Canglong Continent, on the outermost edge of Hundred Beast Mountain, several sneaky figures carried an unconscious girl.
The moonlight filtering through the trees was bleak as frost, casting upon the hair of the comatose girl.
After reaching a hidden spot, the masked leader threw the unconscious girl to the ground and tossed out a bag of Gold Coins: "She's all yours now, just don't kill her, do whatever you want with her."
The speaker, with a voice crisp and sweet, was obviously a woman, yet the chilling indifference woven into her words made one shudder.
"Rest assured, my lord, we of the Shadow Rat Mercenary Corps always complete our missions after being paid, especially when such a transaction promises a sure profit," a few men rubbed their hands together, revealing their tobacco and alcohol-stained yellow teeth, greedily eyeing the prey on the ground, chuckling lewdly at the thought of what was to come.
The abducting woman glanced at the unconscious girl and smirked coldly, tugging at her hair. Behind those silk-like black locks was the beautiful profile of the girl's face.
The comatose girl was quite young, her delicate figure wrapped in a slightly worn Deer Skin Armor, her waist adorned with a chillingly cold Short Dagger.
The half of the girl's face that was visible was pure and lovely, with naturally full brows, a straight nose, and honeyed lips that were red without the need for makeup, boasting almost perfect facial features.
A flash of amazement crossed the eyes of those mercenaries, who couldn't help exclaiming in unison, "My goodness, we've never seen a woman so beautiful in our lives; truly worthy of being the number one beauty of the Dragon War Empire."
"The former number one beauty, that is. Now she's nothing but trash with her Dantian ruined and unable to condense Dark Energy," the masked woman clenched her fingers, and a vicious Dark Light stabbed into the unconscious girl's body.
The unconscious girl whimpered, her long hair torn off like tattered cloth, and as the golden light entered her body, her spine curled up and a trace of blood oozed from the corner of her mouth.
The other half of the girl's face was exposed, marred with a dense, hideous pattern that crawled across her right cheek.
With the stark contrast between the two halves of her face, one beautiful and one disfigured, the mercenaries immediately showed a look of disgust.
The masked woman was satisfied as she withdrew her hand and said, "Don't worry, her face might be ruined, but she has a fine body. Enjoy yourselves, and by tomorrow afternoon, leave her naked in the Free Market outside the perimeter of Hundred Beast Mountain."
Seeing how easily the woman ruined the other's Dantian with a flick of her wrist, revealing her profound Cultivation and ruthless methods, the mercenaries, who were accustomed to life-and-death fights, involuntarily shrank back.
After the woman finished speaking, she moved swiftly, disappearing from their sight.
"Big brother, the identity and background of this woman are no ordinary matter, what if it gets traced back to us?" With the mysterious woman gone, the members of the Phantom Rat Mercenary Corps hesitated.
"She's nothing but trash from a bankrupt family; what's there to fear. The woman who was just here is heartless and generous with her moves, a hundred Gold Coins, that's no small amount." The Shadow Rat Mercenary Corps was a low-ranking, obscure group. Even Qi Feng, a core member of the corps, was only at the Third Level of Human Dark, struggling to make ends meet; this was a rare chance to take advantage of an easy job.
Gazing at the delicate figure, Qi Feng swallowed his saliva, eager to tear off the girl's Deer Skin Armor and reveal her pale, pigeon-like breasts.
Just as the Deer Skin Armor was being torn, the fingers of the girl who had been unconscious twitched slightly.
Consciousness gradually converged; Yue Xiaoqi, who had fallen into unconsciousness amid the explosion and the collapse of the building, slowly came to her senses.
The damp soil, the moist scent of green grass.
In the 23rd century Yue Xiaoqi lived in, global rainforests were extinct, and such a smell could only be experienced in a few national forests owned by major countries. Yue Xiaoqi's mind cleared up a bit.
The forest? She should have been in the Hexagonal Building stealing the United States military's latest obtained ultimate weapon, what was she doing in a forest?
In 2238 A.D., the United States Space Agency discovered a Treasure Book on Gamma Star, on the outskirts of the Galaxy, which was said to contain information on the most powerful weapon in human history.
The Americans employed hundreds of International Decryption Experts and spent half a year deciphering the first chapter of this Treasure Book.
Yue Xiaoqi, along with another female spy Zhen Ni, infiltrated the heavily guarded Hexagonal Building on a mission to steal this top-secret material valued at six hundred billion International Coins.
After successfully breaking through the defenses and stealing the Treasure Book that contained the most powerful weapon, Yue Xiaoqi, needing to confirm its contents, opened the mysterious book of weaponry.
It was a book with a strange name, roughly the size of the Bible—The Mo Xi Treasure Book.