"You can find someone to ask them." Ye Hao smiled and then hung up the phone, secretly laughing to himself, wishing they would send another top-level expert over.

After hanging up the phone, Ye Hao's smile disappeared. It's never pleasant to have such a formidable opponent for no reason, especially when Ye Hao has too many adversaries right now, like those families in Yanjing, the God force, the Hall family—it's really too many. These are just the ones in plain sight, Ye Hao knows that protecting Lin Ruyu and Su Qing will bring even more enemies.

For example, Lin Tian's potential threat, or those wanting Su Jinyuan to step down—these are all potential threats. If Ye Hao is even slightly careless, Lin Ruyu and Su Qing might be in mortal danger.

Time passed quickly, and the Hall family didn't send anyone to inquire, but even if they did, Ye Hao wouldn't know. Tyson and Tai Lin are only capable fighters but lack the ability to detect the surrounding situation, so even if someone came to stealthily observe them, they wouldn't be aware.

As for how General from the God underground forces will treat him, Ye Hao has no idea what's next. However, according to quick news reports, there were mentions that the Navy once launched missiles on a deserted island in the Pacific, but Ye Hao couldn't make sense of the entire sequence of events.

Because these matters are considered national secrets, Ye Hao, though a national soldier, has a low military rank and naturally cannot obtain core information.

Another week and Ye Hao and his classmates would be finishing their first semester of senior year.

Over the weekend, Ye Hao let Qianqian control her body to play games with Lin Ruyu and Su Qing at home, while he learned some fantastical knowledge in the virtual space. Recently, he was reading about the knowledge of submarines that are undetectable and information on stealth detection equipment.

These are things Ye Hao plans to start with, so he's dedicated to memorizing various parts and components.

To avoid making some haphazard submarines when the time comes.

Ye Hao spent a few hours looking at submarine materials and then entered the training system to simulate a nauseating battle with Bai Lin. The fight was brutal, yet outside, Ye Hao continued playing games.

...

At this moment around Peng City East Bay, there are many villas with wealthy residents.

Among them, one particularly large villa has an astonishing secret underground; it is the headquarters of the Tan Family, with an underground chamber where hundreds shout and train.

Inside a room in the underground chamber, ten people sat.

Tan Ming was among them, along with seven other old men with white beards, and two middle-aged men.

One of the middle-aged men appeared refined, while the other was extraordinarily robust, with a face full of muscle.

"Grand Elder, what do you think about this?" The refined middle-aged man was Tan Zhong, Tan Ming's father and the current head of the Tan Family. After years of effort from their ancestors, they've finally found out what the treasure passed down through generations is.

"In my opinion, this information might not be true. How could Mount Song, which is now a tourist area, be the resting place of our ancestor? Even if it was the resting place, how could we possibly find it?" Grand Elder Tan Xin shook his head.

"Though that's true, now the only place that matches the map is Mount Song, why not give it a try?" Second Elder Tan Hui said helplessly.

"Are us old men actually expected to go and mess around?" Third Elder Tan Li said, uninterested.

"Elders, you might not need to go, but we can have the younger generation go explore. If the ancestor's treasure is really there, you can go later." Tan Ming's second uncle, Tan Xiu, said.

"Hmm..." The Grand Elder was a bit hesitant. It wasn't that he distrusted the family's disciples; he was worried that the younger generation would lack discerning vision.

"I'm definitely not going." The Fourth and Fifth Elders waved their hands, indicating their unwillingness to meddle.

"Then let the younger generation go!" The Grand Elder sighed, turning to Tan Zhong and said, "Ah Zhong, the Tan Family is counting on you to grow strong and prosper up north." The Grand Elder Tan Xin spoke and then left the chamber.

Tan Zhong also indicated that he would make the arrangements for this matter.

After the Elders had left, Tan Xiu said, "Big brother, what should we do next? Just let the family disciples check it out or what?"

"What else can we do but this?" Tan Zhong laughed bitterly, thinking how great the ancestor was at hiding the treasure! Hundreds of years later, and there are still just hints, unsure if it's truly buried at Mount Song.

"Let Ah Ming go! Anyway, the kid is a slacker, just wasting time at school." Tan Xiu glared at Tan Ming.

Tan Ming rolled his eyes at his second uncle, but didn't retort.

"Ah Ming, are you willing to go?" Tan Zhong asked his beloved son.

"Sure, but I want to bring my sister for a trip, and if my friends want to join, we'll all go together." Tan Ming thought about the long time he hadn't played and decided he definitely needed to enjoy this trip.

"Fine! As long as it doesn't interfere with important matters, that's okay." Tan Zhong smiled, thinking that at seventeen, the kid's strength was about to break through to three segments, he deserved a break.

"Hehe, alright then, after my boss finishes his exams in a week, I'll go." Tan Ming chuckled.

"Your boss is Ye Hao?" Tan Zhong paused and asked.

"Yes! My boss will be done with his exams in a week and then we can go have fun together."

"Ha-ha, what kind of person is he?"

"He's great, didn't you see how Tan Hai and Tan Kuo, those two old men, refuse to come home? That speaks volumes about how good my boss is to them." Tan Ming laughed.

"Alright, alright, no more nonsensical chatter. Do your tasks properly when the time comes and come back for your praise." Tan Xiu waved his hand and then went down the chamber to train those young folks.

"Second Uncle, wait, I'll definitely bring good news back for you." Tan Ming said with a smile.

Then Tan Ming picked up the phone to call Ye Hao.

"Boss!"

"What's up?"

"I've got some good news for you." Tan Ming said with a smile.

"What good news?" Ye Hao asked suspiciously.

"I want to invite you guys on a trip." Tan Ming chuckled.

"Not interested." Ye Hao rejected immediately.

"Boss, don't be so quick to refuse, let's meet at the usual spot tonight, you won't be disappointed."

"Alright!" Ye Hao hung up the phone with a smile.

Later in the evening, Ye Hao and a few others including Xue Zhaolong arrived at the usual spot to have a few drinks, and soon Tan Ming joined them.

"Boss." Tan Ming greeted Ye Hao.

"Three penalty drinks." Everyone said straightforwardly.

"Gulp gulp gulp!" Tan Ming didn't hesitate; everyone knew what to do if they were late after all these years.

"Why did you call us over?" Ye Hao asked with a smile after Tan Ming finished drinking.

"Hey, boss, do you remember when I mentioned the big secret of my Tan family while we were at sea?" Tan Ming referred to the time Ye Hao took Xue Zhaolong and the others to the seabed to find the Luminous Pearl.

"I remember, are you going to share that secret with us today?" Ye Hao asked doubtfully.

Today, Lin Ruyu and Su Qing also joined the outing; Ye Hao couldn't refuse them and brought them along. Now, hearing about the secret, they perked up and listened in curiously.

"Otherwise, how would I dare to invite the boss over?" Tan Ming grinned mischievously, then said, "The big secret is that my Tan family's ancestor might have left behind a treasure. I don't know what this treasure contains, but we have some clues about its location. I wonder if you brothers want to check it out?"

"Oh? You have some leads?" Ye Hao asked, puzzled.

"Yeah, that's why the family is sending me to investigate. If it pans out, I won't forget you, boss. We'll take half the treasure first and leave the rest for my family. Boss, isn't that fair?" Tan Ming said with a grin.

Lin Ruyu glanced at Tan Ming and snorted, "Betraying the family."

"Selling out the family for bad company." Su Qing also snorted.

"Hey, don't think of me so harshly, ladies. I'm just having the boss help us out, naturally offering him a service in return." Tan Ming's words left the two women at a loss for words, not wanting him to call them 'madam' any more than he already did.

Ye Hao chuckled, then asked, "Where's the approximate location? When should we go?"

"It's at Mount Song in Yu Province. How about it, boss? Want to go have some fun together? Even if we don't find the treasure, we can take the madams out for a day trip, right?" Tan Ming gave Ye Hao a suggestive look and smiled.

"Let's talk about it after the exams." Ye Hao thought for a moment and said.

"We want to go too." Lin Ruyu quickly said.

"Yeah! Yuyu and I want to go too, or else you won't be going either, Ye!" Su Qing feared Ye Hao wouldn't bring them along and quickly added.

"Fine, fine, everyone's going, okay? But before the exams, nobody goes." Ye Hao glared at them and said.

"Haha, boss, you agreed?" Tan Ming asked happily. His joy was naturally because he heard from Xue Zhaolong and the others that Ye Hao, when at the seabed, didn't need to search for the Luminous Pearl piece by piece. He could find them whenever he wanted.

If Ye Hao has such a skill, perhaps he could use it to locate the treasure too.

"Mm, we'll go after the exams together." Ye Hao nodded.

Everyone, including Xue Zhaolong, cheered happily, raising their glasses in unison.

"Come, let's drink..." Lu Yunsong shouted loudly.

"Drink!" Everyone drank in one go, but just then, about ten people approached from afar, each looking fierce and carrying gleaming steel knives.

Judging by their direction, they seemed to be heading towards Ye Hao.

Ye Hao noticed them but didn't speak, wanting to see what they intended to do!

The fierce-looking people arrived at Ye Hao's table, and only then did Xue Zhaolong and the others react, as they were too engrossed in their happy drinking to notice.

"You... you... who... who the heck is Ye Hao?" The leader of the ten-plus people stammered loudly.

"I... I... I am Ye... Hao." Ye Hao mimicked the stammering, smiled, and said.

Xue Zhaolong and others laughed upon hearing Ye Hao mimic the stammering man's speech.

"You... you... the heck... don't mimic... mimic me." The stammering man eventually managed to speak, causing his group to become anxious. (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations, monthly tickets; your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)

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