Chapter 233
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The two entered the depths of the cave and saw a safe that weighed about a ton.
Without a doubt, this was their goal.
"Safe? Do you know the password? "Chen Zhao asked.
"No … How would I know the password?"
"Then let's pry it open," Chen Zhao suggested.
"Can I use a pickaxe?"
Chen Zhao took the pickaxe. He tested it and broke the handle.
Breaking open the safe with a pickaxe was too much of a fantasy.
But it was impossible to move it back. The safe was at least a thousand kilograms. Even if Chen Zhao dragged it out of the cave, he couldn't cross the ten-kilometer mountain road.
Unless he used a helicopter to transport it, but that was even more impossible.
So, he could only try to open the safe here and split the loot.
Chen Zhao tried and confirmed that the safe was of good quality.
This safe was also indifferent to his monstrous strength.
It wasn't regular iron but alloy steel. Even a bomb might not be able to break it.
"Do you have a solution?" Chen Zhao asked.
"I'll try, but I'm not sure."
Pierce South walked up and pressed his palm on the safe.
White fluorescent tentacles extended from the back of Pierce's palm.
The tentacles weren't solid. They seeped into the safe.
After a while, Pierce's tentacles disappeared and his hand returned to his palm.
"Can it?" Chen Zhao asked.
Pierce shook his head. "The safe's mechanism is too complicated. Before I could figure it out, my 'spiritual tentacles' disappeared."
Suddenly, Chen Zhao's right side started acting up again.
Chen Zhao felt the Mouth of Gluttony open its mouth again. Usually, if something wanted to harm Chen Zhao, the Mouth of Gluttony would appear on its own or if there was something delicious.
Chen Zhao wasn't in any danger this time, so there was only one possibility.
What was in the safe that the Mouth of Gluttony wanted to eat?
Then Chen Zhao suddenly lifted his arm. It wasn't that he wanted to lift it, but the Mouth of Gluttony was controlling his arm.
"Chen, what are you doing?"
Pierce was still confused when Chen Zhao's palm suddenly grew bigger. Then Chen Zhao's palm opened up and bit a corner of the safe.
With a crack, one of the safes was bitten off. Then the mouth on Chen Zhao's palm started chewing on the alloy steel.
"What kind of magic is this?" Pierce clearly didn't know what it was based on his knowledge of magic.
In his opinion, this should also be some kind of magic.
However, this spell seemed to be very destructive. The Mouth of Gluttony could bite off at least a few dozen kilograms of alloy steel.
No matter what, he had to train his control of the Mouth of Gluttony when he got back.
Otherwise, it would be so willful every time, coming out whenever it wanted. It was simply willful and reckless.
Pierce South was fine. At least Pierce South was a wizard. Although he was weak, he had at least come into contact with supernatural powers.
If the Mouth of Gluttony was exposed in public, it would be troublesome.
He couldn't possibly say that he was performing magic, right?
Pierce South was amazed by Chen Zhao's magic, but Chen Zhao couldn't say it out loud.
Just then, the Mouth of Gluttony, which had just chewed up the alloy steel, opened its mouth again and took a big bite of the safe.
Chen Zhao felt his right arm sink a little, but only a little bit.
Did the Mouth of Gluttony want to eat something inside?
Did it want to eat the safe itself?
Chen Zhao touched his right arm. It felt like he was touching metal.
Was the Mouth of Gluttony fusing with the characteristics of alloy steel?
After two bites, the Mouth of Gluttony was full. Then Chen Zhao's right arm returned to normal.
After these two bites, the Mouth of Gluttony ate at least 100 kilograms of alloy steel.
But the safe was already open. One-third of the door was gone.
Pierce South took out everything in the safe.
To be honest, there were quite a lot of things.
A special painting attracted Chen Zhao's attention. It was stored in the style of ancient Chinese paintings. The two ends were framed by thin mahogany and were rolled into a roll.
It was also covered with a plastic cover to prevent moisture. Chen Zhao opened the cover and unrolled the painting inside. It was a splash-ink landscape painting with the words "Wenlan Mountain Scenery" at the end.
Wenlan Mountain Scenery? Was that the name of the place or the artist?
Chen Zhao had never heard of such an artist. He didn't know if it was worth anything.
However, judging from the texture of the scroll, it should be quite old.
"Do you want this one?" Pierce South asked.
Chen Zhao thought for a moment. "Okay, this one."
"Then I'll pick one too. I want this one." Pierce South picked up a pocket watch. It was probably quite old too.
"I want this." Chen Zhao picked up a book. There was something like a diary on the cover. The pages were also yellowed and black.
Chen Zhao only had one standard when it came to choosing things. He would take whatever looked old.
You take one, I take one, no one says a word.
There were more than 30 items in total. They each took a dozen, but there was still one left. The two decided to play rock-paper-scissors. Chen Zhao won the last item.
As for who would win and who would lose in the end, it was hard to say.
Chen Zhao wasn't sure how much the items he'd chosen were worth.
The two put the items they'd chosen into their carry-on backpacks and then set off home.
After a few more hours on the mountain road, Chen Zhao and Pierce South finally left the forest.
"Chen, it's been a pleasure working with you." Pierce South finally relaxed. Chen Zhao indeed didn't plan to do anything to him.
If Chen Zhao really wanted to take advantage of him, he'd probably become his pet.
Actually, Chen Zhao was also on guard against him. After all, it was their first time working together.
When they returned home, Fali saw Chen Zhao walking back in disheveled clothes.
"Chen, you're back from treasure hunting?" Fali knew that Chen Zhao had gone treasure hunting yesterday.
"Yes, it's all here." Chen Zhao put down his backpack.
"What's all this?" Fali didn't know anything about these items.
"I'm going to ask a professional today with these things."
"Aren't you going to rest? You didn't sleep the whole night, right?"
"I'm fine. Are you going to work?"
"Yes. Clean up Walter and the others too. They're all dirty and bloodstained … You didn't let them eat Pierce South, did you?"
Fali knew that Chen Zhao wasn't that kind of person, so she joked casually.
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