Meteorite Distribution
It had to be admitted: there were always some lucky people who managed to get there first. Take the group of poachers, fossil hunters, gold prospectors, and meteorite hunters Li Bai had encountered. Good people had good luck, and bad people had theirs too.
The meteorite that had caused the turboprop airliner crash had barely hit the ground before becoming their prey. They had collected a whole pile in just one day, but only the one who laughed last was the true winner.
All the meteorite hunters' gains had ended up in Li Bai's hands, but that wasn't even the biggest prize.
The most valuable thing was a chart predicting the distribution of the impact sites. These guys were pretty impressive. Not only could they calculate where the Perseid Meteor Shower was most likely to have left meteorites, they could also work out a distribution map in the shortest possible time.
After the guys tracking the Perseid Meteor Shower had finished confessing, Li Bai took out a satellite phone and called the duty staff at the Chinese embassy in Congo (Kinshasa), asking them to send someone to take custody of the poachers.
In many cases, the laws of African countries were little more than window dressing. Nobody cared if you picked up meteorites, dug for fossils, panned for gold, or searched for gems.
Poaching wild animals was the one exception. That was absolutely forbidden. The international community was watching, after all, so the local authorities couldn't just slack off. Did they want international loans? International aid? Poor countries that would fall into civil war if they went a single day without outside support had no choice but to watch what others thought and do their best to enforce the law. That was also why so many brazen Animal