"What the hell? Are we going in head-on like this?"

Number Nine charged at Yang Genshuo right away, delivering a big hit.

The faces of all the mouse servants darkened suddenly, and then the big rat’s eyes shone red, staring tightly at the two of them.

"You two commoners, planning a rebellion!?"

Scarlet energy emerged from the twenty mouse servants, their momentum escalating rapidly. No longer sluggish, they exuded a masterful air.

Twenty mouse servants pressed towards the two of them, tensions high!

It was about to become a righteous battle, two against twenty.

Yang Qiangjin frowned.

The force these mouse servants were unleashing... exceeded her expectations; it seemed not so easy to handle.

But remembering Number Nine’s confidence, she too steeled herself, ready to face them.

Even if they couldn’t win, she was confident she could lead them out of here.

"Hehe, it seems we were too indulgent towards the deregistration officials yesterday..."

"Originally, considering you cooked for us, we weren’t planning to do anything to you..."

"Now you’ve come looking for trouble yourselves, so stay here!"

The twenty mouse servants suddenly wielded sticks, their muscles bulging, charging at the two with force!

"These mouse servants are strong... What do we do?"

A flame appeared in Yang Qiangjin’s hand. In this brief moment, she noticed that the realms of these mouse servants had all reached the same level as hers...

Her initial plan to overpower them with her realm was completely ineffective now.

"Run!"

Number Nine dashed straight towards the outside.

Yang Qiangjin: "..."

She had always thought Number Nine had a top-notch strategy to take down these mouse servants and then split the treasures...

Put on a front and ran straight away???

One after the other, they fled outside, and twenty tall mouse servants quickly closed in on them!

Number Nine was only at the Foundation Establishment stage and was quickly overwhelmed.

A flame appeared in Yang Qiangjin’s hand.

"Enough, I’ll take you out of here, blazing transmission..."

"No!"

As Number Nine said this, a massive earth-armored insect emerged from the ground, carrying him sky-high!

This was the puppet he chose!

A Golden Core stage demon clan, the Earth Armor demon, usually buried in the ground, it hardly had any presence, even often overlooked as having such a helper.

"Hmm?"

The twenty mouse servants saw Number Nine flying up, then blasted a stream of air from their backs, instantly stepping into the void to chase after them!

Number Nine rode the earth-armored demon puppet, leading twenty people step-by-step into the forest...

Until they reached a pond, where Number Nine landed.

Thump thump thump!

Twenty muscular mouse servant men descended from the sky, surrounding Number Nine.

"Hehe, let’s see how you run now."

"Tear him apart!"

"Tear!"

The mouse servants charged angrily, and seeing this, Number Nine shouted:

"Wait!"

"Look at what’s in the water!"

The mouse servants involuntarily looked down, the clear water surface reflecting their large mouse head and human body, with their eerie small red eyes.

"Ah!?"

"Who is this!?"

"My head! Why has my head... become this way?"

Slap slap slap~

Numerous mouse servants suddenly lost strength, falling from the air, touching their mouse heads in the water fearfully, looking as if they were scared silly.

Number Nine’s danger vanished immediately.

Yang Qiangjin contemplating taking action was left visibly surprised.

"How did you do this? What happened to them?"

Number Nine’s mouth curved up, self-satisfied, questioning in the sky as if showing off or seeking approval:

"Ancestor, what do you think?"

"I think they resemble duck heads..."

"?"

"Stop keeping them in suspense."

Yang Qiangjin urged, being even more bewildered than Yang Genshuo.

It’s worth knowing, from beginning to end, Number Nine acted alongside her, holding the same information, why did it turn out this way?

"Don’t worry... Let me handle them first."

Number Nine walked to the edge of the pond, smiling at the soaking wet mice.

"Do you remember who you really are?"

Upon hearing this, the mouse servants were stunned.

"I... I’m a government official at the station."

"Why have I turned into this... my head, my own head?"

"Why ahhhh!"

The mouse servants went mad, unable to believe they were now like this, having no desire to attack Number Nine.

But this, instead, confused Yang Genshuo and Yang Qiangjin.

"Wait a moment... Weren’t the real officials drained by the mice in the back room? Aren’t these human-eating mice in disguise? Why are they scared of themselves?"

"Strange..."

Previously the analysis was Number Nine forcibly sneaking in with Yang Qiangjin to uncover the truth.

Number Nine shouted loudly:

"Government officials! Think hard! Who are you really!"

"Are you... truly here?"

As soon as this was said, the officials paused momentarily, then looked at their own hands and feet and clothes, as if they suddenly remembered something...

In an instant, the twenty mouse servants transformed into twenty streaks of red light, flying toward the station.

Yang Qiangjin carried Number Nine, quickly following them.

Before reaching the station, they heard coughing and exclaims from the locked house in the backyard.

"Cough cough! Get off!"

"Damn mice, I have so many dead mice on me!"

"Ahhh!!!"

Chittering sounds and the cries of officials being gnawed filled the room.

"Lord Jin, please open the house!"

"[Fire Sword Shooting Star]!"

Yang Qiangjin unleashed her great power, condensing a crimson long sword in her hand, charging into the room filled with mouse filth with blazing and furious energy.

Boom!!!

This was Yang Qiangjin’s first full-force display of her magic, unleashing the half-step Nascent Soul realm’s power, slicing through the seal and blowing open the room!

Inside were blood-covered government officials and mice scorched by fire everywhere.

"Help us... save us!"

"Ah ah~ Save us!"

The officials pleaded for help, and Number Nine nodded.

"Please, save them."

At this moment, the story had already become completely incomprehensible; Yang Qiangjin simply trusted Number Nine in everything, allowing this young strategist to complete the story with her.

By this stage, Yang Genshuo was somewhat intrigued as well.

But roughly speaking...

"So, were the mouse servants actually officials? But how did they get a duck head, oops, a mouse head!"

"And our real story is... discovering this place is controlled by mice, rescuing the confused officials, and restoring the station to normal?"

"Wouldn’t teams that just passed through this story directly miss this storyline, possibly affecting later developments?"

Yang Genshuo thought about a lot for a moment.

The battlefield was constantly changing, Yang Qiangjin attacked the human-eating mice nest and unleashed magic again.

She stood proudly above the station, a lotus appearing in her hand, spiritual light circulating inside, a little girl yawning within it.

"Sister, is there another fight?"

"Help me save some people, [Nine-turn Fire Lotus: Rebirth in Fire]!"

Boom!

A stream of golden-red flame shot from the lotus in her hand, forming a flame shield around twenty officials, pulling them out of the fire.

Within the flame shield, the bodies of the twenty officials quickly recovered.

Capable of fighting, fleeing, and healing, that’s Yang Qiangjin now.

Her century of foundation makes her now a top Golden Core cultivator, not only possessing her own exclusive spiritual artifact but also cultivating various fire element techniques, showcasing the demeanor of a grandmaster in the fire element.

"Well, Yang Qiangjin is truly formidable now."

After the twenty officials were rescued, they fell to the ground, having reverted to human form, albeit weakened.

The burnt mice scattered and fled, drilling into various holes within the station, disappearing from sight.

Officials stood up and thanked together:

"Thanks to both of you for your rescue, if we hadn’t been led to that pool by the enchanted mice, we wouldn’t have realized we were under the illusion of demon mice..."