Chapter 30: Emptying the Main City's Official Warehouse and Shifting the Blame to Qin Wentian

After Lin Ye got the Main City Core Token, he didn't rush to use it, but went back to the Commoner Supermarket first.

"Brother, how do you plan to use this token?" Fatty Wang leaned over, his eyes shining. "Can you teleport the people from Heavenly Temple into the Abyss Rift?"

Lin Ye laughed: "That would be letting them off too easy. I'm going to pull off something big."

"How big?"

Lin Ye took the Core Token out of his backpack, weighed it in his hand, and a wicked smile curled the corners of his mouth: "The Main City Official Warehouse, ever heard of it?"

Su Qinghan's expression changed: "Are you crazy? The Official Warehouse is a core system facility. The guards are all Level 50 elite NPCs, and there are magic barriers and alarm systems. Since the server opened, no one has dared to touch that place."

Lin Ye shrugged: "That's exactly why I want to touch it. Others don't dare, but I do."

Fatty Wang's legs went soft: "Brother, are you serious? That's the Official Warehouse! If we get caught, we'll get banned!"

Lin Ye patted his shoulder: "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing." He shook the Core Token in his hand. "This thing can unlock hidden functions of the Main City, including the back door to the Official Warehouse. And—" He paused, "My Talent can't even be checked by the GMs. A ban? That doesn't exist."

Su Qinghan looked at him, was silent for a few seconds, then sighed: "Fine. Anyway, I'm used to causing trouble with you. When are we doing this?"

"Tonight. During the Main City maintenance, the system defense is at its weakest."

Late that night, the Main City, Dawn City, entered its weekly routine maintenance time. The system would shut down most defense mechanisms, leaving only basic NPC patrols. This was the best time to infiltrate the Official Warehouse, and the only chance.

Lin Ye took Su Qinghan and Fatty Wang and sneaked to the edge of the Main City Administrative District. The Administrative District was the core area of the Main City, and the Official Warehouse was in the deepest part of the Administrative District, a three-story stone building. Standing at the entrance were four Level 50 elite guards, fully armored in gold, holding halberds, their eyes sharp.

"Four guards, all Level 50." Su Qinghan scanned the area with her scouting skill. "There are also two archers hiding in the shadows, also Level 50. There's no chance of a frontal assault."

Lin Ye nodded, took out the Core Token, and activated the hidden function— "Guard Scheduling."

[System Prompt: You have activated the hidden function of the Main City Core Token [Guard Scheduling]. You can temporarily redirect the patrol routes of the Main City guards for 30 minutes.]

Lin Ye adjusted the guards' patrol routes to the periphery of the Administrative District, making the four guards and two archers all go patrol other places. The six golden figures turned in unison and walked towards the outside of the Administrative District.

"Let's go." Lin Ye waved his hand, and the three of them slipped into the Administrative District.

The gate of the Official Warehouse was a thick iron door, covered in magic runes, and hung with three locks of different colors—red, blue, and gold. Su Qinghan stepped forward to take a look and frowned: "Triple magic barrier, it requires skills from three different professions to unlock. A warrior's strength, a mage's magic, and an assassin's dexterity. I can't unlock it alone."

Lin Ye thought for a moment and said to Fatty Wang: "Fatty, you do it."

Fatty Wang was stunned: "Me? I don't know how to do anything!"

"You don't need to know how. Just stand here and put your hand on the door."

Fatty Wang walked over suspiciously and put his hand on the iron door. The next second, all three locks popped open at the same time, the magic barrier dissipated like water ripples, and the door slowly opened.

Su Qinghan looked dumbfounded: "This... what's the logic behind this?"

Fatty Wang scratched his head: "I don't know either. I just felt... it could be opened."

Lin Ye laughed: "European Emperor constitution, no logic needed." He pushed the door open, "Let's go, let's go inside and take a look."

The three walked into the warehouse, and the scene before them stunned everyone.

The warehouse was packed with all kinds of rare materials and top-tier equipment—iron ore piled up like a small mountain, herbs filling the shelves, rows of purple gear hanging, and over a dozen pieces of golden epic equipment. In the deepest part, there was a separate treasure vault containing several artifacts glowing with seven-colored light.

"This... is this the Official Warehouse?" Fatty Wang stammered, "This is too rich!"

Su Qinghan also gasped: "Adding all these things up, they're worth at least tens of millions of gold coins."

Lin Ye's mouth curled into a wicked smile: "Start working. Take as much as you can."

The three started crazily stuffing things into their backpacks. Fatty Wang was responsible for finding valuable items; his European Emperor constitution was basically like a cheat code at times like this—a random touch would be epic equipment, a random flip would be rare materials. Su Qinghan was responsible for cracking the treasure chest combination locks, and Lin Ye was responsible for putting things into the backpacks.

Ten minutes later, their backpacks were full. Fatty Wang was still holding a pile in his arms, unable to fit any more.

"Brother, I can't fit any more!" Fatty Wang shouted.

Lin Ye looked at his own backpack, then looked at the remaining items in the warehouse, feeling a bit pained. But he knew time was running out—the guards' patrol routes could only be diverted for 30 minutes.

"Retreat." He turned to walk out. When he reached the door, he suddenly stopped, took a piece of paper and a pen out of his backpack, and wrote a line—

"Lin Ye was here. The owed materials are on Heavenly Temple Qin Wentian's account. Remember to pay up."

He stuck the note on the warehouse door, then led Su Qinghan and Fatty Wang out of the Administrative District.

As soon as the three returned to the Commoner Supermarket, the system popped up a red emergency announcement for the whole server—

[Whole Server Red Announcement! The Main City Dawn City Official Warehouse has been looted! A large amount of rare materials, top-tier equipment, and epic artifacts are missing! Upon investigation, clues related to Heavenly Temple have been found at the scene! Player [Heavenly Temple Qin Wentian], please cooperate with the official investigation!]

The whole server exploded instantly—

[world channel]

[Player "Wocao Wuqing": Holy crap! The Official Warehouse was looted?! Who has the guts?!]

[Player "Brick-Moving Expert": Clues related to Heavenly Temple left at the scene? Could it be Qin Wentian who did it?]

[Player "Invincible Sword God": No way, right? Although Qin Wentian is domineering, he wouldn't go rob the Official Warehouse, would he?]

[Player "Yes Little Follower": The note says "on Heavenly Temple Qin Wentian's account." Isn't this obviously framing him?]

[Player "Onlooker": Hahaha! Laughing to death! Who did this? Too wicked, right? Robbed the warehouse and framed Heavenly Temple!]

Qin Wentian looked at the messages on the world channel, his face turning livid. He opened his system mail and found that the officials had already sent him an investigation letter, asking him to cooperate with the verification.

"This Lin Ye..." he gritted his teeth and said, "is forcing me."

The underling behind him asked cautiously: "Guild Leader, should we issue a statement to clarify?"

Qin Wentian was silent for a long time, then opened the whole server channel and sent a message—

[Whole Server Channel] [Heavenly Temple Qin Wentian]: The looting of the Official Warehouse has nothing to do with Heavenly Temple. It is player "Lin Ye" maliciously framing us. I have already submitted evidence to the officials, please do not believe rumors.

Lin Ye saw this message, and his mouth curled into a wicked smile. He opened the whole server channel and replied—

[Whole Server Channel] [Lin Ye]: Guild Leader Qin, you say I framed you? Then please explain, why were clues of your Heavenly Temple left at the scene? Why were the guards' patrol routes diverted? Why have people from your guild been causing trouble in the Main City lately?

The whole server's players saw this message and exploded again—

[Player "Wocao Wuqing": That's right! The guards' patrol routes can only be diverted with the Core Token! Is the Core Token in the hands of Heavenly Temple?]

[Player "Brick-Moving Expert": Qin Wentian, why don't you explain?]

[Player "Invincible Sword God": Heavenly Temple has indeed been causing a lot of trouble in the Main City lately. Blocking doors, monopolizing materials, hunting down solo players. Robbing the Official Warehouse isn't impossible.]

Qin Wentian looked at these comments, so angry he threw his keyboard. He opened his private messages and sent one to Lin Ye—

[Private Message] Heavenly Temple Qin Wentian: Lin Ye, don't be smug. Do you think you can take me down by robbing the Official Warehouse? Too naive. The officials have already set up an investigation team, they will find you soon.

Lin Ye replied in seconds—

[Private Message] Lin Ye: Find me? Guild Leader Qin, have you forgotten—my Talent can't even be checked by GMs. Official investigation team? Let them come. I want to see what they can find.

Qin Wentian looked at this message, and his face turned completely dark. He knew what Lin Ye said was the truth—even GMs couldn't check Lin Ye's Talent, so what could the official investigation team find?

He closed his private messages and opened the guild channel, finding the atmosphere in the guild had dropped to freezing point—

[Guild Channel]

[Temple of Gods - Berserker]: Guild Leader, everyone on the forum is scolding us. Saying we bully others and robbed the Official Warehouse. Many brothers want to quit the guild.

[Heavenly Temple Mage]: Guild Leader, how about we stop targeting that Lin Ye for now? If this continues, the guild's reputation will be completely ruined.

[Lingtian of Heavenly Temple]: What are you afraid of? Just a solo player, what kind of waves can he make? Guild Leader, I'll go call more people, today I must kill him back to the Novice Village!

Qin Wentian looked at these messages and was silent for a long time. He knew that if this continued, Heavenly Temple's reputation would be completely finished. But he wasn't willing to give up—he, Qin Wentian, when had he ever been bullied like this?

[Guild Channel] [Heavenly Temple Qin Wentian]: Everyone listen up. Tomorrow morning, gather at the Main City Square. I want to meet that Lin Ye personally.

Meanwhile, Lin Ye was sitting on the third floor of the Commoner Supermarket, counting tonight's "spoils."

Fatty Wang took the items out of his backpack one by one, piling them on the floor, forming a small mountain. Over thirty pieces of purple gear, eight pieces of epic equipment, three artifacts, and countless rare materials.

"Brother, we're rich!" Fatty Wang's voice changed with excitement, "These things are worth at least tens of millions of gold coins!"

Su Qinghan couldn't help but exclaim: "You really are... bold. Daring to rob even the Official Warehouse."

Lin Ye laughed: "It's not robbing, it's borrowing. After Qin Wentian takes the blame, I'll return them."

"You're returning them?" Su Qinghan was speechless, "When did you become so kind?"

Lin Ye shrugged: "It's not kindness, it's strategy. Items from the Official Warehouse have special markings and can't be sold. Keeping them is just a hot potato. It's better to secretly return them after the heat dies down. This way, the officials won't investigate, and Qin Wentian won't be able to shake off the blame."

Su Qinghan looked at him and was completely convinced: "It's a pity you don't go into business with a brain like yours."

Lin Ye stood up, walked to the window, looked at the direction of the Heavenly Temple headquarters in the distance, and a wicked smile curled the corners of his mouth.

"Qin Wentian, didn't you want to ban me? Then I'll show you who the real boss of this game is."

He turned to Fatty Wang and said: "Fatty, go post on the forum tomorrow. Say that Heavenly Temple robbed the Official Warehouse, with solid evidence. Post the photo of the note."

Fatty Wang nodded excitedly: "Got it! Leave it to me!"

Su Qinghan frowned: "Aren't you afraid that Qin Wentian will jump the wall like a cornered dog if you do this?"

Lin Ye laughed: "What's there to be afraid of? The more anxious he is, the easier it is for him to make mistakes. The more mistakes he makes, the more opportunities we have." He paused, "And—I'm just waiting for him to jump the wall like a cornered dog."

"Why?"

Lin Ye took the Core Token out of his backpack and weighed it in his hand: "Because, if he honestly admitted defeat, I'd be embarrassed to keep messing with him. But if he jumps the wall like a cornered dog—" His mouth curled into a wicked smile, "Then don't blame me for being impolite."

Su Qinghan looked at him and couldn't help laughing: "You really are... wicked to the bone."

Lin Ye shrugged: "It's professional."

As the three were talking, the system suddenly popped up a private message—

[Private Message] Heavenly Temple Qin Wentian: Lin Ye, tomorrow at ten in the morning, Main City Square. I'll settle this with you. Dare to come?

Lin Ye took a look and replied—

[Private Message] Lin Ye: Fine. I'll wait for you. But Guild Leader Qin, I advise you to bring more people. Otherwise, it won't be enough to fill the gaps between my teeth.

After sending it, he closed the private message and said to Su Qinghan and Fatty Wang: "There's a good show tomorrow."

"What good show?" Fatty Wang asked.

Lin Ye walked to the window, looked at the direction of the Heavenly Temple headquarters in the distance, and a wicked smile curled the corners of his mouth.

"Qin Wentian is going to take action personally. We need to prepare well and give him a big gift."

"What big gift?"

Lin Ye took the three artifacts out of his backpack and weighed them in his hand: "You'll know tomorrow."

At this moment, Qin Wentian was standing on the top floor of the Heavenly Temple headquarters, also looking in the direction of the Commoner Supermarket, his eyes cold. Behind him stood dozens of top experts ranked in the top 100 of the whole server, each wearing golden epic equipment, their weapons glowing with seven-colored light.

"Guild Leader, everyone is here." Po Jun whispered, "We invited fifty of the top one hundred in the whole server. It cost a full fifty million gold coins."

Qin Wentian nodded: "Enough. Tomorrow, I want that Lin Ye to die without a burial place."

He turned and looked at the night scene outside the window, his eyes cold.

"Lin Ye, tomorrow is your doomsday."