Chapter 741

Ning Chen's mind stirred, and he pulled the woman's body inside before stepping in himself.

"There's not much time."

They had to hurry—if the royal family discovered that the two women outside the door had been knocked out, things would get bad.

"Mm, let's go."

Lin Yi naturally understood what he meant, hurriedly nodded, and headed into the secret passage.

Just as the two of them walked deeper, Lin Yi suddenly went *splat* underfoot, stepping on something sticky.

He looked down—and it was blood!

"This stuff is seriously disgusting!"

Lin Yi lifted his foot in disgust; the key thing was, the blood had been there a long time, accumulating over and over.

It had now become extremely sticky, looking utterly revolting, and the smell it gave off made one want to throw up.

Ning Chen gave it a casual glance, said nothing, and kept walking forward.

"Kid, wait for me."

Cautiously, Lin Yi hurried to catch up.

The moment the two of them went in, they saw one thing after another that looked like cages.

Ning Chen immediately frowned.

Lin Yi behind him asked, puzzled.

"This kind of method—I never thought the royal family would use it too. The last time I saw it was at Ye Lisi's headquarters."

Ning Chen paid no heed and kept walking deeper inside.

"Save me…"

"Please let me out…"

"Please…"

The further in they went, the more imprisoned people they saw.

They kept reaching their hands toward Ning Chen and Lin Yi, begging them to open the iron gate.

"The Empress doing something like this—do you think the royal family knows about it or not?"

Hearing Lin Yi's words, Ning Chen silently shook his head.

Looking at the surroundings, the only thing he could associate it with was that this place was a prison cell.

Continuing forward, they were almost at the end, yet the two of them still hadn't caught sight of the girl.

"We've walked quite a bit already—why haven't we seen where the girl is?"

Lin Yi's puzzlement was exactly Ning Chen's. As he walked, he glanced into the iron cells on either side, but didn't see the girl.

666. Still got involved (5)

All the way to the end.

"Kid! I think I see that Miss!"

As he said this, Lin Yi's gaze looked forward, and he silently swallowed.

Ning Chen followed Lin Yi's line of sight and looked up—only to find the girl hoisted high on a rack, with blood constantly dripping from her fingers.

"This punishment is way too cruel. Kid, we have to think of a way to get her down fast."

As Lin Yi spoke, he was already starting to move; looking at the girl hoisted up high, he suddenly felt a pang of heartache.

"I never thought the Empress would be someone who does such filthy things."

Saying that, he found a tall stool and was about to step up on it, when Ning Chen tugged at his clothes.

"You can't step on that stool."

Hearing his words, Lin Yi was instantly puzzled; he looked down at the chair and suddenly noticed there was a tiger trap on it.

Lin Yi sucked in a breath and laughed.

"I really wasn't careful enough."

Saying that, Lin Yi silently moved the chair aside, and kept looking for something to stand on.

Watching Lin Yi keep searching, Ning Chen suddenly patted his shoulder.

"Come here, stand right here."

Hearing Ning Chen's words and watching his actions, he immediately understood what he meant.

"Kid, how about we still—"

Before the suggestion could leave his mouth, the moment his eyes met Ning Chen's, he immediately regretted it.

With no choice, he still squatted down.

Ning Chen looked at him, and in one go stepped right up.

Lin Yi frowned, letting Ning Chen step on his shoulders like that, but very quickly Ning Chen had already undone the first chain on the girl's hands.

Hurriedly, Ning Chen jumped straight down.

And right at this moment, outside the secret chamber.

"What's going on! How is there no one guarding this place! The Empress is going to be furious!"

The guards saw the area before the secret chamber was completely empty, instantly panicked, and hurriedly shouted.

But the commotion here quickly drew the Empress's attention.

Seeing that the area before the secret chamber was empty with no one guarding it, the Empress hurriedly called over a guard beside her.

"You! Go up and kick the door open!"

The guard nodded slightly, stepped forward, and delivered a kick right to the chamber door.

Boom, boom, boom!

The sound of repeated kicks on the door reached the ears of the two people in the secret room.

"This is bad, someone's coming, but how will we get out later?"

This secret room had only the entrance; not even an exit was visible.

Did Ning Chen hurriedly jumped down from Lin Yi's shoulder, pointed to a spot nearby, and urged.

"Quick."

Seeing the firm look in Did Ning Chen's eyes, Lin Yi still chose to trust him.

Click, the last one fell with a sound in response.

With nothing holding her back, the girl fell straight forward; Did Ning Chen stepped aside and signaled to Lin Yi.

Lin Yi reacted half a beat late and hurried forward to catch the girl.

"Hey, next time you do this, can you say so in advance?"

Did Ning Chen raised an eyebrow.

He looked at the girl's furrowed brows, yet the system gave no prompt that the mission was complete.

"Hurry and go—no, there's only one door, how do we go?"

Hearing Lin Yi's words, Did Ning Chen put his hands in his pockets and walked slowly toward the door.

At that moment, the door was about to be kicked to pieces by the guards.

Seeing this scene, Lin Yi hesitated instead.

He held the girl with great difficulty and walked forward slowly.

"Hey, you… wait for me; there are people outside the door!"

While speaking, Lin Yi walked forward with very little conviction.

Even if he could sneak out later while they were 'not paying attention,' it would still be very dangerous.

If they all had guns in their hands, the two of them wouldn't die here, but the girl would.

As he thought, the three of them had already reached behind the door.

This door was remarkably sturdy.

So much time had passed, yet it had not been kicked to pieces.

Did Ning Chen slowly raised his hand and opened the door himself.

The moment the door opened, he met the Empress's wide eyes; she glared at the two people before her.

"Put the person down! Then I will let you leave!"

Hearing these words, Did Ning Chen slowly stepped back, retreating to Lin Yi's side.