Chapter 1

As the snow fell gently, the earth was covered with a thick layer of white.

Night had fallen, but the reflection of the snow made the night not seem so dark.

The flag of the Cao family fluttered on the city wall of Wan Cheng. Despite wearing thick winter clothes, the soldiers guarding the city wall were still shivering from the cold.

Cao Shuo stood by the window, looking at the snow-covered courtyard.

Although the snow scene was beautiful, he had no heart to appreciate it.

He knew what would happen in the near future, and the events to come were closely related to his life.

It had been three days since he arrived in this era. Although he understood that he had traveled through time, Cao Shuo was still a bit confused.

He was originally a special forces soldier from two thousand years in the future, but he inexplicably ended up here, becoming Cao Cao's second son!

What left him even more speechless was that Cao Cao had left Wan Cheng for the military camp outside the city. At the time, he was seriously ill and needed to avoid the cold to receive treatment, so he was left in the city!

Cao Cao's original intention was to provide better treatment for his son, but he never expected that Zhang Xiu would turn against him soon.

Staying in Wan Cheng, he would have a higher chance of dying than surviving.

In his previous life as a special forces soldier, he often had to carry out missions and rarely had the opportunity to return home.

In this era, he had unexpectedly gained a powerful and loving father, but he was inadvertently put in a dangerous situation by his father!

He needed to find a way out.

Cao Shuo muttered to himself, thinking that if he could leave Wan Cheng, he might be able to warn Cao Cao to be cautious about Zhang Xiu, who had been stationed in Wan Cheng for many years.

Even if it was already too late to change the course of Zhang Xiu's rebellion, leaving the city would give him a much better chance of survival than staying in the city.

His gaze fell on the Zhang Xiu soldiers stationed every three steps and five paces in the courtyard.

If Zhang Xiu hadn't turned against them, these people would undoubtedly be there to protect him.

Unfortunately, his "cheap" father was probably enjoying himself with Zhang Xiu's aunt in bed, unaware that while he was indulging himself, he was also putting his second son's life on the line.

As he was pondering how to bypass the guards and leave Wan Cheng, Cao Shuo saw two people quickly approaching in the darkness.

The two people who approached were the guards Cao Cao had left to protect him.

The guards didn't announce their arrival; they entered the room and closed the door behind them. One of them whispered to Cao Shuo, "Young Master, hurry and leave, Zhang Xiu has rebelled!"

The more he worried, the more it happened. Cao Shuo asked, "When did this happen?"

"Just now," the guard replied. "Take advantage of the fact that the guards here don't know yet, and leave with us quickly!"

Cao Shuo was certainly not foolish enough to stay and wait for death when he knew danger was coming.

He said to the guards, "We can't leave like this. You two are wearing Cao family armor, and my appearance is even more noticeable."

"We can't wait any longer!" the guard urged anxiously.

"Call three guards in," Cao Shuo instructed the guards. "Trick them into the room, knock them out, and change into Zhang Xiu's soldiers' armor before leaving!"

The situation was extremely urgent, and the two guards were eager to carry Cao Shuo away immediately.

However, this second son was calm, which made them even more anxious.

Cao Shuo wanted to change into Zhang Xiu's soldiers' armor, and the guards didn't dare to say much. One of them left the room.

Cao Shuo looked at his hands and smiled slightly, a hint of helplessness in his expression.

The previous Cao Shuo's body was too weak.

Cao Cao had brought him to Wan Cheng to give him more experience, but he ended up falling ill!

If it were before he traveled through time, he could have handled the three guards entering the room on his own.

But with this current body...

He could only think of escaping first and consider strengthening his body later!

The guard left the room, and Cao Shuo and the other guard quickly hid behind the door.

After a moment, the guard returned with three Zhang Xiu soldiers.

When they entered the room and didn't see Cao Shuo, one of the Zhang Xiu soldiers said, puzzled, "Where is the Young Master? We didn't see him leave."

"Here," Cao Shuo didn't suddenly attack the three Zhang Xiu soldiers when they were off guard. Instead, he smiled and responded.

Seeing him hiding behind the door, the three Zhang Xiu soldiers bowed together, "The Young Master called us in. What do you need?"

"Something very important," Cao Shuo said to one of the Zhang Xiu soldiers with a smile. "Come closer and listen."

Although Zhang Xiu's rebellion was planned, it wasn't known by every soldier.

The two guards had learned of the news through informants in the city, but the Zhang Xiu soldiers responsible for protecting Cao Shuo didn't know what was happening outside.

They weren't on guard against Cao Shuo.

The Zhang Xiu soldier Cao Shuo called over approached him, and the two guards also quietly moved closer to the other two Zhang Xiu soldiers.

"I'll tell you..." Cao Shuo stood next to the Zhang Xiu soldier, pretending to whisper in his ear. Suddenly, he drew a short sword and stabbed the soldier in the heart.

The Zhang Xiu soldier was completely unprepared, waiting for Cao Shuo to speak. He was stabbed through the heart, his eyes wide open, and his mouth was tightly covered by Cao Shuo, unable to make a sound.

The other two Zhang Xiu soldiers, seeing this, were shocked and tried to draw their swords, but their mouths were covered by the guards behind them. Two short swords then pierced their backs.

"The clothes are bloody, but they'll have to do," Cao Shuo said to the two guards as he stripped the armor off one of the Zhang Xiu soldiers. "Our lives are more important. This isn't the time to worry about cleanliness."

The two guards were stunned by Cao Shuo's actions.

They had planned to deal with the two in front of them and then take out the third one together.

They didn't expect Cao Shuo to act faster and more ruthlessly than they did!

In their memory, Cao Cao's second son had never killed anyone; he was just a weak and sickly man.

But the Cao Shuo before them left them in shock.

Not only did he kill without hesitation, but he remained calm afterward, like the snow outside.

For someone who had never killed before, to act like this on their first kill, they were either a natural-born killer or a natural-born psychopath!

What they didn't know was that the Cao Shuo changing clothes was no longer the same person they knew.

The Cao Shuo they knew was gone, and now a powerful soul was hiding in this body!

Before coming to this era, Cao Shuo was a special forces soldier in a time of peace, but he had carried out many special missions.

For him, killing a few people was no different from squashing a few chickens.

Psychological trauma from killing?

That was for the Cao Shuo before he became a soldier!

After changing into the armor of the dead Zhang Xiu soldiers, Cao Shuo nodded to the two guards, and the three of them left the room.

Since they were wearing Zhang Xiu's soldiers' uniforms, the guards outside didn't ask many questions, though they found it strange that the three of them left the room and went directly out of the courtyard.

They thought Cao Shuo must have called them in for some reason, so the other guards were at ease.

Leaving their residence, Cao Shuo led the two guards at a quick pace.

Before they reached the outer courtyard, they saw a group of people coming their way.

At the front of the group was a tall, armored general!