Kneel

Shen Daichihachi knew that no plan could guarantee a one-hundred-percent success rate.

Yet even though he had prepared himself for failure, being forced to retreat in defeat still left him unable to contain his fury.

In his estimation, the most likely reason for failure would have been the consortiums sparing no expense and launching cruise missiles to wipe out an entire city.

If he succeeded, he would gain the capital to rise again.

If he failed, he would lose no more than one Forbidden Item, ACE-022 Ant Queen, and one Forbidden Item, ACE-039 Beyond the Three Realms.

What did losing two Forbidden Items matter to someone destined for greatness?

But what Shen Daichihachi found unacceptable was that the consortiums had not even fired missiles, yet his plan had still failed.

"Ancestor, we'll escort you out," a security officer said. "Please wait here for a moment. Once we reach the surface and confirm there are no security risks, you can come out."

Shen Daichihachi nodded. "Take five men. Be careful."

"Understood."

The security officer opened the safe house's elevator shaft, then began climbing upward along the elevator cables.

Shen Daichihachi watched silently. When the security officer had climbed fifty meters up the shaft, he suddenly twisted a desk lamp inside the safe house, opening a hidden door one meter square behind him.

"Evacuate," he said coldly. "You go in first. The end of the passage leads to the sewers. The Rat Tide is under my control now, so it won't be dangerous."

The security personnel did not seem angry that Shen Daichihachi had sold out six of their companions. They were thoroughly brainwashed dead soldiers, willing to sacrifice themselves for the "great cause."

Watching the remaining six security officers crawl into the hidden passage one after another, he bent down and