The Spirit of Gourmet

Chapter 514 Infiltrating the Base, Making the Arrest!
"squeak--"

With a sharp screech of brakes, Meng Chang slammed on the brakes and brought the car to a stop on the side of the road. He then turned to Qin Lang and said, "We've arrived. Let's drive."

"Is this the organization's base?"

Qin Lang looked around in surprise.

This time, his surprise was genuine; he was truly astonished by the location of the treasure hunting team's base.

The Hunter Team's hidden base wasn't anywhere else, but right in the most bustling commercial district of Stringfish City. It's quite a case of a criminal organization setting up its base here, which is a bit like being in the dark right under someone's nose. And yet, this approach has proven to be very effective.

Without Qin Lang's help, the security management team wouldn't have been able to pinpoint the location of the treasure hunting team's base!

“Our mutual aid organization has many important figures, so it’s quite normal for us to build our base here,” Meng Chang casually remarked, then his voice deepened slightly, “Don’t be surprised by anything you see later.”

"Okay." Qin Lang nodded slightly.

The two walked into the tallest and most bustling shopping mall in the business district and took the sightseeing elevator all the way to the top floor of the building.

Standing nearly 300 meters in the air, the entire Xianyu City seemed to be below Qin Lang. Looking down from the sightseeing elevator, Qin Lang couldn't help but speak.

"Our base is on the top floor?"

“No, that’s not it.” Meng Chang shook his head. “The top floor is just the entrance to our base.”

As the two were talking, the rapidly ascending sightseeing elevator stopped at the top floor.

"Ding--"

With an electronic sound, the elevator doors opened, revealing a luxurious interior. Meng Chang led Qin Lang around the area with practiced ease, eventually arriving at another, very secluded elevator.

"Let's go, let's enter the base from here."

After saying that, Meng Chang took out a card, swiped it in front of the elevator, and stepped into the elevator first. "You will also have such an identity card in the future."

"Okay." Qin Lang nodded quickly, then curiously followed Meng Chang into the elevator, looking around the interior with interest.

Unlike the sightseeing elevators of the past, this building has nearly a hundred floors, but this elevator only has one floor button with a large "X" on it.

Under Qin Lang's gaze, Meng Chang pressed the button and said in a deep voice, "Stand firm."

Before Qin Lang could respond, a strong feeling of weightlessness quickly came over him.

This is an enclosed elevator, so you can't see what's going on outside, but judging from the speed at which it's falling, this elevator is much faster than the one we just had.

Qin Lang held Danbao in his arms, silently counting down the seconds.

Finally, when he regained weight under his feet, the elevator began to slow down, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.

If he wasn't mistaken...

They should already be below all the floors of this building by now!

First, go up to the top floor, and then enter the secret underground base from the top floor?
The hunting team's base here is quite impressive.

No wonder the security team didn't notice the problem here.

The top floor area has, unsurprisingly, been bought by the treasure hunting team to cover their tracks. Without digging underground, who would have thought that there was an unknown underground base hidden beneath this most bustling commercial building?

"We've arrived." As Meng Chang finished speaking, the elevator came to a complete stop. The elevator doors had barely opened when a tall, slender figure rushed forward. "Mr. Meng Chang, we..."

Before he could finish speaking, he saw Qin Lang following behind Meng Chang, and his words stopped abruptly. His eyes widened in disbelief. "Why did you bring him here?!"

"Hello, Brother Long." Qin Lang smiled as he looked at the familiar figure in front of him. "Mr. Mengchang said that I should come to the organization's base first."

"I'll explain the details later," Meng Chang said in a deep voice. "Xiao Zou, show Qin Lang a 'tour' of our organization's base."

After saying that, he pulled Long Yu away and whispered something to him.

Meng Chang emphasized the word "visit," and a member from the base stepped out, giving Qin Lang a knowing look. "Come with me."

“Okay.” Qin Lang smiled and followed the other person. “Brother Zou, you look quite young. It’s impressive that you were able to join our organization.”

"...It's so-so." The young man surnamed Zou gave Qin Lang a slightly strange look.

This guy still doesn't know what organization they are?
Well, according to Mr. Mengchang's instructions, he only needs to take Qin Lang to the confinement room in the base and lock him up temporarily.

"Come with me, I'll show you around our organization." With that, the young man surnamed Zou started walking in a certain direction.

Qin Lang obediently followed the other person, unable to resist looking around curiously.

The base of the treasure hunting team looked very high-tech. When passing through a certain area, Qin Lang saw display shelves with different ingredients that had been made into specimens. These ingredients were almost all top-quality ingredients.

"This is a sample display of ingredients," the young man surnamed Zou said casually. "In our line of work, you can't do without knowing the ingredients."

"Only by understanding all the finest ingredients can one..."

"Hey! Why am I telling you this?" The young man surnamed Zou shook his head. "Let's go, our destination is just ahead."

"Destination?" Qin Lang raised an eyebrow. "Brother Zou, didn't we say we were visiting the base? Why is there a destination?"

"I don't know if you're really stupid or just pretending." The young man surnamed Zou suddenly turned around and grabbed Qin Lang's arm, his smile gradually fading. "Foolish kid, we're not some respectable organization!"

"Welcome to the Treasure Hunting Team's base, but there's no turning back for you now."

As he spoke, the young man surnamed Zou exerted force on his wrist, pulling Qin Lang toward the solitary confinement cell ahead. However, despite his efforts, Qin Lang did not budge.

"I know," Qin Lang said softly.

"...Know what?"

“I know, this is the base of the treasure hunting team.” Qin Lang said quietly, then suddenly smiled, “Congratulations, you’re about to be wiped out.”

Almost the instant Qin Lang spoke, an explosion came from behind them, and the entire base shook in an instant. The lights in the base exploded one after another due to unstable electricity, and the smoke and dust stirred up in the darkness made people cough.

Immediately afterwards, a bright light, like a sun rising in the underground space, illuminated everything again. In the center of the secret base, dozens of figures appeared out of nowhere. Lin Ping walked at the front of the group with a solemn expression, his gaze quickly locking onto Meng Chang and several other high-ranking members of the treasure hunting team, whose faces were extremely ugly.

"We are the security management team of the Yuling Chef Association of Xianyu City."

"Everyone here, you have been arrested."

"Go ahead and capture it!"

(End of this chapter)