Alaska Gold Rush Diary

When Max saw the box filled with gold through the crack in the wooden box, he was visibly stunned for a moment.

After a long while, he finally looked up at Zhou Xin, his face full of surprise.

"Did you dig all of these up here?"

Zhou Xin nodded: "It's a result of both my friend's and my efforts."

Max abandoned his previous nonchalance and became serious.

"Are you a professional gold hunter?"

"I guess so, but mostly it's gold panning. Gold mining is a completely new experience for me."

Max, being a worldly man, quickly regained his composure.

"I'm sorry, I didn't expect you to be able to acquire so much gold. A transaction fee still needs to be charged."

Zhou Xin smiled and said, "It's alright, it's what I should do."

After all, Max would need to smelt and refine the gold after receiving it, and given the large amount of cash involved, he would naturally want to make some money.

At Max's instruction, the receptionist brought out a scale, an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer for measuring purity, and a video recorder.

After calling in tax officials, they began weighing Zhou Xin's gold.

Subsequently, after a series of procedures, and after deducting purity percentages, personal income tax, and handling fees, $700,100 was finally deposited into the Palpay account.

Looking at the large sum of money that had appeared in his account, Zhou Xin finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It's true that you only feel at ease when you have money in your pocket.

He thanked Max and then prepared to leave.

Just then, Max sighed and said something that surprised him greatly.

"Sigh, Nord was such a good man, more trustworthy than most people I've ever met. He didn't deserve that ending."

Zhou Xin stopped and asked in confusion, "What happened to Nord?"

Now it was Max's turn to be surprised, and with a hint of suspicion:

"Don't you know? This has spread all over Kurgadi! It's been on the news for days."

"I'm sorry, we've been in the wilderness for a while now. The heavy rains a few days ago damaged our Starlink equipment, so we've been living in isolation for a few days."

Max nodded in realization, and the doubt on his face vanished instantly.

"So that's how it is. The telecom companies here are so greedy. They only know how to make money and are unwilling to spend money to build more base stations. If you're even a little far from town, your phone can't get a signal at all. I..."

Seeing him endlessly complaining about the telecom company, Zhou Xin became a little anxious and interrupted him, asking, "How exactly is Nord doing?"

Max took out his phone, tapped a few times, and handed it to Zhou Xin: "Take a look for yourself."

Zhou Xin took the phone, his eyes widened immediately, and he stood there dumbfounded.

The phone displayed a news report along with a photo.

The photo clearly shows Chen Xiande, or more precisely, Chen Xiande's corpse.

Foreign media outlets don't face as many restrictions as domestic ones, and often publish the most eye-catching photos directly to attract readers.

They saw Chen Xiande lying face down on the floor of the container office where they had been received, his entire body almost completely submerged in blood.

His eyes were wide open, staring intently at the desk. His left hand was outstretched, as if trying to grab something, while his right index finger was extended, pointing forward.

Zhou Xin, who had been to his office, immediately understood: his left hand was trying to grab the photo of his daughter on the table before he died, while his right hand was definitely pointing at the murderer!

Zhou Xin imagined the scene in his mind:

Chen Xiande was stabbed through the heart by the assailant and collapsed to the ground.

The murderer in front of him held a weapon and coldly watched him struggle.

Chen Xiande pointed at the murderer, as if asking why.

The killer simply stared at him coldly, confirming that his life was about to end.

Chen Xiande knew he was about to die, and he thought of his daughter, his obedient and sensible daughter.

I thought I would be able to go back and reunite with her soon, and stay by her side to watch her grow up.

But now all of that is impossible. He will never see her again, with her little arms outstretched, calling out "Daddy!" as she runs towards him and throws herself into his arms.

He wanted to see his daughter one last time, so he reached out and tried to grab the photo on the table.

But in the end, he couldn't do it. His arms fell limply to his sides, and he stopped breathing, his eyes filled with resentment.

Thinking of how warmly Chen Xiande treated him, Zhou Xin felt a little heavy-hearted.

He looked at the news and found that the situation described was similar to what he had imagined.

Finally, he glanced at the time of the incident and realized it happened on the night of the torrential rain.

It seems the murderer took advantage of the torrential rain and thunder to commit the crime in order to cover his tracks.

The news reported that although the heavy rain washed away all traces and the murderer deliberately avoided the mine's cameras, his appearance was still captured by the cameras.

However, the news article Max showed him did not include any related content.

Zhou Xin returned the phone to Max, then took out his own phone and started searching using keywords.

Soon, he saw the killer's face captured by the camera.

His body jolted, and he froze again.

Because he had seen the killer in the video before!

The man was wearing a black and white checkered T-shirt and jeans, with a baseball cap; he was the same mysterious man I had seen at the gas station convenience store before.

After calming himself down, he said to Max in front of him, "I'm sorry, this matter has really shocked me. I need some time to process it."

After saying that, he left.

This matter weighed heavily on his mind, but he knew there was nothing he could do about it.

I can only calm myself down and finish what I'm doing first.

He first went to the container rental company and asked them to arrange a trailer to retrieve the container and pick up Edward.

Then, he went to a second-hand market and sold the generator, freezer, and other items.

These items cost nearly $5000 when purchased, but were sold for less than $1000.

Finally, he arrived at the detector shop.

Seeing Zhou Xin enter, the owner of the detector walked over with a smile.

"Hello, friend from China, are you planning to leave?"

Zhou Xin carried two detectors into the shop and said, "Yes, it's too hot here in the summer, so it's no longer suitable for digging for gold in the wild."

The boss squatted down to check the equipment, saying:

"Actually, the gold rush season here usually ends at the end of November, and most gold prospectors leave in early December."

I'm actually quite surprised that you guys have been able to stick with it for so long, considering it seems like this is your first time digging for gold.

But that's normal; Chinese people are generally more resilient than people from other countries.

The boss was very talkative, constantly muttering to himself.