Assassination Plan in Progress.
“We’ve received reports from all over. Ever since the two great empires gave the order to wipe out Raiders, Raiders worldwide have suffered heavy casualties.”
“Look at the number above your heads.”
Nurse An gritted her teeth and looked up.
It was as if she wanted to remind the Raiders and make them realize the gravity of the situation.
The number representing the remaining survivors had appeared in the sky of Nerrifa, visible to all Raiders.
That number was dropping at a frightening speed.
Now, it had already become a nine-digit number starting with ‘1’.
And it was about to drop into the eight-digit range any moment.
The assassination was imminent.
“We have to end this as soon as possible.”
Every moment, their compatriots were dying. The Assassination Team was running out of time.
“But the timing isn’t right,” Han Nuo shook his head firmly,
“The targets of our assassination aren’t ordinary people—these are the two rulers of Nerrifa. They have the strongest guards in all of Nerrifa, and even their own power is unbelievable.”
“But Bai Xiaozhi and the others accepted the Lineage Power. Since that moment, the power of Nerrifa’s emperors has started to decline, hasn’t it?” Nurse An asked.
“A skinny camel is still bigger than a horse. Their decline is nowhere near the point where we can take them down. We still need to keep lurking, wait until they let their guard down, and strike them dead in a single blow.”
“Han Nuo, are you chickening out?” Huang Xiao suddenly asked.
Han Nuo was speechless.
He knew, after all he’d done before, it was only natural for others to doubt him.
Even now.
He admitted, he truly did feel some fear about going to the Imperial Palace.
He even wondered himself—was his constant obstruction of the Assassination Team, stopping them from going to the Imperial Palace, really because of cowardice, because of his own instinct to avoid danger and seek benefit?
But after thinking it through, he could be certain.
This time was different.
“I know, after crying wolf so many times, none of you want to trust what I say anymore. But this time, I stand with all of you. After all, when the nest is destroyed, how can any egg remain intact? In a raging sea, even an Arche can’t survive alone.”
Han Nuo didn’t get angry. He knew his actions deserved suspicion.
So he did his best to keep his tone calm, doing everything he could to persuade the restless Assassination Team:
“I know, the numbers in the sky make us all anxious. Watching that number drop—every tick represents a living life lost.”
“Yet we hide here, clearly with a chance to end it all, but unable to move, clinging to survival. As if every lost life is our fault for delaying.
“I understand how everyone feels. Believe me, I truly do. But we only have one chance. We have to succeed. We must act when we’re most certain—not now.”
Han Nuo revealed the Remote Control in his hand.
Or rather, the key to the assassination.
“This is the most powerful Mini Bomb we could bring out from the White Space, but after all, it’s just a Mini Bomb, not a Nuclear Bomb.
It might not be enough to break through the target’s defenses.
So, we have to deliver it right under the emperor’s nose, make sure the emperor is right next to it when it explodes—so close he won’t have time to react. Only then can we ensure nothing goes wrong.”
“The chance will be after the emperor falls asleep tonight. We’ll use the Crow Thief’s power to dissolve a tunnel, reach right beneath the emperor’s feet, and present this surprise to him—giving him no time to activate the Defense Sequence, destroying his body in an instant.”
“We must wait patiently for that moment. Otherwise…if we detonate it too soon, we probably won’t be able to break his Defense Sequence.”
“There’s only one chance. We really only have this one chance to exploit his arrogance. Otherwise, if he learns the power of the bomb and becomes wary, we’ll never get another shot!”
The team all looked at Han Nuo.
Perhaps it was his genuinely sincere tone this time.
Huang Xiao didn’t press the issue further.
“If this assassination succeeds, I’ll let go of my grudge.”
“Thank you.”
And so, the Assassination Team continued their ambush.
Lulutina gritted her teeth and slowly continued dissolving the tunnel, working carefully, just to make no sound at all.
Outside, the sky gradually darkened.
Huang Xiao took one last look at the number in the sky.
70933124
Along this journey, in less than half a year, countless familiar faces had forever become erased numbers.
In just half a year, all her energy had been spent on survival. She barely had time to reminisce—she could hardly remember what home looked like anymore.
Miss Nuo always said, “Don’t dwell on the past. Look at what we’ve gained, look at the Starry Sea.”
But when they took that hopeful step forward,
In the end, they vanished into this starlit sky forever.
“Life isn’t worth it.”
Thinking that even Wu Xiaomi might have died in this starry sky, that she might never see that innocent little face again, everyone suddenly felt a little tired.
At this moment, they truly missed home.
They missed that far-away era of peace.
When they could lazily lounge on the sofa, and even if they did nothing all day, the worst they’d get was a few words of scolding from family.
But now.
No one was left to indulge their mistakes.
“Time’s almost up. We’ll dissolve under the bed, plant the bomb beneath it, then dissolve a way out in another direction and wait outside the target’s bedroom. Once it detonates………”
“If the target dies, we retreat at once. If the target is badly wounded, the Assassination Team will finish the job.”
Han Nuo repeated the plan.
“Then, let’s begin!”
Good, they hadn’t been discovered.
The Scout Sequence was extremely rare. The best was the Spirit Hunting Instinct, which belonged only to the Spirit of Abundance Sequence—even Royal Bodyguards couldn’t master it.
So the plan went smoothly.
After setting the bomb, Lulutina continued dissolving, leading everyone out through the garden on the side of the bedroom.
“Alright…detonate!”
“Boom—”
The explosion was spectacular.
The entire bedroom was blasted into the sky.
The Nayi Emperor was truly caught off guard.
His whole body, engulfed in flames, was thrown high into the air.
The blast flung him dozens of meters above ground.
“Is he dead?”
The Assassination Team watched the shadow, tense.
No—
The result was obvious.
A faint aura of light flickered over the Nayi Emperor’s body.
The aura easily blocked the force of the explosion.
He even stabilized himself in midair, arms folded, hovering above the Assassination Team and looking down at them.
“That’s it?”
“This is the technological power you refugees are so proud of? This is your strongest move? Your limit?”
“How laughable.”
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