What the hell is this complete darkness? Is there no water nearby? Why would that herd of wild goats gather in a place without water?

Jiang Qinyu frowned, and after a moment she suddenly slapped her forehead.

She was really stupid. The map indicated a distance limit, but this location didn't. Why didn't she just look at other locations?

"Dad, Uncle Village Chief, I'm going to take a look over there." Jiang Qinyu pointed in a direction.

Old Man Lu and Village Chief Li assumed she was in the urge to use the restroom, so they didn't stop her. Old Man Lu even said, "Be careful, and if anything happens, shout immediately."

Jiang Qinyu agreed and quickly disappeared from their sight.

It was already close to the hour of Chou (1-3 AM), and the moon was obscured by dark clouds, hindering Jiang Qinyu's vision. She quickly took out her small flashlight.

The wild goats were quite good at finding places. Besides that small grassland, there were many shrubs in this area, including some thorny fruits (a type of ground plum) that Jiang Qinyu had seen before but did not know the name of.

She picked some, intending to take them back as snacks for her two children.

As she picked the fruit, Jiang Qinyu kept looking at the map in her mind.

After walking in the dark for about fifteen minutes, tiny green dots finally appeared on the map.

Jiang Qinyu walked over happily, only to find that there was just a small pit about the size of a basketball, with about two liters of water in it, and her spirits immediately deflated.

"There's so little water, and it's even sewage. The map information is so misleading," Jiang Qinyu couldn't help but complain.

But then she remembered the previous search for food and realized that the water here must have weighed more than five jin, which was why it was showing up on the map.

Thinking this, Jiang Qinyu opened the map again, and then suddenly exclaimed "Eh!"

At this moment, in her mind, the map of this area changed from a flat map to a three-dimensional map, and the green dots on the map changed from a few scattered small green dots to a large area of ​​green dots of various sizes.

Jiang Qinyu was shocked. "What's going on?"

She looked around blankly, scanning every inch of the ground within her sight, and then realized that there was no water source at all!

No! What we're seeing now is a 3D diagram, so does the system mean the water source is underground?

Jiang Qinyu was a little worried. She hadn't brought any tools with her, so she couldn't immediately confirm whether there was really water underground. However, the system's prompts had never been wrong when she was searching for food, so the water source shouldn't be wrong either.

She thought for a moment, then instead of rushing back to find someone to confirm, she wandered around the area again, comparing the 3D image in her mind with each ten-meter diameter.

After walking another two hundred meters south, Jiang Qinyu stopped, stunned and speechless.

[Ding! Sufficient water source detected for mission completion. Please proceed to collect and submit!]

The system notification sounded in her mind, and Jiang Qinyu came back to her senses.

At this very moment, in the southwest of the 3D map in her mind, about 150 meters underground, there was a green dot that was even larger than the grain clue in the cave in Qinggang Mountain. No, it should be said that the dot was greenish-white, and it was flashing incessantly!

150 meters underground... how is she supposed to collect that? Can't this system be a little more reliable?

Jiang Qinyu couldn't help but complain, "I'm not a pangolin, are they trying to make me dig a burrow?"

It's really frustrating; this notification makes no difference whether it's there or not.

But this situation also made Jiang Qinyu understand why the wild goat herd chose to inhabit this area, and why the plants here grew better than those on the outskirts of Yunshan.

It turns out that there is a huge underground water resource hidden here, but it is unknown whether it is an underground lake or an underground river.

Jiang Qinyu hoped it would be a river, so she could find a way to divert the water from the mountains to benefit the people of Dingshui Village.

If it's an underground lake, and the drought continues, they might have to migrate to the mountains first.

Having figured this out, Jiang Qinyu immediately turned back.

Village Chief Li and his men had already moved most of the wild goat and tiger carcasses away. When they saw Jiang Qinyu return, Old Man Lu, Village Chief Li, and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yu'er, you're finally back! If you hadn't come back, we would have gone looking for you." Old Man Lu said, clutching his chest.

He had been staring at the direction Jiang Qinyu had left in, and seeing that three-quarters of an hour had passed and she still hadn't returned, he couldn't stand it any longer.

Village Chief Li also said, "Yes, niece, where have you been? Why have you been gone for so long?"

Jiang Qinyu casually lied, "I got lost just now, and it took me a while to find my way back."

"It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back. Then I'll continue to help them carry the wild goats." Meng Tianze had already put on his bow and arrows.

Jiang Qinyu called out to him, "Uncle Meng, wait a minute. I just got lost and found a few small puddles over there. I suspect there is water underground and I would like to ask a few people to take some tools and go over to confirm."

Upon hearing that there was water, Village Chief Li said to Meng Tianze without hesitation, "Old Meng, we don't need many people to carry the goats. Go and gather a few more people, and let's go check out the water source that my niece mentioned."

"There might not be much water, let's wait and see." Jiang Qinyu didn't know the underground situation there either, so she didn't dare to make a guarantee.

Village Chief Li didn't care about any of that. Even if there wasn't much water, they could definitely find some underground. If all else failed, they could dig a well there.

"I'll go get Erleng. He knows how to dig a well, so he should know better than us," Old Man Lu said as he ran off.

Village Chief Li slapped his forehead, "How could I forget Erleng? We definitely need to call him."

Although Dingshui Village is not a large village, most of the villagers have one or two skills. However, Yongshan County is too poor, and having a skill does not necessarily support a family.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Qinyu realized the same thing and immediately laughed.

With such talent, even dealing with something 150 meters underground shouldn't be that difficult, right?

Many people have a misconception that drilling a hole from the ground is a straight line. However, in reality, depending on the circumstances, many projects start from the side and drill towards the target location.

Not long after, Jiang Qinyu led Village Chief Li, Liu Erleng, and the others to the place where they had just discovered the puddle.

Liu Erleng stood by the puddle, looking around. He then stomped on the ground and a silly smile suddenly appeared on his face. "Village chief, there must be water underground."

"Can we dig a well here?" Village Chief Li asked, his eyes shining.

Liu Erleng replied honestly, "It's possible, but it's a bit troublesome..."

"Have you ever thought about it?" Jiang Qinyu suddenly asked thoughtfully, "where do those wild goats go to drink water?"

To be precise, how do wild goats get to drink water?

Village Chief Li and Liu Erleng looked at each other in bewilderment. Yes, how do wild goats drink water?

Jiang Qinyu opened the map again, observing and thinking carefully, "Could there be some hidden paths nearby that we've overlooked, leading directly to the underground water source..."