139: Chapter 138 This is Really Making it Big 139: Chapter 138 This is Really Making it Big Not daring to delay for too long, after a brief celebration and a moment of sentiment, Gao Yang quickly got up.
Using the light from his flashlight, he meticulously observed the tracks on the ground.
It had been a long time since he left the Great Sudanese Grasslands, and Gao Yang had never thought that one day he would need to use his tracking skills again.
Car tracks left on the sand were much easier to recognize than the marks animals left on grasslands.
After a quick glance, Gao Yang had a good idea of what had happened.
After observing the car tracks, Gao Yang shouted, “Clean up the equipment, get rid of the useless stuff, and prepare for immediate combat.
We’re moving out right now.”
After that, Gao Yang took out his satellite phone.
He had been wanting to call Big Brother Morgan, but there was no signal in the underground tunnels.
As soon as Morgan picked up the call, he said anxiously, “Gao, how are things on your end?
The opposition has already announced the capture of the Aziziya Barracks.
Are you guys okay?”
“We’ve made it out with no one dead or injured, all intact.
Listen, I’ve found Abdul’s traces.
He was taken by Hamis because Abdul said he was an American spy.
He could provide Hamis with a passage to leave Libya, so I think he’s safe for now.
I’m following Hamis’s trail.
According to reliable information, Hamis is headed towards Sirte.
Do you have any ideas?”
“Abdul said he’s an American spy?
He’s bluffing Hamis.
He left the CIA a long time ago.
He’s been working for me.
He has no ties to Washington D.C., so only I will try to rescue him.
Other than me, he won’t get any help, and his cover will be blown soon.
Damn, I need to think of something.
Gao, tell me carefully, how did you find his trail?”
After Gao Yang precisely explained how he spotted Abdul and how he captured a prisoner, from whom he got the information, Cui Bo suddenly spoke out loud, “The car’s navigation has a signal.
About twenty kilometers ahead of us, there’s a place called Tayr Hunay.”
Gao Yang asked Morgan to wait a moment, then took out a map of Libya.
After locating Tayr Hunay on the map, he immediately said to Morgan, “There’s a new development.
I believe we’ve been following Hamis this whole time.
According to our car’s navigation, Tayr Hunay is about twenty kilometers ahead of us.
This place is not on the route to Sirte.
To get to Sirte, we should be following the coastline, but we are now deviating from that path and heading further into the desert.”
“Damn it, I know that place.
It’s indeed not on the main route to Sirte.
The key point is that the opposition hasn’t taken control of that area yet.
Okay, Gao, do me a favor.
If you can, try your best to keep following Hamis.
He’s worked for me for ten years and, apart from work relations, we’re also close friends.
I really don’t want him to be harmed, so please help me and Abdul.”
Although he was talking to Morgan on the phone, Gao Yang still nodded and said, “Understood, I will continue the pursuit.
Abdul has helped us a lot, and we are sure not to abandon him.
So please rest easy.”
“Thank you, Gao.
I knew you would do this.
You always bring hope to people.
I will get the opposition I am collaborating with to rescue Abdul.
They really want to catch Hamis, so they will surely go.
But before the armed opposition arrives, do not act on your own.
I don’t want to lose two friends at the same time, Gao.”
Gao Yang nodded again and said, “I understand.
I’m not going to talk any longer; wait for my call, goodbye.”
After hanging up the phone, Gao Yang said in a grave tone, “Brothers, now you all know the situation.
We must go and rescue Abdul, but Morgan said he could get the opposition to help us.
It seems we’re back on the side of the opposition again.”
Cui Bo laughed heartily and said loudly, “This is the true nature of being a mercenary.”
Gao Yang waved his hand and said, “Throw all the useless stuff into the trunk; we need to be ready for combat inside the vehicle.
But unless absolutely necessary, do not open fire.
Our main task now is to bring home the money we’ve worked so hard to earn.”
Gao Yang and his team were carrying too much cash, plus the spoils from the palace, all piled up inside the vehicle, taking up a lot of space.
To avoid these things hindering movement in case of a battle, it was better to put them in the trunk.
Gao Yang opened the trunk only to find two long metal boxes inside.
Gao Yang was taken aback and asked, “What are these?”
The metal boxes were not locked.
Gao Yang casually lifted the lid of one box.
However, when he saw what was inside, he was immediately stunned.
Inside the metal box were gold bars, neatly arranged in a row of six.
After rubbing his eyes hard, making sure he was seeing correctly, Gao Yang said with a trembling voice, “Brothers, come and see.
This time we’ve really struck it rich!”
Hearing Gao Yang’s exclamation, several people ran over to his side.
When they saw the contents of the box, everyone’s eyes widened.
Grollov’s eyes were bulging as he stammered, “Gold bars, so many gold bars.
It’s my first time seeing them.”
“Me too.”
“It’s my first time as well.”
It was also Gao Yang’s first time seeing gold bars.
He unconsciously nodded, then reached into the box to take out a bar.
But the weight of the gold bar exceeded his expectations, and he could not lift it with one hand.
He used both hands to finally lift a gold bar out of the box.
There were markings on the gold bar.
Gao Yang held the heavy bar in his hands and after looking at the inscriptions said with a quivering voice, “Brothers, this is a standard gold bar from the London International Financial Futures Exchange.
It weighs four hundred ounces.
Converted to the metric system, each troy ounce is a bit over thirty-one grams.
Four hundred ounces, that’s over twelve kilograms.
Guys, who knows the current price of gold?”
Grollov raised his hand and, after struggling to swallow, said in a low voice, “I happened to see on the news a while ago that the gold price in South Africa was over sixteen hundred US dollars an ounce.
Considering the price fluctuations, we can calculate it at one thousand five hundred dollars an ounce.”
After doing a quick mental calculation, Gao Yang uttered with a quiver, “Four hundred multiplied by fifteen hundred…
holy shit, a single gold bar is worth six hundred thousand US dollars.
One bar is worth six hundred thousand, and there are two boxes here.
If there are a total of twelve gold bars…”
At this point, Gao Yang couldn’t help but gasp, then continued with a shaky voice, “If there are twelve gold bars, we have seven million two hundred thousand US dollars.
Brothers, this time we’ve really struck it rich!”