Chapter 356 Why is there no alarm?

He would never allow anyone to touch his treasure, not even a hair.

As for the steward named Li Chong, he could occasionally smuggle some rare metals out of the warehouse, but he could only move around on the first floor. Xu Guozhong knew the two floors behind.

At this time, he went to the palace for inspection, and seeing that there was nothing wrong there, he immediately rushed back.

It was the first time he saw so many Title Douluo-level masters.

I felt a sense of sympathy!

The situation in Mingdu suddenly became confusing. The reason why he rushed back so quickly was not only because he was worried about the safety here, but more importantly, he was worried about his own safety.

Is there any place safer than his warehouse that is a hundred meters deep underground?

Moreover, what even Han Yu did not discover was that in this underground warehouse, there was also Xu Guozhong's own underground palace, which was absolutely everything, more luxurious than his palace.

Xu Guozhong walked into the deep alley with steady steps.

The towering walls on both sides blocked the sunlight, casting a shadow, adding a bit of solemnity.

He swept his sharp eyes around, confirming that the guards were doing their duty and looking serious, and then he felt relieved.

He took out a heavy key from his arms, inserted it into the keyhole on the courtyard door, and twisted it gently. With a dull "click", the heavy courtyard door slowly opened, revealing the spacious courtyard inside.

Xu Guozhong stepped over the high threshold and entered the yard.

This is his secret base that he has been operating for many years, storing countless rare metals, each of which is worth a fortune.

He is the absolute controller here, and all the keys to the door are in his hands, especially the keys to the second and third floors, which are only owned by him, and no one else can get involved.

He knew that Li Chong would occasionally do some small tricks and resell some rare metals privately, but he always turned a blind eye to it.

Li Chong is outstanding in ability and loyal to him, so he can tolerate this little mistake.

Furthermore, he also needs to use these benefits to win people's hearts. After all, without the motivation of interests, who would be willing to work for him?

"Li Chong, where are you? Come out!" Xu Guozhong habitually called his confidant with a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone.

However, there was only an empty echo in response to him. Li Chong did not appear as usual.

Xu Guozhong frowned slightly, and a sense of foreboding rose in his heart.

He looked around. The yard was quiet and there was no movement, as if the air was frozen.

He immediately realized that something was wrong, and his face suddenly darkened.

"Be alert!" Xu Guozhong shouted in a deep voice, with a hint of tension in his voice.

Seven high-level soul guides quickly surrounded Xu Guozhong and protected him in the center.

These seven people were Xu Guozhong's carefully selected confidants, and three of them had reached the realm of eighth-level soul guides, and their strength should not be underestimated.

Hearing the order, the seven did not dare to neglect and released their own soul guides.

For a moment, the sound of metal collision and energy surge intertwined, breaking the tranquility of the courtyard.

The colorful light flashed, and the soul guide shield opened instantly, covering everyone.

Several level 7 soul guides quickly dispersed, each choosing a room, breaking into the room and searching.

However, they turned the room upside down, but found nothing. Li Chong seemed to have evaporated from the face of the earth and disappeared.

There was no other change here at the same time.

The door of the room slid open silently, and a level 7 soul guide in black tights walked out with a steady pace. With a faint smile on his face, he said: "Your Majesty, that kid didn't sneak out to drink wine while we were not paying attention?" Although his voice was not loud, it was a bit teasing.

Xu Guozhong was originally anxious because of Li Chong's disappearance. When he heard the words of this soul guide, his face suddenly became even uglier.

He turned around abruptly, staring at the soul master with sharp eyes, and shouted in a deep voice: "Impossible! Li Chong has always been loyal and dedicated to his duties. What's more, there was such a big commotion outside just now. How could he go out to drink and have fun at this time?

What do you mean by this?"

The soul master observed Xu Guozhong's expression and saw that his face was gloomy. The smile on his face suddenly froze and quickly extinguished like a candle in the wind.

He realized that he had spoken out of turn, and hurriedly lowered his head, saying respectfully and carefully: "Your Majesty, calm down, I just said it casually."

Xu Guozhong took a deep breath and forced down the anger that was rolling in his chest. He glanced at everyone present with a sharp gaze and said in a deep voice: "Now is not the time to pursue this. The most urgent thing is to quickly open the warehouse and check the situation inside."

After that, he ignored the soul master and turned to walk towards a metal cabinet in the middle of the room.

It was a metal cabinet about two meters high, made of heavy alloy steel plates. Its surface was as smooth as a mirror, and it was tightly fitted, exuding a cold and indestructible atmosphere. In the center of the cabinet, there was a palm-sized combination lock, and the metal luster was cold and eerie.

Xu Guozhong walked to the cabinet, stretched out his right hand, and quickly pressed the combination lock several times with his slender and powerful fingers.

As he moved, a slight mechanical turning sound rang out in the quiet room, crisp and clear. Then, the heavy cabinet door slowly slid open to both sides, revealing an elevator leading to the underground.

Xu Guozhong walked into the elevator without any hesitation.

Seeing this, several other soul masters followed closely and entered one after another. The small elevator space suddenly seemed a little crowded.

The elevator door slowly closed, isolating everything from the outside world. Xu Guozhong raised his right hand and pressed a button on the wall.

The elevator shook slightly and began to slowly descend, with a steady and slow speed.

Just as Xu Guozhong and others were about to take the elevator down, a level 7 soul master habitually raised his right hand and tapped the metal wall of the elevator rhythmically.

This was their routine procedure before entering the warehouse every time, in order to confirm whether the elevator was operating normally and ensure safety.

However, just as his fingers touched the wall, something strange happened!

The elevator, which had been running smoothly, suddenly shook violently, like a small boat in a storm, swaying.

Then, a strong sense of weightlessness came instantly, as if the entire elevator was falling from the air.

"Not good! It's a trap!" Xu Guozhong's face changed drastically and he roared. As a veteran Soul Douluo, he had an extremely keen sense of danger. Almost at the moment when the elevator lost control, he realized that the situation was not good.

He was very familiar with this sudden feeling of weightlessness. It was clearly that the mechanism in the elevator was triggered by someone!

It was not that there had never been a situation where he was trapped due to operational errors before.

These old people in the warehouse were all his old subordinates who had followed him, Xu Guozhong, for many years, and they were already familiar with the operation process of the warehouse.

But at this critical juncture, at this crucial moment, such a low-level mistake actually occurred. How could he not be angry? The anger rolled in his chest like magma, burning his reason.

The soul guide elevator fell rapidly, with the sound of wind whistling in his ears. After descending about tens of meters, it stopped suddenly with a sharp friction of "click".

This sudden pause made Xu Guozhong's body lean forward suddenly and almost lost his balance.

The seventh-level soul master who was in charge of operating the elevator had a pale face and fine beads of sweat on his forehead.

He mechanically turned his head to look at his colleagues around him, and was met with their contemptuous eyes, which pierced his heart like a sharp knife.

Looking at Xu Guozhong again, he saw that the prince's face was ashen, his eyes were wide open, like a lion about to be angry. He was uneasy and explained hesitantly: "Prince, I... I don't think I knocked it wrong!"

"Not knocked it wrong yet?" Xu Guozhong suppressed his anger and squeezed out a few words from his teeth, "I'll deal with you when I get out! Hurry up, restart it!"

He quickly took out a golden key from his arms. The key was engraved with complicated patterns, and it was obvious that it was worth a lot of money.

On one side of the inner wall of the elevator, there was a hidden small hole, which was almost integrated with the surrounding metal. If you don't observe carefully, it is difficult to find its existence.

Xu Guozhong inserted the golden key into the small hole and turned it hard.

However, something strange happened. The key was inserted and rotated smoothly, but the soul guide elevator did not move at all, as if it was firmly imprisoned by some force and did not respond.

Time passed by minute by minute, and the air was filled with a tense atmosphere.

At this time, an eighth-level soul guide seemed to notice something unusual. He listened for a moment and asked in confusion: "Your Majesty, listen. Why is there no alarm?"

Xu Guozhong was stunned when he heard this, and then reacted.

Yes! According to common sense, if the elevator fails, the alarm system should be triggered immediately.

The alarm will resound throughout Mingde Hall and even directly reach the palace.

This is also the reason why he previously determined that it was a mistake made by his subordinates, because if it was an invasion by outsiders, the alarm would have sounded long ago. It is a shame that one's own people made a mistake in the mechanism.

He turned the golden key a few more times with force, trying to restart the elevator, but there was still no response.

Xu Guozhong's face became more and more gloomy, and his uneasiness gradually expanded.

"No! Someone has tampered with it! Quick, force it open! Melee soul guide, take action, break through from the bottom!" Xu Guozhong is indeed an experienced old man, and he made an accurate judgment at the first time.

He realized that the warehouse might have been invaded.

Although he was confident in the defense measures and soul guide traps in the warehouse, as a person who valued money, he was most worried about his treasures.

What's more, in the underground palace, there were several of his most beloved little treasures!

Ye Yulin's eyes were fixed on Han Yu, and his eyes were full of incredible amazement.

He counted silently: "One, two, three... eight, nine..." When he counted to the ninth, his voice became low, as if he was talking to himself: "The ninth core array..." He took a deep breath and confirmed it again. It was indeed the ninth! In just half an hour, Han Yu had completed the production of nine core arrays.

Ye Yulin's heart was like a raging sea, surging.

He subconsciously raised his wrist and checked the time. Half an hour, really only half an hour! At this speed, all eighteen core arrays can be completed within three hours.

Ye Yulin couldn't help but take a breath. This speed was simply unbelievable!

It takes half an hour to make nine core arrays. What does this mean? This means that the average production time of each core array is only a few minutes! Moreover, the level of these core arrays is definitely not low, at least it is above level six! Thinking of this, Ye Yulin and several other referees couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.

It's not that they don't have the ability to make a level six core array, but it's not easy to maintain the state of physical and mental unity for half an hour like Han Yu.

The unity of body and mind requires a high degree of mental concentration and stable soul power output. If there is a slight mistake, all the previous efforts will be wasted.

Even experienced soul guides like them may not be able to achieve such a long state of physical and mental unity once a year.

However, Han Yu did it, and did it so easily.

Ye Yulin's eyes fell on the soul guide production table again, and saw nine core arrays neatly arranged, each of which exuded a faint soul power fluctuation, like a carefully crafted work of art, shining with a charming luster.

Han Yu, on the other hand, was like a tireless precision instrument, his hands kept dancing, every movement was extremely precise, without the slightest deviation.

The fluctuation of his soul power was also stable and powerful, as if it was endless and never exhausted.

"Ah..." Ye Yulin sighed for a long time and shook his head helplessly.

Seeing this, Wang Lao beside him smiled and teased: "What? Do you think there is nothing to teach him?" Ye Yulin smiled bitterly and said: "This kid's foundation is no worse than our level.

In addition to the production of high-level core arrays and some experience and concepts, the only thing we are better than him is probably cultivation."

Wang Lao nodded in agreement and said: "I think he almost has the ability of a seventh-level soul mentor.

His cultivation may be a little worse, but in terms of ability, there is absolutely no problem!" Ye Yulin agreed: "Yes! If he is really as young as he looks, we old guys, I really feel ashamed.

Although he is young, I am very optimistic about him. Maybe he can really create miracles in the world of soul guides in the future! "

Wang Lao slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, as if to exhale the doubts in his heart. He whispered: "You are easily confused by appearances. Don't expect too much from him because of his temporary performance.

There is no shortage of amazing talents in this world, but how many people can really make it to the end? The light of genius is easy to shine, but to keep this light and eventually become a generation of genius, it requires not only talent, but also perseverance, opportunity and a firm heart. (End of this chapter)