As soon as Gu Qing Shan turned the corner, he began to run.
"In 1 minute and 30 seconds, a new warp device will be placed at the corner of the palace's back garden, sir, please head there immediately" Gu Suan quickly told him.
"I'm heading there right now!" Gu Qing Shan replied.
He smiled and nodded at the guards on the road, but his speed was still increasing.
All of a sudden, a female voice came from deep inside the palace:
"Seal all exits, activate the large-scale isolation barrier — — NOW!"
Oong — —
A loud noise resounded in the sky above the palace.
A faint glow manifested as a thin membrane that enveloped the entire palace.
Gu Qing Shan's feet stopped.
The Pope reacted quickly and isolated the entire Imperial Palace at the first possible moment.
"Sir, we can't get out"
"I know"
"Ahead of us is a side room of the palace, would you like to go in?"
"Yes"
Gu Qing Shan entered this secluded room, lightly closed the door behind him, then used all his strength.
All of his disguises turned into a Card that left his body.
[Card: Destined Visitor (Used)!]
Gu Qing Shan threw this Card out.
— — the Holy Empire's Emperor disappeared before he was killed, so the Pope will definitely try her best to capture the Duke.
After all, everything this Duke did after entering the palace was too suspicious.
I can't act as this Duke anymore, I have to think of a new way to escape!
The Card disappeared into the void of space and disappeared without a trace.
Gu Qing Shan's hand once again glowed faintly.
Card: Endless Grasp activated again.
— — I can draw Cards again.
Gu Qing Shan reached his hand into the void of space and drew several dozen Cards.
He spread the Cards out and quickly scanned through them — — -
There aren't any suitable Cards!
Without hesitation, he threw all the Cards out and began to draw Cards again.
From the palace's main hall, the Pope's voice resounded again: "Capture all the nobles, Dukes, Marquises in the palace, bring them all to the main hall!"
"Sir, quickly think of a way, she's currently sending experts to capture you" Gu Suan said.
"No, she's lying"
Gu Qing Shan drew a card and said, "Check to see if she came to me in person."
Gu Suan was silent for a moment, then immediately warned, "We've already discovered the Pope's biological waves. She's currently approaching us."
"I'm no longer an Earl, but I'm too weak to fight her."
Gu Qing Shan said calmly.
Draw a card!
Cards of different colors appeared out of thin air and were quickly examined by him.
There was still no suitable card!
After all the cards were thrown out, Gu Qing Shan's expression didn't change. She quickly drew another handful of cards and glanced at them.
Finally —
He picked out a card.
The card depicted an engineering helmet covered in mud, with a searchlight clipped to the front of the helmet.
The lights were not turned on.
A notification quickly appeared on the War God UI:
"Main card of the Exploration Deck: Treasure Hunter's Hat."
"Using this card, you will obtain a perfect engineering safety helmet, which will give you the ability to explore and escape."
"— — -no monster has ever been able to capture the owner of this hat, at most, they would only be able to see his corpse"
Gu Qing Shan flicked the card and took out a dirty construction helmet.
"Sir, she's here!" Gu Suan hurriedly called out.
Gu Qing Shan quickly put the helmet on and fell to the ground.
Bam — —
The door was pushed open.
The Pope looked inside.
A guard was lying on the ground, his sword broken and his chest bleeding profusely. The window in front of them opened to reveal the entire palace.
"She escaped into the palace?"
The Pope bellowed. His figure flashed through the window and he quickly chased after them.
Gu Qing Shan stood up from the ground.
The guard's uniform, the blood on the ground, and the broken sword all flew back into the hat.
— — -so this was what 'only the corpse' meant.
Gu Qing Shan formed a hand seal to conceal her presence and spoke:
"Suan, show me the map of the palace and find an escape route"
"Sir, please turn back, I've projected the route to your retina, please follow the guide"
Gu Qing Shan's figure flashed and flew in the opposite direction of the Pope.
Not too long after he left.
The Pope suddenly appeared in the secluded garret again.
The ground was completely clean, where were the guards' corpses?
The Pope stayed silent for a few moments, then suddenly smiled.
"How interesting … even I was fooled by a moment of carelessness …"
"There's still someone in this world who could do something like that? What an unexpected surprise "
The Pope reached her hand into the void of space, quickly took out three cards and threw them out.
Ivan, Hurt, and Kid appeared.
The three Holy Apostles knelt in front of the Pope, making a gesture of devotion.
Great Holy Apostle Hurt spoke: "We've already taken control of the entire palace, we didn't know you were summoning — — -"
The Pope waved her hand: "There's a strange rat in this palace, go, find it"
"Yes!"
The three Holy Apostles replied in unison.
They quickly retreated in three different directions.
The Pope clasped her hands behind her back and slowly paced around the garret.
"Anna is quite powerful, but even she wouldn't be able to do such a thing … who exactly took the Emperor away? Could it be the Fuxi Emperor? "
The Pope thought for a bit, then her expression turned serious again.
If the Fuxi Emperor also got involved in this, then things would be different.
The Pope's figure also turned invisible and disappeared.
…
Gu Qing Shan crouched down on one of the palace walls, reaching her hand out to touch the barrier of light.
— — I can't get out.
This technique most likely wasn't created overnight, it's extremely sturdy and can't be broken in a short amount of time.
Once the barrier of light is broken, I'll be marked by the tracking technique, making it much harder to escape later on.
In fact, even after I return to the Federation, this technique won't disappear for a while.
Gu Qing Shan thought for a few moments, returned to the palace, and said: "Let's find a path, we're going to return to the palace"
"Back to where we were?"
"Yes"
"I've already shown you the guards' locations, I've also rearranged the path so that you can avoid them"
"Let's go!"
Gu Qing Shan sped up, moving through the long corridors.
"The Holy Apostles have been mobilized, there are obviously three powerful presences searching for you, one of them is around 700 meters away from you"
Gu Qing Shan wasn't moved, nimbly avoided that section of the palace, sped up again, and returned to the building from before.
Sure enough, there's no one here.
Gu Qing Shan closed the door behind her, went through the window, avoided the patrolling guards, and silently entered the palace.
"Sir, why did we come here?" Gu Suan asked.
"The Pope has already searched this place, she won't be coming back for a while, that's the first reason"
"And the second reason?"
"The Emperor's living quarters, to ensure safety, there might be some sort of secret passageway or something like that"
While Gu Qing Shan was talking, the safety helmet on her head suddenly vibrated.
The searchlight suddenly lit up.
A beam of light shot out from the searchlight, illuminating a chair at the corner of the palace.
[The treasure hunter's safety helmet is working]
"It smelled the treasure."
Gu Qing Shan glanced around, quickly walked over, and sat on the chair.
The searchlight moved down a bit, focusing on the chair's handle, then turned into a glowing hand that lightly tapped a certain spot on the chair's handle.
Crack!
The chair began to rotate, then abruptly sank down, taking Gu Qing Shan along with it.
At the same time, another chair that was exactly the same as the first one rose up and took its place.
If someone who didn't know anything came here, they wouldn't be able to notice anything amiss.
…
Gu Qing Shan was brought along by the chair, sliding forward until it finally stopped.
In front of him, two torches automatically lit up.
A door had been opened.
Gu Qing Shan stood up and spoke: "I never thought there would be such a place below the Holy Empire's palace"
He walked in.
There was an altar here, on which three statues were enshrined.
A Black Dog.
A black bird.
In the middle was a humanoid figure wearing a cloak, his face hidden under the cloak.
As Gu Qing Shan stared at these three statues, his expression became nostalgic.
"So … that's how it is …"
He chanted softly.
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