I climbed up the stairs, step by step, and arrived on the second floor.

As we suspected, from the second floor onwards, it was all offices for clerks. The offices were lined up in a row, with nameplates on the walls next to the doors.

Although there was no one around at the moment, the lights inside the offices were all on.

This immediately made me nervous. With so many offices and all the lights on, what does that mean?

Even if we assume that Bai Xuyu hurriedly left and forgot to turn off the lights, it wouldn't be her responsibility to leave all the lights on in an entire row of offices.

So, what's the situation with this "empty city" full of loopholes?

Have we, as invaders, been discovered and these defenseless clerks have been evacuated in a hurry without turning off the lights?

If that's the case, how come we didn't hear any noise or see anyone leaving as we came in?

Could it be that the stairs I came up weren't the only passage?

That seems to be the most reasonable answer.

I checked around the corridor and didn't see any elevators or a second set of stairs.

This situation doesn't make sense. I temporarily gave up searching the offices and decided to climb to the third floor to find the second passage that should exist.

Unfortunately, the layout of the third floor was the same as the second floor, and I didn't find the elevator or the second set of stairs I was looking for.

And this was already the top floor. What's going on? Who would bother turning on all the lights before I arrived?

At that moment, I suddenly sensed someone approaching from behind. Instinctively, I took a step forward and turned around, and the person behind me was...

"Oh? Very vigilant, aren't you?"

The person trying to approach me from behind was Bai Yaxin. When I turned around, I happened to see him pulling his hand back into the pocket of his casual suit.

In other words, in the instant I turned around, he hid something he didn't want me to see?

But why didn't I notice him just now?

Was he originally in this area, or did he come from the other side of the first-floor warehouse passage? If that's the case, it means Uesugi Yui and the others have been defeated?

I glanced at the time on my phone. It had been less than five minutes since I separated from them, and it was impossible for them to have reached a conclusion so quickly... which means that Bai Yaxin, more likely than not, had already been here before I entered.

He knew about our infiltration and ambushed me here.

"Not bad at hiding, huh?"

I responded to Bai Yaxin with as much sarcastic arrogance as possible.

Psychological warfare is the first round of the battle.

By the way, this is the first time I've personally seen Bai Yaxin, besides the "Ziongzong" incident.

This middle-aged man, already graying and with eyes like a fox, made it difficult to feel good about him from the moment we first met.

Looks do matter for a person, and it's not an exaggeration to say that they influence the trajectory of a person's life.

"Your praise is too much, Mr. Wu. May I ask what brings you here today?"

Oh, he knows quite a bit.

Bai Yaxin put both hands in the pockets of his suit pants, pretending to be sincere with a polite smile on his face.

"Since you're here, of course it must be something important..."

I pretended to answer him, but when it came to a critical moment, I suddenly rushed towards him, with a clear goal of subduing him first.

Not to boast, but I believe that besides Tang Mingtao, not many people can evade my surprise attack... However, just as I was about to grip his neck with my left hand, I felt a sudden electric shock piercing my heart, leaving my mind blank and immobilized.

The electric shock was only for a moment, and I couldn't react in time. By the time I regained my senses, Bai Yaxin stumbled back, creating distance between us, and there was an electric stun gun in his hand.

Looking at his unsteady body, I deduced that it wasn't the stun gun that shocked me just now, but something else- a direct shock from Bai Yaxin's neck...

Yes, Bai Yaxin himself was also in an electrified state, which means the electric shock wouldn't have stopped. The possibility of him using the stun gun on me or himself can be ruled out.

There must be some hidden device on Bai Yaxin that generates an electric current and automatically stops it...

"Hehe, quite sensitive, as expected."

Bai Yaxin seemed to have understood my thoughts and proactively took out a small mechanical device from his pocket.

"This thing can generate an electric shock that lasts for one second and automatically stops. Not bad, right?" he said with a smile as he placed the device back in his pocket, then aimed the stun gun at me.

It seems that this stun gun was the weapon he intended to use when he ambushed me earlier.

"Although I couldn't avoid your attack, I still have time to press a button or something," I replied, looking at Bai Yaxin with his confident demeanor.

"Why bother holding something that you know won't work and deceive yourself?" I taunted him before he even had a chance to answer. Then, I kicked the stun gun out of his hand and turned around to kick him in the chest, causing him to fall to the ground and unable to get up.

Every conversation in battle has a purpose, Comrade Bai Yaxin.