The main thing is to make money, and the rest is just a matter of convenience.

Hua Yan has never longed to become stronger than she does now, strong enough to protect every single person in China.

She used to think that what her ancestor had given her was a task she had to complete. Now she knows that it is her responsibility, and she cannot shirk it.

She used to think that making money was more important than anything else, but now she thinks that protecting this country is more important than anything else.

Suddenly, Hua Yan felt as if she had transcended the six realms and, from the perspective of a judge, pronounced that these executioners from Country J would die without a burial place and suffer the punishment of having their bones scattered to the winds.

Their eyes were red, a result of barely suppressing their anger and the urge to destroy.

"Uncle Liang, let's look for things first! Let's collect all the medicines."

These are antidote pills, everyone take them first. These are gas masks I made, everyone put them on.

Hua Yan didn't know what the research results from Country J were or where they were located, so she didn't have any clear goals.

The antidote pills were refined by Hua Yan specifically for this mission. They can cure all poisons. She had already refined five before, and this time she went to great lengths to refine thirty. Not only were the medicinal materials for this pill scarce, but the refining process was also extremely laborious. If it weren't for the batch of medicinal materials she collected from Gui Shan's family, she probably wouldn't have been able to refine them at all.

Hua Yan has now arranged for Xiao Guai and Fang Hua to cultivate medicinal herbs. Fortunately, Plum Blossom Valley is suitable for the growth of medicinal herbs, and the growth is faster than in the outside world, which has solved her urgent problem.

The gas mask was made by combining the gas mask from her previous life. That one was too big and inconvenient to wear, so she made a simple one to protect her mouth, nose and eyes.

The group put on masks and began searching for anything suspicious.

At this moment, Qiu Bao had returned to the space and was communicating with Hua Yan using his consciousness.

"Jiu'er, what exactly are you looking for?"

"I don't know, it's probably some kind of medicine. They must have hidden it very well."

Qiu Bao didn't say anything and started using his consciousness to search for things like medicine bottles.

Because the space was too large, the group split up to search, which would improve efficiency.

Once acting alone, Qiu Bao became fearless, slipping out of the space and beginning to probe.

"Ouch!" A scream rang out. Although the space was large, it was relatively quiet, and everyone heard the sound.

Without any hesitation, everyone ran towards the direction from which the sound came.

"Xia Jiu, what's wrong?"

This time, Liu Liang led a group of people from the "lower" generation, who were specifically assigned to missions outside the region.

"Boss, I got bitten by a big rat. I was focused on finding something and didn't notice the rat that suddenly jumped out, and it was such a big one."

When Xia Jiu spoke, he even gestured.

Judging from his gestures, Liu Liang felt that the size was not like a mouse, but more like an adult rabbit.

"Are you sure it's a rat, and not something else?"

"It's a mouse, I'm not mistaken."

Xia Jiu looked certain.

Hua Yan's heart tightened. How could there be such a large rat? Could it be a genetic mutation? If that were the case, then this underground research would be even more terrifying.

"Let me see your wound."

"It's alright, the mouse didn't bite us..."

Xia Jiu realized something was wrong; rats could potentially carry the plague.

Hua Yan bent down to examine Xiao Jiu's legs, and what she saw startled her. Through the thin fabric of his pants, she could see clear teeth marks, and the marks were stained with blood, showing signs of swelling.

Hua Yan immediately took out silver needles from her bag, heated them over a fire for a while, and then quickly inserted them around the wound. She had been given an antidote pill before, and its effects were still present; the fact that the swelling was still so pronounced indicated that the rat was highly toxic.

Everyone watched Hua Yan nervously, and Hua Yan also nervously observed Xia Jiu's wound. After a while, the swelling disappeared, and yellowish pus oozed out.

It seems that the antidote pills weren't ineffective; rather, the immediate detoxification process activated a protective mechanism to combat the rat's toxicity, causing swelling and then expelling the toxins from the body.

Hua Yan breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the antidote pills were still effective; otherwise, there really wouldn't have been an effective antidote for a while.

These rats are extremely dangerous. If they were to escape from their burrows, they would pose a huge threat to the local people. Fortunately, this is a deep mountain area, and no one is likely to come here easily.

However, Hua Yan still dared not gamble on this potential danger. Once she found the research results left behind by Country J, she would have to exterminate all these rats.

"Everyone be careful. If you spot a rat, try to avoid it or kill it."

Hua Yan wanted someone to catch a live one so she could study it, but then she thought it was too dangerous and decided to catch it herself!

She had already given Qiu Bao orders to lure all the rats to one place and then poison them.

There were pills in the space that rats liked, so attracting them wouldn't be a problem. Qiu Bao quickly went to scout out a suitable spot to kill the beasts.

Hua Yan is no longer concerned with this matter; finding J Country's biological weapons is more important now.

The crowd quickly dispersed and resumed their search.

Finding something in such a large cave is incredibly difficult. Hiding something is easy, but finding it requires a hundred times the effort.

Before the group could find what they were looking for, they heard a cacophony of voices. Although it wasn't close, the area was so quiet that the sounds carried far. Mainly, the people weren't keeping their voices down; they assumed they were alone.

Others couldn't understand, but Hua Yan could: the people from Japan had arrived. She hadn't expected them to still be in the mountains so late, and to be able to find the entrance so accurately; their coordinates must be very precise.

What Hua Yan didn't know was that these Japanese people also searched for three hours before finding an entrance that was different from Hua Yan's group.

"Everyone, take cover and turn off all your personal lighting."

Although Liu Liang couldn't understand what they were saying, he had spent several months in Japan and knew their speech patterns.

Fortunately, everyone was tired, so Hua Yan gathered them together to rest for a while, which prevented them from encountering the Japanese people alone.

Everyone reacted very quickly; as soon as Liu Liang finished speaking, the surroundings were plunged into darkness.

The sound grew closer. Hua Yan knew that if she didn't move, she would be discovered sooner or later. Her mind raced, and she reacted quickly. She immediately formed a hand seal, and a spatial barrier enveloped everyone.

In the darkness, no one knew what Hua Yan had done. They watched nervously as the light source drew closer and the sound grew clearer.

Suddenly someone shouted from ahead: "Sir, there's a hidden door here, it's blended into the wall."

Hua Yan listened carefully, then turned to Liu Liang and said, "Uncle Liang, I'll go take a look."

After saying that, without waiting for Liu Liang's response, he had already passed through the barrier and run towards the direction of the sound.

Liu Liang instinctively tried to stop her, but Hua Yan was too fast, and he didn't have time. Without hesitation, he followed her.

With a "clang," Liu Liang was bounced back by something invisible. He tried several more times, but nothing changed.

In the end, Liu Liang gave up and let others try, but the result was the same: no one could get out of the barrier.

There was hardly any light, not even the faintest starlight, so no one saw how Hua Yan walked.

Approaching the J-country people, Hua Yan slipped into Plum Blossom Valley and quietly observed them.

"Sir, this secret door is rusted shut. Will forcing it open damage what's inside?"

A bespectacled, bearded man who looked somewhat refined pondered for a moment and then said:

"According to the records, what we need to retrieve isn't very large. Judging from the size of this hidden door, it should be just big enough to fit. If we force it open, we might damage what's inside."

We need to find a feasible solution; we can't act rashly. If we fail, we can't afford the consequences.

The crowd fell silent, unsure whether they were trying to come up with a solution or waiting for someone else to do so.

Hua Yan, inside the space, asked Qiu Bao, "Qiu Bao, can you take it out without anyone noticing?"

“Okay, we’ll make a hole somewhere else and take it out from the back.”

Hehe! I must say, this is one way, it's just a bit of a hassle.

Hehe! Difficult? That's impossible. Who is Qiu Bao? A spirit born from the essence of heaven and earth.