Chapter 306: The Assassin Arrives
Chapter 302 of "The Great Ming in the Box" begins with: He dragged the box to the exact center of the living room, leaving enough space... See the full story!
He dragged the box to the exact center of the living room, leaving enough space around it.Li Daoxuan then reached out and tapped the âexpandâ button.
A brilliant light shone out, making the whole box gleam brightly.
Li Daoxuanâs naked eye couldnât stand the glare, so he blinked; in that instant between closing and reopening his eyes, the box grew largerâŚ
Its length and width both doubled directly.
It became a massive box five meters long and three meters wide, though the depth remained unchangedâLi Daoxuan could still reach the bottom if he leaned over the edge and stretched his arm down.
Now, Li Daoxuanâs field of view expanded to an enormous range of 1000 by 600 meters, covering the entire Gaojia Fortress, along with surrounding satellite villages, the firearms bureau, the prison, the barracks, the cavalry camp, and all else, instantly entering his sight.
This thrilled him immensely.
After the thrill, he had to consider a practical issue.
The living room was completely filled!
If the Rescue Index increased again and he could âexpandâ once more, what would he do?
The answer was simple: buy a house.
He had originally been just a freelance designer, relying on six wallets to get a small house to live in Shuangqing City, never daring to dream of buying property in this lifetime. But since acquiring the box and dabbling in Micro-sculpting and videos, he had earned a lot of money; now, the thought of buying a house didnât faze him at all.
The box might keep expanding over time, so he decided to buy a larger house outright, preferably with a huge garden to place the box in, allowing for an extremely vast field of view when enlarged.
For ample space, buying a villa was best.
The big name âZhaomu Mountainâ immediately flashed into Li Daoxuanâs mind.
The most impressive villas in Shuangqing Cityâs urban area were mostly near Zhaomu Mountain.
Buying a house couldnât be done on an online shopping site; he had to go in person.
Li Daoxuan surveyed above Gaojia Village and found it safe; he then clicked on Chengcheng County, seeing Bai Yuan working hard to form the new militia, Mr. Wang assisting the county magistrate with labor relief efforts, and Gao Yiye along with Third Lady leading the pious believers in casting a massive statue for the DeityâŚ
Everything seemed fairly peaceful.
His brief absence should be fine.
Li Daoxuan hurried out the door, hailed a taxi, and rushed toward the largest real estate agency near Zhaomu Mountain.
A decorated villa with a garden and parking spot⌠looked promisingâŚ
As the sun set and evening darkened.
Li Daoxuan was still viewing houses, inspecting each detail, and hadnât made it back home.
Bai Yuan returned to the bookstore in high spirits with two household servants.
Coincidentally, Gao Yiye also returned, trailed by a team of militia soldiers including Ground Rabbit and Zheng Gouzi.
The two met at the bookstore entrance.
Bai Yuan quickly gave Gao Yiye a deep bow. âSaint Lady, this humble one lacks talent, but todayâs large militia formation work went smoothlyâover fifty good recruits were added.â
Gao Yiye laughed. âTelling it to me wonât help; I donât understand. Better to say it once the Deity is around.â
Bai Yuan: âOh?â
He looked up â no low clouds were in the sky, clearly the Deity was not present.
So there was no need to urgently report work: âThen today weâll rest early.â
The two entered the book bureau and each returned to their own guest room.
Only two Bai family servants and two Militia Soldiers remained âon guard dutyâ in the courtyard; everyone else went back to their rooms to rest.
Right at this momentâŚ
Five heads stealthily appeared over the book academyâs low wall.
One among them was Big Honglang, the fourth leader of Wang Zuoguaâs army; the other four were Forest Heroes he had broughtâreckless outlaws.
This bunch were a total mess at warfare, but when it came to underhanded schemes and stealthy acts, they were absolute experts.
A Forest Hero whispered: âThis is where Bai Family Fortressâs master, Bai Yuan, is staying temporarily. Hah, completely defenseless, with just four servants guarding in the yard.â
Big Honglang murmured: âEarlier, what was that womanâs situation? Bai Yuan called her Saint Lady?â
Another Forest Hero said: âI inquired in the city. She seems to be a Saint Lady in something called the âDao Xuan Deity Teachings.â Hmph, just a swindling fraud, one of those phony divine beings.â
Big Honglang scoffed: âIf thatâs the case, weâll just kill her along with Bai Yuan later.â
The Forest Heroes nodded: âThat woman looks fairly attractive too⌠heheheheâŚâ
The group let out knowing chuckles.
Big Honglang snapped impatiently: âWe need to get away fast after the jobâs done. Are you fools still thinking about that? Move quickly.â
A Forest Hero snickered: âRelax, my brothers are all fast. Three seconds tops. Only Iâm slower, need at least half an hour.â
âFuck!â the others cursed in unison.
Big Honglang raged: âShut your damn mouths! Prepare to move. You four, slip over quietly. Act together, take out the four guards. Then rush straight into Bai Yuanâs room and hack him to pieces.â
The four Forest Heroes nodded, quietly scaled the wall, and using the night as cover, crouched low, skulking along the base of the wallâŚ
Soon, they had snuck behind the two Bai family servants and the two Militia sentinels⌠then struck simultaneouslyâŚ
All four men crumpled to the ground without even a whimper.
Only then did Big Honglang climb over the wall and drop into the courtyard. Smirking with satisfaction, he pointed towards Bai Yuanâs room.
The four Forest Heroes nodded and began to creep closerâŚ
Right at that moment, a creaking sound came from Bai Yuanâs doorâit was pushed open from inside. A young man with a longsword hanging at his waist emerged. It was Ground Rabbit.
Big Honglang and the four Forest Heroes froze in surprise.
Ground Rabbit found himself face to face with them, eyes locking straight onto theirs.
As it turned out, Ground Rabbit had hidden in Bai Yuanâs room long before Bai Yuan returned. When Bai Yuan entered, Ground Rabbit pleaded inside, begging him to teach swordsmanship.
But Bai Yuan didnât know shit about swordsmanship and couldnât possibly teach it.
Ground Rabbit refused to leave, insisting the Bai Family Fortress must have hereditary sword techniques, and so on. The two argued back and forth for ages in the room until Bai Yuan, losing his temper, kicked him out. Just as Ground Rabbit pushed the door open to leave, he saw two Bai family servants and two Militia sentinels lying collapsed on the ground. Five guys who clearly looked like trouble, ferociously poised to charge into Bai Yuanâs roomâŚ
âWho are you people!â Ground Rabbit roared in fury.
Big Honglang yelled: âKill him!â
The four Forest Heroes simultaneously swung their waist knives, slashing viciously towards Ground Rabbit.
Ground Rabbit was terrified. His first instinct was to dodge aside. But then a bolt of lightning flashed through his mind â âIf I dodge, these bandits will rush in! Theyâll flood into Mr. Baiâs room and slaughter him!â
âCanât dodge!â
âMust defend this doorway!â
CLANG!
Ground Rabbit drew his longsword. Instead of evading the four blades hurtling towards him, he pivoted and swept his own sword forward in a powerful counterstroke, striking directly at the four onrushing forest heroes.