I am a full-level celestial master, you let me enter the strange talk of rules?

As the flames burned, the cactus tree man let out a shrill scream and eventually turned into a pile of charred ashes.

Zhang Yangqing then brought the other pets into the director's office.

The beam of the flashlight swept across the devastated room.

The walls were covered in scratches, the desk was broken in half, and the floor was littered with paper and glass fragments.

Two uniformed bodies lay in a pool of blood, one sprawled next to a filing cabinet, the other huddled in a corner.

Zhang Yangqing squatted down and checked carefully: the first body had a walkie-talkie hanging around its waist, and chewing gum and a lighter in its pocket; the second body had a broken luxury watch on its wrist and its leather shoes were polished to a shine.

But after searching all their bodies, no key-like objects were found.

"That's strange." Zhang Yangqing frowned.

He picked up an exquisite metal bookmark on the desk and checked the prop fragments in the corner, but none of them looked like the key that could open the safe.

But then again, these small props are not necessarily not keys. Who says keys have to look ordinary?

Zhang Yangqing now felt a little embarrassed. He had to first know who the director was, because only the director had the key.

According to normal experience, Zhang Yangqing wanted to find photos here and look for clues from the photos, such as the director's appearance, clothing, and other characteristics, which can be seen from the photos.

But after searching for a while, no photos were found, so Zhang Yangqing changed his idea and began looking for some information about the director in the office files.

Just as I was looking for it, I suddenly noticed the director's "Case Record Book", which was the record of his solved cases.

While flipping through the pages quickly, an old case record caught his attention:
[Case No. 1145: The Director had his right index finger bitten off while chasing the sharp-toothed monster]

Then all you have to do is find the corresponding corpse.

The two people in the room should be guards, and the fingers of their bodies are intact.

So there is no key here either.

Zhang Yangqing asked the three monkeys to look for the corpse whose index finger was missing from the right hand. There were many corpses in the entire Defense Agency, so Zhang Yangqing didn't need to look for them one by one.

While the three monkeys were searching for the body, Zhang Yangqing continued to look through the director's documents, looking for clues to the safe.

About twelve minutes later, the black-backed monkey king came running over carrying a corpse.

The body had a completely destroyed face and multiple injuries to the body.

The most important thing is that the index finger on the right hand is missing.

But Zhang Yangqing felt that the body was probably not the director's, because the director had been injured a long time ago, which resulted in the loss of his index finger. The broken finger on this body was very fresh, so it should have been recently broken off.

The black-backed monkey king did not give up and continued searching, and finally he found it.

Three minutes later, it came back carrying a corpse. This corpse completely matched all the characteristics of the director. Zhang Yangqing found something on the director's body that might be a "key", a small moon-shaped wrench.

The location of the safe is recorded in the book in the director's room, in Area B of the basement.

The other two monkeys returned empty-handed and looked at the black-backed monkey king with confusion.

The white-haired monkey scratched his head, not understanding where the black-backed monkey king was found.

They had clearly searched all three floors of the Defense Department.

The black-backed monkey king puffed out his chest proudly and explained chatteringly: Since this director is the most powerful person in the Defense Department, his battle with the tree people must have been the most intense.

It noticed that there were serious signs of collapse on the west side of the building, and the direction of the collapse was outward, indicating that the battle broke out from the inside and spread to the outside.

So it focused its search on the outer area, and sure enough, it found the director's body in the rubble.

After hearing this analysis, the white-haired monkey and the maned monkey widened their eyes and gave a thumbs-up at the same time.

The maned monkeys excitedly patted the black-backed monkey king on the shoulder to express their admiration.

Zhang Yangqing raised his lips slightly and nodded with satisfaction. He was very satisfied to see that the black-backed monkey king could also use his brain to analyze.

It is true that having more monkeys is a good thing. There is always one that is particularly smart and can save you a lot of trouble.

Isn’t this the case that three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang?
As the hero who found the director, the Black-backed Monkey King proudly took the small moon-shaped wrench from Zhang Yangqing.

It held the key carefully in its paws, afraid of losing it.

The entrance to the basement was blocked by a pile of rubble.

The three monkeys worked together to clear a passage and walked down the rusty stairs.

The basement was filled with the smell of mold and blood, and the walls were covered with strange scratches.

The gate to Area B had been violently destroyed. The Black-backed Monkey King led the way in, and the beam of his flashlight shone on a huge metal safe.

The surface of the safe was covered with dents, but the keyhole was intact.

The Black-backed Monkey King took a deep breath and inserted the moon wrench into the keyhole.

With a crisp "click", the door of the safe slowly opened.

Lying quietly inside was a metal shaft about two meters long, glowing silver all over, with precise gear interfaces at both ends.

The black-backed monkey king carried it carefully on his shoulders, feeling it was heavy.

After returning to the clock tower, Zhang Yangqing carefully examined the shaft.

The patterns on the shaft match the gears inside the clock tower perfectly, so it looks like this is it.

Now everything is ready. Zhang Yangqing looked around and began to make the final plan.

"Xiao Huang is fast, so he will be responsible for attracting the Nine Crows. Xiao Bai will provide support. Remember, don't fight too long. Xiao Hei will be responsible for installing the space-time axis. Remember, once the Nine Crows enter the range of the clock tower, immediately hide in the space gourd."

As he spoke, Zhang Yangqing threw out three gourds, and the three monkeys all held them to prevent any of them from having an accident and causing the whole group to be wiped out.

Because as long as you can't win, you can hide in it. Anyway, Jiuli Mingya doesn't know how to use the gourd.

The three monkeys nodded seriously, with determination flashing in their eyes.

The little squirrel held his pine cone seeds nervously, but did not back down.

As night falls, the pale moonlight covers the entire city.

Zhang Yangqing had already hidden at a safe distance and was observing the direction of the clock tower with the tower owner's high-powered telescope.

The cold moonlight was reflected in the lenses, and his expression was solemn and focused.

Under the vines, the maned monkeys and white-haired monkeys were very alert.

They knew what a terrifying existence they were going to face next, the Nine-Li Crow that they once dared not even look at directly.

But at this moment, in addition to nervousness, there was also a gleam of excitement in their eyes.

"The boss said that whatever doesn't kill us will make us stronger."

The maned monkey clenched his fists, his golden hair gleaming in the moonlight.

"This time we must succeed!"

The white-haired monkey drew out his long knife, and the blade reflected a cold light.

Facing danger is also a breakthrough and a challenge.

The towering vines are like a ladder reaching up to the sky.

(End of this chapter)