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According to Shi Lei's original route, he thought that it was a foolproof plan, but in the end, it looked like it was filled with holes on the map.

If Li Tongxi had not appeared at that time, Shi Lei might really have been in danger.

There were less than thirteen hours until the true Gu Worm matured. When it was about to mature, the effects of the Taomou Herba would be greatly reduced.

Back then, when he was in the Red Cliff Mountain, Shi Lei was still a lot more afraid than before, so he only dared to pluck one Taomou Herba.

From the looks of it, according to what Xiu Er had said, the Taomou Herba should very likely only be effective in these two hours.

Time was running out!

Shi Lei hurriedly familiarized himself with his defensive strength and took the opportunity to use the small wooden hammer to directly grind the Taomou Herba into juice. After that, he used his own medicine and put it into a small bottle.

When everything was ready, there was still an hour left.

Shi Lei did not continue to walk along the route in the backyard. This was a heavily guarded area after all.

He walked from the outside to the top of the wall. There was a ladder that Li Tongxi had prepared beforehand.

However, the Gu Worm was on the second floor in the room, so the biggest question was how to go up.

He thought back to the place where Xu Tai had hidden in the backyard. It seemed that there was a secret passage outside, which Xu Tai had created especially to escape, and if it was still there, he might even be able to climb up to the balcony on the second floor.

As long as they could reach the balcony, even if they did not need to enter the room, through the window, and sprinkle the Taomou Herba's powder in, they would basically complete the mission.

Shi Lei wandered around for a long time, and about half an hour had passed by the time he climbed onto the balcony. The time they had left was getting shorter, and there wasn't much time left for Shi Lei.

After reaching the balcony, Shi Lei immediately saw that there were a lot of people standing at the door. Although all of their eyes were lifeless, there were so many people here.

Finally being able to find an opportunity where no one was paying attention to the outside of the window, Shi Lei took the opportunity and opened the window, quietly jumping out from the window, opened the bottle, and sprinkled all the powder out.

At this time, there were only three minutes left before Shi Lei's estimate of two hours.

The effect of this time could be said to be the best. In that moment of life and death, Shi Lei had still completed his responsibilities and obligations.

Although it was only a stalk, once the powder was sprinkled on it, the Gu Worm began to shrivel up. Some of them did not grow very well, some even turned completely yellow, and then died abruptly in an instant.

When Shi Lei saw all this that happened before his eyes, for a moment, he felt a little excited.

This was the scene he wanted to see the most.

But just as Shi Lei was still feeling complacent, the alarm suddenly sounded out in the room, causing the commotion downstairs to become even louder.

"This is bad!"

Only now did Shi Lei realize what had happened.

There must have been a surveillance camera installed inside the room. Although there was no reaction at first when Shi Lei entered, in the end, someone still found out and set the alarm.

Time waited for no one. Shi Lei did not want to fight against ten, or even a hundred by himself.

Thus, his first reaction upon hearing the alarm was to jump out of the window.

But unexpectedly, there were still many people waiting downstairs for him. When they saw Shi Lei jump down, they immediately followed after him.

"Run!"

Shi Lei immediately ran. It could be said that, for the first time in a long time, Shi Lei ran so fast.

Even though the group of people behind him were unconscious, their speed was still very fast. Just as Shi Lei was about to be caught up, a hand pulled Shi Lei in from the nearby small forest.

Although they ran very fast, they did not have any self-awareness. When they saw that Shi Lei had disappeared, they all retreated.

Watching them leave, Shi Lei started to pant heavily.

"It's really dangerous."

The sky had already brightened up. If he had been late by just a little bit, the result would not have been like this.

"It's really dangerous."

Thinking back to his actions just now, he really couldn't afford to waste any time.

"You really have the nerve to say that? You actually started celebrating in the room. If you had come out earlier, you wouldn't have been like this."

, who had escaped danger, rolled his eyes at Shi Lei, and said: "Is the matter resolved?"

Shi Lei nodded, made a sound, and said: "How did you sneak in?"

One had to know, if that group of people were from the same organization as Li Tongxi just now, there was no reason why Li Tongxi would not be the same as them.

"Back then, when I was still in the capital …"

There were no more urgent matters left, which was why Li Tongxi took this opportunity to talk about what had happened to him recently.

When she had parted ways with Shi Lei, it was actually because someone was looking for her.

Li Tongxi did not know that person's identity, she only knew that the disguise was called Liu Zhi. Her next plan was for Li Tongxi to come to the Jiangling unnoticed and enter into such an organisation.

The entire organization's people were all controlled by Xiu Er's Gu Worm, all of their consciousness was sealed up, and could only be controlled by Xiu Er and the rest, which was why the people that Shi Lei saw looked so lifeless.

And because she had taken the understanding pellet beforehand, Li Tongxi would not be harmed in the slightest.

In the following time, Li Tongxi began to investigate the true purpose of Xiu Er and the others' trip as well as all the arrangements.

Because they thought that these people wouldn't have any self-awareness, Xiu Er and the others didn't put too much thought into taking care of them. That was why they let Li Tongxi know so many things.

"Just you alone?"

Shi Lei said in shock.

Li Tongxi rolled her eyes and said: "What do you think?"

Originally, she had wanted to keep Shi Lei away from this matter. However, later on, Shi Lei had fallen even deeper into this matter, and was fundamentally unable to escape from this matter. Thus, Li Tongxi could only change her plans.

"That's why you saw me here."

Li Tongxi said the last word with determination.

"Tell me, how come I didn't know you were so powerful before?"

Shi Lei laughed and said: "Truly, it's three days of separation."

Only, Li Tongxi's eyes were currently filled with despair.

"Now that the matter has been resolved, I have a faint premonition that something even bigger will happen in the future."