Chapter 431: Chapter 427 How to deal with Tom? Chapter 431: Chapter 427 How to deal with Tom? Seeing Fang Xiaocao finally recognize herself, Brainless happily shook his head and wagged his tail, as joyful as a large dog.

Indeed, it was Brainless. Fang Xiaocao also breathed a sigh of relief, walked over, and patted the dusty Brainless, “Where did you run off to?”

Brainless squatted on the ground, pointing at the ruins not far away. There was a hole there, and on the broken stones at the entrance, a few strands of black long hair drifted in the wind, evidently Brainless had just crawled out from there.

Fang Xiaocao smiled and rubbed Brainless’s head, “It’s good you’re back, it’s good you’re back.”

After carefully examining Brainless and finding that besides being covered in dust, he was unharmed, Fang Xiaocao breathed another sigh of relief.

With Brainless back, she was no longer fighting alone. She need not fear the enemies anymore.

As long as the enemies weren’t too many and too strong, with Brainless handling the front and output, together with her hypnotism managing control from the side, they wouldn’t have too much difficulty coping.

Taking Brainless with her, she approached Taotie.

The two of them sat on the ruins, quietly waiting for Jiang Xinyan’s rescue.

Fang Xiaocao didn’t wake Taotie. She knew Taotie’s internal injuries were severe, and it was not suitable to move around; continuing to sleep was beneficial for his condition.

Half an hour later!

The sound of helicopter blades started up again.

Fang Xiaocao pulled Brainless and hid under the ruins, quietly watching the helicopter.

Having learned her lesson from the previous Pawnshop incident, before confirming whether they were friend or foe, Fang Xiaocao dared not recklessly show her face.

In case it was an enemy, the other side might have guns.

No matter how powerful her hypnotism was, it couldn’t hypnotize bullets.

Quickly, the helicopter landed.

The moment the cabin door opened, the heart Fang Xiaocao was holding was finally put down.

The first person to walk down from the helicopter was from the Tomb Raider Sect, the contemporary Sect Master, Jiang Xinyan.

Following Jiang Xinyan down the helicopter were Hei Ta and Unhappy.

Besides the three, there were two medical staff who also descended from the helicopter.

“Brainless, don’t be nervous, it’s our own people.”

Fang Xiaocao patted Brainless, who was already in combat mode, beside her.

Hearing Fang Xiaocao’s words, the tense Brainless’s body immediately relaxed.

He looked up at Fang Xiaocao.

Fang Xiaocao smiled, stood up, and walked out of the ruins with Brainless closely following her for protection.

“Xinyan, I’m here.”

Fang Xiaocao waved to Jiang Xinyan.

Seeing Fang Xiaocao, Jiang Xinyan immediately ran over and knelt on one knee before Fang Xiaocao.

“Princess Your Highness, I’ve arrived late.”

“Please punish me,” Jiang Xinyan said gravely.

Fang Xiaocao smiled slightly, “Xinyan, it’s no mistake for you to come here.”

Saying this, she bent down to help Jiang Xinyan up.

“Princess Your Highness, how’s my Taotie?”

Jiang Xinyan looked around, not seeing Taotie, and asked anxiously.

“Taotie has suffered severe internal injuries and should not move too much. I used hypnosis to put him into a deep sleep. You’ve come just in time. First, take Taotie back for treatment with the helicopter, and bring some tools to open this iron wreckage–Tom is still trapped inside,” Fang Xiaocao said gravely.

Upon hearing Fang Xiaocao mention that Taotie was injured…

And it was quite serious.

Jiang Xinyan visibly panicked.

Seeing Jiang Xinyan’s anxious demeanor, Fang Xiaocao took her to Taotie’s side.

“Taotie’s injury is internal; no external parts are missing.”

Watching Jiang Xinyan frantically search for wounds on Taotie, Fang Xiaocao smirked.

With a shy smile, Jiang Xinyan beckoned the two medical staff, lifted Taotie, and headed towards the helicopter, “Princess Your Highness, I’ll transport Taotie back first. In half an hour, I’ll return with people and tools to rescue Tom. Hei Ta and Unhappy will stay behind to protect you.”

Fang Xiaocao knew Jiang Xinyan was eager to rescue her husband, so she didn’t say much.

“Take Brainless with you to protect you, and just send someone to accompany Taotie.”

Fang Xiaocao squatted down, patted Brainless on the head, and instructed, “Brainless, I order you to protect that sister.”

Saying this, Fang Xiaocao crouched down and pointed towards Jiang Xinyan next to the airplane.

Brainless looked at Jiang Xinyan and nodded.

“Princess Your Highness, this isn’t good,”
“This place is too dangerous…” Jiang Xinyan tried to persuade her.

Fang Xiaocao waved her hand, “Don’t worry, I have Hei Ta and Unhappy here, no one can hurt me. You take Brainless back.”

“Though Brainless only has First-Class strength, when unleashing full power, he’s comparable to a Top-tier. Your safety and Nannan’s is also very important.”

Moved by Fang Xiaocao’s words, Jiang Xinyan nodded gratefully, “Thank you, Princess Your Highness.”

“Brainless, come to sister.”

With that, Jiang Xinyan called for Brainless; Brainless looked up at Fang Xiaocao, and upon seeing her nod, finally crawled towards Jiang Xinyan and boarded the helicopter together.

Fang Xiaocao watched the helicopter slowly take off and only looked away when it turned into a small black dot.

For some reason, Fang Xiaocao felt unease lurking within her heart.

But she didn’t know what the problem was.

Shaking her head, Fang Xiaocao looked towards the vault which was now completely buried in the rubble, with only the topmost layer of metal visible.

Digging the vault out without heavy machinery and relying solely on manpower was an uncertain job that could take forever, especially with the vault door potentially deformed by the explosion. Given the level of security of this vault door, even a slight deformation would make it impossible to open.

Thus, cutting through it seemed a more reliable method.

Bringing in a large diesel generator along with specialized cutting machinery might do the trick.

If that didn’t work…
At this thought, Fang Xiaocao displayed a helpless expression, “Then, we’ll just have to dig it out first.”

Even if they managed to excavate the vault, transporting it back was another huge challenge.

The vault, spanning dozens of square meters and made entirely of thick metal, was immeasurably heavy; transporting it back would be difficult.

Even if all problems were solved, Tom inside the vault wouldn’t likely survive.

With vehicles going back and forth, even without resting the men, but only the machines, it would still take a week, but how long could the oxygen in the vault last?

It wasn’t even noon yet; by noon, exposed to the hot desert sun, the iron mass would heat up enough to cook squid on. What difference was there for Tom inside the vault from being in an oven?

So hot, without water…
Could Tom really endure until tonight?

Considering these points, Fang Xiaocao couldn’t dare to think further.

If Jiang Xinyan’s cutting tools failed to breach the vault’s defenses, Tom would definitively see death.

Fang Xiaocao calculated over and over, it seemed that breaking into the vault was Tom’s only chance of survival…