Chapter 107 White Rhino Energy Technique <TOC> Chapter 109 Cooperation
Translator: SumTLMan
In the hall, a portly man with a chubby face and well-dressed attire stood in front of Li Mu. His clothes clung to his body as if they had been soaked in water, tightly outlining the layers of fat, making him resemble a pig wearing human clothes.
“Where is the vault?”
Li Mu asked, tapping the man’s face with a hammer.
“Take me there.”
The manager shivered, his layers of fat rippling like waves.
With a moment’s hesitation, the heavy hammer slammed onto the nearby office desk, smashing the sturdy wooden desk into pieces.
“The money belongs to the bank, but your life is your own. I trust you can make the right decision.”
Li Mu pulled the hammer out of the desk. If the manager didn’t cooperate, the next strike would land on his head.
“I… I’ll take you there…”
The manager was sweating profusely.
Li Mu scanned the hall, picked up the bag he had brought in from the floor, slung it over his shoulder, and followed the manager.
The vault of the Elijah Commercial Bank was located on the third basement level, with large amounts of gold and silver stored or withdrawn daily.
Two fourth-level awakened guards were responsible for guarding this massive vault.
The manager struggled to move his corpulent body, gasping for breath after climbing just a few steps.
“You’re waiting for the Soul Cult reinforcements, aren’t you?”
Li Mu’s voice resounded behind him.
His words seemed to suck the air from the manager’s surroundings, causing the plump man to feel suffocated.
With great difficulty, the manager turned his head, his eyes bulging as he stared at Li Mu.
“Who… who are you?!”
“I’m just telling you, the reinforcements you’re expecting won’t be arriving that quickly, so save some time and drop this clumsy act.”
Li Mu delivered a kick to the manager’s buttocks, sending him tumbling down the stairs.
He had long realized that although this fat man wasn’t an awakened being, he was far from being as useless as he appeared.
“It’s impossible. How did you find out that the Soul Cult is the actual controller of the Elijah Commercial Bank? Apart from the higher-ups, even those two awakened ones shouldn’t know!”
Naturally, Li Mu wouldn’t say that he discovered it from the accounts of the Ten Pines Farm and the monastery.
Their financial transactions were all dependent on the inconspicuous Elijah Commercial Bank, a medium-sized bank, which would be strange if there were no issues.
Li Mu picked him up from the ground.
“Forget it, I’ll do it myself.”
Saying this, he pressed his palm against the wall and activated Shock.
Invisible, subtle shockwaves radiated from his palm in all directions before reflecting back.
Processing such complex information was beyond his ability, so he directly transmitted it to the Brain in the Vat – Lia – within the Exile Realm.
In the next instant, he obtained a three-dimensional structural map of the entire building. The closer the map was to his position, the more detailed it was, while the ground portion was much more blurred.
To obtain a clearer topographical map, the intensity of the shockwave needed to be increased.
Li Mu led the manager back towards the elevator. Upon reaching it, he smashed the wall with the sledgehammer, revealing a hidden door. The door was very sturdy, and it took a few hits to break it open.
Behind the hidden door was an elevator that went straight to the vault located underground.
The weight of the gold lasu was not light, and there would undoubtedly be an elevator installed within the bank for transportation. Following the manager would only lead to a dead-end.
The interior of the bank was also equipped with mechanisms that could instantly drop heavy gates, trapping people inside.
Li Mu dragged the manager into the elevator, which went straight to the vault on the lowest floor.
Through the shockwave, he had already determined that the entire vault was made of steel, with the front being especially robust, 50 centimeters thick, and embedded with high-voltage cables that would release high-voltage current when burglars had cut halfway through.
Only by passing the key verification could the hydraulic system lift the heavy gate.
Li Mu threw the manager onto the floor and opened the bag, taking out a laser cutter.
The entire laser cutter was shaped like a gun, with cables connected to a massive high-energy battery at the tail end.
He placed the muzzle of the laser cutter on the vault door and pressed the button.
The high-temperature laser instantly melted the steel on the contact surface.
Brilliant sparks erupted, and the high-energy laser slowly cut through the vault.
Due to power limitations, the laser cutter could only cut through about two centimeters of steel at a time, and the cutting speed was slow.
It would take at least half an hour to cut a hole in the 40-centimeter-thick steel door large enough for a person to pass through.
“Your time is simply not enough. Before you can break into the vault, the congregation of the church will arrive,” the manager cursed through gritted teeth.
“No, you’re wrong. I have plenty of time.”
Sparks flew as Li Mu appeared unruffled, methodically cutting through the vault door.
The air was filled with the metallic smell of molten steel.
About ten minutes later, the manager grew restless. By now, the armed personnel from the Soul Cult should have arrived in the city.
Anxious, he pinned all his hopes on the high-voltage cables within the door.
The high-voltage cables were connected to the bank’s power supply system, capable of instantly releasing tens of thousands of volts of electric current.
The damned robber would soon cut through to the cables.
The manager’s heart raced, but he maintained a calm exterior, anticipating the criminal’s electrocution.
But just as the laser was about to cut through the cables, Li Mu suddenly stopped.
This left the manager feeling incredibly uncomfortable, as if he had been interrupted mid-bowel movement.
Li Mu pulled out insulated wire cutters from his backpack and snipped the high-voltage cables inside.
“You didn’t think I came unprepared, did you?”
He tossed the wire cutters aside.
“What is your ultimate goal?” the manager asked through gritted teeth. He realized Li Mu was no ordinary robber.
An ordinary robber couldn’t have so effortlessly killed the awakened individuals the bank had spent a fortune hiring. Nor would they have the audacity to rob knowing the powerful Soul Cult backed the Elijah Commercial Bank.
“My goal? The city of Avonigarda needs higher-quality crime. Those who traffic people, smuggle weapons, and you moneylenders, only follow the rules and are just too low-level,” Li Mu said, continuing to cut through the door.
Even the sturdy door could not withstand continuous laser cutting. After about twenty minutes, a hole large enough for a person to pass through was cut open.
Li Mu dragged the manager inside.
Before them lay neatly stacked gold bars, their dazzling glow nearly blinding.
On both sides were rows of safety deposit boxes storing clients’ belongings.
“Now tell me, what’s inside these safety deposit boxes?”
Chapter 107 White Rhino Energy Technique <TOC> Chapter 109 Cooperation