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Chapter 181: The National Treasure in the Homeless Man's Hands



Today's intel, a national treasure in the hands of a homeless man: A homeless man in a California neighborhood plans to exchange an inherited item for a hundred US dollars. Go now to make the exchange and you could strike it rich.

Relevant locations, persons, and item photos are attached on the second page.

Having just arrived in the United States, Chen Yiyang hasn't had a chance to rest yet.

He saw today's treasure-hunting intel.

The intel was brief, but Chen Yiyang was drawn to two words within it.

National treasure?

What in America could be considered a national treasure?

Could the national treasure refer to another country's treasure?

Chen Yiyang was extremely curious.

Moreover, the price for this find was shockingly low, just a hundred dollars.

A hundred-dollar national treasure, that's pretty cheap.

On the way to the United States, Chen Yiyang had already been exhausted on a plane for over ten hours.

But fortunately, he bought first class, and the seats were quite comfortable, so Chen Yiyang was still in decent spirits.

Thus, his curiosity about the national treasure overshadowed his desire for rest, and he immediately called his guide to arrange a route.

"Boss." The guide sighed inwardly when he saw the address Chen Yiyang sent.

"How did you think of going to the infamous homeless street?"

"Homeless street?"

"Yes," the guide confirmed, "If I'm not mistaken, the address you gave me is the largest street in California where homeless people gather.

There are at least thousands of homeless individuals gathered on this street. While this neighborhood is poor, due to the sheer number of homeless, even gangs are rarely seen.

The safety level is somewhat acceptable, but going there you'll only find homeless people or various welfare organizations, nothing else to see."

"I'm mainly interested in visiting some unique neighborhoods." Chen Yiyang found an excuse, "A friend recommended it to me."

"Alright." The guide nodded helplessly and began contacting the security team.

In America, as long as enough money is paid, no request is impossible to fulfill.

Even if Chen Yiyang suddenly decided he wanted to cosplay as a homeless man, the guide would arrange a large group to protect him throughout.

The accountant was allowed to rest while Chen Yiyang sat in the car, following the guide to the famous homeless street.

This opened Chen Yiyang's eyes.

The infrastructure here was just like that of a domestic county town.

But the street was very dirty and disorderly, with many tents and RVs along the roadsides.

These were fine, just unappealing to the eye.

What was truly disgusting was the amount of garbage outside the tents and RVs, and even a lot of human waste.

"There's nothing to be done about it." The guide said helplessly, "Welfare organizations receive donations and buy a lot of supplies to distribute to the homeless here.

After using the supplies, the homeless just throw packaging and trash everywhere.

But since there are few taxpayers in this neighborhood, government maintenance funds are scarce, and cleaning the streets happens only rarely.

So, as you see, the place is piled high with all sorts of garbage."

"Tsk tsk." Chen Yiyang clicked his tongue twice without commenting.

After all, it was their own choice; he couldn't say anything.

Soon, the vehicle arrived at a spot, and Chen Yiyang pretended to be curious as he looked out the window.

He quickly saw someone walking like a corpse, looking very similar to the photo sent with the treasure-hunting intel.

"This guy's clearly taken too many drugs, be careful." The guide warned.

"I want to talk to him." Chen Yiyang pointed at the homeless man.

"Alright." The guide could only helplessly send two bodyguards to invite the homeless man over.

After ensuring the homeless man wasn't carrying any weapons, he was brought before Chen Yiyang.

"What's your name?" Chen Yiyang curiously asked in English.

"Give me money, I'll give you a treasure." The homeless man paid no attention to Chen Yiyang or anyone else around.

He used the last bit of energy squeezing out of his blood, waving a leather pouch in his hand, wanting to exchange it for money with Chen Yiyang.

"This guy probably hasn't taken drugs for a long time, he's desperate to get money to buy drugs. Looking at his symptoms, he might be close to death."

The guide cautioned Chen Yiyang not to get too close to the man.

"It's okay." Chen Yiyang replied to the guide while pulling out a hundred dollars from his pocket.

"I have money here, what are you going to give me in exchange for the money?"

"Money, give me money, I'll give you this."

The homeless man threw the leather pouch he held to Chen Yiyang, then attempted to approach the car window to take the money from Chen Yiyang.

But he was quickly stopped by the burly bodyguards.

"Give you money." Chen Yiyang confirmed that this was the man mentioned in the treasure-hunting intel.

He handed the hundred-dollar bill to the bodyguard, who then gave it to the homeless man.

After getting the money, the homeless man quickly turned and headed for a particular spot without looking back.

Just as the guide said.

This homeless man had indeed fried his brain with drugs.

Probably, after the next drug binge, he won't be far from death.

"Boss, do you want to sanitize?" The guide looked at the leather pouch in Chen Yiyang's hands.

Clearly, he didn't believe there'd be anything valuable in the homeless man's possession.

Chances are it's just some garbage picked up randomly, wanting to swap it for money.

The guide had seen many of these types of people.

Chen Yiyang touched the leather pouch in his hand.

The surface was indeed dirty, but the pouch was light, seemingly containing only a piece of paper inside.

He somewhat doubted what the treasure-hunting intel defined as a national treasure.

A piece of paper?

Still, whatever it was, he couldn't open it with so many eyes watching.

So Chen Yiyang casually placed the leather pouch aside and told the guide not to bother.

Then the guide, as per Chen Yiyang's request, took him on a circle around the neighborhood.

After returning to the hotel, Chen Yiyang took the leather pouch back to his room.

He carefully wiped the surface of the pouch with alcohol wipes before opening it.

Inside, there was indeed just one piece of paper, sealed in plastic.

The paper was filled with English, and the font used was different from common English fonts.

Fortunately, Chen Yiyang's English was passable now.

He managed to read it.

He quickly realized he might have truly stumbled upon a national treasure.

Because the paper contained a declaration of independence.

The United States' 1776 Declaration of Independence.

After its proclamation, it symbolized the United States formally separating from the United Kingdom, becoming an independent country.

For the United States, it truly was a national treasure.

However, the original Declaration of Independence should be in a museum.

Was this a copy?

Is a copy of the Declaration of Independence valuable?

Chen Yiyang searched online and found various opinions.

But fortunately, he had some connections in the United States.

Copy of the Declaration of Independence.


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