It would be great if they could find it; if not, it would be fine. Because the process of treasuring treasures in the ruins was a great temptation.
Zhang Tie remembered that when he worked in the grocery store, Donder always piled up some items and sold them in the grocery store. Occasionally, he would put one or two slightly valuable items in the pile of items. However, such a business method always had an unimaginable sales effect. Donder said this was the fun of treasuring treasures.
In many cases, if an item was placed in front of you for you to take, you might not be interested in it. However, if you hid it or got it by accident, the joy might leave a very deep impression on you.
The most exciting thing about being a pioneer and the most important reason that many people joined this profession was the thrill of treasure hunting in the ruins. This kind of treasure hunt might only let you find something worth a little money, but it might also let you become rich overnight. It was precisely because of this uncertainty that it was particularly attractive.
It wasn't that no one had thought about excavating the ruins these days, but if one person did it alone, it would probably take a month without any results. The supplies that most people brought underground wouldn't last that long. If there were more people, it would just be a small building between two buildings. It was really hard to say what was inside. The risk was too great, and there would be too many differences in opinion.
What was more... In this relic, there were many opportunities to make a fortune without so much effort. Additionally, the vault of the bank in this city had not been discovered yet. It would be too stupid to spend so much effort to excavate a small building buried in the relic. Based on the experience of the pioneers, the vault of the bank before the Catastrophe would not be in such a small building for sure.
If it was in the later period when there was not much profit to be gained from other places, some pioneers might have a try together. However, at this moment, besides Zhang Tie, nobody else wanted to try to make a fortune here.
Seeing Zhang Tie excavating there, Sam and Gerri didn't move. It was not that they didn't want to move, but those ruins were hundreds of kg in weight and volume. It was completely out of their ability.
Moreover, Zhang Tie's speed was too fast. If the two of them went up, they wouldn't be able to catch him. They could not help Zhang Tie at all. Instead, they would drag down Zhang Tie's efficiency.
"Peh... peh... peh..." As Zhang Tie was not prepared, a lot of dust fell down, covering his head and face. Zhang Tie then patted off the dust on his hair and moved back. Meanwhile, he spat out the dirty stuff in his mouth. After that, he waited for the entrance to recover its tranquility.
After dozens of seconds, the dust became clear. The entrance was on the second floor of the ruined building.
The wall where the hole was located was on the second floor of the ruined building. All the floors above the second floor of the ruined building had collapsed. It had turned into a pile of building ruins. Together with other rubbish, the entire first floor to the second floor was completely buried. Although some parts of the second and first floors were damaged and collapsed, almost half of the rooms were not completely affected. The things in the rooms were generally preserved relatively well.
The entrance of this building was like a mysterious gate being opened by Zhang Tie in a rude and barbaric way. It seemed to be full of unspeakable temptation. All the onlooking pioneers couldn't help but move one step forward.
"What? Do you want to pick peaches at this moment?" Zhang Tie sneered at those pioneers as he forcefully inserted that 500-600 kg I-beam into the ruins in front of him like a wooden stake.
Zhang Tie exerted his strength, causing the 3-m long I-beam to be almost 1 m deep into the ground with a sound of "Puchi".
Recalling the terrifying strength that Zhang Tie displayed just now, all the pioneers were startled as they stopped their footsteps at once.
Zhang Tie glanced over those pioneers with an indifferent look. Many of these pioneers had stayed here for a long time. As they had not returned to the place where they came from until now, they didn't know Zhang Tie at all. Zhang Tie was very clear about the morality of these pioneers. In front of great power, these guys would behave very obediently; however, in front of the weak, they might become as ferocious as jackals and wolves.
"Sam, Gerri, come here, let's take a look inside!" Zhang Tie waved his hand towards Sam and Gerri when he saw the others being shocked.
Sam and Gerri walked towards him at the same time with widely opened eyes. Although they had heard about Zhang Tie's amazing performance on the day when the allied forces occupied the relics canyon, as they had not seen it themselves, they were still doubtful about it more or less. On the way here, they didn't encounter anything else, nor did they have a chance for Zhang Tie to show his battle skills. Therefore, not until now did they realize Zhang Tie's terror.
In their minds, it was impossible for one person to complete such a huge project in 4-5 hours. However, Zhang Tie did it in front of them. The moment they thought about Zhang Tie's powerful strength, Gerry and Sam both felt like having a dream — — Is this Peter? The guy who shared the same cabin with me on the Aurora? It seems that I've not discovered this guy's terrifying strength at that time. Has he been hiding his strength all the time... '
"What... what's your level?"
The moment Gerri opened his mouth, Zhang Tie showed the whites of his eyes. He had not imagined that his performance could stimulate the "young minds" of Sam and Gerri so much.
"Does it matter?" After throwing a glance at those onlookers, Zhang Tie didn't want to be in the limelight. At this moment, even in the allied forces, almost nobody knew his level. O'Laura and Setton always thought that he was LV 9. However, since the death game, Zhang Tie became more and more shocked. However, after the death game, the two people became a bit uncertain. Most of them treated Zhang Tie as a 5-star strong fighter; some even mistook Zhang Tie as a battle master.
After hearing Zhang Tie's question, Sam and Gerri exchanged a glance with each other before shaking their heads.
"That's it. We will discuss it later. Now, let's go inside and see what's inside!" Zhang Tie replied with a smile.
"According to the rule of pioneers, as you opened this place alone, before you finish your search, neither Gerri nor I could enter it!" Neither Gerri nor I could enter it! "Sam replied honestly.
"What bullsh * t rules are you talking about? We're together. If I let you go in together, why should I be afraid of what others will say?"
"Hmm, Sam and I will go inside with you in case of missing something! Just take it as a favor for you! " Gerry was quite a clever fellow.
"Alright, if there's something inside. You can pick any one you like. " If not, forget it. Just take it as you accompanying me for a walk! "Zhang Tie said casually.
After hearing Zhang Tie's words, Sam and Gerry both nodded.
After throwing a glance at those pioneers who were eager to have a try, Zhang Tie turned around and walked into that hole with the fluorite lamp.
The hole was half the height of a person. He had to lower his head and bend his back to walk in.
Under the green light of the fluorite lamp, everything in the room was covered with a weird green color. The room was very messy and covered with a thick layer of dust. With his dark vision, Zhang Tie could see everything in the room clearly. Besides some chairs and a broken table, there seemed to be nothing else here. On the top of the room, a large and sharp building ruin broke the solid load-bearing floor and penetrated through a small part of it, exposing some bare steel bars.
Given this huge building material, Zhang Tie could imagine what happened here on the Catastrophe. Thankfully, the building quality was not bad. Although the upper part of the building collapsed, the lower two floors were fine.
With a cracking sound, Zhang Tie lowered his head and found that he had only paid attention to the surroundings; instead of paying attention to his foot. Right now, a skeleton was lying on the ground and facing the sky. Zhang Tie instantly broke his foot in the thick dust.
If he was a bit timid, he might have been scared out of his wits. However, Zhang Tie felt that this skeleton was like watching an animal fossil, which could not arouse any emotional waves anymore.
"Wait a moment..." The moment Zhang Tie wanted to leave, he found Gerri walking towards him. He started to search the ground carefully.
Zhang Tie saw Gerri groping the two palms of the skeleton for a short while before picking up a finger ring with a big smile. After that, he wiped the finger ring on his clothes adroitly. After that, he weighed it in front of his eyes and looked at it.
"Platinum finger ring, inlaid with diamonds, ha... ha... good luck!" Gerri said as he passed the finger ring to Zhang Tie.
This kind of jewelry from before the Cataclysm was not considered ordinary, nor was it considered precious. Jewelry from before the Cataclysm of the same quality and quality could be sold for three times the price of jewelry made in this era. Diamonds were the most expensive gemstones before the Cataclysm, but in this era, with the exploration and development of the core world, a large number of diamonds had been discovered. The value of diamonds was no longer as ridiculous as before the Cataclysm, and could only be considered as ordinary gemstones.
"Take it first, we'll talk about it later!" Zhang Tie said with a smile. Although the value of this ring was not high for him, which might only be worth a hundred or so gold coins, Zhang Tie was very happy.
After searching this room carefully and confirming that there was nothing valuable in this room, the three people came to the other room.
The door connecting the two rooms only had a metal frame while there were many glass pieces on the ground.
Like the room that Zhang Tie entered just now, this room was also very concise. There was not too much furniture here. It was like a senior business reception center or conference room. There were some paintings hanging on the wall; however, they had been rotten. Like the sofa in the room, they could not be identified anymore. Some decorations and handicrafts were also scattered on the ground. Many of them had been damaged. However, some special metal handicrafts were still preserved.
"Peter, come here and take a look..." Sam's voice revealed a great thrill.
Zhang Tie walked over there as he found Sam was wiping a 30-cm higher pitch-black vase by his sleeve. As he sped up his wiping speed, Sam became more and more excited.
"It seems... seems to be from the East..." Sam forcefully swallowed his saliva as he gave that item to Gerri, "Take a look..."
"This style is similar to that of the East. However, I've not seen such a precious item from the East. Therefore..." Gerri looked at it over and over again with a solemn look as he became uncertain, "Additionally, this vase seems to be made of copper. However, the color of these grains is strange. They might not be painted but inlaid. But why is it so flat? It seems to be a special manufacturing process. "
"Let me see..." Zhang Tie took that vase as he forcefully wiped it by his sleeve like Sam. After that, the dark purple vase gradually became clearer. There was a pattern of a very bright and prosperous flower on the vase. Right above the pattern, a Hua character "Fu" with silver metallic luster gradually became clearer.
"This is indeed an artwork from the East..." Zhang Tie told Sam and Gerri affirmatively.
"How do you know that?"
"It's a Hua character. It means luck, wealth and perfection. It's a lucky symbol among Hua people!"
After hearing Zhang Tie's words, Gerri and Sam became a bit thrilled.
"What's wrong?"
"We're rich!"
"It's just an artwork. It should not be more valuable than that handicraft you took out last time, right?" Zhang Tie asked with a dubious look.
"Don't you know that these artworks of Hua people before the Catastrophe are very valuable? If they're authentic, many rich Chinese people would like to buy them at a high price. They're the most sought-after goods in the market of cultural relics and auction houses." Gerri told Zhang Tie after taking in a deep breath.
"Let's look around. If we could find some more rooms, you can choose one each..."
There were 6 rooms upstairs that could be searched. After searching all the rooms upstairs, they only found 3 vases which seemed to be made of copper. They were all in the same room. The 3 vases were in the same style and well-preserved. The Hua characters on them were respectively "Fu", "Lu" and "Shou". They should be a complete set...
Although Zhang Tie didn't know how much Hua cultural relics before the Catastrophe could be sold here, he was already very happy. This was the pleasure of treasure hunting.
After searching the second floor, the three of them went up the stairs to the first floor. There weren't many rooms on the first floor. It looked like a large hall. The condition of the hall was much better than the upper floor. Aside from some dust, there were very few miscellaneous items. Around the hall, there were rows of counters. Even though those counters had gone through almost 900 years of change, they were still in good condition and were tightly shut.
At the sight of those counters, Zhang Tie recalled the grocery store that he used to stay in. To be honest, even after thousands of years, the counters and windows of human stores which were used to display commodities basically remained unchanged.
Walking to the nearest counter, Zhang Tie wiped off the thick dust on the counter, exposing the items inside the counter. Watching those items, Zhang Tie widely opened his mouth out of amazement...
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