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Treasure Hunt Around the World

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The Ferrari F1 in a handgun.

"What!"

Everyone was surprised to hear that someone had bid on this garbage warehouse.

"One dollar is still money! Why throw it away?"

"That's not the only problem, you also have to spend time cleaning it up and pay for garbage disposal. It's not just one dollar anymore!"

Everyone looked at Ye Tian, who had made the bid, with a look of disbelief.

Old Henry's reaction was quick. Before his brain could catch up, his voice had already come out, as if he was afraid that Ye Tian would change his mind.

"OK! One dollar, sold!"

As soon as the words fell, Old Henry turned around and shook hands with Ye Tian, with the same look of disbelief in his eyes.

"Wow!"

Ye Tian didn't care how others looked at him. He immediately pulled down the warehouse shutter and shouted to Jason.

"Jason, do you have an extra lock? Lend me one."

"Sure, here you go."

Jason smiled wryly and handed Ye Tian a padlock. He didn't say anything, not knowing what to say. Ye Tian's actions were too confusing.

"OK, let's go to the next warehouse, warehouse 232."

The auctioneer breathed a sigh of relief and led everyone forward.

"Is this Chinese kid crazy? Why buy that garbage warehouse?"

"Who knows! Maybe he really is crazy!"

Everyone couldn't understand Ye Tian's behavior and whispered as they walked.

After locking the warehouse, Ye Tian followed them. Although he had won the bid, he couldn't enter until he paid for it. Only when all the auctions were over and the payment was made would the warehouse and the antique gun be truly his.

As for the payment, he had no problem with one dollar. He had at least fifty dollars in his pocket. He didn't have to worry about the garbage disposal fee for now. He just had to transfer the garbage to warehouse 218 to save that cost temporarily.

He couldn't enter warehouse 218, as it could cause misunderstandings and unnecessary trouble.

At this moment, Ye Tian felt both surprised and fearful.

He was pleasantly surprised that he had obtained an antique gun at zero cost. This meant that he didn't have to sleep on the streets tomorrow and didn't have to worry about survival for the next few months. A turning point had appeared.

At the same time, he was excited about his own abilities. Perhaps from now on, he would embark on a completely different and even more brilliant path.

His fear was that he didn't know what this sudden mutation in his body would bring.

Would he really be like the alien in Alien, completely taken over by an extraterrestrial creature and become a non-human creature, or would he simply be eaten by a monster that came out of his own body?

But when he thought about jumping into the river to commit suicide half an hour ago, Ye Tian didn't feel as scared anymore. The worst outcome was death! How bad could it be?

He wasn't afraid of death, so anything else didn't matter!

The auction of the next two warehouses went quickly. Both warehouses had some value, with warehouse 232 being sold for 575 dollars and warehouse 419 for 800 dollars.

After the auction ended, Ye Tian immediately followed the auctioneer to the office and paid the one dollar bid.

Now, the ownership of warehouse 216 for the next 24 hours truly belonged to him.

After receiving the payment receipt, Ye Tian hurried back to warehouse 216 to clean up the garbage and admire the antique gun.

No one paid attention to him at this point, not even Jason, who had already gone home disappointed.

After opening warehouse 216, Ye Tian immediately opened warehouse 218.

He was no longer interested in what was inside warehouse 218. Anything that could be sold had already been sold. Even if there were any missed items, they wouldn't be worth much compared to the attraction of the antique gun.

Entering the warehouse, Ye Tian immediately opened the garbage bag containing the gun and pulled out the gun box.

The garbage bag was full of paper scraps and didn't damage the gun box in any way. The gun box was as exquisite as new, shining with a metallic cold light.

Next, he would face the antique gun that was about to change his life!

As he opened the gun box, Ye Tian's hands trembled slightly.

"Snap!"

The crisp sound of the latch finally opened!

As far as the eye could see, there was an extremely beautiful Luger P08, lying quietly in the gun box with two magazines. The gun and magazines were all well-preserved, shining with a cold metallic light.

To Ye Tian, this cold light was like gold, dazzling and even crazy.

The Luger P08 can be said to be the world's most famous handgun, also known as the precision Swiss watch gun. It is the most elegantly designed handgun in history and is considered a holy item by all handgun collectors!

It was the world's first military semi-automatic handgun, put into production in 1900 and selected as the standard handgun by the German army in 1908. It served in the German army for more than thirty years until it was discontinued in 1942 and replaced by the Luger P38.

The Luger P08 was the standard issue for German military officers, especially the SS, which even had its own customized model.

During World War II, Allied soldiers took pride in capturing a Luger P08, which was even more attractive than a medal. Soldiers who captured a Luger P08 would cherish it as a symbol of honor.

Due to Germany's defeat, many Lugers were destroyed, and surviving examples are rare and highly valued by collectors. Some special models are even more sought after, and as soon as they appear on the market, they are immediately snapped up at high prices.

Finding a Luger P08 in this junk warehouse is like hitting the jackpot!

At this moment, Ye Tian began to believe in the old Chinese saying: "Surviving a great disaster brings good fortune!"

He loved the pistol more and more as he looked at it, and his passion for it was even stronger than when he had enjoyed intimacy with his girlfriend.

After admiring it in the box for a while, Ye Tian took the pistol out and began to inspect its condition. He was thrilled to find a series of numbers on the gun's body - 1940, 76, which indicated the year of production and batch number.

But what really excited him was the skull engraved on the grip and the SS lightning logo above it. This was a special model produced in 1940, specifically for SS officers, and most of them were assigned to concentration camp guards.

Because of this, the Luger P08 was subject to large-scale destruction after the war, and surviving examples are extremely rare and almost impossible to find on the market.

If the Luger P08 is a Ferrari among pistols, then this skull Luger P08 is the Ferrari F1 racing car - Ferrari's top product!

Apart from some pistols used by celebrities, this is undoubtedly the best pistol collectible!

Although it was found in a storage warehouse, the pistol was well maintained, almost like new, and still smelled of gun oil.

It is unclear why the collector would put such a precious pistol in a trash bag and leave it here. Perhaps it was wrapped in paper scraps during a move to prevent damage and facilitate transport, but was then forgotten and left in this abandoned warehouse.

Or perhaps the collector had passed away, and the inheritor was a spendthrift who had no idea that there was such a valuable gun in the warehouse, so he let Ye Tian take advantage of it.

It seems that fortune has finally turned in his favor, and the heavens have not completely abandoned him!

After admiring the appearance, Ye Tian began to check the pistol's performance. There is a world of difference between an antique pistol that can fire normally and one that can only be used as a decoration.

The firearm was intact, and all the accessories were original. Whether it can fire or not, he would have to go to the shooting range for a field test.

He also studied the white light emitted by the pistol, but apart from some halos, he did not find anything particularly special.

After checking these, Ye Tian gently put the pistol back in the box and began to tidy up the warehouse. The remaining items were worthless junk, which he quickly moved to warehouse 218 to deal with later when he had more time and money.

After finishing, he found two old clothes and changed out of his wet clothes, wiped his hair, and straightened himself up so that he didn't look so disheveled.

He found a backpack, put the gun box in it, locked the warehouse door, and left this lucky place.

When he walked out of the storage company and looked at the outside world again, everything seemed much brighter and full of energy.

The dark clouds had dissipated, and dawn had arrived!

After straightening his wrinkled clothes, Ye Tian confidently walked to the Brown Gun Store, not far from his home.

He was familiar with this gun store, having bought and sold guns there several times, both in good times and bad.

The reason he came here was that the owner of the gun store, Brown, was a collector and enthusiast, and the store had many antique firearms, representing various periods.

Ye Tian was prepared to sell the skull Luger P08, although he loved it very much and wanted to keep it for himself, but in the face of survival, his hobby of collecting had to take a back seat.

He adjusted his mood and pushed open the door of the gun store, ready to sell the pistol.