Shen Heng didn't reply, but instead nodded at everyone.
Upon hearing this, everyone took a deep breath and braced themselves for the wait.
At the same time, a female voice came through the headset.
"I see!"
That's Fan Yuqiao's voice.
In the Longzhou Supervision Bureau, besides Wu Hongxuan and Wang Zhi, he was the only Third Tier.
Silence fell over the headset again.
All that's left to do, and all that can be done, is wait.
However, compared to others, Shen Heng was the only one who could fully grasp the progress of things.
He closed his eyes, listening intently and sketching out the situation outside.
Soon, the van stopped in front of the Longzhou People's Bank.
Then, several police officers in the car opened the back door and began moving the gold.
During this period, Fan Yuqiao did not appear, nor could she appear.
Unable to effectively suppress her overflowing Origin Power, she appeared and was seen by the Golden Rat.
That's no different from telling the Golden Rat directly that today's events are a conspiracy against it.
In fact, she couldn't even get off the vehicle; after the gold was unloaded, she had to leave with the vehicle.
In addition, a fourth vehicle is also prohibited from passing.
Everything will have to wait until the plan is complete.
Time flows slowly.
Police officers carried boxes of gold from the car into the underground vault.
As they were moving it, a head with Yellow Hair slowly emerged from the ground in the distance.
As it watched the boxes of goods being moved away, its face trembled as if the fruits of its hard work had been stolen.
Despite this, the Golden Rat had no choice but to endure it.
Its experiences during this period forced it to suppress its primal desires.
About ten minutes later, the gold was moved, the police officers got into the car, and closed the door.
The van then drove off into the distance.
The brown-yellow head turned around on the ground, its gaze sweeping between the van and the surrounding buildings.
Finally, after hesitating for a moment, it burrowed in one direction.
Meanwhile, inside the underground vault.
Shen Heng suddenly opened his eyes, looked up, and stared in one direction.
"What's wrong?" Le Gu Nan asked, noticing Shen Heng's unusual behavior.
The staff from the Longzhou Supervision Bureau also turned their curious gazes over.
Shen Heng withdrew his gaze, frowning as he said:
" The Golden Rat continued chasing after the van!"
Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes widened instinctively.
"Wait... didn't all the gold already get moved down? Why is it leaving?"
Shen Heng frowned in thought; this was also something that puzzled him.
Why would Golden Rat ignore a pile of gold nuggets and follow a car instead?
Is there anything more attractive about the car?
No, we shouldn't think like that; we should try to see things from another person's perspective.
If I were the Golden Rat, what should I do now, after surviving several raids, in this situation?
An answer slowly emerged in Shen Heng's mind.
Let's confirm if this is an ambush!
Just as Wu Hongxuan and his team had demonstrated before, the Golden Rat behaved during the second and third encirclements.
so...
"It should just be a brief follow-up to confirm whether they are fake." A gentle voice sounded beside Shen Heng.
Shen Heng turned to look at Le Gu Nan, who had the same thought, and asked, "How do you think the Golden Rat will confirm this?"
"Follow them, see if they come back, or..." Le Gu Nan looked at Shen Heng and suggested another possibility, "An attack?"
Shen Heng nodded and looked at Wu Hongxuan.
Wu Hongxuan nodded to indicate that he understood, and then he pressed a button on his headset.
" The Golden Rat has followed you. Be careful not to come back. Also, the Golden Rat might attack you, so be careful."
"Huh? They followed us?" Fan Yuqiao's surprised voice came through the earpiece, but she quickly replied:
"I understand, but... what if the Golden Rat attacks us?"
"Try to kill him!" Wang Zhi said from the fourth car.
"If we can't kill him, then forget it. Today's plan is off. We'll think of another way later."
"Understood," Fan Yuqiao replied.
The conversation stopped coming through the headset.
With the unexpected incident resolved, Shen Heng was about to focus all his attention on the Golden Rat when Wei Yongrui, who had been in the vault the first time, spoke up.
Do you think there might be a third possibility?
Shen Heng paused, looking over with some surprise. Was there anything else he hadn't expected?
"Which possibility?" Shen Heng asked.
Everyone turned their gazes in that direction with some curiosity.
Seeing everyone looking at him, Wei Yongrui looked at Shen Heng with some excitement and said:
"Do you think the Golden Rat might be plotting something bigger?"
Even bigger?... Shen Heng looked at Wei Yongrui, gesturing for him to continue.
Wei Yongrui said:
"It probably wanted to see if the truck that was transporting the gold came from that gold mine."
"That way, if it can follow the vehicle to its destination, it might find even more gold!"
"That's way more profitable than working here!"
"..."
Everyone fell silent upon hearing this; based on their knowledge, this was an impossible thing.
but...
The Golden Rat doesn't know!
It's quite possible that it thinks that way!
Wu Hongxuan raised his hand again and pressed it on the headset.
" Fan Yuqiao, have the driver take you directly to the rest area, then you stay in the car and wait for further instructions."
"Clear."
After dealing with all the possible scenarios they could think of, the group waited in the vault once again.
Shen Heng closed his eyes, focusing his attention on the two receding sounds.
They stopped about three kilometers away, followed by the sound of car doors slamming shut.
Several footsteps, accompanied by chatter, walked towards a certain location.
Then, the figure buried deep underground slowly rose to the surface and remained there for a long time.
Finally, as if sensing that this time it wasn't fake, the voice sank back into the ground and then quickly rushed towards this location.
Shen Heng slowly raised his eyes and pressed the button on his headset.
"They're already on their way, no need to hide in the car anymore!"
"Hoo--" A breath came through the headset, followed by a reply, "Understood!"
The others around also breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as they come, the plan won't be ruined.
Shen Heng slowly drew his long sword.
The sound waves overlapped, causing the long sword to vibrate rapidly...
Meanwhile, the Golden Rat was rapidly approaching from underground.
3 km, 2 km, 1 km, 500 m, 300 m, 200 m, 100 m...
It stopped.
The Golden Rat slowly poked its head out from the wall, its eyes scanning the passageway.
However, with each scan, his gaze would linger for a while on the neatly stacked, gleaming pile of gold in the middle.
After a long while, seemingly still not at ease, the Golden Rat retreated back into the ground and began to wander along the underground structure.
Inside the vault, everyone waited silently.
However, their gazes unconsciously focused on Shen Heng.
Then, it moved along with Shen Heng's gaze.
At a certain moment.
Clang! Clang!
A crisp clanging sound echoed from the vault ceiling.