I Claimed All the National Treasures

Inside a rental apartment in the real world

Hao Shuai sat in a chair wearing casual clothes, leisurely drinking a bottle of Happy Fat House Water as he considered his next move:

Although he would spend most of his time in other worlds from now on, the real world was still important. Living in a rental apartment was far too inconvenient. If he returned from a journey one day and someone happened to be in the room, he would have no choice but to silence them and run. That was not what Hao Shuai wanted.

He needed to buy a house—preferably a secluded villa—and build a basement beneath it. That would be safe.

Since he did not dare do anything too conspicuous in the real world, such as selling large quantities of gold, Hao Shuai decided to use the essential money-making method found in all transmigration novels—selling antiques!

Compared with eye-catching gold, antiques had become increasingly valuable since Reform and Opening Up. An ordinary antique could be worth anywhere from several thousand to several million US dollars. As long as Hao Shuai found a suitable world, brought back some less precious antiques, and claimed they had been passed down through his family, the villa problem would be solved as soon as he sold them.

Right now, the most important thing was obtaining a large amount of gold. Gold was, after all, the universal currency of the myriad worlds. Then he would never need to worry about money wherever he went.

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Big Apple City, Rice Country, in the world of National Treasure

Hao Shuai emerged from an empty alley and surveyed the bustling metropolis. It was his first time in Big Apple City. Looking at the traffic-filled streets, he found a pawnshop and exchanged some money for US dollars before hailing a taxi outside.

"Trinity Church."

"Sure."

Knowing the plot was great. While Uncle Kai and the others were still desperately searching for clues, Hao Shuai had already arrived directly at the treasure's location.

After arriving at Trinity Church at 79 Broadway Avenue in Lower Manhattan, at the intersection of Broadway Avenue and Wall Street, Hao Shuai looked over the church's surroundings before heading toward its entrance.

As one of New York's iconic tourist attractions, Trinity Church naturally did not stop visitors from entering. Hao Shuai strolled through its doors like an ordinary tourist, admiring the church's style as he made his way deeper inside.

Following the plot, he arrived at the crypt. Hao Shuai planned to take the route Uncle Kai and the others had used to get out, leaving the original route for them to crack. Once Uncle Kai finally reached the treasure site after all that hardship and found nothing, the sight would surely be spectacular.

After passing through the passageway, descending a wooden spiral staircase, and crawling out through a hole, Hao Shuai found a vast underground chamber before him. The treasure lay right in front of his eyes.

He took out a lighter, lit it, and tossed it beside the nearest fire channel. With a whoosh, the fuel inside ignited in the blink of an eye. Amid the blazing firelight, countless gold and silver treasures, antiques, sculptures, and paintings appeared before Hao Shuai.

"No wonder the ancients said that wealth stirs the heart!" Looking up, he saw nothing but gold, silver, jewels, antiques, sculptures, and paintings. Hao Shuai's heart could not help but beat faster.

Walking down the stairs and looking at the dust-covered treasures, antiques, sculptures, and paintings, Hao Shuai took a deep breath. Then, with a thought, all of them vanished into thin air at astonishing speed.

It took him several minutes to store all the treasure in his space. Then he left behind a message on the wall:

Hao Shuai was here!

Afterward, Hao Shuai returned the way he had come and restored the coffin and tombstone. Uncle Kai and the others would surely be thrilled when they saw the message.

After leaving the church, Hao Shuai had originally intended to return directly. But then he remembered the City of Gold from National Treasure 2, which seemed to be near Presidential Mountain. With the belief that waste was shameful, Hao Shuai decided to help Uncle Kai and the others take it away as well.

He bought a map of Rice Country and saw that the straight-line distance from Big Apple City to Presidential Mountain was one or two thousand kilometers. Hao Shuai decided to find somewhere to eat first, then fly over at night. Flying in broad daylight might get him shot down.

After spending several hours flying from Big Apple City to South Dakota, Hao Shuai rested overnight in a small town called Keystone.

After breakfast in town the next morning, Hao Shuai hailed a taxi and headed for Mount Rushmore National Memorial Park.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial Park contained four sixty-foot, or roughly eighteen-meter, sculptures of famous former American presidents. The four sculptures were Washington, Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Lincoln. It was a world-renowned tourist destination and had become a symbol of American presidents in American culture, attracting nearly two million visitors each year.

Hao Shuai climbed Mount Rushmore along with the tourists, but his route differed from theirs. Ordinary tourists followed the official path, while Hao Shuai entered the woods from halfway up the mountain. After passing through the forest and crossing another small hill, he reached a small rocky outcrop in a lake behind Presidential Mountain.

He directly reached into the mechanism inside a stone hollow. A rumbling sound arose, and countless rocks fell from a rocky outcrop by the lake, forming a pitch-black entrance.

Entering the dark opening, he could see, by the sunlight shining in from outside, that the cave was filled with a messy assortment of things. A balancing support stood within, while a circular stone slab near the entrance was tightly bound by the support.

Knowing the place was full of traps, Hao Shuai had no intention of proceeding step by step like Uncle Kai and the others. He simply used telekinesis to fly.

Hao Shuai smoothly emerged from a stone cave carved with wall reliefs. The view before him changed, immediately replaced by a dazzling golden radiance.

Even though he had moved countless gold and silver treasures only yesterday, Hao Shuai still froze when he saw the glittering scene before him. Then he thought, How many tons of gold must there be?

Even conservatively, there had to be over ten thousand tons.

If he brought all this gold back, Hao Shuai could build a castle out of gold.

What was Emperor Wu of Han's golden house hiding a beauty compared to this? I, Hao Shuai, can hide beauties in a golden city!

After marveling for a moment, Hao Shuai began collecting the gold. This time, it took more than ten minutes to store it all in his space. Looking at the treasure cave, now cleaner than a rat hole, he thought for a moment before taking out a gold brick and placing it on the ground. He wrote on it: Hao Shuai was here. This gold brick was Hao Shuai's contribution to Uncle Kai's treasure-hunting career. Maybe there would be a National Treasure 3 or National Treasure 4 in the future.

Inside the rental apartment in the real world

Lying on the bed, Hao Shuai was still stirred up with excitement. No wonder so many people throughout history had been obsessed with the pursuit of gold and wealth.

Although Hao Shuai felt that he had enough gold for now, he was still fired up and decided to go treasure hunting again.

Lonely Mountain in The Hobbit contained a massive amount of gold coins, but there were wizards and dragons there. He could not beat them yet, and it was too dangerous. Pass;

Ghost Blows Out the Light also had all kinds of treasures, but Hao Shuai currently had no way to deal with the mysterious forces in that world. Pass;

The pyramids in Mummy World held vast quantities of gold, silver, and jewels, but there seemed to be gods there. Pass;

In the end, Hao Shuai selected a suitable and interesting world, preparing to properly enjoy the thrill of treasure hunting once more~~~