Sinmonger Chapter 8: The graveyard of the thieves

On June 12, the sky was cloudy. Although the thunderstorm last night stopped in the morning, when I looked up at noon, it was still covered with dark clouds.

Two o'clock in the afternoon, Tian Yi left the hotel to go shopping. He is a very lazy person, but for some things, it may be inconvenient for the hotel people to buy them for him, so he still has to go there in person.

Laptops, cell phones, cameras, sunglasses, and several sets of deceptive clothing are roughly the same equipment used in the reconnaissance planning stage.

Some people may ask, how much cash did Tianyi bring? Is it okay to spend so much? Here I have to explain that in the world of 2101, computers are cheaper than cameras, and mobile phones are cheaper than sunglasses.

In the 22nd century of this parallel universe, the price of civilian electronic products is very low, the profit model of mobile phones, computers, portable players and other products has been completely subverted, and the continuous innovation of hardware has been eliminated. The core idea of ​​the product becomes the development and charging of application software.

In that era, the technology for producing low-end consumer electronic products was very mature and developed, and the hardware gap between brands almost disappeared. In the price war, well-known brands were hit hard because their products Prices are generally inflated. In the past, they relied on the accumulated brand effect of quality, service, reputation, etc., so that fans were willing to flock to it just for a trademark. But later, when those copycat brands made products of the same quality and set a more reasonable price, market competition would prove that a certain "loyalty" between customers and merchants is actually very fragile.

As a result, the change occurred in the 1930s, and large enterprises have reached a consensus that since the imitation of hardware cannot be contained, then let's make a fuss about software.

Even if every manufacturer can produce hardware with excellent quality and beautiful appearance that will not need to be replaced for five years, not every manufacturer's application system can satisfy you.

As a result, the era of "soft competition" for electronic products began. The price of originally expensive electronic products continued to fall below new lows, and even sold at cost price parity or at a loss. Later, with an ID card or a certain There are a lot of products that can be received for free with event coupons.

In the future, merchants will not consider whether something can be sold, but whether people will use it. Hardware is only a platform and carrier for charging application software, and charging for software is the correct model to ensure long-term profitability. .

Only those guys who sell electrical appliances continue to make the quality of the products worse and worse, expecting consumers to buy them home and scrap them after the warranty period expires, and then buy new ones, otherwise their factories will have to close down.

Of course, in such a world, poor people still cannot use good mobile phones and good computers. They can buy things to take home, but in the long run, if they can't afford the software on it, they're buying scrap metal. Therefore, electronic manufacturers of second- and third-tier brands can still rely on various "free" and cheap systems with advertisement pop-ups and average quality to occupy the bottom market.

Maybe, technology, makes life more exciting, that's right. But there are some things that technology cannot change.

Let's get down to business, back in the hotel room, Tianyi began to disguise and dress up. He is a very good person at dressing up. Of course, the dress up here is to play a certain kind of person, not a shape.

If he becomes a stage actor, he will definitely become popular, from a sloppy tramp to a well-mannered socialite, from a young worker who is not deep in the world to a calm gangster, Tian Yi can play it Brilliant.

Whether it is subtle facial expression changes, eyesight, body language, even accent, living habits, etc., it can be imitated to the extreme, giving people the feeling that he has really experienced that kind of identity.

It only took a few minutes for Tianyi to transform into an amiable, unpretentious tourist. Stupid hairstyle, baggy sagging trousers, silly hooded t-shirt with "I love Paris" printed on it, a jacket lined over it, a sympathetic smile and a benevolent, friendly demeanor, presumably members of the reverse cross It would be crazy to see this boss looking like this.

He picked up a black one-shoulder backpack, hung a camera around his neck, and walked out of the room again. As soon as he stepped out of the hotel door that day, he seemed to be another person.

After a while, he boarded a city tour bus with a map of Paris and a "city tour guide" in his hand, and looked around like a real tourist with a camera along the way. It's just that no one else noticed, this guy didn't press the shutter once.

There are many famous attractions in Paris, Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame Cathedral, etc., but Tianyi didn't want to visit them one by one. When the bus arrived at his destination, he got off the bus.

The Louvre, the pearl of the north bank of the Seine, the heart of Paris, with nine hundred years of history, a castle intricately intertwined with the tortuous history of France.

The Louvre was only partially opened to the public at the end of the eighteenth century, and has since ranked as one of the greatest museums in the world.

By the advent of the Age of Empires in 2000, this place also suffered a considerable degree of impact. "France" no longer exists, replaced by the borough of Oak County. A large number of artworks in the Louvre were lost during the war. Many of them flowed into the people or were taken away by the government at that time. Many more were transferred to the residences of the princes and nobles of the later empires and became private collections.

However, the most valuable "Three Treasures of the Town Hall" were miraculously preserved. Perhaps no one dared to move these three exhibits without authorization. If such a priceless treasure was damaged during the moving process, who would dare to suffer the eternal infamy.

In the next 100 years, the Louvre has been weather-beaten, and it was difficult to recover the exhibits after the war. It was only after 50 years that about 40% of the original number of works of art was restored. The policy of the empire has also made many changes here. The lawn that originally covered an area of ​​tens of hectares was banned, and many new buildings were built around, basically government agencies and royal mansions; the pyramid-shaped entrance at the door was demolished, and the interior also passed through. Renovated and remodeled. Except for the overall appearance of the U-shaped palace building, the changes in other parts can be described as earth-shaking.

In order to facilitate management, a fence was built outside the lawn that has been greatly reduced around the building. It is not too high, but it is definitely impossible for ordinary people to climb over, so that the place can be easily closed at night stand up.

Whether you look at it from a distance or near, the fence is a terrible practice, but the governor at the time did it, just like the increase in utility bills, he decided to inform you later, and then put something in the news "This policy is very Not bad" or something like that would do. To put it more bluntly, let me tell you that I look up to you, and don't give me shame. If anyone dares to stand outside with a sign with a slogan like "Against the Wall", we'll send heavily armed HL commandos to surround you, throw tear gas, and serve you with batons.

You can say that the governor here was destroying cultural heritage, but from another point of view, you can also say that the governor made political achievements and changes. Anyway, the Louvre in the 22nd century is purely from a security point of view. Set off at a time of unprecedented power in history.

Tianyi bought a ticket, walked into this palace of art, and went directly to the treasure hall.

Arriving at the place, Tianyi felt an inexplicable embarrassment. The men seemed to go to the painting and sculpture museums to see body art. Most of the people who came here for eye addiction were middle-aged women.

After searching for a long time, Tianyi finally saw his goal - "Crimson Pandora".

A 2,977-carat, fist-sized round diamond is undoubtedly a rare treasure. And crimson Pandora also has a different place. It is said that if this diamond touches the skin of a beautiful woman, it will show a faint crimson color and reflect a hazy light.

Of course, this is just a legend. Tianyi thinks this is obviously unscientific. How could a piece of carbon elemental crystal change when it comes into contact with human skin? Besides, it must be a beautiful woman, not a man and an ugly woman? Could it be that this stone blushed? As a stone, are you a little bit nasty, and at the same time have the attributes of cuteness?

At the bottom of the exhibits, there is also a long comment, which is a related short story written for visitors, the only reliable information is "Crimson Pandora was discovered in Maple Leaf County in 2033" , and the rest of the content is **** in Tianyi's opinion.

According to Greek myths and legends, "Pandora" was the first human woman created by Zeus. The purpose of making it was to take revenge on mankind. Why would the king of the gods do this? Because his friend Prometheus was very concerned about human beings, he took the fire with him, which made Zeus very upset. Not only did he arrest his friend and smack him endlessly, but he also wanted to do something with those stupid mortals.

So Zeus ordered Hephaestus, the **** of fire, to use water and soil to make a lovely woman in the image of the goddess; and then ordered Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, to pour her hormones that make men crazy Hera gave her self-confidence and self-esteem; the goddess Athena taught her to weave, making beautiful clothes of various colors to make her look more colorful and charming; the goddess Hermes was responsible for imparting the gift of language to her.

Zeus has injected a malevolent water into the back of this beautiful image, and a very attractive woman has finally been completed. He gave Pandora as a gift to human beings, and this woman later opened the "magic box" under the trend of curiosity and released all the sins in the world...

The name Crimson Pandora symbolizes the status and significance of this diamond in the hearts of women. It is like a magic spell, as if holding the diamond in the hand, when the crimson light shines, her mistress becomes A woman as perfect as Pandora.

Tian Yi swept through the content with one eye and ten lines, and whispered disdainfully, "Nonsense and nonsense..." Then he looked away.

After confirming the location of the target, he began to explore the terrain of the museum, observing the distribution of security guards, the shift time, etc. Of course, the most important thing to confirm is the security system here.

There is no doubt that there are camera probes everywhere. The security level during the day is definitely low. At night, if you sneak in and avoid the cameras, the next thing is to be afraid of infrared sensors or gravity change sensors. Temperature change induction, etc. pit system...

After wandering around for several hours, Tian Yi left sadly before the closing time.

The shift pattern of security guards cannot be seen in an hour and a half. According to Tianyi's idea, it is best to come to 24-hour squatting, and use the ability to remotely sense near the Louvre Museum, and write down each work in it. Personnel behavior.

However, he and Gu Ling's previous bet was not to use ability, not to use the book of heart, and not to use force to seize it. Tianyi must devise a way to "steal" things out to be considered successful.

Although the other party did not supervise him at all, he could cheat completely, but Tianyi knew that if he violated the basic principles of this game, it would not be a problem of lack of quality, but a disguised proof of his incompetence. Moreover, in the reverse cross, there is a guy who can expose lies - the blood owl. With the urgency of the consultant, he must have disclosed the information of the members of the Reverse Cross to his sister long ago, so Gu Ling at least has a way to verify whether Tianyi is foul. And from the point of view of Xue Xiao's **** nature, it would be a proper thing to sell the boss down to the ground, don't expect him to open his eyes and talk nonsense to cover himself up.

All in all, the relationship between the Anti-Cross group of people is...not only feeling that each other is unreliable, but also feeling that this **** teammate is too reliable.

Tianyi is not the kind of person who can take a telescope and crouch on the roof overnight to get some incomplete information, and he is lazy, so he went back.

To him, wasting so much time here for half an afternoon was so much fun that he couldn't come up with a good idea without coffee.

Back to the hotel, changed clothes and freshened up, Tianyi turned on the computer, and paid for one month's usage of this computer application with a public account of the inverse cross.

Then I input the photos taken with the camera in the Treasure Museum, the distribution of cameras secretly captured by mobile phones, and the audios of several security conversations that were quietly recorded into the computer, and then created a new file and began to draw the building's Structure diagram.

Tianyi is very efficient at doing things. After eating a can of coffee, the sketches of the Scarlet Pandora display area in the Treasure Hall have basically been completed. Of course, this is only the first step. He plans to draw the entire Louvre Museum, including the surrounding urban area within a radius of 300 meters, preferably even the layout of the sewers, and build a three-dimensional model.

But at this moment, the slacker starts to play again. The premise of Tianyi's guarantee of high efficiency is not only coffee, but also concentration. When concentration drops, he will immediately put aside what he is doing and do other things for a while.

Actually, if you think about it carefully, Tianyi has a lot of cat habits. He sleeps for a long time every day; Touch; can't handle pressure; hate the smell of toothpaste and oranges; see flies and want to pounce on them to kill them; like to provoke dogs on leashes...

A guy with this kind of personality is only suitable for sitting in a sofa chair all day long, drinking coffee and yawning while running a bookstore.

"Right, let's check the information provided by others on the Internet." Tian Yi suddenly opened a portal website and typed in the search bar: "The Louvre, theft, and the security system". keyword, press enter.

There are thousands of search results, many of which are related to movies or novels. Tianyi quickly flipped back a few pages, and a category that interested him appeared on the browser. After clicking the link, he entered a video website. It seemed to be a video transferred from someone's blog. The title Yes: "The Louvre - the graveyard of legendary thieves."

The video is a recorded clip of a documentary talk show. The protagonist of the film is an old man named "Carrot Selling Cake", with white hair and an old age. According to his self-report, he was an international thief when he was young. He has successfully done countless sensational cases, washed his hands in a golden pot for more than 40 years, and participated in the improvement and improvement of the security system of the Louvre.

Then the video shows a list of thieves who have attempted to enter the Louvre to steal treasure since 2057 and their fate. The only one of these people who managed to escape the Louvre's gate and ran outside, using methods during the day When I entered the museum, I hid a hammer, smashed the glass, picked up the thing, and ran away. Who would have guessed that the tempered glass was not smashed when the hammer was knocked down. As soon as the alarm bell rang, he panicked, threw down his hammer, turned his head and ran away, but ran very fast, and finally was surrounded by a large group of security guards outside the door, and fell to the ground.

This guy is probably the lower limit of thieves who dare to attack the Louvre. You know, this place is a holy place in the eyes of professional thieves all over the world. To be able to steal something from here is like picking a ruby ​​in the crown of the thief's realm. , enough for you to sing ~IndoMTL.com~ for a lifetime, smash a hammer in your arms and run away, is this what people do?

Sure enough, the following characters in the video have lived up to expectations and adopted a variety of high-end skills, from bone shrinking to high-tech, hiding, skydiving, digging tunnels, posing as guards, etc., each showing their magical powers, anyway, in the end, there was no one undiscovered.

Of course, it is impossible to introduce the specific security system equipment in the Louvre Museum in detail. In short, it is "very advanced" and "no loopholes".

In this kind of video that the public can see casually, naturally there will be no words or people such as "ability". Tianyi analyzed it, and it is estimated that people with abilities above the strong level want to steal from it. A few things will still be successful, but not many high-level masters will be "thieves". Most of them are not worried about money, and if they do such a vote, it is appropriate to be thrown into the Tidal Prison. If you have money Not even life.

In this way, even if the thieves have one or two paper-level or similar abilities, they still can't pass the security system with the help of their abilities, and they are still caught... This shows that Lu Eighty percent of the security guards at the floating museum also have some remodelers.

Tianyi turned off the computer screen, lay down with his hands behind his head, looked at the ceiling and complained: "It's more difficult than I thought, I really have to design a long-term plan..."