Everyone chatted and laughed heartily as they began to wait.
The next moment, a tremor suddenly came from beneath the feet of all the players.
The tremor wasn't the kind of tremor you hear when someone stomps on the ground or someone is knocked down from a height; it was a gentle, continuous tremor.
As the Soul Returner looked at each other in bewilderment, the houses beside them, the main road in front of them, and even the alleyway where they were now located all began to pulsate.
As the main road ascended and the side roads descended, the scene before them instantly transformed from a battlefield into trenches, and then into a tunnel with a solid roof.
"The special passage is now open. Please follow the signs to your target area."
The Pixel Blue Dragon, dressed in a tour guide suit, projected a holographic route into everyone's field of vision. The greatly shocked players immediately entered the tunnel in front of them and headed deeper into the darkness.
Although the tunnel is deep and dark, the holographic guidance and mini-map provided by the Pixel Blue Dragon are very clear, so even when players are moving forward in the dark, they can see that they are getting closer and closer to the target building.
Just as they were about to reach their destination, [ Good Times Don't Last Long], who was walking at the front, suddenly shouted:
"Everyone, follow [ Aluode's ] instructions and try your best to take down the enemy without taking any damage."
"The first squad will come with us to pick up the people, the second squad will prepare the aggregate in advance, and the third squad will set up the traps."
"Receive!"
Although the route they took to get here deviated slightly from the plan, the underground space actually made it easier for them to make prior arrangements.
Led by [ Aluode ], more than twenty Soul Returner dressed in Grey Cast Corridor Guard uniforms walked out in an orderly fashion from a pipe entrance hidden at the end of an alley.
They straightened their coats and equipped themselves with the standard weapons of the Corridor Guard. During the preparation phase, [ Shit Appraisal Master ] asked [ Aluode ]:
"Won't this alert the enemy?"
Don't worry, the more formal it is, the easier it is to intimidate the other party.
He said confidently:
"I also asked [ the Ginseng Rooster ], and he also thought there was nothing wrong with the plan."
"Okay, then I'll follow your instructions."
Don't worry.
[ Aluode ] gave a standard Gray Cast Corridor Guard salute:
"Go knock on the door! Knock hard!"
[ The Shit Appraisal Master ] and [ The Good Times Don't Last ] immediately followed his advice and began to knock on the door forcefully, or rather, pound on it.
Bang bang bang!
Bang bang bang!
A rapid and loud knocking sound quickly brought a response:
"Who, who's outside?"
" The Corridor Guard is here to see Foreman Morris."
"They've arrived."
The door was quickly opened, and a figure with half of his face covered by a metal mask appeared in front of the players.
"I am Morris. What business does the Corridor Guard have with me?"
Just then, [ Aluode ] strode forward and said:
"You were in charge of the banquet hall renovations, weren't you?"
Morris nodded, looking utterly terrified.
What happened at the banquet hall?
"The banquet hall collapsed; you're primarily responsible. Come with us!"
[ Aluode ] shouted a rebuke, then quickly stepped forward and whispered:
"Come with us, [ Giant Arms ] promises to escort you safely to the Sand Capital."
"Me... we?"
Morris, unable to discern the truth in the words, instinctively repeated the part he found most puzzling—
Does "you" refer to the undercover agents or...? He glanced slightly at his family behind him.
[ Aluode ] continued in a low voice:
"That's right, the plan has succeeded. The Grand Foundry Master is dead, and a city-wide manhunt is about to begin. You can't hide anymore."
"The real Corridor Guard is already on its way; you have only five minutes."
Upon hearing this, Morris's heart skipped a beat.
It actually worked!
As expected, great strength can make bricks fly. All their planning over a long period of time couldn't compare to a single casual move from a true powerhouse.
At this moment, Morris had absolutely no doubt that the person opposite him was deceiving him.
How could a normal member of the Corridor Guard know keywords like " Giant Arms," " Sand Capital," and "assassination plan"?
There is only one possibility: he must be a subordinate developed by some powerful figure, who, like himself, needs inhibitors to resist the erosion of the crystal clusters, and secretly serves the Skeleton Alliance on the other side of the strait.
"I see."
Morris straightened his face and composed himself.
"That family..."
The guards in the Corridor Guard before me showed a hint of disdain on their faces.
"You ran away, leaving your family behind. Isn't that sending them to their deaths?"
"Oh, right, right..."
Morris readily agreed, while inwardly condemning himself for even entertaining the thought of abandoning his family and running away alone.
If it weren't for so many people watching, I would really want to slap myself a few times.
Please wait a moment.
Leaving that sentence behind, Morris turned and went back home. After a flurry of activity, seven or eight people emerged one by one under the cover of darkness, carrying hastily packed luggage.
The players waiting outside saw this scene and, although they didn't react outwardly, their chat groups were filled with laughing emojis.
Clearly, [ Aluode ]'s tactics have once again proven successful.
By bombarding the other party with a large amount of information in just a few sentences, including sensational content such as the collapse of the banquet hall and the death of the Grand Foundry Master, it is easy for the average person to have difficulty distinguishing between truth and falsehood.
The pressure from a non-existent manhunt further impaired Morris's ability to distinguish truth from falsehood.
Led by [ Aluode ], the group headed into the depths of the alley not far away.
Behind Morris and the others, several players were exchanging information in the action group chat:
" Morris is a Middle Tier, his father should be a decent Low Tier fighter, the rest can be ignored."
"Second Group received."
"Group three received."
Upon reaching the alley entrance, a hint of doubt appeared on Morris's face.
Obviously, it's normal to take a shortcut to avoid the regular Corridor Guard, but taking a dead end seems less normal.
Seeing this, [ Aluode ] understood what the other person was thinking, so he took the lead and walked into the alleyway, moving aside the debris at the end of the dead end to reveal the passage below:
"This passage leads directly to the outskirts. After exiting, head south to Satellite City No. 32. There are ships waiting for you at the port there, and the port manager is one of our men."
"You all jump down one by one. We have other tasks, so we won't follow."
"Run!"
These words completely dispelled Morris's suspicions. With twenty fully armed soldiers following them, who knew if they might suddenly turn on them and kill him?
But it would seem much more reasonable to simply arrange for them to take a secret passage from which they could leave.
Moreover, this secret passage was less than fifty meters from his own home, yet he, the construction supervisor, had never known about it. This showed that the [ Aluode ] officer's rank was only above his own.
More importantly, after the implicit pressure from [ Aluode ]'s words, Morris was unwilling to believe that they were a group of liars.
Finally, led by Morris, all eight members of his family entered the cave one by one.
After confirming everything was in order, Morris gave a thumbs-up to [ Aluode ], who was guarding the entrance, and then led his family forward.
Seeing this, [ Aluode ], who was overjoyed, finally sent that message in the group with satisfaction:
"Get ready to act! Arrest his family first!"