Chapter 423
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Chapter 423: Forbidden Items Collection Hall
“Prepared gifts? For us?”
Lin Qiye asked, somewhat puzzled.
The man nodded, “Yes, please follow me.”
After saying this, he gestured for them to follow and led the four of them through the hall, directly towards a hidden elevator at the back.
The other guests in the hall watched this scene with increasing surprise in their eyes. They were all representatives from major corporations, prominent figures in the business world, and even they had not received such treatment. Who exactly were these four young people?
Lin Qiye and the others followed the man into the elevator. The man first entered a password on the smart control screen inside the elevator and verified his fingerprint, then pressed the button for the 101st floor.
The elevator operated silently, and as the red numbers continued to change, their distance from the ground began to rise rapidly.
When the numbers stopped at the 101st floor, the elevator door finally opened slowly.
Behind the door was a wide, luxurious gray corridor.
Lin Qiye and the others followed the man out of the elevator, walking straight down the corridor. The floor was covered with an unknown velvet carpet, making no sound as they stepped on it. Soft yellow ambient light fell from above, neither dim nor glaring, creating an incredibly comfortable atmosphere.
They walked for a full five minutes down this corridor, passing countless rooms, before reaching the end.
The man approached the door at the end, verified his fingerprint and iris, and only then did the heavy door slowly open. Behind it was a vast space that was three stories high.
Click, click, click…
As the door opened, the lights on the ceiling turned on one by one, beams of light cascading down to clearly illuminate the densely packed display cases below.
Lin Qiye and the others stood at the entrance, watching in shock as the display cases lit up like waves.
“What are these…?”
“They are forbidden items.” The man stood beside the door, smiling as he spoke. “These are part of the forbidden items collected by the Baili family. Aside from the twelve extremely dangerous forbidden items stored separately by the old master, the rest are all here.”
Lin Qiye walked to the front of one display case and looked inside.
It contained a pair of worn black boxing gloves, quietly placed in the center of the display case, emitting an eerie black glow under the overhead lights, making them seem anything but ordinary.
In the lower right corner of the display case was a metal plaque with an inscription.
“[Tidal Gloves]”
“The inner side of the gloves is attached to the forbidden ruin [Giant Strength] of sequence 356, capable of generating a force between 500 to 3000 kilograms when punching. Hazard rating ‘B’, no requirements for the user. The principle of the forbidden item has been cracked, and it has been included in the replication mass production plan…”
Lin Qiye shifted his gaze from this display case to the densely packed other cases in front of him, unable to help but ask, “How many forbidden items are there here?”
The man smiled and replied, “A total of 383 items, including 196 items classified as ‘harmless’ forbidden ruins of sequence 600 and above, 86 items classified as ‘low-risk’ forbidden ruins of sequence 400 to 599, 63 items classified as ‘dangerous forbidden ruins’ of sequence 200 to 399, and 38 items classified as ‘high-risk forbidden ruins’ of sequence 90 to 199.
Of course, some of these items share the same forbidden ruins and are counted in the total.”
Hearing these terrifying numbers, Cao Yuan and the others were completely stunned.
They had long heard of the Baili family’s collection of forbidden items, but it was only today that they truly realized what the term “collection” meant.
Such a quantity of forbidden items was simply astonishing!
“The old master himself is a high-ranking member of the Night Watchers and has high hopes for your future fifth special team,” the man continued. “So, he asked me to bring you here. Each person can freely choose one forbidden item as a gift from the Baili family.”
Lin Qiye turned around, somewhat surprised, and said, “Using forbidden items as gifts? Isn’t that too extravagant?”
The man shook his head with a smile. “Captain Lin, you underestimate the generosity of our Baili Group. To be honest, every special team that emerges receives a gift from the Baili family. For example, the sword [Yiyuan] in the hands of Captain Wang Mian from the [Mask] team was a gift given to him by the old master back then.”
Lin Qiye recalled the sword at Wang Mian’s waist and nodded thoughtfully.
Cao Yuan, An Qingyu, and the others looked at Lin Qiye simultaneously, seemingly waiting for him to make a decision.
After a moment, Lin Qiye smiled helplessly, “Since it’s a kind gesture from Fatty’s father, we won’t stand on ceremony… Let’s each pick one.”
Cao Yuan and the others nodded and began to disperse throughout the vast collection space to search for their items.
Although these forbidden items were arranged by sequence, sometimes a higher-risk sequence did not necessarily mean it was more suitable for oneself. For instance, the sword [Yiyuan] in Wang Mian’s hands was only a sequence 301 forbidden ruin, but when paired with his abilities, it could deal extremely high-risk damage.
Just as Lin Qiye was about to start searching as well, the man called out to him.
“Captain Lin, the old master has personally prepared a forbidden item for you… Please follow me.”
Lin Qiye was slightly taken aback, and after hesitating for a moment, he followed the man’s footsteps into another room.
This room was not large and did not appear as grand as the collection hall outside; instead, it seemed somewhat cramped. However, in the center of this room lay a slender black box.
The man stood at the door and gestured for Lin Qiye to enter.
Lin Qiye stepped forward to the black box, opened the latch on the side, and with a crisp sound, the black box slowly opened.
Inside lay a snow-white long knife, quietly resting in the center of the box.
The length of this knife was similar to that of a straight sword, but it was relatively slender. The blade glimmered with a faint red light under the illumination, exuding an indescribable sense of allure.
Lin Qiye looked at the white long knife, narrowing his eyes slightly, feeling that it looked somewhat familiar…
“Captain Lin, this is different from the forbidden items outside,” the man explained at the right moment. “This knife is called [Zhanbai], attached to the ultra-high-risk forbidden ruin [Zhanbai] of sequence 061. It is one of the twelve precious collections of the old master. It can inflict damage on any object within a radius of one thousand meters, and with a single swing, all things submit.
This is a true weapon of mass destruction.”
At this moment, Lin Qiye finally understood where this familiar feeling was coming from.
During the training camp, Fatty Baili had once given him a replica of [Zhanbai] to use. Although it could only ignore a distance of five meters, it still left a deep impression on him.
And now… the original version of this forbidden item was right in front of him.
