She Rebuilt Her Fallen Country With Storage Space-Chapter 110 - The Familiar Man in Black We Meet
Chapter 110: Chapter 110: The Familiar Man in Black, We Meet Again
Chapter 110 -110: The Familiar Man in Black, We Meet Again
Thanks to the General’s order, Xiang Ying was imprisoned in the dungeon.
The dungeon is located on the west side of the city, very close to twenty granaries.
Xiang Ying broke out into a sprint as fast as she had run from zombies in the apocalypse.
At this moment, the twenty granaries stood at the foot of the hill, and the torches of the guarding soldiers lit up the night as if it were day.
Xiang Ying took out the gunpowder she had prepared earlier and ignited it under one of the granaries.
With a “bang,” sparks flew in all directions.
The guarding soldiers cried out—
“Come over and help, someone is attacking the granary!”
Taking advantage of their panic, Xiang Ying ran to the first granary, skillfully picked the lock, and pushed the door open.
As far as the eye could see, there were piles and piles of sandbags; randomly cutting open one revealed the white rice and flour.
This food was originally meant to be supplies for the generals of Xizhou to fend off Nanyue’s army.
However, it was hoarded here for many days due to the personal greed of Governor Zhao.
Xiang Ying did not hesitate and reached out to touch row after row of rice and flour bags.
What previously looked like a small mountain of rice disappeared in less than a minute.
When all the bags of rice and grain were moved, the theft-prevention rope hidden at the very bottom was exposed.
At the same time, a whooshing sound came from above.
Xiang Ying’s body reacted faster than her brain, and she swiftly dodged to the side.
She watched a huge rock drop from the beam above, smashing right where she had just stepped.
Xiang Ying was startled, she had never seen such a theft-prevention method before.
Upon examining it, she saw two sections of rope pressed under the bags of grain.
Any thief who moved the grain due to carelessness would step on the trap.
Like a mouse trap, it instantly tied around the ankles and pulled the person up into the air.
Xiang Ying looked up at the beam and indeed, the ends of the ropes were tied there, hanging a large rock.
Generally, it would be difficult for a thief to spot such a trap hidden under the grain.
Even if seen, one would only think it was an inconspicuous piece of rope; little would they know that stepping on it causes the stone above to drop and pull the person up.
Moreover, even if one avoided the rope on the ground, the rock above would fall due to the lost support of the moving grain.
Death or injury was likely, making escape difficult.
Xiang Ying breathed a sigh of relief. Luckily, she looted using the function of space, and did not actually step on it.
This was, after all, the grand granary of several states, guarded not only by men but also by mechanisms against theft.
She needed to be more careful.
Xiang Ying left this granary and headed straight for the remaining ones.
Her goal was to empty all the granaries.
However, having just exploded one, nineteen remained, and time did not permit her to take everything.
Xiang Ying could only speed up, hoping to grab as much as she could and scatter it on the city roads if she couldn’t take it all.
She would rather benefit the common people than let these officials profit.
With her recent experience, she became much more proficient; by the time the stone dropped, she was already out of the granary.
By the time Xiang Ying looted up to the twelfth granary, the fire caused by the explosion of gunpowder was completely extinguished.
However, at this time she discovered that the lock on the twelfth granary was already broken.
She squinted her eyes.
Could it be that someone had come before?
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Xiang Ying pushed the door open and, indeed, saw a man in black facing away from her, continuously struggling.
From the side, both his hands were caught in the grain theft-prevention ropes, being gradually pulled into the air by the falling ends of the ropes.
The more he struggled, the tighter it wrapped, especially since the ropes were above his arms, making it impossible for him to reach to cut them with a knife.
Suddenly outside, there was a loud call from the soldiers for help—
“Not good, thieves! The granary has been robbed, quickly inform the General!”
“Search every warehouse, see if any thieves were left behind!”
The man in black in front of Xiang Ying also heard the commotion of their approach, thus struggling more fiercely.
The ropes, however, tightly bound his wrists, and the boulder was slowly falling.
By the time the boulder completely hit the ground, this man in black would be suspended in mid-air, unable to descend any further.
He would definitely be discovered by the soldiers.
Xiang Ying had no time to save him, she closed her eyes, seeing the countdown timer for Invisibility.
[16:57:50]
Watching the seconds wildly count down, she knew she was out of time.
Xiang Ying was about to leave, but at that moment, she saw the struggling man in black revealing a side profile.
That familiar thin Iron Mask was the one Xiang Ying had bought for Jie Chen.
Xiang Ying was stunned and looked back carefully.
This figure… was it Jie Chen?!
The footsteps of the soldiers were almost at the door, they were about to push it open!
Xiang Ying gritted her teeth, pulled out a knife from the void and swiftly cut the ropes binding the hands of the man in black.
The moment the man in black landed, he agilely climbed onto the roof beams.
He looked back at her, making eye contact with the invisible Xiang Ying. He clearly couldn’t see her but swept a puzzled glance over the granary, then quickly ran along the beams and through the tiles.
Seeing him leave, Xiang Ying suppressed her confusion and hurried out.
She brushed past the soldiers coming in, making use of her invisibility, they didn’t see her.
Xiang Ying ran to an unpopulated area, brought out a horse, and galloped away.
It wasn’t until she was near the prison that she abruptly stopped and stowed the horse away.
In the final seconds of the 20-minute countdown, Xiang Ying rushed back to the prison.
She crouched under the straw, breathing heavily, her forehead covered in sweat.
Almost at the same moment, the guard came over to check Xiang Ying’s condition.
He’d come several times before and seen “Xiang Ying” huddled under the straw, motionless, not even snoring.
Hearing that this woman was rather restless, the soldier felt it strange.
Xiang Ying heard the sound of the chains being unlocked, as if preparing to come in and confirm if she really was asleep.
Damn!
Because she had returned too hastily, the handcuffs on her wrists had not been restored to their original place.
If the soldier walked over, he would definitely see them.
The footsteps of the soldier coming in almost quickened Xiang Ying’s heartbeat.
Her Phoenix Eyes coldly emitting a dark sharpness.
When it was necessary to act, Xiang Ying would not hesitate.
Suddenly a fellow soldier rushed in: “The granary has been robbed, the General is dispatching additional forces to search, come quickly!”
The soldier was startled, answered, and quickly left, locking the prison door again.
As soon as he left, Xiang Ying sighed in relief and resecured the handcuffs and leg cuffs.
Taking advantage of the chaos outside, she leaned against the wall, closed her eyes, concentrated, and entered her space.
Although not all granaries were thoroughly scavenged, the recently opened ninth and tenth floors had already been completely filled with stockpiled rice and flour.
There was no space left to stuff anything else.
Xiang Ying decided to share some with the small people; twenty small people would need a lot of food.
On the computer screen, these small people had temporarily settled in one place and started living.
From their conversations, it seemed like they were preparing to recruit troops and buy horses.
Decisively using the screen, Xiang Ying sent twenty bags of rice and flour their way.
Watching the food descend from the sky, the twenty small people coolly kowtowed.
They were shouting something, which Xiang Ying couldn’t quite make out.
After clearing a bit of space, she then went to the tenth floor to see what the new unlocking conditions were.
Unexpectedly, what she saw made her jump in fright.
