Super Invincible Battleship
Chapter 437

Chapter 437: Chapter 214: Underground Gold Vault_2 Chapter 437: Chapter 214: Underground Gold Vault_2 By this time, Yan Fei wasn't feeling annoyed, but rather fortunate. He was glad that he had already collected three essential items for the drone upgrade. Otherwise, even if he managed to acquire the thousand tons of gold after scanning the drone upgrade template, the drone wouldn't be able to upgrade. It's well known that each essential item for the upgrade is hard to come by, and even with the chances of coincidental fortune, Yan Fei, owning the whole world, might not be able to acquire a single special item.

Then, Yan Fei began to rack his brains for ways to obtain a thousand tons of gold. He did not have that much gold himself, but just because he didn't possess it, didn't mean he couldn't find other methods to make the gold held by others his own. After realizing that he couldn't legally obtain a thousand tons of gold, Yan Fei immediately entertained the idea of robbery. Just like the raw materials needed for the previous drone upgrade, Yan Fei wanted to obtain this large amount of gold through robbery.

The amount of a thousand tons of gold is immense, and most countries in the world do not have such large gold reserves. Even the countries that do have such reserves spread them out in different locations, never storing more than a thousand tons of gold in one place. Therefore, Yan Fei began searching through the Auxiliary Brain's database, and after eliminating most locations, he actually found one that had enough gold to satisfy his massive need. This place was the underground gold vault of the New York Federal Reserve Bank in the United States of America.

The New York Federal Reserve Bank is located at 33 Liberty Street, a 12-story granite Italian Renaissance style building. The vault is situated 25 meters beneath the ground in a granite layer for security. Its walls are made of massive steel-reinforced concrete components, with each component weighing up to a hundred tons.

The door frame of the vault is an even larger steel-reinforced concrete component, weighing a staggering 200 tons; the door itself is a 90-ton steel cylinder, with a narrow passage to the vault in the middle. Once the door closes, the vault automatically becomes air-tight, and even if a thief could get past the robust walls, they would suffocate instantly.

Currently, the underground vault of New York has become the world's largest “gold storage site,” holding nearly 7,000 tons of gold from over eighty countries and international organizations.

Apart from the underground gold vault of the New York Federal Reserve Bank, there truly is no other place in the world with a thousand tons of gold. So once Yan Fei found this largest gold vault in the world located in New York, USA, he immediately set it as his target for the robbery.

Having established his target, Yan Fei needed to act swiftly to complete this operation. He first determined the departure route for this mission in the Auxiliary Brain, then controlled the drone to rapidly ascend from 600 meters below the sea surface. Breaking through the water and hovering mid-air, he began low-altitude, seskimming flight towards the eastern location of the United States of America.

Yan Fei had already caused several major conflicts with the United States, inflicting tremendous losses. And as a Chinese person, with the United States targeting China internationally in an attempt to thwart its rise, Yan Fei naturally had no fond feelings for the United States. The insurmountable grievances between the two meant that the more the United States suffered, the more pleased Yan Fei felt. Therefore, he had no sense of guilt about seizing gold from the United States, especially since the gold wasn't owned by the United States but was in their custody for other countries or organizations.

It was ten o'clock in the evening local time in Guam, with two more hours to go until the drone's data refresh for the day. To reach New York on the east coast of the United States, the drone had to fly more than ten thousand kilometers, regardless of the route taken. Hence, Yan Fei had to make efficient use of the drone energy points. He needed to hurry and cover as much distance as possible before the drone's data refresh, to avoid any further delays on the way.

From Guam to New York, there are many different flight routes, but after careful consideration, Yan Fei did not take the Bering Strait Route, which is actually closer, but instead chose to cross the Pacific Ocean, pass through the Panama Canal to the Gulf of Mexico, then enter the Atlantic Ocean, and finally arrive in New York.

The Drone had already left the US military base in Guam, making the area now very empty and very safe. Yan Fei was not afraid of being discovered at all, and he began to control the Drone to fly at three times the speed of sound. The Drone flew quickly over the Pacific Ocean at night, covering a distance of 3672 kilometers in an hour. By the time 12 a.m. local time in Guam was approaching, the Drone had already flown 7344 kilometers to the east. At this point, the Drone was very close to the American continent, with just a few hundred more kilometers ahead before reaching Mexican territory.

When it was 12 a.m. in Guam, the Drone paused in the air, ceased its advance, and hung suspended, completing all its data refresh in an instant. The Drone recovered its peak combat strength. Then, the Drone resumed its mobility, flying towards the American continent again with renewed vigor.

The Drone wanted to traverse the American continent to reach New York on the east coast of the United States. The quickest method would have been to fly directly over US territory, thus avoiding a detour. However, the American continent is the backyard of the US, and the protection there can be described as impregnable. No one can bypass the radar of the US forces and stealthily cross their territory to reach the east coast. Even on the parts of the American continent that aren't US territory, the US forces have installed extremely tight radar detection equipment, which can also monitor any Drone trying to cross the mainland. Therefore, if the Drone wanted to reach New York on the east coast, it had to make use of its specialty in underwater travel, entering the Atlantic through the bottom of the Panama Canal in Central America.

One hour later, the Drone arrived at the entrance to the Panama Canal and was traveling underwater. Yan Fei used the same old trick, hiding the Drone under a massive cargo ship to enter the Panama Canal. However, by this time, it was already 10 a.m. local time in the Americas, and the view from the air was excellent. So, even though the Drone had entered the Panama Canal, it did not dare to move on its own but continued to hide under the cargo ship, slowly passing through the Panama Canal.

Three hours later, the Drone had completely left the Panama Canal and entered the Caribbean Sea. Then the Drone surfaced again and flew low over the sea. Yan Fei carefully passed by Jamaica, through the straits between Haiti and Cuba, across the Bahamas, and finally arrived over the Atlantic Ocean. The Drone then quickly headed north, speeding towards New York.

Two hours later, the Drone finally arrived at New York Harbor. After the long journey, the Drone's Energy Points were almost entirely depleted, and it could no longer operate. It had to hide just below the sea surface, waiting for the Drone data refresh. Due to time zone differences, when Yan Fei left Guam, it was 10 p.m. local time, and by the time he traversed the long distance to New York, it was still 5 p.m. the previous day.

Yan Fei controlled the Drone through various extreme flights for a total of 10 hours, which greatly drained his Spiritual Power. By that time, even the usually energetic Yan Fei felt exhausted. So he took out some pre-prepared food from the Universal Space, ate hastily, and then began to sleep in the Drone Cockpit, using sleep to recover his spirit and physical strength.

By 8 p.m. New York local time, the sky over New York City had darkened, and the streets were lit with early lights, decorating New York with splendid grandeur. Yan Fei awoke on time and found that after taking a nap, all his bodily functions had recovered to peak condition, which would benefit him in improving the success rate of his upcoming actions.

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