Among the ores, Li Du found a bright gemstone.
The gemstone was about the size of a newborn's palm. It had a light black base, was crystal clear, and had a variety of colors on it.
To describe it, the gemstone was like a palette. Someone had sprinkled various colors of paint on it, which were crisscrossed and had a strange beauty.
Black opal!
Li Du recognized its identity at a glance.
Yes, this was a black opal, and it was a high-quality gemstone with a black base.
As everyone knew, black opal generally referred to precious opals that were black or gray in color and had a color-changing effect. It was a kind of colored opal that could appear bright on a dark base tone.
Black opal did not mean that it was completely black. It was just that its base tone was darker than other types of opals that had a lighter base tone.
However, in reality, opals with a natural black base tone did exist. They were the royalty of opals, and because of their shape and rarity, they were expensive.
Now, Li Du saw a piece embedded in the wall.
Regarding this, he was not surprised. Before he had released the little bug, he had already guessed it.
The black opals in Lightning Ridge were different from the fire opals in the national park. They were not independent, but embedded in the stone and integrated with it.
This made it more difficult to find them. Like jade, black opals were wrapped in stone. To find them, one had to crush the stone.
However, people could not crush all the ores on this land one by one. No one had the energy and financial resources to do so.
Generally speaking, the discovery of black opals followed a pattern. They rarely appeared alone. When they appeared, there were often many pieces, forming a black opal belt.
In this case, the crushing work was aimed at the black opal belt. After a black opal was found, all the surrounding stones would be crushed.
However, not all black opals existed in the belt. Therefore, many black opals were hidden in the ores and were overlooked. The gemstones found by tourists were often found under such circumstances.
Li Du knew that he would find black opals in the ores dug out of the ground, but he did not expect to see them for the first time in the current situation.
He found black opals, but he could not go inside and take them out. This building, like Single Prince's Castle, was the property of the town government. It was considered something like an intangible cultural heritage, and people were not allowed to dismantle it.
The little bug continued to fly along the wall, and another beautiful black opal appeared in his field of vision.
Li Du knew that no matter how many gems there were inside, he would not be able to obtain them.
Logically speaking, under such circumstances, it was best for him not to continue watching. It was purely a waste of energy, and it would even tempt him.
However, this was human nature. Li Du was curious and wanted to see how many black opals there were inside. He wanted to know how unlucky the person who built the building was to miss out on so many precious gems.
The little bug flew back and forth among the buildings and kept finding black opals. Three pieces, four pieces, five pieces, eight pieces, ten pieces … Li Du was too lazy to count. There were at least tens of millions of Australian dollars worth of gemstones!
Moreover, he gradually realized that the owner of the building might have noticed these gems. Some of the gems were on the surface of the inlaid ores. The ores had been polished and inlaid, so it was impossible for the owner to not notice the gems.
Therefore, thinking about what had happened to the owner of the building, Li Du guessed that the owner of the building was not looking for gems to make a fortune, but to vent his dissatisfaction with his fate.
He found the gems, but he did not take them out to sell. He sealed the gems in the building and left his experience on the building to laugh at this absurd world.
This was Li Du's guess. He finally took back the little bug and regretfully left the strange building.
He said to Brother Wolf, who was driving, "There are gems inside, very valuable gems."
Brother Wolf said, "Do you want them?"
Li Du shook his head. "This doesn't belong to us, and I can't spend money to buy this building. I don't think the town government will sell it."
If the town government wanted to sell it, Li Du would be too embarrassed to buy it and then take out the gems. The owner of the building used this to express his despair and grievances. If he destroyed it for the sake of the gems, it would be too despicable.
Brother Wolf said, "There are no surveillance cameras around. I will smash it at night and take out the gems inside."
Li Du laughed and said, "No, no, there is no need, man. There is a gem mine under our feet and a gem mine around us. We don't have to take the gems from here. There are other places."
As it turned out, he was very confident in his words.
After driving around outside for a whole day and burning a lot of gasoline, he didn't get anything. The little bug flew through so many stones and didn't find any more gems!
From this, it could be seen how careful the local miners were. Unless there was a special reason, they would not let go of any piece of ore they passed by. As long as there was a black opal, they would definitely find it and take it away.
In the evening, after wandering around outside for a whole day, they returned to the hotel covered in dust.
Sophie did not go with them. She took care of the four little ones at home.
Ah Ow and the other two little ones were full of energy and did not like Ali. The three of them formed an alliance and thought of ways to bully Ali. Sophie was exhausted, but still could not guard them.
When Li Du returned home, Ah Meow was running up the ceiling with Ali in its mouth.
His movements were very agile. After running a few steps along the ground, he rushed up the wall, climbed to the ceiling, and then jumped onto the blade of the ceiling fan.
Like an extreme sports expert, he ran along the wall, turned around, jumped up, grabbed the fan blade with one claw, and jumped up.
After jumping onto the fan blade, he opened his mouth, put Ali on it, and jumped back onto the bed.
Ah Ow and Crispy Noodles looked up, the standard posture of watching a fire from the other side of the river.
Ali was so scared that it did not dare to move. At the same time, it continued to urinate, and a little water dripped from the fan blade.
At this time, Li Du happened to enter the door. When it saw Li Du, it squeaked. Its small body swayed, and the fan blade swayed with it. Ali suddenly slid down.
Li Du quickly used his ability to slow down time and quickly went up to catch Ali with his hands open.
A figure jumped up from the bed. Ah Meow jumped into the air and opened its mouth to catch Ali's head.
Li Du took the opportunity to hold Ali's butt, then slapped Ah Meow on the head and said angrily, "What do you want?"
If Ah Meow had not come to rescue Ali, he would have beaten the little b * tch today.
However, looking at Ah Meow's rescue posture, he obviously knew what he was doing. He just wanted to scare Ali and did not want to kill it.
After Li Du caught it, it burrowed into Li Du's arms, revealing only its big, watery eyes as it looked outside in horror.
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