Chapter 135: Got Instant Noodles? Let Me Show You a Trick

Xu Mo is well aware that hand speed cannot be mastered quickly.

In a short span it's simply impossible to develop such rapid hand speed.

From this view, stealthily stealing the gem from the Exhibition Venue seems rather difficult.

Seeing Xu Mo silently staring at the hand‑drawn map on the coffee table.

Yang Jingxuan, standing nearby, offered a suggestion.

"Stealthily taking the gem out is indeed tricky; if you ask me… why not just forcefully snatch it, we make a bomb, just like the last bank robbery!"

Her suggestion was immediately backed by Li Jiaxin and An Youyi.

"Yes, yes, raid!" An Youyi nodded vigorously.

She joined the show precisely for the purpose of seeking thrills.

When it comes to excitement, a raid is definitely more thrilling than a theft!

As for Li Jiaxin, there's no need to say more.

A person whose combat power is off the charts surely favors solving everything with force.

Since they can raid, why bother with a stealthy theft?

Moreover, everyone knows Xu Mo used this exact tactic in the last bank robbery.

And he succeeded.

Success proves the method's feasibility is very high.

Since it worked last time, it will surely work this time too.

Hearing Yang Jingxuan's suggestion, Xu Mo gave it serious thought.

A forceful raid isn't impossible.

As long as the Fake Bomb they craft can intimidate everyone present, that's sufficient.

Moreover, compared with the last bank raid, this Exhibition Venue raid will be even simpler.

After all, this time Xu Mo possesses the God-level Lockpicking Skill and also knows the gem's location.

As long as he can deter everyone.

He can, on his own, retrieve the gem from the locked Display Cabinet.

So the difficulty of raiding the Exhibition Event is even lower than that of raiding a bank.

And because Xu Mo can pick locks, the time required can be cut down considerably.

"No, that's not right!" Xu Mo suddenly recalled some minor details he saw at the Exhibition Event.

"Why not?" Yang Jingxuan stared at Xu Mo with a puzzled expression.

Their eyes met, and Xu Mo slowly began to speak.

"I just remembered something: at the Exhibition Event I observed the security guards' hands, and both the web of their right thumb and their index fingers had thick calluses."

Yang Jingxuan instinctively replied, "What does a callused thumb web indicate? Have they been overusing it too much?"

Zhou Qiaoqiao: "……"

An Youyi: "……"

Li Jiaxin: "……"

Not to mention the three of them, even Xu Mo was completely speechless.

What kind of brain loop is this?

And this lousy plan can even be driven?

Who the hell can link a callused thumb web with over‑doing it??

After sighing, Xu Mo explained.

"It's the right thumb web and the index finger, not just the thumb web that have calluses. What I'm trying to say is that these guards have definitely handled firearms; a Fake Bomb can fool ordinary people, but trying to deceive this group who've seen Real Weapons is too risky—they might spot the bomb's authenticity at a glance."

"If we, like the last bank raid, bring a Fake Bomb to the Exhibition Event and the guards see through it at a glance…"

At that point Xu Mo stopped speaking and simply shrugged.

Though Xu Mo didn't finish his sentence, the four understood his meaning.

If the Fake Bomb isn't discovered, then it's fine.

Once discovered, the guards will certainly subdue them and, on charges of disturbing public order, send them to the Police Station.

At that point, won't the Investigation Team have an easy win?

"If we put it that way, this method seems rather unusable," Zhou Qiaoqiao said, pinching her chin.

"Since we can't raid, we have to steal," An Youyi frowned. "But how to steal? Stealthily taking it out is also quite difficult."

At that moment, the previously very quiet Li Jiaxin suddenly spoke up.

"If we had an EMP Pulse Bomb, all electronic devices would fail instantly; the surveillance, security gates, and Electronic Locks on the Display Cabinets would be dead, and we could, amid the crowd chaos, open the already‑damaged cabinets, take the gem, and slip away."

As soon as she finished speaking, before anyone could object, Li Jiaxin bitterly laughed and dismissed her own idea.

"But we don't have an EMP, nor can we get such a thing."

Xu Mo thought to himself that an EMP isn't impossible to obtain.

A previous System Reward was exactly that.

He just didn't choose it at the time.

But speaking of EMPs.

Xu Mo suddenly got an idea.

He smiled at the four, "I've got a way."

"What method?"

The next second, Xu Mo, looking mysterious, leaned close to the four and whispered his plan.

Regarding the other parts of this plan, the four of them had no objections.

Except for one point.

It made the four of them uneasy for a while, even causing some to doubt Xu Mo.

"You can pick locks too!? You can also open the Display Cabinet's Electronic Lock??"

Xu Mo nodded.

"What can't be opened? Even though it's an Electronic Lock, the principle is basically the same; it just uses electronic components to control the bolt. As long as you find the right spot, you can open it as well."

Although Xu Mo said so.

the four still wore expressions of disbelief.

Xu Mo can also pick locks?

When did he learn that??

If I recall correctly, he never mentioned having a lock‑picking skill before.

And even if Xu Mo studied lock‑picking for a while, he wouldn't have the ability to open most locks at will.

So his plan is still quite daring to pull off.

After all, in this plan the lock Xu Mo needs to open isn't an ordinary lock but the Electronic Lock on the Exhibition Event's Display Cabinet.

Don't be swayed by Xu Mo's smooth talk about the Electronic Lock's principle being similar to ordinary locks and being openable by the same method, etc.

But the four knew it clearly in their hearts.

Such a lock is definitely not one that someone who just learned lock‑picking for a short time could open.

Even a master with decades of lock‑picking experience would probably still be unable to open it.

Besides the four, the Water Friends also expressed doubt about Xu Mo's lock‑picking.

"Xu Mo can also pick locks? No way, isn't lock‑picking hard to learn?"

"What's hard to learn? A friend of mine and I learned it; it's just the easiest Yellow Lock, which can be opened with a single wire. After about ten minutes of practice you can open that kind of lock."

"The lock Xu Mo needs to open isn't that easy Yellow Lock; it's the Electronic Lock at the Exhibition Event. Is that also something you can learn in ten minutes?"

"My dad is a lock‑picker; he's been in the trade for over twenty years. I just asked him, and he said he can't open that kind of Electronic Lock at the Exhibition Event."

"That's right, I testify—I am his dad, and I said that to him."

"I qnmd, I'm literally his dad!"

"……"

"Are you sure you can still pick locks?" After a long pause, Zhou Qiaoqiao asked with a frown.

Could it be that Xu Mo is a super hacker who can pick locks and is proficient in various criminal techniques?

Xu Mo chose not to answer Zhou Qiaoqiao's question, but looked at An Youyi.

He intended to demonstrate directly.

After all, saying it verbally doesn't carry much persuasive power.

"Do you have a safe at home?"

"Yes, I do."

"Do you have instant noodles?"

"I have those too."

……