Upon seeing this, Wei Xiaoyu whispered to Zhou Xuan, "Let's go to the back and see if there's anywhere we can get in."
Turn around from the side of the gate. The courtyard wall is over five meters high, and it is impossible to climb it in the air. Moreover, there is a half-meter-high electric fence on top of the wall. Even if you find a tall ladder to climb over, there is no way to get over the electric fence.
Wei Xiaoyu frowned. It was indeed difficult to get in from the outside. Going over the wall would require cutting off the power, but the museum's main power line must be inside!
After thinking for a moment, Wei Xiaoyu said, "Forget it, let's knock out the three guards and go in to take a look. But I don't think it's worth going in. So much time has passed, the police must have already checked the scene. The fact that the police left means that the scene has been disturbed. Even if we go in, I don't think we'll find any clues."
Zhou Xuan shook his head and said, "I must go in. I need to go to the site to check."
Wei Xiaoyu paused for a moment, then said, "Then we'll have to force our way in through the main gate. You stay behind me, and I'll make the move, but we need to get out within ten minutes, otherwise the security guards will wake up and call the police."
Zhou Xuan ignored her and continued walking towards the courtyard wall. Wei Xiaoyu didn't know what he was going to do. She paused for a moment, but followed him anyway. Zhou Xuan walked very fast, about ten meters away from her. He stopped near some very tall trees, turned to Wei Xiaoyu, and said, "Come here quickly, there's a hole here!"
Wei Xiaoyu was taken aback, then quickly stepped forward. When she got to Zhou Xuan's side, she saw that there was indeed a large hole in the courtyard wall, half a meter wide and one meter high, which could easily fit a person bending over and going in.
It was very strange that there was such a big hole in this place. Without saying a word, Zhou Xuan bent down and crawled inside. This place was behind the museum, in a somewhat remote area, and there were no pedestrians passing by.
Although Wei Xiaoyu felt strange and even wondered if it was a trap set by the museum, Zhou Xuan had already fallen into it, so she had no choice but to follow.
It was completely dark, and the lights at the back of the museum were off, so you couldn't see anyone from five or six meters away.
However, this was a good thing for Zhou Xuan and Wei Xiaoyu, as they didn't have to worry too much about being exposed. The museum gate was heavily guarded, the walls were five meters high, and there was an electric fence on top. Unless it was a bird, no one could possibly get in.
But Zhou Xuan was no ordinary person, and Wei Xiaoyu naturally didn't know that the hole was made by Zhou Xuan. After crawling in and seeing that there was nothing wrong, she became even more suspicious.
Following behind Zhou Xuan, Wei Xiaoyu wanted to tell him to be careful and not to run around. She was unfamiliar with the terrain and needed to figure it out before going in. However, Zhou Xuan walked very fast ahead, as if he were in his own home, only keeping his footsteps very low.
Zhou Xuan used the ice energy to probe ahead. The ice energy was currently at its peak, allowing it to detect distances of over fifty meters. If it were condensed into a beam and used to probe only the area in front, it could reach over two hundred meters. Therefore, Zhou Xuan knew exactly what was ahead, which direction to go, and how to avoid people.
The museum's main collection hall was the most secure area. Zhou Xuan explored the area as he walked forward, while Wei Xiaoyu followed almost passively. Zhou Xuan didn't ask her what she wanted to do and just kept walking. In the past, Wei Xiaoyu would naturally have been unhappy with Zhou Xuan, but she had changed a lot. Feelings can change a person's thoughts and actions.
At this moment, Wei Xiaoyu was thinking about the time when she took Zhou Xuan to the martial arts gym and praised him so much. Wei Xiaoyu still couldn't understand why Zhou Xuan, who clearly didn't know martial arts and had never practiced any internal martial arts, could withstand her fierce attack.
She even had more endurance and recovery ability than Zhou Xuan. She was a master of martial arts and combat. It would be understandable if she lost to a master of the same level, but Zhou Xuan was clearly not on the same level as her. He was beaten from beginning to end and was beaten so badly, yet he still managed to subdue her in the end. I can't understand it!
However, Wei Xiaoyu later came to terms with it. What a proud person she was! Her younger sister, Wei Xiaoqing, was also a proud person. But these two outstanding sisters both fell in love with Zhou Xuan at the same time. Could it be said that Zhou Xuan was an ordinary person? And was Fu Ying, who was in a life-and-death love with Zhou Xuan, any worse than the two sisters?
"Wait a minute!" Zhou Xuan suddenly stopped, then reached out and pulled Wei Xiaoyu against the wall.
Wei Xiaoyu felt a wave of dizziness as Zhou Xuan's masculine body pressed tightly against hers, and she couldn't help but reach out and gently wrap her arms around his waist.
This man was the one she had been longing for day and night, the one she had secretly loved, but he had never liked her. She could only meet him in her dreams. But now, this man was actually holding her close in his arms. Although it wasn't as wonderful as she had imagined, Wei Xiaoyu was still excited.
Zhou Xuan naturally had no idea what she was thinking, and this action was unintentional, because he sensed two people walking through the alley ahead.
After the two people walked past talking, Zhou Xuan whispered, "Okay!" Then he let go of her hand and walked forward quietly.
Wei Xiaoyu was still reminiscing about that moment of tenderness when Zhou Xuan let go of her hand, and she couldn't help but feel a sense of loss!
Zhou Xuan extended his icy aura as far as he could, trying to probe the place he was looking for. He walked another fifty or sixty meters towards the right front gate, then stopped, focused his senses, and found that there were three alleys. He probed them with his icy aura and then chose the middle one.
Wei Xiaoyu was like a puppet, simply following behind Zhou Xuan, her usual independent and opinionated mind completely absent.
Zhou Xuan walked a few dozen meters more, then stopped and said, "Okay, right here!"
The lights were off here. Looking to the left, you could see the main gate, which was lit up. Three guards were in the guardhouse inside the gate, and the two of them were standing at the large iron gate on the ground floor of the museum building.
By the light of the distant lamps, Wei Xiaoyu saw Zhou Xuan reaching out and feeling around on the iron gate. There was a human-shaped crack, which was clearly a hole that had been cut open. She remembered the information she had seen at Fu Yuanshan's place during the day, which said that the gate of the museum had been made to have a large hole. Could this be it?
But by this time, the large hole had been re-welded and filled, only the crack marks on the outside were still there, and Zhou Xuan was reaching out to touch the crack with his eyes closed, as if he were dreaming.
Wei Xiaoyu was very puzzled. What was Zhou Xuan doing?
Zhou Xuan was, of course, sensing the information left at the crack. It was severely damaged, worn down by countless touches and repaired by high-temperature welding, but Zhou Xuan could still feel a trace of icy energy, exactly like his own, among the countless remaining traces!
Volume 1, Chapter 336: Residual Information on the Iron Gate
Upon sensing this tiny, remaining trace of information, Zhou Xuan was both surprised and suspicious!
Is this person who can also use ice energy someone completely unrelated to him before, or someone he knows well? Could it be the same person who stole his crystal?
Zhou Xuan secretly hoped that the thief who stole the crystal was unrelated to this person. Ideally, he hoped the thief was simply ignorant and mistook it for a gemstone or something useless. He only felt at ease if the thief didn't know the crystal's true purpose. He most hoped it had nothing to do with the person now possessing ice energy. ()
Of course, this was just Zhou Xuan's fantasy, just a thought. It's easy to imagine that he was living in a high-end villa worth tens of millions, and the thief who broke in only took that small and inconspicuous crystal. The cash, high-end digital cameras, DV camcorders, etc. in the other rooms were all left untouched. This was very strange. Whether Zhou Xuan wanted to think that way or not, the thief was definitely not just stealing that crystal.
Whether this person has any connection to someone with the same ice energy as him, as indicated by the information left on the large iron gate of the Jiangbei Museum, remains unknown. However, based on the information left on the large iron gate, Zhou Xuan is certain that this person's ice energy is not much lower than his.
When Zhou Xuan first obtained the ice energy, he could only measure the age of objects, but he could not convert or devour it. He only achieved the ability to convert and devour it after absorbing the energy from the large golden stone at the bottom of the sinkhole in America. After achieving the ability to convert and devour it, he actually already possessed many other abilities, but he just hadn't discovered them yet.
From the lingering aura on the iron gate, Zhou Xuan could sense that the power of the ice energy was not to be underestimated. The main problem was that he was caught off guard because he hadn't prepared for it. Zhou Xuan had always thought he was unique and had always used ice energy to roam freely and turn danger into safety. In the most dangerous situations, he had used ice energy to resolve the dangers!
But now someone with the same ability as me has suddenly appeared, and I still find it hard to accept. What's even harder to guess is whether this person is my opponent. If he is my enemy, what will be the outcome?
If this person is truly an adversary, then he is far more complex than Ma Shu, whom Zhou Xuan encountered in Hong Kong. Although Ma Shu was the first person with special abilities that Zhou Xuan met, Zhou Xuan did not take him seriously. But this person is different!
Connecting this to the matter of his lost crystal, if this person is the one who stole the crystal, then the problem is serious. Someone with the same abilities as Zhou Xuan is hiding in the shadows, while Zhou Xuan is in the open. The level of danger is self-evident. Perhaps without Zhou Xuan's knowledge, the person hiding in the shadows will have already erased him from this world!
What worries Zhou Xuan even more is that his family members are under this person's surveillance. What if this person harms his family members or threatens or coerces him?
"Zhou Xuan, what's wrong?" Wei Xiaoyu was worried when she saw Zhou Xuan staring blankly at the big iron gate. She went over and tugged at his clothes, asking softly.
"Oh, it's nothing!" Zhou Xuan came to his senses. He had already figured out what he wanted, although it wasn't obvious. But it was much better than wandering around aimlessly. However, his heart was still pounding like a stormy sea, and he couldn't calm down!
Looking towards the main gate, the three security guards, who hadn't noticed anything, nodded, gestured to Wei Xiaoyu, and quietly walked back.
As Wei Xiaoyu followed, she quietly asked, "Zhou Xuan, are you leaving already? Aren't you going to check the site again?"
Zhou Xuan shook his head and just kept walking forward. Wei Xiaoyu followed closely behind him for a few steps, then crawled out through the same hole they had come in through. They walked out of the museum area and onto the street, where the red and green lights were on, and pedestrians and vehicles were flowing by, making the place lively.