Murong Xue asked, "And what's your plan?"

Lin Yang answered flatly, "We can't do it in the daytime; it's too conspicuous. Although Wang Qing could figure out that I am behind this, I don't want to confront him. Black City is not strong enough to fight the three countries at the same time, so I decide to rescue your friend at night."

Murong Xue finally felt guilty and said in an apologetic tone, "Sorry for the trouble."

But Lin Yang looked at her in disbelief. "Are you sober now?"

Murong Xue's guilty expression that was rare vanished at once. "When do you want to do it? Count me in."

"You? You'll only disrupt the operation. Don't worry. I'll bring him back safe and sound." Lin Yang stared at Murong Xue.

"What are you looking at? Having a crush on me?" Murong Xue tossed her hair with a narcissistic look.

Lin Yang said with a contemptuous look, "Come on. You are not beautiful enough for me."

Murong Xue found nothing wrong with her looks and she thought that she deserved to be considered a great beauty. She rolled her eyes at him. "Say whatever you're thinking. It's useless to stare at me."

"I'm thinking what you are worth. You can't just sit around and do nothing while I work so hard to help you." The more Lin Yang thought about the deal, the less cost-effective he found it.

"Fine. Where is your weaponry factory? I can go there and serve as a quality controller. Okay?" She was not going to take advantage of him.

"Can you? Don't mess it up." He did not think that women were good at making weapons.

Murong Xue said, "Relax. Trust me."

"..."

The two then had a long conversation and got to know more about each other. Lin Yang placed Murong Xue in the room on the third floor, with his room on the second floor. The governor's residence did not have many vacant rooms as the houses were already assigned to his good friends; only his house had vacant rooms. Besides, Murong Xue was also from the future, so it was easier for them to get along.

At the same time, Wang Qing had waited for a long time outside the governor's residence. He tried to break in, but the guards with guns stopped him. It was the first time that he experienced the power of guns, and he was shot in the arm. Now he realized how horrifying Black City's secret weapon was.

Inside the room, Wang Qing sat in the chair and looked closely at the bullet his doctor took out from his arm.

He failed to figure out what the bullet was, but the one thing he knew was that they lost control of Black City. Disaster loomed if Black City continued expanding like this. He felt lucky that the gun could only shoot one person at a time, so it was possible to dodge it and stay alive.

However, he was not sure if there were much more terrifying things in Black City, such as the updated version of the gun.

Wang Qing changed his face several times and started to write a letter. Then he asked one guard to deliver it. "Get there as fast as possible."

The guard in black took over the letter and disappeared.

Wang Qing punched the table with his uninjured hand and the table fell apart at once. He cursed in a small voice, "Damn it."

At this moment, Wang Qing recalled Mu Tian's response to the gun and he realized that she refused to tell him even though she knew what it was all the time. In his eyes, it meant that she took the governor's side. He decided to let her suffer when he got her back.

He sent many good guards to watch Feng Ziling. He believed that Mu Tian would never be able to do anything freely as long as Feng Ziling was in his hands.

Wang Qing was burning with anger. He had never been so good to anyone before, but she betrayed him.

He knew it was not as serious as a betrayal because Murong Xue was only forced to help him. However, he had been treating her as his woman these days, so it was difficult for him to accept it and overcome his broken pride.

Feng Ziling was beaten up by Wang Qing in the afternoon. Wang Qing could not kill the hostage yet, so he wanted to torture Feng Ziling to warn Mu Tian.

At night, the common people mostly turned out the lights and fell asleep; only a few rich drunken boys were heading home in the street. One or two households were burning candles to continue working, casting their shadows on the windows.

The guards outside wealthy and influential families' residences were fighting mosquitos to stay awake, wary of strange people passing by.

A group of men in black walked out from a side door of the governor's residence and blended into the night. They were swift as cats when they moved. Sometimes they passed by and brought a gust of wind that gave the passers-by goosebumps. And the innocent victims murmured, "Where does the wind come from in hot weather?"

Lights were all on in a manor and guards were keeping patrolling. There was heavy security around the woodshed and it seemed that someone important was kept under watch.

Up against the wall, the men in black observed carefully the layout of the manor and counted how many guards were around the woodshed; they gestured to their partners not far away. Then all of them spread the overpowering powder to bring down the patrol and guards.

The guards had no time to respond before they fell down quietly.

The head of the black group, Lin Yang, was smiling now. He did not expect Murong Xue's powder to be so effective.

They removed the lock on the door of the woodshed and some stayed outside to keep watch in case other guards noticed them.

Lin Yang said, "Quick."

After opening the door, they saw an unconscious man lying on the floor with scars all over his body. "Take him and leave here."

At this time, another group of guards came here to check on those who were supposed to take the shift, only to see them lying on the ground. They blew the whistle at once. "Enemies are here."

The group of guards pulled their blades quickly, and the uproar they caused attracted others heading to the woodshed in all directions.

Lin Yang changed his face and shouted to his men, "Leave here."

One man stood in front of Lin Yang to protect him and the other men pulled their swords to carve out a way, rushing to the outside.

The sound of clinking swords was extremely harsh at night.

Wang Qing was wakened up with a start. Jumping up, he took the sword at the foot of the bed and rushed to the woodshed.

Lin Yang took out the overpowering powder and spread it over the guards attacking them. The guards fell down to the ground. "Go."

They ran to the wall. The ten of them who came here tonight were all masters of martial arts as they were ready to fight against Qing.

Wang Qing arrived and saw many guards lying on the ground and the door of the woodshed open, his eyes growing cold. Jumping up and landing on the wall, he saw Lin Yang and his men leaving. He ran after them. "Stop, you thieves."

Lin Yang and his mean heard Wang Qing and quickened their steps calmly. They divided into two groups and went in different directions.

Wang Qing stood where they separated and punched the city wall. "Damn it."

He stopped chasing them as it was not sensible for him to go after ten men by himself, and he knew the one behind this was Mu Tian, who did not show up after entering the governor's residence. He knew she must have made a deal with the governor.

Wang Qing came back to his manor, his face darkening. The manor was a mess and many guards were still lying on the ground. He crouched down to take one guard's pulse and found that he was not dead but comatose.

Wang Qing wondered what the amazing powder was and he was thinking about using it in the war. All kinds of crazy ideas came to his mind all together.

"My lord, we are sorry for being late." His private guards got down on one knee.

Rising up, Wang Qing said coldly, "You piece of crap."

The manor was guarded by hundreds of guards, but ten men came here and took away his hostage. Wang Qing felt humiliated.

His private guards kept their heads down. "We're willing to take the penalty."

The several men were the best of his guards, but they had other tasks tonight. Wang Qing had thought that heavy security could devastate those intruders, but it was the other way around.

"Get up and wake them up." There was something more important than punishing them now.

Black City's development was unbelievable, and he had to replan many things. He was unwilling to see Black City prevail in his conflict with the other two countries. He would never allow such things.

After about one hour, his private guards walked over. "My lord, there is no way to wake them up."

"Why? Has the doctor checked on them?" Wang Qing was more concerned about the powder than about his guards.

"They inhaled high doses of the powder. They won't wake up until the morning."

"Ask the doctor to find out what the powder is." If the powder could be mass-produced in Black City, the three countries might be unable to fight it all together, let alone Fire Country. Now Wang Qing felt that he probably should wipe out Black City before confronting the other two countries.

"The doctor doesn't know what the powder is and he has never seen it before, but he says that it's similar to our knockout drops."

Wang Qing waved his hand and said coldly, "Nonsense. knockout drops can't make people faint at once." It took at least fifteen minutes for the knockout drops he knew to work, and people would gradually become unconscious instead of passing out right away.

The guards fell to their knees and dared not to say anything.