Chapter 571 Little Capable Ones (2/2)

Li Du looked at the time—it was only 2:30 am. There were two and a half more hours before daybreak.

Godzilla said, ”You guys sleep, I'll keep watch.”

”I'll keep watch too,” Li Du sighed. ”Darling, go to sleep and get some rest with the three kids.”

Sophie, who was still sleepy, smothered a yawn. Not being able to conquer her drowsiness, she went back to sleep with the three of them.

The starry sky became brighter during the second half of the night; it was full of flashing, colorful stars. Li Du remembered how he had seen the gem mine glittering under the sunlight. Both scenes were equally beautiful and mesmerizing.

Godzilla added more firewood to the bonfire in front of the tent so that the flames could be bigger.

Li Du got a box of sausages from the car and skewered them for grilling on the bonfire.

Godzilla beamed upon seeing the food.

”What an easily satisfied kid,” Li Du laughed. ”But this is for me. You gotta make your own.”

He usually replenished his energy through sleep and food. Since he could not sleep, he could only use food as sustenance.

The winds in the wilderness were mighty, causing the bonfire to make a hoo sound while dispersing the smell from the grilling sausages.

After eating five sausages that were as thick as small ham rolls, Li Du stood up to stretch.

He waved to Godzilla and then started to wander about under the night sky. At the same time, he released the little bug to continue its search for opals.

Using him as the center, the little bug flew in circular motions outwards. Hence, given this method of widening each circle, nothing would be missed.

He raised his head to look at the sky even though he could see nothing—his vision was that of the little bug's.

He didn't really want to look at the sky but instead wanted to give people the impression that he liked to gaze at the starry sky.

The little bug made many rounds and flew about for more than 10 minutes without discovering anything.

As he was about to despair, the little bug finally found a gemstone under a pile of rocks north of where he was.

He perked up upon seeing this gemstone—it was a huge opal. Being as large as a child's fist, he reckoned it was at least 1,000 carats.

For an opal to be of such size and weight it would have to be an extraordinary emergence—just like how Yao Ming had emerged from among the Chinese.

As far as he could see, this gemstone looked pure and was a nice color. It was not the best blood-red color but was orangey-red, resembling the colors of dusk.

The gemstone's location was quite deep in the ground, over three feet. But since it was quite a hefty size, Li Du was willing to put in the effort to retrieve it.

Hence, he squatted there to move the rocks away. Soon after, a furry creature appeared next to him and caused him to jump in fright. Only when he took a close look did he realize it was Crispy Noodles.

He'd been over the moon at discovering the huge gemstone and had let his guard down.

Upon seeing Crispy Noodles, he quickly looked around. Luckily, there was no one nearby—Godzilla was still grilling sausages while Big Quinn and Sophie were still sleeping soundly in the tent.

Crispy Noodles had appeared to lend a hand; he probably hadn't slept and when he discovered that Li Du was digging rocks, he ran out to help.

And so the man and the raccoon started to dig. Crispy Noodles was capable of digging and could dig much faster than Li Du.

As he dug deeper and deeper, it was apparent that he was much better at it. Eventually, Li Du stopped digging altogether and let Crispy Noodles do the work.