Does Lu Qianning know what this is for?
What is this?
Lu Qianning looked around first, and then asked me to move the statue into the island's residence.
Did anyone see you when you came back?
"Yes, people from several countries saw it and were vying to buy it; they almost got into a fight."
Lu Qianning rolled her eyes as soon as she heard that.
"Stop beating around the bush! Tell me quickly, what's the deal with this statue? Why does everyone want to buy it?" I'm so anxious!
Have you heard the story of the Pirate King?
Do I even have time to listen to stories? When I was poor, I picked up trash and did odd jobs. Now that I have money, I seem to be busier than before.
However, I can find out the truth just by hearing those three words.
Pirate King, a pirate leader who roamed the seas near the European and American continents before the Common Era.
I won't go into how arrogant they were; the point is, the prow of his pirate ship is this blue-haired, red-tailed mermaid statue.
Legend has it that he hid all the stolen treasures on an island, and only he knew about them.
This statue is the key to unlocking the treasure and a clue to its secrets.
If it were just gold and silver, people in those countries wouldn't be so crazy.
Crucially, his treasure contains legendary artifacts such as the Ark of the Chosen, the Sword of Kings, and the Holy Grail.
Another legend says that his treasure is not on the island, but was offered to the gods, and only this statue can find and open the place where the gods reside.
Those who enter can be cured of all diseases and live forever.
Even a sip of water from there is considered a panacea.
Legend has it that the Pirate King lived for over five hundred years, but was later buried in the sea by the gods because he stole their treasure.
I only glanced at the information in my mind for a moment, and then Lu Qianning explained it to me again.
The general meaning is similar.
"Leaving aside the space where the gods reside, there are many sources in later generations that have confirmed that he stole the things he robbed."
That's why everyone is so interested in his treasure.
Especially the chosen ones and Westerners.
Damn! I want to buy Yangben too!
"This thing is the key?"
"By the way! Where did you find the statue?"
"It was unloaded from a shipwreck."
"That's right, that ship belongs to the Pirate King."
I don't know if it's from Pirate King, but I did see the box labeled "The Ark of the Sacred Stones: The Final Chapter".
Just then, a commotion broke out outside, and the secretary rushed in and said:
"President Zheng, President Lu! People from several countries have returned from Yuna Island and all want to see President Zheng. If it weren't for the robot dog stopping them, they would have barged in."
I nodded: "I understand. Go down and have someone put the contents of the submersible's water tank into the fish tank, and bring in those two bags of ore and soil as well."
The secretary agreed and went out to make the arrangements, while I looked at the statue.
To be precise, I was scanning.
The statue is made entirely of the deep-sea metal that was just named after my surname.
It's the kind of material that can be accelerated by adding optical fibers, and used in lithography machines to etch finer materials.
In other words, this statue must have come from the deep sea.
Aside from that, there's nothing else.
Could the key be Zheng Yuansu?
Damn! The ore contains so little, yet it costs fifty million per gram. How much would such a huge statue, made entirely of "Zheng" stone, cost?
Even if it's not a key, it won't be cheap, right?
"Qian Ning! Do you know what this statue is made of?"
"What?"
"Metal Zheng!"
"What?"
Lu Qianning certainly knew what this meant.
"Such a huge lump, how much ore must that be? And there's none on land at all."
"Let's put aside whether we have it or not, just this one thing, how much do you think I should sell it for?"
Lu Qianning looked at me; she had thought of what I was thinking too.
"How many countries can afford to buy this?"
"Never mind, I'll go check on them first."
After I finished speaking, I had people from all countries brought to the conference room.
Goodness, there weren't even many countries there just now!
Now, Mei, Ying, Fa, E, Yangben, Hanguo, Yidu, Lieyi... plus some countries I'm not familiar with, have all arrived, it's almost like a League of Nations meeting.
Before I could even speak, the American man said, "The mermaid statue belongs to the Pirate King, and the Pirate King is one of us from the United States. That statue should be ours."
Before I could even complain about the US, the Taiwanese spat out:
"Have you no shame? Back when the Pirate King was in power, did your Mei Kingdom even exist?"
"Exactly! Your Mei Kingdom has only been established for a few years, don't you have any self-awareness?" The Wolf Yi Kingdom people also joined in the ridicule.
Sevin of the Black Heaven said, "Let's not talk about whose statue it is."
The statue was retrieved from the sea by Island Master Zheng, so it should belong to him. Let's discuss the price!
Wow? I didn't expect the people from the Black Heaven Kingdom to be able to speak human language.
"No!" The people from Green Philippines stood up.
“Recently we have noticed that Zheng Yang keeps coming into our territorial waters. This statue must have been retrieved from our territorial waters, so it should belong to us.”
Holy crap? This tiny little thing is acting all high and mighty.
I raised my palm: "Yours!"
"That's right!"
That idiot from Green Philippines still stubbornly sticks out his neck.
“This one is truly yours.”
I'll slap you from a distance.
"Slap!" No one saw how the slap went out, but they saw two big yellow teeth jump out.
"I'm hundreds of miles away from you, and you're going to throw your things back out!"
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