From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword-Chapter 83 - 80: Entering the Vault

The next night, at nine o'clock.

In front of Gongteng Group's headquarters building on Champs Elysees, Ningyun District, Coastal City.

This building, with a total of 39 floors and a height of 203 meters, is considered a landmark in Ningyun District.

Lu Heng and Su Muyu stood in front of the building, looking up at the shining logo of Gongteng Group on the building.

"The vault is on the 27th floor, and the security is extremely tight; there are two security checks before and after, and there is no way to enter through external ventilation ducts or such, we basically can only take the elevator up," Su Muyu briefly described the situation of the building.

"Security is indeed tight."

"Also, under normal circumstances, one can't press the button for the 27th floor in the elevator without a card," Su Muyu added.

"Did you get the card?" Lu Heng asked.

Su Muyu pulled out a magnetic card and said, "Just got it."

With a reconnaissance eagle available, getting a card was indeed not difficult.

"Good, let's go in and turn invisible," Lu Heng said as he started walking forward.

Both became invisible and walked into the headquarters building of Gongteng Group.

It was now nine o'clock at night, and most of the company employees had left work, but some were still working overtime or on night shifts.

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Lu Heng and Su Muyu walked straight into the building, under the cover of the Invisibility Veil, as if entering an uninhabited territory.

The infrared scanning at the entrance didn't detect them either.

This was because "Invisible Veil·Escape Shadow" had undergone a Skill Fusion, acquiring the effect to block infrared sensors and scents.

Thus, Lu Heng disregarded the security at the entrance, swaggeringly entered the building, swiped the card, and pressed the button for the elevator to go up to the 27th floor where the vault was located.

The elevator stopped at the 27th floor, and the doors slowly opened, revealing guards on patrol in the corridor.

Seeing the elevator doors open, two guards came over to check but found nothing in the elevator.

"How come there's nobody?" one guard scratched his head in confusion.

"Probably someone pressed the wrong floor," the other guard casually replied, and continued on with his patrol, wanting to finish quickly and go back to the security room to play with his phone.

Lu Heng and Su Muyu stood in the corridor, watching as the two guards disappeared around the corner.

Su Muyu turned and pointed in the other direction, saying, "The entrance to the vault is over there, there's a second layer of security checks, and guards are stationed there 24 hours a day. Besides that, the vault door is made of alloy, and it would probably take quite a large bomb to blow it open."

"There's no need to break through the door; I can enter directly. You just wait outside, find a position where we can retreat at any time. If anything unexpected happens, you can leave first, don't worry about me," Lu Heng had observed the situation outside the vault and was ready to execute his plan.

"Okay."

Su Muyu nodded in agreement and began to think about the retreat route based on the structure of the building.

Gongteng Group's vault was indeed of very high security level, basically on par with a bank's vault.

Such a vault, even the best of thieves wouldn't be able to enter.

However, in the age of Superpowers, that wasn't necessarily the case.

Lu Heng used "Shadow Traversal," slipping into the shadows, ignoring physical collisions, and directly moved through the wall into the vault.

The vault stored many gold bars, stacked together like small mountains.

In prosperous times collect; in chaotic times hoard gold.

This is an age-old truth.

The more turbulent the times, the more gold retains its value, while the value of paper currency becomes no different from waste paper once monetary trust collapses.

An Abyss invasion would directly plunge the Human World into chaos; hence, the financial magnates and capitalists had begun to hoard large quantities of gold.

This had caused the price of gold to skyrocket over the past month, and the trend indicated it would continue to rise.

However, gold was not the only hard currency after the invasion of the Abyss.

The Demon Crystal Core held even higher value and not just in monetary terms, but also in its use.

That's why the Demon Crystal Core was the true hard currency of the era, even more solid than gold.

Clearly, the Gong Family understood this truth as well.

In the vault, aside from gold bars, there was also a glass cabinet storing Demon Crystal Cores, about forty to fifty in estimate.

The total value of these cores was at least over thirty million.

Since it had come to this, it was definite that he would take the Crystal Cores with him—it was like picking up money in a sack.

But before he started picking up money, he needed to find the "Skill Slot Expansion Crystal Core."

...

Meanwhile.

Outside the vault door, after Lu Heng moved through the wall into the vault, Su Muyu, having considered a retreat route, quietly waited outside.

It wasn't long before the elevator moved again.

Su Muyu's eyebrows raised, and he quickly used the reconnaissance eagle to confirm the situation in the elevator.

He saw the elevator doors open, and Gong ZhenTeng led a team of Superpower Users out of the elevator.

Seeing Gong ZhenTeng's sudden appearance made Su Muyu's heart skip a beat, and she became anxious, quickly pulling out her phone to send a message to Lu Heng.

But there was no response; clearly, there was no signal inside the vault to receive messages.

Fortunately, the team of Superpower Users didn't rush towards the vault after leaving the elevator.

This indicated that he was unaware that the vault had been compromised and was here for something else.

Su Muyu was anxious but could do nothing, only planning ahead for the follow-up and retreat.

Walking beside Gong ZhenTeng, a bald Superpower User clearly seemed to be the leader of the team.

This bald man appeared to be in his thirties, looked rugged, had protruding temples, bulging veins on his muscles, and calluses on his palms, clearly skilled in firearms.

Moreover, his demeanor indicated a high level.

"Hong Qiang, once you sign the contract, Thunder team members and resources are all yours," Gong ZhenTeng recruited the Superpower User as they walked toward the vault door.

Hong Qiang cracked a half smile, "Not enough."

"The resources I offer are definitely not obtainable elsewhere," Gong ZhenTeng asserted confidently.

Hong Qiang was discontented, "Lei Jinhao is dead, you must be quite anxious, huh?"

Indeed, Gong ZhenTeng was anxious. He had invested a lot of money in Lei Jinhao, and counting the other superpower users in Lei Jinhao's team, the total was at least in the billions.

But with Lei Jinhao's death, all that money had gone to waste.

What was even more distressing was that the Gong Family now urgently needed to raise a new team of superpower users, otherwise many things could not be done.

So, when Gong ZhenTeng heard that Lei Jinhao had died on the Abyss Battlefield, he immediately met with this superpower user named Hong Qiang and extended an olive branch.

Gong ZhenTeng continued to discuss the terms, "As long as you agree, that Super Crystal Core I have will also be yours in the future."

Hong Qiang shook his finger and corrected him, "Not in the future, now. I need to see the Crystal Core first."

While speaking, Gong ZhenTeng had already walked to the front of the vault's door, scanned his iris for the security check, and then took Hong Qiang inside, "Have your men wait outside."

One didn't need so many people to enter the vault. Hong Qiang turned to signal his men to wait at the door.

Gong ZhenTeng gave a meaningful glance to the security staff at the vault door and said, "Open the vault door."

The two security personnel hurried over and began the process to open the vault door.

...

At this moment.

Inside the vault.

Lu Heng had searched the entire vault and had not found the Super Crystal Core.

However, he did find a safe on the wall.

A safe installed in the vault obviously meant it held the most important item inside.

The safe required a password to open.

Lu Heng tried twice, both times unsuccessfully.

If he erred a third time, the safe would lock immediately and trigger an alarm.

In such cases, the most correct approach was...

Lu Heng drew the Aurora Blade, concentrated the Power of Thunder and Lightning, and swung his sword.

The safe door opened in response, clean and neat.

Lu Heng took out a box the size of a palm from the safe, opened it, and sure enough, it was the Super Crystal Core.

[Skill Slot Expansion Crystal Core: Use this Crystal Core to break through the Skill Slot Number limit, adding one more Skill Slot for the user.]

Having obtained this Super Crystal Core, Lu Heng's face revealed a hint of ecstatic joy as he directly absorbed it.

[Using "Skill Slot Expansion Crystal Core," Skill Slot Number +1]

[Skill Slot Number: 4]

After using the Super Crystal Core, the number of Skill Slots increased from 3 to 4, with an additional empty Skill Slot now available.

Immediately after, Lu Heng took out the [Bullet Time] Crystal Core and began to absorb it.

Energy from the Crystal Core flowed into his body through his palm, circulated around his body, and finally concentrated into an Energy Ball in the fourth Skill Slot.

Then, on the character data panel, information on the fourth skill appeared.

After acquiring [Bullet Time] Skill, Lu Heng looked around to see if there were any other high-value items he could take.

Just then.

The sound of the vault door opening could be heard, slowly opening.

Gong ZhenTeng walked into the vault with a bald superpower user, simultaneously speaking, "Lei Jinhao is dead; you can take over Thunder. You'll definitely be satisfied with the foundation of this team."

"I've heard that you incurred the wrath of a formidable person, and that's why Lei Jinhao is dead. Thunder can't solve a problem like that," Hong Qiang snapped up the Gong Family's current vulnerability, naturally asking for a large bite.

"Lei Jinhao died on the Abyss Battlefield, which shows his incompetence," Gong ZhenTeng actually knew how Lei Jinhao died.

Some members of Thunder who survived had come out and told the whole story of what happened on the Abyss Battlefield.

This was also why Gong ZhenTeng was so eager to find a new enforcer.

"Is that so?" A sneer appeared on Hong Qiang's face.

Gong ZhenTeng narrowed his eyes slightly, his face showing some displeasure. As the chairman of Gongteng Group, when had he ever been cornered like this?

But with Lei Jinhao's death, he no longer had a usable high-level enforcer and could only bleed money to buy this Hong Qiang off.

He tugged at the corners of his mouth, countering, "What's the matter, you're scared? The man Lei Jinhao couldn't handle, you worry you can't either?"

Hong Qiang suddenly burst into laughter, "Chairman Gong, you underestimate me. Not to look down on Lei Jinhao, but he's nothing more than a bullet's work in front of me."

Gong ZhenTeng continued, "With that said, what's there to be afraid of? Take over Thunder, and whatever you want in the future, you will have."

Hong Qiang chuckled confidently, "Rest assured, what Lei Jinhao couldn't do, I'll do for you. First, hand me that Super Crystal Core, then I'll go and bring your enemy's entire family over to you as a greeting gift."

Gong ZhenTeng originally intended to continue bargaining with the Super Crystal Core, but now he had no choice. He had to lead him towards the direction of the vault's safe.

As they approached the wall on the north side of the vault, he finally saw the condition of its wall.

The safe's door had been broken into.

"What's going on here?" Gong ZhenTeng's eyes widened, and he turned to run back out to call people to sound the alarm.

Just at this moment.

Hong Qiang flipped his hands, and two Browning pistols appeared, aiming at a pillar and shouting, "Come out! I saw you."

Lu Heng stepped out from behind the pillar, facing the two men.

Seeing Lu Heng, Gong ZhenTeng's eyes bulged, surprised, "It's you!"

Lu Heng retorted with a smirk, "Who just said they wanted to tie up my whole family? I'm right here, why not start with me?"

Hong Qiang raised an eyebrow and asked, "Chairman Gong, is this man your enemy?"

Actually, Gong ZhenTeng wasn't sure if Lu Heng was the murderer of his son, but at this point, with enmity established, it didn't matter anymore.

"Yes, it's him! Kill him now!" Gong ZhenTeng pointed at Lu Heng, his voice trembling.

"That's fine, saves me the trouble of looking elsewhere." As Hong Qiang spoke, his Browning aimed at Lu Heng's chest and he pulled the trigger without hesitation.

Bang!