Reborn in 1993, Dark Sea

On the mountainside of the Royal Dragon Seaview Villa District

Holding binoculars, An Xiaohai observed the Yulong Wanghai villa complex across the street without moving. From this distance, the entire Yulong Wanghai villa complex looked more and more like a fortress.

An Xiaohai was accompanied by Pan Zhuangzhuang and He Xiaohu, who were also observing the Yulong Wanghai villa area with binoculars. In addition to observing the Yulong Wanghai villa area, He Xiaohu would also occasionally look at another mountain.

"Boss, are they really okay doing this?" On another hilltop, Mai Xiaoyu whispered to 073 beside her.

"No problem," 073 said with a smile, putting down his binoculars.

Do you think An Xiaohai can see through the mystery?

I don't think it's a big problem.

"Boss, stop brushing me off with 'it's no big deal'! I really don't know where you get such confidence in An Xiaohai!"

"Is there even a question? Their presence there, observing the Royal Dragon Overlooking the Sea villa area, already speaks volumes, doesn't it?"

"Isn't this how scouting locations always goes?"

"It's different," 073 shook his head: "Didn't you see the code that Xiaohu and I typed out with our fingers just now? An Xiaohai didn't ask them to pay attention to the situation inside the villa area, but to look for traces of artificial construction on the mountain."

Isn't that obvious enough?

"So that's how it is! He Xiaohu actually became a spy too!" Mai Xiaoyu said, pouting.

"How could you say that about He Xiaohu? He's very interested in you."

"Boss, you're here again!"

Mai Xiaoyu rolled her eyes at 073 and continued to observe through the binoculars, while 073 pointed in He Xiaohu's direction and tapped out a command with her finger.

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"Xiao Hai, keep an eye on the villa area's perimeter wall, especially that hillside near the corner. I think there's something wrong there!" He Xiaohu said after receiving instructions from 073.

"Yes, I'm looking at that area, and something does look a bit off."

"The sea, what are we looking for?"

"elevator."

"elevator?"

"Yes, I believe that there is a secret passage leading directly to an elevator where Zhu Polong lives. He could take the elevator through the secret passage to reach the foot of the mountain. The place where the elevator stops should be where he buried the treasure chest."

"Wait a minute, Hai, didn't you say his treasure chest was buried under the plaza at the entrance of the villa area?"

"I did have that idea before, but I've now overturned it."

Why?

"Because burying the treasure chest there is still dangerous. If the entire villa area is surrounded, he still can't escape. But if there is a hidden elevator that can go directly to the foot of the mountain, then it's a different story."

"I understand. This way, we can not only escape but also break out of the encirclement... So, there's probably still a car in the elevator at the foot of the mountain! That way, we can take as much stuff as we need!"

"Yes, that's very likely. There should be a hidden garage at the foot of the mountain. An elevator plus a garage, and the exterior has to be disguised as a mountain. That's quite a lot of work."

"Then why don't we go look at the foot of the mountain over there... Oh no, that would be too easy to expose us and alert them..." After contradicting himself, Pan Zhuangzhuang raised his binoculars again to observe carefully.

After this discussion, the mountain wall looked even more unnatural, and upon closer inspection, one could find many traces of human construction.

"Hai, why are they building an elevator on the mountainside? Wouldn't it be better to just drill a hole down?"

"It's unrealistic," He Xiaohu shook his head. "It's too difficult and extremely dangerous to carve such a long vertical cave into a rocky mountain. It's too technically difficult to achieve unless they can get their hands on a tunnel boring machine that can drill vertically. It's unrealistic."

"Understood!" Pan Zhuangzhuang nodded.

An Xiaohai sighed inwardly, thinking that Pan Zhuangzhuang was being cute again.

Although he had found a clue, An Xiaohai did not immediately end his observation. Instead, he went to several other locations to check, almost circling the entire Yulong Wanghai villa area. By the time he finished his observation, it was already dark.

When he got home, Yan Hong and Xiao Luo were already waiting there. As soon as An Xiaohai walked in, Yan Hong jumped up like a spring.

"Xiao Hai, we've confirmed it. We've found a total of 37 cars that may have been carrying cash! These cars are scattered a bit, with some places having four or five cars and others having only one."

These guys are unbelievable! 37 cars, that's 37 billion yuan! That's terrifying!

"There won't be that much," An Xiaohai shook his head. "Theoretically, a car can carry at least 100 million in cash, but I think they probably won't carry that much, and it's impossible for them to have cash in every car."

I estimate that where only one car is parked, the most cash is likely inside; if there are four or five cars parked, then only one or two of them are probably carrying cash, while the others are just there to distract the eye.

"What you said makes sense, but it's still terrifying. I estimate it's at least 10 billion, there's no doubt about it."

"Hmm, this number should be pretty close. Can you tell which cars are Harriers?"

"We've roughly figured it out!" Xiao Luo said eagerly. "The Sea Harriers' cars are relatively concentrated and close to the seaside. The cars that Guo Xiangshui disappeared in are near Springfield Port."

Captain Zhou believes this was to facilitate an escape by water. He suspects there are accomplices on the ships docked in Springfield Port, and that they might even be able to drive their cars directly onto the ships during their escape.

"That possibility is indeed quite high!" An Xiaohai let out a soft breath, feeling a sense of感慨 (gan3kai3, a complex emotion encompassing both admiration and reflection).

Whether they are drug lords or underworld bosses, once the state apparatus really starts to deal with them, they have no chance of winning at all.

Hearing Guo Xiangshui's car reminded An Xiaohai of Guo Fang, and thinking of Guo Fang reminded him of Ah Huo. He wondered how Ah Huo was doing; he hadn't called in the last couple of days.

There was no news from Duan Chengzhi or Liu Tian either.

Well, no news is good news.

A phone call came in. An Xiaohai glanced at it and saw it was Xu Tianyou. He took the phone and went outside before answering it.

"Hey, Hai-ge, I've got everything you wanted sorted out. We're working on the license plate now. So, should we use an 'O' or a 'Q'?"

Use O.

"Are you so sure?"

"Of course, we'll use O. Then you can make a sticker to change the O to Q, but don't make the sticker too detailed; you should be able to see it if you look closely."

"Holy crap! You bastard! ...You're too cunning, damn it, I can't outsmart you!" Xu Tianyou said, somewhat exasperated, after a long pause.

"Alright, stop nagging."

By the way, do you know any beautiful women around here? I mean really beautiful, with a small face, a hot body, and a height of around 1.65 to 1.67 meters.

"No, I have everything, except women, especially beautiful women. What do you want?"

"Forget it, if you don't have it, I'll figure something out."

"Don't hang up yet. I heard from Hongpao that we seem to be going to be working with Master Xu this time?"

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with this person?"

"There isn't a major problem. This person has a decent reputation in the underworld, but his background is a bit scary. On the surface, he sells tea, but in reality, he deals in antiques. You know, he deals in antiques of dubious origin."

He's not only very powerful in Shenhai City, but also has connections throughout Haidong Province and even in the north. I'm a little worried he might double-cross me.

"What's wrong? Is our young master Xu scared?"

"Yes, I am a little scared. I don't care about myself, but I'm afraid you'll get taken advantage of."

"Then you should prepare a backup plan. If he dares to double-cross us, we'll take him down with us."

Haha, I love your fearless attitude!

I'll prepare. Be careful. Can you confirm the time to act now?

"It's mostly done...it should be done. Now all we need is a beautiful woman."

"Then you can worry about it yourself. Women are terrifying creatures; I have no desire to get involved! I'm almost ready on my end. Let me know when it's done. Goodbye!"

"goodbye!"

After hanging up the phone, Xiao Hai sighed softly. Xu Tianyou didn't dislike women; he just didn't want any ties.

"This guy, he actually wants to play for real? Destroying Sea Buddha and then ending his own life?... No use, with me here, don't even think about it!"