Kill them, and the captives are ours!

Time evaporated slowly like water on a heated pot.

The twenty-odd square feet room held twelve captives. It wasn't particularly crowded, but the narrow space was suffocating.

The sound of a dagger scraping against the hemp rope hissed through the air, which was thick with restless tension.

During this time, Zheng Caisheng had come in once. Everyone smartly kept their hands behind their backs, not making a sound. He had simply swept them with a glance and then left again.

The dagger made its rounds, with Qing Luo being the last one to have her ropes cut.

As Qing Luo freed her hands, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and their expressions grew more focused as they looked towards Song Lili, waiting for her instructions.

And Song Lili was waiting...

After her hands were released, she immediately stuffed the wireless communication earpiece into her ears and could clearly hear the response from the remaining three people in Liu Fan's team.