The two fell silent at the same time, Chen Feng's expression somewhat stiff.
This also breaks his record for the lowest value of goods since he started gold mining.
Lin Nian couldn't hold back any longer and, against his conscience, said, "Wow, it's so... big."
"Damn it, Mercury retrograde today, everything's inauspicious." Chen Feng muttered, tossing the silver granules into the small bottle.
"Brother, what's Mercury retrograde?" Lin Nian asked curiously.
"It is based on meteorology, feng shui, orientation, electromagnetic fields, the I Ching, the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams, the Book of Changes, and the fortune of today's gold rush, calculated by the young woman Bai Jie."
Chen Feng stood up and said in a serious tone.
This explanation left Lin Nian completely bewildered, giving him an air of profound awe and confusion.
Brother, you're really amazing. You've read so many books and know so much. You're different from others. Of all the things Chen Feng mentioned, you've only read one of them.
The two men stood up and continued searching for goods.
About ten minutes later, while Lin Nian was still probing forward, Chen Feng's system beeped.
He drew a range with his eyes, preparing to pick up the detector and begin the exploration.
Just as he was about to inspect the goods, he sensed something was wrong. He froze for a moment, then suddenly realized what was happening.
My current detection range is four meters, not three meters.
The circles I drew before don't work anymore; I have to re-plan the boundaries myself.
"I'm starting to like the look of it."
Chen Feng muttered something and redrawn the area.
He didn't know if it was accurate, but he estimated it to be about right.
As he scanned line by line, Chen Feng's detector beeped when he reached the fifth or sixth line.
He squatted down, took out a shovel, and made a decision in his mind.
I can only upgrade the detection range once more, and then I can't upgrade it anymore, otherwise it will have the opposite effect and affect my efficiency.
He shoveled a shovelful of soil over the detector, but it didn't make a sound. He casually tossed it aside and then shoveled another shovelful of soil.
It's definitely easier to find things here than in the hilly city; there aren't as many gravel stones. It's just a pity that the items are also much smaller, especially after so many years of development.
After seven or eight shovelfuls, Chen Feng's detector went off. He shook himself off, continued using the detector, and when only a third of the material remained, he started digging with his hands.
He quickly found a silver coin worth about twenty dollars. He pursed his lips and put the silver coin into the bottle.
If this were in Qiuling City, he would only call it rubbish.
But in this place, this is considered a very good harvest.
Chen Feng continued strolling around with the detector in his hand, while Lin Nian also found some goods and squatted down to shovel them away one by one.
Unfortunately, what was found this time was neither grayish-white particles nor did it emit a golden glow.
Instead, it was covered in rust and even rotten to the point of crumbling.
Chen Feng didn't need to ask; he knew it was just scrap metal, not even worth recycling, the kind of metal that Old Mrs. Zhang wouldn't even want.
Grabbing the scrap metal, Lin Nian threw it away forcefully and took a deep breath.
He wasn't emotionally affected by this; it was a result he had anticipated before even starting his gold rush. He picked up the detector and continued probing.
After walking for a while, Chen Feng took out the GPS locator from his pocket and looked at the information on it.
He had already thrown the other one onto the Wuling van, just to see if this thing actually worked.
He kept looking up at the Wuling van and at the location displayed on the GPS.
I don't know if it's accurate or not, but the direction is definitely right.
After putting his things away, Chen Feng continued walking forward.
While strolling around the area with the detector in hand, Lin Nei didn't keep looking up at Chen Feng like Zheng Ping did.
Instead, it kept its head down, occasionally glancing up at its surroundings, as if it were trying to memorize the route.
That's good. I guess Chen Feng told him about Yin Xing's disorientation in the car, so he learned from that experience.
About ten minutes later, Chen Feng's system gave him a notification.
To be fair, although today's goods were all small, the shipment rate was quite high, which was somewhat beyond Chen Feng's expectations.
As for the small quantity of goods... well, there's nothing we can do about it. This is the level of waste mine; what more can you ask for?
You think this is a hilly city where you can easily find tens of dollars worth of silver, and gold is everywhere, with gold nuggets appearing every now and then.
It wanted to do that too, but unfortunately it didn't have the ability, you know? It simply couldn't do it.
Carrying the detector, we conducted a thorough, row-by-row survey of the area. Now the sun is getting hotter, and the temperature is rising.
Chen Feng wiped the fine beads of sweat from his forehead and continued probing.
As the probe scanned line by line, until the very last line, he still hadn't heard anything about the goods. Chen Feng frowned slightly, somewhat puzzled.
Having explored for so long, it's impossible for me to make such a basic mistake as missing out on the goods.
Could it be that I haven't gotten used to the four-meter detection range yet and drew the circle too small?
After thinking about it, Chen Feng realized that this was the only possibility.
So he drew the circle even bigger to make sure it was within four meters, and he even estimated it to be four and a half meters.
He continued probing line by line, this time focusing on the area around the edge of the circle. However, as he continued probing line by line, the detector remained completely silent.
Chen Feng's brows furrowed even more, and he stood there, utterly puzzled.
"Dude, what's going on? Is the detector malfunctioning?"
He took a small bottle out of his pocket and held it to the head of the detector.
The detector accurately emitted a slightly piercing "whoosh~", proving that it was working properly.
If the detector is working properly, then could it be that there's something wrong with my own system?
That's definitely not the case; it's the system that's malfunctioning.
He pondered for a moment, picked up his detector, and carefully looked at the small print on the power parameters.
"Detection depth: 40 centimeters; range will fluctuate due to interference..."
Then, thinking about the system he had just upgraded today, Chen Feng suddenly slapped his forehead.
Damn, I upgraded my system too powerfully, and now my hardware can't keep up!
I can tell if there's cargo at a depth of 50 centimeters, but the detector can't.
My own detector is quite large, capable of probing forty centimeters, while the smaller one from before could only probe thirty centimeters, making it shallower.
He looked at the area within a four-meter radius around him and couldn't help but grin.
If I want to find this item, does it mean I have to dig a hole half a meter deep within this four-meter area?
"Go to hell!" Chen Feng thought it was outrageous. Even if he and Lin Nian were together, they couldn't dig such a big hole even if they broke the shovel in their hands.
After thinking about it for a moment, Chen Feng breathed a sigh of relief. In reality, it wasn't necessary to dig such a deep pit; just digging ten centimeters on the surface would be enough.
In that case, the distance of my detector will be just right to find the goods, and then I can dig deeper.
(Sorry, I just finished writing this, it's a bit late.)
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