Chapter 1819 - 2121: Vault Infiltration (2)
"Ling Chen, I found the list in their server."
"Any discoveries?"
"There are forty-five people on the list, with four being anonymous. I checked the other forty-one, and didn’t find anything special."
"Tell me the vault numbers of those four anonymous ones, I’ll have a look."
Guided by Hu Fei, Ling Chen quickly arrived in front of Vault No. 12. Looking at the heavy vault door, he felt a headache and asked, "Fatty, is there any way to open it?"
"Don’t worry, each vault has a separate password control, and I have control over their system now, so all permissions are open to me." As soon as Hu Fei finished speaking, the vault door in front of Ling Chen immediately opened. Besides this door, the other three doors also opened.
Walking into the vault, what he saw was a cardboard box inside, piled with many files. He randomly picked up a document and glanced at it, then turned to walk to another vault. When he reached the third vault, he saw a two-meter-long wooden box inside. Approaching it, he examined it closely and found the cover nailed shut with no gaps.
At that moment, he took out a dagger from his waist, inserted it directly into the edge of the cover, and pried fiercely. The entire cover came off instantly. Upon seeing the contents of the wooden box, Ling Chen’s face changed suddenly, and he quickly backed off a few steps.
This... this... He swallowed hard, his breathing becoming involuntarily heavy.
It seemed Hu Fei noticed something was amiss with Ling Chen, and he quickly asked, "What happened?"
Ling Chen didn’t reply, instead he slowly walked to the wooden box, carefully stretched out his hand. After a while, he let out a breath and replied, "I’m fine. I think I might have found what we’re looking for." He paused briefly, as if remembering something, and asked, "Can you check how long the items have been stored in Vault No. 16?"
"Over sixty years," Hu Fei replied, "The records show that since the item was stored, no one has come to claim it. Later on, as the company moved elsewhere, they transferred the items here." At this, he curiously asked, "What’s inside it?"
"A person."
"A person?" Hu Fei was startled and asked, "What sort of person? A dead one?"
"Let’s not talk about that now, find a way to get me out."
"There’s only one way to get out, retrace the way back. If it were just one person, it would be easy, but now two... this is probably a bit troublesome... huh?"
"What is it?"
"Something’s happened!" Hu Fei’s voice suddenly turned grim, "The building is under attack, about ten people, probably the Netherworld Snake’s people."
"Likely because their previous operations were exposed, Netherworld Snake is worried we’d strike first, hence they’re taking action hastily."
"That seems to be the case. Hmph! These guys are really bold, knowing this company has government connections yet daringly making a move, they must be tired of living. Be careful, if nothing surprising happens, they’ll soon reach the underground vaults."
Ling Chen acknowledged, then lifted the body from the wooden box onto his shoulder and hurried towards the elevator. Outside the elevator, he found a corner to hide. Before long, he saw the elevator slowly descend to the basement level. As the elevator doors opened, six people quickly rushed out. Ling Chen focused, noticing the leader of Netherworld Snake, Chen Derong, among them. Moreover, they were holding a middle-aged man, who was Manager Li of the company.
Watching them head down the corridor, Ling Chen immediately moved into the elevator. As the elevator reached the floor, Ling Chen, carrying the corpse, stepped out, prepared to leave, but two Netherworld Snake members rushed over and blocked his way.
"Put the item down!"
Ling Chen glanced at them, slightly raised his lips, and smilingly asked, "Are you talking to me, gentlemen?"
At this moment, a Netherworld Snake member picked up his walkie-talkie and urgently said, "Big Leader, we’ve found Ling Chen, you’d better come up right away."
Hearing this, Ling Chen’s face turned serious. Without further ado, he charged at them. In mere moments, the two members of Netherworld Snake were down. Out of the room, Ling Chen didn’t take the stairs, instead jumped directly out of the window. Upon landing, a business car swiftly pulled up in front of him.
Getting in the car, Ling Chen set the corpse down, leaned against the seat, and let out a long breath. Luckily, thanks to Chen Derong and his group, otherwise he truly wouldn’t know how to escape.
"Fatty, where are their people?"
Beside him, Hu Fei had a laptop on his lap, fingers flying as he continuously tapped codes. Hearing Ling Chen’s question, he replied, "Don’t worry, those guys are all trapped in the basement vaults. I locked down the elevator from the background; no one can use it. Even if they took Manager Li down there, they couldn’t ride the elevator up. Moreover, I just received a message that the police are rushing over and won’t be long before they arrive at the scene."
After finishing, Hu Fei turned and looked at the corpse in the car.
"Oh my!" Just a glance, Hu Fei was instantly frightened and jumped from his seat, his head hitting the car roof.
"What are you doing?" Ling Chen asked, "It’s just a corpse, is there any need to be so scared?"
Hu Fei swallowed and pointed at the corpse, his voice trembling, "Did... did you not notice? He... he seemed to... glance at me."
"Really?" Ling Chen was taken aback, quickly looking at the body, but its eyes remained shut. "Fatty, did you see wrong? I just checked; he’s definitely dead." Despite saying this, there was a hint of concern in his mind. According to the records, the corpse had been stored in the wooden box for sixty years; could any corpse remain uncorrupted at room temperature for sixty years? Clearly, this corpse is rather peculiar, possibly related to Ling Gengqiu and his kind.
Thinking of this, Ling Chen found some ropes from the back of the car and tied the corpse’s hands and feet tightly, just in case.
Twenty minutes later, the car finally reached the base.
"What a pity!"
Hearing Hu Fei muttering to himself, Ling Chen asked, "What is it?"
"I lost connection with the vault’s system; perhaps they found the signal transmitter and cut the signal. However, the police have surrounded the entire building, and both sides are in a standoff; it’s uncertain if they’ll catch anyone inside."
"No need to watch, they definitely won’t stop Netherworld Snake’s people," said Ling Chen. After all, Chen Derong is a master of the Heavenly List, if he wants to leave, those police surely can’t hold him.
"Let’s go, right now figuring out the secret of this corpse is the most important."
(After the year, started preparing a new book, it’s an urban cultivation novel. The beginning feels especially thrilling, while this Ling Chen book is still too mild in some ways, quite a pity. Nevertheless, it’s near the end, giving a notice in advance.)