Chapter 1177 Critical Situation (1/2)

Li Du thought it was unlucky that these meteorite hunters seemed to have some hatred

for the rich, or maybe just people who were like the Ford brothers. Therefore, they were

prejudiced against him.

After all, the hunters had been in the Antarctic for some time, and according to Steve,

the Ford brothers had arrived at the end of the Antarctic polar night season this year but

did not found anything until now.

The Ford brothers had been unsatisfied with these hunters since the beginning.

Now, after Steve has been here just a few days, Li Du helped him find a big meteorite.

Of course, the Ford brothers were now even more dissatisfied with their hired men and

might have nagged them every day.

It was for this reason that the hunters were a little impatient with Li Du. After all, the

main reason they have been out of favor these two days was that he found a meteorite.

These were just his thoughts, but it was not that simple. Another reason was that

because of the harsh climate in Antarctica, meteorite hunters were rare. They had

considered all the meteorites here like meat on their plate, waiting to be taken.

Now Li Du took the biggest piece of meat, so how could they think kindly of him?

Facing the hostile eyes of the hunters, Li Du smacked his lips and said, ”You seem to

misunderstand me, I think. We are companions. Shouldn't we be more hospitable to our

companions?”

The bearded hunter gave him a sneer and waved his hand. ”Bullshit. You are rich, we

are just workers. You pay and we work, we are not companions.”

Brother Wolf frowned and whispered, ”Boss, should we teach them a lesson?”

Li Du shook his head and smiled. ”No, I know what to do.”

Their insolence reminded him of Aubrey and Holiday who stayed at Lightning Ridge to

dig out opals for him. They were not bad guys, just rude and more approachable than

the Ford brothers.

However, making friends with them required some cunning. First of all, he had to disarm

them.

Li Du noticed that the place where they found the meteorite was near the coast, where

some Emperor penguins lived. According to the plan, they were going to search along

the coast first.

He noticed where the meteorite hunters were standing, took a coil of rope from the sled,

and put it over his shoulder.

A young hunter nearby noticed his behavior and sneered in a low voice, ”Are you going

down the mine? Well, it's too bad. The meteorite is not in a mine or a pit.”

When meteorites hit the ground, they would inevitably produce a pit. Some pits would

rise to ground level in time, but some still remained, and finding meteorites in the pits

was the focus of meteorite-hunting.

Li Du looked at him and said, ”Why do you hate me? Can't you just be nice?”

The young man humphed and said, ”Nice be damned, give me the meteorite you found

yesterday and I might be a little nicer to you.”

Li Du smiled and said, ”Dream on. You will only make me despise you this way, do you

understand? If you have a problem with me, you can say so. Why are you acting sneaky

like a mouse?”

The young hunter was angry but did not show his wrath. He glared at Li Du and left

angrily.

Big Beard was right. They worked for the Ford brothers. There was a class gap between

them and they would not dare to offend their employers.

The hunters had many tools, most of which were metal detectors, which were kind of

like minesweepers in the old military movies. Li Du had seen them in movies and TV

shows where engineers looked for mines.

In principle, the two tools were similar in relying on the current in the coil to generate a

magnetic field. Once metal impurities enter the magnetic field area, it would be

disturbed and an alarm signal would be sent out.