novelhk Chapter 131 Placing Hope
Chapter 131 Placing Hope
"Why is Chen Chen here, and with these guards?"
Could it be that they...
Cang Xingyue didn't dwell on it any longer; she teleported invisibly into the scene behind the iron gate.
The guards inside scattered, patrolled the area, and then regrouped.
Chen Chen glanced inside the container from a distance, and after confirming that there were no problems, he prepared to leave.
At this moment, two white-haired women walked in, one carrying a bucket and the other a ladle.
The two women came face to face with Chen Chen and his group, who were about to leave. They looked flustered, and then bowed respectfully to Chen Chen.
Chen Chen didn't even glance at them, and left with the guards behind him.
Two women ran to the container and repeated what the two men had just done. They kept a close eye on the closed door and strained their ears to discern the distance of the footsteps.
The two men only stopped what they were doing after confirming that the guards had gone far away.
They ran to the iron gate, one of them rolled up her sleeve and took off the wire wrapped around her forearm, while the other took out a piece of iron about five millimeters wide from her shoe.
The two looked at each other, seemingly having made up their minds, their eyes filled with determination.
Cang Xingyue, who had been watching silently from the sidelines, had already guessed that the two were planning to pick the lock and escape.
However, there are dense infrared beams outside the iron gate, so even if they can pick the lock, the alarm will go off the moment they open the door.
The guards with teleportation abilities would arrive quickly, and the two would be captured immediately, with no chance of escape.
Although I don't know what the consequences of running away will be, it certainly won't be a good outcome.
"There's an alarm outside the door; it will be triggered if you open it," Cang Xingyue warned.
She didn't want the two people, who were already suffering, to suffer any more misfortune.
"Who?" The two girls' hands trembled, and their panicked eyes looked around.
Cang Xingyue canceled her invisibility and appeared in front of them.
To everyone's surprise, the two men immediately knelt on the ground, their bodies trembling like leaves, and begged for mercy, saying, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, we were wrong, we were wrong, please let us go, we will never do it again."
Even her voice was choked with sobs.
Cang Xingyue was stunned, momentarily at a loss for what to do by their actions.
Then she suddenly remembered that she was now a man, wearing a guard uniform, and that they must have mistaken her for a guard who had come to arrest them.
"Don't worry, I'm not." Afraid of scaring them, Cang Xingyue explained gently as she transformed back into her original form.
"You..." The two of them instantly stopped the tears welling up in their eyes and stared blankly at Cang Xingyue.
"Don't worry, I'm not the kind of person who would hurt you, and I won't hurt you either," she said, helping the two of them up.
"How did you get in? You're really not with those people?"
“I came in just now, but I was hiding and didn’t show myself. Although I was wearing the same clothes as them, I’m not one of them.”
The two nodded, then asked, "Is there really an alarm system outside the door, as you said?"
"of course."
Upon hearing her affirmation, the two looked disappointed and dejected.
"We went to steal wire to escape, and we went through so much trouble, but it all turned out to be for nothing." They felt utterly hopeless.
"I can take you out, but you'll have to wait until I finish something." Cang Xingyue walked towards the Meat Rock Mushroom.
The two girls' faces lit up with surprise and excitement. "Really? Can you take my friends with you too? They were arrested just like us."
"So how many people are there in your group?" Cang Xingyue asked casually.
"There are sixteen people in total, including the two of us."
"Who captured you, and why were you captured?"
“We were illegal divers caught by the guards. We thought we would be kicked out after being caught, but we were handed over to a man called ‘sir’.”
"Those who were in better health were taken to test the drugs, while the others were responsible for cleaning up this big, dark, fleshy lump. Those who were injured, sick, or about to die were thrown into the zombies he was cultivating."
“We are usually guarded by the guards here. If we are discovered to be escaping, we will be killed and fed to the zombies.”
The scuba divers were caught here...
Chen Chen had told her that the smugglers caught would at most be taught a lesson and kicked out, but who knew that they would be secretly captured and forced to do hard labor for drug testing.
Cang Xingyue listened quietly, then took out the withered powder, looked at the two of them, and said, "From now on, you are free."
The two girls were very happy, thinking she had agreed to take the others with her.
Cang Xingyue looked at the bottle in her hand, but instead of opening the cap and sprinkling out the powder, she asked the system:
"If I help you destroy the Meatball Mushroom, can I get two points in return?"
She already has eight points, and now she only needs two more, which is especially important to her.
"Given the current difficulty, I can only give you a little."
Just as Cang Xingyue was about to bargain, she heard a bang.
Looking in that direction, another group of people came to clean up. This time, there were two men, one of whom looked terrified and dropped the iron bucket he was holding.
"What are you doing?" asked Boy A.
Girl A ran up to the two boys and said, "We'll be free soon! She promised to take us out." Her voice was filled with excitement, and she couldn't hide her joy.
"Are you trying to run away?" Boy B exclaimed in surprise.
"We can all go together."
"Really? That's wonderful!" Boy A exclaimed excitedly.
To everyone's surprise, the second boy sneered, "Who wants to go with you? Don't get me into trouble, or I'll report you!"
After saying that, he ran out, shouting as he ran, "Help! Someone's trying to escape! Someone's trying to escape!"
"What is he doing? Is he crazy?!"
The three of them were instantly furious.
Cang Xingyue raised an eyebrow. No matter where you are, there are always one or two brain-dead teammates who are completely incompetent.
She crossed her arms and watched the show with an air of detached amusement, making no attempt to stop it.
The system didn't want to give too many points because it was too easy, so I called the guards to increase the difficulty.
She absolutely had to get those two points today, otherwise, what if the Meatball Mushroom destroyed the system's goal and then immediately went back to its own planet?
Then she won't be able to do what she wants to do.
"Come here," Cang Xingyue said to the three of them.
Without the slightest hesitation, the three of them immediately ran to her.
They were reported by their companions and were about to face danger. Now they could only place their hopes on Aoi Hoshizuki, who had promised to save them.
As soon as they arrived, Cang Xingyue immediately threw three small water balls, knocking them unconscious.
He then crouched down, grabbed them, and threw them into the space. He found an empty house, teleported them out, and then used his water magic to cover them to prevent them from encountering danger while they were unconscious.
The space was her own sanctuary, and she didn't want anyone else to see it. Even if there was a better way, she wouldn't want to bring anyone else in.
After ensuring their safety, Cang Xingyue teleported back invisibly.
As soon as he arrived, he saw more than a dozen guards surrounding the area, while the person who had complained was looking at Chen Chen with a fawning expression.
He's done a great job; he'll definitely be rewarded.
He naively thought so.