Under Mr. Mu's guidance, the group turned from the nearby gate and walked deeper into the base. After passing through several gates, Pei Yan felt the air becoming increasingly humid and the path narrower, at its narrowest only allowing two people to walk side by side. As they reached the end, not only did the lighting equipment above disappear completely, but the stone walls also gradually vanished and turned into solid earth walls.

In front, someone holding a flame to guide the way vaguely appeared. Following the crowd, Pei Yan groped through the dark tunnel for nearly ten minutes before he heard the sound of flowing water gradually approaching his ears, and a glimmer of light finally appeared before his eyes.

"Phew!" Pei Yan breathed in the fresh air in large gulps as he emerged from the dank and stifling pit. Looking around, he realized he was now standing in a bamboo forest at the foot of a mountain. Beyond the bamboo forest, a constant flowing river came into view.

"Don't just stand there, hurry up and get moving!" Mu, who had been closely monitoring the Pei Family Siblings, pushed Pei Yan, who was standing still, urging him.

Pei Yan said nothing more and silently raised the handcuffs in his hand. He then glanced at the swaying suitcase containing the Origin Maiden. Currently, the five Origin Superpower Users each had a handcuff with a chain on their wrists, the other end of which was connected to the suitcase. As they proceeded, they had to continuously input Origin through the iron chains to suppress the Origin within the suitcase.

Pushed along, Pei Yan did not complain but continued to pretend to be disgruntled, walking alongside his sister Pei Jin behind Shitang Longsi as they moved out of the bamboo forest.

The group had not walked long before reaching the edge of the bamboo forest. Seeing a few speedboats docked by the river nearly within reach, and hearing continuous explosions from the mountain behind, Pei Yan couldn't help but feel anxious. Did the investigation team really overlook this spot? Should he cause a delay?

Just as he was uncertain, he felt the atmosphere around him suddenly become tense. Mr. Mu swept his gaze over the supposed guards and reception personnel for the speedboats, who were now all missing, his lips twitching as he stepped forward and placed a hand on Pei Yan's shoulder, saying coldly, "Come out, members of the investigation team, stop lurking in hiding."

As soon as he finished speaking, the speedboats docked by the river suddenly exploded, sending huge waves upwards along with splashes that transformed into water arrows, shooting fiercely toward those on the shore.

One of the Black-robed Men at the forefront of the group saw this but remained calm, retreating quickly as he flicked his sleeve, releasing a talisman that, upon contact with the air, turned into a huge ice shield, deflecting all the incoming water arrows.

Attacked, the Divine Desire People rapidly retreated toward the bamboo forest. But just as they reached the bamboo forest's edge, the sound of splitting air came from behind. Pei Yan turned his head and saw hundreds of sharpened broken bamboo sticks densely rushing toward them like arrows.

Boom boom boom boom! A series of gunshots erupted. Pei Yan, alongside the Russian girl Catherine, simultaneously sprang into action, each transforming into Gatling guns, weaving a dense web of firepower that smashed all the incoming broken bamboo. As the gunfire ceased, Pei Yan exchanged glances with this well-developed girl whose arms had directly morphed into weapons. Her shocked expression made it clear she was equally surprised to meet someone with similar abilities.

Suppressing his curiosity, Pei Yan turned his gaze into the depths of the bamboo forest, cursing in his heart, the investigation team that threw those bamboo arrows in such a dense attack aimed at him, forcing him to resist.

"Pei Yan, having killed your companions and defected to the investigation team, have you gotten what you wanted?" At this moment, Gu Shenghui's annoying voice came from within the bamboo forest.

Pei Yan paused for a moment, then lowered his head, feigning deep sorrow, and lamented, "Uh, what's the point of talking about it now? Do I still have a way back?" After he spoke, his eyes involuntarily drifted to the uncertainly colored Mr. Mu standing beside him.

"Indeed, when you killed your teammates, you had no way back. You betrayed the investigation team's trust." As these words were spoken, shadows flickered within the bamboo forest, and soon under Gu Shenghui's leadership, all emerged from the forest. At the same time, a series of splashing sounds came from the river, as seven or eight figures leapt out of the water, joining those emerging from the forest and surrounding the Divine Desire group by the shore.

Facing such a crisis, Mr. Mu instead calmed down, first sweeping his gaze back and forth between Pei Yan and Gu Shenghui, then lightly shook his head with a bitter smile, taking a cigarette from his pocket, lighting it, and breathing it in. He looked up at the sunny sky and slowly exhaled the smoke.

At this moment, standing still, he suddenly exerted immense killing intent accompanied by surging inner-source, instantly overwhelming Pei Yan. Suddenly, Pei Yan felt as if being observed by a prehistoric beast, with his whole body hair standing on end, the crisis instinct urging him to leap forward; however, his body didn't obey, staggering a step before freezing in place.

Mental pressure! Damn it! Pei Yan couldn't help but curse, enduring this blow for the third time now; first from Mu Fanchen, then during a mission with Li Songtao, now this third time!

This time he absolutely wouldn't surrender silently, shouting fiercely before his surroundings rapidly mechanized, his left arm transforming into an electromagnetic cannon, firing straight at Mr. Mu beside him. Amidst the lightning-fast explosive sounds, Pei Yan's pressure lightened, twisted the iron chain on his wrist, and with Pei Jin, leaped forward.

Once his figure steadied, he turned to look back, finding Mr. Mu completely unharmed, standing among the Divine Desire people, his fingers clamping a longsword, coldly watching him with a smirk.

Pei Yan glanced at the longsword in his hand, then turned to the investigation team where Ye Ruozai stood ashamedly with head lowered, sighed, and faced Mr. Mu with a bitter smile, "How did you see through me? I thought I was acting quite well."

Mr. Mu didn't respond to his words, merely tossing the longsword aside, glancing at the blood seeped between his fingers, then squinting at Ye Ruozai in the distance.

"He didn't see through you, it was just his probe; the aura was too astonishing, Ye Ruozai felt you were in danger and couldn't hold back from revealing himself." Elder Lin approached the Pei Family Siblings, raising both their wrists and inputting inner-source, checking if anything was wrong with their bodies.

"This must be Elder Lin of the investigation team? The one who acted just now is the young ace of the investigation team, Ye Ruozai? Truly, the younger generation is formidable! But one point, you were wrong about." Mr. Mu extinguished his cigarette, then turned to Pei Yan, coldly saying, "Just now, I wasn't probing, I genuinely wanted to kill him."

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