“Jack, you lead the way, I’ll cover the rear.”
Without any objections, Lu Hao and the others directly opened an iron door above the rest room and entered the passage. Jack led the way, and Lu Hao covered the rear.
After everyone successfully entered the passage, Lu Hao closed the iron door, casually took out a grenade, tied one end of the rope to the pull ring, and the other end to the iron door. As long as someone pushed open the iron door, the grenade would explode.
This would not only alert them but also injure the enemy.
It was a win-win situation.
After setting the booby trap, Lu Hao chased after everyone, all the way into the next large warehouse.
“According to the base map, this is the base’s armory.”
Lu Hao took out the base map photo he had just taken, pointing to the symbol on it to explain the function of this warehouse to everyone.
“Everyone, search for useful weapons separately.”
Everyone took their lighting tools and searched for useful weapons.
Lu Hao looked at the warehouse full of World War II antiques and shook his head. These old antiques had not been maintained for so many years, they were basically rusted and unusable.
So, he simply turned his attention to those big killers.
He collected all those missile warheads and stuffed them into his storage ring.
Unfortunately, the storage ring space was insufficient and he could only put down three, otherwise he would have packed them all away.
“There’s another layer of armory below the iron door. Everyone, go down quickly. I’ll lock the iron door and it should hold off the mercenaries for a while.”
After a while, Lu Hao looked at the junk in the hands of Colonel Bird and the others and couldn’t bear to look at it.
These old antiques, which he wasn’t sure if they could even fire, were simply asking to be abused in the face of the mercenaries’ AK47s.
So Lu Hao took them into the next layer of armory and then closed and latched the iron door.
This iron door was very strong. Even bullets couldn’t penetrate it. It could slightly hinder the mercenaries’ progress.
Sizzle~
As they entered the next layer of armory, the lights of the entire base flickered suddenly.
“The mercenaries are turning on the generator. Soon the entire base will be brightly lit, and we will have nowhere to hide.”
Lu Hao looked up at the flickering lights and decisively said, “No need to look at anything else. We’ll directly open the last base door. The gold is inside. Then we’ll close the door again. They don’t know the password and won’t be able to get in for a while.”
He shone his flashlight on the base map photo and instructed, “And according to the map, the last layer of the base is a wind tunnel laboratory. There’s a ventilation shaft inside that connects to the outside. We might be able to escape through the ventilation shaft.”
“There’s an escape route? Great.”
Jack’s eyes lit up, but Ada asked, “What about the gold?” If they escaped, they wouldn’t be able to take the gold with them.
“We’ll talk about that after we save our lives. When we get out, we can immediately contact the Earl and let him deal with it. We little shrimps shouldn’t get involved.”
Lu Hao put away the photo and led them forward.
Bang!!
At that moment, there was a sudden explosion outside, startling everyone to look back.
“The mercenaries are already here. Everyone, hurry up.”
Lu Hao knew it was the booby trap he had set off. This meant that the mercenaries were close, and they had to get into the base as quickly as possible and then escape through the ventilation shaft.
Under Lu Hao’s lead, they quickly entered the doorway of the wind tunnel experiment base.
“Jack, go open the base!!”
Ada saw the keyhole on the gate and immediately took out the key the Earl had given her. She handed the key to Jack, the team leader.
“Ilsa, what’s your mother’s birthday?”
“September sixteenth.”
Through Hans’s deputy’s notes, he planned to use his daughter’s birthday, Ilsa’s mother’s birthday, as the password.
“Jack, wait.”
Lu Hao stopped Jack and volunteered, “Let me open it!!”
Jack frowned and said, “Lu Hao, there are mechanisms inside. Are you sure you can do it?”
Generally, in places with mechanisms, if you make one mistake, you will trigger the mechanism and die on the spot.
“Don’t worry.”
Lu Hao took the key and jokingly said, “If something happens to me, I’ll give you the million dollars I just got. After all, we’re partners. I have to leave you something.”
“……”
Jack was speechless. This guy was always off-topic.
“Lu Hao, be careful.”
Ilsa was full of concern. Lu Hao gave her a reassuring smile, then walked towards the base gate.
“Lu Hao, remember the steps. Don’t get it wrong.”
Jack reminded him again and again. Ada and the others also looked on nervously, afraid he would make a mistake and trigger the mechanism.
“I know. The key is divided into three sections, each with a different password.”
Lu Hao came to the door, inserted the key directly into the keyhole.
“Lu Hao, my mother’s birthday is September sixteenth, the password is 916.”
Ilsa nervously reminded Lu Hao. Lu Hao looked back at her and gave a strange smile, “Your password is wrong.” He then started turning the key slowly towards “6”!!
“Wait, don’t do anything…!”
Jack and the others shouted in panic. If the password was wrong, opening the door at random could trigger the mechanism.
Click!!
However, as the pointer reached “6”, the expected mechanism did not trigger.
Jack and the others’ eyes widened. How was that possible?
“Ilsa, didn’t you say your mother’s birthday is September sixteenth? Why doesn’t this password match? Why is the first digit ‘6’? Could it be that the password is your mother’s birthday in reverse—619!?”
Ilsa was also a little confused when she saw this. Her grandfather’s notes clearly said that her mother Ilsa’s birthday was used as the password, and her mother’s birthday was indeed September sixteenth.
She remembered her mother’s birthday very clearly and it was impossible to be wrong.
While everyone was discussing, Lu Hao had already opened the second lock and the key was pointing towards the number “9”.
Jack and the others nervously watched the surroundings, fearing that the mechanism would be triggered.
However, after a long time, there was no movement.
The second password was correct again.
“Lu Hao, there’s one last digit left. Come on.”
“Lu Hao, it all depends on you now.”
The password mentioned in the diary was incorrect. Now they could only rely on Lu Hao to open the base door. Ada and Ilsa whispered words of encouragement to Lu Hao.
Jack looked at Lu Hao with a complex expression. This guy had secretly found out so much information. As Lu Hao himself said, if he hadn’t been missing a key, the gold in the base would have already fallen into his pocket.
At this moment, Jack was very grateful that he had brought Lu Hao with him. Otherwise, a single password error could have triggered the mechanism and caused him to be buried in the base.
Colonel Bird and Colonel Banner looked at each other, involuntarily holding their breath, afraid that their breathing would affect Lu Hao’s performance.
Lu Hao took a deep breath and, according to the steps in his mind, turned the key to continue opening the third door lock.
Click!!
As he pressed the key against the door handle and turned the door open, a gust of air spurted out of the entire door, instantly opening it.