Volume One, Chapter 33: An Opportunity to Stand Shoulder to Shoulder with Men

From the Lingyun Terrace, one could overlook the entire imperial palace. Layers of palace walls partitioned the halls, yet they were intricately woven together like an inseparable, vast web.

Yun Yi leaned against the balustrade, her gaze drifting into the distance, her thoughts already wandering far away.

The wind brushed gently against her long dress, bringing with it a trace of coldness, but her expression remained unmoved.

"Your Highness, Miss Shen requests an audience."

Yun Yi was slightly startled. Shen Muyao? Had she not left yet after the morning court session?

On a beautiful sandy beach, inside a modest villa, Beidou, with his short black hair, sat on the sofa with Zhao Ya, watching the news. Their faces were identical to how they had looked ten years ago; there was no sign of aging. Beidou remained as handsome as ever, and Zhao Ya was still breathtakingly beautiful.

Although Zhao Tie did not understand why the company commander had ordered him to stop at this moment, he obeyed the command unconditionally.

"Yes, we have won!" Meng Fan smiled weakly, revealing the only clean part of his face: his white teeth.

Bombarding a target moving at supersonic speeds with a missile is by no means a simple problem.

Third, there is the final stage: all clones merge together, utilizing the fundamental gains brought about by the synchronized fusion.

Two Japanese soldiers, brandishing Arisaka rifles, charged murderously toward the diners. They scrutinized each person one by one, and as soon as they found anyone suspicious, they dragged them out immediately. Nearby, several collaborators rushed forward to seize the suspected diners.

"Gu Siyan, hand Yu Qiu over to me immediately! Today, in front of everyone, I will grind his bones to dust!" Beidou roared in grief and indignation, his tone filled with command, allowing no room for refusal.

Yet, this remained a non-issue; at the very least, no one in the outside world knew the true extent of Tang Zhun's strength. Their actions remained largely exploratory—constantly sending people into the country to plunder and interrogate practitioners for cultivation techniques and supernatural arts.

Siyan blushed in embarrassment, truly not knowing how to handle such a chaotic scene. She could only lower her eyes dejectedly, staring silently at the computer.

"We have not tested it." The Ju Tie Mansion was accustomed to using high-speed steel to test hardness, rather than diamonds from foreign lands.

Had his life been too smooth? Had he never been rejected, and therefore had no idea what it meant to be annoying, nor what it meant to retreat in the face of difficulty?

"Living life on the edge of a blade, how can one talk about peace and stability?" Zhang Tianyi smiled, then wiped his chest.

Meng Ling also giggled. After they joked for a while, she worried about someone walking in and seeing her in such an unseemly state, so she stopped Xiao Bohan from massaging her.

"Since you were not involved, you will be temporarily removed from the Shanshui Group matter. Later, I will support you in establishing a new enterprise. I will think of a way on my end to see if I can find someone to get Xiuzhu out," Mr. Alan said from the other end of the phone.

"Stop joking, Master. Don't I know my own situation? I might as well tell you the truth: wherever I go, disaster follows. I find it annoying myself! I feel like I'm plagued by bad luck, and you call this the Ziwei Imperial Destiny?" Li Xiang curled his lips and shook his head, smiling with self-mockery.

However, after arriving at the Jintan Miao Village, they discovered that this trick simply did not work! No matter how long they stayed, these Miao people remained extremely vigilant toward them, leaving them completely helpless.

Lin Yunxi understood clearly that while the mechanical puppet army had reinforcements in the beginning, the support had been cut off later on. At this moment, if they could not advance while their forces were at their strongest, once the subsequent reinforcements vanished, the offensive would only grow weaker until the entire army was completely depleted.

"By the way, what would you like to eat?" Ten minutes later, Siyan walked out of the kitchen with a cup of boiled water.