Xi Xi has been living a very comfortable life these past few days!
So much so that she only snapped out of her daze when the All-Seeing Guardian sounded the alarm and quickly summoned all the members.
...
"Sis, you didn't see it! We just pried open their portholes and forced our way in! Ha! Those old white men were such weaklings, they were like plucked chickens, they didn't even put up a decent fight..."
Cheng Xu, who had just returned victorious, was sitting at the dining table, looking radiant as he spoke to Xi Xi.
The RV was filled with a mouthwatering aroma of roasting.
Just as he was about to touch the golden-brown, crispy lotus root sandwich, a slender rolling pin struck the back of his hand with precision and speed, making a crisp sound.
"Go wash your hands!" Cheng Ma frowned, her voice not loud but carrying an undeniable authority.
Cheng Xu let out a "whoosh" and withdrew his hand, muttering pitifully, "Mom... I just came back after doing something great..." But his gaze was still lingering on the fried lotus root box, and his Adam's apple bobbed involuntarily.
"No matter how great the achievement, hygiene is still important! Hurry up!"
With a swift movement, Li Jinshao silently entered. He was wearing the same dark gray insulated diving suit as Cheng Xu, with high-pressure water crossbow launchers fused to his arm armor.
This was made by Cheng's mother and Xi's mother this morning, and there is only one of them for now.
Compared to Cheng Xu, Li Jinshao was much cleaner, with only a few water stains on her shoulders and trouser legs.
His face was calm, with a hint of barely perceptible fatigue. His gaze swept over Cheng Xu, who was rubbing the back of his hand and grimacing, and a very faint smile appeared on his lips.
While rubbing the stains off his hands, Cheng Xu continued to chatter through the sound of water, trying to salvage his earlier embarrassment.
According to him, the newly hijacked submarine came from Clinton's H team. Judging from its size, it was about the same size as the W team's pleasure submarine that they had previously taken down, but the interior decoration and atmosphere were completely different and unrelated!
"These old folks live more carefree lives than anyone else!" Cheng Xu picked up a piece of fried lotus root with his chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth, making a crunching sound as he continued to describe his fantastical adventures indistinctly.
"It's a complete luxury health club inside! Seriously, I'm not kidding! Massage chairs, infrared therapy lamps—it looks ridiculously expensive!"
"Can you believe it? They even have all kinds of moxibustion, cupping, and acupuncture!"
"What's the most outrageous thing? You'd never guess!" Cheng Xu paused deliberately, keeping everyone in suspense.
"The widest part in the middle of the ship was completely hollowed out and filled with a steaming mineral hot spring! Bubbling and steaming! Those old guys were soaking in that hot spring! Completely naked... and they even had people serving them!"
Cheng Xu didn't describe the even more sordid and unpleasant scenes in detail.
A look of disbelief and disgust crossed Cheng's mother's face, as if she had seen something extremely filthy: "How could they even think of that! Aren't they afraid the steam will short-circuit the circuit?"
Cheng Xu grinned smugly: "Luckily we were well prepared. My brother—" He pointed to Li Jinshao beside him, "that's what you call quick-witted and nimble-fingered!"
Li Jinshao and Cheng Xu had previously studied Clinton's power system together, so Li Jinshao was able to pinpoint the location of the main control circuit board at a glance.
Cheng Xu demonstrated an extremely sharp slashing motion: "With a swift and clean stroke, the entire cabin went black in an instant!"
"Those old geezers were screaming in terror in the water, and before they could even react, Brother Li kicked each of them like a football, splashing them all into the sea!"
"Their movements were incredibly fast, accurate, and ruthless! On the main submarine next door, their people reacted quickly, yelling and scrambling to jump in and rescue people, creating complete chaos."
As Cheng Xu spoke, he chewed the fried lotus root slices vigorously, as if savoring the taste of victory.
Cheng's father came over with a plate of freshly made fish-fragrant eggplant. Watching him wolf it down, he couldn't help but nag, "Eat slowly! Nobody's going to take it from you! These eggplants were just harvested today, everyone should try some..."
Xi Xi nodded in agreement and accepted a bowl of millet porridge that Chu Zhiqin had just cooked.
Li Jinshao, who was standing to the side, unfastened the clasp, took off the heavy arm armor, and talked to Xi Ma about the actual experience of using the diving suit.
“Water was flooding the cabin, so I tried to use this water crossbow to damage the main power system,” Li Jinshao’s voice was low and steady, “but it’s too heavy, and it’s not easy to aim in the water…”
Chu Zhiqin immediately noted down Li Jinshao's feedback, and she and Cheng Ma pushed each other, exchanging words as they discussed improvement strategies.
Li Jinshao then looked at Xi Xi.
“You guessed right,” he looked up, his gaze calmly meeting her eyes, and shook his head. “They are indeed a den of snakes and rats, and they are even more well hidden than Team W.”
"The ledgers have been found?"
"Hmm. A cunning rabbit has three burrows."
These elderly white men were quite shrewd; they hid the real and fake ledgers in several different places.
"An invisible box?" Xi Xi frowned.
“Literally invisible.” Li Jinshao stopped picking up food. “The outer shell is similar to… hiss, it uses some kind of special optical refractive material, completely blending into the background. It’s about this size.”
He gestured the outline of a cuboid slightly larger than a shoebox: "It's in a tricky spot, embedded in a cabinet behind a large potted plant next to the hot spring pool."
If Cheng Xu hadn't tripped and accidentally knocked over the potted plant, causing the decorative crystal on top of the cabinet to roll down and hit the hidden box, they might still be searching for it now.
"The box was shaken by the impact, briefly malfunctioned for a few seconds, revealing its outline, and then instantly 'disappeared.' In that split second, I saw its location!"
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