While talking, Xiao Ran had already walked to the second entrance door.
While walking, he quickly looked through several basements under the entrance door.
Still nothing was found.
He only saw some famous wines and top-quality cigars, as well as some antique furniture stored in the basement.
The secret passage that I was looking forward to still didn't appear.
Immediately afterwards, Xiao Ran walked towards the third entrance door.
As a result, before taking two steps, he suddenly paused.
At the same time, a look of ecstasy appeared in his eyes.
There is no other reason for this behavior.
The long-awaited secret passage finally appeared.
The secret passage is hidden under the third entrance door, in a basement on the west side.
The basement was also remodeled and turned into a billiards room.
There is a top-level snooker table and an American nine-ball pool table.
This is specially provided for tenants in apartment buildings. The interior decoration of billiards is quite luxurious and elegant.
However, all these renovations and renovations are superficial.
The walls and floors of the basement are still in the neoclassical style.
All walls and floors are made of large pieces of granite, which are very strong and have not been damaged in any way.
After Xiao Ran's sight penetrated into the basement, he easily saw through the surrounding walls and floors.
There are no hidden secrets in those walls. They are all solid walls, and not even a hidden compartment has been found.
Most of the area under the floor is made of hard cement and stones of various sizes.
However, under some stone slabs against the wall on the south side, he discovered something different.
Under those stone slabs, there were also many stones piled up, which were very solid and seemed nothing special.
But look closely and you'll find it.
Compared to other places underground, those rocks are much smaller.
The cement used to pour the stones was only twenty or thirty centimeters thick, and Xiao Ran's sight penetrated it easily.
Stretching further down, there are gravels of various sizes and even soil.
Judging from the distribution range of these gravels and soil, it looks like a secret passage with a diameter of about one meter and sloping downward.
The four walls of this secret passage, as well as the rest of the underground, are made of extremely hard cement and granite.
Only the inside of this secret passage appears relatively loose and can be excavated using manpower.
This situation becomes more and more obvious the further down the line of sight extends.
Unfortunately, due to the limitation of his clairvoyance ability, Xiao Ran still failed to see through this secret passage.
But this is enough, this discovery speaks volumes.
After checking the inside of the secret passage again, Xiao Ran happily looked away.
At the same time, he also figured out the situation.
Know why this secret passage is in this state.
Obviously, this secret passage has existed for a long time.
It should be as old as the abandoned subway underground, or at least almost the same.
Soon after the railway was built, this unknown secret road appeared.
Later, for unknown reasons, the secret passage was secretly buried.
Because the incident happened suddenly and very hastily.
The people who buried this secret tunnel did not have time to completely fill it with cement and stones, so no cement was poured deep in the secret tunnel.
Of course, there is another possibility.
That is because the person who filled in this secret passage did it deliberately and left an opportunity for himself.
The purpose is to return here later, dig this secret passage, and take out the treasure hidden in the secret passage.
The guy even crafted an elaborate treasure map just in case.
If he is unable to return here, future generations can come back with the treasure map and successfully uncover the treasure.
But he never expected that it was the secret treasure map that brought Xiao Ran here.
Thinking of this, a proud smile immediately appeared on Xiao Ran's face.
Before his smile dissipated, he stepped out and continued to look through to see if he could find more surprises.
But it backfired.
He found no other surprises in the Renaissance-style apartment building.
In the blink of an eye, he had finished exploring the street side of the apartment building.
In the process, he walked around like a tourist admiring these historical buildings, without anything suspicious.
Some residents in the apartment building, as well as some pedestrians and vehicles passing by on the street, all saw him, but no one became suspicious at all.
Even the two New York police officers who drove by just glanced at it and didn't pay attention at all.
Although he had determined his target and found the secret underground passage, Xiao Ran did not turn around and leave, but continued to move forward.
As he walked, he continued to admire and explore the apartment buildings and other buildings on both sides of the street.
He was not sure whether there were other entrances or exits hidden in these apartment buildings that were connected to the abandoned subway at his feet.
In a short while, he had walked forward for more than a hundred meters, and he was at the intersection of the third avenue.
When he arrived here, he took a quick look at the luxury apartment building next to him as usual.
Unfortunately, nothing was found, only a few antiques and works of art collected by others.
Then, he looked at another apartment building across the street and continued to investigate.
When his sight penetrated an unused apartment on the fourth floor, he suddenly froze in place as if someone had cast a restraining spell on him.
Fortunately, he reacted quickly and returned to normal in an instant without attracting anyone's attention.
In his eyes, they were full of surprise.
"Fuck! Another treasure!"
While secretly exclaiming, he took a few lustful glances at the vacant luxury apartment.
Then he withdrew his gaze and ended the perspective.
"It looks like I have to spend more money to buy an additional apartment building."
Xiao Ran thought to himself proudly and walked forward as if nothing had happened.
A moment later, he had turned the corner and disappeared from 64th Street.
…
Ten minutes later, the New York subway F line.
Xiao Ran walked down the graffiti-covered stairs and walked into the subway station at the intersection of Lexington Avenue and 63rd Street.
This subway line F is a new line adjusted and built by the New York Subway Company.
After World War II, due to the population surge and rapid economic development, this line was opened.
The F subway line passes underneath 63rd Street, only one street away from the subway that was abandoned in the 1930s.
What most people don’t know is.
Deep in the F-Line tunnels, there are several places that provide access to the long-abandoned subway beneath 64th Street.
Even most people at the New York City Subway Company don't know this.
Xiao Ran knew very well where to enter the abandoned subway.
It all depends on that treasure map.
It clearly marked several secret connection points between the old and new subways.
The reason why Xiao Ran came here was to sneak into the abandoned subway without anyone noticing and check the status of the treasure.
If the treasure is of astonishing value and is worth the cost and effort to explore, then subsequent exploration will continue.
If the treasure is of little value, there is no need to waste time and money, just find an excuse to end it!
Due to the special circumstances at the moment, for safety reasons.
Many people are abandoning New York City's airtight and notoriously messy subways in favor of surface transportation.
At this time, there were only three or four passengers in the subway station, which was completely empty.
Even the subway station staff are not on the platform. Those guys are afraid of death!
Unless something major happens, those guys won't show up.
This is exactly what Xiao Ran wants to see, and it's just convenient.
As for safety issues, they don't exist for him.
It is no exaggeration to say that he is now invulnerable to all poisons!
After coming down the stairs, Xiao Ran quickly glanced at the situation on the platform, and then walked towards the west end of the platform.
According to the route marked on the treasure map, go in along the tunnel at the west end. After walking for more than 100 meters, there is a secret fork.
Following the branch road, you can reach the abandoned subway deep underground on 64th Street.
After walking a few steps, two black boys standing at the edge of the platform suddenly walked over.
In current American society, Asian hatred has become increasingly intense.
Especially in the New York subway, which is famous for being dirty and messy, this kind of thing happens almost every day.
Just a few days ago, a Chinese woman in Flushing was pushed off the platform by a black homeless man in public, and then hit by a speeding train and died.
The two boys walking towards Xiao Ran obviously had bad intentions.
They probably saw that he was a Chinese, cleanly dressed, and thought there was something to be gained, so these two guys came to look for trouble.
Unfortunately, they chose the wrong person.
While talking, these two guys came closer.
Just when they were about to talk, Xiao Ran suddenly cursed in a low voice:
"Get out! You idiot, don't ask for fucking trouble!"
As he spoke, he gently lifted up his clothes and showed off the HK45 pistol inserted in the holster on his waist.
The moment they saw the pistol, the expressions of the two black boys suddenly changed, and they immediately raised their hands and stepped back.
"Relax man, we don't mean any harm, don't get me wrong!"
Before he finished speaking, a dilapidated subway train came clanging from the east and stopped on the platform.
As soon as the car door opened, the two black boys immediately rushed into the car.
Xiao Ran just sneered and did not get in the car.
A moment later, the subway started again, slowly leaving the platform and entering the west tunnel.
As soon as the subway roared away, Xiao Ran, who had arrived at the entrance of the tunnel at the west end, suddenly jumped off the platform and ran straight into the deep tunnel.
In the blink of an eye, he had disappeared deep into the tunnel and disappeared.
At this time, there was no one on the platform!
