The Lucky Farmgirl

Chapter 2307 - 2282: Completion

Keke continued walking for two more days, after they entered the desert for a day, before they scanned the area.

It wasn’t directly in front of them; the direction was somewhat off, yet still within the scanning range.

Manbao quietly informed Bai Shan.

Bai Shan didn’t ask anything, he just pretended to study the map for a bit before changing the team’s direction.

After walking for half a day, Keke said to Manbao, "Ahead is the radiation zone."

Manbao looked ahead but didn’t see the crater.

This was different from the known crater, so Manbao said nothing and led them forward.

After trotting on horseback for half an hour, they saw a crater. It wasn’t large, but unlike the usual craters seen in the desert, it was deeply smashed, exposing the sand and stone beneath.

Everyone moved closer to look. As soon as they saw it, two youth from Danshi Village who had searched for gems in a crater before said, "This is the kind of crater!"

Manbao turned to them and said, "Retreat ten miles and find a place to set up camp."

That way, they not only exited the radiation zone but also the sight range.

Everyone retreated in an orderly manner.

This time, Manbao and Bai Shan again only took Daji with them, but didn’t let Daji get close, just had him watch from afar.

This crater was deep but much smaller; inside were scattered stones, the largest only about the size of a head, with a thick stone shell which made its radiation less intense.

Some scattered small stones revealed beautiful colors inside; if someone passed by here, they would definitely take them as gems.

Manbao collected all the stones together and sent them to the classroom, then sat in the crater with Bai Shan to rest. Digging was exhausting.

Even with two excavation robots helping, they still had to gather and lift the stones together, right?

Bai Shan unearthed a very special stone from the sand and stones, curiously showing it to Manbao, "Look at this piece."

Without Keke identifying it, she said, "This didn’t fall from the sky."

Bai Shan couldn’t help but laugh, "I know it didn’t fall from the sky. Look, isn’t it smooth yet uniquely shaped?"

Manbao focused her gaze, the stone wasn’t very large but also not small, about a third her height, and as wide as her upper torso.

Half was buried under sand and stones before, the excavation robot dug beside it while excavating other stones, revealing half its body.

Bai Shan thought it looked nice, so he continued digging with a medicine hoe, then dug it out.

It appeared as if several stones were stacked together, but not tightly, giving a layered feeling, with many pores on the stone.

It looked like a cave.

Just the color wasn’t very nice; most was the yellow of sand, with some parts gray, hmm, gray-black.

Manbao bent her fingers and tapped it, producing a crisp sound, which was quite pleasant.

Manbao asked Keke, "It’s been here so long, is it toxic?"

Keke scanned it and said, "It’s not toxic."

The toxic parts were deeper sand and stones.

Manbao felt relieved and waved her hand, "If you like it, take it back."

So Manbao and Bai Shan carried a stone back to find Daji.

The two told him, "Those toxic stones have been dealt with, this one isn’t toxic."

"We think it looks nice, planning to give it to Mr. Zhuang."

What could Daji do? He could only reach out and take it to carry back for them.

Back at the camp, Bai Shan told them, "Everything has been dealt with, but some parts beneath the sand are contaminated, only time can slowly consume those toxins."

The guards had experience from before, agreed and began packing to return.

It’s toxic, so what? They wouldn’t come back here anyway.

Yet the two youths from Danshi Village felt somewhat disoriented. Just one day, and it was done?

They searched for this crater for fourteen days, but it only took one day to solve.

"Let’s go, let’s go back to find them, see if they have any news in that direction."

The other team did not find the crater in time, but they also gathered plenty of information according to Bai Shan’s style of inquiry. Anyone who saw that night’s anomaly was asked directions. Following the direction to search, they still had some news.

They went to several directions and villages, correcting the route maps and giving them to Bai Shan, which saved Bai Shan’s team a lot of effort.

Bai Shan thought for a while and asked them to return to Danshi Village first, "We’ll replenish water and supplies at the next village and follow your path to search, it’ll take up to a month back and forth, you should return to report your safety first."

Otherwise, the time they’d waste returning to Danshi Village and then coming out again would be too long.

Considering they’ve been out for over a month.

The people from Danshi Village had no objections, only leaving two to guide Bai Shan’s team, while the rest returned.

Because one team had already traveled, Bai Shan’s team saved time and effort; the guiding youth pointed far ahead and said, "Follow this road from noon to sunset, there’s a village, but they said the fireball fell in that direction. We went that way first, but took this road back, which was faster."

Bai Shan asked, "How much faster?"

"From that village walking in that direction a day into the desert, we kept going for four days without finding it; as half a month approached, we returned."

He said, "On the way back, just follow the sunrise direction and you’ll be out of the desert in two days; then from morning till lunchtime back to here. Look, there are our stakes still here."

The journey was indeed much shorter.

Bai Shan said, "We’ll take this route."

The youth from Danshi Village had experience in searching for the crater; he trusted their sense of direction.

Therefore, the group didn’t head toward the village, their water supply was sufficient, opting instead to go straight to the desert’s edge and enter.

In less than two days, they reached the place the youths mentioned, where marks were left as well—three stakes, still not toppled by wind and sand.

Arriving here, the youth didn’t know where to go next, he could only gesture, "They said they saw it fall in that direction; Aini intended to lead us further, but the desert was too deep, we feared the water supply wouldn’t last, and half a month came..."

Bai Shan indicated he understood, exchanged a look with Manbao, and decided to continue forward.

After another day and a half, when Manbao herself began doubting whether the youths really found the right direction, Keke said, "Found it."

Manbao perked up, took over from Bai Shan to lead, "We head that way."

This time even Daji looked over; every time Miss Man said this, the target was usually found.

Sure enough, the young master didn’t hesitate to change direction.

Daji didn’t ask, but silently led everyone to turn, increasing pace forward. Sure enough, by sunset, they found the crater.

Bai Shan glanced at the sky, turned and said, "Let’s go, first camp a bit further away, handle it tomorrow."