Chapter 176
Chapter 176: Thousand-year-old Specimens Quietly Lined Up in the Basement, Chillingly Still
Cheng Lin Yue’s slightly shaking voice sounded in the Shared Frequency Link: “Inside the mountain, they stored all the animal specimens from nearly the last thousand years.”
“My uncle said that any place used for research, no matter what they are studying, is always much bigger than normal people can imagine.”
“The White Wolf Tribe’s settlement is their private territory. They have mountains, lakes, grasslands. It stretches on for hundreds of kilometers.”
“The Empire’s laws protect private territory. Outsiders cannot enter unless they are invited, or unless someone inside calls the police and police personnel come in.”
“In The Empire, only Chong Ming, the Commander in Chief, and the Crown Prince hold the highest authority. They can go anywhere in The Empire freely. Anyone else who enters private territory without an invitation is committing a crime. It counts as illegal trespassing.”
“If the owner of a private territory files a complaint, the case is basically set. The White Wolf Tribe does business on a huge scale. From the information we have, Wolf Yin Feng and Wolf Luo Feng’s yearly personal net income is between eighty million and two hundred million. That does not include what their tribe earns.”
“For a racial settlement like theirs, the big money comes from the companies they set up as a tribe.”
“They have money. With enough money, they can dig down under their own land, hollow out a mountain, or build secret bases under lakes.”
“With layers of soil on top, all kinds of shielding devices, and flowing water, underground detectors can hardly find anything.”
Cheng Xiao Ting and the others agreed: “Cheng Lin Yue is right. Our family also has a basement. Once it goes down dozens of meters, over a hundred meters, it becomes hard to detect.”
“The reason our detectors can’t pick up anything is that they dug deep enough underground, and then put in some simple signal jammers. That’s enough to hide all traces.”
“Since the Lang Family Estate has caught the eye of Chong Ming, the Commander in Chief, the crimes they committed will not be light. It might even shake the whole of Interstellar Space.”
Sui Xuan Chu said through the earpiece: “Just the source of all the unknown stuff on basement level one and two is enough to have Wolf Yin Feng and Wolf Luo Feng locked up with a sentence of Life Exile.”
“This is not the time to talk. Hurry up and work. Zhang Ting Zhou, do a full scan, log everything, and send it to our Leader. Sister Tea, walk around level two, knock on the walls, and see if there are any hidden compartments.”
Zhang Ting Zhou said: “Scan has started.”
Jiang Tea Tea said: “Got it. I am starting to look around.”
Basement level one was rows and rows of shelves. Basement level two was filled with all kinds of glass containers, lined up in order from small to big, short to tall.
For every animal species there were at least three specimens: female, male, and youngling. Some weighed dozens of tons, some hundreds of tons, even over a thousand tons. Others were only a few hundred jin, a few dozen jin, or just a few jin…
Some were skinned, some still had their hides. Some had been cut apart and placed in a big glass container, laid out by head, limbs, and torso.
The air on level one was stale. The air on level two seemed to carry a thousand years of restless resentment.
The little ones in Jiang Tea Tea’s belly did not like this place at all. They woke up early and started wriggling and rolling around inside her.
It looked like she was just moving her fingers, but in fact she formed several seals and pressed them on her stomach, cutting off all outside senses for the little ones inside.
On the 1,500-square-meter second level under Mother Earth, Jiang Tea Tea spread out her spiritual power, probing for any other living beings. All she felt was heavy, dead resentment.
She wandered around once, knocked along the walls, and after finding nothing else, flashed straight down to level three.
As she entered level three, the images from that level were shared to Sui Xuan Chu and the others through their light-brain wrist terminals.
When they saw the footage, they cursed out loud: “Crap, I did think level three might still hold animal specimens, but I never thought they would be beastman specimens.”
“There are so many. My goosebumps are all over. This is way too much!”
“My dear mom and dad, with the Beast God as witness, how big did we say level three was again? Was it 2,500 square meters?”
“Two thousand square meters, ten meters tall. On a level three that big, the number of beastman specimens is countless.”
“From the labels on these specimens, they are a thousand years old. They are all beastman males and females from a thousand years ago, plus half-beastmen, male and female.”
“I think I get it now. The White Wolf Tribe has grown so fast over these thousand years, got their own territory, and expanded their pack from a few dozen wolves to thousands, tens of thousands, all because of these…”
Jiang Tea Tea cut in calmly: “Everyone, do not rush to judge. We have only touched one corner. Do not think their crimes are this light.”
“Zhang Ting Zhou, Yan Yu, one of you apply for permission to investigate all the famous people that have come out of the White Wolf Tribe in the last two thousand years.”
Yan Yu said: “Got it. I will ask the Security Department’s information team for help. Wait for my good news.”
Sui Xuan Chu agreed with Jiang Tea Tea: “Yes. Do not rush to define them. We have only found the tip of the iceberg.”
“Roommate, it looks like there is a vault at your front left. Go take a look and be careful.”
Jiang Tea Tea answered: “Got it.”
Basement level one held all kinds of raw ores. Level two held thousand-year-old animal specimens. Level three held thousand-year-old beastman and half-beastman specimens.
The beastman and half-beastman specimens from a thousand years ago stood upright in the basement, silent, never again seeing light or returning to their families.
Jiang Tea Tea walked through the rows of beastman and half-beastman body specimens, recording all of them, until she reached the vault at her front left.
The vault was ten meters long and ten meters tall. Its height reached the basement ceiling, and its length formed a wall.
At first glance, it just looked like an iron wall. If Sui Xuan Chu had not recognized it, Jiang Tea Tea would not have known it was a vault.
She had just reached out to touch the vault when Huang Da Zhuang’s voice suddenly rang out: “Sister Tea, do not touch that vault. It is a Lingbao Model 108. It has a history of over a thousand years and an automatic recognition and locking monitoring system.”
Jiang Tea Tea stopped her hand: “What do you mean?”
Huang Da Zhuang explained: “It means this vault can be set to its owner’s fingerprints, pupils, full body image, and face image.”
“Once it is set, it locks onto the owner. As long as anyone who is not the owner touches this vault, no matter where they touch, the vault will not only sound an alarm, it will also release harmful radiation at every angle, and fire a burst of thirty bullets automatically!”
Jiang Tea Tea pulled her hand back and asked: “Big Dog Huang, how do you know all this?”
Cheng Xiao Ting and the others were also curious, pricking up their ears to wait for Huang Da Zhuang’s answer.
Huang Da Zhuang replied: “Oh, my family does a small business that involves safes and vaults.”
“The Lingbao Vault is the best of vaults. The Empire’s central bank, local banks, and some insurance companies all use this series. When I was little, my family took me to the Lingbao Vault company to watch them do experiments, so I remember it very clearly.”
Jiang Tea Tea suddenly understood: “So that is how it is. I will go inside and take a look.”
Huang Da Zhuang quickly said: “Go inside? Sister Tea, the oxygen in the vault has been emptied. There is no oxygen in there. Do not go!”