Chapter One: The Twenty-Yuan Silver Coin

As he found Shen Yan a piece of rope, he uncovered several blackened old coins beneath a pair of scissors. Shen Yan glanced at them. His vision dimmed. Pale-gold words appeared above one silver coin. [Target: Republic Year 17 Guizhou Provincial One-Yuan Silver Coin] [Current Transaction Price: ¥20–¥80] [Seven-Day Potential Value: ¥1,150,000–¥1,420,000] [Critical Variables: Secret Mark; Edge Milling; Chain of Provenance] [Risk: Extremely High] [First appraisal is free. Bind to the Value Recognition System?] Shen Yan blinked. The words remained. He tested the phenomenon on a copper cigarette case. [Imitation. Material Value: ¥36.] Then he looked at the folding chair beneath Zhou. [Structural fatigue. Remaining safe load time: 19 minutes.]