Some meteorites were very valuable. Some contained metals that were rare on Earth, or even didn't exist, and were worth far more than diamonds and gold.
Of course, most meteorites weren't that valuable.
Suddenly, Dollar whimpered warily. Luke turned his head, only to see that it was standing on a big rock and barking at the stream.
Luke was amused.
It was rare for an old dog like Dollar to have a childish side. Was it fighting a fish in the river?
There were no water snakes or crocodiles in the shallow stream.
Luke's Sharp Nose didn't detect the scent of these two dangerous creatures nearby.
Selina didn't think too much of it. She only saw Dollar barking at a fish.
That was how dogs were sometimes. When the wind blew a plastic bag over, they could fight a battle of wits with the air for a while.
Dollar had done a lot of similar silly things when it was young.
After Selina finished washing up, she returned, and they had breakfast.
Suddenly, there was a splash on the riverbank. Both of them turned their heads, and saw that Dollar was no longer on the big rock.
From the sound of the water alone, they knew that it had jumped into the stream.
Luke exclaimed in surprise. "Dollar seems very lively today."
Selina was vexed. "It's probably because it hasn't played with me for a long time. Isn't it afraid of getting sick?"
Luke said, "Not really. It's pretty hot now. It'll be fine as soon as it comes back."
As they chatted for a while, they heard Dollar splashing about in the stream.
But it was blocked by the big rock, and they couldn't see it.
Luke didn't think too much of it.
The stream was only twenty centimeters deep here, which wasn't enough to drown Dollar.
Sure enough, two minutes later, Dollar popped its head out of the big rock with a lively fish in its mouth.
Luke and Selina were lost for words. What was with this dog biting a live fish?
But before they could greet Dollar, as if it wanted to take credit, it opened its mouth, and the fish slipped out of its mouth and into the water before quickly slipping away.
Luke laughed. "Fine, we don't have to eat Dollar's saliva for lunch."
Selina shook her head helplessly. "I don't like this kind of fish."
On the other side, Dollar's fish had flown away, and it could only trot back with its big head and tail drooping. Its fur was dripping wet.
With quick reflexes, Luke decisively ran a few meters away.
In the next moment, Dollar shook itself off.
Countless water droplets sprayed out, drenching Selina, who didn't react fast enough.
She yelled angrily, "Dollar! Come here. "
Dollar shuddered as it approached her, but Selina grabbed it. "Luke, get me a big towel. This guy gets sick very easily right now."
Luke nodded with a smile and quickly gave her a towel.
On the other side, Selina wiped Dollar's wet fur and accused it in a low voice of being a bad guy who had just done something very, very bad.
Dollar looked at its little master innocently and whimpered as it stuck out its big tongue to lick her.
Selina put a stop to his fawning behavior. "Your punishment is not to act coquettishly this morning."
Dollar tilted its head and stuck out its tongue as it looked at its young master plaintively.
Interrupted by Dollar's diving incident, the two of them were delayed for twenty minutes.
After hastily finishing breakfast and packing up, the two of them and the dog walked at a normal pace in the direction of the meteor crash last night.
Selina was in a much better mood today. At the very least, she was talking to Dollar more often.
Dollar was a loyal listener who only listened and didn't argue.
Luke didn't interrupt the conversation between the man and the dog. He simply walked ahead of them a few steps ahead of them.
However, they had only walked for half an hour when they turned a corner, when they saw two men standing in the distance.
Looking at their attire, Luke coughed and gestured at Selina with his left hand behind him.
At the same time that he coughed, Selina immediately looked at him and saw his hand gesture. She stopped in her tracks.
Sizing up the two men in the distance, Selina said in a low voice, "FBI? What are they doing here? They're not chasing some fugitive, are they? "
Luke also said in a low voice, "I'll go up and ask. Wait here."
Selina nodded. She nodded.
Given Luke's combat ability, he naturally wasn't afraid of going alone.
Selina staying behind was also a warning to the target, in case someone thought that they could take them down at the same time.
Of course, they didn't suspect that there was anything wrong with the two men in the FBI tactical vests; they were just cooperating out of habit.
The FBI agents also noticed Luke and Selina. Seeing that Luke and Selina were coming over, one of them took a few steps forward and raised his hand to signal for them to stop. "We're on a mission. A dangerous fugitive has snuck into this area. It's not safe. You'd better go back immediately. Don't linger on the mountain. "
Luke stopped and said, "We're from the ranch on the mountain. Can I ask if the fugitive will run off to the ranch? "
The FBI agent wasn't impatient. He simply shook his head. "No, we're already searching for him. Don't worry. But leave the mountains as soon as possible to avoid danger. "
Luke nodded with a smile. "Thanks for the reminder. We're on our way." He then turned around and left.
After meeting up with Selina, Luke told her what the FBI agent had said. Selina simply nodded as she listened, and they turned around and walked back the way they had come.
After walking several hundred meters, Selina finally gestured at Luke with her eyes.
Luke nodded. "What do you want to ask?"
Selina asked, "Are they looking for the meteorite?"
Luke nodded. "I think so. As for the fugitive, we can ask Robert when we get back. "
As a town with a population of two thousand, Shackelford had ten regular police officers to serve the dozens of ranches around Shackelford.
If it were an ordinary town, such as Boom Town in Arizona, there would only be one sheriff and one deputy sheriff out of a thousand townspeople.
While Shackelford was small, the dozens of ranches around it weren't. Some of them had very large businesses, which was why they could afford to hire so many police officers.
Thus, the ranch was also under Robert's jurisdiction. If the FBI wanted to catch a suspect, they would usually have to talk to Robert first, or they would deserve to be in trouble.
Two people and one dog walked for a while. When they approached the edge of the mountain, Dollar suddenly shuddered and whimpered.
Luke and Selina looked at the same time, only to see that it seemed to be in pain. It slowly lay down on the ground before it suddenly started to roll around, and its whimpers turned into barks.
Selina turned pale with fright. "Dollar, what's wrong?"
Frowning, Luke stopped her. "Let me take a look." He then crouched down and pressed down on the struggling Dollar.
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