Using the home circuit, Da Li and the other robots were fully charged.
Early the next morning, Chen Jin sent out the robot team again.
88 fully charged high-efficiency batteries could also be brought along with them to increase their range of travel.
"Da Li, when you go to the City of Tereese this time, pay attention to the gold and silver in the vaults of the local banks, the jewelry shops on the streets, and all kinds of valuables. Help me bring back some. These things are useful to me." Chen Jin reminded Da Li.
"Valuables?"
Da Li's electronic eyes shot out two beams of light, projecting a light green screen in the air. It played an image and asked, "Master, are you referring to these things?"
On the screen, there were mountains of gold and silver in the vaults, and diamonds in the jewelry shops.
Chen Jin almost started drooling.
He nodded and said, "Yes, these are the things I need."
"Yes, Master. We will pay attention and search carefully for you."
Da Li saluted.
Then, it led the exploration team towards the northeast direction at a jogging speed. Soon, they disappeared.
Chen Jin returned to his bedroom on Earth and waited anxiously with great anticipation.
He was a little restless. He couldn't focus on his games, couldn't focus on his anime, and his mind was filled with thoughts of getting rich overnight.
He felt like he was waiting for five million dollars to fall from the sky and land in his arms.
He murmured, "Speaking of which, how much gold can Da Li and the others pick up? A city with a population of 100,000. Based on 10 grams of gold per person, it shouldn't be too much of a problem to pick up a ton of gold, right?
It doesn't matter if we pick up a little silver. Here on Earth, industrial silver costs $3.50 a gram. Even if we bring a ton back, it won't be worth much.
Platinum, diamonds, gems, jade … these things are also very valuable. If we bring a small bag of them, we should be able to sell them for tens of millions.
"Plunder all the valuables in a city with a population of 100,000. A small goal of 100 million should be easily achievable, right?"
Chen Jin paced back and forth in his room, rubbing his palms together.
He even thought of making a trip to the City of Tereese to participate in the looting. But the distance of 100 kilometers … he gave up on the idea.
Fortunately, Da Li and the others did not make Chen Jin wait too long.
The next day, noon.
Da Li and the others returned to the campsite.
But …
"Where's my ton of gold?
"You didn't even bring back a few hundred kilograms of silver?"
"Where is the snakeskin bag full of diamonds and jewelry?"
"Why didn't I bring back anything that I wanted?"
Chen Jin did not have the strength to complain. Da Li and the rest did not bring back anything that satisfied him.
Because Da Li and the rest only brought back a small cloth bag.
A small bag that could hold about five catties of rice.
And it wasn't full. He poured out the items inside and scattered them on the sandy ground. What appeared in front of Chen Jin was the following:
It was a worn out mechanical watch that cost around a hundred dollars.
There were eight diamond rings, and the diamonds embedded in them were not big.
Five platinum rings.
There were 25 pieces of jewelry made of gold, silver, and jade, but they were not heavy. The best gold bracelet weighed about 20 grams.
Chen Jin felt that the most valuable item was probably the necklace made up of 48 pearls. The pearls were extremely plump and round. They were the same size and lustrous. They should be worth at least tens of thousands of dollars.
However, it was still far from the result he wanted.
Chen Jin estimated that the pile of things in front of him was worth at most a million dollars.
The small target of 100 million was actually not reached.
Chen Jin had to find out the reason. He asked, "Da Li, have you searched the City of Tereese thoroughly? You didn't find any bank vaults? Why did you bring back so little? "
"We've searched carefully. We've searched every corner, including the vaults of several banks. But that's all we've found, my Master," Da Li explained.
"That's impossible."
Chen Jin did not believe it. "Even if you can't find a ton of gold in a city with more than 100,000 people, you should be able to bring back a few dozen kilograms."
"Master, if you don't believe me, you can watch my search records."
Da Li's electronic eyes shot out two green beams of light and played a video in the air. It was showing the detailed process of its exploration of the City of Tereese.
It was a first-person view, and all the details of the exploration were preserved.
Chen Jin watched for a while.
Then, he asked Da Li to fast-forward to the scene of a vault in a large bank.
The thick and heavy metal safe was cut open by the medical robot Da Bao using a laser.
But there was nothing in the safe.
Or rather, it could not be said to be completely empty. There were stacks of colorful banknotes, but to Chen Jin, they were like waste paper, hard enough to even wipe his butt.
Gold, silver, and other high-value currencies were all gone.
It was the same for a few banks.
There was no trace of gold or silver jewelry in the glass counters of the jewelry shops on the business street.
As for the residential houses, Da Li and the robots searched dozens of them and found that the safes in the houses were all empty. Even the banknotes were gone.
They concluded that after the destructive war broke out, most of the citizens of the City of Tereese fled with their belongings, leaving no chance for others to pick up the loot.
The jewelry shops, watch shops, clothing shops, and supermarkets on the business street were all smashed. Obviously, after the war broke out, the City of Tereese was in a state of chaos. Some criminals took advantage of the chaos and looted the high-value goods.
But they did not do a good job. They left behind more than 100 mechanical watches, more than 10 diamond and platinum rings, and more than 20 pieces of jewelry. That was why Da Li and the robots were lucky enough to pick up the leftovers and not return empty-handed.
Chen Jin said helplessly.
"Even in the post-apocalyptic era, the value of gold, silver, and jewelry is still there. How could it be thrown away so easily?"
"Wealth grows legs, and is mobile. Obviously, most of the valuable assets in the City of Tereese have left the city, and no one knows where they went."
The small goal of 100 million was destined to not be so easy to achieve.
What was comforting was that the bag of goods that Hong Dali and the rest brought had a certain value. It would not be a problem to sell it for a few hundred thousand on Earth. It could be called the "first bucket of gold."
Furthermore, Da Li and the others had only roughly swept through the City of Tereese. There were many corners that they had not taken care of, so there were still many opportunities for them to take advantage of the situation.
Moreover, Chen Jin had personally picked up a "big loophole."
Or rather, it could be said that he had 'personally' picked up a 'huge loophole'.
Although he didn't go to the City of Tereese himself, he noticed that there were a lot of abandoned cars on the streets of the City of Tereese through Da Li's projection.
There were cars, trucks, buses, all kinds of construction vehicles, and even farm machinery.
There were at least a few thousand of them, and they could be seen everywhere on the streets.
He immediately said to Da Li, "That's right.
"Da Li, after you're done charging, go to the City of Tereese and get me a car. Don't take the ones that are faulty, find one that can be fixed easily."
"Yes, Master!"
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