The next day at 10:00 AM.
Office area of the National Palace Museum, Kyoto.
Museum director Zhan Chongdao is organizing a routine meeting for the museum's top executives.
"Peng Peng~"
Suddenly, a knocking sound came from the window.
Everyone turned to look.
A drone was seen hovering in the air, repeatedly crashing into the office window.
"Who dares to fly a drone in the National Museum area!"
"This is a no-fly zone in the heart of Kyoto!"
When everyone saw the drone, they were startled by its sudden appearance.
It's important to know that the Palace Museum is located in the heart of the central area of Kyoto.
This area is a no-fly zone for everything, from small drones to commercial airliners!
If an unofficial aircraft is discovered, it could even trigger a military intervention!
"Call the police immediately! Notify the museum's security department to find a way to capture this drone!"
"We absolutely must not allow this drone to fly into the exhibition area, lest it cause accidental damage to the cultural relics!"
"Quickly open the window and let the drone fly in!"
The curator, Zhan Chongdao, couldn't even bother with the meeting.
He immediately stood up and shouted loudly at the head of the security department.
Museum staff sitting by the window quickly opened the window, trying to get the drone to fly into the room.
"Buzz~"
The drone flew in the instant the window was opened.
It hovers directly above the conference table.
Seeing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and quickly closed the windows again.
Even if the drone is carrying dangerous goods, it must never be launched again!
"Whoosh~"
Just as museum staff were considering how to shoot down the drone.
A stack of snow-white paper pieces fell down.
The fluttering pieces of paper landed in front of almost everyone present.
"ah!"
"What happened?"
"Watch out, curator!"
Upon seeing this, several people who were near the drone instinctively took two steps back in a panic.
Some daring individuals picked up the fallen piece of paper and examined it closely.
An address was clearly printed on it.
It is also marked with the words "Location of cultural relics".
"What's going on? It seems like this drone is telling us that there's a place where a large number of precious national cultural relics are hidden?"
Soon, Qi Xingguo, who was also attending the meeting, held up a piece of paper and frowned as he gave feedback to the curator.
Upon hearing this, everyone hurriedly picked up the pieces of paper that had fallen to the ground and began to examine them.
"The location where the stolen cultural relics from the Dragon Kingdom are hidden, please go there immediately..."
Everyone was stunned when they saw it.
"Splash!"
Before everyone could recover from the message on the paper, the drone, which had been flying in the air, suddenly crashed into the glass again.
The sound of shattering glass startled everyone.
After smashing the glass, the mysterious drone quickly disappeared into the sky.
"Quick! Regardless of whether the news is true or false, head to this location immediately to investigate!"
Upon realizing what had happened, the museum director, Zhan Chongdao, immediately stated that he would go to the location indicated by the drone to check it out.
In case of illegal cultural relic transactions, acting quickly can help the country recover its losses!
Since someone dared to risk flying a drone in the heart of Kyoto.
Then they certainly wouldn't play such a pointless prank.
He is most likely one of the people involved in the illegal trade of cultural relics!
"Waaah—"
soon.
Upon receiving the report, the police immediately dispatched five police cars to lead several museum vehicles, speeding towards the location marked on the piece of paper.
It is located in an abandoned steel rolling mill warehouse outside the East Sixth Ring Road.
"What?"
"Palace Museum staff reported that a large number of national treasures were hidden in a steel mill warehouse on the East Sixth Ring Road?"
"Even we police didn't know, so how did they find out?"
When Captain Nie Dongjie, sitting in the police car, learned the reason for the call, he was immediately taken aback.
Are you kidding me?
What kind of cultural relic smugglers would dare to travel to Kyoto to smuggle domestic cultural relics?
Moreover, a large number of national-level precious cultural relics were hidden without the knowledge of the Chinese customs and internet security departments!
"Heh, probably just some unemployed bum making a false police report as a prank!"
"How is this possible..."
The young police officer, Xiao Liu, who was in charge of driving, also looked helpless.
If it were just a regular false alarm, that would be one thing.
It's just that the local police station made a wasted trip.
But this time it was different. Because it involved national cultural relics, the Kyoto Police Department dispatched officers directly to the scene.
It's possible that more than ten police officers will waste a whole day.
"Waaah—"
Several police cars with sirens blaring and flashing lights sped along the highway, causing many vehicles to give way and avoid them.
soon.
Nie Dongjie led a team of five police cars to the abandoned steel rolling mill warehouse.
Police officers from the local police station, who had received advance notice, had already cordoned off the entire abandoned factory.
"Captain Nie, what's going on? Someone said there are a large number of precious cultural relics hidden here?"
"I assure you, that's absolutely impossible!"
“We conducted a special security investigation a couple of days ago, and we searched this abandoned steel plant from the inside out.”
"Don't even mention smuggling national cultural relics, we haven't even smuggled a single carrier pigeon!"
When the local police officers met Nie Dongjie and his group, they made a solemn promise.
They also believe that someone is deliberately making a false police report to disrupt public order.
"Who knows? Experts from the Palace Museum received a tip that cultural relics were hidden here. We'll listen to the experts first."
"Hopefully it was just a false alarm!"
"Sergeant Nie Dongjie said with a frown."
If the Palace Museum's information is true, and there are indeed national cultural relics waiting to be smuggled hidden here, then this matter is very serious.
This could even lead to severe accountability for the head of the Kyoto Police Department.
"This is it! Exactly the same!"
"The photos dropped by the drone show that this is the warehouse!"
Subsequently, the curator, Zhan Chongdao, and others arrived at the scene.
When they arrived at the outside of a dilapidated workshop in an abandoned steel rolling mill, a Palace Museum staff member pointed to the gate and shouted.
"Go up and open the door!"
The security guard in charge of guarding the steel rolling mill, along with several young police officers.
He stepped forward and slowly opened the rusty iron gate of the factory.
"Who went crazy and started triggering the alarm? How could our steel mill possibly be hiding cultural relics..."
"You'd never see a soul here normally!"
"When you get back, you'd better hurry up and arrest the person who made the false police report..."
As he opened the door, smoking a cigarette, Uncle Luo, a security guard in his fifties at the steel mill, grumbled with dissatisfaction.
"I…"
However, before he could finish speaking...
As sunlight streamed into the dark and decaying factory interior.
The scene inside slowly appeared before everyone.
Nie Dongjie and the others, dressed in police uniforms, suddenly widened their eyes, their pupils contracting sharply.
Everyone's vocal cords seemed to be squeezed by an invisible force, and they could not make a sound for a long time.
The first thing to appear before them was...
I had seen it on CCTV and in history books before.
The crown jewel of the British Museum, housed in Hall 33, the Dragon Kingdom Gallery.
Nine-Dragon Wall!
After seeing this antique artifact, which had been dismantled into eight pieces and was decorated in blue and yellow, exuding royal majesty.
Museum curator Zhan Chongdao's legs went weak, and he almost collapsed to the ground.
Behind the Nine Dragon Wall.
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