18: Chapter 18: Twenty Tons of Gold Acquired! The Wang Family Learns the Truth!

Looking around, the space of about twenty square meters was neatly and orderly filled with various gold bars and banknotes!

Even Jiang Jin, a "wealthy man" with two hundred million in cash, was momentarily dazzled!

"Just the amount of gold must be over twenty tons!"

"Adding the other cash, foreign currency, and commemorative coupons, the total value is at least around forty billion!"

Looking through the gold and banknotes, Jiang Jin couldn't help but exclaim:

"In front of the third generation of a truly top-tier Family, my net worth of two hundred million probably isn't even as much as their gatekeeping butler."

"Hmm, since I've encountered it, if I were to just let it pass... it would be too much of a pity..."

Jiang Jin walked around and sent all the large gold bars, weighing over twenty tons and with a volume of nearly two cubic meters, into the Singularity Universe for storage.

Although this cost over a dozen drops of World Origin points, overall, it was still a profit.

To create these gold bars in the Origin Continent, it would take at least over thirty drops of World Origin points.

As for the banknotes, he didn't take a single cent; they were truly of limited value and would only waste World Origin points.

Immediately after, Jiang Jin used his Transcendent means again and walked into the second secret room.

After looking around, he discovered that this was an antique collection room.

There were about thirty items, mostly bronze ware, all of which were rare and precious treasures!

"This is truly 'If the museum has one, I have one; if the museum doesn't have it, I have it all'!"

"Treating his own home as a museum..."

Jiang Jin walked to the end of the secret room, stared for a long time at the half-person-high bronze square tripod with ancient inscriptions cast on its walls, and couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

If he remembered correctly, this bronze tripod should be called... the "si shu square tripod"!

It was a great ritual vessel used by emperors during the Great Shang Dynasty when offering sacrifices to Heaven, symbolizing favorable weather for the country and prosperity for the people.

It should have been kept in a museum, but unexpectedly, it appeared here in a private underground secret room!

"Hmm, since Wang Zhen has 'offered' me such a precious treasure, I must 'value' him greatly in the future!"

As Jiang Jin rubbed his chin and pondered.

Deep underground in the black ant nest in the east of the Origin Continent, the pale-bodied Wang Zhen was originally struggling to lay eggs, but suddenly shivered for no reason!

"...Has the weather cooled down?"

"Little ones, quickly bring the Empress—no, the King! Bring me some bugs that can provide warmth!"

"I really like those juicy, green aphids, so catch more of them!"

"I have to say, this life... is really comfortable..."

"Just by using pheromones, I can control a huge ant colony. I have to say, Transmigration into an 'Ant King' isn't so bad after all..."

Under the hundredfold time dilation, Wang Zhen had already been Transmigrated here for more than two days.

From the initial breakdown to the current enjoyment, it had slowly accepted its identity as an "Ant King".

And in the midst of this, Wang Zhen also discovered something that shocked it extremely—

The air here seemed to contain a kind of unknown, strange energy!

This strange energy could be slowly absorbed by its body, thereby giving birth to evolution and metamorphosis!!

Thinking that even something as bizarre as Transmigration had happened, Wang Zhen finally concluded that this strange energy was none other than the Spiritual Qi that only existed in fantasies and fiction in its original world!

Thinking of the powerful effects that Spiritual Qi could bring, Wang Zhen even sped up its egg-laying.

It desperately wanted to expand the ant colony, explore the unknown terrain, and see if it could find strange plants or herbs to allow itself to evolve even faster!

In its past life, as a top-tier Young Master in the East, it had long grown tired of mundane things, but it was absolutely obsessed with the "Transcendent"!

When Jiang Jin sensed this thought of Wang Zhen's, he couldn't help but chuckle.

"In your past life, you made others work like cattle and horses; from now on, you will work for me for ten lifetimes..."

"Hmm, ten lifetimes is too merciful; at least a hundred lifetimes, a thousand lifetimes..."

"If you accidentally die halfway, I can spend some World Origin points to resurrect you, continue your Reincarnation, and contribute to the development of the Origin Continent's civilization..."

A moment later, Jiang Jin withdrew his "kind" thoughts and placed his gaze back on the si shu square tripod.

He remembered that in many fictional alternate worlds, artifacts had a very strong "affinity" for Spiritual Qi. He wondered if the Spiritual Qi he evolved could resonate with these artifacts?

After pondering for a while, Jiang Jin fluctuated his consciousness, and a wisp of white "Spiritual Qi", about an inch long, appeared in his hand.

Then, he placed his palm on the si shu square tripod and let the Spiritual Qi flow into it.

At this moment, Jiang Jin used his Transcendent means to carefully sense all the changes within the tripod.

"It really works—!"

Just as he had expected.

That wisp of Spiritual Qi was completely absorbed by the si shu square tripod, and the inscriptions cast on the body of the tripod lit up slightly. Although the overall effect was imperceptible, there was still a slight change compared to before!

Jiang Jin withdrew his palm and did not try again.

Since Spiritual Qi had an effect on artifacts, he couldn't just give up on the thirty-plus artifacts in this secret room.

Thinking of this, Jiang Jin walked past all the artifact storage shelves in order and sent all thirty-plus antique artifacts into the Singularity Universe.

The Origin Continent was currently too small in volume, with a total amount of Spiritual Qi of only 3,900 wisps, which was simply not enough for these artifacts to consume and grow.

He could only wait until the volume increased before sending these artifacts into the Origin Continent to let them grow and transform freely.

After doing all this, Jiang Jin left the villa basement.

Through the fragments of Wang Zhen's memory, he knew that the remaining eight large secret rooms basically contained various "black materials" and "retained leverage" on all kinds of people.

Although these were also of "extremely high value" and could sometimes even be used to easily manipulate those powerful people!

But to Jiang Jin, they were no different from a trash can on the side of the road and were not worth much attention.

Night mist swirled, and the horizon was pitch black.

Like a ghost, Jiang Jin, wearing a black trench coat, moved with agility and quickly left Wang Zhen's independent villa area.

Returning to the secluded path from before, Jiang Jin opened the car door, started the Defender P400, and drove away from the place.

Everything seemed slow, but in reality, from the time Jiang Jin got out of the car to his return, it had only taken a little over an hour.

...

Two hours later.

When security personnel entered the villa gate to prepare for a shift change, they discovered a shocking scene—

The Rich Young Master was lying on the exquisite carpet in the living room, his body cold and pale, having... been dead for a long time!

This shocking news was reported layer by layer and reached a mysterious, heavily guarded courtyard in Yanjing in less than five minutes.

"...Has it been determined who did this—?"

Hearing the panicked report from the other end of the phone, the old man, with hair like frost, had a trace of uncontrollable anger on his stern face.

"According to the doctor's preliminary speculation, the Young Master's heart suddenly stopped beating, without any prior abnormal signs.

And the other duty personnel in the villa were in the same situation.

Therefore, combined with the Young Master's recent actions, I speculate... it must be the retaliatory means of 'that person'!

He obtained that strange meteorite and is suspected to have awakened an unknown, powerful Transcendent ability!"

Hearing this, the old man was silent for a long time.

The anger on his face gradually dissipated, and he returned to the calmness under his usual powerful aura,

"Is it that person who had dealings with the Yao Family?"

"Yes, this person is named Jiang Jin, previously a top student in the Computer Science department at Shenwan University.

After the Young Master learned that he had picked up that strange meteorite, he sent people to 'retrieve' it.

Unexpectedly, an accident occurred, and for some unknown reason, the people sent there rebelled!

The Young Master had been dealing with this matter all last night, not expecting..."

The old man's eyes were deep as he asked: "Besides him, have any other Transcendent appeared in other provinces?"

"So far, this is the only case!"

Upon hearing this, the old man was silent again.