"Hey, it seems like there's something ahead?" Suddenly, someone spotted something and shouted loudly.

"Let me take a look." Captain Guan took out his binoculars to look towards the entrance of the tunnel in the distance. His expression changed immediately, and he shouted, "Stop, quickly stop!"

The two armored vehicles and the red armored soldiers came to a halt. A Bing, confused, asked, "We're almost there, why stop now?"

While observing with the binoculars, Captain Guan said with a serious expression, "There are Sanctuary troops ahead. They are guarding the entrance to the underground tunnel and have blocked the way to enter it."

"No way, how could these guys appear here?" A Bing said in surprise.

Rulu said, "It seems they must have known we were going to escape through the underground tunnel and have set up here in advance. How many of them are there?"

Captain Guan replied, "There are probably six vehicles, thirty to forty ordinary soldiers, four humanoid armored soldiers, and one of the armored soldiers is black."

Rulu pondered, "That many doesn't sound easy to deal with. Are there other entrances to the underground tunnels nearby?"

"No, the nearest entrance is at least an hour away. We probably won't make it."

A Bing swung his right hand and slammed it against the armored vehicle, shouting, "Damn it, what do we do now? We can't possibly fight against so many!"

"It's okay," Kallen said confidently, "Let me deal with them. There's nothing to worry about except for those four armored soldiers."

Captain Guan asked, "Do you need our help?"

"No need. If they attack you, I still have to take care of you."

"That's true. Well then, Kallen, be careful by yourself." Captain Guan said. Although he didn't want Kallen to take risks alone, he also knew that even if they went together, they wouldn't be able to help much and would only drag Kallen down.

Suddenly, a rough male voice came from the direction of the underground tunnel entrance: "You rebel scum have finally arrived, come over and die!"

Hearing this voice, Captain Guan, Rulu, and the others were startled. They recognized that the voice belonged to the governor who had killed Mayor Qiao earlier.

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Rulu's expression suddenly turned fierce, and with a grim face, he said, "That guy, that bastard is there too?!"

Captain Guan said, "It should be him. It looks like he wants to personally deal with us."

The anger on Rulu's face disappeared, replaced by a sinister smile: "Very good, perfect. I didn't go looking for him, but he came to me instead. Hahaha..."

As Rulu laughed, he stood up from the vehicle. Just then, a gentle hand grasped his. He turned to see Nana looking at him with a worried expression.

"Rulu, what do you want to do? Don't leave me. I can't lose you again," Nana said, gazing affectionately at Rulu.

Rulu was taken aback. He had planned to personally kill the governor to avenge Mayor Qiao and his wife, but now, after Nana's words, he didn't know what to do.

Captain Guan understood Rulu's thoughts and quickly said, "Leave that governor to Kallen. You don't need to go over personally."

Kallen added, "Don't worry, that guy caused Mayor Qiao's death. I won't let him go."

"Alright then." Rulu wasn't foolish; he knew it would be difficult to fight against the humanoid armored soldiers of the Sanctuary with his own power, so he abandoned his previous idea and said, "If Kallen can't deal with him, I'll step in personally."

"Don't worry, you won't have a chance to step in," Kallen said as she drove the red armored soldier towards the tunnel ahead.

In a short while, she arrived about thirty meters from the entrance of the underground tunnel. Just as Captain Guan had said, four humanoid armored soldiers and other Sanctuary troops guarded the entrance, blocking the way.

"Why are you alone? Where are the others? Afraid to come?" The black humanoid armored soldier advanced a few meters towards Kallen, and a rough male voice came from the helmet.

Kallen recognized this voice as the one that spoke earlier and questioned the black armored soldier, "Are you the governor who killed Mayor Qiao?"

The black humanoid armored soldier laughed, saying, "That old man not only defied my orders but also colluded with you rebels. He deserves to die."

"And what about you?" Kallen said angrily, "You forcibly occupy our homeland, compel us to work for you, causing so many of us to become displaced. Isn't your behavior criminal?"

The governor scoffed and responded arrogantly, "It is only natural for the strong to dominate the weak. You should feel honored to serve us."

Hearing this, Kallen laughed instead of getting angry: "So, if I were stronger than you, I could just kill all of you at will?"

The governor replied, "Do you think you have that capability?"

At that moment, a purple armored soldier came beside the governor and whispered, "Governor, be careful. Just now, this red mech took out two of our armored soldiers. Her movements are quick, and her weapons are powerful. She's hard to deal with."

"Hmph, useless trash, get out of the way and let me show you how to handle her!" The governor scolded harshly. He approached a nearby truck and pulled out a five to six-meter-long brass spear from the cargo area, looking at Kallen and saying:

"I see you seem to have some skill, so I'll give you a special opportunity. As long as you surrender to us and capture all the rebel members for me, I will grant you amnesty and allow you to join our Sanctuary. What do you think?"

"Don't waste your breath," Kallen said as she readied the steel claws on her right hand. "Do you want to come at me all together, or one at a time?"

"Unaware of your own mortality, I alone am enough to deal with you." The governor said as he raised the brass spear and charged rapidly towards Kallen.