Chapter 2931: **Finding a Breakthrough**

"Take your helicopter?"

Ye Chen looked at Steve with suspicion and asked, "Where can your helicopter take me?"

Steve hurriedly said, "Its range is about three hundred miles. You can go anywhere it can fly!"

After saying that, he added, "I just had someone notify the pilot to prepare for takeoff. You can leave at any time!"

Ye Chen asked him, "Where were you planning to go when you told the pilot to prepare for takeoff?"

Steve hurriedly replied, "I was planning to have my son, Royce, go back to check on the situation at home, see what progress others have made, and gather some information..."

Ye Chen said indifferently, "You were sending your son back, not heading outside the blockade zone. How can you be sure your helicopter can enter and exit the blockade zone?"

Steve said subconsciously, "I am the first-in-line heir of the Rothschild family. My helicopter will definitely be allowed in and out; no one will stop me."

Ye Chen smiled slightly: "Whether someone will stop you or not, we'll know once we try."

After saying that, Ye Chen said to Hank: "You accompany Young Master Royce on the helicopter for a spin. Fly directly outside the blockade zone and see if anyone stops you. If not, you fly straight back. If there is, you just make an excuse that Young Master Royce wants to test the intensity of the air traffic control."

Upon hearing that he was to be allowed to leave the area by helicopter, Royce felt a sudden sense of relief, as if he had survived a disaster.

He thought that as long as he was allowed to fly out, and as long as the helicopter he was on was intercepted, he could ask the interceptors for help and thus escape.

However, Ye Chen's next sentence instantly shattered his lucky streak.

Ye Chen looked at Hank and said coldly, "Remember, if Young Master Royce dares to ask anyone for help, or tries to shake you off at any point, you are to shoot him dead without hesitation. Remember to aim for his head; try to blow his brains out with one shot."

Hank said without hesitation, "Don't worry, Master. As long as he plays any tricks, I will solve him immediately."

Royce turned pale with fright.

He knew very well that Hank held a very high position in the Rothschild family; after all, he was the old master's most trusted bodyguard and his right-hand man.

This meant that Hank was authorized to carry a weapon around members of the Rothschild family.

If he were to ask for help later, he would likely be shot dead by Hank before he could even finish his sentence.

Ye Chen had Hank accompany him and supervise the whole process. With Hank's status, no one would dare to shoot at him directly, which meant that even if he asked for help, the person he asked would not have the chance to take the initiative. If Hank really wanted to kill him, it would truly be effortless.

In this way, he wouldn't be able to escape. Regardless of whether the plane was intercepted or not, he would still have to obediently return here.

Just as Royce was feeling depressed, Ye Chen looked at Steve and said coldly, "Listen well: if your son dares to play any tricks, not only will he be killed, but you won't live either. Do you understand?"

Steve didn't dare to hesitate at all and nodded repeatedly: "I understand... I understand..."

At this moment, Hank's walkie-talkie received a report from his subordinate: "Boss, I've contacted the power company. The circuit damage is very severe; the cross-river power lines have been cut. It's impossible to organize enough manpower to repair them tonight. The earliest we can start is tomorrow at dawn. Do you think we need to dispatch a mobile power unit?"

Hank looked at Ye Chen, waiting for his instructions, and Ye Chen said: "Tell them not to dispatch any mobile power units tonight. Since the other party has already cut the power lines, it proves they are about to make a move. Dispatching power units now is like trying to put out a fire with water from afar. Everyone must stay on high alert and keep a close eye on the Zhou family. Do not let your guard down."

Hank relayed Ye Chen's exact words to his subordinates without hesitation.

The other party replied respectfully: "Okay, Boss, I understand!"

Ye Chen knew that there were over a hundred people watching the Zhou family manor. He could sneak into the manor, but it was impossible to head to the front gate of the manor and take the Four Directions Treasure Tower from the stone lion in full view of everyone.

Furthermore, whether he could take the Four Directions Treasure Tower away was still an unknown. If he used violent means and fought his way out of the blockade zone with the tower, no one would be able to stop him. But in that case, his identity would inevitably be exposed.

Judging by the Rothschild family's influence over US government departments, it was not hard to guess that once his identity was exposed, the US government would also do everything in its power to hunt him down. By then, he would likely be placed on an international wanted list.

Ever since Tang Sihai found him again, Ye Chen had been doing his best to hide his identity—even Xiao Churan was still in the dark—and hidden enemies like Wu Feiyan were still unaware of his existence. If he were careless now, he might ruin all his previous efforts and even push himself and those around him into the abyss.

Therefore, Ye Chen knew very well that he could not gamble or rely on luck; he had to find a method that was one hundred percent reliable.

Moreover, leaving the blockade zone was not enough. No one could guarantee whether the Rothschilds would secretly order these departments to expand the blockade. The best way was to find an opportunity to leave the United States directly.

Thinking of this, Ye Chen asked Steve: "The Rothschild family has many industries all over the world. Traveling abroad should be common for you. If members of your own family need to go abroad at this time, can they bypass the inspections?"

"This..." Steve said: "My father's current intention is to use the entire family's strength to find the Four Directions Treasure Tower. Other than that, everything else can be put aside for now. So under these circumstances, he probably won't let us leave the United States. Not only that, many core family members overseas have started returning to the US. After all, it concerns the position of the family head, and no one wants to leave the US at such a time."

Ye Chen smacked his lips. It seemed the possibility of hitching a ride on a Rothschild plane to leave the US was also slim to none.

At this moment, he suddenly thought of Canada, which was less than three hundred kilometers away in a straight line, so he said to Steve: "If I remember correctly, the straight-line distance from here to Montreal, Canada, should be less than four hundred kilometers. Your helicopter can definitely fly there in one go. Think about it: under what circumstances would your father ask you to leave the United States immediately and head to Canada?"

Steve frowned and thought for a long time, then shook his head: "I can't think of any. Although we have some business in Montreal, the scale isn't large, and Canadian affairs are assigned to my third brother in the family. If there's anything, my father would definitely send him, not me."

At this moment, Royce suddenly spoke up: "By the way, Dad, Nordic Empress Helena is visiting Canada next week. Didn't Grandpa remind me before that he hoped I could develop a relationship with her? If I suggest going over to see Helena when she arrives in Canada next week, he might agree."

Steve said hesitantly: "That's still waiting until next week, and the situation is special now. It's still unknown whether he will let you go to Canada."

Ye Chen asked curiously: "The Rothschild family is so powerful, why would Howard hope for his eldest grandson to develop a relationship with the Nordic Empress?"

Steve explained: "You might not know this, sir, but although the Rothschild family has strong influence in the United States, our reputation in Europe has never been very good. Although European royal families cooperate deeply with us, they have never been willing to intermarry with us. Over the past one or two hundred years, we have made many requests for marriage to different European royal families, but all have been rejected."

Speaking of this, Steve added: "However, Helena's situation is quite special. She was originally an abandoned child of the Nordic royal family, but unexpectedly, she made a desperate comeback and ascended the throne as Empress. Moreover, looking at the whole of Europe, Helena is the only unmarried Empress. For the Rothschild family, if we could marry a member of the European royal family, Helena would be the highest-ranking one."

"Besides that, our think tank analyzed that Helena's personality should be quite different from the traditional European royal family, and her values should also be very different. Other royal families, due to traditional thinking, find it hard to accept intermarriage with the Rothschild family, but Helena has abandoned many traditions, so the possibility of her accepting is much higher."

"There is intelligence showing that after Helena ascended the throne, members of the Nordic royal family had several discussions with her regarding future marriage. The Nordic royal family members hoped Helena would follow royal tradition and find a prince from another European royal family who was willing to marry into the Nordic royal family and change his nationality to Nordic. After the two married, they would then confer a prince title on the other party, and their offspring could become heirs to the Nordic throne."

"However, Helena seems to be a bit rebellious. She has clearly indicated to the royal family that she will not marry members of other royal families, and she has also clearly indicated to the royal family that she prefers to pursue true love and marry the person she truly loves. If she cannot, she is willing to remain unmarried for life. The think tank's judgment is also based on this intelligence: for the Rothschild family, the success rate of marrying Helena will be higher."

Ye Chen nodded thoughtfully and asked: "If Helena sets off for Canada tonight, would your father take the initiative to ask Royce to go over immediately?"

Steve was startled and said hurriedly: "No, no, you misunderstood..."

Ye Chen smiled and said meaningfully: "Steve, actually we two don't have to become enemies. Think about it, if you still hope to get the Four-Directional Treasure Tower, then we two are enemies who will die or live. But if you think about it from another angle, if I take the Four-Directional Treasure Tower away quietly today, it will be a good thing for you instead."

"A good thing?" Steve was stunned for a moment. Because he was too nervous, his thinking ability and judgment speed were much slower than normal.

Ye Chen smiled at this time and said: "Didn't your father say? Whoever can bring the Four-Directional Treasure Tower back is the first successor. But you think about it from another direction, what if no one can bring the Four-Directional Treasure Tower back? Then aren't you still the first successor?"