This Treasure Has a Secret

Guan Heng and the box landed on the shore simultaneously. Guan Heng let out a laugh. "Good job, Santai. Come back." With a wave of his hand, he put Huang Santai into the Corpse Storage Bag. He walked over and patted the Rusted Box. Guan Heng lifted it with his hand. "Hmm, I didn't feel it was this heavy in the water. It seems there's a lot inside. Am I about to get rich? Haha."

Guan Heng gave a dry chuckle, slung the box onto his shoulder, hummed a little tune, and walked with light steps. In no time, he returned to the vicinity of the large rocks near the shore.

"Dabao, where are you?" Guan Heng called out after putting down the box.

Dabao leaped out from behind the rocks, waving his arms to greet Guan Heng. Then, he pointed to the two Dragonfly Corpses behind him, gesturing and babbling, trying to tell Guan Heng that he had killed them, with a look of fawning obedience.

"Good job. When we get home, I'll give you half a syringe of blood as a reward," Guan Heng praised, nodding.

Dabao jumped for joy. Guan Heng didn't waste any more words with him. "Alright, hurry back." He then put Dabao back into the Corpse Storage Bag.

"Hmm, today's haul is pretty good," Guan Heng said, in a good mood. He had captured the Giant Dragonfly Emperor as a mount, found a big box, completed his planned objectives, and even had an unexpected surprise.

"Hey, Tony, come out!" Guan Heng called from under the yacht. "It's safe now. The crisis is over."

"What's going on?" Less than half a minute later, Tony poked his head out from the deck. "What happened?"

Guan Heng smiled. "I suddenly thought that passive defense wasn't working, so I decided to solve it once and for all. I went to the lake shore to eliminate those bugs."

Tony was startled. "Are you crazy? There were thousands upon thousands of giant insects! Are you injured?"

"Thousands upon thousands? There weren't that many," Guan Heng shrugged. "I was just too lucky. Those bugs were fighting amongst themselves for territory and mates. In the end, only one survived. It became the boss, but it was also covered in wounds. I defeated that Great Dragonfly without breaking a sweat."

"So that's what happened," Tony said, finally breathing a sigh of relief. "You're really daring." He then asked, "Are there any remaining giant insects on the island?"

"None. Look," Guan Heng kicked the two Insect Corpses beside him. "These are the last two. I just finished them off."

At this moment, Guan Heng suddenly grinned mischievously. "The danger from the bugs is gone. How about we continue camping tomorrow? We still have a day of vacation left."

"Don't joke around!" Tony rolled his eyes. "Even if I agreed, the girls would be begging to refuse. We're returning to New York City first thing tomorrow. Good heavens, I'm really starting to miss my armor. I need to hurry up and develop that portable armor you mentioned. I can only feel at ease if I carry it with me."

"Speaking of which, this vacation of ours has been really full of crises," Tony said with a frown. "If you suggest going on a sea vacation with me again, I'll have to think carefully. We've encountered so much danger, it's not because of your bad luck, is it?"

"Hahaha!" Guan Heng burst out laughing. "You say I bring bad luck? Let me show you something good." As soon as he finished speaking, Guan Heng, carrying the box, leaped onto the yacht's deck with a whoosh. With a clang, the weight of the man and the box suddenly made the bow of the boat sink. Tony exclaimed, "Good heavens, what did you bring onto the boat? It's so heavy!"

Guan Heng reached out and placed the box on the deck, stepping on it with his foot. "Here, it's this box. I found it at the bottom of the inland lake. I haven't opened it yet."

With a wave of his hand, Guan Heng said, "Go call the girls. There's something new, let's all take a look. If it's treasure, everyone gets a share. Old Guan here is very generous."

Tony chuckled lightly. "It's so heavy, maybe it's not treasure, but a box full of rocks. Don't be disappointed then."

Guan Heng shook his head. "So what? If they're rocks, I'll personally carve a few stone statues for each of you with my Alloy Knife. In a few hundred years, they'll still be priceless antiques."

Tony stroked his chin. "As an Iron Buddy, I sincerely hope you find treasure. But stone statues are also quite tempting to me. Alas, my feelings right now are so complicated."

When Ai Wei and Lily heard that the bug crisis was over, and that Guan Heng had found a mysterious box, their curiosity finally overcame their fear. The two girls held hands and walked onto the deck together. At this moment, everyone held flashlights and emergency lights, not daring to breathe, all wanting to see what was inside this box.

Guan Heng, however, was unhurried, completely unconcerned about gains or losses. He drew an Alloy Knife from his waist and with a shick, pried open the box's large, rusted lock.

With a kick, he sent the box lid flying open. Immediately, the deck was bathed in a brilliant glow. Inside this rectangular box, about two meters long, various Jade Pearl Emerald Agates shone dazzlingly. They were all treasures worth immense fortunes. Guan Heng reached his two hands into the box and spread them out again in front of everyone.

His one hand held large, crystal-clear, emerald-green Cat's Eye Rubies, Sapphires, Purple Jade, and so on. Even the smallest pearl was the size of a walnut. His other hand held a tattered leather bag.

Casually tossing the jewels back into the chest, Guan Heng untied the leather rope on the bag and pulled out a half-worn parchment scroll.

"Aha, I wonder what's written on it. Tony, want to take a look?" Guan Heng shook the parchment scroll and casually handed it to Tony.

Tony unfolded it and, with a wry smile, handed it back to Guan Heng. "It's in Huaxia script. Looks like this treasure really belongs to you."

"Is that so? Let me see what it says." Guan Heng began to read the words on the parchment scroll: "When the fated person sees what is described on this parchment, I may have already met a tragic death on this terrifying insect island. My name is Zhang Ke, and I am a guard. My employer, Mandar, known as Mandar, is a remarkable person. I was carrying a batch of treasures under his order, preparing to rendezvous at a certain location. Unexpectedly, our ship ran aground nearby. On the island, I was attacked by giant insects and lost my arms and legs."

"What a pitiful person," Guan Heng sighed at this point. "By the way, isn't A'Man the leader of the Ten Rings? The one who kidnapped you back then..." He said the latter part to Tony.

"Mm, that's right," Tony replied. "I didn't expect this unfortunate soul to be his subordinate. Keep reading."

"Don't rush, I'm still reading." Guan Heng buried his head in the parchment scroll's content. "At that time, my master's research on his magical Ten Rings had just begun. Besides the treasure, I was also carrying two spare rings from my master. These were created to be indistinguishable from the originals. One was for Ice Storm, and the other was for Flame Storm. When I was surrounded by giant insects, I risked using both rings and finally drove them back. That gave me time to record all this on the parchment scroll."

Guan Heng reached into the leather bag and pulled out two rings. One had a sky-blue gem and was carved like multiple capsule-shaped cylinders. This was the Ice Storm Ring. The ring could emit freezing energy, solidifying the air in its path and lowering targets to near absolute zero.

The other was the Ring of Blazing Flames. The infrared radiation, or heat, emitted by this ring was determined in intensity by the wearer's mind. Generally, this heat released flames by burning the air molecules within the blast radius. It could trigger chemical explosions through its heat beam. The maximum heat it could generate remained unknown. Its gem had a similar shape to the Ice Storm Ring, but it had four capsules and was red.

However, the colors of both rings had dimmed, clearly indicating that their energy had been depleted.