Chapter 775: Exposed Tracks

"Don't worry." He Yuzhu gave a faint smile and spoke to reassure her. As soon as he finished speaking, he waved his hand, and several large crates of gold appeared out of thin air on the ground.

Nina's eyes were full of understanding, mixed with a hint of amazement: "I had long guessed you had some special abilities, but seeing it with my own eyes today, it really is impressive. So, where are we going next?"

He Yuzhu pondered for a moment and said, "To the Ruhr Industrial Area."

Nina was not surprised.

She knew very well that the Ruhr Industrial Area was the industrial lifeline of West Germany—core industries like coal, steel, military manufacturing, and high-end machinery production were all clustered there, and it had long been written onto He Yuzhu's target list.

After He Yuzhu arrived at the industrial area, taking advantage of the night, he made no attempt to hide and visited several major automobile manufacturing plants in succession. He Yuzhu had long wanted to build cars, and this time he could collect their equipment, which would save him a lot of money!

Once He Yuzhu arrived here, he was like a fish in water; high-end precision machine tools, complete vehicle production lines, military manufacturing assembly lines, top-tier smelting equipment—anything that could be dismantled and moved was collected into his space; whatever couldn't be moved was destroyed completely with targeted explosions.

After sweeping through the entire West German industrial area, He Yuzhu felt that his car dream was nearly complete.

Afterward, He Yuzhu took Nina south, crossed the West German border, and entered France.

France in 1985 was still very powerful; several old-line banks had quite substantial financial resources, and their gold reserves should not be small either.

He Yuzhu and Nina rested during the day and moved at night, striking quickly after locking onto their targets. Even though control here was already very strict, it could not stop He Yuzhu, who simply did not take the conventional path; he entered from underground—who could stop him?

Soon, he succeeded time and again.

On this trip to France, He Yuzhu obtained another thirteen tons of gold and 1.1 billion francs.

After looting the vaults of France's major banks, he set his sights on France's core industrial areas.

A round of looting and destruction directly crippled their industrial foundation.

In just over ten days, the vaults of banks in multiple countries were robbed one after another, and key factories were damaged and paralyzed on a large scale.

For a time, a series of crises erupted across Western European countries, including bank runs, total factory shutdowns, and severe shortages of daily necessities.

Military and police everywhere were exhausted from running around, trying to encircle and suppress them. But the already tense Cold War situation became even more strained and precarious.

Just as the entire European continent was mired in panic and public anxiety, He Yuzhu had already quietly traveled to the British mainland, heading straight for the old industrial hub—Sheffield.

Outside Paris, NATO Intelligence Center office.

An analyst named Mike walked in quickly, holding a stack of materials: "Boss, after our investigation of the environment around Armstein Air Force Base, we found a Mercedes-Benz car in a forest three kilometers away from the base. We followed up on this and found people nearby who had seen them; they both had the appearance of Soviet people. In other words, the Shadow Organization you speculated about might only consist of two people."

Casey looked up, her expression stern: "Go on."

Mike spread out a map and pointed his finger at it: "They likely entered Poland from the Soviet Union, then detoured through Czechoslovakia..."

Casey frowned: "How did you reach this conclusion?"

"You know, we have agents inside the Soviet Union. Their investigation found that two people had hijacked military vehicles several times along the way," Mike said.

"What do they look like?" Casey asked.

Mike immediately took out two sketches.

Casey looked at them for a long time and said: "This woman is the same woman who robbed bank vaults in the fifties. Although she has aged quite a bit, her features haven't changed. She is KGB."

A high-level official named Huai Te said: "Two people have turned all of Europe upside down and flattened our air force base. If we continue to provoke them, it won't be easy to handle!"

Casey slammed the table in anger and cursed: "It was all Elizabeth who delayed me! After those two chip factories in our country had incidents, we should have thought of this level! Now it's a mess, the whole of Europe has been stirred up by them."

Huai Te stepped forward and suddenly said: "I don't think now is the time to assign blame. We need to determine where they are going next?"

Mike said: "Boss, if you ask me, based on their behavior, the next step should be London or Manchester in the United Kingdom."

Casey nodded, her gaze heavy: "Very likely."

Huai Te also expressed agreement: "Their route on the European continent is very clear—bank vaults, production lines, important industrial facilities and equipment... The United Kingdom is about to have bad luck."

Mike said: "These two people might really be aliens tamed by the Soviet Union!"

Casey gave a cold laugh: "I don't care if he is an alien or a UFO; as long as he blocks our path, he must be eliminated."

Huai Te immediately replied: "Boss, we cannot stay here; we must go to London. We should mobilize personnel to London to intercept them."

Casey gave a decisive order: "Huai Te, you lead the team this time; take people and go immediately."

Huai Te stood at attention and replied: "Yes!"

Just as Huai Te was rushing to London, He Yuzhu had already arrived in Sheffield.

In 1986, Sheffield was at its peak, and it was also the golden stage for the Sheffield Steel Group.

This was the core production base for high-end special steel and military forging materials in Europe.

He Yuzhu and Nina were sitting in a Chinese restaurant in the center of Sheffield, eating authentic Yue Cuisine.

He Yuzhu ordered a table full of dishes: chicken stuffed in stomach, a roast duck, braised beef brisket pot, stir-fried beef noodles, and a portion of fragrant fruit-juice steamed chicken steak.

Nina ate until her mouth was oily, her cheeks bulging; while chewing, she said vaguely: "Little He, I used to think lamb dumplings were the most delicious, but after eating this today, I realized—Yue Cuisine is the truly delicious one."

He Yuzhu laughed and placed a piece of roast duck into her bowl: "You've just been eating dumplings this whole way and got tired of them, that's why you think this is delicious. I won't hide it from you, the standard of this place is only equivalent to one-third of Hong Kong's."

Nina wiped her mouth and smiled. However, she didn't continue talking about food, but lowered her voice: "Zhuzi, I bought a lot of newspapers, most of them write the same thing, all condemnation and panic. But a reporter from The Sun analyzed that the two of us are coming to the UK next, to London. Do you think the KGB is sending us messages through reporters?"

He Yuzhu took a slow sip of tea and smiled: "Tonight, we will take out the steel factory in Sheffield. After that, we won't go to London; we'll go to the Isle of Wight to play for a few days and see how things develop."

Nina was stunned and asked: "Why go to the Isle of Wight?"

He Yuzhu certainly wouldn't say—that was where he contracted an infectious disease in his previous life, died after returning to London, and then transmigrated into this world.

"That island is surrounded by water on all sides, it's easy to run," He Yuzhu made up an excuse.

Nina hesitated for a moment, frowning as she said: "Zhuzi, we have left quite a few clues along the way; I can even feel that they have already caught up to us."

He Yuzhu smiled: "Nina, don't be afraid. Even if they have ten thousand people surrounding us, I can still take you out."

Nina was clearly startled and asked: "Little He, do you mean we aren't going to London?"

He Yuzhu put down his teacup and said with a grin: "If I'm not mistaken, they have already set up a net in London, just waiting for us to drill into it. In fact, after we finish this job in Sheffield, a large group of people will likely catch up to us immediately. Therefore, we need to create an illusion that we are surrounded—or even an illusion that we have been killed."