The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is the largest art museum in the United States and a world-famous museum. Located on 82nd Avenue on Fifth Avenue in New York, USA, it is opposite the famous American Museum of Natural History and the Hayden Planetarium in New York. The American Museum of Natural History reviews the history of nature's other animals and satisfies man's curiosity to explore the unknown, that is, outer space, while the Metropolitan Museum of Art reviews the development of humanity's own civilizational history.

Covering an area of 130,000 square meters, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the four major museums in the world, along with the British Museum in London, the Louvre Museum in Paris, and the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.

To date, the Metropolitan Museum of Art has a collection of more than 3.3 million works of art from Egypt, Babylon, Assyria, the Far and Near East, Greece and Rome, Europe, Africa, the Americas, and New Guinea. It includes architecture, sculptures, paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, glassware, ceramics, textiles, metalwork, furniture, ancient houses, weapons, armour, and musical instruments from all historical periods.

The museum exhibits not only paintings and sculptures, but also tapestries, musical instruments, costumes, and ornaments. The five main halls are: European Painting, American Painting, Primitive Art, Medieval Painting and Egyptian Antiques. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is the world's premier large-scale museum.

Ye Hao is now in a car not far from the entrance of the Metropolitan Museum. His goal was the Met, and he wanted to loot the Met's art. One is to steal art in exchange for money, and the other is to divert the attention of the American government from his next move.

After Ye Hao left the air base a week ago, he used transfiguration to change his appearance to get rid of the protection (surveillance) of the Second Bureau of the General Staff, and then stole a legal identity with the help of artificial intelligence Andy and came to the United States. In the past few days, Ye Hao has used a variety of different appearances to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art to observe the terrain, routes, and security measures here. If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools. Sharpening knives is indispensable for woodcutters, and reconnaissance activities before the operation are essential.

Of course, there is still a lot of preparation, and he stole another car, and with a little modification, the car is ready to hit the road.

The exhibition hall of the Metropolitan Museum of Art has three floors, and Ye Hao has set his goal on the second floor, the European Art District, where there are works by more than a dozen top European painting masters, which is the most valuable collection in the museum. Not far from the Far East Art District, the United States has the largest collection of Chinese paintings and calligraphy outside mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is one of its most important collections, with a collection of 24 pieces recorded in the "Treasures of the Stone Canal" alone.

Ye Hao didn't think about going to other areas to search, but considering the time and other issues, he currently set his target on these two art exhibition areas. If, after completing the goal, he has not been discovered and has plenty of time, he does not mind emptying the Met, which of course is impossible.

The night was very dark, Ye Hao's Toyota SUV was parked on the street not far from the Metropolitan Museum, looked at his watch, the time was almost up, he opened the door and got out of the car, and walked towards the Metropolitan Museum.

Ye Hao is not fighting alone, at this time in his mind, the artificial intelligence Andy is directing Ye Hao to dodge the dense cameras outside the museum.

"There's a camera under the corner in front left, and you can dodge it by just going under the bushes. Just avoid the front two cameras and you'll be able to reach the back door. Andy's mechanical electronic synthesis sound sounded in Ye Hao's head from time to time.

Andy used the network to hack into the surveillance equipment of the Metropolitan Museum, but it did not destroy the surveillance, but used these images to find the blind spot of the camera, so that Ye Hao could avoid it smoothly.

Ye Hao bypassed all the perimeter cameras and came to a side door of the museum, which is usually used by the museum's staff to commute to work, but now it must be locked.

Ye Hao took out the tools and simply picked the door lock and dodged into the museum building. This is not the interior of the museum, he ascends the stairs of the staff passage to the second floor, then passes through the staff lounge area to a security door, behind which is the museum's collection.

The security door is an electronic fingerprint lock, but this is only an electronic lock for employees to use, and there are many people who can open this door, as long as they are employees of the museum, they can open this security door.

Ye Hao has been wandering around the Metropolitan Museum for the past few days, and it is not without gain, he has collected the fingerprints of several employees and made them into fingerprint sets. Ye Hao took out the fingerprint sleeve prepared in advance and put it on his finger, and then pressed it on the scanner.

"Tick, tick, click. ”

The indicator light on the security gate flashes a few times, then the indicator light turns green and the security door opens automatically. Ye Hao dodged in and quietly closed the door. At this time, the lights in the exhibition hall are dim, only the lights in the corridor are on, and there are basically only a few lights on in the other exhibition halls, and many places are dark.

This area is the South American art area, Ye Hao melted his body into the darkness, and quickly moved towards the Chinese art area. His agile figure was like a gust of wind, drifting by at a speed far beyond the limits of ordinary people. Of course, Ye Hao first wanted to target the artworks in Huaxia, and it didn't matter if he sold them for money or not, but he didn't want these treasures to be displayed like trophies in the hands of robbers.

"Da Da Da", the sound of leather shoes hitting the ground suddenly in front of you is so clear in this silent and empty museum.

Ye Hao dodged and hid in the shadow area behind a display case, holding his breath. The footsteps approached, without stopping, and then continued on their way. Ye Hao didn't pause, waiting for the guard's figure to walk away. Quickly drift towards the Chinese Art District.

Finally found it, Ye Hao lay outside the display case and glanced inside at the long scroll, then took out the laser cutter and began to cut it on the side of the display case.

"Creek Bank" is a silk color painting created by Dong Yuan of the fifth dynasty, length: 221.5 cm, width: 110 cm, depicting the hermit's mountain dwelling life, is a rare artistic masterpiece.

The laser in Ye Hao's hand needs to open a small hole in the side of the display case, as long as his hand can reach in, Ye Hao can put it into the space, this is the benefit of having a system, and it is also the hole card that he dares to search for the museum.

The laser cutter was very easy to use, and in less than a minute, Ye Hao opened a small circular hole in the display case, Ye Hao reached in, and the ancient painting disappeared from the display case.

That's it, the next goal.

Han Dynasty Liubo terracotta figurines, collect!

The gilded dragon head of the Eastern Han Dynasty, keep it!

The bronze vessel of the dragon head of the Western Jin Dynasty, keep it!

Tang Dynasty three-legged porcelain cup, keep it!

Song Huizong's painting, keep it!

……

Ye Hao began to start his own treasure theft business in the Chinese art exhibition area.

In the end, Ye Hao checked the space and let him steal hundreds of works of art. In the process of stealing the treasure, the guards passed by here several times, but because Ye Hao was able to find the traces of the guards in advance, he carefully avoided them. The guards didn't notice anything unusual at all.

After nearly an hour of busyness, Ye Hao scavenged all the artworks in the Huaxia exhibition area. These exhibits are all masterpieces of the Metropolitan Museum, and the Metropolitan Museum has almost lost its essence in the exhibits of Chinese civilization.

Ye Hao is very satisfied with his harvest, and the next target is the European exhibition area.

The European Art Zone is the essence of the Metropolitan Museum, packed with works by some of the most familiar masters of the Impressionists, such as Monet, Degas, Cézanne, Picasso, and more. The gallery houses more than a dozen works by Vincent van Gogh, and in his early works, Van Gogh depicted rural life in gloomy tones, with an emphasis on the brutal authenticity of his subjects. Later, after spending two years in Paris, where he saw the work of Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painters, his work experienced a turning point that led him to lighter colors and unembellished brushstrokes, so that these paintings became Van Gogh's hallmarks, the most famous of which is the famous Van Gogh self-portrait, which is also one of the works of the Metropolitan Museum.

Of course, Ye Hao will not let go, and he is familiar with Van Gogh's self-portrait into the space.

"Madonna and Child", it is a print by the famous Italian artist Du Siou during the Renaissance, the color on the painting is gold except tempera (oil paint mixed with egg Qing Dynasty oil), which is priceless. Take it!

"Dance Classroom", this is the work of Degas, an important painter of Impressionism, and what is more valuable is that Degas did not see the scene in "Dance Studio", but only painted works of his own imagination. Take it!

Monet, Degas, Watteau, Renoir, Paul Cézanne, Van Gogh, as long as Ye Hao thinks it is a good work, all of them are included in his own space.

After sweeping away the hundreds of artworks in the European exhibition area again, Ye Hao felt that it was almost over, but after thinking about it, the opportunity was rare, a sheep was herding a flock of sheep and driving, and he floated to the American exhibition area again.

As soon as Ye Hao entered the American exhibition area, he saw the famous "Washington\Shengton Crossing the Delaware River". In this painting, Loitz carefully depicts the clothes and facial features of the characters on the ship, showing that each person has a determination to cross the boat in order to fight for independence, despite their different backgrounds. This masterpiece is a huge painting with a height of 3.7 meters and a width of 6.5 meters, but the existence of a system is still a piece of cake.

Just when Ye Hao put "Hua \ Shengton Crossing the Delaware River" into the space and was about to continue his great cause of searching, the alarm bell in the museum sounded.

"Jingle bells, jingle bells!" The alarm bell was unusually shrill and loud in this silent night, and it was heard far away.

Still discovered, Ye Hao regretfully glanced at the precious artworks on display in the American exhibition hall, and had to give up the treasure theft plan and had to prepare to escape. But before that, there is a gift for the United States.

Carter, the 50-year-old night security supervisor at the Metropolitan Museum, served in the Marine Corps and took the job after leaving the Army, working at the museum for 25 years, from a junior guard to a security chief.

Night duty is boring, and although there are a lot of guards patrolling the museum, they can't get together to chat, and at most they just say hello when they meet on patrol.

After working at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for half his life, Carter became fond of art, and his only hobby on duty was to look at the works of his favorite masters, especially the self-portraits of Van Gogh, the impressionist master of the European Renaissance.

Just as he passed through the European exhibition area, Carter's eyes swept over the display case, and he suddenly realized that something was wrong here today, and at first Carter thought he was dazzled. Carter stepped forward to take a closer look in confusion, and then his face changed greatly, this is a big deal!

Carter immediately contacted the surveillance room, sounded the alarm, and then began to search for the burglars with the guards who had heard the news.

Ye Hao took advantage of the gap when the guards did not come to take out the explosives that had been prepared long ago from the space and began to place them around.

"Andy, cut off the museum's surveillance signal, I'll make the Metropolitan Museum an information blind spot!" Ye Hao ordered Andy in his mind, he didn't have to hide it now.

"Yes, boss!"

Carter, who had already arrived in the surveillance room, was searching the screen for the thief's traces, but the monitor in front of him quickly turned white.

Carter angrily picked up the walkie-talkie and yelled: "The thieves cut off the video signal, they must be a gang, find out the group of gourdies raised by me!"

Soon, Carter's long-awaited news came over the intercom.

"The thief is in the American booth, oh, MY GOD!

"Surround him and catch this bandit. ”

When Ye Hao was installing explosives, more than a dozen men in guard uniforms ran in the corridor, each holding an electric shock baton in their hands, and rushed towards Ye Hao with a fierce roar.

"You bastard, you dare to come to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to steal, you are dead. Catch him!"

In the face of more than a dozen guards rushing over, Ye Hao was not polite at all, kicked out, and directly let the guy who rushed to the front fly back upside down, looking at the way he spurted blood when he flew upside down, it is estimated that the injury was not light.

"Boom!"

"Oops!"

"Whoa!"

The scene of the fight was chaotic, and the dozen or so guards who rushed over were beaten by Ye Hao and were powerless, and some people were even knocked into some display cabinets, overpowering them.

In just a few minutes, Ye Hao knocked down all the dozen or so guards, and they all lay on the ground moaning in pain, and several of them had fainted and were unconscious.

Ye Hao ignored the guards who had lost their ability to fight back, and continued to install explosives in the museum.

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