Luo Xiaole was pressed against the wall of the archive room, listening intently to the movements on the other side.
It wasn't until she heard the words "search" and "bathroom" that she clicked her tongue, exclaiming that things were not good.
The exits were all blocked. Where could she escape to?
"You have nowhere to run," the person said, looking at her and sighing.
"This spherical building is constructed with the strongest materials, and to prevent confidential information from leaking, it doesn't even have windows. It uses a self-circulating ventilation system."
"To put it bluntly, except for the main door, not even an ant could get out."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a peculiar smile appear on Luo Xiaole's face.
"What... what are you doing..." he felt a chill.
"Is there any surveillance outside?" Luo Xiaole pointed at the ceiling of the archive room and asked.
"There is around the main door, but to prevent anyone from hacking in for confidential information, there are no cameras here... Why are you asking, you can't get out anyway."
"You don't need to worry about that. I suggest you leave the archive room now. Judging by the sounds, they'll be searching this room soon. Do you really want to stay with me?"
The staff member was instantly enlightened.
If they were caught together now, his head would likely be severed!
At least he had to get out first, then see if there was any way to come back and help her...
"Quick, search the archive room too, don't miss a single corner!" voices from outside grew louder.
"Ah!!!" The man yelped in surprise and sprinted madly outside.
With a bang, he slammed the archive room door shut.
Luo Xiaole shook her head with amusement. The next second, she crouched down and sprang up, her agile figure leaping directly onto the roof of the archive room.
One minute later, at the entrance of the archive room.
"What are you doing here?" a special forces soldier asked, radiating authority.
"Nothing... I was... I was just about to come in to get some documents." The staff member who had just run out clenched his hands, sweating profusely. He had almost been caught.
"Don't be nervous. We're just about to search the archive room for someone. Open the door, it won't take long," the special forces soldier chuckled.
He was startled. "This... this isn't good, the documents inside are all very precious. If they get accidentally messed up..."
"Are you implying we would mess them up?" The special forces soldier stepped forward, his eyes filled with doubt. "Why are you so nervous? Is there something in here we can't see?"
"Open the door!" Seeing his expression, the special forces soldier's demeanor turned serious, and a gun was pressed against his forehead.
"If you don't open it, I'll shoot you too!"
"Open, open, I'll open!" He gritted his teeth, swiped his ID card, and the archive room door creaked open.
"Bang!" The special forces soldier quickly flipped on the light, and a group of people rushed in swiftly, all guns raised simultaneously, ready to fire in different directions!
The staff member looked up in despair, but his pupils contracted at what he saw before him!
The vast archive room was in full view. Apart from rows of old archive cabinets along the walls, there was nothing else...
"Report, no biological traces found."
"Where is the detector? Have the invisibility abilities been checked?"
"Captain, all tests have been conducted. No one is here."
That small, agile girl, as delicate as a deer, had vanished into thin air, as if she had never been there...
...
At the same moment, above the spherical building, Luo Xiaole had already leaped nimbly, rapidly gliding over the areas the man had mentioned were without cameras.
Under the moonlight, she traced a faint, subtle afterimage.
She passed through the garden and returned to the private shower area, jumping back in through the bathroom window from which she had just emerged.
She smoothly took off her outer jacket and submerged herself back into the bathtub.
Despite her swift escape, there wasn't even a hint of a blush on her face.
Thanks to her current physical condition, her stamina was at its peak, and she didn't feel tired at all!
But how could someone bathing have a pale complexion? That wouldn't do, or she would be discovered later...
She thought to herself and submerged her head into the warm water again, the heat finally washing over her.
The scene from earlier flashed in her mind.
No matter how tough or impenetrable the building material was, it was a paper tiger before her strengthened combat knife!
As the man fled, she had instantly used her "World's Blade" to enhance a piece of paper.
Then, she had leaped onto the ceiling.
For her, the difficulty wasn't breaking through the wall, but doing so without being discovered.
She had spent nearly 40 seconds using the reinforced paper edge to carve out a neat, square opening.
After escaping, she had carefully placed the piece of building material back, fitting it perfectly.
Only then did she get up and return to the city.
So far, the effect seemed quite good, and it was worth her carefully cut hole!
"Apologies to our esteemed guests," the butler's polite voice sounded from the doorway.
Luo Xiaole pouted, thinking how everyone in this household seemed to have two faces...
She had seen the butler secretly roll his eyes at her in the reflection of the nearby glass.
"What is it?" she asked, unfazed.
"It's like this, due to a security issue, it's possible an infected person bitten by a zombie has slipped in, and we need to conduct an urgent search of the residence.
To ensure the safety of our esteemed guests, please remain in the bathtub and do not move. We will come in to conduct a thorough search one by one. While it may be abrupt, we apologize. Guests, please wrap yourselves in bath towels first."
A bit abrupt? This was too abrupt!
Luo Xiaole rolled her eyes.
She thought it was a "brilliant move," deliberately choosing this time when they were all in the bathroom, unclothed, so that the person with the ring couldn't hide, right?
Although absurd, it wasn't a bad surprise tactic.
But who was she, Luo Xiaole? She had already known Qin Mingyang's plan.
"Excuse us, we're coming in." The butler then led a few people in, blocking Luo Xiaole's bathroom door with their backs to her.
Then, a few women dressed as maids quickly stepped forward, their eyes like hawks, scanning the bathroom.
When they saw that the boxes of jewelry and money were all empty, they were stunned.
"Excuse me, I'm fond of wealth, and I was afraid the duck in hand would fly away. I've already had my spatial ability user companion pack everything up. Any objections?"
The others dared not say anything and shook their heads.
The butler at the door gave a signal to have Luo Shu searched thoroughly as well, especially to check if she had the item they were looking for in her spatial storage...
The maids found nothing in the rooms and then approached Luo Xiaole.
"Excuse me, miss, could you please stand up so we can check your body? Warm water can numb the nerves. If the infected person attacked you without your knowledge, it would be troublesome."
They expected Luo Xiaole to be uncooperative.
But to their surprise, Luo Xiaole stood up with a "clang."
However, the maids found nothing on Luo Xiaole.
Not the slightest trace of a ring...