Financial crisis, big salary cuts, fresh graduates fighting fiercely for a job paying only 1,200 yuan. Fresh graduate Chen Feng couldn't stand the gap and became a loafer at home, smoking and d...
"Let's do it then. We can always run back if the rain gets too heavy," someone said.
Once everyone made their decision, they scattered one by one, eager to seize the opportunity to strike it rich, hoping to find as much as they could.
Chen Feng also carried the detector and walked in a direction where no one was around.
The light drizzle felt cool and refreshing on my skin, which was actually quite comfortable.
I'm just worried that if it rains too heavily, it will be difficult to handle.
Chen Feng estimated that he had been walking for more than ten minutes when the system gave him a prompt. He looked around, picked up the detector, and began to probe.
As he probed line by line, before he could even take the goods out, Chen Feng saw a layer of water mist appear on the detector.
Chen Feng reached out and touched it; his hands were covered in water.
The detector itself is well-sealed, so a little water won't cause any problems. What's worrisome is torrential rain or being directly submerged in water.
It's the same with mobile phones. Everyone says that the phones that are made nowadays are waterproof, but that means they are waterproof to everyday water, not that you can soak them in water every day. These are two different concepts.
The four-meter area was quickly explored, and the detector beeped at the end. Chen Feng squatted down and put on his pickaxe.
The top layer of ground was damp from the rain, but it was very shallow; you could almost touch it with your hand and see the dry soil underneath.
Chen Feng used a pickaxe to scoop up the soil forcefully; the drizzle falling from the sky wasn't all bad.
Because of the drizzle, the dust kicked up by Chen Feng as he shoveled soil was much less, unlike before when the ground was practically steaming.
This is just me trying to comfort myself.
After gathering a large pile, Chen Feng picked up the detector covered in a layer of water mist and ran it over it.
The detector made no sound, so Chen Feng switched to a small shovel and continued shoveling soil.
After a few shovelfuls, the detector made a sound.
Chen Feng shook the shovel and continued searching for the goods inside.
After shaking off half a shovelful of soil, Chen Feng reached into the shovel and began rummaging around.
Soon, Chen Feng found the item in the shovel; it was a silver nugget, worth a few dozen yuan.
Chen Feng looked at his fingers again and saw that they were now covered in mud, sticky and uncomfortable.
There was nothing he could do; the rain was still falling, and it was unavoidable. So Chen Feng simply wiped his face on his short-sleeved shirt.
Anyway, if I keep washing my clothes for a while, they'll be completely soaked, and I'll have to take them off tonight.
Chen Feng picked up the detector, packed up his tools, stood up, and continued walking forward.
About ten minutes later, not only the detector, but even Chen Feng's arm was covered in a layer of water mist, and wiping it left his hands wet.
Since it wasn't hot today, Chen Feng didn't bother wearing a fisherman's hat.
He wiped the rain off his face and looked up at the sky.
The rain was still falling, a light drizzle.
The good news is that it doesn't seem to be getting any bigger for the time being.
The bad news is that it doesn't seem to be stopping anytime soon.
After walking only a few steps, Chen Feng received a notification from his system that the area was covered in rubble.
Because of the rain, some of the stones that usually look grayish-white have now turned black.
Holding the detector on the gravel, Chen Feng began to probe. After probing several rows, the detector beeped.
Chen Feng laid the detector down, picked up a small pickaxe, and first cleared away the rubble to one side, creating a work area for himself.
Then he stood on the sand and dug at the soil with all his might.
He thought that once the gravel was gone, there would be easy-to-dig sand underneath, but to his surprise, the pickaxe hit the rock with each swing, making Chen Feng's hand go numb from the impact.
Chen Feng pointed the pickaxe downwards and dug back and forth several times. When he couldn't dig out a certain spot, he knew that the rock was there.
After digging around a bit with a shovel, we saw just the tip of the iceberg of a large rock.
The rock was firmly embedded in the ground; it would be a miracle if Chen Feng could even move it with a small pickaxe.
There was no other way; the goods must be down there. Chen Feng could only switch to a small shovel and start digging along the rocks.
He dug and moved along until one side of the rock was hollowed out, then Chen Feng used a pickaxe to pry the rock out.
Chen Feng tried to pry it open a few times, but although the stone loosened, he still couldn't pry it out. He could only continue digging with the small shovel.
After shoveling up the sides of the stone, Chen Feng finally managed to move the stone shovel.
Feeling that it was about time, Chen Feng put down his tools and began to pull the stone up with both hands.
This stone was really heavy. Chen Feng didn't know its exact weight, but he was gritting his teeth as he carried it.
"Splash..."
Chen Feng finally managed to carry the stone out, and it made a sound as it hit the gravel.
Chen Feng took a deep breath to calm himself down and looked into the pit.
This time there were no obstacles, so he picked up the shovel and continued shoveling through the soil.
Chen Feng shoveled up a spadeful of soil, but before he could finish, his eyes suddenly narrowed as he looked at a small, pointed object protruding from the shovel.
It looks like a stone.
With a shake of the shovel, the thing revealed its true form.
Its dark yellow color stood out starkly against the surrounding sand.
When Chen Feng saw this piece of goods, a smile immediately appeared on his lips.
See? I told you God wouldn't let him suffer in the rain for nothing.
Reaching out, Chen Feng took out the piece of gold and looked at it with delight.
This piece of gold is quite large; he hasn't panned for such a big piece of gold in several days.
Chen Feng roughly estimated that it should be worth at least five thousand.
Hehehe.
Chen Feng tossed the gold into the air, caught it, took out a small bottle, and put the gold inside.
Chen Feng felt that he was getting closer and closer to fulfilling his wish of filling two golden bottles.
Although the drizzle was very light, it lasted for a long time, and Chen Feng's hair was now wet, with water dripping from his bangs onto his eyebrows and eyes.
Chen Feng subconsciously wanted to wipe his face with his hand, but looking at his hands which were already covered in mud, he didn't dare to wipe them directly. Instead, he reached up and lifted his sleeve to wipe his face with his clothes.
After wiping, Chen Feng packed his things and walked forward.
I'm lucky today. I wonder if there will be any big shipments coming up, like super big ones.
Chen Feng seemed to have a premonition, as if he was really going to ship a large quantity of goods today.
Whether it was something Chen Feng himself was thinking or just his intuition, he simply had this feeling.
After walking for about twenty minutes, the system beeped again. This was just ordinary sandy land with some weed roots.
Although it's not as easy to dig as pure sand, it's still alright.
Carrying the detector and scanning back and forth, Chen Feng quickly located the goods.
Chen Feng tried to scoop some soil with a pickaxe, but because of the grass roots, he couldn't scoop up much soil, so he switched to a small shovel.
With one shovelful, Chen Feng dug out the sand and grass roots.
After passing the detector for a moment and finding no sound, Chen Feng casually tossed away the soil and then shoveled it in forcefully.