After awakening her X-ray vision, the beautiful CEO couldn't sit still any longer.

They went about a kilometer underground and, following the navigation, turned into a narrower, seemingly long-abandoned branch pipe.

After walking for about a few hundred meters, a rusty, heavy iron gate appeared ahead, embedded in the cement wall.

The iron gate had no markings on its surface, only a few unintelligible graffiti that looked like the work of a homeless man from many years ago.

The lynx stopped, knocked on the iron gate three times in a certain rhythm, paused, and then knocked twice more.

A few seconds of deathly silence.

Then, a very faint sound came from inside the iron gate: the sound of metal sliding rails moving.

An inconspicuous little square window on the door, disguised as a rusty patch, was pushed open from the inside.

A pair of wary eyes, hidden in the shadows, appeared behind the window, quickly scanning the group of people outside the door.

The lynx didn't say anything, but simply placed its palm on a seemingly decorative protrusion next to the small window.

A barely perceptible red light swept across the lines of his palm.

"Identity confirmed." A hoarse, deep voice came from inside.

The iron gate creaked heavily as it slowly opened inward.

Inside was a small space, about several tens of square meters, with rough cement walls, a low ceiling, and a few emergency lights emitting a pale white light.

The facilities were extremely simple: a metal table, a few chairs, and a simple bedding roll and a water tank in the corner.

The most eye-catching item is a cubic device placed against the wall that looks quite sophisticated and has complex interfaces.

The screen was dark at the moment, with several thick cables connected to it.

The man who opened the door was a taciturn, burly man dressed in dark work clothes with sharp eyes.

He scanned the crowd, lingering a little longer on Ye Tian and Wang Yuyan.

But he didn't say much, he just stepped aside.

The crowd filed in.

The iron gate closed and locked heavily behind us, completely shutting out the sounds of the sewers.

"This is it." The lynx's voice was exceptionally clear in the enclosed space.

He pointed to the sophisticated equipment and said to Ye Tian:

"Use this to perform non-destructive scanning and inspection of the surveying instrument."

I need to know its internal structure, material composition, and especially the gemstone.

What exactly is wrong?

"Okay." Ye Tian nodded, picked up the instrument box, and walked towards the material analyzer.

He opened the box with steady movements and carefully took out the rusty surveying instrument.

Follow the device instructions to place it on the testing platform and connect the data cable.

Wang Yuyan stood quietly in the corner, seemingly not particularly concerned about the testing process.

But the fingertips of the fingers placed at the side were trembling slightly.

The lynxes and hyenas stood scattered.

The lynx approached the doorway, seemingly listening intently to any sounds outside.

Hyenas are checking the emergency exits inside the safe house.

It was a pipe leading to a deeper part, with a secret door that required a password to open.

The others stood guard near the testing equipment, their eyes fixed intently on Ye Tian's hands as he operated it.

Ye Tian took a deep breath and started the analyzer.

The device hummed, the screen lit up, and displayed a slightly outdated but still fully functional user interface.

He followed the steps and began the initial scan of the surveying instrument.

Surface material analysis, internal structure density analysis, and spectral composition acquisition.

The data appeared line by line on the screen.

He was very careful, after all, it was under the watchful eyes of several sharp-eyed people.

But at the same time, deep in his consciousness, a faint yet familiar warm current quietly rose and spread along the nerve endings in his eyes.

He subtly activated his X-ray vision.

There was no visible change in his field of vision, but in his special perception, the surveying instrument placed on the testing platform seemed to have its outer shell slowly peeled away.

Beneath the rusted metal shell lie even more rusted and stuck precision gears and transmission structures, most of which are completely jammed and lifeless.

Most of the internal pipelines were also broken or blocked.

However, when his clairvoyant vision, like an invisible probe, pierced through numerous obstacles and focused on the very core of the instrument—the pigeon-egg-sized blue gem embedded at the end of the sight tube—it was truly remarkable.

He saw it.

Gemstones do not have a completely natural mineral structure inside.

Beneath the gemstone, in an extremely hidden layer, lies a crystal the size of a grain of rice, irregularly shaped.

The crystal exhibits a deep blue luster, and even under perspective, it emits an extremely faint yet stable halo.

The properties of this halo are strikingly similar to the strange active energy fluctuations he sensed inside the small container of treasure in the sunken ship at the bottom of the sea!

This is not a complete fake!

The outer layer may be a disguise, but the real thing is hidden inside!

Ye Tian's heart skipped a beat, but his face showed no emotion.

He looked up at the people staring intently at him.

He then turned to the lynx, whose brow was furrowed, and said in a professional tone that was a mixture of confusion and regret:

"The surveying instrument's outer casing and internal structure are severely aged and damaged."

It's basically beyond repair and cannot be fixed.

He tapped the magnified image of the focused gem on the screen with his finger:

"The density distribution is very uneven, and there are unnatural structural stratifications inside."

Its spectral reflectance also differs from that of known natural sapphire minerals.

It doesn't look like ordinary material; it's more like a fossil with some kind of complex structure.

However, this equipment lacks the precision to determine the specific components and properties.

More specialized geological and mineral analysis equipment is needed, or...

He paused at the opportune moment, leaving his words unfinished and hinting at a gap in the sentence.

He kept the information about that dark blue crystal firmly buried in his heart.

It is both the greatest potential value and a potential basis for gaining the initiative in complex situations.

Lynx's gaze was fixed on the screen, on the magnified image of the gemstone with its unusual internal structure, his eyes sharp and complex.

He looked at the lifeless surveying instrument again and remained silent for a good ten seconds.

Finally, he looked away from the instrument and instead scanned everyone in the room.

Finally, he raised his wrist to check the time, his voice sounding particularly cold in the enclosed space:

"Rest in place and replenish fluids and energy."

Remain vigilant and await further instructions.

His gaze finally landed on Ye Tian's face, paused for a moment, and then looked away.

Ye Tian lowered his eyelids and looked at his fingers, which were slightly dusty and resting on the edge of the testing platform.

"Rest where you are and await further instructions?"

This means they will be in this enclosed underground space, sharing a fake artifact that may hold a huge secret, and a team of monitors who have just received orders to clean it up.

Things are getting more and more interesting.

The lynx leaned against the door, like a cold statue.

Only the occasional light tapping of his fingers on the gun handle betrayed his inner turmoil.

The hyena was wiping its weapon in the corner, while still guarding the detector, its eyes fixed on Ye Tian like chains.

Wang Yuyan sat in a chair with her eyes closed, as if resting, but her slightly trembling eyelashes showed that she was not relaxed.