Mountain Looting: Targeted by a Leopard at the Start
Chapter 289 - 288: A Special Treasure Place, The Treasure That Can’t Be Taken Away!

Chapter 289: Chapter 288: A Special Treasure Place, The Treasure That Can’t Be Taken Away!

All of this happened in an extremely short time.

The black bear pounced on Xu Yang, Xu Yang climbed a tree, kicked a few times, and then struck it with a baton twice.

Only after the black bear ran away did everyone recover from their shock.

[Holy crap! Brother Yang!]

[So fierce, they actually fought!]

[I thought he was a goner!]

[Most people would be scared half to death, Brother Yang is fierce, not even a scream!]

[So calm? Did his vocal cords stay at home?]

The barrage of comments kept surging.

Today’s live stream was really thrilling.

At this moment, the black bear was completely baffled.

Though it had run off, it still felt a bit of pain in its head.

It was thinking: Aren’t I the boss of this island?

How did I get beaten and chased away?

Don’t I have any face?

But after thinking it over, it decided that face wasn’t all that important, safety was.

This two-legged beast is not to be trifled with.

Xu Yang took off his coat, packed it into his backpack, and put away the baton.

"The black bears around here are pretty scary."

"Generally speaking, black bears are relatively mild and don’t attack humans."

"Of course, there are exceptions that do attack."

"Not sure if I’m just unlucky, or if all the black bears here are like that."

"If you encounter a black bear in the mountains and it doesn’t chase you, run quickly, but if it chases you closely, then there’s no other way, you just have to climb up."

"No big deal, let’s keep moving."

With his backpack on, Xu Yang continued to stroll through the woods.

[Wait, he’s still going into the mountains? That brave, huh?]

[After such an incident, he acts as if nothing happened?]

[Old Xu, you really are a tough guy, completely fearless!]

[Has he always been this brave?]

[He’s always been this brave!]

The live stream audience exploded.

Xu Yang in the deep mountains felt completely different.

When live streaming his daily activities on the farm, netizens thought Xu Yang was a bright young man, clean and relaxed.

But once he entered the mountains, he was a major figure.

Just by the way he stood, you could tell he was strong.

With his backpack on, Xu Yang continued to walk leisurely through the woods under the drone’s camera, appearing relaxed and free.

Meanwhile.

On Taiwan’s internet.

The video #Mainland Internet Celebrity Battles Taiwan Black Bear# began to go viral.

Xu Yang is a major broadcaster, and even though he’s not very famous in Taiwan, there are still people who recognize him.

Many netizens from Taiwan immediately commented:

"Is this guy really that strong? Fighting a black bear, I thought it was a joke!"

"He’s now in the deep woods near Jade Mountain in Taiwan, super fierce!"

"This guy is a big shot. He raises tigers and leopards, and even birds of prey in the mountains!"

"I suspect he knows kung fu, the kind that hardens your body!"

Today’s events opened everyone’s eyes.

Many netizens from Taiwan started paying attention to Xu Yang’s videos.

Additionally, many internet influencers began to work, editing Xu Yang’s latest materials, undoubtedly stirring up another wave of popularity.

Xu Yang continued walking through the forest.

After walking enough, he decided to use the Treasure Compass to redeem a treasure hunting task.

[Unlock Treasure Hunting Task: The Lost Treasure!]

[Task Description: Treasures looted and buried underground, please search for them.]

[Task Reward: No additional rewards.]

[Remark: The treasure has been hidden and cannot be located with the Treasure Compass.]

The panel displayed the task information.

Seeing this task, a hint of shock appeared in Xu Yang’s eyes.

The lost treasures?

Could those stories be true?

Xu Yang knew that for decades, the "treasure hunting fever" on Taiwan had never waned, with countless treasure hunters arriving.

Rumors say that during the fifty years of Japanese occupation, countless gold and silver treasures were left behind, and many were buried on the island when the occupiers had to flee.

Additionally, wartime archives indicate that many Japanese dug holes here to hide treasures, sparking a treasure hunting craze afterward.

People kept coming here incessantly.

Some even brought excavators based on instructions to dig up treasures.

Initially, they did find shackles, firearms, and fuses with real records.

But these were at most a small arms depot, far from the actual treasure.

Xu Yang had heard these stories and believed them all to be false; it would have been easier to transport the treasure out than bury it in the mountains.

Who would bother burying treasures in the mountains?

But to his surprise, the system indicated that there really was a treasure.

"No way, I can’t believe I encountered this."

"For decades, those treasure hunters probably turned this place upside down and never found any gold or jewels."

"Could I possibly find it?"

Xu Yang was somewhat shocked.

Then, he pondered what to do if he found the treasure.

Transporting it would be impossible.

He couldn’t make it public either; if these gold and jewels became military funds, then he would be the criminal.

This really was a hot potato.

"First, find it, and just keep it to myself."

"If there’s unification in my lifetime, I’ll disclose it then as a congratulatory gift."

Xu Yang thought to himself.

He hadn’t expected to encounter such an outrageous task on his trip to Taiwan.

The system provided a range hint, Xu Yang opened his cellphone map and could see the system had circled a nameless small mountain.

The treasure lay within the range of this small mountain.

The small mountain was not far from him, about eight or nine kilometers away.

Xu Yang didn’t head towards the small mountain but instead walked toward the woods next to the mountain.

He planned to stay in the mountains for a day.

The weather was good and there were no biting insects, so spending a night camping in the mountains was no problem at all.

Xu Yang continued on his way.

The atmosphere lightened.

He didn’t encounter any more fierce animals like Black Bears.

He did come across a poisonous snake along the way but quickly grabbed and threw it away.

This, too, caused a burst of exclamations from the online audience.

Around four in the afternoon, Xu Yang found a clearing and started to set up a simple tent.

After setting up the tent, he put his backpack inside and took out realgar powder to sprinkle around the tent.

"Staying in the mountains at night, you fear mosquitoes, snakes slithering in, and the third fear is wild animals."

"Spreading realgar powder can repel snakes and prevent them from coming in."

"Mosquitoes and wild animals are generally fine, they usually don’t come in."

"I’ll be staying here tonight."

Xu Yang explained to his online audience.

He also raised the drone high to film the surroundings.

The viewers saw that the area around the tent was surrounded by lush forest, with overlapping hills and dense vegetation stretching as far as the eye could see.

This scene amazed everyone.

"In such deep mountains, I would get lost in a place like this!"

"Can you sleep while camping here?"

"Beware the bear opening your tent in the middle of the night!"

"It reminds me of an adventurer who died at his campsite, then the second person to find him died on the way, and only the third person escaped safely!"

"Brother Yang is truly brave!"

Xu Yang didn’t think it was a big deal.

After setting up the tent, he spoke to his online audience:

"The drone’s battery is running low, so I’ll stop the broadcast here today, and will start again tomorrow."

"It gets dark late here, so I’ll go to sleep early today."

"I’ll probably start broadcasting around eight o’clock tomorrow."

"Signing off now."

After that, Xu Yang ended the livestream.

For him, today’s Mountain Rushing had just officially begun.

The viewers were a bit stunned.

Wasn’t that sign-off a bit abrupt?

It seemed very hurried.

Why did he end the broadcast so suddenly!

The viewers could only continue aimlessly scrolling through short videos, and after a few scrolls, someone came across a video of Xu Yang fighting a Black Bear and commented:

"I was there, Brother Yang is super fierce!"

Xu Yang left his backpack in the tent, traveling light with only a grass-cutting knife and a baton.

The area marked by the system was just up this small hill.

The hill wasn’t very high, but it was complex in structure.

It featured many caves of varying sizes.

There was a deserted path on the backside of the mountain that led outside, indicating people had been here before.

Soon, Xu Yang found some broken items inside one of the caves, decades old with rotted fabric and cracked, moldy wood, all in terrible condition.

In these decades, it’s estimated plenty of Treasure Hunters had visited this area, and anything of value had already been taken long ago.

Xu Yang entered the cave, only to see a dusty mess.

"It looks like it might have been a secret base."

"But it’s been abandoned."

"Any treasure definitely wouldn’t be inside, or it would have been discovered by now."

Xu Yang knew people’s treasure-hunting skills were strong.

If there were any hidden chambers in this cave, they surely would have been uncovered.

Don’t underestimate others’ intelligence.

Xu Yang’s real advantage was still his cheat.

He walked around the cave briefly, confirming it was a secret base, then started searching the surrounding ground.

Xu Yang knew the treasure had to be underground.

It was more likely that these people had dug a pit on the surface.

However, this pit would definitely be very well-hidden, buried deep and out of sight.

Xu Yang walked around the mountain, searching bit by bit.

Everywhere he looked, he saw the landscape of the mountain.

Finally, Xu Yang stopped at a patch of open land.

This area was just an ordinary grassy area with flowers, grass, and insects, but no trees.

To anyone else, this grassland would appear entirely ordinary.

But Xu Yang sensed something different about it.

"The trees here were dug up, probably decades ago."

Xu Yang touched the surrounding trees to determine their age and knew this area had been disturbed.

So many who came here seeking treasure would never notice such changes.

"It should be right here."

"My experience is quite bizarre, actually finding a treasure buried on Taiwan."

"I wonder if it was left by the Japanese back in the day."

Xu Yang thought to himself.

He squatted down, looking at the grassland.

He had no tools and couldn’t dig.

Merely scooping a bit of soil tentatively, the system soon signaled that the Treasure Hunting Task was completed.

"The treasure really is beneath this spot."

Xu Yang confirmed the answer.

At this moment, the system indicated that the treasure was three meters underground in a pit, buried with gold and antiques.

"Three meters... I can’t dig that by hand; I’d need an excavator. Plus, I wouldn’t be able to take it with me anyway since the security checks here are very strict."

"If I dug it up, it would likely be confiscated."

"Forget it, I’ll leave it here."

"I’ll come back when I have a chance."

Xu Yang thought for a while, but ultimately decided against digging.

He couldn’t manage three meters, so he decided to leave the treasure where it was.

After all, he knew the location; the treasure wasn’t going anywhere.

"This will be one of my treasure spots from now on."

"As a kid in Changbai Mountain, I used to mark several wild vegetable spots and mushroom spots in the mountains."

"Now, with the Treasure Compass, I’ve started marking treasure spots within the country."

"Maybe later, I’ll mark them worldwide."

"I’ll collect these treasures when I get the chance."