What... what's happening?
Bohemia stumbled and quickly steadied herself, noticing that the two figures across from her were also grabbing onto the edge of the table in a panicked manner—it was clear they were just as confused. The entire room was buzzing and trembling, and dust and gri that had accumulated for who knows how long fell from the cracks in the ceiling, making everyone cough and struggle to keep their eyes open.
"What's going on?" Bohemia covered her mouth and exclaid.
Her question was almost imdiately answered.
A heavy impact struck with a "thud" on the ceiling above, quickly transforming into a loud and resounding sound of shattering—large fragnts of bricks and cent rained down, startling the twins into leaping up from their chairs. As the people hurriedly dodged the falling debris, a beam of bright light shot down from the hole in the ceiling. A deep voice and countless footsteps could be heard from above, "Found it! The nest of those two rats is indeed here!"
"It's the Coalition of Races!" one of the twins, whether left or right, shouted.
Even Bohemia was aware that this pair of twins had always been in the top ten of the Twelve Organizations' target list for "capture dead or alive"—they only occupied one spot.
"Don't you know everything? How co you didn't know they were coming to capture us?"
As she shouted, Bohemia raised her hand and threw the silver net toward the ceiling—it suddenly lit up with starlight, covering the large hole and blocking the several figures above from jumping down.
Soon, sothing heavy struck the silver net, causing it to shake violently, and starlight scattered everywhere. Fortunately, Bohemia gritted her teeth and managed to hold it together.
In the illumination of the lights and silver, the true faces of the twin pair were revealed. No, calling it their true faces wasn't quite accurate because no one could discern what they truly looked like from the tangle of tangled hair, eyebrows, and beards. Every strand of hair on their heads and faces stuck out as if they were using hair gel, standing straight in the air.
"We certainly don't know everything... Wait, did we miss so kind of premonition?" At this critical mont, the twins were unexpectedly distracted by Bohemia's words. They stood still, staring at each other, their furry eyebrows furrowed. "Did we overlook any events, details, or data? It's impossible. Based on correlation—"
Bohemia was both anxious and furious, wishing she could grab them by their beards and shake their brains out. She imdiately shouted, "If you don't leave now, I'll retract the net!"
Of course, she couldn't retract the net, but she didn't stop the pursuers for the twins out of kindness. In the Twelve Realms, gathering and analyzing information required permission, and the actions of these two brothers had long exceeded what the Twelve Organizations could tolerate. As their custor, if the people above descended, she would also be implicated—otherwise, she would have retracted the net and run away long ago.
"I got it," one of the twins, wearing a green tattered cloth, snapped out of his daze and declared loudly, "They followed you."
"They followed your mom," Bohemia retorted as the other, clad in a red tattered cloth, hastily swept things into a backpack. "I'm sure I'm not being tracked. Do you think so little of your aunt?"
The green-haired woolly person didn't say a word. Instead, he pointed at the silver net and then turned to join his brother. It seed they didn't want anything in this room to fall into the hands of the Twelve Organizations. They quickly grabbed whatever they could fit into their bags and destroyed anything that couldn't be taken.
anwhile, Bohemia supported the silver net on her own, squinting her eyes as she scanned the area above. Apart from the n who were trying to break through the net around the hole, she couldn't see anything at first. But then, a familiar flapping sound reached her ears, and she slowly opened her mouth in disbelief.
No way!
She watched as the small grayish-white figure circled around and got closer and closer to the silver net. It beca even more dazzling under the silver light, but it seed to have no effect on the net. Bohemia desperately prayed in her mind countless tis, but she couldn't stop the little white paper crane from gently landing on the silver net. It had no aggressive intent, so the net didn't react to it.
Please, not at this mont...
"Bohemia," Lin Sanjiu's voice ca clearly from the paper crane, enunciating each word of her na sharply, "Have you arrived? You haven't been wandering around, have you?"
Those two sentences felt longer to Bohemia than eternity.
Bohemia understood everything now.
She was trapped in a sealed basent, and the paper crane couldn't co in. It must have been circling above her head all along. Even a fool could see that there were people underground. If the mbers of the Coalition had already suspected this place, then it was true that she had led them here...
"Bohemia is down there!" suddenly shouted one of the mbers of the Twelve Organizations, "What a coincidence, let's catch her too!"
It was all because of Lin Sanjiu, that ddleso busybody!
"We're leaving!"
The voices of the two woolly people resounded in unison. Bohemia quickly turned her head and saw that each of them had a huge travel bag on their back. They had retreated to the corner of the room without her noticing, at least several dozen ters away. A door, which didn't exist before, slowly opened at their feet. She was so furious that she felt an itch in her teeth and imdiately shouted, "Take with you!"
"Ah," the green-clad woolly person hesitated with a mouthful of beard, "That... I'm afraid it's not..."
"Do you believe that I can imdiately reveal your secret passage to them?"
"Hurry up!" The green-clad woolly person changed his mind in an instant, "How long can the silver net hold?"
Bohemia quickly rushed over. The silver net was still hanging from the ceiling, sprinkling silver light with every tremor it endured. She pushed the twins aside and kicked the door on the floor forcefully, "You know everything, so analyze it!"
That calm door suddenly opened wider after her forceful kick. Without even looking, Bohemia leaped inside. She could hear the anxious voices of the twins behind her, "Hey!" "Wait a mont," but they quickly followed and jumped down one after another.
Those who could make decisive decisions in critical monts often had a greater chance of surviving; Bohemia understood this better than anyone else. So, even though it pained her to the point of tears, she gritted her teeth and shouted, "Close the door!"
"But the net..."
"If you say one more word, I'll skin you alive!"
The small door, which was as big as a well cover, quickly closed, completely different from its opening speed. As soon as the door closed, the light disappeared, and the three of them couldn't see anything in the pitch-black tunnel. Bohemia felt that the tunnel was narrow and low, making it difficult to take proper steps, let alone constantly bumping into the backpacks of the twins beside her. She imdiately summoned a few glowing fish and whispered, "You couldn't even bother to install a light in your own tunnel?"
"It's too troubleso," one of the twins unabashedly replied.
These two woolly people were really annoying, second only to Lin Sanjiu.
The tunnel seed to serve only the purpose of ergency escape. It appeared to have been recently dug, with fresh traces of soil everywhere. Leading the way with the glowing fish, Bohemia rushed ahead. After running desperately for a while, the air around them gradually beca moist and heavy, sticking to their skin.
The sound of underground water flow echoed distantly from sowhere, persistently. The sound of footsteps on the ground slowly transford into a "plop, plop" sound, as if one was walking with a bag of water—sothing felt off.
Bohemia endured and endured, finally coming to a sudden stop. "Where does this tunnel lead to?" she asked.
"Underneath the river," the twins said in unison.
Bohemia almost doubted if she had misheard. "...Huh?"
"Further ahead is an underground river. Once we jump into the water and go downstream, we can enter the Modo River. The Modo River Basin is widespread, with a network of tributaries that crisscross like a dense web. Let us explain the areas it passes through and the predetermined safe location for our escape..."
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