The slender, alluring body turned into an afterimage before everyone's eyes.
She...
Actually jumped.
To the top of the elevator!
The elevator was designed to be extremely luxurious.
Because it was used to transport these auction items.
So the four corners of the elevator were equipped with poles to stabilize large items.
Ming Zheng held onto a pole at the top of the elevator with one hand.
Then, she held the wristwatch in her hand against the top of the elevator.
Instantly, the screen of the wristwatch bloomed with a blue fluorescent light.
Countless lines of code danced across the screen.
Ming Zheng's other hand tapped quickly on the wristwatch.
Even with just one hand, it did not affect her movements.
Her fingers tapped faster.
Soon, a line of text appeared on the screen—
[Connecting to data]
[Connecting]
[Connecting 10%...]
[Connecting 30%...]
[Connecting...]
After about a minute.
The code stopped dancing.
The words [Connection successful] appeared.
The next second.
The elevator door suddenly closed.
And blocked Ming Chuyan's astonished face.
The elevator descended quickly.
And stopped quickly.
However, the display showed that it was not the -1 floor.
But...
The fifth floor.
Which was a large gambling hall.
Countless noble sons and daughters of wealthy families, accompanied by young models and influencers, were having fun at the gambling tables.
The crowd was immense.
But after the elevator doors opened.
The scene before them was dim and dark.
Only the sounds of distant commotion and noise could be faintly heard.
This place was not far from the gambling hall.
Ming Zheng and Mo Qingchuan exchanged glances.
They both nodded simultaneously.
No need for many words.
This was the tacit understanding developed over more than a decade.
Mo Qingchuan led the seventeen personnel forward along the dark corridor ahead.
"Follow my senior brother forward. The deputy head of the Xia Kingdom's department will be waiting for you below." Ming Zheng had already familiarized herself with the floor plan of the fifth floor beforehand.
She had also transmitted all the floor plans to the wristwatch's database when she was in the restroom.
Mo Qingchuan's glasses would automatically synchronize.
He could analyze the best direction and lead everyone away.
She spoke in international language, which people from other countries could understand.
One by one, they nodded at her and thanked her.
The dean, sensing something was wrong, walked towards Ming Zheng with the help of a student: "That... that little girl, what about you?"
She said they should follow her senior brother.
And that someone would be waiting for them.
But she was not included.
Ming Zheng slightly curved her lips, her smile as alluring as ever, "Don't worry about me."
How could the deputy head have brought such a large ship close to the cruise ship without being discovered?
Therefore, she still had to clean up and divert the attention of the underground forces.
The dean wanted to say something else.
Ming Zheng simply waved her hand: "Don't worry about me. All you need to do now is cooperate with my senior brother and safely board the ship that the deputy head is waiting for."
With that, she stepped back into the elevator.
The elevator doors closed.
And ascended once more to the ninth floor.
The dean watched the ascending elevator, worry etched on his old face.
Mo Qingchuan stepped forward and supported the dean.
"Let's go. The least we can do is ensure she has no worries and doesn't become a burden to her."
-
When Ming Zheng stepped onto the ninth floor again.
The alarm on the ninth floor suddenly blared.
The elevator doors opened.
Ming Chuyan stood at the elevator entrance, his contorted face filled with ferocity: "You dare to come back? Do you know that the elevator stopping on the fifth floor has already attracted the attention of the underground forces? This time, you won't be able to escape no matter what!"
Ming Zheng raised an eyebrow and casually walked out of the elevator. "You seem quite happy?"
Ming Chuyan's triumphant smile, which had just begun to spread across his lips, slowly receded. "I, I was mocking your overestimation of your own abilities!"
Ming Zheng's gaze swept over Ming Chuyan.
Her cold, beautiful eyes seemed to penetrate the heart and soul of anyone they fell upon.
She made Ming Chuyan's heart pound.
He felt a sense of guilt, as if he had been caught red-handed for causing trouble.
However, Ming Zheng did not intend to dwell on it.
She was secretly calculating the speed and distance at which Mo Qingchuan was leading the seventeen people to the edge of the cruise ship.
Just as they were about to pass through the cruise ship.
She tapped her wristband with her slender fingers.
"Boom!"
A deafening explosion shook the entire ninth floor.
Choking smoke instantly billowed out from the storeroom where the people were being held.
The alarm on the entire ninth floor grew even louder.
Ming Chuyan lost his footing and fell face-first, landing on the ground. He stared with wide eyes at the exploding storeroom in disbelief.
Flames, along with the thick smoke, shot out from the storeroom.
In their ears, the synchronized footsteps of bodyguards could be heard rushing in.
"You... When did you..." plant a bomb in the storeroom?
She actually blew up the storeroom!
From the beginning, she had intended to blow up that storeroom!
Her return was just to use him to attract the attention of the underground forces so that those seventeen people could escape?
Naive!
She was too naive!
She had no idea how many people from the underground forces were stationed on this cruise ship.
She thought that by attracting these bodyguards,
She could stop them from leaving?
Countless armed bodyguards rushed onto the ninth floor.
Following closely behind were the Sang Kingdom's wealthy merchant and the Xia Kingdom's wealthy merchant whom Ming Zheng had seen on the eighth floor.
Upon seeing Ming Chuyan sprawled on the ground, his light gray suit stained with blood and his entire person in disarray, the Xia Kingdom's wealthy merchant's face darkened.
His gaze immediately fell upon Ming Zheng.
"Who are you?!"
Ming Zheng stood amidst the thick smoke, her graceful figure beneath the black tight-fitting attire flickering in and out of view, making her even more captivating.
She chuckled softly.
A chilling elegance bloomed in her eyes.
"It's... the one who caused you great losses..."
Her fiery red lips parted: "The troublemaking thief."
Xia Kingdom's wealthy merchant: "..."
The Sang Kingdom's wealthy merchant's face turned green. He pushed the Xia Kingdom's wealthy merchant, "What is that woman saying? What's going on? Didn't you say it was foolproof with your adopted son here?"
"Foster father, she, she was sent by the Xia Kingdom! She let all our auction items and those researchers escape tonight!" Ming Chuyan said at this moment, his voice suddenly trembling with a hint of weakness from his severe injuries, gritting his teeth.
He staggered to his feet.
His face, bearing the mark of the iron rod, looked particularly pale and dishevelled.
His glasses were askew.
His body was covered in blood.
It was evident he was seriously injured.
The matter had been exposed.
Ming Chuyan would inevitably choose to save himself first.
He had finally managed to go undercover as the Xia Kingdom's wealthy merchant's adopted son.
Now that he had exposed himself, all his efforts would be in vain!
Since this woman had come out to provoke him,
Then let her take the blame!
"Useless!" The Xia Kingdom's wealthy merchant gritted his teeth and cursed.
Then he raised his hand and ordered in international language: "Go, arrest her! Keep her alive!"