After all, they were just offering suggestions; the final decision rested with Qi Minglin, who was the team leader.
Although Chen Feng was also the acting captain, strangely enough, Qi Minglin's words were more effective, and they still listened to her.
This created a very strange phenomenon: they listened to Qi Minglin, and Qi Minglin listened to Chen Feng.
I wonder who's in charge here now.
"How about we go to the Kari Mountains?" Qi Minglin was somewhat persuaded and hesitated for a moment before speaking.
"Okay, let's pack our things now." Zhang Richeng was overjoyed and even wanted to pack his things right away.
"Why go to the Kari Mountains? Let's go to the place Qi Minglin mentioned." Chen Feng's words rang out behind everyone, and they all turned around to look.
Then they saw Chen Feng slowly walk over, and everyone unconsciously made way for him. He walked all the way to the table and pointed to a spot.
“This place is relatively close to us. You have already found out the rare earth content before, so you may have missed it.”
"Let's go take another look," Chen Feng said directly.
Zhang Richeng was furious when he heard Chen Feng's words. Why was it always Chen Feng who ruined his plans?
The matter was already settled, why did you have to interfere? Isn't that annoying?
"Then let's go to this city, it's right next door," Qi Minglin said without any opinion.
When Chen Feng is speaking, she will definitely listen to him, that goes without saying.
"No, didn't we already plan to go to Kari? Why would we go to this city?"
“I’ve already done all the preparations for Kari. I’ve waited for so long, I can’t let all my preparations go to waste,” Zhang Richeng said anxiously.
"Thank you for your preparations, but I'm not planning to go to Kari for the time being. I'm sorry."
Although Chen Feng said those words, his expression showed absolutely no sign of apology.
He didn't know if there were any rare earth mines in Kari, but he simply didn't want to go that far.
Kari is about half a country away from here, and it's incredibly hot there with much harsher conditions.
Chen Feng would only go through all that trouble if he wasn't sure there were rare earth deposits in that place.
Chen Feng's current idea is that since the neighboring city is close by, he should go there and hang out for a while first.
His skill cooldown will be over soon, and once it is, he will know where there will definitely be rare earth mines.
Wouldn't it be wonderful to just specify the location later?
Why bother wandering aimlessly around like this?
If the system really tells him that there are rare earth elements in Kari by then, then there's no way Chen Feng won't go, even if he has to hold his nose.
However, Chen Feng was determined not to go until the system produced the results, and it wouldn't matter who came.
"No, let's discuss this further. I'm serious. I've really done a lot of preparation work. You can see for yourselves."
As Zhang Richeng spoke, he opened his phone to show them the information.
“Brother Zhang, we know you’re really serious, but given the current situation, let’s listen to Chen Feng for now.”
"Besides, your preparations won't be in vain. Just keep them for now. If there really are rare earth elements, they won't run away."
"We'll be going to Kari sooner or later, don't worry," Qi Minglin reassured her.
"I…"
Zhang Richeng felt incredibly miserable, like he had eaten shit. What kind of mess was this?
Do you know how much effort he spent creating those half-true, half-false documents?
Now that we're about to use it, you're telling me that Chen Feng suddenly appeared, and all his preparations have been in vain?
What the hell is this?!
"Oh dear, why did you insist on going to the next city? We've driven so many piles there, how could there possibly be any rare earth elements we missed?" Zhang Richeng said helplessly.
"That's not necessarily true. You guys explored Pingcun City for so long, and you still missed this huge heavy rare earth mine, didn't you?" Chen Feng said quietly.
These words left Zhang Richeng speechless, choking him completely.
Damn it, the key point is that what he said is actually true, so how are you supposed to refute it?
"Alright, Brother Zhang, I understand how you feel, but let's put the matter of the Kari Mountains aside for now," Qi Minglin said, trying to comfort him.
Now that things have come to this, what else could Zhang Richeng say? He could only sigh deeply, expressing his deep regret and letting them know that he really wanted to go.
“Okay, shall we go to the next city tomorrow?” Zhang Richeng asked.
“Yes, we’ll go to the next city tomorrow, and leave first thing in the morning.” Qi Minglin nodded.
"Alright, let's go take a look and see. If we don't find any rare earth minerals this time, then we'll have to seriously consider my suggestion."
“There’s a really high chance that there are rare earth deposits in Kari,” Zhang Richeng said with some heartache.
"Okay, okay, we'll consider it, Brother Zhang," Qi Minglin said with a smile.
"Okay." Zhang Richeng nodded and left, returning to his tent.
"Brother Zhang really wants to go to Kari, but it's understandable. After all, he's done so much preparation, and anyone would be disappointed if he didn't get to go in the end," someone said, pursing their lips.
"What should we do then? We should definitely listen to Brother Feng's advice. We'll go wherever Brother Feng says, even if he just tells me to go home, I'll listen to him." Someone said half-jokingly.
After all, they had been searching for rare earth mines for so long without success, while Chen Feng found one as soon as he arrived.
Whether it's metaphysics or luck, even if it really was Chen Feng's great-grandfather appearing in their dream, they still have to listen now.
"Why is he so eager to go to the Kari Mountains? He's from there, isn't he?" Chen Feng said, frowning slightly.
I've never seen anyone so eager to go to Kari. Even the locals don't want to stay there, let alone outsiders.
"Brother Zhang is also eager to find minerals. After all, he has done so much preparatory work and studied the topographic map every day. He has marked the places with the highest probability."
"As soon as we get there, we can start driving piles and getting right to work."
"In the end, you negated all his efforts with just one sentence. How could he not be frustrated?" Qi Minglin said with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Chen Feng watched Zhang Richeng's retreating figure without saying a word, only feeling a sense of confusion welling up inside him.
Logically speaking, once you've already found a rare earth mine, no matter how well you've researched it, for the sake of the country, you should listen to your own opinions and not have such strong emotions.
After all, it doesn't matter who you listen to; everyone's ultimate goal is for the country, so finding a mine is a good thing.
But this Zhang Richeng is really acting strangely. Could it be that there are some things between him and the exploration team that Chen Feng doesn't know about?
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