Chapter 5 Red Line District

  I was confused by Lu Yifeng's words. I poked my head out slightly and took a look inside the corridor on the eleventh floor.

  It's dark and gloomy here, and it doesn't look like there are any surveillance cameras around. I looked at him with a puzzled expression, unsure what he was warning me about.

  Lu Yifeng didn't say much, put down his backpack, took out two pairs of glasses from inside, and handed one to me, saying "Put it on and take another look."

  These glasses don't look like myopia glasses at all, but rather oversized diving goggles. When I first put them on, except for feeling a bit stuffy, there was no change, but when I looked down the corridor again, my heart skipped a beat.

  The entire corridor was filled with red lines, all of which were infrared rays, arranged horizontally and spaced very closely together, reaching as high as waist level.

  If we just walk past casually, we'll definitely bump into each other and trigger an alarm.

  I remember in spy war movies, there were similar scenes where those flexible female spies could pass through the "danger zone" like snakes, using postures that ordinary people couldn't do. But Ah Feng and I didn't have such a soft body, so we couldn't use this method at all.

  I still had a glimmer of hope and asked, "A Feng, which room is the information we're going to steal in?"

  I thought that if this room was closer to us, there would still be some leeway for negotiation, but Lu Yifeng's words were a blow to me: "That room is the innermost one."

  That is to say, if we want to reach the safe, we must avoid all the red lines in this corridor.

  I shook my head and said, "Let's go, tonight's mission is definitely not going to be completed."

  I think what he said makes sense and wasn't meant to dampen our spirits. But Lu Yifeng laughed and asked me back, "If you didn't steal the information, how could you have left?"

  I've been with him for a long time, we're familiar with each other, and don't hide or dodge. Pointing to the corridor, I said, "We are human, not mice, and we don't have paws to dig holes to get through, do we?"

  Lu Yifeng laughed and took out two sets of equipment from his travel bag, handing me one set and saying, "We can't hide, can we? We can still fly to the sky, right?"

  I looked at this equipment, it's a pair, one end has a large suction cup, the other end has a handle, and on the side of the handle there is also a button. I pressed it several times and found that it controls the suction cup.

  Press it once, the sucker goes in, press it again, and the sucker pops back out.

  This reminds me of a gecko, I kind of understand, and ask Ah Feng, "Are we going to borrow the sucker to stick to the wall and climb over?"

  Lu Yifeng took out a small flashlight and shone it on the corridor, saying to me, "Take a closer look, this corridor wall is just ordinary whitewash, which is hard to absorb, but its roof is all made of fireproof wooden bricks, which are easy to absorb. We can just absorb the roof and pass through."

  Have to say, Lu Yu Feng's move is better than mine, I nodded in agreement and roughly estimated.

  This corridor is over a hundred meters long, and we're going to crawl through it in mid-air. My body can still hold on. Now I understand why he didn't call Panzi to come together, this beast's body is heavy, his arms don't have that much endurance.

  Now that we have made up our minds, let's get moving at once.

  I first dragged both hands to lift Lu Yu Feng up, letting him get the suction cup steady, and then he pulled me up again.

  Lu Yifeng took the lead, and we two entered this red-light district one after another.

  To be honest, I'm a bit nervous and excited at this moment, looking at the dense red lines under my feet, it's kind of thrilling. And now that there are no outsiders, otherwise he would see two "thieves" crawling over obstacles in this way, absolutely amazed with his mouth wide open.

  After smoking a cigarette, we climbed more than half of the way. With such a long use of arm strength, my body was somewhat tired, and even my arms were sore.

  At this time I couldn't get down because there was no place to land, in order to let myself slow down a bit, I could only temporarily stop for a while, slightly twisted my body, and relaxed myself.

  Lu Yifeng has been paying attention to my movements, and he also stopped to accompany me. However, this kid is a bit abnormal, as he exercises his body by jumping into the air and making several curling motions, which doesn't seem to consume much of his physical strength at all.

  After another ten seconds or so, I thought it was okay and said to Ah Feng, "Let's go."

  But as soon as I finished speaking, Lu Yifeng suddenly lowered his head and said, "Be careful!"

  I don't know if it was something I said that triggered a mechanism, or just a coincidence, but those originally parallel red lines actually started moving slowly, all of them tilting upwards.

  This got me all worked up, because if that's the case, then Lu Yufeng and I wouldn't be able to avoid being tied together by a red thread.

  I was so scared that I broke out in a cold sweat on my forehead, but the two of us just held each other and dragged our feet for the time being.

  I was already empty-handed, and with a bow like this, lifting my foot made it even more strenuous, to the point where my arms couldn't help but tremble.

  The situation is not as bleak as I thought, these red lines only tilted 45 degrees and then stopped moving.

  I'm guessing there's a possibility that this infrared has a timing device, and it sweeps occasionally. I know that before coming, the organization must have had someone investigate this place, otherwise Ah Feng wouldn't have known the password for the glass door, nor would he have brought these special devices, but what's bothering me is that the guy who did the investigation must be an idiot, didn't thoroughly investigate the restricted area.

  I've now lifted my legs as high as they can go, and they're even touching my chest. My arms are shaking violently too. Deep down inside, I feel a sense of despair, thinking that it's only a matter of time before I fall off.

  Maybe it's because my arm has been shaking all the time, the sucker on my left hand suddenly leaked air, making a slight hissing sound, and I could feel that my left hand was a bit powerless.

  I looked at Lu Yufeng and forced a smile, meaning to tell him, "Brother, let's make a quick escape while the security guards are still reacting slowly, and get out of Tianma Building."

  But Lu Yifeng didn't give up. He played a trick, stretching out his legs and clamping them around my waist, using force to help me climb up.

  His strength was not small, and in an instant I felt much lighter, and taking advantage of the opportunity, I also quickly tightened my left hand's suction cup again.

  It's actually strange that Lu Yifeng didn't make it clear to me. He took advantage of the empty space and said, "Xiaobai, hold on for another half minute."

  I knew this half minute must have been an accident, and I gritted my teeth and endured it according to his words.

  I counted thirty numbers, just finished counting, these infrared rays started moving again, slowly falling down, and finally became horizontal.

  I was just scolding the guy who did the survey as a fool, but now it seems that he's fine and the situation is clear. This infrared thing will have to be raised again later, I'd better take advantage of it to climb the rest of the road, or else I'll suffer again.

  Under the pressure of the situation, a surge of potential emerged from my body, and I didn't feel so tired anymore. Following A Feng, I took out a daredevil attitude and climbed up again with a whoosh.

  After crawling all the way, we fell one after another at the far end of the corridor. I was so exhausted that I panted heavily.

  Lu Yifeng patted me on the shoulder, telling me to take a break. He then took out that set of lock-picking tools and didn't need my help, opening the lock by himself.

  I'm a bit embarrassed, originally picking locks was my job, but on this trip, I've had a feeling of being a hindrance, and I also can't figure out why he brought me along to steal the documents tonight when he could have done it himself. Could it be that he has some other intention?

  Lu Yifeng is a lock-picking expert. He fiddled with it for a few moments and opened the anti-theft door, then took out a small flashlight to shine inside and called me over to take a look together.

  After careful observation, I found that this office is quite large, with an estimated area of over 100 square meters. There's a boss's desk, two rows of long sofas, and several large bookshelves at the entrance, with money trees planted, looking particularly luxurious.

  Lu Yufeng took me further inside and pointed at the old-fashioned desk, saying that the safe was inside.

  We didn't bother with anything else and rushed to the boss's desk, moved the chair away, squatted down and took a look, and under the table, in the empty space, there was a small safe about half a meter high.

  I was thinking that this safe is so small, we can just find a rope and carry it away, but it's actually fixed with steel nails, can't even move it.

  Lu Yufeng asked me to rest for a while beside him. He then got down on all fours, crawled under the table and pulled out a stethoscope.

  I've heard people say that there are two ways to crack a safe, one is to use a small electric drill to make a hole, and the other is to use a stethoscope to move the combination lock, at the moment when the correct password is reached, the safe will make a very subtle and different sound.

  But using a stethoscope is a very time-consuming and labor-intensive task, I couldn't help much, so I just sat aside and waited.

  I found that Lu Yifeng had a strange habit, when he listened to the "diagnosis", his butt loved to move back and forth randomly, especially with this posture, it made me look at him in amusement.

  It's been about ten minutes, and Lu Yifeng crawled out, looking at his sweaty forehead and frustrated face, I knew he had failed earlier.

  I told him to slow down and then come again.

  We both wanted to smoke to relieve our fatigue, but it's not suitable now, so we can only take out the chewing gum and chew on it. I'm really not in a hurry, thinking that tonight, there's plenty of time, we'll try slowly, no way we won't steal the information.

  But then the intercom sounded and a laugh came into my ear, "Hehe!"

  I was taken aback by what I heard and thought to myself: "Is Panzi going crazy or something? What's there to laugh about?"

  "What's wrong? Is there something going on?"

  "Then there was silence from Pan's side for a while, and then another voice came through, 'How's the theft going?'"

  I was taken aback at first because Panzi's voice sounded a bit hoarse and sharp, so I also asked, "Panzi, what's wrong with your throat?"

  He laughed again, and a sarcastic tone could be heard. He said, "Du Xiaobai, Lu Yufeng, I found that you two are getting dumber and dumber. You actually chose Panzi, such an idiot, as the sentinel. He stupidly only looked at the front door, didn't he think that Lin Fengliu had already returned from the backyard?"

  My head buzzed, and I thought of one person, the killer who carved wooden puppets. It must be him! He's back, knocked out Panzi, and is chatting with us on the intercom. Moreover, he said something that shocked me - if Lin Feier really came back, wouldn't he have trapped us in this office?