Use first and repay later: Advance the future cultivation fruits-Chapter 50 - : 50. Sealed Passage

Chapter 50: 50. Sealed Passage

“Patrol Team, follow me to continue the search, and please, comrades from the police force, continue maintaining the blockade and do not approach the search scene.”

Lin Qing’s voice spread through the loudspeaker, and immediately he led a group of patrollers, quickly walking towards the direction of the Red Oak Boxing Gym deep within Changshui Street.

As for the police personnel, naturally, they would not join the Patrol in the search.

In this era, the reason why the Patrol system was specially set apart and allowed to advance so rapidly was that the Patrol’s duties were much more dangerous!

Searching and patrolling day and night, how could the likelihood of encountering danger be low?

Thus, even though many patrollers discreetly skimmed a little off the top, as long as it wasn’t excessive, nobody said anything.

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On the cold, empty street, a large group of patrollers in tall, black uniforms quickly moved forward, with Lin Qing leading Zhao Jiayi at the very front of the team.

“Captain Lin, are we going to search the Red Oak Boxing Gym?”

Xiao Peidong quickly caught up and couldn’t help but ask, “Is the whole team searching? Do we not need to search anywhere else?”

“Not to worry.”

Lin Qing calmly said, “Didn’t we check the VIP elevator at Qingtai Hotel last time? Since there were no issues, I’ve already requested the police to help block the surveillance, let’s search the Red Oak Boxing Gym first.”

He glanced at Xiao Peidong, saying, “Since Chu Tianyao appeared, it likely indicates there really is a problem here, don’t you think, Captain Xiao?”

“Indeed.”

Xiao Peidong also nodded in agreement, “But it’s not just the Red Oak Boxing Gym, we can’t overlook other places either.”

“That’s natural,” Lin Qing’s mouth curved slightly upward.

Soon, the Patrol Team had arrived in front of the closed doors of the Red Oak Boxing Gym.

“Not opened?”

Xiao Peidong slightly frowned, subtly glancing at the surveillance camera above the door, then turned to the patrollers behind him and ordered, “Contact the person in charge of the Red Oak Boxing Gym, and have them open the door immediately.”

At that moment, Lin Qing stepped forward.

“There’s no need for that, it’s too time-consuming.”

As he spoke, Lin Qing suddenly stepped forward and fiercely kicked the electronic lock on the door of the Red Oak Boxing Gym.

“Bang!”

The kick was incredibly focused, and an invisible force penetrated directly into the interior of the lock, immediately destroying several precise structures and support points within the lock.

The door trembled and was forced open by a crack.

Xiao Peidong’s pupils constricted.

Such a heavy security door, kicked open with just one foot?

“Enter.”

Lin Qing instructed, and the patrollers behind him quickly stepped forward, pushing open the gym’s door. A large group of patrollers in black uniforms streamed in.

Footsteps echoed in the vacuous gym.

Despite the gym being empty, there was still a person in charge present.

A short, plump middle-aged man hurried over, daring not to express his anger, and accompanied his words with a smile, “Patrol Officers, why didn’t you notify us? You could have knocked on the door too, these locks are expensive, now the boss will scold me again.”

Lin Qing ignored him and simply instructed, “Patrol Officers, thoroughly search every part of the gym, Patrol Department members draw your guns, come with me.”

The person in charge quickly asked, “Weren’t we thoroughly searched here a few days ago? Why are we searching again today?”

“The search warrant is here.”

Lin Qing casually placed a search warrant in the man’s chest pocket and then, accompanied by Zhao Jiayi and six Captain Level Patrol Department leaders, rushed towards the direction of the locker room.

“Captain Lin, where are we starting from?” Xiao Peidong asked.

He was only acting as captain and had no authority over his peer Lin Qing.

Moreover, the search mission required by the police had been accepted by Lin Qing, giving Lin Qing command during the search, and there was nothing he could do.

But watching Lin Qing head directly towards the locker room, a bad premonition arose in his heart.

“During the last search, I found something unusual. I didn’t scrutinize it fully. Just keep an eye on it, Captain Xiao.”

During his speech, Lin Qing moved swiftly, striding toward the locker room they had found last time, quickly leaving everyone else behind.

Soon, they arrived at the door of the locker room where clues had been found last time.

The door was locked tight, but he didn’t wait around. A slap landed on the door, invisible penetrating force seeped in, destroying the lock, and he immediately pushed the door open.

Xiao Peidong also hurriedly brushed past others, following Lin Qing into the locker room.

Among the crowd of patrollers, Zhao Jiayi blinked her eyes and muttered silently to herself, “Finally, we have the confidence to search this place, let me see what’s going on down there…”

Inside the locker room.

Following Lin Qing inside, Xiao Peidong pretended to be puzzled as he surveyed the room, saying, “Hasn’t this locker room been searched several times before? It seemed like there were no problems?”

Lin Qing didn’t say much, but walked up to a row of wall-mounted cabinets, grabbed the edges of the cabinets with both arms, and with a mighty pull—

“Crack!”

Under his skillful exertion of force, the row of large cabinets was suddenly dragged open, revealing the bare wall behind.

With a loud crash, the cabinets fell to the floor, immediately kicking up a cloud of dust.

Although the Order Level hadn’t decreased this time, Lin Qing’s intuition still warned him…

There might be a problem under this cabinet!

Xiao Peidong watched this scene, barely managing to control his expression and maintaining calmness, said, “Last time we moved all the cabinets to check, and there was nothing—”

He hadn’t finished speaking when he saw Lin Qing suddenly lift his leg and fiercely stomp on the floor tile that had been covered by the cabinet!

After activating the Combat Skill, a force nearly ten times that of a normal person poured out completely through this stomp. The invisible, penetrating force acted on the tile, and immediately, several cracks appeared on the smooth tile.

“Clap clap clap clap clap—!!”

In the blink of an eye, Lin Qing rapidly stomped five times in succession, each strike penetrating destructively with meticulously controlled strength.

Suddenly—

“Crash!”

The already shattered floor collapsed entirely, revealing a square meter-wide hole that formed a passageway, as dust drifted down around it.

Through this passage, one could see the deep stairs that were much wider than the entrance.

The floor used as a disguise was clearly not ordinary in thickness or layering, originally serving as a ‘door’ that could block detection and camouflage.

From the remnants of the structure at the edges of the passage, it appeared there had been a way to control the opening and closing of this floor section to either expose or hide the passage below.

But now, it had been forcibly crushed by Lin Qing.

“Indeed…”

Lin Qing’s lips curled into a smile, glancing out of the corner of his eye at Xiao Peidong, who also wore a shocked expression, clearly not expecting such a hidden passage.

At this moment, Zhao Jiayi and several officers from the Patrol Department also entered the changing room and stopped short.

“A passage?”

“There’s actually a passage here?”

The group leaders were all astonished as they looked at the gaping hole in the floor.

“Hand me the signal light.”

Lin Qing reached back with his hand, and Zhao Jiayi immediately handed him a small, round signal light.

Then, Lin Qing quickly threw the signal light into the passage.

The flexible, bouncing signal light hit the floor of the passage several times, instantly illuminating the dark interior.

“Hmm?”

At that moment, Lin Qing suddenly noticed that in the depths of the illuminated stairway, a thick black metal plate was slowly closing!

Moreover, judging from the speed of the metal plate’s movement, the passage would be completely sealed off in no more than two seconds!

“Not good!”

Xiao Peidong cried out in alarm, barely containing his elation, pointing in horror at the metal plate closing in the depths of the passage.

He knew about this defensive measure of the Underground Boxing Arena, a last resort activated only when compromised, purely relying on mechanical leverage to seal the passage, unaffected by hackers.

A 45cm thick alloy plate could completely jam this sturdy alloy passage!

Even if General Captain Yuan Anping arrived, it would be difficult to brute force through it, excavation would be more efficient.

Once the passage was completely closed, the personnel inside the Underground Boxing Arena could buy enough time to evacuate!

The group leaders were also taken aback upon seeing this.

Actually, the speed of the metal plate closing wasn’t fast.

If they had charged in immediately, even those who weren’t fast, like Captain Level strengths, could have made it in time.

But…

The armed forces of the Underground Boxing Arena, even Captain Level strength would be somewhat daunting, truly a dragon’s lair and a tiger’s den.

If a whole Patrol Team went in to suppress under the leadership of a Captain, of course, there was a great chance of success, as it was just an underground arena after all.

But…

To let a Captain rush in alone?

That would be much riskier, and protection wasn’t guaranteed.

A General Captain with the power to control the entirety of Lin’an City could single-handedly take down the entire Yuanhong Society.

Even if the Underground Boxing Arena was just a small part of Yuanhong Society, it would probably require much greater strength than an average Captain Level to break through alone.

The two Captains present were both recently promoted and obviously not that strong.

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Xiao Peidong glanced at Lin Qing and saw that he was slightly squinting, clearly also hesitant, and couldn’t help but sneer inwardly.

At this moment—

Lin Qing, who had already activated his Combat Skill, looked at the slowly closing passage, truly hesitating in his mind.

With his current strength, he was confident, but it would expose much of his power unless he could obtain a significant amount of merit, allowing him to learn several Combat Skills; otherwise, it wouldn’t be worth it…

Just then—

Lin Qing suddenly felt a peculiar intuition.

Inside this Underground Boxing Arena, there seemed to be some treasure he greatly desired, like a starving man catching the scent of food or a greed-filled ghost hearing the sound of gold coins clinking…

Why have such an intuition?

He found it odd, but the accuracy of this intuition had always been high, making him slightly skeptical—

Could the Underground Boxing Arena truly contain something I urgently need?

As the metal plate slowly closed, Xiao Peidong felt a weight lift from his heart.

In less than a second, the metal plate had almost entirely closed, and the remaining gap was too small to squeeze through.

At the last moment—

“Whoosh!”

Lin Qing abruptly moved, instantly becoming a blurred silhouette like a swift wind, he rushed into the passage just before the metal plate sealed, and deftly slipped through!

The crowd was momentarily stunned.

“Bang!”

Following a loud clang, the metal plate fully closed, deeply embedding itself into the passage walls.