The Age of Exploration, don't disturb my cultivation of immortality.

Colonel Rat must be quite happy to have been able to contribute to the naval cause one last time after his death!

What?

unwilling?

If you're so capable, why don't you just put your head back together and start protesting?

Otherwise, it will be considered as default agreement!

Subsequently,

After Li Xiao's "gentle and friendly" questioning,

The location of the rat colonel's slush fund was revealed by one of his adjutants!

To Li Xiao's surprise,

The rat colonel's private stash was not only hidden in this naval base,

The specific location was inside an underground prison cell!

Chapter Seventeen: Murder and Arson Bring Gold Belts! (First Update, Seeking Flowers)

Ever since Colonel Rat arrived...

The underground prisons almost never hold pirates anymore.

After all, as long as the money is enough,

Don't even mention letting you go.

You can pretend you didn't see it even if they were burning, killing, and looting right under your nose!

therefore,

The underground prison was then left unused.

after that,

A large portion of the underground prison was secretly converted by Colonel Rat into his own treasure vault.

They even dug several secret passages in various directions!

One of the secret passages leads directly to Colonel Rat's office.

Its entrance is located behind a bookshelf.

This was to make it easier for him to access his treasure vault on weekdays.

Other than that,

The treasure vault also contains several secret passages leading to various parts of the island.

Some lead to the shore.

Some lead into the town.

Some lead to the back of a cliff...

Obviously,

These were all escape routes that Colonel Rat had prepared for himself in advance.

What if the truth comes out someday?

This makes it easy for them to abscond with the money!

Because the underground prison has not held prisoners for a long time

It is usually unattended.

Later, Captain Rat even forbade naval soldiers from going to the underground prison.

therefore,

Regarding the treasure vault inside the underground prison

Only a handful of people in the entire naval base knew about it.

This adjutant, having served Colonel Rat for a long time, was deeply trusted.

That's why he knows so much about the treasure vault!

Under the leadership of Colonel Rat's adjutant,

Li Xiao and his group arrived at Colonel Rat's office.

A secret passage behind the bookshelves leads to a treasure vault converted from an underground prison.

As for why it's described as a group of people...

Because apart from Li Xiao,

And the entire Arlong Pirates!

The reason for bringing the Arlong Pirates was...

There wasn't any other reason,

Li Xiao was mainly worried about what would happen when he went to the treasure vault.

They'll take the opportunity to slip away!

therefore,

Just to be on the safe side,

It's better to bring them along!

not to mention,

The treasure vault that Colonel Rat specially modified in the underground prison.

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One Zero

June Fourth

There must be plenty of treasure in 746!

There's no bank card or mobile payment system here.

Moving so much treasure out would be a real hassle!

therefore,

Naturally, we need to prepare some free labor in advance!

quickly,

The group passed through a secret passage and arrived at the underground treasure vault.

When Li Xiao looked up...

Even though he didn't have much desire for money,

Even at this moment, I couldn't help but be slightly taken aback!

Inside the treasure vault were mountains of pelies.

And all kinds of gold and silver jewelry,

It's dazzling!

Not only Li Xiao,

The dragon that followed him in was also stunned by what it saw!

Despite his collusion with Colonel Rat,

Every year, a sum of money is sent to bribe Colonel Rat.

But he still didn't expect that,

The rat colonel has managed to amass such a large fortune!

Li Xiao took a few steps forward.

Looking around,

Just a simple estimate,

The total value of this treasure vault is no less than several hundred million Berries!

If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes,

It's hard to imagine that this is the wealth a naval division captain could possess!

How much public funds must have been embezzled?

How much of the people's wealth must have been plundered?

How much bribe must he have received?

I'm afraid that over the years,