After working for another two days, when it was almost the middle of May, Li Du's mine finally approached the location of the gemstones in the number 114 mine.
As he approached the location of the first black opal, he replaced Brother Wolf, who was mining in the mine, and went down to do it himself.
These days, he, Brother Wolf, and Godzilla had been taking turns to mine the mine. Lu Guan handled the excavated gravel, so no one thought it was unusual for him to go down the mine at this time.
As usual, Sophie warned him to be careful. Li Du put on his helmet and climbed into the mine. Seeing this, Ali jumped into his arms and wanted to follow him into the mine.
Li Du did not want to bring it along. From time to time, gravel would fall out of the mine and could easily hurt it.
However, this time Ali had to go down because Ah Ow, Ah Meow, and Crispy Noodles were bored and looking for toys.
Needless to say, Ali was the best toy in their eyes.
The environment of the mine was harsh and the ventilation was poor. Although Li Du used tools such as local ventilators and ventilators, it was still a little stuffy in the mine.
A wire fell down, and the mine was surrounded by iron frames with electric lights hanging on them. The electric lights emitted heat and made the mine hotter.
It was the first time Ali had entered such an environment. Scared like a guide dog, it clung tightly to Li Du's calf.
Bang! A piece fell down. Hearing this sound, Ali jumped three feet high in fear and looked around for danger with its eyes wide open.
Li Du laughed and patted its head. "It's okay, it's safe down there."
He released the little bug, found the location of the nearest gem, and carefully lifted the crusher to mine the area.
Black opals were very fragile. The crusher was too strong, and the rock formation had a good vibration transmission effect. In this case, if one was not careful, it was likely that the gem would also be broken when breaking the rock.
Li Du first used the crusher to make an opening, and then replaced it with a small hammer and chisel.
Through the little bug's vision, he could see that the breaking would affect the gem. If he continued to use this thing, the gem would soon be broken.
This was a common problem in the process of digging black opal. Other people did not have the little bug that could travel through the rock formation, so they did not know where to find black opals.
Therefore, in the process of reclamation, they had to be extra careful. As soon as they found traces of gems, they had to quickly put down the crusher and use tools such as pickaxes, hammers, and chisels to work.
Many gems were inadvertently destroyed. In Lightning Ridge, it was common to see miners running to bars to get drunk. Most of them did so because of this reason.
They might work for several days or even dozens of days without any results. Then, one day, they finally found a gem, but because they didn't change to a small tool in time, they destroyed the gem.
Black opals were easily broken into small pieces, which made them worthless. There was no market for glued broken black opals.
Like sculpting a piece of art, Li Du used the hammer to hit the chisel, and slowly approached the location of the gem.
He chiseled around the location of the gem and finally chiseled out a stone the size of a papaya.
Black oppa was in there, and they continued to mine it in exchange for sharper and more sensitive tools, such as water cutters and water grinders.
Summoning the little bug, he prepared to put it into the black hole.
The little bug flew out again, but without waiting for his order, it quickly burrowed into the head of Ali, who was hiding behind Li Du's calf!
Seeing this, Li Du confirmed a guess. He roughly knew how the little bug would choose animals to change their brains and absorb the energy in their bodies.
She only chose those animals that truly trusted Li Du, especially Ah Ow. The first thing Ah Ow saw when she first opened her eyes was Li Du. After that, Li Du was the one who raised her, so her feelings for Li Du were like those of a parent.
After these days of contact, Li Du had constantly protected Ali from the bullying of Ah Ow, Ah Meow, and Crispy Noodles. Ah Ow's affection for him had continued to increase, and so had her trust in him.
Finally, when they were in the mine, these feelings reached a critical point. After the little bug sensed it, it began to change it.
A few seconds later, the little bug came out again. It was slightly bigger than before, and it seemed to have evolved a little.
Ali's big eyes were even more lustrous. It tilted its head and looked at Li Du. Li Du also looked at it and felt that its eyes were more intelligent.
The man and the beast looked at each other for a few seconds. Then Ali jumped up to him and jumped vigorously for him to hold it.
Li Du laughed. He touched the little kangaroo's head and said, "Be good. I'll take you up later. Now play by yourself, okay?"
The little kangaroo blinked and jumped again to a section of the mine behind Li Du.
Li Du picked up the crusher and continued to work. Some gravel burst out. Previously, the little kangaroo didn't know anything, so Li Du had to use his legs to block and protect it.
This time, it hid behind a large piece of ore and looked out from time to time. When it was sure that Li Du was still there, it continued to hide behind the stone.
The black opal vein was very concentrated, and these gems were all in the surrounding area. Li Du called Godzilla down to help. The two worked together, and his harvest was faster.
Godzilla and Brother Wolf both had one advantage. No matter what they saw, they didn't care or ask. Like soldiers, they carried out Li Du's orders.
As for the result? That was none of their business.
It took Li Du a week to mine to this position, and then only one day to dig out all the gems in the vein.
He had dug out a total of 55 gems here. Because the gems were wrapped in stone, they took up a lot of space. More than half of the bug's black hole space was occupied.
After digging out the ore, the rest was backfilling.
Li Du returned to the surface and said, "Have a good rest tonight. Starting tomorrow, we'll fill the mine."
Lu Guan asked in surprise, "Not digging anymore? We haven't found anything yet. "
This was the difference between Lu Guan, Brother Wolf, Godzilla, and Big Quinn. The two of them liked to ask Li Du when they had doubts.
Li Du said, "The purpose of digging this mine is not to find any gems, but to disgust that bastard Blanchett."
Lu Guan asked, "How do you disgust him? Unless we dig out gems, he won't feel disgusted. "
Li Du laughed and said, "We can't dig out gems, but there are people here who can. Watch me. When we go back to town today, you go and spread the news that we have dug out gems in the number 115 mine."
Lu Guan still wanted to ask, but Li Du did not want to explain, so he said, "You just do the publicity, and I will find gems to help you smooth things over. When the time comes, not only can we disgust Blanchett, but maybe we can also find someone to take over the number 115 mine."
"In addition, Sophie, call President Cole of the Winston group and ask him if he needs high-quality black opal."
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