Reborn in Hollywood

The car stopped outside the scenic area. The "tour group" of more than 20 people got off the car one after another, carrying cameras and backpacks, chatting and laughing as they walked along the trail towards the mountain.

The blonde, blue-eyed woman and the man with the high nose and deep-set eyes chatted and laughed while taking pictures, muttering "beautiful" and "amazing," just like the real American tourists around them.

Aside from being slightly over-the-top, it was performed quite perfectly.

They were chatting and laughing, taking pictures with their cameras, just like ordinary tourists.

Nobody noticed them.

Li Rui blended into the crowd, dressed casually and wearing sunglasses, looking like he was one of the people around him.

Team Leader Zhang was in his forties and looked like a typical middle-class American.

He walked up to Li Rui, lowered his voice, and spoke in perfect Texas redneck dialect.

"Once we get to the mountain, you'll be in charge of finding the entrance, okay?"

Li Rui looked at the four huge presidential heads in the distance.

"no problem."

Team Leader Zhang nodded.

"Then it's up to you."

As the tourists began to walk towards the scenic area, Li Rui quietly broke away from the group and went around to the back of the mountain.

His Force perception had fully unfolded, like an invisible net covering the entire mountain area.

The internal structure of the mountain gradually unfolded in his mind—rock layers, fissures, cavities…

found it!

Behind an inconspicuous rock wall, there is a naturally formed fissure that extends for more than ten meters, leading to a huge natural cave.

That cave was filled with an entire city of gold.

Li Rui's lips curled up slightly.

He returned to the group and nodded to Team Leader Zhang.

Team Leader Zhang understood and began to arrange for the "tourists" to disperse and slowly gather at the back of the mountain.

Several "tourists" immediately dispersed, pretending to take photos, and used their bodies to block any possible view.

The other two people took out portable detection equipment from their backpacks and attached it to the rock face.

A few minutes later, one of them nodded to Team Leader Zhang.

Team Leader Zhang took a deep breath.

"This is unbelievable... there's actually something here."

He looked at Li Rui.

"How do we get in?"

Li Rui walked to the rock wall and placed his palm on it.

The Force, like a drill bit, coalesced into a single line, silently seeping into the cracks in the rock.

The rock walls here appear to be a single, seamless structure, but with the Force's perception, he can "see" the minute cracks and the seams sealed by time.

He found a natural fissure.

It is less than 20 centimeters wide, but deep enough to extend to a cavity three meters behind.

Li Rui withdrew his hand.

"I need time."

Team Leader Zhang looked around.

"how long?"

"At least half an hour."

Team Leader Zhang frowned, but quickly made a decision.

"We'll buy you some time."

He turned around and whispered a few words to the "tourists".

Soon, the team of more than twenty people began to perform.

Some people pretended to be taking photos, some pretended to be discussing routes, and some simply sat down for a picnic.

Their positions cleverly formed a semicircle, enclosing the rock face where Li Rui was located and blocking all possible views.

Li Rui squatted down and placed his hands on the rock wall.

The Force surged forth once more, this time more concentrated and focused.

What he had to do was widen the crack, widen it enough for a person to squeeze in sideways.

This is a delicate task.

Too little force, and it won't open; too much force, and it will cause vibrations, or even trigger a landslide.

Li Rui was completely focused. His Force, like countless tiny tentacles, probed into every crevice of the rock, then slowly and steadily pushed to both sides.

Gravel began to fall in a soft patter.

Team Leader Zhang stood to the side, watching the rock wall crack open at a speed visible to the naked eye, his pupils contracting violently.

"What...what kind of power is this?"

Li Rui didn't say anything.

Fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

Ten minutes later, the crack widened to half a meter.

Li Rui stopped and took a breath.

"That should be enough."

Team Leader Zhang leaned closer, looking at the deep, dark crack.

"What's inside?"

Li Rui closed his eyes, and the Force probed in again.

This time, he "saw" even more.

The cavity extends vertically downwards, about five meters deep, with a naturally formed rock cave at the bottom.

The cave is very large, at least 200 square meters, and more than 10 meters high.

What shocked him the most was—

The cave was filled with things.

Gold bricks, piles of gold bricks—or rather, brick walls made of gold, or the kind of extra-large brick walls that could be used to build city walls.

They were neatly stacked, like small mountains.

Li Rui opened his eyes, a slight smile playing on his lips.

"Found it."

Team Leader Zhang suppressed his excitement and waved to someone behind him.

Several "tourists" immediately surrounded them, taking out ropes, headlamps, and portable lighting equipment from their backpacks.

"I'm going down," Li Rui said.

Team Leader Zhang did not object.

In a place like this, only Li Rui could handle any possible unexpected events.

Li Rui secured the rope around his waist and slid down the crack.

The five-meter-deep shaft was reached in an instant.

He landed on his feet, steadied himself, and then turned on his headlamp.

The moment the lights came on, he was completely stunned.

Although the Force had already "seen" it, the feeling of seeing it with one's own eyes was completely different.

The cave was bigger than he had imagined.

The cave ceiling is high up, and the surrounding rock walls are smooth, clearly having been artificially polished.

And on the ground—

BRICS.

Piles of gold bricks.

They were neatly stacked, piled up into small mountains.

Li Rui picked up a piece at random and found that it weighed at least a hundred pounds.

Not to mention the enormous brick walls surrounding the city that were used to build the golden city.

Li Rui estimated that if he didn't use his Force, he probably wouldn't even be able to lift it.

He used his Force to sense the area and found that there were at least five thousand gold bricks weighing over a hundred pounds each, within a range visible to the naked eye.

Five thousand times twenty kilograms equals one hundred thousand kilograms.

One hundred tons.

This is only what is visible to the naked eye.

Li Rui took a deep breath and began searching inside the cave.

Soon, he discovered a stone door on a rock wall.

The stone gate was tightly closed, and it was engraved with intricate patterns and symbols.

He pushed it, but it didn't budge.

The Force probed through the crack in the door, and he "saw" the structure behind it.

It was a mechanism door that required a specific sequence to open.

Li Rui wasted no time.

The Force manifested as countless tentacles, probing into every part of the mechanism, and then—

Forcibly turned.

Click. Click. Click.

After three soft sounds, the stone door slowly opened.

Behind the door was a passageway that sloped downwards and extended deeper into the passageway.

Li Rui walked down the passage.

After walking about fifty meters, the passage suddenly opened up.

It's another cave.

It's bigger than the one above, at least 500 square meters.

And here—

More BRICS!

Stack it higher!

Li Rui roughly estimated that the number of gold bricks here was at least three times that of the cave above.

Three hundred tons?

No, there might be more.

He continued forward.

The passage continues to extend downwards.

One floor, two floors, three floors...

With each level you descend, the cave becomes larger, and the number of gold bricks increases.

By the time he reached the fifth floor, he had given up on making calculations.

The gold bars here cannot be measured in "tons".

It's 10,000 tons!

It was an entire mountain of gold.

Li Rui stood in front of the pile of gold bricks, remaining silent for a long time.

He finally understood why Charles Carroll had hidden the treasure here.

It's not because he's crazy.

It was because he realized that one day this land would become the most powerful country in the world.

What he needs to do is plant a seed in the heart of this country.

A golden seed.

But for now... go take a break!

Li Rui took out his camera and took a few photos.

Then he turned and walked back to the ground along the passage.

When he emerged from the crack, Team Leader Zhang was waiting anxiously.

"How is it?"

Li Rui handed him the camera.

See for yourself.

Team Leader Zhang took the camera and looked through the photos.

His hands began to tremble.

"This...this is..."

"The first layer, about one hundred tons."

"The second layer, about three hundred tons."

"The third to fifth layers are impossible to estimate—at least tens of thousands of tons."

Li Rui's tone was calm, as if he were saying that the weather was nice today.

Team Leader Zhang's face turned bright red.

He took a few deep breaths, forcing himself to calm down.

Then he walked to the side and took out a satellite phone.

After waiting for a full half hour, Team Leader Zhang finally turned around and came back. His first words were about working late into the night.

"We'll take action after dark. We've already arranged three container trucks, plus one as a backup."

Li Rui had no objections; all he had to do was work.

After dark, the group began their operation.

For the next month or so, Li Rui led a small group of people to be responsible for excavation, while the national team was responsible for transportation.

Using a method similar to ants carrying grains of gold, the gold from Mount Rushmore was transported piece by piece to the east and west coasts.

The main point is that we must make thorough considerations. If we gather them all together, it will be a huge disaster if it is discovered.

Even the "white group members" who went abroad this time had completely fabricated their identities. Even if the Americans wanted to investigate, they could only trace it back to Europe.

This is to prevent any accidents from happening!

Li Rui naturally knew that this matter was extremely serious, involving tens of thousands of tons of gold, which was even more than the gold reserves of the United States—including those of other countries.

Therefore, you can never be too cautious.

Unfortunately, gold mining cannot be done with large machinery; it can only be done manually, and this job could only be done by Li Rui.

Otherwise, he would have chosen to escort one of the transport convoys long ago.

After nearly fifty days of digging and transportation, the gold has finally been almost completely extracted.

The remaining structures are all large, load-bearing columns. If they are removed, it could very likely cause a landslide.

Everyone agreed that the rest should be left to the Americans, as a way to give them some dog food.

The group then drove 200 kilometers and spent the night at a motel in a small town.

The next morning, Team Leader Zhang found him.

"People have already been sent over from above, and a professional team will take over to cover up and clean up the mess from this operation."

He looked at Li Rui with a complicated expression.

"You really don't want anything?"

Li Rui shook his head.

"don't want."

Team Leader Zhang was somewhat bewildered by Li Rui's "treating money like dirt" attitude, but he could only extend his hand.

All I can say is... thank you!

Li Rui grasped his hand.

"You're welcome."

After a pause, Li Rui continued.

"Next up is the treasure from Trinity Church in New York. When do you plan to make your move?"