"Twelve hours for it to take effect, Ren Yuanhao, you got lucky this time~"
Shen Lan Ni, supporting the burning hot Ye Lan, shot Ren Yuanhao a look and said, "This place is not safe. We need to find a way out first."
"Mm."
Ren Yuanhao's face was flushed. He activated the illusion of "Hiding Ears to Steal a Bell" simultaneously. Just then, the system's loli voice chimed in again.
"Beep beep, warning, the effect of 'Hiding Ears to Steal a Bell' will disappear in 8 minutes. Please pay attention to the time. A green escape route has been re-planned."
"Not using the back door anymore?"
"Think about it with your big brain. Now even fools know you'll definitely use the back door. Why not do the opposite and escape through the front door? Isn't that exciting?"
Ren Yuanhao didn't reply. Instead, he drew his sword and moved swiftly.
At this moment, on the sixth-floor corridor, the battle between the espers was raging. When they saw Ren Yuanhao emerge from a hidden room with the three women, their morale soared, and they began to push their opponents back.
"Everyone, don't get bogged down in combat. Our objective has been achieved. Follow me and rush towards the front door!"
"The front door?"
"That place is heavily guarded. I doubt we can break through."
The speaker withdrew their strength, flashing back in front of Ren Yuanhao. The esper fighting him couldn't track his movements under the effect of the secret medicine, flailing their fists and kicks like fools.
"Since you could anticipate us using the back door, the enemy can too. Doing the opposite is our best choice."
Ren Yuanhao nodded to Shen Lan Ni and Yang Ling Xue, then frantically channeled the power of the鲛人泪 (Jiaoren Lei). The frost-filled inner energy erupted, creating a fierce gust of wind that swept towards the enemy ranks. The espers and guards, who were already using the wind to track the espers, saw the sudden gust and assumed these desperate souls were heading in its direction. They all lunged forward like mad dogs.
"Alright, everyone, hurry up and escape in the opposite direction. I'll leave these three women to you all."
Ren Yuanhao cupped his fists towards everyone, then, with sword in hand, charged ferociously into the enemy formation. The wind rose again, swirling all around. He used the "Flying Dragon Stealing Cloud Hand" to confuse the enemy, seemingly preparing to buy them the last moments for escape.
"Let's go. I believe Yuanhao can return safely. We'll only distract him if we stay here." Shen Lan Ni bit her lip tightly, nudging the hesitant Yang Ling Xue. Yang Ling Xue knew very well that Ren Yuanhao was risking his life for the sake of rescuing the three of them. Tears welled in her eyes, and she murmured in her heart, "You rascal, we'll wait for you at the exit. Don't make us wait too long!"
Shen Lan Ni and her group soon rushed out of the corridor without much obstruction. Ren Yuanhao, knowing that the secret medicine's buff was effective only within a specific range, retreated while fighting, feigning strength and not falling too far behind the main group.
After about four or five minutes, this group had reached the exit. Ren Yuanhao, using the swift edge of the wind to create confusion among their opponents, followed them steadily.
However, at this moment, as Ren Yuanhao was running, he suddenly collapsed onto the ground. His muscles stiffened like iron. He finally realized that by relying on the secret medicine's buff to forcefully channel his energy against the enemy, he had completely disrupted the flow of energy from the two cores within his body. Now, with the core valves wide open, the two vastly different energies were colliding violently within him. If he were to channel his energy again without restraint, he might explode and die.
As his internal energy became chaotic, the secret medicine's buff immediately disintegrated. At the same time, the people in the control room immediately discovered a large group of people appearing on the front hall's surveillance. They realized that Ren Yuanhao and his group had audaciously chosen to do the opposite, not using the back door, but instead openly heading towards the front hall, which was now the weakest point of defense!
Brother Tao's face turned ashen. He immediately sounded the alarm and roared into the loudspeaker, "Quick, Ren Yuanhao and his group have been spotted! Surround the front hall immediately!"
The guards and espers, acting like headless flies, heard the news and realized they had been tricked. Angrily, they rushed towards the main entrance.
While the enemy was charging aggressively, the people in the front hall were in a bit of disarray. Yang Ling Xue, with tear-filled eyes, helped the struggling Ren Yuanhao to the closed front door and sat him down. All the espers circled the three women as if they were stars surrounding the moon.
"Brother, your inner energy is unstable. Don't force it anymore." The person speaking was surnamed Qi and was known as Qi Da Xian (Immortal Qi). He was the oldest among these espers, around fifty years old.
"But I see this front door is made of various alloy steels. Do you all have any way to destroy it?" Ren Yuanhao gritted his teeth, seeing the secret medicine's buff dissipate. The control room must have discovered them. At this moment, there were likely many guards rushing from all directions.
He couldn't stand by and watch these people be captured again. He couldn't let Ye Lan be ruined by those beasts. Clenching the hilt of his Cun Xue sword with both hands, he forcibly channeled his energy, managing to stand up from the ground!
"Brother, you've already done your best. Even if we fail today, there's nothing to regret!"
"That's right! To have caused such a ruckus alongside you, brother, and to have vented our anger, is truly a lifelong satisfaction. It's exhilarating!"
"Indeed, we must fight to our last breath later. Don't let those bastards look down on us!"
"It's just a pity we can't send you and your three friends out. We..."
Before the man could finish speaking, Ren Yuanhao suddenly coughed up a large mouthful of blood, his face pale as paper!
"Yuanhao!" The two women's eyes were misty with tears. Yang Ling Xue managed to steady Ren Yuanhao's form, only to find his pupils dim, as if he were a lifeless corpse without any vitality.
At this moment, a large group of guards appeared not far away. The sound of their footsteps echoed like a death knell, 'tap-tap'. Among them were a few espers, closing in from three directions!
Qi Da Xian's robes billowed as he raised his arm and said,
"Let's fight, everyone! What's the point of living like pigs and dogs!"
"That's right, let's fight! Killing one is a break-even, killing two is a profit!"
Everyone grabbed their weapons and unleashed a volley of gunfire. Espers skilled in defensive abilities struggled to erect faint shields of various colors to resist, while those skilled in offense were itching for a fight.
But just as everyone was about to risk their lives, preparing for a desperate battle against the densely packed guards, a tearing sound, like ripping silk, suddenly came from the metal door behind them!
*Boom!*
Following the ripping sound, a deafening explosion ensued, like a thunderstorm, with waves of air surging and dust billowing. After the group used their defensive abilities to absorb the immense force of the explosion, they suddenly saw a brilliant light burst through the door. A man in a hooded tracksuit, carrying an RPG rocket launcher and a jet-black curved saber in his right hand, stood at the opening like a god, a half-smoked cigarette dangling from his lips.
"Party time! Everyone and the three sisters-in-law, I, Liu Yu, shouldn't be late, right!"