Chapter 1034 Enriched Mine (1/2)

Two beaten-up pickups turned around, heading northwest.

There were still many trees around. However, the landscape was no longer that of a

primal rainforest, but of smaller tree groups.

Many small forests formed plots of land, one plot after another. They resembled ancient

rainforests and were a sight to touch people's hearts.

In the car, Li Du asked, ”The place where you found diamonds, wasn't it where Buick

and his people found diamonds as well? That abandoned mine?”

Musa nodded and then shook his head, ”There hab also, I got see before, but many, uh,

many no there, is there!”

He pointed in the northwest direction again.

Li Du recalled that time when Buick arranged women for everyone but left Musa out.

Musa had mumbled a few sentences to show his displeasure.

Straining his memory, he remembered Musa saying something about him being angry,

not telling Li Du something, and saying that Li Du had made a mistake.

As Musa's Mandarin was poor, Li Du had not understood him. Now that he thought of it,

it seemed like Musa had long tried to tell him that the diamond mine was not at the

abandoned mining site.

Li Du nodded to Brother Wolf, ”Step it up, drive faster.”

Brother Wolf responded, ”The condition of the road is too poor. If we go faster, the car

will break down.”

Even going slow, however, the beaten-up cars were unable to handle the ruggedness of

the forest terrain.

The car stayed on the road that wound around the mountain, one round after the next.

The two cars broke down five times altogether in less than one hour. Fortunately,

Brother Wolf and Big Ivan were experts at repairing cars.

The two men had put their heads together, and finally, the car was able to move on.

Li Du still found it unbelievable and asked Musa, ”This place is very far from your tribe,

right? The drive is taking such a long time, so how did you guys find that diamond

mine?”

Musa said, ”Climb mountain, walk straight find, walk.”

Lu Du said, ”You're saying that if we step out of the car, we could climb the mountain

faster? Then we wouldn't have to cope with these roads, right? How long did it take you

to walk there before?”

Musa hugged his arms and stopped talking. Or, at least, he wasn't talking to Li Du. His

lips were moving but he did not make a sound.

Li Du waited and then asked again, ”How long did you guys walk that time? Is there

something you are trying to say?”

Musa said slowly, ”Many long, many long, I still think.”

Li Du said in consternation, ”How long is that?”

Musa stopped to think again, and in the end, he said, ”Many long, many long!”

Li Du understood that further questioning would be useless.

At the end of September, South Africa entered its rainy season, and the weather had

changed.

Less than four days had passed since the last storm, and in the morning, when they

were traveling on the mountain terrain, Li Du saw that the sky had turned red. He said,

”Is it going to rain again?”

In the afternoon, the sky turned gloomy and there was another huge storm. The rain fell,

pit-pat, pit-pat.

Seeing that, Brother Wolf, who had been preparing to start the fire for cooking, jumped

up and yelled, ”Hurry, let's go!”

Li Du, seeing that Brother Wolf's frantic manner, asked, ”Why? Will there be a mudslide

here?”

Brother Wolf shook his head. ”No, this area is a stone mountain, not a mud mountain.

There are many trees and rocks. The chances of a mudslide are not high. However, a

flood might easily happen. If water enters the exhaust and engine, we're finished!”

Although they managed to drive off in time, soon after the cars broke down anyway.

The rain was too heavy, the mountain terrain was too rough, and one of the tires ended

up with a puncture.

Brother Wolf went down and placed a boulder to keep the car in place. When he came