Chapter 308: The Vanished Relics!

After arriving at the monitoring room, Carlton immediately entered a working state, sitting before the large monitoring screen, staring meticulously at every frame!

At this moment, tourists from all over the world had already begun to enter the venue one after another.

"BOSS, what happened?" a security guard wearing a dark blue uniform approached Carlton and asked.

His tone and expression were exceptionally serious, because he knew what the Troy Level 3 contingency plan meant!

This was the highest-level security response plan of the British Museum; if the situation were not urgent, Carlton would absolutely not have issued this order!

"There is an ignorant fellow who is coming to cause us trouble..."

Carlton stared at the large monitoring screen and said word by word: "From now on, everyone work harder, you must keep a close watch for me; even if a fly flies into the frame, it must be reported truthfully!"

"Yes!"

"Understood!"

The crowd responded in unison.

Meanwhile, at Russell Square!

The air was permeated with a near-viscous anticipation, as well as more undisguised suspicion!

Encouraged by this sentiment, everyone cast their gaze toward Chu Chen, who was standing in the very center of the stage!

After the opening remarks, he continued: "Alright, everyone, next is the moment to witness a miracle!"

"I once said that I am a person with a strong desire for control; as long as I want to, even cold cultural relics can follow my thoughts and move."

After Chu Chen finished speaking, there was another wave of questioning from the audience.

Seeing that everyone did not believe him, he continued:

"You don't believe me? Fine, in a moment, I will prove it to you."

While speaking, he took off his top hat, then simply and neatly flipped it, and in the blink of an eye, the top hat turned into a golden raffle box.

Immediately after, he walked toward the audience while saying:

"There are over twenty-three thousand cultural relics in the British Museum. Now, these relics are hidden in the Dayang Zhouguan, Fei Zhouguan, Mei Zhouguan, Ya Zhouguan, Ouzhou Guan, Gu Aiji Guan, Sudan Guan, Xila Guan, and Zhongdong Guan."

"Now, I have made notes of these relics and the galleries they are in, and placed them in this box. Next, you decide which relic gets to go home first."

After Chu Chen finished speaking, waves of exclamations were triggered in the audience again.

"For the sake of fairness, the person who draws the lot will be decided by this golf ball in my hand..."

As the words fell, a golf ball had appeared in Chu Chen's hand, though no one knew when.

"How about it, are you ready or not?"

"Hurry up and start!"

"I can't wait!"

"My god, he isn't actually going to do it for real, is he!"

Amidst the heated discussion, Chu Chen did not delay, throwing the golf ball directly into the crowd.

"Alright, let me see, who picked up this piece of luck?"

In the crowd, a fat woman raised her right hand in high spirits.

"Come, let us invite this lady to the stage with applause."

Amidst the envious gazes of countless spectators, the fat woman walked onto the stage and then gave Chu Chen a hug.

Because she was too enthusiastic, it took Chu Chen a great deal of effort to separate from her.

After letting go of him, the fat woman continued:

"I really like your show; I used to watch you on TV, and today I finally get to see you in person!"

"Thank you for your appreciation, lady. Come, now, please continue to show your luck and reveal for us the first relic to go home!"

As Chu Chen spoke, he handed the golden raffle box in his hand to her.

"Alright, please wait a moment..."

As she spoke, she immediately reached her hand into the raffle box, took out a note, and handed it to Chu Chen: "It's this one!"

"Alright, let me see, who is the first lucky person?"

After opening the note, Chu Chen glanced at it himself first, then immediately displayed it to the audience: "The first lucky person of the day has been revealed; it is the Drachma Owl Silver Coin from the Yadian Weicheng in the Greek Gallery, minted in the fifth century BC."

Although this Drachma Owl Silver Coin looked like just a small coin on the surface, its historical and cultural value was extraordinary.

Because this was a master coin, and there was only one in the world!

It not only symbolized the history of ancient Greece but also showcased the glory and prosperity of the Athens city-state to the world!

For many years, Xila had wanted the British Museum to return this silver coin, but they had never been able to achieve their wish!

"Alright, everyone, now, don't blink, because a miracle is about to appear. Next, I only need to snap my fingers to make this silver coin, which has traveled far to a foreign land, return to its motherland!"

As the words fell, Chu Chen pretentiously clasped his hands together, rubbed them vigorously for a good while, and then snapped his fingers!

Snap!

At the same time, inside the British Museum!

Under the magnificent dome, the spotlight shone like a judgment light onto that isolated bulletproof glass display case.

Inside, that Drachma Owl Silver Coin from the Yadian Weicheng, minted in the fifth century BC, shimmered with a deep, faint light spanning two thousand five hundred years under the meticulously adjusted lighting!

It was so real, bearing the heavy weight of history and the imprint of civilization.

At this moment, tourists were already surrounding it, many of them admiring its unique, heavy sense of history through the glass!

But just then, a ripple like water suddenly appeared on the edge of the silver coin, extremely subtle, as if one were looking at it through a layer of air scorched by a faint fire!

Immediately after, the texture of the silver coin itself began to become uncertain!

That hard metallic luster softened, taking on a bit of glass-like transparency, and the owl engraving on it seemed to be melting into the light!

"Huh?"

"What is going on?"

"What happened?"

"It seems to be moving? What is going on?"

"Can someone tell me what is happening here?"

"My God, what is wrong with this silver coin?"

Many tourists who stopped to watch noticed this change.

They held their breath, eyes wide, and in order not to miss this magical scene, many people had already taken out their mobile phones and aimed them at the display case!

And at this moment, the change in the silver coin became even more obvious!

It did not move from its position, nor did it shatter; it simply transitioned smoothly from "solid" to "void" in a way that defied all physical understanding.

It was as if it were slowly sinking into Water, or as if the density of its constituent particles were uniformly decreasing!

The color was fading, the form was blurring, and its sense of existence was decaying rapidly.

Like a soap bubble that had been pricked, or like a dewdrop falling into a still lake, it did not even stir a ripple before it completely, cleanly, vanished from the black velvet base in the center of the display case.

That's right!

It just vanished!

Right now, the display case was completely empty!

The glass was intact, and the lock had not moved a bit.

Only that piece of black velvet, glaringly, announced the occurrence of a miracle to the tourists!