Inside a cold, damp cave.
A squad dressed in white generals' uniforms soon reached the end of the cave.
A massive stone wall stood there, flanked by two huge, ferocious stone lions.
Before the stone lions, Luo Zhiwei's tall figure looked as insignificant as an ant.
"A dragon-level taboo object?" Her cool, beautiful face betrayed no emotion as she slowly drew the slender, white-bladed saber at her waist.
The scrape of the blade leaving its sheath rang clearly through the deathly silent cave.
"General Luo, please wait!" A long-haired man with delicate, feminine features suddenly spoke up to stop her.
Luo Zhiwei paused with her saber halfway out. She glanced sideways at the man and asked coldly, "General Ye, what is it?"
The man known as General Ye smiled faintly. "This dragon-level taboo object has incredible defenses. Of course, with your strength, General Luo, you could break through them, but that would inevitably cost us time. It might even alert our target."
Luo Zhiwei's slender brows knitted slightly. "What do you suggest, General Ye?"
"I wouldn't call it a suggestion, but Nightingale has already discovered the password. We only need to say it to open the door."
General Ye took a slip of paper from his white uniform and handed it to her.
"Why give it to me? Why don't you open it yourself?"
"General Luo, the password requires voice input. The Black Queen is a woman, after all, while I'm a man. It would be safer for you to say it." General Ye smiled, though a hint of anticipation entered his eyes.
Full of mischievous delight, he eagerly awaited what this icy female general of the Federation would do next.
Luo Zhiwei thought nothing of it. She accepted the slip, glanced at it, and froze.
After a moment of