104: Chapter 104 Moving the Treasury

For Lin Muyang, the next phase of the operation didn't require much technical skill.

Currently, whether it was Xia Country or other countries in the world, including India, the mainstream security measures used to protect important assets—especially Magic Crystal Banks—all relied on complex "magic barrier" systems without exception.

Most of these barriers were constructed by specialized Barrier Master professionals, and their strength and sophistication were considered works of art. The defense levels of the protective barriers in many top-tier banks were so high that even the full-force attacks of Nation-Guarding Level Experts, or even some Forbidden Curse-level spells, could hardly shake them; their security was recognized as world-class.

In India's National Magic Crystal Bank, not only were the peripheral areas covered with layers upon layers of magic barriers, but its internal structure was even more intricate. Various independent vaults, passages, and even individual storage units were often nested with independent micro-barriers of various functions, truly a case of "barriers within barriers." This defense system originated from the unique lifestyle/support class of Barrier Master, which was vastly different from the traditional mage or warrior class systems.

Because of this, successful thefts or robberies of national-level Magic Crystal Banks were extremely rare worldwide. Of course, this referred to those true national vaults protected by top-tier barriers. As for some small local banks or private vaults with insufficient protection levels, robberies still occurred from time to time.

And now, Lin Muyang's target was precisely India's National Magic Crystal Bank! Furthermore, it was the headquarters located in its capital, "Old Delhi City," which could be called the nation's financial heart!

"Why does this country's city feel so messy?"

Flying at an altitude of several thousand meters and looking down at Old Delhi City below, Elf Princess Lilia leaned close to Lin Muyang, her brow slightly furrowed, her emerald eyes filled with undisguised disdain.

In the city, various Class Transferees rode all sorts of flying items or mounts, weaving through the air in a disorganized fashion. Small-scale congestions or even collisions occurred from time to time, drawing bursts of cursing. On the ground, most of the hurried pedestrians wore expressions of vigilance and unease, constantly looking left and right as they walked, as if they might encounter misfortune at any moment.

Even more eye-catching was that in some remote alleys, one could even see small, low-level monsters openly wandering around and rummaging through trash, while the patrolling guards seemed to turn a blind eye to it.

This made Lilia, who was of noble birth and accustomed to the Elf Race's strict order and elegant environment, feel quite uncomfortable.

"Although the order and hygiene are far inferior to the cities in Xia Country," Lin Muyang's sharp gaze swept across the area below, a cold arc curling at the corner of his mouth, "the top-level power of this country is not weak. Most importantly, the wealth accumulated in this national bank is probably no less than that of several major vaults in Xia Country."

He didn't know, nor did he care, which specific factions or individuals had stored their magic crystals in this bank. His goal was simple—since India could commit such a sinister act as driving an Epic-Rank Monster tide toward a neighboring country with the intent to frame and harm others, then he would make this country pay a price far more painful than that!

Looking down from high above, the headquarters building of India's National Magic Crystal Bank was like a giant milky-white sword piercing the clouds. The building was over a hundred stories high, exceeding three hundred meters, standing out prominently in Old Delhi City's cluttered skyline, asserting its unquestionable status and wealth.

Of course, those glamorous upper floors were mostly office areas. The true "treasure vault" that housed the massive amount of magic crystals was hidden deep underground.

"Xiao Wan, take a look at the specific situation underground beneath this building," Lin Muyang instructed. He didn't even bother to switch to his own Divine Sight perspective, directly handing this reconnaissance task to his new and capable assistant.

Hearing this, Gui Wanwan's pale little face showed an eager expression. She raised her slender arm, palm upward, and a clump of gray energy quickly condensed, turning into a fist-sized phantom shaped like an eyeball with a pupil burning with ghostly blue flames—it was her new skill, Nether Eye.

This "eye" composed of energy flew out silently, moving so fast it left only a faint trail, plunging straight into the wall of the grand building below as if passing through nothingness.

A moment later, Gui Wanwan withdrew her perception, a hint of surprise flashing in her gray eyes: "Master, it's very deep... the structure is very complex. I 'saw' a total of forty-four underground levels. The area of each level is several laps larger than a standard soccer field. Inside, it's densely packed with independent small warehouses for storing magic crystals. According to the standard specifications we learned before, each small warehouse can store about ten billion magic crystals. Roughly estimating, there are over two hundred such warehouses on each floor."

Even though Lin Muyang was mentally prepared, he couldn't help but click his tongue inwardly upon hearing this number.

"Is this the accumulated wealth of a nation over a century?" he whispered to himself. "This quantity of magic crystals is truly staggering."

Immediately after, he frowned slightly. While Lilia's princess bracelet storage space was certainly huge, facing such a massive amount of wealth, it would likely be insufficient. By a rough estimate, even if eighty percent of the bracelet's storage space were used to load magic crystals, it could probably only hold the contents of about three hundred small warehouses, which was about three trillion magic crystals.

"That's only the storage of one and a half floors..." Lin Muyang shook his head. "Forty-four floors in total... this accumulation of wealth is indeed terrifying. It seems I'll have to find a way to collect more high-quality storage items in the future."

Otherwise, if he encountered such an opportunity to make a fortune in the future, wouldn't he have to watch helplessly as he couldn't take the treasures away?

"Alright, prepare to move." Lin Muyang reined in his thoughts and began assigning tasks. "Once we enter, you guys will be responsible for violently breaking open the warehouse doors. Be quick. I'll be in charge of collecting the magic crystals."

Everyone nodded, indicating their understanding.

Lin Muyang led the young ladies as they descended toward the massive milky-white building below like invisible ghosts. When they were still several dozen meters from the building, several key God-Tier Auras lit up one after another.

Void Body! Upon activating this Aura, Lin Muyang himself and designated friendly units within range temporarily entered a special phase state, allowing them to ignore most physical obstacles and pass directly through walls. This saved the trouble of finding an entrance or cracking access controls.

Barrier Degeneration! This Aura, which had already performed miraculous feats at the border, showed its power once again. An invisible force field centered on Lin Muyang spread out, enveloping the entire bank building and its surrounding area. In an instant, the composite magic barrier network—which had cost countless resources and been meticulously constructed by top Barrier Masters to withstand the bombardment of Nation-Guarding Level Experts—collapsed and vanished silently, like a sandcastle with its skeleton removed!

The impact didn't stop there. Within the Aura's coverage, any magic barriers on other buildings, regardless of strength, also failed simultaneously. The magical protection of the entire area dropped to zero in an instant.

Immediately following was Deep Slumber! The Aura was activated, with the hostile targets set as "all non-friendly intelligent beings within range."

As if swept by an invisible sleep wave, everyone inside and outside the bank building—whether it was the fully armed guards at the entrance, the busy staff behind the counters, the security guards in the monitoring room staring at the screens, or certain high-perception professionals who happened to be passing by on the nearby streets... as long as they were within the Aura's range of influence, without exception, their eyelids grew heavy, their consciousness blurred instantly, and they slumped to the ground one after another, falling into the deepest sleep.

The piercing alarm system dutifully went off, but it only rang a few times before stopping automatically under its preset program because no one was awake to handle it, appearing somewhat comical.

"Let's begin."

With the help of Void Body, Lin Muyang's group easily seeped through the thick outer walls of the bank building as if passing through water, appearing directly on the first underground level of the vault.

Before them was a space so vast the end couldn't be seen, with countless independent small warehouse doors arranged in neat rows. These doors were constructed from some kind of reinforced marble and inscribed with complex magic patterns and serial numbers.

"Me first, me first!" Lilia volunteered and jumped forward, appearing exceptionally excited. The thrill of "doing something bad" was a far cry from her usual education, but it gave her a unique sense of novelty.

She clenched her fair little fist. Without even using elf magic, relying purely on her terrifying strength attribute boosted by Lin Muyang's various Auras, she aimed at the nearest warehouse door, gave a light shout, and threw a punch!

Bang!

A dull thud echoed clearly in the silent underground space. That marble door, which had lost its barrier protection and was left with only its physical structure, was as fragile as paper before Lilia's monstrous strength, shattering on the spot to reveal the neatly stacked magic crystal blocks inside, emitting a soft magical glow.

Lin Muyang followed closely behind. With a thought, the storage space of the princess bracelet opened. Like a whale swallowing the sea, the mountain of magic crystals inside the warehouse turned into a stream of light and was instantly taken away.

"Next one!" Full of energy, Lilia's figure flashed, and she already appeared before the door of the neighboring warehouse, throwing another punch.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Crisp shattering sounds rang out rhythmically in the underground space. Lilia transformed into a violent demolition crew member, and wherever she went, warehouse doors shattered one after another. Lin Muyang, like the most efficient mover, waved his arms as massive amounts of magic crystals constantly disappeared into the storage space.

For Lilia, this "zero-dollar shopping" behavior was more thrilling than anything she'd ever done. She was well aware of the status and security concepts of Magic Crystal Banks in this world. Yet now, following Lin Muyang, they had just walked in so boldly—barriers were ineffective, guards were all asleep, and breaking doors to take items was like entering an uninhabited place... This feeling of breaking conventions and trampling on rules made her heart race and her face flush with excitement.

"As expected of the master I chose! So powerful!" While throwing punches, she stole glances at Lin Muyang's back as he smoothly collected the magic crystals, praising him inwardly.

Lin Muyang's movements were extremely fast. The Power of Wind Control Aura provided an extraordinary speed of nearly forty times, making the coordination between him and Lilia incredibly efficient. Soon, the first underground floor was "swept" clean, followed by the second floor, the third floor...

By the time the princess bracelet's storage space was nearing its capacity limit, they had emptied nearly one and a half floors of warehouses, harvesting a total of 3.2 trillion magic crystals!

Seeing that the bracelet's space was about to run out while there were still massive amounts of magic crystals waiting to be collected, Lin Muyang could only stop with a slight sense of regret.

"That's enough, time to go," he ordered decisively.

Before leaving, Lin Muyang didn't forget to clean up. With a thought, he activated another auxiliary God-Tier Aura—Trace Erasure. An invisible wave swept through all the areas where they had just been active. Footprints, fingerprints, scents, fallen hair, and even the faint traces of energy residue... every clue that could potentially point to them was cleaned up instantly, as if no one had ever been there.

Having done all this, Lin Muyang led the young ladies and entered the Divine Concealment state again. Just as they had arrived, they silently passed through the walls, rose into the high sky, and sped toward Zhongnan City in Xia Country, quickly disappearing into the vast horizon.

From the start of their action to their withdrawal, less than ten minutes had passed in total.

However, just as Lin Muyang's group safely returned to the Ziyun Mountain Villa villa, preparing to wait for Little Feng Ling to complete her Nirvana, a massive uproar that would sweep the globe was spreading at an alarming speed!

The first to explode with chaos was, naturally, India.

That Chief Court Archmage, who had discovered his own bizarre state and rushed back to his Old Delhi City manor in a panic to find a solution, received the shocking news of the mysterious looting of the National Magic Crystal Bank headquarters almost the moment he stepped through his door!

The retrieved surveillance records showed that the perpetrator's methods were simply inconceivable: first, all magic barriers inside and outside the bank had mysteriously failed at the same time, followed by all personnel falling into a bizarre sleep, then the vault doors were violently destroyed, and massive amounts of magic crystals vanished into thin air... What made the Indian high-level officials' spines go cold was that in all the surveillance footage, from beginning to end, not a single intruder's figure was captured!

Combining this with the bizarre ability to make magic barriers fail shown by that mysterious invisible person on the border, the Chief Court Archmage almost instantly connected the two events. He was almost certain that this bold and remarkably capable thief was the same mysterious Xia Country person who had made him suffer on the border and had now left him with a "psychological shadow"!

But there was no evidence!

The Xia Country side had already put on an innocent face of "it has nothing to do with us, we know nothing about it." Even if India was so angry they coughed up blood and shouted their lungs out on the international stage, without solid evidence, they simply couldn't point the finger at Xia Country. Were they going to say, "We suspect it was done by that invisible genius of yours"? Such words would only become a laughingstock.

The news spread through major global powers as if it had grown wings.

Initially, many countries and organizations weren't very interested in the border conflict between Xia Country and India. But once the news of the looting of India's National Magic Crystal Bank headquarters came out, all the influential powers in the world could no longer sit still; everyone felt endangered!

As the capital of India, Old Delhi City's security level was among the highest in the world. The protection of the National Magic Crystal Bank headquarters was considered an Impenetrable Fortress. Yet, in such a place, someone had quietly emptied a massive reserve in under ten minutes. India remained tight-lipped about the specific amount of the loss, but outsiders guessed it was absolutely an astronomical figure!

The signal this sent was extremely dangerous: the magic barrier protection system, which was regarded as the most reliable, likely had some unknown, fatal vulnerability! The opponent possessed the ability to make top-tier barriers fail instantly!

For a time, managers of major banks, important vaults, and classified facilities worldwide all became nervous, urgently checking their own barrier systems. Countless Barrier Masters hired for exorbitant fees were even more overwhelmed, repeatedly testing and trying to find possible weaknesses, while feeling terrified in their hearts—could it be that the skills they relied on for survival were no longer safe?