After returning to the piano store, Xiao Ran secretly activated his clairvoyance ability and quickly looked through the inside and outside of the piano store.
He was not worried about whether the C4 explosives hidden in the Steinway Grand Triangle had been cleaned up, but he was worried about what tricks the FBI and the police bomb disposal squad were playing.
Fortunately, he didn't find anything unusual, and all the deadly C4 explosives were cleaned up.
While they were talking, they came to the entertainment area in the basement again.
As soon as they entered here, everyone saw the Steinway grand piano that had been dismantled to pieces.
The outer shell and core of the grand piano, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, had been completely ripped off, and various parts were scattered all over the floor.
The bottom of the piano, which originally contained a large amount of C4 plastic explosives, was completely exposed and empty inside!
Seeing this scene, Peggy and the others couldn't help but feel a little sad.
"What a wonderful grand piano! But it was used to hide explosives. Now it is completely destroyed. What a pity!"
Timothy sighed.
Xiao Ran shook his head slightly and continued:
"It's not completely destroyed. This Steinway Grand Triangle can still be reinstalled, but the cost is very high."
"Of course, these parts can also be packaged and sold to other musical instrument stores."
After chatting for a while, a group of them walked forward and began to check the situation.
There was nothing to see except piano parts all over the place.
Xiao Ran glanced at the scene, and then said in a deep voice:
"Guys, pack up these piano parts first, and then move the piano frame away."
"Then take the next step and thoroughly scan this place with metal detectors and deep ground-penetrating radar."
Following his instructions, many employees and art museum staff immediately sprang into action.
In a short time, the scene was cleared.
The Steinway triangle placed in front of the north wall was also moved to the side.
Subsequently, Nick and the others took metal detectors and deep ground-penetrating radar and began to scan the floors and walls of the entertainment area.
Xiao Ran walked to the place where the piano was originally placed and began to check the condition of the ground.
In just a moment, he suddenly said in surprise:
"Hey! There's something wrong with these two floor tiles. The gaps around them look a little unnatural, with a thin crack in them."
As he spoke, he pointed to the two floor tiles on the ground.
The position he was pointing to was directly below the Steinway Grand Triangle.
The grand piano originally placed here just blocked these two floor tiles. If it were not lying on the ground, it would be basically undetectable!
It is impossible for people who play a grand piano to lie down under the piano and play, so they will naturally not be able to detect the abnormality of these two floor tiles.
Obviously, the Steinway Grand Triangle is a perfect cover.
Following Xiao Ran's words, everyone looked at the two floor tiles, and everyone's eyes were filled with excitement.
In a moment, everyone also saw something was wrong.
"That's right, Sean, it seems that these two floor tiles can be lifted up, and the gaps around them are not perfect!"
"Wow! Isn't this a secret door? Is there an unknown secret room or secret passage below?"
Everyone started talking one after another, and everyone was very excited.
At this moment, Xiao Ran suddenly clenched his fist and lightly smashed the surface of the two floor tiles a few times.
"empty"
There was a sound under the floor tiles, and it had an echo.
The moment they heard this voice, everyone immediately understood.
There is nothing underneath these two floor tiles, not the real thing!
"Oh my God! This is really a secret door. No wonder that crazy guy Miles wanted to put the Steinway Triangle here."
"I didn't expect there to be a bigger secret hidden here. I wonder how many stolen antiques and artworks are hidden under this secret door?"
Everyone cheered.
Immediately afterwards, everyone looked at Xiao Ran in unison.
He has said before that he has found something here, and there may be greater secrets or surprises hidden behind it.
The secret door in front of me should be one of the important discoveries.
Inevitably, admiration appeared in everyone's eyes, and they were shocked again!
How did this amazing guy do it? Simply incredible!
Why can he always discover secrets one after another and create miracles one after another?
"Sean, how do you open this secret door? What might be hidden underneath?"
Frank said eagerly.
Xiao Ran glanced at this guy, pondered for a moment, then nodded and said:
"I still need to study how to open this secret door."
"As for the secrets hidden under this secret door, it is nothing more than stolen antiques, artworks, gold and silver treasures, large sums of dollars, etc."
Hearing this, everyone nodded and became more excited.
Especially Frank and Scott, their eyes began to turn red.
After checking for a while, Xiao Ran suddenly said:
"Nick, bring a metal detector and deep ground-penetrating radar."
"Scan it with a metal detector to see where the mechanism that opens this secret door is."
"And use deep ground-penetrating radar to scan it. Under this secret door, there may be a large underground space."
As soon as the words fell, Nick and the others immediately responded.
"Copy that, Sean."
With that said, they came over with exploration equipment.
Coming closer, under Xiao Ran's guidance, they immediately began to investigate.
When Nick put the metal detector's probe close to the two floor tiles, a pleasant chirping sound sounded from the scene.
Everyone was excited when they heard this heavenly sound.
Immediately afterwards, Nick used the probe to scan around the floor tiles, and then walked towards the north wall.
Xiao Ran, who had been staring at the metal detector monitor, then gave an explanation.
"My guess is correct. There are indeed many metal objects under these two floor tiles."
"Judging from their quantity and distribution range, it is obvious that they are not steel bars in the foundation, but a whole piece of steel."
"Obviously, these steels are used to strengthen the entrance to the secret passage. The inside of this secret door is also made of steel."
"Judging from the direction of these metal objects, the control mechanism of this secret door should be on the north wall."
As he spoke, he came to the north wall and began to check the situation on this wall.
An oil painting that previously hung on this wall has been taken down and sent to an art museum.
Now there is only one rococo style wall lamp left on the wall, which is very eye-catching.
Without exception, everyone looked at the wall lamp, thinking that it was the mechanism that controlled the secret door.
Xiao Ran did the same. He immediately looked at the wall lamp.
However, the metal detector coil in Nick's hand finally stopped on a wall tile.
There was a clover carved on the wall tile, which didn't look like anything special.
There are many wall tiles with the same clover engraved on them in this basement, and they can be seen everywhere.
The only special thing is that the location of the wall tile is exactly where the oil painting was hung before.
If the oil painting was still there, it would just block the wall tile.
"Sean, the control mechanism of the secret door should be here."
Nick said excitedly.
Just as he said these words, Xiao Ran came closer and looked at this ordinary wall tile.
After checking for a moment, he suddenly said:
"Next, I'm going to try to open this mechanism to see if I can successfully open the secret door."
"For safety's sake, it's best for everyone to step back and stay away from the secret door, just in case."
After hearing this, everyone naturally had no objection and stepped back one after another.
After everyone had retreated three or four meters, Xiao Ran stretched out his hand and pressed it on the wall tile with the clover engraved on it.
He first felt the reality for a moment, and then began to press the brick into the wall little by little.
At first, the wall tile didn't move at all.
As the force exerted by Xiao Ran reached a certain level, there was a click, and the wall brick suddenly slowly sank into the wall!
At the same time, under the secret door on the floor, there was also a clicking sound of the machine turning.
Although they had expected this to happen, everyone still cheered excitedly when they saw this scene.
"That's great! That wall tile is indeed a mechanism to open the secret door!"
"This secret door has finally been opened. What secrets or treasures are hidden inside? It's really exciting!"
Just as everyone was cheering, Xiao Ran pressed the wall tile with clover engraved on it to the bottom and stopped immediately.
"Click!"
With a sudden crisp sound, the two floor tiles suddenly lifted up, revealing a dark gap.
Other than that, nothing unexpected happened.
There was no sound of assault rifles or machine guns, no explosions, no javelins or crossbow bolts.
It was quiet under the secret door, and the scene also became quiet.
After a moment of pause, Xiao Ran walked to the secret door and began to check the situation.
He took the prepared endoscope probe and inserted it along the opened gap to explore the situation under the secret door.
Then what appeared on the surveillance screen was a dark, straight downward hole.
Inside the hole, there is a steel ladder nailed to the wall of the secret passage.
Other than that, no traps were found inside the cave entrance, so it seemed relatively safe.
After confirming this, Xiao Ran retracted the endoscope probe.
Then, he put on his gloves, reached into the gap of the secret door, and slowly lifted up the floor secret door.
Following his movements, a square and dark hole immediately appeared in front of everyone.
Xiao Ran glanced at the entrance of the cave, then smiled and said:
"As expected, there is indeed a secret passage under these two floor tiles, leading all the way to the depths of the ground."
"If the prediction is correct, the end of this secret passage should be the underground treasure trove used by Miles and McCann to hide stolen antiques and art!"
"Everyone can come here. There are no traps in this secret passage. It is very safe."
Before they finished speaking, Frank and Peggy couldn't wait to step forward, ready to take a look at the situation in this secret passage.
