In Another World, Everyone Want to Kill Me!

Chapter 397: Rescuing Xie Yunlan

Through a tiny opening, Yue Mingxuan caught sight of her appearance. Strands of hair hung down across her forehead, and she looked utterly worn down and disheveled.

"I’m telling you, nobody has come looking for you during this entire time. In The Black Archon, you don’t hold any important position anyway."

"I am not a member of The Black Archon."

Tang Youyou’s voice was icy and detached.

It carried no trace of emotion whatsoever.

Even Shang Qinghua could not help feeling a pang of sympathy when he saw her condition.

The Tang Youyou before them had completely lost the elegance and bearing she once possessed as Gu Xiang.

Back then, although Gu Xiang had harbored feelings for him and occasionally humbled herself before him, she had more often been spirited and full of confidence.

Valiant and heroic were perhaps the most fitting words to describe Gu Xiang.

As Yue Mingxuan looked at her current appearance, it felt as though knives were twisting through his heart.

"I want to go in and save her right now."

Leaning against the wall, Yue Mingxuan spoke softly.

"It’s just that..."

Shang Qinghua remained silent.

He understood Yue Mingxuan’s feelings, so he merely offered quiet comfort and said nothing else.

"I know. To be honest, I don’t really want to see Tang Youyou like this either."

Although he was still more accustomed to the name Gu Xiang, she had long since changed her name to Tang Youyou.

Even he felt heartache seeing how exhausted and miserable she looked.

There was no need to mention Yue Mingxuan who now regarded Tang Youyou as family.

"So should we rescue her now?" Yue Mingxuan asked.

Shang Qinghua shook his head.

The Nine Abyssal Gate was filled with hidden passages and secret routes.

From their current position, he had indeed failed to spot anyone else nearby, but that did not mean there were no traps or ambushes waiting for them.

"You know, perhaps someone really will come to rescue you. But the environment here is incredibly complicated. No one will ever be able to get you out. One person comes, one person dies. Two people come, both of them die!"

The man’s voice carried a clear threat.

"No matter what you do, you will never get any information out of me."

Tang Youyou’s expression remained stubborn and unyielding.

As Yue Mingxuan quietly moved around the surrounding area, he unexpectedly discovered the place where Xie Yunlan was being held.

The cells imprisoning Xie Yunlan and Tang Youyou were not far apart.

Perhaps because Xie Yunlan had been discovered much later, his condition appeared considerably better than Tang Youyou’s.

He merely looked somewhat weak.

"Let’s rescue Xie Yunlan first. He should know this place better than we do," Shang Qinghua said.

Yue Mingxuan nodded.

It was indeed a good plan.

He immediately circulated the Condensed Qi Ice Needle technique.

Then, using a tiny ice needle, he carefully picked the lock securing Xie Yunlan’s cell.

"I never imagined you could even pick a lock like that."

Shang Qinghua looked at Yue Mingxuan as though he were staring at some kind of monster.

Yue Mingxuan merely smiled and said nothing.

He pushed the door open and stepped inside.

Pulling Shang Qinghua along with him, he quickly rescued Xie Yunlan.

Xie Yunlan’s condition was far better than Yue Mingxuan had expected.

He simply appeared somewhat weak and exhausted, nothing more.

"This place is indeed extremely dangerous."

Xie Yunlan let out a sigh.

"I originally thought that with my light skill, I would be able to escape very quickly."

"And yet you failed to get out?" Yue Mingxuan asked.

Xie Yunlan sighed again and nodded.

"I really couldn’t escape. I never expected the restrictions here to be so severe."

"How were you captured in the first place?"

"The building where Tang Youyou is being held is filled with dangers. There are countless mechanisms and traps. You must be very careful."

"Can you still move around? Would you be able to guide us there?" Shang Qinghua examined Xie Yunlan’s condition before asking.

Xie Yunlan nodded.

"Yes. It’s just that there are still quite a few people stationed nearby. You arrived at exactly the right time. Right now is when the guards are at their fewest."

"It was only by pure luck," Yue Mingxuan replied, scratching his head with a smile.

When Xie Yunlan stood up, the color in his face faded even further.

He looked terribly weak.

Even though he could still barely remain standing, Yue Mingxuan felt a sharp ache of concern upon seeing him.

However, when he thought of Tang Youyou, he had no choice but to steel his heart and ask Xie Yunlan to lead them to her.

"This way."

As expected of someone who had already been inside the Nine Abyssal Gate once, Xie Yunlan was fairly familiar with the environment here.

Although Yue Mingxuan carried a map in his possession, the map did not indicate the locations of any traps.

Yue Mingxuan thought that while the map was useful, its usefulness was ultimately limited.

"There is a trap here. Unfortunately, I don’t know how to disable it."

Xie Yunlan pointed toward a passage and sighed.

"When I came this far the last time, I immediately felt that something about the area was unusual. The moment I took a single step forward, countless bullets came flying at me. There was simply no way for me to dodge all of them."

"Bullets?"

Yue Mingxuan immediately thought of the Dumdum Gun.

So there was a similar mechanism here as well?

He remembered that the first time he had encountered such a device was in Piaoxiang Courtyard.

The mechanism there had seemed terrifying enough.

Yue Mingxuan also possessed a Dumdum Gun himself, and he vaguely remembered that back then he had made Shang Qinghua remove his outer clothing.

Could the same method work again now?

This time, however, there was no need for Shang Qinghua to take off his clothes.

The storage space inside the Hidden Jade Bracelet was still quite spacious.