Ning Beichen's current concern is not Feng Wu, but Liu Yilin. After all, Feng Wu has received training, while Liu Yilin has not. Ning Beichen doesn't have much confidence in how long Liu Yilin can hold out.
Ning Beichen has no idea how to handle this matter right now.
Breaking into prison to save someone is not difficult for Ning Beichen. However, while rescuing her is easy, once freed, the innocent Liu Yilin's crime will be solidified.
Therefore, Ning Beichen does not want to resort to this final step unless absolutely necessary.
But if all other methods fail, Ning Beichen will have no choice but to take this step, as he cannot just watch Liu Yilin fall into their hands.
However, it is not yet that point, and Ning Beichen does not need to risk everything with them.
The news of Liu Yilin's capture quickly spread to the Eastern Ancient Kingdom, causing quite a stir and throwing the Liu family into chaos.
Publicly, the Eastern Ancient Kingdom immediately issued a protest statement to Feng Guo, and privately, they were also pressuring Feng Guo to release her.
However, this time Feng Guo seemed to have taken a great risk, completely ignoring the pressure from the Eastern Ancient Kingdom and using Liu Yilin's violation of Feng Guo's laws as an excuse for her arrest.
Facing this situation, even the Eastern Ancient Kingdom had no good solution.
No matter how important Liu Yilin is, she is only a businesswoman. The Eastern Ancient Kingdom cannot escalate the conflict to a state-to-state dispute for her. However, privately exerting influence to rescue her is still necessary.
But this can only guarantee that Liu Yilin will not be imprisoned.
The best outcome would be for her to be placed in a designated location by Feng Guo, subjected to questioning and twenty-four-hour surveillance, with all her documents confiscated, which is tantamount to house arrest.
Some high-ranking officials in the Eastern Ancient Kingdom were furious, but they could only continue to exert pressure, both publicly and privately, to urge Feng Guo to release her as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, in a quaintly decorated residence, an elder with silver hair, dressed in a Tang suit, slammed his hand on the table with a loud bang, causing several cups on the tabletop to shake and fall.
"They are going too far!"
"Elder Zhou, please calm down. Don't let yourself get too angry."
"Angry! How can I not be angry? These people are truly detestable. If this were decades ago, I would have driven my tank and taken them all down."
"Yes, yes, these people are truly detestable. They deserve to be cursed."
"However, Elder Zhou, it's time for your medicine. Shall we take it first?"
A young woman in a nurse's uniform was comforting him, coaxing him like a child.
"Xu, bring the medicine. Although I am old, I am not senile. Feng Guo wouldn't dare offend our Eastern Ancient Kingdom. If there isn't a major power behind them causing trouble, I'll twist my head off and use it as a chamber pot for you."
The young woman in the nurse's uniform immediately and skillfully handed the pill and warm water to the elder.
She also sympathized with Liu Yilin's plight, but she was just a nurse looking after this elder. Such matters were too far removed from her.
After the elder finished his medicine, the nurse quickly took the cup from his hand and began coaxing him to sleep.
However, the elder, uncharacteristically, picked up the landline phone in his study and quickly dialed a number.
"Xiao Ning, that girl Liu Yilin suffered this undeserved disaster for our country's technological development. No matter what, you must ensure her safe return."
"Elder Zhou, please rest assured. I will do my best."
A man's authoritative voice came from the phone.
"Xiao Ning, I know you are in a difficult position, and you have your own challenges. After all, you have to manage such a large undertaking and cannot do everything as you please. Just do your best. Whether Liu Yilin can return depends on that girl's fate."
Elder Zhou sighed and hung up the phone. He was now a retired, useless old man, and this was all he could do.
At this moment, Ning Beichen was already on a plane bound for Feng Guo. He couldn't control how things were handled domestically, but before boarding, he had made a phone call to his master.
His master only said one sentence on the phone: "Save her, no matter the cost."
Hearing this, Ning Beichen felt reassured. It seemed that Liu Yilin was more important to his master than he had thought.
What did "no matter the cost" mean?
It meant that even if Ning Beichen caused a huge uproar in Feng Guo, he had to bring Liu Yilin back safely.
Ten hours later, Ning Beichen landed on Feng Guo's soil.
He did not fly directly to Feng Guo's main airport but arrived after two layovers.
The people of Feng Guo were not blind. The fact that Ning Beichen was Liu Yilin's bodyguard would not be hidden from them. If he had swaggered into the airport, he would likely have met the same fate as Liu Yilin.
At this moment, Ning Beichen had transformed into a sallow-complexioned middle-aged man, utterly unrecognizable from his original appearance.
Soon, a black car appeared and picked him up. About two hours later, Ning Beichen arrived at a hidden house, where he was joined by over a hundred other people.
"King."
These hundred-plus individuals saluted him in unison upon seeing Ning Beichen.
Ning Beichen waved his hand at them, and he saw that their eyes were filled with fervent adoration for him.
"You all know the mission. I don't care what methods you use, but you must find out the intelligence on all these people on the list as quickly as possible. I want to know everything about them, including their addresses, families, lovers, children, businesses, and movements."
Ning Beichen commanded.
"Yes."
Over a hundred people immediately left the house in groups to carry out Ning Beichen's orders.
Rescuing Liu Yilin this time was not something that a few people could accomplish. Therefore, Ning Beichen did not hesitate to deploy part of the forces of the King of Darkness.
He couldn't outplay them in the open, but he would let them experience the fear of the darkness.
Rules?
Ning Beichen sneered dismissively.
Since they had disregarded the rules, Ning Beichen had no intention of abiding by them either.
Ning Beichen's method was simple: whoever interfered with Liu Yilin's affairs, he would deal with them!
The threat from a major power was at most limited to your personal future, whereas Ning Beichen's threat was to your life.
He asked, would you choose your future or your own life?
If you were truly ready to face death and act as a lapdog for a major power, implementing long-arm jurisdiction, then Ning Beichen would give you a big thumbs-up.
Although Ning Beichen would not secretly rescue Liu Yilin, he still felt it was necessary to visit her.
At least to let her know that he had arrived and that she didn't need to worry.