50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 799 Attack
The world's largest sapphire, the "Star of India" weighing 563 carats, comes from the largest gem mine in the Ratnapura region.

The Star of India is currently housed at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The museum is located between 77th and 81st Streets on the west side of Central Park.

This address looks familiar, right? Then it's correct.

Because Sun Zhiwei owns two detached houses in New York, located on 77th Street and 81st Street respectively, and the American Museum of Natural History is situated between his two houses.

The world's third largest sapphire, the "Star of Sri Lanka" weighing 362 carats, also comes from the gem mines in the Ratnapura region.

Ratnaple, where "rat" means "jewel" and "ple" means "city," together means "city of jewels."

Besides the Ratnapura region, Sri Lanka has another major gem-producing area, the Elahera mining area, located north of the Buddhist holy city of Kandy.

The Elahera mine is located 90 kilometers northeast of Colombo and is famous for its sapphire production, being a major source of large sapphires.

After getting off the plane in Colombo, Sun Zhiwei first took a stroll around the military camp on the outskirts of the city to return the five Type 69 tanks, and then visited the Sri Lanka National Museum in Colombo.

The National Museum of Sri Lanka is a very old museum, founded in 1877 by Sir William Henry Gregory, the then British Governor-General. Its main building is somewhat similar in design to the White House in Washington, D.C.

Sun Zhiwei came mainly to see the world's third largest sapphire, but he unexpectedly discovered the museum's prized possession: the Stele of the Offering to the Buddhist Temple in Ceylon, also known as the "Zheng He Stele".

This is the only stone tablet in the world inscribed with three languages: Chinese, Tamil, and Persian.

The inscription records the pilgrimage to sacred sites and the offering of incense by Zheng He's fleet after they arrived in Sri Lanka.

Five hundred years ago, our predecessors were able to lead fleets to Sri Lanka, and Sun Zhiwei, as a successor, should take this as an inspiration.

After seeing the Zheng He Stele, Sun Zhiwei became interested in the other cultural relics here. Just as he was about to explore them in detail, the museum suddenly began to evacuate the visitors.

Sun Zhiwei sensed something was amiss and, while following the museum staff out, he used his spatial ability to check the situation.

He soon learned the details of the incident from a conversation with the museum guards. It turned out that the police had received a report that a group of "Tiger Tigers" members were planning to attack the National Museum.

Regardless of whether the matter is true or false, for the safety of tourists, the museum can only temporarily evacuate the crowd and wait for the police to find out the truth.

Speaking of the "LTTE," we must mention the current situation in Sri Lanka, a small island nation in the Indian Ocean that has been embroiled in civil war.

The fight started in 1983 and has lasted for three years, and it will continue until 2009.

It's strange, really. Of the more than 2000 million people in Sri Lanka, there are only two ethnic groups: the majority Sinhalese and the minority Tamil.

What's even stranger is that the area where most ethnic groups live is riddled with underground gemstone mines, while the Tamil Peninsula, where the minority ethnic groups live, has not a single gemstone.

Moreover, the two ethnic groups are incompatible in terms of language, culture, and beliefs, and the conflict has existed for centuries.

Before, without a leader, the Tamil people just lived like that. But now, a formidable figure has emerged among the Tamils: Velupila Prabakaran.

Prabhakaran was born in 1954. At the age of 18, he led the creation of the "LTTE" and began to oppose the Sri Lankan government.

The "Tiger Organization" he founded is a world-renowned terrorist organization. He himself is not only skilled in guerrilla warfare, but his troops are also known for their strict discipline. Under Prabhakaran's command, there is a special team called "Black Tiger," which specializes in carrying out suicide attacks.

This group was always ready to die alongside the enemy during operations. Each member carried cyanide and would immediately commit suicide if captured, never revealing the secrets of Prabhakaran.

The Black Tigers' special task force once caused panic among Sri Lankan government officials and neighboring powers.

Moreover, these people were not coerced, but volunteered. The fact that Prabakaran had such loyal followers speaks volumes about his personal charisma.

It's a pity that this person is extreme and acts too ruthlessly, even turning against his own people, which has aroused the hostility of many countries. He might actually succeed in the future.

Even more regrettable is that he shouldn't have angered the Dragon Kingdom.

In Sun Zhiwei's past life memories, this fierce tiger attacked a fishing boat from China in 03.

They've really stirred up a hornet's nest. Although our country had good relations with Sri Lanka in the past, the support we provided was limited to a small amount of defensive weapons.

But this fierce tiger angered the Dragon Kingdom, and the Sri Lankan government at the time wisely sought help. As a result, a large amount of aid began to flow to the small island.

More importantly, the Dragon Kingdom sent a group of guerrilla warfare experts to provide guidance.

It's important to understand that the reason this fierce tiger has remained undefeated for decades is not only due to Prabakaran's personal charisma, but also because of his expertise in guerrilla warfare.

But the Dragon Kingdom is the ancestor of guerrilla warfare. The ancestor came over and gave a casual pointer, and wow, they wiped out Prabakalan in just three years.

Thinking about the fate of this fierce tiger, Sun Zhiwei thought of the "Black Tiger" special team. Could it be that the Black Tiger team is up to something again?

He quickly began to scan the crowd around him and actually found three suspicious individuals among the evacuating tourists.

Their appearance was nothing unusual, no different from ordinary tourists, but they all had weapons hidden in their clothes and poison packets in their teeth, which were obvious characteristics of the Black Tiger Group.

Sun Zhiwei didn't want to be targeted by them; they were all a bunch of lunatics. But now, those few people seemed to be trying to cause trouble among the museum's visitors.

It's important to understand that there are quite a few children among the tourists who are currently being evacuated, and this is simply unacceptable.

After thinking for a moment, Sun Zhiwei took out three doses of sleeping pills from his spatial storage and then remotely sent the drugs into the stomachs of the three people.

Before long, the three suspicious individuals collapsed to the ground under the influence of the drug, causing nearby tourists to gasp in surprise.

Museum guards arrived at the scene and quickly discovered hidden weapons and poison on the three men, plunging the museum into a brief period of panic.

Fortunately, these three were the only people involved in the operation, and there were no other accomplices, so the guards quickly called the police.

Seeing that the three men had been arrested, Sun Zhiwei didn't have time to see what would happen to them and left the museum with the evacuating crowd.

Today's visit was ruined, and he could only take a car to his next destination, the world's largest gem mining area.

(End of this chapter)