The CEO's Substitute Ex-Wife-Chapter 465: The Ultimate Challenge

Because this was a private area, after nightfall, aside from the security guards, there was almost no movement. Devil’s Castle had been extremely secure for the last two years, with almost no attempts at theft. Many collectors, fearing their treasures would be stolen, entrusted the castle owner to store their most valuable items here.

In other words, Devil’s Castle held an enormous amount of wealth, worth cities themselves.

This was why so many professional thieves coveted Devil’s Castle. Yet, no one had ever stolen anything from the castle and walked out alive. Even Ye Wei and Eleven had never attempted a theft here.

Wushuang had reviewed the blueprints.

Based solely on the design schematics of Devil’s Castle, Wushuang believed she wouldn’t have a major problem.

Ye Wei and Eleven once considered attempting to breach Devil’s Castle, but the catalog of collectibles held nothing that tempted them, so neither had visited. In reality, no one possessed the layout of the security mechanisms for this castle.

The mechanism designer had long since died, making the security plans an absolute secret.

Wushuang’s blueprints were drawn by Hǎilán. Hǎilán’s soul could drift to any corner of the world, so drawing the design for Devil’s Castle was not difficult. In fact, no matter how dangerous a place is, as long as you know where the mechanisms are and how to neutralize them, it’s not truly difficult.

The only challenge was the **weight sensors** inside the castle. If any item was stolen, the sensitive weight sensors would immediately sound an alarm. Wushuang needed a way to ensure the weight sensors remained silent.

Another difficulty was her escape if she were discovered.

There was only one path leading away from Devil’s Castle, and this path was covered by sniper rifles from five different directions with **no blind spots**. The firing range was 500 meters. Escaping would be incredibly difficult. With such a long firing range and such precise sniper positions, it would be impossible to fly away.

Wushuang stood on a nearby bell tower, observing through binoculars. The entire castle was within her sight in the night. Wushuang was intimately familiar with the terrain and defenses of Devil’s Castle. She habitually arrived an hour early to observe the situation: when the security office ate, when the shifts changed, when the castle’s defenses were weakest, and where the blind spots were. She knew it all clearly.

Suddenly, she heard a dog whistle. Several **wolfdogs** leapt out from the five villas and rushed toward Devil’s Castle, as if they had caught a scent. The wolfdogs roared and howled, shattering the night’s tranquility. The sharp, chilling sounds were unsettling, causing heart rates to inevitably quicken.

Through the binoculars, Wushuang saw more and more wolfdogs pouring out of the villas, rushing toward the castle, and howling around it. Over a dozen guards ran down from the third floor, and other guards in the villas also ran out with night-vision lamps. Someone roared, "**Alert! Intruder!**"

The large gates between the five villas sounded with a dull clang, quickly linking together to form a dense encirclement. The guards were fully armed and in position, beginning to search every corner of the floors according to command.

Someone shouted orders to search the other villas. The sounds of running, roaring, shouting, and barking blended together in a complex tapestry. The scene was chaotic yet calm, orderly, and highly disciplined. They seemed very accustomed to such commotion and were well-trained.

Wushuang frowned. **Had someone gotten in before her?**

Who was it?

She had been standing there for over half an hour, and she hadn’t seen anyone enter. *How did he get in?*

Wushuang closed her eyes, mentally simulating the castle’s architectural plans. Her gaze landed on the direction of the **sewer system**. Her brows furrowed, then she suddenly smiled. He must have entered through the sewer.

But how did the wolfdogs discover someone was inside?

If there were no suspicious residual scents on the ground, the wolfdogs shouldn’t have been able to smell anything, much less issue a warning. After all, even the surveillance room didn’t seem to know what was happening. Perplexed, Wushuang swapped out her binoculars for a dual-purpose pair.

In addition to being military binoculars, this was a special device capable of detecting any threatening weapons within its field of vision. No matter who this person was or why they were discovered, it was a good thing for Wushuang.

The device had already helped her identify the guards’ weapon types and lethality. They were all weapons she was used to—not very threatening. However, four or five men had the First Terror Organization’s most advanced **high-speed magnetic wave scanning guns**. Their destructive power was stronger than that of a cruise missile. She mused that they were prepared to die. If a treasure was stolen, they would rather order the magnetic wave scanning guns to bomb the castle, destroying the treasure and the thief together. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

People couldn’t be brought back to life, but even if these treasures were damaged, they could be restored with the most sophisticated instruments. That was not a problem.

Wushuang gave a cold smile, and then suddenly heard several **gunshots**.

The gunshots in the deep night startled the small birds perched on distant trees. They flapped their wings, a few feathers drifting down from the air, and the birds flew away in terror.

Wushuang’s heart sank. The castle returned to silence...

She thought, *It’s over.*

The intruder was killed.

The castle and villas seemed to return to calm. Wushuang stood outside quietly for a moment, then suddenly narrowed her eyes. Several guards carried out a body from the castle villa. It was a man dressed in black night-raid clothes, covered in blood, with several holes in his body. The guards dragged the body onto a truck. The truck quickly left the castle. Wushuang narrowed her eyes coldly, watching the vehicle carry the body out of the castle.

If her prediction was correct, the truck was usually used for garbage, and the body would be dumped in a landfill.

Wushuang frowned. If the man was discovered even after entering through the sewer, the castle’s designer must have accounted for all entry methods. Therefore, the sewer must have a sensory device that alerted the wolfdogs.

She could not use the sewer.

But walking on the ground? Unless she had an invisibility cloak, it would be impossible to evade the nearby surveillance. Someone had just died. How was she going to get in? The castle blueprints really showed no other way.

Using a steel cable to slide from one villa to another was a feasible option, but sliding across couldn’t be done without making some noise. That would be too unwise.

Having come all the way to Devil’s Castle, giving up halfway was not the style of Queen Wushuang.

Infrared and white lights swept across the area simultaneously. Five powerful white floodlights rotated continuously, very rhythmically, illuminating almost the entire villa area. Wushuang would bet that no human, no matter how fast, could cross the ground to Devil’s Castle.

Under the harsh white light, no one could hide.

Suddenly, a sharp **whistle of a truck** sounded. Wushuang’s eyes flashed, and she suddenly had an idea: the truck... the one that had just left. A cold curve lifted her lips. Her smile was like a blooming flower, bright and peerless.

In this world, there are always more answers than questions.

Just as she was about to pack up and leave her observation post, her phone rang. Wushuang checked the number. It was Kaka. She answered cheerfully. "Are you trying to kill me, calling me at a time like this?"

Kaka said, "Are you that easy to kill?"

"Do you think I’m a cat with nine lives?" Wushuang laughed. She looked at her watch, pulled a small laptop from her bag, and checked the time. She was calculating when the truck would return and where along the road would be the best place to intercept it. A series of precise calculations ran through her mind as she spoke, and she concluded that she had about ten minutes to chat with Kaka.

"Is there a problem? You haven’t gone in yet?" He had a global positioning tracker on her, and he could see her location on his computer, which was why he dared to call her.

"Hmm, a small issue. Some idiot who isn’t afraid of dying tried to steal something. The body was just hauled out," Wushuang said casually, her tone indifferent.

Kaka’s voice paused. Wushuang asked, "Why did you call specifically? You wouldn’t call me for no reason, knowing I have business tonight."

*Why did you call?* It was a very good question. He saw that Wushuang had been standing in one place for too long, exceeding his estimate and not typical of her style. He was worried she was in trouble, so he called to ask.

He felt restless tonight, worried something might happen to her.

He knew Wushuang’s pride; if he offered help abruptly, she would become furious.

"I’m urging you to come back quickly," Kaka said lightly. "Oh, by the way, the vault has a signal detector. It’s best to turn off your phone and laptop."

"I know. I don’t need you to tell me that. My laptop’s signal can’t be detected. Don’t worry," Wushuang said with a laugh, checking the time. "I can’t talk anymore. Hanging up. Have some good tea ready for me."

With that, she hung up the phone.

Her backpack didn’t contain many items; she had very few tools. Wushuang turned off her phone. Two pistols were tucked into her waistband. Bullets and miniature explosives were also concealed. Her usual concealed weapons were hidden all over her body. Her long boots were stuffed with bullets, tightly secured with black leather cords. Her belt also held small, portable explosives. Then, she picked up her bag and descended the bell tower, driving her car to a stop under a clump of lush camphor trees.

Fifty meters ahead was a bend in the road. Wushuang’s eyes hardened with resolve. **This was the spot.**

As the truck rounded the bend, the driver slowed down. Suddenly, a night cat darted out, startling the driver. He hurriedly slammed the brakes. The guards in the truck cursed. The night cat seemed equally startled, scurrying into a nearby small grove of trees.

"It’s nothing, nothing. Just a little wild cat," the driver said. The truck continued forward. Less than twenty minutes later, it reached the Devil’s Castle area. The truck parked in the underground garage of Devil’s Castle.

There was only one parking garage here.

There was one driver and three guards in the truck. One of the guards said, "The man who came to steal the treasure today was really young. The people in this line of work are getting better and younger. We’re getting old..."