The sheer quantity of these weapons was enough to instigate a nation-ending war in some small African countries.
Ah Gou unceremoniously moved these weapons into the Spirit Realm.
Ling Tian had discovered a bug in the Spirit Realm: he didn't need to store everything he brought into the Spirit Realm in its warehouse.
Around the core buildings within the Spirit Realm, outside the walls, there was a vast expanse of open space.
Time was almost at a standstill in these open areas. If he threw things here, they wouldn't occupy warehouse space, nor would he have to worry about them decaying or spoiling.
Soon, a large area was filled with a mountain-like pile of various weapons and ammunition.
After completing all this, Ling Tian felt dizzy and lightheaded. Storing items in the Spirit Realm consumed a significant amount of spiritual energy, and this massive pile of goods had certainly taken a toll.
After resting for a while, Ling Tian and Ah Li continued their sweep. In a warehouse next to the weapons storage, Ling Tian found hundreds of motorcycles of various models.
On second thought, it wasn't surprising. Motorcycles were a cultural phenomenon in the United States, and the Hornet Killer organization even had many biker gangs under its wing.
Guthries himself was a motorcycle enthusiast. Many of the motorcycles he collected were rare, one-of-a-kind, or custom-made, making them priceless.
Ling Tian, adhering to the principle of leaving no stone unturned, moved all these valuable motorcycles into the Spirit Realm.
The remaining two warehouses contained large quantities of gold, jewelry, and currencies from several countries. The combined value of this gold and currency exceeded tens of billions of US dollars.
Ling Tian couldn't help but click his tongue. Although this wasn't the first time he had moved warehouses, the warehouses of the Jin family in Tianhai City were like convenience stores to Ling Tian; he could come and go as he pleased.
However, even after emptying the Jin family's warehouses several times, the value of those items didn't even reach half of what Guthries had collected.
Ling Tian even entertained the thought of staying in the United States for a while longer, finding some unsuspecting targets, and raiding their strongholds. The mere idea was exhilarating.
However, Ling Tian had moved too many items into the Spirit Realm today. He even had to take a pill and meditate cross-legged for a period before his spiritual energy fully recovered.
Just as Ling Tian was recovering his spiritual energy, Ah Li ran over.
"Ling Tian, I've searched everywhere here and haven't found that guy Guthries. However, I discovered a secret tunnel on the lowest level!"
"Go, take me to see it!"
Ling Tian was becoming anxious. His primary objective for this trip was to settle accounts. If the main culprit, Guthries, escaped, then killing any number of Hornet members would be meaningless!
So, the two of them followed the passage to the lowest level. On this level were the generators, air conditioners, and other essential equipment for the underground space's operation, as well as a large fuel depot stocked with diesel.
Beneath the fuel depot, behind a small door resembling a utility room, was a secret tunnel slanting downwards. The tunnel was very deep, and its end was unknown.
However, Ling Tian could feel a moist wind blowing up from below. He immediately realized that there was likely an underground river.
When Ling Tian had previously scouted the underground base, he had noticed the absence of any external water supply facilities. He had begun to suspect that there might be a water storage system or an underground river. Indeed, his suspicions were confirmed.
"I smell human scent. Someone must have escaped from here!" Ah Li told Ling Tian.
Cats' sense of smell is even more acute than dogs'. However, the reason there are police dogs but no police cats isn't due to their olfactory abilities but rather because cats are too proud and difficult to train.
"Ah Li, you go ahead and follow, but be careful. I'll be right there."
Ling Tian instructed Ah Li. Ah Li flickered and disappeared into the tunnel. At this moment, Ling Tian discovered a piece of equipment and two special, large fuel tanks.
This equipment was connected to a computer, and two pipelines emerged from the fuel tanks, connecting to a thick main pipeline.
Ling Tian gained a preliminary understanding of the building's structure. He knew that this pipeline was actually the fire suppression pipeline for the entire underground base!
Ling Tian took out a notebook, looked at the content recorded in it, and activated the equipment. The screen lit up, prompting him for a password.
Ling Tian entered a string of numbers from the notebook into the device. When he pressed Enter, the lights in the entire underground space flickered, and alarms blared.
A large countdown appeared on the screen, starting from 30 seconds!
Seeing this, Ling Tian turned and ran. He also slipped into the secret tunnel and closed the hatch.
Thirty seconds later, the countdown on the equipment reached zero. Simultaneously, the fire suppression system in the entire underground space began spraying large amounts of liquid.
Initially, water was sprayed. However, once the water in the pipes was depleted, the liquid sprayed next was drawn from the two large tanks. One tank contained kerosene, and the other contained liquid oxygen!
After a few minutes, both large tanks were emptied. The entire underground space was permeated with a mixture of kerosene, water, and liquid oxygen.
Ling Tian had obtained information about this device from a notebook confiscated from Guthries' room. It was actually a self-destruct mechanism connected to the entire underground space's fire suppression system.
If foreign enemies invaded, or if their Hornet Killer organization's activities were exposed and someone tried to break in, the base would be compromised. In such a scenario, Guthries would input the password on this device to activate the self-destruct mechanism.
Originally, the fire suppression system operated independently. However, once the self-destruct system was activated, the fire suppression system would draw out the kerosene and liquid oxygen stored in the two tanks and spray them everywhere.
Kerosene is highly flammable, and all combustion requires oxygen. To ensure the underground space burned more thoroughly, Guthries had also prepared a liquid oxygen tank.
As soon as the self-destruct program was initiated, the flammable gas and oxygen from the tanks were drawn out. A few minutes later, when the fire suppression system stopped working, brilliant sparks erupted in dozens of areas within the underground space.
"Boom!"
Ling Tian, who was desperately running underground at that moment, could feel the entire ground above him tremble, as if the entire underground base was about to collapse.