Chapter 1711
Monique pushed the desk aside andy prone on the floor with an ear to the ground. She tapped
the floor lightly with her fingers, quickly realizing something. "Levi, the exit is right here."
Levi, who was busy tying up the four people on the ground, looked back and responded, "Okay, go
ahead."
Monique took out a military knife from one of her boots rapidly and stabbed it hard on the floor tiles
a few times. Finally, she pried a tile up. After prying up the first one, it would be much easier to
unearth the other tiles.
After removing a few more tiles, she then jabbed at the cement beneath forcefully. The cement
broke open to reveal a woodenpartment. She pushed it hard. A hole opened. It was of a size
that would only allow one person to enter or exit at a time. "Levi, hurry up!"
At that time, Levi was done tying up the people in the room. He threw the two guards towards the
doorway. Sheldon and Edward were the targets that they had to take away, so he dragged them to
the exit.
Monique went into the opening and said, "I''ll go down first. Hand those two over to me."
Levi turned on the shlight of his phone, illuminating the hole. There was a woodendder at its
side, which seemed precarious for walking on. He advised Monique. "We still don''t know the
situation down there. You have to be careful."
"Yes. I know." Monique nodded. "You should pay attention to what''s going on behind us too. We
have to know if anyone has discovered us."
Both of them were concerned about each other''s safety; neither of them would drag the other down.
Monique went down thedder and soon reached the bottom of the hole. She used her phone''s
shlight to illuminate the space. The passage was small and narrow. It would be difficult to go out
alone, what more to say for the both of them who had to carry one target each.
However, Monique was unfazed by the difficulty they encountered. She found a stable ce to
stand and said, "Pass them to me."
Sheldon and Edward were both tall men; neither of them were particrly light either. Levi was
worried that Monique wouldn''t be able to catch them. He said, "Come closer to thedder. Let it
support their weight, so you can handle it."
Monique pped her hands together and replied, "Don''t worry. I''m strong enough to catch them. If I
really can''t do it, I''ll throw them onto the ground. I won''t foolishly let myself get hurt because of
them."
Levi praised her, "You''ve indeed be smarter after being by my side for a long time."
While talking, his hands were not idle. He stuffed Sheldon into the hole first. After Monique caught
him, he then let Edward down.
After catching the two men, Monique urged, "Now youe on down."
Even though the security guards outside would not dare to enter the study room without express
instructions, Levi could not rule out the possibility that they received some other hints. If he and
Monique were discovered, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"Wait a minute," Levi said.
Monique had unearthed the entrance of the hole with brute force. Once the enemy discovered that
all wasn''t right in the office, they would find the escape passage as soon as they came in and could
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Levi wanted to restore the entrance back to how it looked originally, but it was near impossible to do
that in such a short time. He could only pull the desk over to block it a little.
From the passageway underneath, Monique urged him again, "Levi, hurry up!" She wondered to
herself, "That brat hasn''te down yet. Is he trying to scare me out of my wits?"
"Coming." Levi slid down the passage nimbly. He stood on thedder, using more objects around
them to block the hole. After it was satisfactory, he finally jumped down to Monique''s side and said,
"Let''s go."
The passage was very narrow; it was barely enough for one person to pass through alone. Now that
they each had to drag an additional person along, each step they took was more and more taxing.
Monique, who was dragging Sheldon behind her, was already sweating after walking in the stuffy
underground passage for a while. "D*mn, why is it so hot!"
Levi, behind her, was in a worse state than hers. Hot sweat slid down his cheeks and body. Soon,
his sweat soaked his shirt entirely.
He wiped the perspiration from his forehead andforted her, "The venttion seems to be getting
better. We should be able to walk out of here soon if we hold on a little longer."
However, he felt in his gut that something was amiss.
The maximum temperature in Xanduvia City during daytime was about 30 degrees and the
temperature at midnight could fall to as low as 20 degrees. The secret passage leading to the
outside should be built underground. By right, it would be very cool inside. Even if it wasn''t well-
ventted, it wouldn''t be this hot.
Something was wrong!
He looked ahead, seeing that it was difficult for Monique to take another step forward.
Levi really wanted to help Monique, but he couldn''t tug along two people at the same time because
of the narrow confines. He said again, "Monique, slow down if you''re tired."
Monique let go of Sheldon and gasped for air as she leaned against the wall. "I don''t feel tired. It''s
just too hot. I keep sweating, which consumes too much of my energy. Speaking of which, it''s really
so f*cking weird. We trained under the zing sun for half a day in the past, but I did not feel as
weak as I do now," she replied.
After saying that, she carried Sheldon on her back again and continued to move forward. She could
not dy the team''s progress because of herself. But what about Levi? Was he as suffocated and
tired as she was?
"Levi, do you think it''s hot in here?" Monique asked.
"Yeah." Levi nodded. He sized up the walls on both sides, hoping to find out what was going on. He
couldn''t let them die from the heat before they got out of the secret passage.
"Looks like there''s some kind of trap in this secret passage," Monique elerated her speech a
little and said with certainty, "I''ve read some information regarding this before. Some hidden
passages are equipped with heating devices."
Upon hearing Monique''s words, Levi couldrgely confirm that this passageway was one of them,
as it was way too hot inside. But was there any way to remove it?
Before he could ask, Monique continued, "As long as someone enters the passage, the heating
device will be activated. The passageway will explode when it reaches a certain temperature."
Levi had never heard of this before. "If that''s the case, won''t it be activated automatically if its owner
wants to escape via this secret passage and burn him to death?"
"Levi, I''m not kidding. We should walk faster and try our best to get out of here before the
temperature here rises to the level that makes it explode. Otherwise, we''ll be blown up and die in
pieces," Monique warned. The secret passage was extremely narrow and she was already
exhausted to the point of wanting to copse. However, she still walked at a nearrun speed with
Sheldon on her back while exining to Levi why they were in this predicament. "Those who are
familiar with the secret passage will turn off the switch of the heating device in advance when they
have to use it to escape so nothing will happen."
Monique wanted to p herself so badly. She med herself, "It was me who underestimated
Sheldon. I didn''t expect him to add this kind of equipment to the hidden passage that was here
originally. It''s my fault for not thinking it through!"
"Don''t me yourself," Leviforted her. So that was how things were. Levi finally understood,
telling Monique, "Monique, listen to me. After we get out of this passage, we may encounter danger
again. However, you must remember that no matter what happenster, you must listen to my
instructions. If you disobey me, you will be punished by the military rules!"