One minute.
Under normal circumstances, it would have passed in the blink of an eye.
But at this moment, that one minute felt unbearably long.
And I had a faint sense of foreboding. Something might very well happen during this minute.
No sooner had that thought crossed my mind than Liu Lan burst in. "This is bad! They've stormed into the manor!"
How was that possible? I had seen how formidable the manor's defense system was. How could they have simply charged in?
Unless someone had deliberately let them in.
Liu Lan continued, "I don't know who opened the manor gates, and Yu Gui has turned traitor too. He came in with them and started killing their way into the manor."
My eyes widened as I looked directly at the Doctor. He seemed stunned as well, but he quickly reacted and turned his gaze toward Number Three. Zhuangzi moved even faster, lunging straight at Number Three!
A savage grin appeared on Number Three's face. Zhuangzi attacked immediately, but Number Three dodged aside and looked at me. "Jiang Xiaobai, you're finished. Phantom Sea will be your Burial Ground!"
I frowned. Number Three had been manipulating everything from the shadows, and it seemed all of this had been aimed at me.
The Doctor and Zhuangzi came to my side. Zhuangzi shielded me behind him while the Doctor studied Number Three. "Your programming wasn't altered, so why..."
Before he could finish, he stopped short. He turned to me. "No, it's not that his programming wasn't altered. The manor's entire system was altered, which is why I never discovered the problem!"
Liu Lan was confused. "What do you mean?"
He sighed. "It's very clear. At some point, the entire manor system was completely altered. The system I came into contact with was not the