Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 505 - 349: This is Not Worth It!_2

Chapter 505: Chapter 349: This is Not Worth It!_2

With our family connections, as long as you don’t bully others, at least you can work safely and without any danger.

Brother, listen to me, it’s not as safe outside as it is domestically. Just now, three people tried to steal something from my treasure hunting base.

If it weren’t for the trap that Douglas and the others set up, which directly caught those three, I don’t know what would have happened between me and them."

Sean said this to scare Oscar and to dissuade him from coming out.

After all, with Oscar’s personality, coming out is not a good idea.

"Alright, I’ll talk to my cousin about it, and I’ll need to explain it carefully. Otherwise, he won’t know what to say about you!"

"You don’t need to worry about him!" Sean gave Oscar advice directly, "Just use the analogy I just gave, and the relatives will understand.

He came alone, wanting to have the wages of three retired Special Forces. It’s a pipe dream - let me tell you something else, if the treasure I found is worth ten million? He gets a million... Elijah and the others only get 300,000!"

Upon hearing this, even Oscar felt something was off - why hadn’t he thought this through before?

It turned out that the cousin was very calculating!

Oscar hung up the phone, and Sean gave a wry smile. It’s true that after getting rich, there are more people calculating.

It’s unavoidable.

Fortunately, he’s a distant relative, so it’s easy to ignore him.

Sean knew that he had left money for his father, Mark Knight, and if close relatives were in trouble, his father would help.

Also, since the relatives didn’t know how much money he was making, even if they came to borrow money, it would usually be small amounts.

But this time, they wanted to touch his foundation and become partners.

Forget it.

After finishing the phone call, Sean was still feeling a bit uneasy.

He didn’t leave immediately, thinking that there might be more phone calls coming in.

However, after waiting for a while, it was afternoon, and there were no calls from home. Instead, Kathy called.

"Mr. Knight, we’ve already commissioned a lawyer to send a letter to the other party. They claim they have the right to dispose of all treasures there... Do you want us to file a lawsuit?"

"You can sue them." Sean said, "You can first provide some documents to them, indicating that the land belongs to me, and everything on it is mine.

Their evidence probably isn’t very convincing, right? We can use public opinion to force them to respond."

Having set the tone, Sean stopped worrying about this matter.

He put away his mobile phone, went out to the courtyard, restored the trap, and then returned to the house.

In the evening, Sean prepared some food casually, planning to rest for a night, and then go into the forest tomorrow morning. Just then, the phone rang.

Seeing it was his brother Oscar’s number, Sean was a bit surprised. Did his brother have something else going on?

As soon as he picked up the phone and said "brother," his father Mark’s voice came from the other end:

"Sean, it’s me."

"Dad, why are you calling?"

"Your brother called me. He really can’t tell right from wrong - he told us about your cousin’s situation, and also repeated what you said.

You’re right, this kind of thing should be left to professionals. If he and your cousin go, it’ll just be adding trouble!

In the future, if there are any such matters, just refuse directly. They are not the right people for this!"

"Dad, I understand." Sean was a little surprised by his father’s decisiveness but still felt warmth from it.

"I know it’s not as safe out there as it is at home. I’ve tried to persuade you before, but now I won’t say any more. Be careful out there, and remember there are people at home who care for you.

When you have time, come back - now that flying is convenient, if you can’t come back, make a phone call, send a video, and let the family know you’re fine."

Sean’s father, Mark Knight, gave him a lot of advice before hanging up the phone.

Early the next day, Sean, with his backpack and box, entered the forest.

The reason he could carry so much stuff was that he had taken out the man-portable exoskeleton equipment from the spatial realm—

This thing was custom-made at a high price, but once worn on the body, it really didn’t feel as heavy as carrying those hundreds of kilograms of stuff.

Walking leisurely, a little over a day later, they arrived at the edge of the hollow place.

It was still daytime, and Elijah Hastings and his men were not there. Sean Knight unloaded his stuff and then began to prepare food.

As the sky darkened, they should be back soon.

As expected, the frozen dumplings on the gas stove were not yet cooked when Elijah Hastings and his two men returned.

Seeing Sean Knight and the dumplings in the pot, Douglas Cooper excitedly whispered:

"Long live the boss! I’ve been thinking about this for a while...no, no, I’ll prepare the vinegar bowl!"

Garlic, onions, cilantro, vinegar, soy sauce and the likes were all arranged near the gas stove, and only 50 out of the 200 dumplings in four bags had been cooked.

Elijah Hastings and his men joined in, quickly finishing the preparatory work. As soon as the pot of dumplings was ready, Lincoln Harrington took over Sean Knight’s dumpling-cooking duty. Douglas Cooper prepared the dipping sauce for Sean Knight and then started eating eagerly.

"Beef and celery, tastes good!"

"Mine... seems to be leek and mutton."

"Delicious!"

Eating featured dishes outdoors is fine for trying new things and filling up.

But if you really want to talk about satisfaction, it has to be the food from your own country.

They cooked and ate at the same time, and none of the 200 dumplings were left. In the end, Douglas Cooper even drank the dumpling soup to rinse the vinegar bowl.

Lincoln Harrington cleaned up the leftovers while Elijah Hastings took the opportunity to report the situation of the past two days to Sean Knight.

"Boss, the day you left, they got their boat fixed and went into the water. We dived into the water ahead of time and got a good grasp of their specific salvage location..."

Douglas Cooper interjected:

"Actually, I don’t think they have a specific salvage location either. They’re basically just around the lake center, using a detector to look around. I went down to check it out after they left, and there’s a deep pit in the lake center. They must have dug up something there, but there’s not much left in the pit now."

Sean Knight slowly nodded.

"They’ve also strengthened their guard force these past two days." Elijah continued, "We planned to create some chaos at their camp last night, but it didn’t work out. The guards are now very alert, and it’s not easy to sneak in."

"No problem, they should speed up starting tomorrow, and we’ll play it by ear." Sean Knight smiled, "We’ll always have opportunities since they’re in the open, and we’re hidden."

"Right, that’s how it is." Douglas Cooper seemed to have found the feeling of being a single soldier infiltrating the enemy base and destroying things during training exercises, and laughed, "I just don’t believe they can beat us!"

Elijah Hastings and Lincoln Harrington didn’t say anything, but their facial expressions revealed their strong confidence.

Sean Knight guessed that they didn’t take action last night because they didn’t want to take risks. If he were to ask them to forcibly go and cause trouble, they would still do it.

Thinking about his distant cousin’s idea, he shook his head. If this relative were to come here, they could only slow them down.

That night, the four of them had a good rest and didn’t bother the camp.

After a good night’s sleep and a simple breakfast the next morning, Sean Knight and the others went to the lakeside and found that the other side had already started underwater treasure hunting early.

It seems that the lawyer’s letter really had a big impact, and these guys were probably getting desperate.

After thinking for a while, Sean said:

"You guys stay on the shore, and I’ll dive down and take a look around. In the meantime, stir up some trouble for them, but don’t leave too many traces of human intervention."

Having said that, Sean Knight went around to the other side of the lake.

At that spot, the lake water had already invaded the forest, and it would be difficult for the salvage ship in the lake to spot him.

Last time he helped Brown with the treasure hunt, the lake suddenly flooded, and Sean Knight felt that there was a problem.

Today, he would dive into the water to see if he could find any mechanisms.