Inside the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's villa.
Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing sat side by side on the soft sofa, each cradling a Cute Little Guga and gently stroking her.
Four pairs of eyes watched Lin Xiao's pre-mission briefing without blinking.
In the open space in the living room, ten Thief Gugas stood in neat ranks, heads high and chests out, little hands behind their backs and feet slightly apart.
Lin Xiao stood at the front and cleared his throat.
"This mission is extremely dangerous. Your target is the national treasure of the Heaven Dou Empire-the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud!"
He took out a scroll and unfurled it.
The brushwork on the scroll was meticulous, depicting every pattern across the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and every detail of its shape with perfect clarity.
There was also a rough floor plan of the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.
Every Guga could get a clear look at their target.
Then he continued.
"The target is somewhere inside the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, but we don't know its exact location. Everything depends on your own initiative. Even if you can't pull it off, you absolutely must not expose yourselves.
Fight and search, then withdraw once the job is done. Understood?"
"Understood! Guga!" ×10
"Good! That's the spirit! Now come collect your equipment!"
Lin Xiao shifted slightly to one side, revealing a large pile of black stealth outfits, bandit hoods, grappling hooks, and other gear behind him.
The Gugas' eyes lit up, and they stepped forward to choose equipment that suited them.
Lin Xiao nodded in satisfaction and sat down beside Ning Rongrong.
Ning Rongrong gently settled the obedient Cute Little Guga in her lap, reached out to take the scroll, and carefully unrolled it, leaning forward to examine it curiously.
As her gaze