As it turned out, the grannie’s late husband had been a veteran who participated in the counterattack against Vietnam. He had killed a few Vietnamese soldiers, which earned him an honor medal. However, the government didn’t arrange any work for him after he was done with the war. He didn’t even receive the least amount of support from the government.

As the married couple was middle-aged, they had to return to their hometown and work in their field to earn a living. Unfortunately, their piece of land was confiscated under the excuse of him being a soldier, which set the couple apart from the farmer social class. It meant they weren’t eligible to have land for cultivating.

Desperate, the two had to go to the back of the mountain, where no one would go, and exploit the soil there. That was the place where they had unearthed the bronze box.

I couldn’t help but interrupt the old lady. “Auntie, you mean this strange box has been here since a few decades ago?”

In principle, if the box was that fierce,...