Chapter 82 I Found 20,000 Tons of Gold (1/2)

Flight No. 9 had a very rapid speed. It was hovering above the capital, Donuit City, after only two hours. Moreover, the plane had a powerful directional communications system. Even from a distance of over 2,000 kilometers, it could still maintain a digital communication of 256 kb with the signal tower in the Base of Operations. It could send a high definition image back to the tower every few seconds. Also, it could maintain voice communication with the robots at any time.

The communication quality would rapidly drop to 126 kb and below if the distance between the plane and the signal tower was over 3,000 kilometers. If Chen Jin did not make use of a relay transmitter, it would be difficult to control the plane remotely. He would have to command the robots to operate the plane on their own in their explorations.

However, with a search radius of 3,000 kilometers and an area coverage of 2,826 square kilometers, it should be sufficient to encompass the entire country of Melica inside its range. Hence, Chen Jin planned to start from the North Melica continent. He would scour and pick clean this huge area before making further plans.

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The plane arrived in the sky above Donuit City. From its aerial view, it took many high definition photos and sent them back to the Base, one after another.

It was as Chen Jin expected. A wasteland. A vast and expansive wasteland. The capital had also suffered a nuclear bomb attack. And it was not only one bomb! The enemy country had launched at least hundreds of nuclear bombs towards this city in a bid to annihilate Donuit City.

The missile defense system had intercepted a lot of bombs, but there were about 33 that still managed to land successfully. Hence, the current state of Donuit city was a city of 33 craters. Besides the 33 craters, there was not one building or any kind of infrastructure remaining. The entire population, in the number of tens of millions, had all been killed. Logically, there should not be anything of value left to be scoured in Donuit City. It seemed that Flight No. 9 had made a wasted trip.

However, Chen Jin was not so sure that was the case! He ordered the smart operation system of the plane to open the X-band terrain detector radar that was joined to the underside of the wing unit. The radar would scan the ground of Donuit City!

After opening the radar, the underground structure of Donuit city was clearly presented to Chen Jin. The underground composition of this city had not been totally destroyed by the nuclear bomb. There were intersecting underground train systems, dense city pipelines, and sewage systems. Using the mostly undamaged and complete underground train system as a frame of reference for comparison with the pre-war images of the city, Chen Jin slowly locked down on the location of a particular institution.

The headquarters of Melica's Central Savings Bank! It was the largest bank in this world and had the authority to issue and circulate the country's currency. Every generation of the central bank's president possessed great power. More importantly, there were large amounts of gold stored in the underground vault of the central bank's headquarters. This was to ensure the stability of the money market in this world. Not only was all of the country's gold stored in this vault, the gold reserves of more than 60 other small to mid-sized countries were also all stored there.

The amount of gold stored in this vault was 40% of all of the gold reserves in this world! This underground vault was located hundreds of meters deep underground and built under granitic layers. It was also isolated via a metal door that was more than two meters thick. The durability of this vault would ensure that it would not come to harm even if the likes of a million atomic bombs were dropped directly above it.

Hence, Chen Jin was certain that the underground vault still existed! The smart system reported, ”Reporting; A large underground structure has been detected in the scan of the central bank's surroundings.”

”Ok!” Chen Jin shuddered with delight and ordered Flight No. 9 to land in the vicinity of the bank. The hatch was opened and the gangway was lowered. The robots walked out successively. In their hands were various tools. So, for the next three days, the exploration squad used all their might to dig deep into the ground. There was no sleep or rest.

On the morning of the fourth day, after cleaving through the concrete body of the wall, a great rumble could be heard. A deep, silent, and pitch-black vertical passageway appeared in the digital vision of the robots. It was an elevator shaft. The elevator had been damaged. The robots could only turn on the lights, and using the ladder on the side of the shaft, they descended to the bottom. Then, they walked through a cylinder-shaped corridor and cut apart two one-meter thick metal doors using the laser machines.