Jiang Hao's face was frosty as he looked at William and said coldly, "I already knew about you and Professor Gu. I didn't want to pursue it, but William, I warned you not to get involved in this. You should have stayed focused on your physics experiments. Why did you still come here?"
An apologetic smile appeared on William's face. "I only followed Professor Gu to Xi'an for a look. When he went out, I listened to you and didn't follow him. I originally planned to return to Hong Kong, but someone stopped me at the airport and brought me here."
As he spoke, William grew excited again. "Jon, did you know? Professor Gu wasn't the real financial backer. The one supporting our experiments was a major American company. Their boss is named Donald. Right, that blond old man on the platform. He's incredibly rich and owns his own building in Manhattan, New York."
"Mr. Donald said he wanted meteorites like the Heavenly Star Gemstone. Look at this place—there should be plenty of them. Also, he wants Qin Shi Huang's Elixir of Immortality. He said it's very likely hidden in this underground palace."
"These things have no value sitting here. Jon, as long as you give him those two things, he's willing to pay any price," William said.
Jiang Hao looked at William indifferently. "That kind of person spews nothing but deceit and lies. He'll sacrifice anyone else's interests to achieve his goals, and you still dare believe him? You really are naive."
"Not to mention I don't have them. Even if I did, if I gave those things to him, do you think he'd let us go? The first thing he'd do would be to silence us."
"Besides, everything here belongs to the Chinese people. Even if it all