Chapter 280 An Unreasonable Request Seeing the little gerbil treating the golden sand as waste, the crow boss was so anxious that he jumped up and down, flapping his wings in anguish.
[What a waste! What a terrible waste! These little bastards have no taste for good things!]
As it howled, it frantically used its wings to scoop up the sand mixed with gold and dust, trying to hide all its "treasures."
This commotion terrified the little gerbils that were "cleaning up the trash," and they immediately retreated back into their burrows.
Xia Zhining helplessly tapped Boss Ya's little head: "Alright, you little money-grubber, these things are national resources, we have to hand them over to the country."
At this time, geological surveyors who had come with the police also arrived at the scene.
He crouched down and carefully picked up a few grains of gold dust with professional tweezers, placing them side by side with the gold dust seized at Jianyan for comparison.
"Incredible!" Shock and excitement flashed in the surveyor's eyes. "Look, these placer gold particles are larger, purer in color, and their distribution density is much higher than the samples illegally mined from Jianyan!"
He stood up and excitedly pointed to the area where the gerbil burrow was located: "This means that we have very likely found a main vein with a higher grade and richer reserves!"
"What Jian Yan and his team discovered before was probably just scattered gold on the edge of the vein!"
The surveyor grabbed a handful of sand, letting the golden particles slip through his fingers. "Gold mines in the desert are mostly placer gold, which requires extensive screening and is extremely costly. If the grade isn't high enough, it's not worth developing at all."
"But it's different here!"
He couldn't hide his excitement as he compared the data: "The purity and enrichment of this placer gold are unprecedented in my career! We must report it immediately and protect this area!"
After the initial euphoria, the surveyor looked at the rudimentary tools in his hands and couldn't help but sigh: "But... our equipment here is too outdated. Both precise exploration and subsequent mining will be a huge challenge."
"It's alright, no rush, we have a furry survey radar now!"
At this moment, Xia Zhining had already successfully "bribed" the gerbil family with a large handful of fragrant nuts.
She crouched down and asked softly, "My little darlings, how did you find so many 'sparkling' things?"
The lead gerbil puffed out its fluffy little chest: "They're everywhere in the burrow! The more we dig, the more we find, and we're really worried!"
It scratched its head in distress: [We spent more than half a year building this house, and now it's almost full of this useless 'garbage.' We're considering whether to move...]
[It will take us mice more than half a year to dig an underground palace for our family to live in!]
Hearing the gerbil's adorable complaints, Xia Zhining suggested, "Then we'll help you find a more comfortable new home, and you can take us to find these 'sparkly' things, okay?"
"This winter, I'll provide you with food and lodging!"
"Really?" The gerbils' eyes lit up instantly, and they all stretched out their pink little paws to give her a high five as a pledge. "It's a promise! No lying to the gerbils!"
When the surveyors heard that these little gerbils could lead the way to mineral veins, they were so excited they almost jumped for joy: "That's wonderful! Expert Xia, you've been a tremendous help to us!"
He gestured excitedly as he explained, "Traditional exploration requires drilling countless boreholes, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive."
"Now we have these little guides, and the holes they dig are ready-made natural sampling points!"
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