A secret vault with the highest authority? Chen Rui's gaze fell on the warehouse ahead, a stretch of broken tiles and ruined walls. Nothing about the furnishings or damaged objects within seemed special, but Chen Rui trusted that the life crystal would not lie. After a careful search, he finally discovered a spatial contact point on an inconspicuous wall, one that appeared to be the entrance to the secret vault.
This spatial contact point was rather complex. Fortunately, the life crystal's Level One authority contained a corresponding example, and the secret vault's outer defenses had already been completely destroyed. With the help of Deep Analysis, Chen Rui spent some time and finally successfully triggered the spatial entrance.
An oval golden gate of light appeared before him. Chen Rui's eyes lit up, and he walked inside.
Within was an independent spatial chamber containing only a few items. Before Chen Rui could examine them closely, information came from the life crystal: "Authority error. Soul power does not match the secret vault's spiritual imprint. The secret vault will self-destruct in three seconds."
Chen Rui was startled. With a thought, he activated the power of the time laws. His figure flashed in an instant as he swept those few items into his storage space, then swiftly exited the gate of light.
The golden gate trembled, then vanished with a muffled boom. Chen Rui secretly called himself fortunate. The highest authority truly was extraordinary—though the outer defenses had entirely failed, it still possessed a self-destruction mechanism. Fortunately, he had already gained control of the central life crystal. Had any outsider entered, they would never have received the crystal's warning and would have vanished along with the space in those brief three seconds.
He had obtained four items from the secret vault in total: two projection