Reborn in Hollywood

Ambassador Yang put down his pen, leaned back in his chair, and spoke calmly.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?"

Li Rui did not answer.

He raised his hand, his five fingers loosely clenched.

A pen on the desk floated up out of thin air, hovered in mid-air, and then gently landed in front of Ambassador Yang.

Upon seeing this, Ambassador Yang's pupils suddenly contracted.

He glanced at the pen, then looked at Li Rui, his face still expressionless.

"Interesting, are you a magician?"

Li Rui sat down opposite him.

"It's just a little trick... Greetings, Your Excellency Yang, I've come to deliver a gift."

"What gift?"

"America's national treasure."

Li Rui stated, "The treasure left by Charles Carroll is hidden in the basement of Trinity Church in New York. There are too many different kinds to list, and it can be traced back to the ancient Roman era. There is also another treasure hidden in Mount Rushmore, which is full of gold. The total weight must be more than 10,000 tons."

Ambassador Yang was a little stunned, almost thinking he had misheard.

A full half minute passed before he coughed and said seriously, "How do you know all this? I mean... are you American? If you are American, why are you telling me this?"

Li Rui sighed helplessly.

"Just consider me a liar... I know far more than this, but sometimes the truth is far more unbelievable than a lie."

Ambassador Yang stared intently at Li Rui.

"So, where did you come from? You need to give me an explanation! Are you going to tell me you fell from the sky?"

Li Rui pulled the chair in front of Ambassador Yang's desk back a bit, then plopped down in it.

"If I said I was a time traveler, would you believe me?"

Ambassador Yang did not answer immediately, but frowned slightly.

"I do know a little about the concept of parallel universes. If you come from another timeline, although I don't believe what you're saying yet, that possibility still exists. Of course, this is based on the premise that you can provide sufficient evidence."

Li Rui couldn't help but laugh.

"You are more accepting of this fact than I thought."

"It's not easy to accept."

Ambassador Yang shook his head. "I've seen plenty of strange and unusual things, but I still have to tell you, your little trick just now... isn't enough to prove what you're saying."

Li Rui frankly stated, "I will prove my words with practical actions, but before that, let me tell you the specific information about the treasure."

He recounted all the information he knew about the two treasures in one breath—the location, the mechanisms, and the methods to open them.

After listening, Ambassador Yang pondered for a moment, and then immediately asked another question.

Why are you telling me all this?

"Because I can't dig it myself. Doing this kind of thing requires enough manpower, transportation, and even more importantly, follow-up cleanup and secrecy. Only you have these conditions."

"And then? What do you want?"

"I don't want anything."

Li Rui said nonchalantly, "The treasure is yours; I'm just responsible for digging it out."

Ambassador Yang was even more confused.

"You don't want anything? Then what are you after?"

Li Rui smiled.

"I won't be in this world for long, and money is useless to me."

Ambassador Yang, however, did not believe this explanation.

"You have to have something in mind, right? Don't tell me you're doing this to emulate LF's good deeds. Judging from your appearance... you're not exactly a pure-blooded Chinese, are you?"

"...What I want is change."

"Change what?"

"A story that changes the world."

Hearing this, Ambassador Yang didn't want to continue playing games with Li Rui, so he asked directly, "What do you mean by the plot you're talking about?"

"It's just like the plot of a movie!"

Li Rui explained straightforwardly, "As I said before, I am a time traveler. This is a movie made by Hollywood in the world I live in, so I am very clear about what is about to happen in this world."

Ambassador Yang frowned even more deeply, hesitated several times before finally shaking his head and giving a bitter smile.

"To be honest, this is the most absurd thing I've ever heard in my life. You have to prove it... Never mind, let's get down to business. What exactly did you mean by 'familiar with the plot'?"

Li Rui said, "In the right timeline, these treasures will be found by others. The treasure under Trinity Church in New York has always been under the surveillance of the Illuminati. However, the gold on Mount Rushmore has not yet been discovered. I want to get the treasure before they do."

Ambassador Yang seemed to be deep in thought after hearing this.

"Who exactly are you referring to as 'others'?"

Li Rui recalled the original plot.

"A historian named Gates, a computer expert named Reilly, a European expert named Abigail, and a wealthy man named Ian, who also hired a group of mercenaries, are all in Washington now, tracking down clues to the treasure."

At this point, Li Rui paused, seemingly giving Ambassador Yang enough time to think, before quickly continuing.

"But don't worry, I've already tampered with the thinking of Gates, one of the key figures among them. They'll take many detours and won't be able to find the right path for a while."

Ambassador Yang asked curiously.

"Is that the ability you just used?"

"Yes, you've seen Star Wars, right? I use the Force, which is like a combination of many superpowers. It's quite versatile. I won't go into too much detail. In short, whatever you want to see, I'll demonstrate it for you."

Ambassador Yang decisively grabbed the phone on the table and dialed a number.

"Get me back to China."

After the call connected, he spoke a few words in a dialect that Li Rui couldn't understand, and then hung up.

"People from China will be sent over."

He looked at Li Rui and said, "Until then, you have to stay here. Also... you need to cooperate with me by filming a video. Words are not enough, you know. With video evidence, I can better explain this matter."

Li Rui nodded.

"no problem."

After a military attaché brought over a handheld camera, Ambassador Yang, with Li Rui's cooperation, quickly filmed his use of the Force.

For the next three days, Li Rui stayed at the embassy.

Ambassador Yang arranged a guest room for him, and meals were delivered to him daily. Li Rui wasn't in a hurry.

On the afternoon of the third day, Ambassador Yang knocked on his door.

"People from China have arrived."

Li Rui followed him to a conference room. There were seven or eight people inside, some old and some young, who looked like scholars and experts.

The leader was in his fifties, with half-gray hair and wearing black-rimmed glasses.

Ambassador Yang introduced the situation.

"This is Professor Wang, the leader of the expert team from China."

Professor Wang extended his hand and shook hands with Li Rui.

"Young man, I heard you have special abilities?"

Li Rui didn't say anything.

He raised his hand and moved the teacup on the table over in mid-air.

The meeting room fell silent instantly.

Professor Wang's eyes were so bright they almost seemed to be shining.

"Young man, could you let us check you out?"

Li Rui had long anticipated this step.

"Okay, but there's one thing I need to make clear beforehand—you won't be able to detect anything."

Over the next two days, Li Rui underwent a series of examinations using various instruments.

Blood tests, CT scans, MRIs, EEGs... we did everything we could.

Accompanied by several people, Li Rui experienced a large out-of-pocket expense at a local hospital in Washington, D.C.

As he expected, everything was normal.

The only thing that excited the experts was those few tubes of blood.

But Li Rui knew that the worms in the blood sample would die soon once they left his body.

By the time they bring it back to China for research, it will be all gone.

But he was too lazy to remind him.

It's good to make these people happy.

On the fourth day, Professor Wang found him.

"We've examined your body, and there's nothing abnormal. The ability you mentioned... you mean the Force? We can't explain its principles yet, but we can say that this power does exist."

Professor Wang thought for a moment, then said, "But that's not important. What's important are those two treasures you mentioned!"

Li Rui secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to himself that they had finally hit the nail on the head.

"What are you planning to do?"

Professor Wang took out a map and spread it on the table.

"We're going to start by digging up the treasures of Mount Rushmore."

Li Rui nodded.

"Indeed, that place has fewer people, and the treasure is an entire golden city with a fixed shape, making it easier to dig and transport. The situation at Trinity Church is too complicated, and it's located in the center of a big city, making it easier to be discovered."

Professor Wang explained the follow-up arrangements.

"We plan to send a team there, all of our own people, but in order to avoid attracting attention, they need to be disguised as ordinary tourists."

Li Rui raised an eyebrow slightly upon hearing this.

"Isn't it too obvious? A group of Asians going to Mount Rushmore? People will be suspicious."

Professor Wang smiled.

"You think only the United States can train Chinese-American agents? We have them too—selected from ethnic minorities, they look no different from Americans, and undergo the most rigorous training in language, culture, and lifestyle. Moreover, there are both men and women; they are more than enough to form a tour group."

Li Rui's mouth gaped open, stunned with surprise.

And this kind of operation?

But he quickly realized what he meant and said, "Okay, I'll be there the whole time and I guarantee there won't be any safety issues."

Professor Wang smiled without saying a word. How terrifying is the power of a nation?

Even though they had roughly verified that what Li Rui said was true, they couldn't possibly place all their hopes on a "child"—in their eyes, Li Rui was indeed a child.

This action has nothing to do with trust, but rather is a weighing of considerations by normal adults.

After a week of preparation, an all-white group of more than 20 people soon appeared in South Dakota.

The motorcade slowly drove into the hilly region of South Dakota, where Mount Rushmore in the distance revealed its four iconic presidential heads in the morning light.

Team leader Zhang, sitting in the passenger seat, glanced back at Li Rui.

"We're almost there. Are you sure the entrance is on the other side of the mountain?"

Li Rui nodded, his gaze fixed on the mountain through the car window.

"Charles Carroll is a Freemason, and those guys love to play this kind of trick—glory on one side, secret on the other."

Team Leader Zhang nodded thoughtfully.