Chapter 889 Treasure Hunt (2 updates
Classmate Le Xiao didn’t know if Handsome Yan was causing trouble, or what happened to the scumbags. She was climbing all over the mountains on the unique Socotra Island, looking for the plant seedlings she needed. , collect stones.
At noon on the 21st of Huaxia Kingdom, it was still early morning local time on Suo Island, and it was not yet dawn. When handsome guy Yan used his ultimate move to reverse the incident in the video, classmate Le was still in her space, busy learning to draw talisman, studying, and taking care of precious medicinal materials. .
In the early morning of local time in Yemen, Leyun climbed out of the space and headed towards the goal again excitedly, climbing over mountains and ridges, avoiding herds of goats, bypassing inhabited settlements or caves, crossing large and small valleys, and climbing over high and low mountains. At the top of the mountain, we finally reached our destination after noon.
It is a limestone mountain not far from the coast, only two hills away from the coast.
The rocks near the coast are relatively steep, and there are no beaches. There are only weathered rocks rolling downhill. The sea water will wash up the rocks on the mountain. Since there is no road, it can only be reached by boat. Generally, the coast is inaccessible.
The destination of Mr. Le Xiao is on the mountainside of a tall limestone mountain. The top of the mountain protrudes from the top of the mountain. The connection between the top of a small hill and the big mountain is a certain point on the seaward side, not a point on the seaside. It is the concave junction where the hilltop and the mountain are connected.
On the other side of the mountain is a narrow valley. There are residents in the flat land of the narrow valley. Fortunately, the place she went to is on the side facing the sea. Because it is steep and there is no water source, there are several habitable caves on the mountain that are unclaimed. of.
Most of the limestone mountain is rocky, with not much plant coverage. There are only a few dracaenas, desert roses and succulents. Probably due to the strong sea breeze, the dracaenas are shorter than in some places in order to adapt to the environment.
After finding a place, Le Yun climbed up to the sloping side of the mountain. She looked at the sky and the earth seriously, looking at the light of spiritual energy. She smiled stupidly at first, and then her face drooped into a bitter melon face.
There was a beam of aura light where she found it. The light was just a little bit comparable to the rich aura light of the ink-colored aquarium stone she had found in the mountains of Mount Wutai. It was only slightly lighter in color and the beam was in an irregular shape.
That beam of aura light was so strong that it could be seen very far away. With her unique eye function scanning, from a distance, it looked like a searchlight sweeping across the sky from the sea.
I was busy looking for plant seedlings in the past few days, so I didn't rush to find the spiritual energy beam immediately. Now, I have collected almost all the plant species in a certain area, so Le Yun came to find the treasure excitedly.
The address of the aura light pillar was found, but... the place makes me want to cry. The aura light came out from around a dragon blood tree, indicating that the thing is hidden in the soil or rocks. It is probably very rare, so even if it is hidden Even if you are so good, you can't hide the halo of spiritual energy.
The place where the dragon's blood tree grows is filled with soil and many stones. Moreover, the scent of the dragon's blood leaves is different from that of other dragon's blood trees. It carries another elegant fragrance, indicating that its root system has come into contact with something. A thing with spiritual energy absorbs its nutrients, so it has the aroma of something.
"How can we dig this?" Leaning on a rock, Le Yun was worried, her brows knotted with worry. The beam of light was a little wider than the umbrella crown of the dragon blood tree, indicating that it was very big. As for how deep it was, I didn't know. , and it’s unknown whether it’s a rock or something below!
There are people living in the narrow valley behind the mountain. If she digs down, if she makes a noise and alerts the people over there to find out, she will be caught and the game will end. Moreover, she has to beware of drones in the sky and the sea in the distance. Whether there are ships coming or going, drones in the sky and crewed photography on cruise ships may capture her presence.
How to find spiritual treasures is a big problem.
Knowing where the treasure was, Le Yun expressed considerable sadness when facing the dry hard soil and rocks. However, no matter what the treasure was, it had to be excavated and studied to determine whether it could be taken away, so she had to be realistic and study how to dig it.
After observing for a long time, I chose a point on the slope side of the lower slope as the starting point for excavation. Using the triangle relationship, the selected point was about two meters away from the straight line extending downwards of the dragon blood tree, and the height was more than two meters. , she planned to dig a vertical pit from below to get to the bottom of the Dragon Blood Tree like a tomb robber.
There is a rock at the selected point, which can block the observation and capture of telescopes and other tools thrown from the direction of the sea as long as people do not stand up.
As for the top, after thinking for a long time, I emptied the surrounding stones, climbed back into the space, found a few sticks and a green moisture-proof cloth, placed the sticks above the rock, supported the other end on the ground, pressed it down with stones, and covered it with cloth. , try to disguise it as a group of green plants, or like the top of a group of dragon blood trees.
After camouflaging the scene, Leyun took out a sharp-horned hoe and tried to dig into the ground. The soil was very dry and hard. When digging with a hoe, it would splash up fine particles and ash, which was similar to digging into a ground made of gravel.
The sea breeze is a bit strong, but the sound of digging is still a bit heavy. First dig a hole, and then pull out the water from the water tank in the space and pour it to the ground. The water pours into the dry and hard soil and makes a gurgling sound. .
Pour a few buckets of water to make the soil moist before digging. After the soil is soaked in water, it is much easier to dig. I dig for a while and then pour water. When digging, I also pack the soil with bamboo dustpans and throw it back into the space for accumulation. After digging, the soil is still there. It must be used to fill holes to prevent them from flowing down the slope.
For the sake of safety, Le Yun dug in the ground like a thief, her ears listening for sounds at all times. If she heard any sounds that she felt were unsafe, she would first scout the environment, and she would have to change her disguise at any time.
Fortunately, the location is quite advantageous. There are no human activities nearby, except for a small group of sheep passing by the mountainside of the main mountain in the middle of the afternoon.
Because there were many rocks mixed in the soil, it was necessary to dig out the rocks before continuing. It was not until evening that a vertical groove that could accommodate her two body widths was dug out, and she reached the densest root zone under the dragon's blood tree and the soon-to-be-visible The edge of aura light.
Trench digging also requires art and expertise. Digging to a certain length and width, blocking the gap at the excavation point with a stone wall, and then filling it back with soil can save a lot of effort and time.
Finally, she almost reached the edge of the spiritual energy beam. Le Yun rested for a while, washed her hands and ate space fruits to replenish her physical strength. Then she got to work with great excitement. She first dug horizontally from six to seventy centimeters above the ground and cut some trees. Remove the soil between the roots, then use the large scissors used to prune landscape trees to cut off some of the roots, and then poke the soil with a pointed awl.
After poking and prying the soil for a long time, I finally cleared a place and found something in the gap between the tree roots. It was a stone-like object, silver and white, like a fossil.
Even though there is still dirt attached, you can still smell a faint smell.
"Fossils of ambergris...?" Pulling away a piece of soil, she saw a palm-sized piece of yellow and white rock-like stuff. Le Yun opened her mouth wide in surprise. Oh my god, where did whale shit become a fossil? , how many years will it take to achieve this result?
It is said that Suo Niao has been isolated from the continental plate for 18 million years, and Suo Niao and the connected continent were once oceans tens of millions of years ago. Due to crustal movement and submarine volcanic eruptions, the sea floor gradually rose, and the original seamounts rose. They became land mountains and evolved over countless years to form continents.
Therefore, if you are lucky, you can often find fossils of many animals on the island, including fossils of ancient marine life. It is not surprising to find fossils of whales and other fish.
Fossilized whale feces are rare anywhere.
Ambergris is actually the food eaten by sperm whales that has not been fully digested and their intestinal secretions condensed into a solid. Sometimes it is spit out by sperm whales, and sometimes it is excreted through excretion. The original ambergris is black and soft, with an unpleasant smell. After being washed by sunlight, air and sea water for many years, it will harden, fade and become fragrant.
Although ambergris itself is a stone-like solid, it is actually like wax and has a very light texture, so it is also called gray amber in the West.
A corner of ambergris was exposed in the soil. It was probably petrified because it had been buried in the soil for too long. The surface of the fossil is very pure in color. It is the appearance of whale excrement after countless years of seawater washing in the ocean to remove impurities. "That's not right, the smell in the dragon's blood leaves is not just the scent of ambergris." Le Yun muttered, her brows knitting into a twist again. The types of scents in the dragon's blood leaves are more complex, and you should be able to smell more than just ambergris. , indicating that there may be other treasures.
The sun was about to set. Because of the umbrella shape of the dragon blood tree and the shadow of the camouflage, the light in the groove was a little dark. Le Yun climbed out of the pit, took away the camouflage cloth, and let the light be brighter. She jumped into the groove again, from Pry the soil downwards at the exposed corner of the fossil to see how long and wide it is to determine how to dig.
It turned out that the length of the fossil was quite long. Even after prying it down a long way, it was still there. Even when she reached the bottom of the groove she dug, she still had not reached the end.
Now Leyun had to sadly admit that she had made a miscalculation and the depth of the trench was not deep enough. What should I do?
Of course, keep digging, dig, dig all the way to the end. Even if you may not be able to get them all away in the end, you still have to find out, find out the length of the fossil, and see how big the scented whale shit is.
The sun was already setting on the mountain, and even the birds were returning to their nests. There was no chance of another boat coming to the nearby sea, and generally no one would run up the mountain. She felt more at ease, stepped back a few dozen centimeters, exerted all her strength, and waved her sharp tip. With the hoe, I dug hard into the soil.
From digging until the sun sets below the horizon, from dusk to darkness, from not needing an external light source to wearing a headlamp for illumination, we sweat profusely and work tirelessly overtime to dig out a deep section again. The groove, which is one meter long and about one meter long, forms a stepped level with the first dug groove. Because we don’t know if we need to dig deeper, all the soil is transported back to the space for storage.
After digging deep for a while, I climbed out of the pit again to rest and eat to replenish my strength. When I was full of strength, I started working again. I pried down the soil along the position of the fossil to look for treasures.
Facts once again proved that her sense of smell was correct. There were not only fossils of ambergris but also other things among the roots of the dracaena. When she poked down about thirty centimeters away, other fossils were revealed, all of which were marine animal fossils and dragons. Fossils of saliva are crowded together in a pile.
Continuing to clean up the soil, there are stones and fossils, all crowded together. After cleaning for a while, the ambergris fossils have reached the end, but the pile of stones mixed with fossils has not reached the end, and when it reaches the bottom of the groove, there is still no The end.
"Is this the time to make a fortune?" Seeing that there was still a fossil in the soil that was level with the groove, Le Yun touched her small chin happily, wishing she could laugh three hundred times to express her ecstasy.
As expected, people are kind-hearted. She is kind-hearted and does not refuse patients with difficult and complicated diseases. That is why she was able to facilitate this trip to Africa. During the trip to Africa, she had to visit Socotra Island. Only on the island can you find spiritual treasures.
Being able to obtain a visa for Yemen was also a blessing due to Mr. Ferrari's personal connections. Mr. Ferrari had a wide network of contacts and knew a diplomatic ambassador of Saudi Arabia. Yemen was invaded by rebel militants, and Saudi Arabia assisted Yemen in forming a coalition army. To retake the Yemeni capital and other places, the Yemeni government relies heavily on Saudi Arabia's protection. Therefore, with a little help, Saudi diplomats opened the door for Mr. Ferrari's so-called friends to apply for electronic visas.
Because of the unstable domestic situation in Yemen, it is largely relaxed for Europeans to apply for visas. Applications from other regions are more strict. If Leyun were to apply for an electronic visa by herself, the success rate would be only five points. Mr. Ferrari is gone. relationship, the success rate becomes 100%.
Thinking that a large number of fossils would be collected by her, and that the space might be expanded by being replenished with spiritual energy, Le Yun was filled with energy and picked up the hoe to continue digging.
A few meters deeper into the ground, the soil is moister and it takes less effort to dig. I dig hard for more than an hour, remove a few rocks, and dig a pit one and a half meters deep.
It was really deep based on the depth. Looking up, you could only see a narrow patch of sky with four corners. Le Yun once again cleaned the soil along the areas with fossils.
This time, we cleaned down about half a meter. The fossilized rocks were gone, and the root system of the dragon's blood tree was gone. However, a curved section of shell fossils about 30 centimeters thick was revealed, with peacock blue and pink colors. Even the purple color and mud covering the fossil cannot hide its aura and the luster of its body.
Seeing it, Le Yun finally understood why the spiritual energy could break through the surface of the earth and be reflected in the sky. If I am not mistaken, it is the Tridacna spp., which is one of the seven treasures of Buddhism. It is extremely precious in itself, and the Tridacna clam fossil is even more precious. So precious.
The reason why aura is second only to the ink-colored water vat is that there is a difference in the rarity of the two treasures. After her research, she found out whether the ink-colored water vat is an extraterrestrial stone, or whether it is buried in the earth and has undergone hundreds of millions of years of change. The special material formed later is a rare foreign resource. Tridacna is a native product, so the aura of the ink-colored water tank is difficult to compare with other things.
The reason why there are many marine fossils gathered together is probably because they fell into the belly of the clam and were buried by the sea mud. After countless years of evolution, many marine organisms became fossils, and some sea mud became fossils. Became a stone.
The earth has undergone crustal changes, and the mountains in the sea have turned into mountains on land. The clams are still buried in the soil. Because the soil layer on the surface has not been washed away, they continue to sleep in the soil until an unexpected guest discovers the aura and digs it out. There's a chance they'll see the light of day soon.
There were originally a bunch of fish, shellfish and ambergris fossils. Le Yun was extremely happy. She also found a Tridacna fossil. A huge surprise fell from the sky. She was so surprised that her eyes were filled with stars and she grinned. Like a fool, he happily picked up the hoe and cleaned the soil again.
After unremitting efforts to clean up, the other half of the clam's shell was found. The gap between the shell and the shell was about 40 centimeters wide, with rocks and soil stuck in it. Judging from the position, the clam was lying sideways in the soil. , the mouth is tilted toward the sky, and the end is less than ten centimeters away from the bottom of the dug groove.
In order to dig out the fossils of Tridacna and all marine organisms, Le Yun dug downward again, and then dug about twenty centimeters deeper, and then dug clockwise along the edge of the aura range.
Based on the width of the aura, it was impossible to dig out the entire area in one night. In order to dig without being discovered during the day, she decided to dig a tunnel. Sound propagated slowly in the ground and was relatively small when it was transmitted out, making it difficult to be heard. As long as the dug grooves are camouflaged and covered, there is no need to worry about drones flying around in the sky.
Just start digging. Dig about 20 centimeters above the ground. First dig a step about one meter high, and then dig down step by step.
In order to dig out the treasure as soon as possible, Leyun also worked hard. She meditated on time at eleven o'clock. After one o'clock, she finished her practice, had something to eat and continued to work. She kept digging tunnels until she reached the rock layer on the side close to the mountain. It is very time-consuming to get stuck with stones. It only takes one night to dig out a tunnel that is as long as the arc corresponding to a 120° angle in the circle.
Because the sky was getting brighter, she had to crawl out of the tunnel to eat first, then find the groove surface of the wooden slats in the space, then put some rocks as a shelter, leave an entrance and exit, and cover it with a stone slab.
After reconnaissance, I continued working in the tunnel. I didn’t dare to work too hard during the day and tried not to make too much noise. I dug for a while and ran to the entrance and exit to check if anyone was passing by to make sure no one was working anymore.
After digging for a long time, because there were too many rocks on the mountainside, it was too easy to make clanking noises, so I dug counterclockwise. I dug with a thief-like mentality until dark, and then let go and went crazy again. When digging, the tunnel was opened until nearly ten o'clock.
Dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, mice give birth to cubs and they know how to burrow. After being a mouse for a while, Le Xiao’s classmate spent a lot of energy and worked hard, sweating profusely, and his hard work paid off. The connection is finally completed. Although it is not a perfect connection, it is a real connection.
After completing a big project, the little Loli was so tired that her back ached, her hands cramped, and her face was gray. She sat down on the ground and panted. Oh my god, digging for treasures is a physical job. It’s so tiring!
If handsome guy Yan was here and let him work as a digger, she wouldn't have to work so hard.
That’s not right!
Le Yun wiped her sweat and pressed her head. Why did she always think of that guy Yan when something happened?
After thinking for three seconds, she felt that she must be used to doing things around him, so the first thing she thought of when she encountered physical labor was Yan. Well, that guy was destined to be a hard worker!
(End of chapter)