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Chapter 404: Chapter 406: Underground Palace

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”Boss.”

By the time Qin Tian arrived at Lin Yu’s location, it was already around eleven in the morning.

Lin Yu, with his eyes fixed on the cave at the bottom of the hillside, said cautiously, ”I have been watching this place for nearly an hour. People come and go from time to time, and they look like guards. I’m not clear about the specific situation inside.”

After finishing, both Lin Yu and Lin Qiushun looked at Qin Tian, seeking his opinion with their eyes.

”Second, what are you planning to do?” Qin Tian saw that Lin Yu had some ideas and asked.

Lin Yu chuckled and said, ”I plan to sneak into the cave to check things out.”

Lin Qiushun nodded in agreement, ”No venture, no gain. With such tight security outside the cave, there must be important information inside. We better sneak in and take a look. This kind of disguise and going undercover isn’t much trouble for us.”

Although Lin Qiushun spoke lightly, Qin Tian was well aware of the risks involved.

A slight misstep could result in death inside the cave!

But it was already past eleven, and with only one hour left, if they could not locate where Murong Fei and Meng Yao were being held, and if the 20 million wasn’t transferred to Zeng Sikui in time, that mad dog might very well do something impulsive.

So, after thinking it over, Qin Tian nodded and agreed with Lin Yu and Lin Qiushun’s suggestion, ”Alright, let’s go in together.”

The method of infiltrating the enemy’s ranks was something Qin Tian and Lin Yu had frequently used back when they were in the Mercenary Team, and as an assassin, Lin Qiushun had also done it many times before.

The three of them kept an eye on the guards coming out of the cave, among whom a four-person squad seemed to be coming out on patrol to switch shifts.

Seizing this opportunity, Qin Tian and his two companions followed up and easily subdued the four of them.

”Who’s the team leader?” Qin Tian asked with a menacing look in his eyes.

Three of them, almost in unison, turned their gaze toward a slender and tall individual.

”You’re very lucky!”

Having said that, Qin Tian swiftly knocked out the other three people, then turned to the slender and tall individual and warned, ”We’re professional assassins. You’d better answer every question honestly, otherwise, you won’t just be passing out—you’ll be dying!”

After threatening the slender man, he kept nodding, too frightened to speak.

”What exactly is inside that guarded cave of yours, and why are there so many people guarding it?” Qin Tian asked.

Clearly a cowardly soul afraid of death, the slender man spilled everything to Qin Tian without any concealment or hesitation.

It turns out there was a massive Underground Palace inside the cave!

This Underground Palace was also a secret stronghold of the Zhongyi Hall!

Their boss, Chen Zhongyi, often secluded himself there for Cultivation!

From this man, Qin Tian also discovered additional intel: within this Underground Palace, Chen Zhongyi’s men were actually conducting illegal activities!

This finally cleared up the doubts in Qin Tian’s mind, explaining why there were so many guards and why each of them was armed.

So, this was what they were producing!

”This Zhongyi Hall really isn’t simple... getting involved in such activities, if caught, they could be executed at least a hundred times over!”

Qin Tian felt relieved, glad that for some reason, Zeng Sikui had led them here without knowing what was going on; otherwise, this criminal enterprise might have continued undetected!

”Are there two female hostages inside? Where are they held?”

Qin Tian then asked about Murong Fei and Meng Yao’s situation.

The tall and skinny one shook his head: ”These people were brought by our second brother, and it’s his subordinates who are detaining them. I don’t know exactly where they are kept... This is all I know, please let me off...”

The clever tall and skinny one closed his eyes and said, ”Knock me out... I don’t know anything, I haven’t said anything, I haven’t seen anything... please spare my life...”

Qin Tian and Lin Yu exchanged glances and both smiled.

Lin Yu said, ”Brother, you need to help us with one more thing. As long as you cooperate well, I can guarantee we won’t kill you.”

Immediately, Lin Qiushun fed the other three unconscious guys a black pill, a drug that could make people stay asleep for a long time, at least five hours.

After that, Qin Tian and his two companions stripped the three men of their clothes, tied them up in a secret location, changed into their clothes, and, disguised as soldiers, followed the tall and skinny one, letting him lead them back to the cave.

”Brother, what’s your name?” Along the way, Lin Yu asked quietly.

”My name is... My name is...” the tall and skinny one said with a trembling voice, terrified, ”My name is Zhang Dadan.”

”Pfft...”

Lin Qiushun couldn’t hold back and burst into laughter, Zhang Dadan... what an ironically named person.

”Leader Zhang, why have you come back so soon?”

When Zhang Dadan returned with the three ”younger brothers” holding guns, the guard at the entrance of the cave stared at him and asked.

”Headquarters called us back for something...”

Zhang Dadan made up a lie, and fortunately, the captain of the guards did not suspect anything and let the four of them in.

Guided by Zhang Dadan, after entering the cave, they walked for several dozen meters and then took an elevator straight down to the layer below within the cave.

Inside the entire cave, the floor was covered with cement, with stone paths, and there were even elevators, wall-mounted wired telephones, and other modern technological items. Upon reaching the first underground level, Qin Tian and the others were still shocked.

To construct such a high-tech Underground Palace within a cave, how much time must Zhongyi Hall have spent?

No wonder Chen Zhongyi had disappeared for over a decade; he was here all along!

Qin Tian had Zhang Dadan lead the way to the area where Zeng Sikui and his group were gathered, and again Zhang Dadan took Qin Tian and the others down one more level in the elevator.

”Over there is the temporary residence of our second brother and his men. I’ve never been inside... Please, bosses, spare me, I really have never gone in there...”

Zhang Dadan, who had been nervously leading Qin Tian and his companions all the way, was already sweating profusely due to nervousness.

Qin Tian gave Lin Yu a look, and in an instant, Lin Yu knocked Zhang Dadan out. Lin Qiushun hurriedly administered a pill to Zhang Dadan, and they dragged him to an old pit used for trash and debris. Only then did they return to their original spot, ready to proceed to the location of Zeng Sikui and his group.

”Damn, it’s like a labyrinth down here, there are three doors... What do we do?”

After entering a large door, what Qin Tian and the others saw were three doors, each over a person’s height, making them pause.

”Since there are three doors, let’s split up and each take one. Keep in touch using the earphones, and make sure to ensure your safety. Go!”

After Qin Tian finished speaking, he headed towards one of the doors first.

Lin Yu and Lin Qiushun glanced at each other, nodded in agreement, and then each entered a different door.