"Do you have a lot of these things here?"

"A lot, this used to be a wealthy area, many houses have them! What do you want these things for? You can't eat them or trade them for anything."

"Oh, I have my uses!"

"Since you need them, I'll help you look around. I remember there might be more in other houses."

"Ah, thank you!"

"You're welcome, after all, you gave me so much food, consider it my way of repaying you! Wait for me a moment, I'll move the food to my room and then take you to find them!"

"Alright, no rush, take your time!"

Hearing Guan Xiaoyue's words, Wang Bin got even more excited.

After a while, Guan Xiaoyue came out of her room and waved at Wang Bin before heading out.

Seeing Guan Xiaoyue come out, Wang Bin eagerly ran up with his emptied backpack.

"Be careful, stick close to me and don't wander off, there are traps I've set up around here!"

"Ah, okay!"

Hearing Guan Xiaoyue's warning, Wang Bin nervously glanced around and quickly followed her.

Soon, Guan Xiaoyue led Wang Bin to a nearby house, heading straight to a large bedroom on the second floor.

"It seems like there might be some here too."

Upon hearing this, Wang Bin dashed inside and rummaged through everything, finding more than a dozen pieces of valuable jewelry, including a gemstone necklace worth millions.

"Don't you want even one piece?" Wang Bin asked tentatively, looking at the precious jewelry.

"No, these things are useless to me! If you want, I can take you to other houses. I remember one house has a large safe, but I couldn't open it after several tries. It's probably filled with these things, so I didn't bother."

"Oh, great!"

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Wang Bin was so excited he didn't know what to say. A rich person's safe must have a lot of valuable items inside.

Soon, under Guan Xiaoyue's guidance, they arrived at the house she mentioned.

Inside the cabinet, Wang Bin found a lot of jewelry, including several gold watches.

Having never worn a gold watch before, Wang Bin immediately took out the largest one and tried it on, instantly feeling like a nouveau riche.

"The safe is here."

"Oh, great!"

Wang Bin hurriedly stuffed all the jewelry from the drawers into his backpack, then excitedly ran to the safe Guan Xiaoyue mentioned.

It was a one-meter-high safe with an electronic combination lock.

Wang Bin tried it and found the lock still functional, and there was no fingerprint scanner, which thrilled him.

Generally, such valuable safes would be connected to an alarm system, triggering an alert or notifying the police if the wrong code is entered. But after so many years, the power was out, and there were no police, so he could take his time trying.

However, he didn't know the code, and seeing it was a six-digit combination, he resorted to the oldest trick: first entering six zeros, then 000001. He had plenty of time and was confident he would eventually open it.

Guan Xiaoyue watched Wang Bin trying for over ten minutes without success and grew a bit impatient. She couldn't understand why he was so interested in things that couldn't be eaten or traded for food.

"You keep trying, I'll check other houses!"

"Okay!"

Wang Bin focused intently, not at all frustrated by the temporary failure.

Seeing Wang Bin not even glance back, Guan Xiaoyue shook her head helplessly and went to search other houses.

After another ten minutes, there was a click as the safe opened.

Hearing the click, Wang Bin's heart nearly jumped out of his chest from excitement. With trembling hands, he opened the safe door and almost shouted in excitement.

The top layer of the safe was filled with brand-new bills, but they didn't seem to be from his world, so he left them. The second layer held some documents, which appeared to be land deeds, useless to him. The third layer contained a set of dazzling necklaces adorned with hundreds of diamonds of various sizes.

Wang Bin excitedly took out the jewelry to examine it closely. Even though he wasn't an expert, he knew it was worth over a billion yuan.

He swallowed hard several times before carefully placing the priceless necklace into a jewelry box and gently putting it into his bag.

The bottom layer of the safe held over a dozen gold bars and dozens of gemstones slightly larger than a thumb in various colors. Now, gold bars seemed insignificant to him. He carefully took out each gemstone to inspect, finding each one to be a top-quality gem.

He knew that selling these items in modern society would undoubtedly make him a wealthy man.

Finally, Wang Bin carefully placed the gemstones into a box. To prevent damage to the necklace and gems, he reorganized his backpack, placing the gold bars and watches at the bottom before putting in the necklace and gems.

After doing all this, Wang Bin took another look around the room and, finding nothing else of value, left the house just as Guan Xiaoyue returned, holding a plastic bag.

"Here you go, this is all I found nearby!"

With that, Guan Xiaoyue tossed the bag filled with various precious jewelry over, startling Wang Bin. If he hadn't caught it and it fell to the ground, damaging the jewelry inside, he would have suffered a huge loss.

Seeing Wang Bin nervously catch the bag, Guan Xiaoyue found it amusing.

These things used to be valuable, but now they're practically worthless in this small town. Wearing them is more of a burden, and she couldn't understand why Wang Bin was collecting them.

"Did you open the safe?"

"Yes!"

"What was inside?"

"Just a few hundred thousand in cash, some jewelry, and over a dozen gold bars. There was a very valuable and beautiful necklace. Are you sure you don't want it?"

"I'm not interested, let's head back!"

"Ah, okay!"

Seeing that Guan Xiaoyue really wasn't interested in these things, Wang Bin felt relieved. Honestly, if she had wanted that most precious necklace, he would have been reluctant to give it up.

Soon, they returned to the hideout. Guan Xiaoyue sat on the sofa, tearing open a pack of Bouncy Gummies and eating them with relish.

Meanwhile, Wang Bin admired the gems, examining each one closely. He found them to be extremely pure, with no impurities. Judging by their purity, they were undoubtedly the best batch.

"What do you want these things for?"

"To exchange for money!"

"Money? What's the use of that!"

"Money is a good thing; it can buy you anything you want!"

"Money is worthless here; you can't buy anything with it!"

"It may be useless here, but I can make it useful. The Bouncy Gummies you're eating and the cola in your hand were bought with money!"

"Really?"

"Of course, it's true!"

"Then if I help you collect these things, can you give me food?"