Prologue

"Wolf Den, Wolf Den, Lone Wolf has parachuted! Repeat, Lone Wolf has parachuted!"

"Wolf Den received!"

"Wolf Den, Wolf Den, equipment pod released! Repeat, equipment pod released!"

"Wolf Den received!"

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"Kill me!"

Suddenly, that familiar ethereal voice echoed in his mind, and before Lone Wolf's eyes, those beautiful eyes seemed to appear once more.

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"Wolf Den, Lone Wolf's terminal signal suddenly disappeared! Lone Wolf's terminal signal vanished midair!"

"Wolf Den, equipment pod signal suddenly disappeared! Equipment pod signal suddenly disappeared!"

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Chapter 1: First Arrival in a Noble Land

Lone Wolf is the codename of William Carter; William Carter is the strongest warrior, an ace sniper, battle-hardened.

William Carter never imagined that just moments ago he was making a night drop, and suddenly it turned to daylight before his eyes. His identity, too, shifted from a lonely single man to someone's fiancé, the secretly cultivated heir of a certain family, and many other roles—though up to now, even William Carter himself didn't know all of them.

Worse still, William Carter discovered that the parachute on his back had suddenly vanished. His body abruptly entered a state of free fall, weightless, plummeting down. In that split second of shock, William Carter began to save himself.

William Carter is a well-trained, powerful warrior. No matter how great the crisis, William Carter treats it as a test for himself, no matter how unreasonable or impossible the situation. The ace sniper's formidable mental fortitude allowed him to calmly observe his surroundings at the very first moment.

About 160 meters from the ground—more than twice the height from the water as the famous suicide spot, the Golden Gate Bridge. Fortunately, there was a sizable lake below. With a slight adjustment, he could fall into the lake.

A glint caught his eye—the equipment pod swept past in the distance, also without a parachute, crashing heavily into the distant mountains. William Carter could only hurriedly memorize the direction; as for the rest of the equipment, he would have to wait until he landed safely.

Adjusting his posture, spreading his body wide to increase wind resistance, William Carter aimed for the lake below.

By the lakeshore below, a group of people were in a standoff—or more precisely, two factions faced off. Strictly speaking, it wasn't much of a standoff; one side was clearly stronger and had already taken control, while the other had become prisoners, completely subdued.

"Grace Dawson, this is the forbidden ground of my The Brooks Family, and the Yuanhun within were painstakingly cultivated by my The Brooks Family ancestors. Do you really dare to defy the world and seize them by force?" The leader of the weaker side was a woman, who was now loudly rebuking the young leader of the other side.

"Emily Brooks, I even dare to capture you—what's breaking into your family's forbidden ground to me?" The young man called Grace Dawson, dressed in finery and clearly of high status, was unfazed by Emily Brooks's rebuke. He stepped forward, gazing with interest at the woman's striking face, and said with a smile, "You're the woman I've set my sights on. Once you become mine, your family's things will be mine too. Why bother distinguishing between The Brooks Family and The Dawson Family? Be good, tell me—which of these hundreds of Yuanhun is the one your family has so carefully nurtured?"

In truth, Grace Dawson was a bit exasperated. After much scheming, he had obtained this top-secret information from a traitor of The Brooks Family, hoping to gain both wealth and beauty, only to find himself in this situation.

Emily Brooks was certainly his woman—no doubt about it. She was already in his hands; he could claim her whenever he wished. The key was the secret Yuanhun that The Brooks Family was rumored to have been cultivating for generations. Damn those The Brooks Family people—there were exactly one hundred Yuanhun in this lake, not one more or less. At first glance, all of them appeared to be the most worthless, insignificant souls; not a single one looked like the one he sought.

It had to be said, the The Brooks Family people were quite adept at hiding things. He had already ordered his men to gather all the Yuanhun into this area of about ten zhang square, but with a hundred identical worthless souls, and only one being the target, unless you were a core member of The Brooks Family, you would have no idea which one it was.

"I have a fiancé. If you dare touch me, aren't you afraid of my fiancé and the family behind him?" Emily Brooks knew she was doomed, but she refused to give up. No matter what, she had to try, even if hope was slim.

"Do you really think I don't have spies in The Brooks Family? Or do you think I found this secret forbidden area, unknown to outsiders, just by luck? Of the seven elders in your The Brooks Family, at least two are secretly in league with my The Dawson Family. Only you, little girl, are kept in the dark." Having come this far, Grace Dawson clearly had no intention of letting things go, nor did he care about revealing more secrets. "If you really have a fiancé, let him come face me. Or are you expecting a fiancé to fall from the sky?"