As the cave slowly closed in front of him, Captain Qin looked thoughtful.
"Captain Qin, shall we turn back now?"
After a moment of silence, Captain Qin suddenly said, "Do you think that treasure map really refers to this cave? Could it be somewhere else? After all, the location is a bit far from here."
Upon realizing this possibility, the eyes of the others instantly lit up.
"Captain, how about we walk a little further up the mountain?"
"Yes, Captain, there might be another treasure trove!"
Although the treasure they found wasn't theirs, the thought of bringing it all back to their country was incredibly exciting.
If these things were converted into money, they could certainly ensure that all the people of China could have enough to eat and live a better life.
Team Leader Qin nodded. "Alright, let's venture deeper into the mountains then."
Now that we've come this far, it would be such a waste not to take a look.
They rested in the trap for one night and continued their journey the next morning.
At this moment, everyone was full of confidence.
Two more days passed, and they finally arrived at the location shown on the treasure map.
Before them was a mountain, and the group immediately began searching around it. Finally, they discovered an abandoned mine shaft behind a rock.
There were some mining tools scattered inside, but they were rather outdated. It was clear that they had encountered some trouble and had temporarily fled.
They weren't geologists and couldn't tell what kind of mineral it was, but since it was marked on a map, it must be something important.
Team Leader Qin picked up a few discarded ores from the ground and put them into his backpack.
"We'll rest here today and head back tomorrow."
Since it wasn't gold or silver jewelry, everyone was a little disappointed. They gathered firewood and started a fire to boil water.
This mine is a bit warmer than the cave they used to live in, and the wind isn't as strong.
They had been eating compressed biscuits for several days and really missed normal meals. The thought of going back home in a few days made them very happy.
Four days later, they finally arrived at the foot of the mountain. They had been away for several days, and Lin Chuchu and the others were very worried.
Seeing that they looked travel-worn, we quickly boiled water for them to wash, and then started preparing food.
It was hot pot and barbecue again, and soon the room was filled with warmth.
After they finished washing up, everyone gathered around a large table. The smell of hot pot and barbecue was so enticing that Qin and his team ate it very quickly.
"It's better to eat meat. I'm getting sick of eating compressed biscuits every day."
"Haha, I didn't expect us to be getting more and more fussy. In the past, when we went on missions, sometimes we couldn't even get compressed biscuits and had to go hungry."
"That's right, life is so good. Luckily, we have Comrade Lin around. Even surviving in the wild feels as comfortable as being at home."
As everyone chatted and laughed, Captain Qin quietly told Lin Chuchu and Mu Chen about what had happened in the past few days.
"We discovered a cave containing a lot of gold and silver jewelry, as well as various kinds of rice and flour food and weapons, as if it were prepared for war."
"There are quite a few skeletons inside. We speculate that there was infighting among the opposing side, and the defeated side remained there forever."
"By the way, we also found an abandoned mine, and that mine is the real treasure on the treasure map."
"I just don't know what kind of mine it is."
Lin Chuchu hadn't expected it to be a mineral vein, which wasn't a good thing for them, because it would be difficult for them to take the mineral vein with them.
We can't leave people behind to mine.
However, she also needs to consider whether the mineral vein is valuable. If it is rare, she will definitely take some back with her.
"Let's go take a look then, and if there's anything good, we'll dig some up and take it back."
Lin Chuchu decided she still wanted to go and take a look.
Team Leader Qin suddenly remembered the ore in his backpack. "Oh right, I brought some back. Doesn't your space have a notification function? Check what kind of ore these are."
After saying that, he picked up the backpack next to him.
Lin Chuchu put down her chopsticks and placed the ore into her spatial storage. Everyone looked at Lin Chuchu expectantly.
Soon, Lin Chuchu's face was filled with shock.
"It's actually a copper mine, containing 32% copper ore."
After her initial surprise, Lin Chuchu was overjoyed. She knew that China didn't have any copper mines yet, and copper was a valuable material used in various fields.
Moreover, the copper content of the copper ore in front of us is too high. Ordinary copper ore with a copper content of 20% is already considered a grade 1 copper ore.
Everyone's hearts trembled slightly. "You go back in a few days. I'll stay in the mine and mine. When we leave Eagle Country, you can come back and load up the copper ore."
"Yeah, yeah, count me in. I'll stay here too. So what if I eat compressed biscuits for a few months? I'll take it."
Everyone knows how important this copper mine is to China, and they don't want to give it up. They'd rather live here than not dig the copper mine back.
Lin Chuchu gradually regained her composure. "Let's go and see tomorrow. I still have some things in my space that might be suitable for mining."
Lin Chuchu is now extremely grateful to those experts, who have considered all possibilities. Otherwise, it would have been such a pity if they had just been looking at the dig but couldn't dig it up.
Everyone was overjoyed and stayed up very late before finally drifting off to sleep.
The next day, everyone was ready to go. Lin Chuchu packed up the house in front of her and said, "Let's go!"
The mountain paths are difficult even for men to walk back and forth, let alone for Lin Chuchu, an ordinary person whose physical condition is not very good.
However, she persevered through gritted teeth and tried her best to keep up with the crowd.
Soon, they arrived at the cave where they had stayed for the first day, and the group decided to rest there.
This time, they were very well prepared, after all, they had Lin Chuchu as their mobile warehouse.
We lit a fire to boil water and heat the food, and before we knew it, it started snowing heavily outside. However, we didn't need to go out to find firewood anymore, because they had a stove, and there was firewood and coal in the space. Anyway, it was open on all four sides, so we didn't have to worry about carbon monoxide poisoning.
"We really live in two extremes," people couldn't help but sigh.
After finishing their meal, they took out the generator, plugged in the electric blankets, and used hot water bottles. Their bodies were warm, and they didn't feel cold at all.
The lights in the room were dimmed, and everyone closed their eyes, trying to fall asleep.
Lin Chuchu couldn't sleep, and would open her eyes every now and then to look at the ceiling.
"What's wrong?"
"It's nothing, I just have some trouble sleeping."
The two spoke in hushed tones, keeping their voices very low so as not to wake anyone else.
After a long time, Lin Chuchu finally felt sleepy and drifted off to sleep.
The next morning, Lin Chuchu realized it was already 9 o'clock. She quickly sat up and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw everyone was there. Then she said apologetically.
"I'm so sorry, I woke up late."
Mu Chen smiled and shook his head. "It's okay. It's not because of you, but because it's snowing outside. The snow is too heavy, and it's too dangerous to go out at this time. Let's just rest here for a day."
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