chsdbacks Chapter 239 Setting off fireworks to make extra money
Chapter 239 Setting off fireworks to make extra money
At 2:00 AM on the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, at the summit of Mount Fuji in Japan.
The night sky was as black as ink, and the stars were dim. The cone-shaped summit of Mount Fuji was covered with snow, which gleamed coldly in the moonlight. Extreme cold and silence enveloped this area, which was regarded as a sacred place.
At that moment, four figures appeared on the mountaintop.
Lin Yan stood atop the mountain, his black wool coat remaining motionless in the biting mountain wind. Lin Yi, Lin Er, and Lin Gang stood silently behind him.
"Young Master, the location has been determined, and the key nodes of energy flow inside the mountain have been marked." Lin Yi reported in a deep voice, holding a compass-shaped magical artifact in his hand, on which several faint points of light flickered, corresponding to the key locations of the magma chamber at the foot of the mountain.
Lin Yan nodded slightly, his divine sense already spreading downwards like an invisible spider web, penetrating hundreds of meters of rock layers, and "saw" the enormous magma system that was dormant yet still contained immense power. The main magma chamber was like a restless heart, beating slowly and powerfully deep underground.
"Let's begin," Lin Yan said calmly.
He slowly raised his hands, his ten fingers dancing like butterflies flitting among flowers, forming a series of complex and ancient hand seals. With his movements, the true energy within his body began to surge with unprecedented intensity.
Lin Yi, Lin Er, and Lin Gang moved swiftly, forming a triangle with Lin Yan at the center. Each of them retrieved a pre-prepared obsidian array base, inscribed with dense runes, from their storage rings and precisely driven it into the frozen rock beneath their feet. Obsidian, being an extremely yin substance, could, through its extreme cold, draw upon the extremely yang heat of magma deep underground—a principle known as "yin giving rise to yang."
As the array base was in place, an invisible, massive array covering the entire mountaintop area was instantly activated. The spiritual energy diluted within the array plate, and even the deeper earth vein energy, began to be forcibly gathered and compressed, and guided through the array, like countless invisible probes, precisely piercing the key nodes marked by Lin Yi.
A glint flashed in Lin Yan's eyes, and he pressed his hands lightly against the ground.
"shock!"
He let out a low shout, and a shockwave containing all the spiritual power of his peak ninth-level Foundation Establishment stage, guided by the array, ignored the thick rock layer barrier and acted directly on the fragile area where the tectonic plates meet below Mount Fuji, like a highly concentrated "artificial earthquake".
hum-
A deep, muffled sound, as if from the depths of the earth, resounded. The entire mountain seemed to tremble slightly, and the snow on its summit slid off in a soft rustling sound.
At the same time, Lin Yan manipulated the immense energy gathered by the formation, simulating the effect of "deep fluid injection," and forcibly poured it into the relatively stable shallow magma chamber!
It's like a pressure cooker that's about to overflow being suddenly filled with a large amount of high-pressure steam, while simultaneously slamming the pot hard.
Deep in the mountains, inside the main magma chamber.
The balance has been completely broken!
The volatile gases (water, carbon dioxide, etc.) that were originally slowly released suddenly and wildly released and expanded under the violent disturbance of external energy and the sudden increase of internal pressure! The viscosity of the magma changed drastically under the impact of energy, which hindered the escape of the gas.
The pressure is escalating exponentially!
"Crackling..." The subtle sound of rocks splitting was so clear to my divine sense. The originally tough rock strata of the magma roof, under the combined effect of the surging internal pressure and external spiritual energy, finally succumbed and cracks appeared!
The scorching, gas-filled magma, like a trapped dragon that has found an outlet, surged wildly upwards along the newly formed fissure!
At the mountaintop, Lin Yan withdrew his hands, placing them behind his back, a satisfied smile curving his lips.
At first, there was only a more violent tremor in the ground, as if a giant beast was turning over before it awoke.
Immediately afterwards, a deep, muffled roar that made even the soul tremble came from underground!
Rumble—!!!
Countless cracks instantly appeared on the snow beneath their feet, and scorching white steam hissed out from the cracks.
The next moment, amidst a deafening roar, the crater of Mount Fuji, which had been dormant for over two hundred years, suddenly spewed out an incredibly dazzling light! It wasn't flames, but rather rock fragments and magma heated to incandescence!
A massive column of smoke, a mixture of dark red magma, black volcanic ash, and superheated gases, shot into the sky like a spear of divine punishment! It instantly pierced the pitch-black night sky, illuminating the surrounding area for miles around as if it were daytime!
A massive cloud of volcanic ash began to form and spread high in the sky, with streaks of lightning flashing and exploding within it, as if the end of the world had arrived. Incandescent lava, like a boiling pot of porridge, began to overflow from the crater, spreading down the mountainside, instantly vaporizing ice and snow and turning rocks into molten lava wherever it passed.
A strong smell of sulfur filled the air, and a huge noise and vibration spread throughout the Kanto Plain.
Lin Yan and his companions hovered on their swords some distance from the violently erupting volcano, their bodies enveloped in faint spiritual energy shields that kept out the intense heat, poisonous fumes, and flying debris. They quietly "admired" the magnificent, terrifying, and destructively beautiful "fireworks" before them.
"Hmm, that was quite a commotion." Lin Yan nodded, as if he were just commenting on an ordinary fireworks display. "Let's go, let's go to the Bank of Japan in Tokyo to collect some principal. If we're quick, we can still make it back in time to make dumplings."
After speaking, he turned around, took a step, and disappeared from the spot. Lin Yi and the other two followed closely behind, as if they had never appeared.
All that remained was the roaring volcano behind them, whose destructive eruption illuminated the Japanese sky before dawn in 1960, creating a "natural" spectacle that shocked the world.
Four o'clock in the morning, outside the underground vault of the Bank of Japan in Tokyo.
The figures of Lin Yan, Lin Yi, Lin Er, and Lin Gang appeared silently outside the vault, protected by a thick concrete structure and multiple layers of alloy armor, like ghosts blending into the shadows. The physical barriers were utterly useless before the powerful divine sense of the cultivators.
Their divine senses, like invisible mercury, easily penetrated the several-meter-thick concrete walls and alloy armor doors, clearly presenting the scene inside the vault to their "eyes".
"Young master, the internal structure matches the data. The gold is located in Vault A in the core area, totaling 14,080 standard gold ingots, each weighing 12.5 kilograms, with a total weight of 176 tons. All gold ingots have the Bank of Japan's exclusive mark and serial number on their surface."
"Approximately $1.5 million in US dollar cash is located in safe deposit boxes in Zone B, mainly in denominations of $100. Approximately $3000 million in British pound cash is located in Zone C," Lin Er added.
"There are some rare metal certificates in Zone D." Lin Gang identified the hidden wealth.
Lin Yan's divine sense carefully swept over each gold ingot. The cold metallic luster and heavy texture seemed almost tangible, and every official mark and serial number on it was crystal clear.
Lin Yan stored the gold into his spatial storage in two separate transactions.
The sealed cash boxes disappeared in rows, the green dollars and the dark pounds disappearing along with the boxes, all being completely absorbed into the space.
Throughout the entire process, the physical structure inside the vault remained intact, as if nothing had happened. Only the now-empty steel frame and safe testified to a "perfect heist" that had been carried out without anyone noticing.
He scanned the vault again with his divine sense and confirmed that there were no more high-value items left inside.
"Cleanup complete, young master," Lin Yi reported.
Lin Yan nodded in satisfaction. The four figures slowly blended into the darkness and appeared several blocks away in the next moment, as if they had never been there.
Inside Lin Yan's space warehouse, a small mountain made up of 14,080 unmarked gold ingots stood quietly, next to neatly stacked cash boxes and delivery slips for rare metals.
"Hmm," Lin Yan chuckled, feeling the added "weight" in the space. "Your Majesty, I only took a small portion of the principal this time. I hope you enjoyed the New Year's fireworks I set off for you!"
"Lin Gang, we could totally make setting off fireworks a regular event every Spring Festival! Come see it every year, oh wow, that would be awesome!"
The three exchanged a glance; the young master's delusional disorder was about to enter a stable phase.