After Crossing Over, I Marked the Empress

“What do you mean? You came here to eat?”

“If I were you, failing to complete the Teacher’s task, my first concern would be whether I’d still have a life to eat with!”

The dishes on the automatic rotating table were exquisite, but Zheng Xiang didn’t move to the dining area to sit.

He sat upright and straight on the sofa, his eyes flashing with a cold light.

Chen and Sun, who had just moved to their dining seats, froze in their actions.

After repeatedly having their faces slapped, the smiles they had been desperately maintaining finally disappeared.

Sun Xianglong, who had been promoted to Deputy Director of the Peace Palace Office, slammed the table directly.

Usually, others would speak humbly before him. Now, Zheng Xiang’s behavior of completely disregarding him made him furious.

“Katsumura Shota! Who do you think you are? Even your Teacher knows to be polite when speaking to us two, but you, just a running dog, really think you’re something!”

The moment he heard Sun Xianglong call out his real name, Zheng Xiang was visibly stunned.

Sun Xianglong was quite satisfied with his reaction.

He continued, “Those two billion in virtual currency were earned with our lives on the line. You think you can just take it away with a few words? I’m telling you, not a chance!”

At this point, the two bodyguards who had been silent in the room silently approached Zheng Xiang simultaneously.

One held a dagger, the other gripped a sturdy fishing line with both hands.

It seemed they didn’t intend to let Zheng Xiang leave here alive.

However, the other four in the room severely underestimated their opponent’s strength.

When the two bodyguards were about two meters away from the sofa, Zheng Xiang suddenly stood up as if he had eyes on the back of his head.

He pulled out a silenced handgun from under his shirt hem, pulled the trigger four times in succession, hitting both men in the abdomen.

The change happened too quickly.

The two bodyguards couldn’t even let out a cry before they fell into pools of blood.

Zheng Xiang’s shooting technique was very professional.

The places where the bodyguards were hit by bullets in the abdomen would neither kill them immediately nor allow them to remain a threat.

Seeing this scene, Chen Yihe and Sun Xianglong were completely terrified.

In the command room at the White Egret Hotel.

Gu Junwan stared intently at the surveillance screen and ordered in a deep voice: “Snipers ready.”

Everyone’s nerves were taut, and absolute silence fell over the communication channel at this moment.

They were just waiting for the Empress to say the word ‘attack’, and the tactical team would immediately strike.

On the surveillance screen, Zheng Xiang didn’t shoot Chen and Sun again.

He stepped towards the two trembling men, threw a punch, and created an exaggerated sonic boom on the solid wood table.

The thick glass turntable on the dining table shattered!

Gu Junwan had someone zoom in on the screen and found that the man called Katsumura Shota’s hand bones were undamaged.

She immediately spoke on the communication channel: “Everyone be aware, the awakened individual in the private room has extraordinary strength and defense!”

At the same moment.

In his residence at the First Retirement Home, Li Jianye was brewing a pot of old tea in a coarse pottery pot.

He would contact Zheng Xiang every half hour.

Now, there were 10 minutes left until the next communication.

The fake wife, White Ant, was serving him nearby.

She knew that her commander was planning to retreat. If they could successfully return to Yin Country, she would finally no longer have to live under someone else’s identity. How wonderful!

Yusheng Manor, private room.

Zheng Xiang looked down at the two men who had fallen to the ground in fear, and smiled at them, baring his teeth.

“Don’t worry, I won’t kill you. If the Free Federation didn’t have parasites like you, it would just keep getting better!”

“Now you discuss among yourselves. One stays here, the other immediately goes to fetch what I want.”

“Losing money is quite upsetting, but your commander trusts you two so much. A mere few hundred million can be earned back in two years. As long as she doesn’t fall, are you afraid you won’t be able to make money?”

Zheng Xiang didn’t give them much time, directly pointing at Chen Yihe to go fetch the items.

This person was both greedy and afraid of death. He wasn’t worried at all that Chen would leave and not come back.

At this time, Gu Junwan began giving orders on the communication channel.

“Snipers engage, disable the target only!”

“Signal jamming activate immediately, cut off all communication between the manor and the outside world.”

Shen Han and several other guard team members were hidden around the private room building, maintaining coordinated advancement.

For this operation, they were not the main combat force.

After all, under such a tight net of defenses, the people in the private room were basically fish in a barrel.

The muffled explosion of the sniper rifle broke the night’s tranquility at the manor.

The bullet spun out, shattered a colored glass window of the private room, and entered Zheng Xiang’s right elbow joint.

Although awakened individuals possess supernatural abilities bestowed by heaven, they cannot resist firearms.

Zheng Xiang’s entire right arm was instantly disabled.

If not for his exceptionally robust physical condition, this shot would have knocked him out cold.

The sniper continued to lock onto the target but didn’t fire again.

The assault team, dressed in manor work uniforms, broke through the door and quickly surrounded the people inside.

Zheng Xiang’s face was pale. The rapid blood loss and sudden attack made his back cold, as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

He immediately unleashed his ability, instantly strengthening his body’s flesh. His skin and muscles tightened, his bones became hard as stone!

The colored glass window that had just been shattered by the sniper was once again impacted.

Zheng Xiang, like a trapped beast, forcibly broke through the metal window frame and leaped into the dark night outside.

“All units be aware! Target has escaped through the window, location is the southeast corner!”

When Shen Han heard the intelligence through her earpiece, she was near a green area not far from the southeast of the private room.

After reporting her position, she immediately charged over with her gun.

“Ah!”

A shrill scream came from the southeast corner.

When Shen Han arrived at Zheng Xiang’s landing spot, she saw him biting through the carotid artery of a male manor staff member participating in the operation.

The Yin Country spy with the kind face turned around, his beast-like eyes glowing eerily in the dark night.

Shen Han stared at the fresh blood covering his mouth and clothes, her expression tightening. Without hesitation, she aimed and fired at his shoulder blade.

Zheng Xiang also raised his gun at the same moment.

His dominant right arm had been disabled, so he now pulled the trigger with his left hand, yet his aim was still quite accurate.

Both of their firearms were equipped with silencers. The explosive sound of bullets leaving the barrel was eliminated, and as they flew at high speed, they broke through layers of air waves!

Shen Han’s movements were agile and flexible. As she rushed forward, she was like a cheetah on the plains.

If her opponent hadn’t been severely injured, she wouldn’t have risked getting so close. But now, although the Yin Country spy still had fighting power, he was ultimately not at his best.

During the exchange of fire, she had already come close to her opponent.

Shen Han threw away the gun in her hand with its empty magazine and reached for her side.

There, she had a loaded backup handgun.

But at this moment, Zheng Xiang made a motion to raise his gun again.

The Yin Country ability user, who had been hit by multiple bullets and had his entire shoulder blade nearly torn apart, still had one last bullet in his chamber!

Seeing this, Shen Han forcibly changed her forward momentum, responding to avoid the bullet’s trajectory.

However, Zheng Xiang’s gun muzzle wasn’t aimed at Shen Han, but placed in his own mouth.

A muffled roar and the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground rang out simultaneously.

A thick smell of blood spread, making the night even colder.

To avoid being captured and interrogated by his enemies, Zheng Xiang ended his life in a violent manner.

At this time, Gu Junwan’s anxious voice came through the communication channel: “What’s the situation? Are any of our personnel injured?”

Only after hearing her alpha’s voice through the communication device did she realize that in that brief moment, her back was already soaked with cold sweat.

Shen Han maintained her vigilance, went forward to check briefly, and then spoke again: “One action team member has fallen, the target committed suicide by gun.”

After a pause, she added in a low voice: “I’m sorry, I couldn’t arrive in time.”

Hearing this news, all action group members remained silent, mourning their fallen comrade wordlessly.

Gu Junwan also felt terrible, but this final battle had just begun. She had to continue commanding, following the trail to dig out the biggest hidden nail behind the scenes!

At the same moment that the Empress’s team was conducting a sudden interrogation of Chen Yihe and Sun Xianglong, Li Jianye picked up the encrypted phone on the table and began to contact Zheng Xiang.

Black Rat was out of contact.

He slowly stood up, pressing on the table, his face showing unprecedented gravity. He frowned and ordered White Ant: “Take those things I told you about earlier and evacuate through the secret passage immediately!”

……

The next morning.

The special arrest team staking out inside and outside the First Retirement Home had been waiting for Mr. and Mrs. Li Jianye to leave, but they never did.

The captain arranged for a cleaning staff to knock on the door, but there was no response.

“It’s bad! The targets have escaped! Quickly report to the commander!”

Gu Yuwei had heard from her sister about the bombs hidden in the Retirement Home’s villa area.

After receiving news of Li Jianye’s escape, she immediately began arranging for all personnel in the Retirement Home to evacuate, while the bomb disposal team simultaneously began their search.

Zhang Qi was carried out of the sunless basement by soldiers.

In the yard of the villa where Li Jianye lived, another secret passage leading outside the Retirement Home was found.

Hearing these surreal reports one after another, Gu Yuwei suddenly felt a sense of unreality.

She wasn’t stupid either. Combining all that had happened, how could she not see that her previous coup had many hidden issues?

Just then, her personal phone began to vibrate.

It was Gu Junwan calling.

“I already know about the situation with Li Jianye. Now there are several very urgent matters I need to discuss with you.”

“Chen Yihe and Sun Xianglong have been secretly arrested by me. I hope you can come personally to hear their confessions.”

The bad news coming one after another made Gu Yuwei somewhat exasperated.

She was angry at the enemies who had played her for a fool, and also angry at her own incompetence.

From past to present, compared to Gu Junwan, were all the things she thought she was doing right actually wrong?

She couldn’t believe it, nor could she allow herself to believe it.

She had been persevering with her beliefs, and there were many supporters on her path forward. All of this couldn’t be fake!

After steadying herself, Gu Yuwei finally found her voice.

“Those two are important members of the Peace Palace Office, and also my advisors. You didn’t even give me a heads up before-”

Before she could finish, Gu Junwan on the other end of the phone had already spoken: “The two of them were conducting a transaction with a Yin Country spy named Katsumura Shota last night.”

“That Yin Country spy is one of Li Jianye’s capable subordinates. He had been infiltrating as a server in the Peace Palace conference area-”

Gu Junwan said more after that, but Gu Yuwei couldn’t hear clearly anymore.

Her mind was in chaos now, as if someone had thrown countless tangled balls of yarn into it.

If she just gently pulled on one, those unclear mysteries could reveal the truth.

The massive information impact caused her to feel obvious dizziness.

Her feet began to feel unsteady, and cold sweat broke out on her temples.

“Gu Yuwei, are you listening?”

“There’s no time for you to be upset now. To become a qualified commander, facing your own shortcomings and constantly correcting your weaknesses is unavoidable.”

Given the urgency of the situation, Gu Junwan didn’t dare to be too harsh with her.

She rubbed her aching brow and spoke clearly into the phone: “The residents of the Retirement Home need to be carefully settled, and the bomb disposal needs to be completed urgently. Can you handle this?”

Gu Yuwei nodded unconsciously, then realizing Gu Junwan couldn’t see her action, she responded in a hoarse voice: “I can handle it.”

“Good.”

“The other most important thing is to catch Li Jianye. I need your cooperation. Can you trust me?”

When Gu Junwan’s last words were transmitted to Gu Yuwei’s ears through the electric current, for some reason, her eyes reddened, and tears suddenly fell.

“Sister, are you still willing to believe in my trust?”