Su Tang immediately dropped her critical expression. "Then I'll trouble Mr. Hans to take us there."
Led by Hans with utmost respect, the three passed through a hidden door disguised as a bookshelf behind the VIP room and entered a long alloy corridor.
The atmosphere here is completely different from the luxury outside.
The air was filled with a metallic chill, and the blinding white light made it hard to open one's eyes.
There's a guard every three steps and a sentry every five steps.
Along both sides of the passage stood rows of expressionless, armed guards. They wore black combat uniforms, held the latest submachine guns, and their sharp eyes scanned the area.
The shadows on the ceiling and in the corners of the walls are filled with surveillance cameras flashing red dots and laser sensors invisible to the naked eye.
Qin Ye's brain was working at lightning speed.
The passage is 120 meters long, guarded by 32 men in pairs, with crossfire providing comprehensive coverage. Shift changes are expected every 15 minutes, and patrols will depart every 5 minutes.
He memorized all the firepower configurations, patrol routes, and guard positioning habits.
Su Tang, on the other hand, was wearing a pair of high-tech contact lenses.
She linked arms with Qin Ye, seemingly curiously observing everything around her. In reality, the lens was scanning and analyzing the models, frequencies, and system vulnerabilities of all electronic devices within her field of vision at a rate of billions of times per second.
The overall structure of the security system was gradually built up on her retina, and she quickly compared it with the blueprint K had given her to identify the weakest links that had been temporarily modified.
Soon, they arrived at a gate that required iris scanning.
Hans is looking at the scanner, waiting for verification.
"Gentlemen, this is our top-tier, Class A vault. I can guarantee that no one, not even with explosives, can open this door except me!"
As he spoke, he began an extremely complex unlocking procedure: fingerprint, iris scan, voiceprint, dynamic password... The whole process was dazzling to watch.
"Snap—"
With a dull thud of a mechanism turning, the massive door, weighing over a hundred tons, slowly slid open to one side.
The moment the door opened, a gust of cold air mixed with the dry smell unique to the constant temperature system rushed in, and Qin Ye and Su Tang both showed rare expressions of emotion.
The vault wasn't particularly large, but the items neatly arranged in the temperature- and humidity-controlled glass display cases were enough to make any Chinese person feel like they were being torn apart.
Exquisite jade artifacts, priceless calligraphy and paintings, bronze ware exuding the aura of history…
Each one carries a heavy burden of shameful history.
Hans walked ahead like a bandit showing off his spoils, spitting as he introduced them.
“Mrs. Ye, Mr. Ye, look at this. It’s a Tang Dynasty pottery figurine of a court lady. She’s plump and has a vivid expression. It’s so well preserved. It’s a miracle. It’s worth at least this much.” He held up five fingers.
"And this, the Doucai Chicken Cup from the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty. There are only a handful in the world, and we have one here. Last time, a prince from the Middle East wanted to buy it, but I didn't sell it to him."
Su Tang and Qin Ye looked at Hans's disgusting face, their eyes gradually turning cold...
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