeneration. In the end, he was outnumbered and subdued and suffocated.
"Hmm... Damn it, I didn't expect that this time they would bring such a big cultivator. The target is definitely not ordinary. Not only did he know we were coming, he also planned an ambush. Our plan was seen through by him. Who are they..."
The man who had just woken up recalled the previous situation and then thought about it in his mind. Then he began to observe the surrounding environment carefully. He saw two people who seemed to be guarding not far away, and saw himself being hung and tied up.
'I am in this state now because I was captured by them. Those two people must be the guards. My belongings must have been searched. They hung me up like this to prevent me from touching the ground, so that I could use my abilities to escape. They were really thoughtful...
"I don't know how Rock is doing now... maybe he's been detained, or maybe he's in danger... No matter what, I have to go back immediately and inform Mr. Ben Gocher of what happened..."
The man thought this in his mind, and then he began to pretend to be unconscious, squinting his eyes to observe the situation around him, the activities of the two guards, and the ropes tied around him.
"They used thick hemp rope to tie me up... That's great. It seems that although they know my ability, they don't know it very well. They think that hanging me up like this can seal my ability, but they are totally wrong."
After checking the surrounding situation, the man thought thankfully in his heart. He could see that after the opponent used the grappling strategy to prevent him from escaping underground, he also wanted to use a similar method to detain him. He wanted him to use his abilities because he could not touch the wall and the ground. This kind of hanging method seemed to be the best way to imprison him.
It is good to imprison wallwalkers by hanging, but the rope used for hanging must be chosen correctly. Although this hemp rope is thick, it cannot trap wallwalkers. The reason is simple. According to spiritual theory, living and full of vitality are "cup" creatures, while the dead and lifeless plant remains will lose the "cup" in them and gradually turn into "stone" creatures.
Thus, in the spiritual definition, a living forest is a "cup", while a wooden house built with wood from felled forests is a "stone". Similarly, the hemp used to make hemp ropes is a "cup" when it is alive and growing in the ground, while the dead grass, after being woven into hemp ropes, is a "stone".
The essence of wallwalkers is not simply to pass through stone walls and escape into the ground, but to move freely within objects with the properties of "stone", so wallwalkers can pass through wooden walls and hemp ropes. The reason why the man was knocked unconscious by the uniform before was mainly because he was held by a group of big men. The human body is a "cup" of a star, and he cannot pass through it.
After the man hanging in the air secretly confirmed that the two guards were not watching him at this time, he closed his eyes and slowly used his abilities.
Although the Wallwalkers can pass through almost all objects with "stone" properties, the difficulty of passing through these objects varies depending on the material. It is easiest for them to pass through ordinary rocks. Their abilities can be activated immediately and they can move quickly in the rocks. However, it is more difficult to pass through materials other than rocks. They need a certain amount of time to prepare before they can pass through successfully. The speed and efficiency of passing through are not as good as when passing through rocks. When passing through objects with different materials, the more rocks they have, the faster they can pass.
After spending some time preparing, the man finally activated his ability. With the power of the wallwalker, his whole body passed through the thick rope that bound him, and then he fell from mid-air. The sound of his landing startled the two guards. They turned around and saw the man who had escaped, and immediately pulled out their pistols to aim at him.
"Don't move!"
"How did you escape, you bastard?"
Without giving the guards any time to react, the man who had just landed activated his ability again and hid under the rocky ground before the guards pointed their guns at him. Then he quickly dived underground without any hesitation. The two guards were stunned when their guns were pointed at nothing.
For a moment, there was silence in the dim basement. The hemp rope that was used to bind the man was hanging in the air and swaying slightly. The two guards looked at each other for a moment and then revealed a strange smile.
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It was dark, somewhere in the huge city of Troyes, near the edge of the city.
Between the relatively sparse buildings, beside the empty and deserted street, stands a large courtyard. Within the towering courtyard wall is a tall mansion. Although it is late at night, lights are still shining inside.
Inside this mansion, in a room near the window, a group of figures were gathered here. The man in black who had just escaped from the basement was among this group of people.
The man in black was kneeling on the floor. In front of him was an elegant chair. On the chair sat an old man in his teens, wearing a suit with a logo, gray hair on his temples, holding a cane, and looking serious. To the left of the old man was a young waiter standing in a pen, wearing a butler's uniform, with a focused look. To the right stood a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing casual clothes, with a beard and a worried look. At the edge of the room, several different figures stood respectfully.
"Hu...Hu, I'm sorry, Mr. Bengochel, our mission has failed. The target of the mission knew we were coming and set a trap in advance. Rock and I were ambushed and subdued and imprisoned. I took advantage of their negligence to escape, but Rock may be in danger now."
Gasping for breath, the man in the dark spoke to the old man named Ben Gochel, and after listening to the man's words attentively, the other party spoke slowly in a serious tone.
"Ambush... It seems that the mark on the product has been discovered. Although I expected that the guy who could buy three secret books at once would be not simple, so I sent you and Rock together, but now it seems... I underestimated him...
"Tell me in detail what happened to you, Bana, what abilities they had, and how they subdued you."
Ben Gochel looked at Bana and spoke slowly, and Bana also spoke in detail about what happened to him and his companions, including how they were ambushed, the abilities of their opponents, and how they escaped in the end. After listening to Bana's words in detail, the concentration on Ben Gochel's expression deepened.
"High-speed regeneration, strong physical strength, sudden physical pain... these few times are all manifestations of the power of the 'cup'. I never thought that they would buy so many 'stone' secrets, but the result is actually a 'cup'?"
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