Chapter 698: Hoarding All the World's Treasures

When He Yuzhu walked into the Library's Warehouse, the person watching the warehouse door was fast asleep, clearly unaware of the preciousness of these books.

He simply unlocked the door and walked in openly.

Upon entering, he was stunned; rows of bookshelves were filled with all kinds of books, all bundled up.

It was evident that the books here had been organized very thoroughly, unlike the other warehouses which were messy—clearly, these administrators were extremely reluctant to part with these books.

In order not to let their intentions go to waste, he did not hesitate and took everything away.

By the time He Yuzhu rushed to the last stop, the Gongwangfu, it was almost dawn.

He climbed over the wall to enter—this mansion was enormous, and according to Dan's description, the items should be in the building in the Houyuan.

He Yuzhu quietly crept to the Houyuan, which was also very large, so he had to activate the system's Scanning Function. He had reinforced this Scanning Function, allowing it to detect a distance of over one hundred meters.

Upon scanning, he was immediately shocked: a massive amount of gold was buried underground. It was no wonder so many novels had written about this; it turned out He Shen was indeed as wealthy as a nation.

For a moment, collecting the books and paintings became a side job.

However, this gold was buried very deep underground, a full forty meters down.

It seemed as if it had been waiting for him to unearth it by some mysterious fate.

Although he also had the surname He, his "He" was not the "He" of He Shen; perhaps they were of the same clan thousands of years ago!

He Yuzhu finally found a reason to claim it for himself. With this sum of money, he could accomplish some major things again.

He quickly entered the building and used the space's tunneling function to descend over thirty meters underground before activating the collection function to take all the gold into his space. A rough calculation put it at around twenty tons.

After collecting the gold, he used the space to fill in the hole.

Next, he collected the books, paintings, furniture, and other items in the building.

The books in the warehouse were considered worthless in the eyes of those people and were tossed randomly on the floor; some ancient books even had footprints stepped onto them.

However, collecting the warehouses here was troublesome—He Yuzhu had to unlock them one by one and collect them one by one.

By the time he finished cleaning them out one by one, it was already broad daylight.

After finishing, he did not plan to go home, because Dan had said these things were to be taken to the incinerator to be burned.

He Yuzhu applied his disguise and headed straight there.

From afar, he could see that quite a few people had already gathered there, hanging banners and beating drums and gongs, as if celebrating a victory.

There were several incinerators there, and large fires had already been lit.

Presumably, trucks that arrived early had already brought the items here; He Yuzhu felt a pang of regret.

He hurried to an intersection and began enthusiastically directing the vehicles heading toward the site.

He was dressed similarly to these people, and since these trucks all had covers, others could not see when he collected the items—as for those trucks without covers, there was nothing he could do.

Dozens of covered trucks drove in one after another, and by the time they drove into the incinerator plant, the cargo beds were already empty, with nothing left.

The person in charge this time was Zhou Hao. After he used Xu Damao to expose He Yuzhu last time, Deputy Director Nie had taken all the blame for him, so he had not been implicated.

Zhou Hao looked at an empty truck and flew into a rage: "How did you people do your jobs! You drove the trucks over without loading the items?"

The driver was extremely aggrieved: "When I left, the cargo bed was packed full, and there were five or six people loading the truck! How did it suddenly disappear?"

Zhou Hao checked over twenty trucks in succession, all of which were empty; only the items on five open-top trucks remained.

Just then, several other people in charge from other locations rushed over, all of them dripping with sweat.

"Leader Zhou, our warehouse has been emptied!" said a middle-aged man wearing glasses.

Zhou Hao frowned and asked: "Where are you from?"

"I am from the Library. To tell you the truth, inside the warehouse, even the shelves were taken away!" the middle-aged man with glasses said.

"Was there no one watching the door?" Zhou Hao asked.

"He fell asleep in the middle of the night!" the middle-aged man replied.

Zhou Hao looked at the remaining few: "What is the situation with you all?"

"Our Art Museum warehouse is also empty!"

"Our Qianmen Cultural Relics Store has also been emptied!"

After another twenty minutes or so, another person rushed over: "Leader Zhou, our Exhibition Hall warehouse has also been emptied!"

As report after report came in, Zhou Hao was so angry he squatted on the ground and cursed: "This matter must be investigated, investigated thoroughly. This is going against us!"

Several people asked one after another: "Leader Zhou, what do we do next?"

Zhou Hao gathered the dozen or so leaders together and said in a low voice: "This matter is very suspicious. Whoever could pull this off has significant influence. We must investigate carefully, but do not let those in charge spread the news, so as not to cause unnecessary panic. You must tell all the parties involved when you go back that this matter must absolutely not be spread."

The few nodded vigorously—the responsibility on their shoulders was not small; if the warehouses were emptied and they knew nothing about it, the consequences could be imagined.

He Yuzhu watched from afar, a faint smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

The next day, while He Yuzhu was working in his office, Dan came to find him.

He Yuzhu said with a grin: "Dan, we haven't seen each other for almost a year; have you missed me?"

Dan slapped him hard: "Don't try to fool me; tell me the truth, was it you who did those warehouses?"

He Yuzhu chuckled: "Sister, you aren't here representing Zhou Hao to hold me accountable, are you?"

Dan glared at him: "You don't know, this matter has blown up. That kid Zhou Hao handed the case over to our bureau, telling us to solve it within half a month."

He Yuzhu asked: "Then what do you mean by coming to see me?"

Dan said: "I want to know if you've cleaned up your mess? Don't let people actually investigate anything."

He Yuzhu smiled and said: "Don't worry, don't you know my abilities?" He asked again, "Dan, it's not that Zhou Hao kid who suspects me, is it?"

Dan shook her head: "He doesn't know about your abilities, but Secretary Liu and I both know, and furthermore, people above know too. So you need to be mentally prepared."

He Yuzhu said: "No problem, I've arranged everything."

Only then did Dan prepare to leave.

He Yuzhu called her back: "Dan, wait a moment." He casually moved a box and put it in Dan's car, "This is some food I brought from the south; I've been wanting to send it to you but haven't found the time."

Just as He Yuzhu expected, not long after Dan left, his phone rang—it was a call from Secretary Liu.

Secretary Liu said, "You really are something, kid. You can't do a good deed without causing some trouble. You've only been back a few days, and you've already stirred things up all the way to the top."

He Yuzhu smiled and said, "Tian Dan just came to see me. You aren't here to hold me accountable, are you?"

Secretary Liu laughed heartily, "Why are you so interested in those old books, kid?"

He Yuzhu knew that even though Secretary Liu was very perceptive, he still failed to understand the true value of these ancient books and paintings.

He Yuzhu said, "I have always had a dream. When I get old, I will open a large museum, and when that time comes, I will guard that museum and open a coffee shop inside it. Reading books will be free, but I will charge money for tea and coffee."

Secretary Liu laughed heartily, feeling that He Yuzhu's head was full of strange and peculiar ideas.

He then said, "I have covered for you on this matter, kid, but you must produce some results for me immediately. Otherwise, I won't be able to protect you in the future."

He Yuzhu said, "Rest assured, from today on, I will withdraw from worldly affairs and focus on scientific research every day; I will certainly produce something that earns foreign exchange."