Without even thinking, Chen Feng knew that it was the branches of the bushes that were poking his buttocks.
"I never thought I'd be played by a tree branch in my entire life." Chen Feng turned around, squinting at the tree branch, his expression somewhat depressed.
He grabbed the branch with his other hand and snapped it aside, clearly annoyed.
Chen Feng felt much more comfortable as he continued exploring; just now, he had always felt a muscular man lurking behind him, eyeing him menacingly.
Turning back, Chen Feng continued to hold the detector upright and probe at his feet. Since the detector in front of him didn't go off, he had to turn around and probe to the side.
After probing left and right a few times, Chen Feng stretched forward and felt a familiar yet strange sensation in his buttocks.
Chen Feng: "..."
"Damn it, it's done, now it's your turn, huh?" Chen Feng turned around and haphazardly broke off all the protruding branches.
He let the tree branches play with him twice in one day. Was he out panning for gold or selling his dignity?
Wasn't the agreement that this job was about performing arts, not selling one's body? Why is it different from what was said when I joined this industry?
During a brief respite, he peered around and finally, under a bush, the detector went off.
"Ooh-woo~"
The sound was only a little quieter than before, and Chen Feng already had a premonition that this thing was probably going to go a bit deeper.
Moreover, the bushes were very short, so Chen Feng had to laboriously crawl under one of them before turning back to pull the detector over.
Since he couldn't squat any longer, Chen Feng simply knelt down, bent down, and started prying with a shovel.
With a powerful shovel strike, Chen Feng scanned the soil on the detector, which made no sound. He then flung the soil from the shovel further away and continued shoveling the second shovelful.
The only good thing about this place, surrounded by bushes, is that it's a little bit cooler than outside.
After seven or eight shovelfuls, Chen Feng still came up empty-handed, but he was already mentally prepared for that.
It would probably take more than twenty shovelfuls to dig it out.
He didn't know how much time had passed, but Chen Feng estimated that he had dug more than thirty shovelfuls. He had dug a large pit in front of him and piled up a small mound next to it.
Chen Feng was covered in sweat from kneeling and bending over digging in the soil. He subconsciously tried to straighten up to rest, but as soon as he did, his head hit the bushes above him.
"Holy shit." Chen Feng shrank back as fast as lightning, crawling as low as possible to look back.
Because he was wearing a hat, his head was fine, but some bush branches scratched Chen Feng's neck, and the bushes had small thorns that made his neck sting.
He reached up and touched the back of his neck, finding no blood, and breathed a slight sigh of relief.
"Damn it, what kind of location is this?" Chen Feng took a deep breath and could only continue to bend over and dig with the shovel.
The pit in front of him was dug bigger and bigger, and Chen Feng became more and more puzzled.
"What the hell?! You're not kidding me, are you?"
Chen Feng shoveled again with all his might; the hole in front of him was big enough to fit his head inside.
He passed the detector over the soil, but it didn't go off. He then forcefully flung the shovelful of soil into the air.
Chen Feng looked at the pit in front of him, pursed his lips, pulled the detector over, and as soon as he put it into the pit, he heard the detector make a loud noise.
"Ooh-woo~"
The sound proved that the goods were still in the pit, and Chen Feng had at least not dug in the wrong place.
"Damn it, I'll see what kind of person you really are." Chen Feng swung his shovel and continued digging, holding his breath.
I can't even straighten my back here, and the cargo is so deep, it's so hard to dig.
If the goods weren't worth much, he'd be tempted to cut down those four bushes.
After shoveling a dozen more shovelfuls, Chen Feng used the detector again, and it finally made a sound.
"Ooh-woo~"
Hearing the voice, Chen Feng finally breathed a sigh of relief, but then became nervous again.
The true quality of this item will be revealed in the next moment.
With a slight shake of the shovel, without even using a detector, Chen Feng saw something emerge from the soil pile on the shovel.
Upon seeing that color, Chen Feng's breathing became rapid.
Because the thing shimmered with a dark yellow luster, the color Chen Feng had been longing for.
Only one corner of the thing was visible, so Chen Feng couldn't determine its size.
Although he could tell how big it was just by reaching out and grabbing it, Chen Feng was extremely excited, like he was winning the lottery, and didn't dare to look directly at it. He would secretly cover one eye first.
Chen Feng gently extended a finger and poked at the mound of earth next to the gold. Some fine sand scattered, revealing a larger volume of gold.
Upon seeing this, Chen Feng couldn't help but beam with joy. Even just seeing the tip of the iceberg, he could tell that this piece of gold was quite substantial.
He reached out and rummaged around with his fingers, and more sand fell off, making the gold grow larger and larger. Chen Feng's grin widened as the gold grew larger.
After digging around a few times, the gold stopped increasing in size, and Chen Feng reached out and grabbed it, holding it in his hand.
When Chen Feng actually held the gold in his hand, he had an urge to burst out laughing.
The gold was unusually shaped and much larger than the gold Chen Feng had previously found.
Chen Feng weighed it in his hand and estimated it to be about sixteen or seventeen grams!
Even after accounting for losses, this piece of gold is estimated to be worth around four or five thousand!
With just one piece, he broke Chen Feng's record from the previous day.
"Ha ha ha ha."
Holding the gold, Chen Feng felt a surge of satisfaction. Ignoring the dirt on the ground, he lay down and let out a long breath, unable to suppress the smile on his face.
He lay on the ground, looking at the four tall bushes above his head. Just a moment ago, Chen Feng wanted to cut them down, but now they looked much more pleasing to the eye.
It has to be a large abandoned mine. He could spend his whole life exploring abandoned mines next to the village and probably still not find a gold nugget worth five thousand.
They found such a large piece of goods in less than half a day after arriving here.
"Cool!"
After resting for a few minutes, Chen Feng sat up, examined the gold piece again, and then threw it into the bottle with satisfaction.
If the bottle could talk, it would probably want to say something too.
"Dude, who are you? You look unfamiliar. I've never been here before, you big guy. Did you come to the wrong place?"
Carrying the detector, Chen Feng climbed out from between the bushes.
The blinding sunlight instantly shone on Chen Feng, making him want to go back for a moment.
Although that place was a bit undignified, it felt really comfortable.
Carrying the detector, Chen Feng walked forward. It was already past eleven o'clock, but because they had eaten late for breakfast, he wasn't in a hurry. He would eat whenever he was hungry.
In front of him was an uphill slope resembling steps. Chen Feng stepped onto it and searched back and forth.
The system didn't beep, so he changed direction and turned right. The road wasn't smooth and was a bit difficult to walk on.
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