Chapter 1024 Unexpected (1/2)

Looking at the huge pit, Li Du inhaled. This is different from what I imagined.

He had imagined, or rather concluded from what Musa had vaguely told him, that there

should be a deserted mountain near the river. The river would wash large amounts of

Kimberlite rock as it flowed down the mountain. There would be raw, unrefined

diamonds in the river and on its banks.

However, what lay before his eyes was a deserted diamond crater, one that had already

been reclaimed!

It was a reclaimed mine with a river surrounding it. The area had been dug and pitted.

The earth was piled up beside the pits, forming little mounds. Those were the marks of

mechanical work.

Also, not long after they arrived at the abandoned crater, someone crawled out from the

crater pit.

Obviously, there were many others besides Musa who knew that there were diamonds

in the area.

Two middle-aged black men crept out, their bodies smeared in soil. They were happily

chatting, but stopped once they noticed Li Du and his two companions, especially the

big-sized Godzilla.

The two of them observed Li Du and his gang cautiously, and walked off from another

side of the crater, keeping their hands on the cloth bags hanging from their waists.

Li Du let out the little bug to take a peek in the small cloth bags. There were diamonds

in both of them, one diamond in one sack and two in the other.

This discovery reversed Li Du's feelings of disappointment. Judging by the loot of that

duo, there still seemed to be diamonds in the crater.

Why, then, did the previous owner abandon it?

He did not know, and nobody would give him the answer now.

Li Du walked to another hill, which overlooked the river, and saw more people.

Dozens of native men and women were busy in the river. Bending from their waists,

they were shaking nets in the water, washing off the sand. After removing the fine sand,

they looked for diamonds inside.

Li Du heaved a sigh and walked towards the river.

The people at the river spotted him and began straightening up, keeping their eyes on

him.

Li Du gave a smile and said, ”Hi, good afternoon, everyone.”

Nobody replied, and everyone only kept looking at him warily.

Li Du asked, ”May I ask, has this mining site been abandoned?”

The black people remained silent, staring at him coolly.

Seeing that, Li Du shrugged. It seemed impossible to get an answer out of these

people.

As the rest of Li Du's group approached, the people at the river became even more

guarded.

Most of them stopped sieving out diamonds from the sand. Instead, they poured the

scoops of sand into their sacks and wheeled the heavy sacks away on their small

wheelbarrows.

Looking at the place, Li Du did not know how he could utilize the little bug's ability. It

seemed that searching for diamonds here would not be much easier than at the

diamond garden.

It was already noon. No matter what, they were unable to leave now.

Li Du suggested they should set up their tents here temporarily, and after some

wandering, Brother Wolf and Big Ivan found a couple of houses.

Having ready houses would make things better, as they would not have to sleep in the

tents.

The houses were small and low, built of mud and stones. Most of them did not have

windows or doors.

Li Du was easily contented, however, and felt that having such houses in the wilderness

was good enough.

There were about twenty to thirty such mud huts. Perhaps they had been inhabited by