Xia Chujian continued, "But after comparing the mineral composition in the upper, middle, and lower reaches of the creek, we discovered something strange."
"In the middle reach of that creek, groundwater seems to have suddenly surged up from below, causing the concentration of certain underground minerals there to be far higher than downstream."
"But there isn't even a trace of those minerals upstream."
"And there's nothing visibly wrong with the creek's surface."
Huo Yushen pondered this. "...Why did you specifically choose that creek when surveying for mineral deposits?"
Xia Chujian thought, It takes an expert to get straight to the heart of the matter.
Wasn't that exactly the right question? Xia Chujian said, "...It was because of that time I had a conflict with Shan Jingsheng and tracked that herd of Lù Shǔ."
They had argued over it on the Public Channel back then, so everyone knew what had happened.
Xia Chujian continued, "Shan Jingsheng didn't find the Lù Shǔ, and I couldn't find them either. I only followed their hoofprints until I reached that creek..."
"It was as if they had vanished into thin air. Now that I think about it, it was very similar to how our trainees disappeared."
Huo Yushen frowned deeply. "Do you remember where that creek is?"
Xia Chujian said, "I marked its coordinates on my mecha's Radar."
Actually, Seven Lù had kept track of them for her...
But close enough—her mecha's Radar had kept track of them.
Huo Yushen glanced at the sky beyond the flying vehicle's porthole.
The sun had already set. Dusk hung heavy, and dark clouds obscured the moon in the night sky. It was not a clear night.
Huo Yushen said, "Give me the coordinates. I'll go take a look alone. It's already dark outside. You're not going out."
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