After his gaze lingered on the newly retrieved safe for just a moment...
Hunter began to get busy!
He took another set of tools from his private space.
To completely open this top-tier private safe called the worthington 1000, one needed to crack three security systems, commonly known as the three locks.
The first lock's opening procedure was to insert a key.
The second lock was a mechanical combination lock.
And the third lock was a set of digital combination locks, which likely also required pupil recognition verification from Steve.
This first lock was undoubtedly the simplest for Hunter.
He leaned in to look at the keyhole and soon looked away with a smile.
The worthington 1000 safe required a specially customized key to open the first protection procedure.
However, Lockpicking was not worth mentioning for Hunter, who had already raised his Lockpicking Skill to level 5.
He quickly took out specialized Lockpicking tools and tinkered around inside the keyhole for a while.
After determining the position and differences of every pin inside the keyhole...
Hunter found some alloy keys from his toolbox that he had specifically ordered while practicing at Slate Brief's farm.
He picked out a key that most closely resembled the lock on the worthington 1000 safe.
He then took out metal pliers and quickly cut several different notches on it.
After a bit of grinding with a file...
Hunter took less than two minutes in total to manufacture a key on the spot.
Then, he picked up the key.
He inserted it into the keyhole of the worthington 1000 safe in front of him and gave it a gentle twist.
With a 'click' from inside, the first lock of this top-tier private safe on the market had been opened by him.
However, this lock was actually the easiest of the three locks on the worthington 1000 safe to crack.
Therefore, Hunter didn't feel much pride.
After putting all the tools he no longer needed back into his private space...
Hunter took out a stethoscope again and quickly put it on.
He aimed the chest piece at the tall safe in front of him, then carefully began to turn the combination dial on the safe.
The second mechanical combination lock on the worthington 1000 safe was a very common mechanical anti-theft device used in safes and vaults on the market.
It was an anti-theft device composed of a set of gears and a transmission system.
Inside the thick alloy wall of the safe, it consisted of five parts from outside to inside: the combination dial, the spindle, the wheel pack, the fence, and the drive pin.
Unlike the mechanical combination locks installed on large vaults used by banks, jewelry stores, and casinos...
This worthington 1000 safe was limited by its size.
The mechanical combination lock inside only had one dial engraved with different numbers, rather than three.
So, cracking this mechanical combination lock wasn't that difficult.
The real trouble was actually the final set of digital combination locks.
Continuously turning the combination dial on the safe's surface, Hunter listened carefully to the sound of the tiny gears turning inside the safe captured by the stethoscope's chest piece.
"Click!"
"Click!"
"Click!"
"Click!"
"Ding!"
After spending two or three minutes and turning it several times in succession...
Hunter finally determined the correct code for this mechanical combination lock.
After quickly noting it down, he then looked at the safe's final line of defense—the digital combination lock!
The digital combination lock on the worthington 1000 didn't look complicated.
It was a six-digit combination lock. At first glance...
Hunter noticed that only four of the number keys had varying degrees of wear.
As for the other keys, aside from the 'Enter' key, they were all very new.
This meant that Hunter only needed to spend some time constantly trying different permutations of those four numbers, and he would eventually crack it sooner or later.
Staring intently at those four numeric keys, his gaze shifted back and forth across the four keys, which showed varying degrees of wear.
Hunter noticed that the numeric keys with different levels of wear were 0, 2, 5, and 7.
After observing the fading on those keys carefully for a while, Hunter soon noticed that the fading and wear on the numbers 0 and 5 were slightly more pronounced than on 2 and 7.
In other words, in the numeric password stage of this worthington 1000 system...
In the six-digit password Steve likely set, these two numbers should each be repeated at least once.
Having determined this, Hunter repeatedly combined and arranged the four numbers—0, 2, 5, and 7—in his mind.
Before long, he had derived dozens of possible password combinations.
However, Hunter glanced at the small screen above the numeric keypad.
He knew that this worthington 1000 system actually provided iris verification.
If Steve had used this feature, then this safe wouldn't just have three sets of security locks; it would have four.
"I can't gamble on this!"
After Hunter's gaze lingered on the screen above the numeric keypad for a while...
He quickly took out another set of tools and then, with great care, began to meticulously probe the inconspicuous gaps near the numeric keypad on the safe.
After a while, Hunter finally managed to make the gap wider and wider.
Then, with his Level 5 Lockpicking Skill...
He skillfully pried the gap open bit by bit, being extremely cautious throughout the entire process.
Because Hunter knew that within the worthington 1000 safe, there was also an automatic deadlock security device.
The security system in the worthington 1000 safe would be triggered if it detected multiple consecutive incorrect password entries in a short period.
Or, if someone tried to break open the safe by force, it would automatically wake up and use even stronger alloy plates to seal the inside shut.
At the same time, while triggering an automatic alarm, it would also automatically transmit captured images to the Worthington company, along with its GPS location.
Hunter didn't want to cause himself any unnecessary trouble, so he very carefully followed the teachings of the beautiful Lockpicking expert, Slater.
He slowly pried open the numeric keypad bit by bit, and immediately after lifting it to a certain height...
He quickly noticed that underneath the numeric keypad, as expected, besides several different wires...
There was also a tiny metal wire connected to a special induction chip.
Hunter used scissors to quickly snip all the wires and the metal thread.
In the next moment, he keenly heard a very faint sound from within the safe vanish.
Hunter's heart stirred, and he immediately inserted the newly made key into the keyhole again and turned it.
At the same time, he also turned the combination dial, moving its pointer to the correct position.
With a 'pssh' sound of releasing air, this safe that Hunter had stolen from Steve was finally opened by him..
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