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Chapter 240: Chapter 202: Producing an Album for You (Subscription needed!)_1
Midnight. 𝖓𝔬𝔳𝔭𝖚𝖇.𝔠𝔬𝖒
At the Lakeside villa district in Province City.
This villa district is the most upscale one currently developed by the Pengyun Group and is situated in the southwestern corner of Province City, right next to a forest scenic area. The location is quite advantageous. Pengyun Group has hyped it up through their influence. With this upscale villa district and the neighbouring scenic area that has been massively renovated under the operation rights secured by the group’s subsidiary travel company, the real estate prices in the area have skyrocketed. Several developers have followed suit and started buying land to build houses nearby.
However, Pengyun Group did not participate this time. As the saying goes, "there are enough pieces of pie to go around." Pengyun Group has already grabbed the first bite, so there’s no need to compete with others. Every real estate developer has some sort of influence and power. Many of them are long-time friends, and sharing some of the benefit can help solidify Pengyun Group’s position within the province.
As the developer, Lei Peng naturally set aside the largest and best villa for himself.
The entire villa is surrounded by a high wall, covered with an anti-climb spiked fence. There are security guards patrolling around the clock and a comprehensive surveillance system, ensuring the safety of all the wealthy residents.
In theory, with such security measures, it would be impossible for anyone to infiltrate.
Yet today, there was an exception.
The reason why this villa district is named Lakeside is due to an artificial river flowing through it. The inlet and outlet are covered with fine, high-strength wire mesh. Since the mesh is dense, it frequently requires someone to do some cleaning.
The upstream of this river is a substantial stream in the mountain next to the villa district. The stream used to flow along the mountainside, which made leveling the mountain impossible. Therefore, Pengyun Group invested heavily to reroute the stream through the villa district. The stream water flows out of the villa district before flowing back to its original riverbed. Although the water flow is not large, the downstream farmlands still need this water for irrigation.
Today, an unusual ’guest’ arrived at the rarely visited river entrance.
In the dark, a shadow from upstream came submerged to the bottom of the entrance. Using a pair of pliers, the figure quickly cut a hole large enough for a person to pass through, slipped through it, and then carefully sealed it behind them. The mesh was originally designed to prevent upstream leaves and dead branches from passing through. If dead branches were to come downstream, it would certainly mean the mesh had been cut, an evidence of intrusion that they would not dare to leave behind.
The Fighter then slowly swam towards the villa. As an instrument of war, these Level 2 Fighters could hold their breath and move underwater for about twenty minutes. They eventually had to resurface because they were not real robots, and their cells and organs had limitations. These tycoons knew how to enjoy life. They had built a large lake and several tributaries within the villa, with houses built along the lake and canals. The greenery was splendid.
Lei Peng’s villa was located beside the lake. Given the limited equipment and time, infiltrating through the river was seen as the fastest plan by the Command Room. The ground security was relatively too strong, and the communication server was not set up yet. It would take a few more days to disable the surveillance and electricity systems through technical means.
The plan was finalized in the morning. After Tang Qing authorized it, the execution efficiency of the Command Room became extraordinarily fast. In the afternoon, they identified the locations of all Lei Peng’s family members. Lei Peng and his wife lived in this villa district. His eldest son, Lei Liang, and daughter-in-law lived in another villa district at the other end of the city because it was closer to his workplace. Lei Liang also owned a logistics company and a real estate company.
As for Lei Yang, he had no permanent residence. Though he officially lived with Lei Peng, he rarely came home and usually stayed in hotels instead. The Command Room judged that Lei Yang was using banned substances and had been doing so for many years. Lei Yang’s regular hotel room was already equipped with bugs.
In the afternoon, robots purchased an Intelligent Military Telescope Recognition Equipment from the mall via Tang Yi. They had completed modeling the entire villa district from a nearby hill using infrared telescopes. Those patrolling security guards wasn’t worth worrying about. The real concern was the surveillance system. However, they were going underwater instead of surface infiltration, although planting surveillance devices inside the villa would still be a challenge.
That’s because Lei Peng had a team of bodyguards. As a high-level businessman, he naturally had bodyguards, and quite a few of them. But that was a moderate challenge. To these Level 2 Fighters who were designed for war, this was nothing. They originated from the battlefield, skilled in infiltration, penetration, surveillance, disguise, and more. How could these bodyguards, no matter how good they are, compete with real killing machines that are constantly on high alert to avoid sudden death? That’s ridiculous.
These human-robots can infiltrate behind enemy lines; infiltrating these places would be even easier. These bodyguards won’t have the high level of vigilance against the threat of death, and even if they do, it would be useless. Humans can’t outperform machines. Besides, this is just one of the plans, and each plan has many contingency plans for failure. Therefore, the entire plan is very unlikely to fail once it’s been set.
There were twelve people in the villa: Lei Peng and his wife, four bodyguards, four servants, and two chefs. However, they were all asleep now. Presumably, they had let their guard down due to a lack of serious incidents over the years.
