38: Combination locks everywhere? No problem, I can open them.

That Criminal Police Officer was stunned.

What did this brother do? How did he open the lock in just two moves?

He had just praised this brand of lock in his heart.

A decades-old brand, opened by someone in two seconds—what is this?

Security still needs to improve.

Looking at the door lock with no visible signs of tampering, he muttered to himself.

"Hiss."

"How did he open it?"

Let alone him, the Criminal Police Officers waiting nearby had no idea how the event unfolded.

"Old Zhu, forget you, we were staring right at his hands, and we still don't know how he picked the lock."

The Female Reporter said smugly.

Luckily, she managed to get close and film when Lin Pei was picking the lock.

They could study that technique later by reviewing the video.

Xu Feng quickly collected himself and gave an order.

"Go in and search!"

"Yes!"

Everyone quickly entered the door.

The scene inside shocked everyone.

The living room was indeed full of monitoring screens, completely surrounding the area with zero blind spots.

Even a mouse entering would be within the owner's surveillance range.

However, because the power had been cut beforehand, all those monitoring screens were currently black.

Between the two bedrooms downstairs, there was an extremely heavy-looking protective door.

The doorway also had a password lock.

Xu Feng patted that door.

Unlike the one at the entrance, this door looked like an engineering wall, nearly ten centimeters thick.

The inside was likely concrete, extremely solid.

Surveillance screens and an engineering wall.

If there wasn't a problem here, who would believe it?

Xu Feng walked up to the door and examined it.

If they couldn't crack the password, the difficulty of forcibly breaching the door was incredibly high.

Never mind that they hadn't brought heavy tools; even if they had, it would take at least half a day to break through this door.

Everyone turned their gaze toward Lin Pei.

After all, he had opened the entrance password lock so easily just now.

But this one looked much harder; they weren't sure if Lin Pei could open it.

Lin Pei walked over, carrying the eager hopes of the crowd.

Xu Feng waved his hand.

"Everyone, stand back a bit, don't obstruct Lin Pei's work..."

"Click."

"Swish."

Xu Feng's hand froze awkwardly in mid-air.

What the heck.

He hadn't even finished speaking, and the door was already open?

Did it take two seconds this time?

Does this Young Man open every door with the same efficiency?

The crowd was stunned again.

Who is this Lin Pei?

The legendary Iron Man, opening doors with a touch?

This is way too amazing!

The reporter's camera shook slightly.

Luckily, she was recording the whole time, otherwise, she would have missed it.

But at Lin Pei's speed, they would probably need to analyze the footage frame by frame to clearly see his movements.

Because his hands looked nimble and soft, moving so fast they were practically invisible.

It wasn't until that heavy door opened completely that everyone realized.

Inside the protective door was another protective door.

This one was even thicker, and judging by the style of the password lock, it seemed harder to crack than the previous one.

Lin Pei was momentarily astonished.

At first glance, he thought it was the same door as before.

Lin Pei waved his hand.

"Click."

The door opened again.

However, what made him question his life was that there was still a door inside.

Lin Pei rubbed his forehead.

Door within a door, like Russian nesting dolls here?

He was quite surprised.

With so many doors, how did the group living here manage to transport them into the house and install them in the first place?

"Click."

"Click."

"Click..."

Lin Pei felt that these people were just being unnecessarily complicated.

To deal with people who can't pick locks, one door is enough.

But for someone like him, any number of doors is useless.

It just costs a few extra seconds.

After opening three more doors, the inside was finally not a door, but a staircase leading to the Basement.

Everyone entered and walked down to the Basement.

Then they saw something that broadened their horizons again.

Whoa!

In the spacious Basement, as far as the eye could see, there were large and small Safes.

It was clear that something very important must be stored inside.

Lin Pei took a deep breath and started working on the Safe closest to the entrance.

Hopefully, this time there isn't a Safe nesting doll, and there's nothing inside in the end.

The crowd started whispering among themselves.

As everyone knew, opening a Safe was very difficult.

Even the master thieves exaggerated in movies needed a Chainsaw to open them.

Lin Pei didn't ask for a Chainsaw; could he manage?

"Look at Lin Pei's intention; is he going to open the Safe by hand too? Without any tools?"

"Is he planning to crack the code?"

"Probably not, right? Safe codes are incredibly hard to crack; that would take until the year of the monkey."

"Maybe I should go back to the car and get a Chainsaw..."

"Click."

Before everyone could finish their murmuring.

They heard a crisp sound, and the Safe sprang open.

The Criminal Police Officers, who had seen much, were shocked again!

"Damn, I get it now. No matter what kind of password lock or protective door it is, they all seem the same to him—equally easy to open.

"I just don't know how he actually does it."

"With these skills, I really suggest Captain Xu investigate him thoroughly..."

"..."

After the Safe was opened, several scrolls immediately caught their eyes.

Xu Feng put on gloves and took out the outermost one, unrolling it.

Lin Pei's expression froze.

"Captain Xu, this is the museum's 'water lily'."

It was really here.

The International Thieves group was undoubtedly living here.

The reporter rushed over and took a close-up shot of the painting.

Xu Feng took out the scrolls inside one by one and examined them.

Lin Pei hadn't seen these, but Xu Feng recognized quite a few of them.

He had a general idea of what several of the stolen famous paintings from the bureau looked like.

Several matched perfectly.

Lin Pei stood up and, under Xu Feng's instruction, moved toward the other Safes.

"Click" sounds followed one after another.

As each Safe opened, even the usually reserved Criminal Police Officers' mouths dropped open.

And Lin Pei, who wasn't very reserved, let out an, "Oh..."

Calligraphy, Porcelain, Jade Carvings, Embroidery... they all looked like ancient artifacts of immeasurable value.

In addition to these, there were two full chests of Gold Bars and cash... It was understandable why the owner installed so many doors at the Basement entrance; this haul was certainly worth it.

And this didn't even include the items this gang had already sold.

Xu Feng's expression grew serious, and he turned to the reporter.

"Did you film all of it?"

The reporter was currently staring at the treasures with shining eyes.

"Don't worry, Captain Xu, it's all on camera."

"Good, let's pull out."

...At this time, in a villa district in Heng City.

The Trio of Thieves had just succeeded and returned to their car.

Suddenly, Little Fatty's eyes widened.

"Big Brother, bad news! It seems the power is out at home, and the surveillance is down."

Even with layers of protection at home, the three felt a wave of panic.

Bu Shan lowered his head and lit a cigarette.

"First, pilot the Drone back to check. If there's no anomaly, then we go back."

...Half an hour later, a Drone arrived above the villa and circled slowly a few times.

Inside the car, Little Fatty breathed a sigh of relief.

"Big Brother, Second Brother, look, there are no police outside, everything seems fine."

Bu Shan carefully examined the captured footage again.

No one was outside.

The external door locks were also fine.

Looking through the window, the internal protective door was closed as usual, completely intact.

It really looked like a simple power outage.

After confirming everything was normal, he told Not True to start the engine and head toward their own villa.