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These officials and nobles didn't even have time to utter a cry of despair before they were suddenly reduced to ashes, swept away by the warm winds of the high platform, passed through the ventilation fans, and slammed into the snow by the biting winds of the snow-capped mountain peaks, becoming one with the mountain range.

at the same time.

Deep in the desolate snowfields of Ursus, a bustling camp stands out from the crowd.

In the very center of the camp, a white-haired dragon girl with winding black dragon horns on her head, a long black dragon tail coiled around her side, and a curvaceous figure, suddenly opened her silver-gray eyes.

A wisp of sinister black mist flashed deep within her pupils, and her entire eye color instantly turned red.

The red-eyed dragon girl opened her moist lips, but what escaped her was a furious roar that seemed to break her defenses, "Damn it! Damn it!"

They're all dead! All of Ursus's high command are dead except for him!

The Dragon Girl slammed her hand on the chair and stood up, pacing back and forth in front of it as if possessed. Her once sharp and spirited features were now contorted into a ferocious expression, instantly shattering her aura of authority and charm. "I told you not to confront terror directly—you just had to go for it!!!"

Now things are really messed up. Ursus hasn't even been destroyed by that unknown entity yet, and it's already plunging into endless internal strife due to the "disappearance" of its entire leadership. It's clearly either going to be swallowed up by the surrounding great powers or becoming a land of perpetual division—damn it! How can we save it!

His country, his home! No, we can't just give up like this!

The dragon girl slammed her tail against the ground in frustration, cracking the frozen soil with crack after crack. "We can't just sit here and wait to die. We need to stabilize the situation first."

Let the followers who have infiltrated the nobles and the palace disguise themselves for now, as long as it can buy us ten days or so...

Volume Two: Fireworks at Longmen: Chapter 170 Yun Yi: Don't even think about it, food and drink are useless.

Unlike the red-eyed dragon girl who was having a string of bad luck, the doll Yun Yi easily saw the person he was worried about by holding Shi Huaiya's collar with his small hands.

When Swire and her group arrived at the Penguin Logistics Safe House following the Emperor's guidance, Texas was lying on a soft red sofa next to 001 and 002.

The fluorescent lights on the ceiling of the safe house illuminated the place brightly, and even though Texas raised her arm to shield her eyes, she could not hide the sallow complexion on her face.

The moment Swire and the others stepped into the safe house, the wolf ears on her head twitched stubbornly, but her body remained wearily slumped in the sofa, motionless.

If it weren't for the fact that the puppet Yunyi could see Texas's chest rising and falling with her breath and that apart from a few cuts on her white coat, she had no other problems, she would have thought Texas was seriously injured and on the verge of death.

Yun Yi didn't voice his impolite guess. Swire calmly led Chen and Texas to exchange names, placed the specially prepared medical kit next to Texas, and then asked about the situation directly.

Texas lay on the sofa, her fingertips twitching slightly, and replied in a hoarse voice, "I don't know. At the time, I smelled an extremely dangerous aura approaching, so I asked the two mechanical assistants for permission to immediately take them away from the Guard Bureau."

The puppet Yunyi rubbed his chin. The dangerous aura must be from the inner guard. Was Texas's senses so sharp that she could detect the inner guard? Or was the inner guard not hiding herself at all?

Yunyi shared his guesses and the system's pop-up notification with Swire via the light belt.

Swire's gaze swept past Yun Yi's guesses and landed on the "divination ceremony," revealing a thoughtful expression.

On the other side, Texas recounted in detail what happened next: "Not far from where we left the back door of the Guard Bureau, a black blast of air mixed with strange substances suddenly swept across the entire street."

Texas's voice faltered for a moment as she recalled the scene, which felt like a natural disaster: "We were almost hit by the blast wave and had to go even further."

“On the way, I was intercepted by a man dressed in gray and black with pipes on his head. I was defeated, but—” Texas tilted her head slightly toward 002, “002 successfully dodged the man’s attack and, together with 001, rescued me.”

Then, he instructed 002 to carry her back to the safe house to rest and call the Emperor to inform him of her location.

Even without being told, Swire and the others would know this.

Having finally told his employer all the information he needed to, Texas relaxed, and his eyes under his arm closed in a daze as he fell into a forced sleep.

Chen, who was walking behind Swire, was the first to notice that Texas's breathing and heartbeat had slowed down. She immediately bypassed Swire, who was looking down and seemingly lost in thought, and went up to check on her.

It turned out she was asleep.

(II) Thirty Private (IX) Qi Si Chen raised his eyebrows and got up, pulled the blanket covering the back of the sofa and covered Texas's still tense body in her sleep, and turned to give Swire, who noticed the movement, a gesture that said "she is asleep".

Swire glanced at Texas, whose face was somewhat pale, and beckoned the rest of the awake people in the room to leave.

Two people, one doll and two wild chicks, gently pushed open the door of the safe house and filed out.

Shi Huaiya closed the door behind them, then quickly walked back to the front of the group, leading everyone through the stairs and tunnels back to the ground.

The ground was a rarely traveled path. Swire made way for the others to come up, and the doll Yunyi rubbed her collar and muttered in confusion, "Strange, Texas lost, how come there are no injuries at all?"

It's ridiculous that the only problem was that the clothes were a little torn.

“That’s a question for 002 and 001.” Swire raised her hand to brush aside her slightly messy curly hair, her upturned eyes glancing at the cute doll behind the stray strands. “How far are you from us now?”

"It'll be there in about a minute or two." "Who are you talking to?"

The doll Yun Yi's childish voice and Chen Lengsu's voice rang out at the same time.

Shi Huaiya's tiger ears twitched, and he replied to Yun Yi first, "When we arrive, take us directly into the Nirvana."

She then looked up at Chen and said, "He Yunyi, she'll be here soon."

Chen frowned and nodded. Her frown wasn't because she had any objection to Swire or her words, but simply because she was depressed about the chaotic situation.

Wei Yanwu's strange actions were already enough to give Chen Jiao a headache, who had just broken through his Wei Yanwu filter.

Now, someone is trying to kill Yun Yi in the street, and the Ursus Emperor has sent his guards to Longmen to act recklessly. In Chen's eyes, Longmen is in complete chaos, and nothing is right.

The only thing she was certain of was that Yun Yi, who was at the center of the incident, was incredibly unlucky.

"Yun Yi..." Chen felt a pang of pity when he thought of Yun Yi. "Is she alright? What about the Nirvana?"

"She's fine. The Nirvana is Yun Yi's secret. You'll understand in a bit." Swire pinched the bridge of her nose, and the blood-stained chain hammer in her hand jingled softly, producing a series of crisp metallic clanging sounds.

The doll Yunyi blinked at Chen, who suddenly showed concern for her, and wobbled over to sit on Swire's shoulder. "I've arrived~ Get ready, I'm going to teleport you."

"?" Didn't you say there would be another minute or two? Swire frowned and immediately shouted to Chen, "They're here! They're our own people, don't attack!"

Just as a hint of doubt flashed across Chen's eyes, the scene before him suddenly transformed into a circular platform surrounded by white mist.

Swire stood in front of her. Behind Swire, Yun Yi and Hoshiguma sat side by side on a bench, while 001 and 002 were chirping and running toward Yun Yi.

The sight of familiar faces made Chen slowly release his hand from the hilt of his sword and turn his gaze to Swire. "Is this the Nirvana?"

Before Shi Huaiya could speak, Yun Yi preemptively answered, "To be precise, it's the pilot's cabin of the Nirvana."

“You can think of it as an infinite space independent of the outside world. Here, apart from my creations, there is no gravity or boundaries, and everything is white.” Yun Yi stood up and walked to the two of them as he spoke.

Hoshiguma didn't follow; she stared at the rising projection in the distance, pondering the Ursus issue.

Chen glanced at Hoshiguma, who was frowning, but didn't disturb her. Instead, he looked at Yun Yi and calmly asked, "What do you mean by 'creation'?"

“In this space, I can create all things that are not intelligent beings out of thin air. These things that I create can all be considered my creations, right?” Yun Yi said, stepping on the round, dark blue disc under his feet. “For example, this is a place I created so that everyone can stand without losing gravity.”

"Food too?" Chen's first reaction wasn't to question the authenticity, but rather to ask with a brightening gaze, "Water and land too?"

"You want to ask me if I can create something that can be eaten to nourish people, right?" Yun Yi waved his hand, shattering Chen's fantasy. "No, I can create food and water, but eating them is the same as not eating them at all. The same goes for land; without real nutrients, plants cannot grow."

Volume Two: Fireworks at Dragon Gate: Chapter 171 Chen: Let's find out who's stronger without a fight! / Yun Yi: A bit lewd…

"The things I create are only for use within this space." Yun Yi shrugged, a hint of regret flashing in his eyes, just like Chen Tongqi's.

She actually quite hoped that she could create food and water, so that she would not be controlled by the outside world at all, and if she wanted, she could live with people until the end of time.

Chen Zechun felt it was a pity that she couldn't benefit the public. During her time as a police officer, she had witnessed some of the hardships of life.

As she came into contact with more people, she discovered that many of the criminals she encountered committed crimes simply because they had lost their means of survival or were unable to survive.

If we could provide them with a job... well, these things really do require long-term institutional governance in cities, and we can't be greedy for short-term gains.

Chen suppressed the inexplicable impropriety that had arisen in his mind, lowered his eyebrows and resumed his cold and stern expression, swaying the slender dragon tail behind him to the other side. "Understood, thank you for your explanation."

"You're welcome," Yun Yi replied, gently shaking his head.

"Chirp!" Commander~ x2

At this moment, one of the wild chicks hugged her leg and the other hugged her head, both acting cute and trying to get her attention.

Yun Yi raised his hand to soothe 002's large wings perched on her shoulder and 001's swaying ahoge on its head, then turned to Swire and asked, "Swire, should we bring Texas in too? I want to capture the inner guards to gather some intelligence. Will it be dangerous to leave Texas outside?"

After all, Ursus has sent thirteen internal guards, so they should also send some ordinary people to gather intelligence, do logistics, and cooperate in combat.

Yun Yi was worried that if he moved the inner guards, they would become desperate and try to attack the weakened Texas after discovering that the inner guards were missing.

“No need. Penguin Logistics and Mr. Emperor will not put their employees in danger.” Swire said as she placed the chain hammers on the disc-shaped ground, stood up and rubbed her sore arms, her tiger ears standing upright on her head. “Besides, Miss Texas will recover faster in her familiar environment.”

"That's good." Yun Yi's lips curled up slightly. She bent down and picked up 001, nuzzling her head against the large and incredibly soft fur of 002 behind her. Her tone was relaxed. "In that case, let's set off now! Capture the inner guards alive and find out what Ursus is up to."

Swire quickly raised her hand to stop her, "Wait a minute, Yunyi. As far as I know, there has never been any news of capturing an inner guard alive or seeing an inner guard's corpse. They are very likely to have some kind of ability to perish together or self-destruct."

“Miss Yunyi, please consider this carefully.” Chen picked up where Shi Huaiya left off, looking at Yunyi with disapproval in his eyes.

Yun Yi smiled and spread out one hand, saying confidently, "Don't worry, I will build a large binding device here and then directly teleport the inner guards into the binding device, so that we don't have to confront them head-on."

"A restraint device...you mean a restraint device that can sever the special abilities and mobility of the inner guards?" Swire crossed her arms, looking thoughtful, her glossy tiger tail swaying behind her as she pondered. "You can create one?"

Chen's dragon tail, covered in fine scales, twisted nervously behind her. She stroked the hilt of her sword at her waist and hesitated for a moment, so much so that she spoke a step slower than Swire, "Swire told me not to resist. If you want to bring people in here, do you need them not to resist? If so, how do you plan to bring the inner guards in?"

"Hmm, do you both think my plan is unfeasible?" Yun Yi looked at the two doubtful people and touched his chin. He wasn't too surprised. They weren't impulsive people, except in special circumstances.

"Don't twist my meaning. The plan must be foolproof while leaving room for contingencies." Swire closed her eyes and turned her head away, but her tiger ears did not turn with her. They were still trembling slightly in front of Yun Yi, as if she was listening carefully to her movements. "I'm just making sure you've thought it through, and by the way, see if there's any room for improvement."

Yun Yi glanced at her slightly trembling tiger ears, and his eyes couldn't help but curve into a smile. "Alright, then I'll leave it to you."

As she spoke, she turned to look at Chen, giving her a "What about you?" look. "So, Chen, aren't you questioning me too?"

“No, you are the core right now, and I would never question you at this juncture.” Chen Xiang shook his head, his clothes tightening around his neck.

She naturally raised her finger and grabbed the slightly tight bow tie, tugging at it, causing the orange-yellow tie below to sway.

The blue pattern near the end of the tie fluttered up and touched her snow-white forearm, then reluctantly fell under the pull of gravity, sweeping across her lower abdomen, which was wrapped in a restraint band and covered by her white shirt.

Yun Yi's gaze was drawn to the bright orange color the whole time, and finally unconsciously fell on the other person's protruding part, but he quickly looked away after realizing that he had been impolite.

Yun Yi withdrew his gaze, secretly marveling to himself, "Wow, that's huge!"

She hadn't observed Chen very closely before, and her impression of him was that he was agile and heroic, cold and serious. She subconsciously thought he was flat-chested...

I didn't expect her to be so big. Well, no, it wasn't the kind of big that's bulky, but rather a size that fits her athletic figure perfectly. It's just that the restraints under her chest amplified the impact, making her look exceptionally prominent and perky.

In addition, for some reason, the buttons below her lining were not fastened, revealing a section of Chen's fair and smooth waist, and one could vaguely see her slightly sunken navel and slightly protruding lower abdomen... How arousing.

Thinking of this, Yun Yi felt guilty and realized he had offended someone. He quickly coughed in his mind to clear these thoughts away—how could he suddenly fall ill while doing something important!

Yunyi cleared his mind of the filtered and distorted images of Chen, calmed down, and continued listening.

Chen didn't know what Yun Yi had imagined in that brief moment. After loosening her tie, she pursed her lips, her red eyes flashing with determination as she met Yun Yi's gaze. "Miss Yun Yi, the Inner Guard is very dangerous. They are the personal guard of the Ursus Emperor, an extremely dangerous force on this land. I'm not sure if I'm stronger or weaker than them."

Chen had previously been in contact with Wei Yanwu's shadow guards and had also seen some of the world through Wei Yanwu's influence. At the same time, she also had some relatively high-end intelligence sources of her own.

As the Emperor's Blade is a formidable force that Ursus cannot ignore, she naturally learned about it through these channels.

Because she understood him, she cautiously pressed Yun Yi for answers. This was not a questioning, nor was it an attempt to change Yun Yi's plan; it was simply a reminder.

“Let’s assume our opponents are slightly stronger than us,” Chen’s thin eyelids drooped for a moment in defiance before lifting again, revealing a cold, fierce fighting spirit in his red eyes. “Then we will be facing thirteen extraordinary enemies.”

Volume Two: Fireworks at Longmen: Chapter 172 Shi Huaiya: The Wild Man.

“This means that if your plan goes wrong, it will be difficult for us to remedy the situation. It would be better to ensure that all aspects are foolproof before execution.” Chen thought for a moment and then echoed Shi Huaiya’s words to emphasize Yun Yi’s importance for the stability of the plan.

As she finished speaking, her slender dragon tail traced a smooth curve, just as she returned to the words at the beginning: "Ursus's hand is outstretched, and I wanted to break it but had no chance, but you can give me a chance—please believe me, I will not question you or deny you, Miss Yunyi."

"Yes, I believe you." Yun Yi leaned back in his chair, resting his elbow on the armrest and his hand on his head, looking relaxed.

She first explained to Swire, "I'm not sure if I can make the restraint device, but 002 definitely can."

She then looked at Chen and said, “The power of the Nirvana to pull people into the cockpit can indeed be blocked by the person’s firm will and mental strength, but only if that person’s mental strength is stronger than mine.”

"In my perception, the inner guards have a strong but chaotic will, and their mental energy is a complete mess, so I can basically ignore them," Yun Yi told Chen in detail, her confidence evident in her words.

Swire noticed this confidence that bordered on arrogance and was like a castle in the air, and her gaze immediately swept towards the babbling Yun Yi with a warning.

The tangible gaze made Yun Yi pause. She glared back defiantly, raising her voice slightly as if to prove something, "Of course, I won't rely on my own wild guesses. At first, I'll only try to capture one inner guard. If I fail, we can gang up on him! With so many people here, surely we can't defeat just one inner guard?"

Swire's eyes widened, and the tiger tail behind her tensed for a moment before she was about to speak, but was interrupted by Hoshiguma, who was standing next to Yun Yi, who said, "Hmm, that's fine—Miss, Old Chen, why don't we go with Miss Yun Yi's idea for now?"

As Hoshiguma spoke, Hannya stood on the ground, covering most of her body. Chen and Swire, who were standing a little further away, could only see a small part of her upper body and her firm golden eyes.

Chen and Swire exchanged a glance. Swire looked away, concealing the worry in her eyes, and nodded very slightly. "Hoshiguma, Yunyi, be prepared to adapt to any situation during the operation."

Chen nodded quickly, then turned to ask about other things, "Hoshiguma, what did you discover?"

The reason she was so determined to push forward with Yun Yi's rough plan was not because Yun Yi's plan was bad, but because it needed some polishing. Otherwise, she and Swire wouldn't have both reminded her at the same time.

She didn't think Hoshiguma wouldn't understand this, so Hoshiguma must have some good reason.

Chen believed that this reason was most likely a clue that Hoshiguma had come up with while sitting there thinking.

Chen was right; Hoshiguma had indeed discovered something, but she couldn't tell Chen.

Hoshiguma scratched the back of his head and turned to look at Yun Yi, "It concerns the system, can't Old Chen hear me?"