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Chapter 491 - Chapter 491: Chapter 323: The National Treasure in the Cave

Chapter 491: Chapter 323: The National Treasure in the Cave

After a short while, in the reach of the flashlight’s beam, a dark shadow sat against the wall.

“Is there really someone here?”

The distance was too great for Chu Mingcheng to see clearly at once, and as his heart skipped a beat, he immediately drew the dive knife he carried with him.

But in the next moment, he revealed a puzzled expression.

The figure was clearly illuminated by the flashlight yet remained motionless, could it be a “dead person”?

Taking a few steps closer, when he saw the bones protruding from the clothes, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Chu Mingcheng had by now grown accustomed to skeletons.

Thus, he felt little fear and continued to walk slowly toward it.

Upon closer inspection, he found that the figure sitting against the wall was a skeleton dressed in an earth-yellow officer’s uniform.

The state of the skeleton made it clear that it had been dead for a very long time, at least several decades.

Its clothing was tattered and incomplete, and Chu Mingcheng couldn’t guess which country’s uniform it was, it certainly didn’t look like it was from Japan.

There seemed to be a lighter next to the skeleton’s hand.

Chu Mingcheng frowned, his mind filling with even more questions.

There wasn’t much beside the skeleton, and he was too lazy to search through its clothing, so he continued walking deeper into the cave.

The cave occasionally branched off, but the flashlight could directly shine to the dead end of the side passages, and he could also feel that he was moving upward.

What surprised him more was the absence of any animals in the cave, only occasionally spotting some insects.

However, this was an island, so it was normal for there to be fewer small animals.

After walking for about forty minutes, Chu Mingcheng finally reached the end.

However, the sight there astonished him, the entrance of the cave appeared to have been blocked by rubble and clods.

Next to it were four skeletal corpses, three lying or sprawling, while the fourth lay on its side on the ground, with a pistol beside it.

The hole in its head was conspicuous, clearly, the person had become desperate and committed suicide after being trapped inside the cave.

Chu Mingcheng pondered for a moment, then observed the surroundings with his flashlight and noticed two dusty little wooden boxes.

He approached and saw that each box was locked.

Picking up a stone, he smashed it twice, and the rusty lock was easily broken by him.

Upon opening it, the holy golden glow nearly blinded his titanium alloy Dog Eye…

It was a box full of gold!

The box wasn’t very big, Chu Mingcheng lifted it to gauge the weight, about fifty pounds or so.

Based on the current price of gold, this was worth between nine and ten million.

“Hiss~ I’m rich now!”

He had found items from two sunken ships, so far only the Romanee Conti wine was worth some money.

Yet now, merely by exploring a cave, he had stumbled upon nearly ten million worth of gold?

Chu Mingcheng’s heart thumped excitedly as he looked at the other box.

If that box also contained gold, then he would have netted twenty million with ease, enough to immediately buy a dream villa in Xia City!

With another few strikes, the other box was opened, but instead of the expected golden light, a bronze head appeared inside.

Yet this bronze head made Chu Mingcheng lose his composure, perfectly expressed by his exclamation, “Holy shit.”

The gold had surprised him, but it was the Rooster Head that was truly shocking.

Chu Mingcheng never expected to find one of the lost zodiac heads from the twelve animals here.

Were these people the very foreigners who committed the atrocities back then?

Chu Mingcheng speculated a bit and surmised that they must’ve encountered a storm at sea which sank their ship.

They had managed to bring only one box of gold and the Rooster Head ashore, perhaps the remaining treasure sank to the ocean floor with the ship.

These people had come to the island, found this cave to shelter from the harsh weather, but had the worst luck, encountering a landslide that buried them inside the cave.

Chu Mingcheng’s flashlight shone on the rubble, on which there were indeed signs of digging, with piles of dirt heaped beside it.

And had another person walked further into the cave to see if there was another way out?

Had that person, upon discovering there was no escape, given up hope and leaned against the wall?

Chu Mingcheng naturally couldn’t guess the specifics and could only infer from the limited clues.

He also wasn’t sure whether the animal head had been stolen over a hundred years ago or was something these people were taking somewhere to sell.

There were rumors that a collector in Treasure Island possessed the Dragon Head, and even the Dog Head was said to be there.

That someone would bring the Rooster Head to Treasure Island also seemed not so strange.

But this route, Chu Mingcheng found peculiar. Why would it appear on the eastern side of Treasure Island?

Could it have been transported from Maid Country?

Unable to figure it out, Chu Mingcheng shook his head, unwilling to ponder this headache of a problem anymore.

The Rooster Head surely had to be returned to the nation, but he would keep the gold for himself.

After all, this was the Public Sea, all the treasure found belonged to him, and the nation had no reason to ask him to hand over the discovered gold.

The significance of the Rooster Head was different–it was a national treasure. Not turning it in would be the real trouble; if word got out, he, an ordinary man, definitely couldn’t protect such a find.

However, turning it in wasn’t for the moment.

If it were as he had guessed, that the shipwreck had forced these people to flee to the island, then that sunken ship must still contain valuable items.

If Chu Mingcheng found it, he might not have to worry about money for the rest of his life.

But finding a sunken ship wasn’t easy, he needed help.

Chu Mingcheng continued to search within the small cave, but after finding nothing else of note, he began his return journey.

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