Isn't Hans called the "Fox of the Sea" for a reason?
He really is cunning enough.
If Hans hadn't deliberately opened up his defenses to let Charles Yin and the others in, they probably wouldn't have even gotten close to the edge of Hans's base, no matter how skilled they were.
No wonder pirates have run rampant for so many years. Every country hates them to the bone, but not a single one has managed to truly wipe them out. There’s a real reason for that.
Especially Hans—he never fights head-on, always scheming against people.
Anyone would find that unbearable!
I bet Charles Yin and Earl Field picked Hans for his scheming ways—that’s why they wanted their kids to learn from him.
What can you do? If you’re a family leader and not sharp enough, you’ll just get bullied!
Just look at the defenses he designed for his base—it’s obvious Hans is someone who feels extremely insecure.
That’s why, even in his thirties, he still hasn’t had any children.
It's not that he doesn't have women—it's just that none of them are good enough to bear his children.
Besides, plenty of assassins have pretended to be his bed partners, just waiting for Hans to let his guard down so they could strike.
After getting burned a few times, Hans finally settled down.
But now that he’s met Yinyu Han, Hans genuinely likes this wild kid.
In Hans’s eyes, a kid who doesn’t cause trouble isn’t a good kid.
Anyway, the base is huge—they can make as much trouble as they want!
If someone gets blown up, it just means they weren’t skilled enough. They deserved it—
Cecilia Gu felt like Grandma Liu visiting the Grand View Garden, passing through security checks one after another, and finally entering Hans’s real base.
After seeing the Yun Family’s underground base on the Indonesian island, Cecilia thought her nerves were tough enough.
But standing here now, in a reinforced underground palace that goes hundreds of meters deep, Cecilia finally understood what it means that there’s always someone better out there.
Hans proudly led them on a tour of the public areas—even Charles Yin and Earl Field were impressed.
This Hans really is ambitious!
No wonder he went to such lengths to hijack those experts—he really has the confidence and skill to pull it off.
Those experts are like the dark chefs of the culinary world, specializing in taboo weapons, and each one is unruly. No wonder their countries blacklisted them.
To lure Old Mo from China to Germany, you really need top talent.
Cecilia Gu wasn’t interested in any of this. As the saying goes, insiders see the details, outsiders just enjoy the spectacle.
Cecilia Gu was just enjoying the show the whole time, not understanding why Ethan Yin and Miles Gu’s eyes lit up.
Originally, Ethan Yin and Miles Gu only agreed to be Hans’s students to appease him.
Now... hmm, spending a few months here every year doesn’t seem so bad.
After everyone finished their enthusiastic tour, Hans led them to the dining hall.
Chinese people bond over meals.
Since he’s taken in two Chinese students, of course he wants to coax them into happily learning from him.
So eating together is an essential part of the process.
As soon as she entered the dining hall, Cecilia Gu couldn’t help but marvel, “Wow, how many people can this dining hall seat at once?”
Hans replied proudly, “There are four dining halls like this in the base, and each can seat thousands at once.”
Cecilia Gu couldn’t help but ask, “So how many people are there in your base?”
This question is highly confidential—Hans normally wouldn’t answer.
But Hans isn’t just anyone.
He’s extremely arrogant and proud!
So he answered right away: “Eight thousand regular combat staff, two thousand researchers, three thousand logistics personnel, five hundred intelligence officers, eight hundred special ops, and about a thousand stationed abroad.”