Returning to hometown to farm: The apocalypse system arrived ten years earlier?

Chapter 183 The Three Treasures of Myanmar
Li Xiang would naturally not be foolish enough to dig jade by himself. That would be too much time and effort, and what he would dig out would basically be raw stones, which might not be good materials. On the other hand, the market has all kinds of finished products, semi-finished products, clear materials, rough materials, sheets and raw stones.

It was around one in the morning when Li Xiang arrived. The street lights were dim, and many areas did not even have any. The place was dirty, messy, poor and deserted.

Although there is a night market in Mandalay, it usually closes at 9pm. As the second largest city in Myanmar, almost no one dares to go out late at night.

The "Eighteen Warlords" are fighting each other, and although there has been a temporary ceasefire, how good can the public security be?
If it were China's second largest city, at this time, there would still be a constant stream of cars and horses, and the nightlife would be bustling with singing and dancing.

A semi-trailer rumbled past, piled high with raw jadeite stones. Li Xiang dodged and got on the truck, hiding among the stones.

About twenty minutes later, the car arrived at the gate of a jade processing estate. On the sign at the gate was an icon of a leopard holding jade in its mouth.

"Leopard Jade? Working Leopard?"

Several guards with guns came over to check. Li Xiang hid behind a big rock. The guards did not look closely, but just asked the driver a few questions, then opened the gate and let the truck in.

When they reached a corner, Li Xiang jumped out of the car.

Although he came here to plunder the alien races, he did not want to take action against ordinary people, because no matter which country, ordinary people are a vulnerable group and life is not easy. As a transcendent of Chinese civilization, he disdains to do so.

This manor has armed guards, and most likely they have complicated backgrounds, but he did not act rashly and instead planned to investigate further.

In his previous life, as the company commander of the spearhead company, he often led his team to carry out special tasks, such as assault, reconnaissance, infiltration, etc. Naturally, he did not take such a small manor seriously.

Inside the manor, there was a three-story office building, which seemed to be decorated quite luxuriously. Li Xiang jumped to the roof.

"Is there any crying?"

Li Xiang moved his ears and followed the sound. Soon, he locked onto one of the rooms. There was a woman inside, crying and looking terrified.

He came to the edge of the rooftop, looked down, and saw a window below. He flipped over and landed lightly on the windowsill, as quietly as a cat.

A man was sitting on the sofa with his legs stretched out, and a young woman was kneeling naked in front of him, her body covered with whip marks. On the coffee table next to him were a whip, a syringe with a needle, a small packet of fine white powder, a few red pills, a pistol, and some miscellaneous things.

"Jiligulu..."

The man spoke in Burmese, which Li Xiang could not understand.

As the man spoke, he grabbed the woman's hair and pressed her to his crotch...

Well, Li Xiang didn't need to look at it anymore, and immediately sentenced this man to death. With a flick of his finger, a stream of icy sword energy shot out, penetrating the window glass without any hindrance, and sank into the man's throat.

Blood gushed out, the woman was frightened and immediately stepped back, screaming in fear.

The woman's screams attracted many guards to rush over here. Li Xiang was too lazy to show up and hid in the dark. He shot out icy sword energy continuously and killed the guards who came over one by one.

This icy sword energy is one of his innate supernatural powers. It can kill people silently and invisibly, and consumes very little spiritual power. It is much more useful than firearms.

The woman looked towards the window, but didn't see anyone. She thought it was a ghost and ran out in fear.

Li Xiang didn't bother to pay attention to her. He just bumped into her, broke the glass and got into the house.

He threw the pistol into the warehouse, saw a drawer on the coffee table, opened it and took a breath.

Wow, there were small bags of red, black, or green pills, and several packets of fine white powder. Needless to say, the presence of these things proved that Li Xiang did not kill the wrong person.

The Golden Triangle is indeed worthy of its reputation.

Li Xiang threw all the guns of the dead guards into the system warehouse. Although he didn't need them, he could distribute them to the people in the base later. They couldn't be used to deal with powerful monsters in space, but they could be used to deal with some low-level monsters that mutated on Earth, or low-level monsters that invaded the Earth from space nodes.

Then he went into a room inside, opened the closet, and found a safe hidden inside.

He did not use the White Fang dagger, but grabbed the door of the box and pulled it hard. With a "click", the door of the safe was pulled open.

They were all deformed.

With a force of 20,000 to 30,000 kilograms, even the strongest lock can be opened violently, except for the anti-theft door of a large vault, which may require some effort.

But no matter how powerful the anti-theft door is, can it withstand the cutting of White Fang's dagger?

There are more than 60 gold bars and more than 30 pieces of top-quality jade jewelry in the safe.

Those jade ornaments, including necklaces, bracelets, ring faces, pendants, etc., are either glass-type or ice-type, or full green, or floating flowers, or jadeite, or violet, transparent and fluorescent, and extraordinarily beautiful.

In addition, there was a large bag of various pills and powders.

It goes without saying what those drugs are. Li Xiang naturally would not touch them. He just put the gold bars and jade into the system warehouse.

He counted them and found that there were sixty-eight gold bars in total, each marked with 116.64 grams, equivalent to 3.746 ounces, with four nines, which is the common specification of international standard gold bars.

A lot of gold on the Southeast Asian market is not pure enough, and some are even counterfeited as "gold sand", but it is obvious that the gold bars collected by this gangster are all high-quality gold bars.

Sixty-eight pieces are equivalent to about 7.9 kilograms, which is about four or five million yuan. It is not worth much and is far less expensive than those jade ornaments.

However, gold is hard currency in the end times, while jade is garbage, so the gold can be kept without washing, but the jade must be cashed in to raise funds for building shelters.

At this time, more guards came over, and they were greeted by the same icy sword energy.

They were killed one by one.

By the time Li Xiang jumped from the balcony into the yard, there was basically no one in the entire manor.

He found the semi-trailer he had seen before, but the driver had already fled. The truck was still half full of cargo, and there was a forklift next to it, but no one was driving it. It was probably halfway through unloading when he heard something was wrong and ran away.

Li Xiang put all the raw stones in the car and on the ground into the system warehouse, and then entered the warehouse.

Wow, there is a warehouse about the size of five basketball courts, with jade all over the floor. There are raw stones and cut pieces piled everywhere. There are also some shelves on the side with many unprocessed jade of good quality. There are many circles drawn on some of the pieces, probably because they are intended to be made into bracelets.

Half an hour later, only some obviously inferior stones were left in the warehouse. The rest of the slightly better raw stones and clear materials were all put into Li Xiang's system warehouse.

After dawn, the people of Mandalay heard a big news, which was widely spread among the people.

"Have you heard? Have you heard? Just last night, jade stalls owned by three gangs were robbed, and the loss is said to be as high as 1 billion!"

"My God, no wonder there were so many police officers out this morning."

"Which three?"

"The Leopard Gang, the Black Lion Society, and a terrorist organization called RPGF."

"Who is so arrogant that he dares to rob them?"

"Some say it's Rakhine State, some say it's the Thakin Party, some say it's Wa State. Anyway, it's just one gang robbing another!"

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At this moment, Li Xiang had naturally already left Mandalay City and appeared in a primeval forest, sweeping the mountains.

Myanmar is a tropical rainforest region with a very high forest coverage rate. In particular, there are many precious woods, such as Burmese teak, golden camphor, Burmese rosewood, etc.

If it were in China, he certainly wouldn't dare to act so recklessly in broad daylight as he would easily be discovered by high-resolution satellites in the sky. But in a place like Myanmar, well, the sun is bright during the day, which is more suitable for mountain sweeping.

It is also the rainy season in Myanmar, but the weather has been good in the past few days. Li Xiang was lucky. At about ten o'clock in the morning, he came across a thick Burmese teak and cut it down.

Judging from the annual rings, this tree is about ninety years old and is quite precious.

Burmese teak is known as the "king of all trees" and grows in Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand and Indonesia, but the quality of Burmese teak is particularly excellent.

This wood, also called rouge wood, is not only resistant to water and fire, but also resistant to the erosion of termites and sea worms, and extremely resistant to decay. It has moderate hardness and is not difficult to cut during processing, but because it contains silicone oil, it can easily make the tool blunt. It is recognized as a precious wood in the world.

It is said that the deck of the Titanic was paved with teak, which can remain intact even after being stored in sea water for a hundred years. Teak is the only type of wood that will not bend or crack under seawater erosion and sunlight exposure, making it one of the most durable woods in the world.

In addition to rouge wood, Burmese teak has another name, called "golden teak", because its golden yellow board has very beautiful "golden silk pattern". This texture will gradually become more golden under long-term sunlight and photosynthesis, as if depicting a rich picture.

Whether it is used for flooring, furniture or decoration, it is all top quality.

Of course, such precious wood is quite rare even in Myanmar, because it grows very slowly and takes at least sixty years to mature.

There may have been a lot of them in the past, but the ones that could be found were probably cut down or protected by people. Only in the deep mountains and old forests, where there are few people, can you find such purely wild ones.

The rainforest is full of dangers, including some very nasty creatures like leeches and mosquitoes.

The leeches here are bigger and more disgusting than those in other places. They suck blood and are very scary. Of course, these leeches are now valuable. Some people specialize in catching these leeches and selling them for money. They are mainly exported to China and can also be used to make Burmese medicine. In southern Shan State and other places, there are often agents who collect them.

As for mosquitoes, they are also very large. A bite from them will leave a thumb-sized bump. Moreover, most mosquitoes are highly venomous and can cause high fever after being bitten by them. The expeditionary force suffered greatly from the lack of medical care and medicine at that time.

Li Xiang was covered in the Black Mountain Black Armor, and his body was protected by a strong spiritual power, so leeches and mosquitoes could not get close to him. If they got close, they would be shocked to death.

Li Xiang also looked down on leeches, which were disgusting things and could not be sold for much money.

System: "A level 16 mutant, the Silver-striped White Tiger, has been detected."

The mountain wind was strong and fishy, and a huge Bengal white tiger pounced from behind Li Xiang. In fact, Li Xiang had already discovered this tiger a long time ago.

"How dare you attack me?"

Li Xiang did not use sword energy or the White Fang Dagger, nor did he use the captured guns or grenades. Instead, he turned around and punched the tiger head-on, hitting it hard on the forehead!
The tiger is ferocious and not as cute as Tuantuan, so it’s better to just kill it.

The tiger's head is quite hard, but usually the back, waist and abdomen of this kind of animal are the weak points.

But for a tiger, that is only relatively weak. Its back, waist and abdomen are also supported by strong muscles and bones. As a top predator, it is a perfectly evolved beast in nature with almost no physiological weaknesses.

The hardest part of a tiger is its head!

But no matter how hard the head is, it can't withstand Li Xiang's strength of 20,000 to 30,000 pounds!
This tiger is very huge, weighing at least 250 kilograms and about three meters long. Its strength is probably as high as two or three thousand kilograms. For ordinary people, even if Wu Song came, he probably wouldn't be able to defeat it. But in front of Li Xiang, it is just a big cat!

"Crack!"

The tiger was knocked unconscious by the hammer, suffered a concussion, a broken skull and died on the spot.

Since Li Xiang killed the enemy with one punch, the tiger skin was well preserved.

He threw the tiger into the system warehouse. In the future, the tiger skin can be used to make sofa cushions, carpets, clothes, hats, etc. The fur of this white tiger has its own advantages compared to the "Northeast Golden Tabby".

Tiger bones can be used to make wine, and tiger penis...well, this seems to be a tigress.

It is very rare for a tigress to grow to such a big size. She was probably the bully in this forest. Unfortunately, she was too ferocious and directly attacked Li Xiang, and was killed by Li Xiang with one punch.

As for tiger meat, it is said to be quite unpalatable and too sour.

Among all the beasts, lion meat is probably the only one that tastes good. It can be found in Africa and is said to taste similar to beef. However, it has less fat and tends to become tough when cooked. If you are not good at cooking, the taste will be poor.

Lion meat in the hands of Africans is a waste of natural resources, so it must be cooked by famous Chinese chefs. Of course, eating lion meat is also illegal in many places in Africa.

But in places like Africa, the light of law cannot shine completely.

Not to mention Africa, even in Myanmar, the Golden Triangle and other lawless areas there are many places.

System: "Congratulations to the host for killing the 1600th-level mutant creature Silver-striped White Tiger. You will be rewarded with achievement points, three th-level mutant spiritual medicine Purple Jade Roses, and a th-level extraordinary item White Tiger Sword."

Li Xiang took out the elixir purple jade rose, took a sniff, and the fragrance was so strong that his whole body felt relaxed.

Now, the effects of low-level spiritual medicines are not obvious to Li Xiang. Fortunately, he has a large reserve of spiritual medicines, so he can use "quantity" to slightly make up for the lack of grade.

Eat every day, eat every day, a little bit adds up.

But this eighth-level spiritual medicine is very suitable for him.

He waved his hand, and a White Tiger Sword with a cold glow, a slender blade, and beautiful patterns on the hilt appeared in his palm. Li Xiang danced with it twice, and it became sharper than the White Fang Dagger, especially after being infused with spiritual power. A tree as thick as a bucket could be cut lightly without moving at all, but a big tree would fall down if the trunk was pushed hard, and the cut was smooth and neat.

"It's good for chopping trees, but I don't like using this kind of long and narrow sword. It's a bit feminine. You might as well give it to Luo Feifei." Li Xiang was thinking about when to take Luo Feifei to the sea.

Because at the end of the world, the sea was frozen, but under the thick ice there were still many mutated monsters. The ice on the sea surface was often broken by the huge monsters on the seabed, forming huge ice holes.

Compared to land, there are more numerous and larger monsters in the sea, and their grades are naturally higher.

If you kill the sea beasts before they mutate, you can gain a large number of achievement points, high-level elixirs and extraordinary items.

Luo Feifei is an expert in water escape, and wherever there is water or ice and snow, it is her home ground.

Li Xiang thought that he should also learn a water-related skill, otherwise he couldn't let the little girl do the hard labor alone, right?

She's a delicate little girl, a big star, and still a minor. How could he bear with that?

He called up the system panel and searched. There were quite a lot of water-related skills, but they were too expensive. He could only redeem the cheapest one, "Walking on the Waves", which cost about 10,000 achievement points.

If you master this "wave-walking technique", you can control the waves and ride on the sea like driving a car. However, relying solely on the "wave-walking technique", you can only ride on the sea surface and cannot reach the deep seabed.

So Li Xiang decided to accumulate more achievement points these days and exchange them for a few more water skills.

Luo Feifei's innate magical power is "water escape", which allows her to go anywhere in the water and consumes little spiritual energy.

However, Luo Feifei has been too busy, and it is not known whether she is willing to take the time to play in the sea.

As for Jiang Caier, she is still studying, and her special abilities tend to be "intelligence-oriented", so she is not very suitable for doing these kinds of fighting and killing jobs.

Not long after, Li Xiang discovered another thick golden camphor tree, which he cut down with the White Tiger Sword, removed the small branches and leaves, and put into the system warehouse.

Golden camphor, also known as mountain fragrant fruit, is a broad-leaved tree that grows in the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia. The best quality is the one imported from Myanmar. It takes at least 50 years for the Burmese golden camphor to grow into a mature material. It grows slowly, has a high hardness, and is not easy to wear.

This tree contains extremely heavy oil and iron, is non-deformable, acid-resistant, and particularly moisture-resistant and corrosion-resistant. What's even more amazing is that after planing, the color of the board surface is oxidized into golden yellow through photosynthesis, and the color becomes more noble with time.

Many luxury yachts and buildings have used golden camphor as pillars, floors or other decorations.

Burmese teak, golden camphor and jade are considered Myanmar's three national treasures and are all extremely precious.

This time, Li Xiang collected all three kinds of treasures, so the trip was worthwhile. However, he did not plan to leave so soon.

Because we only visited the city of Mandalay last night, there are still many jade mines controlled by the military and drug lords that we have not visited, and the area of ​​the primeval forest is so large that it is far from being cleared in one day.

(End of this chapter)