Treasure Hunting

To be honest, Zhang Tie hadn't been harboring any hopes of getting rich while fussing around in that patch of ruins. He had merely been pretending to be a Prospector for so long that, now that he had truly arrived at these relics, he was curious to see whether he could find something.

Finding something would be ideal; if he found nothing, it didn't matter. The very process of treasure hunting amid ruins held an immense allure.

Zhang Tie remembered that when he had worked at the general store, Tang De would often pile together all sorts of miscellaneous junk and sell it in heaps. Every now and then, he would slip one or two items worth a little money into the pile. Yet this sales tactic often produced unexpectedly good results. Tang De had said that was the joy of treasure hunting.

Many times, if something was placed openly before you for the taking, you might not be interested at all. But if it was hidden away, or if you obtained it by surprise, that joy might leave an incredibly deep impression on you.

The most thrilling part of being a Prospector—and the most important reason so many people joined the profession—was the excitement brought by searching for treasure in ruins. Such a hunt might only net you some trinket worth a few coins, or it might make you rich overnight. It was precisely this uncertainty that made it so irresistible.

It wasn't as though no one had considered excavating those ruins over the past few days. But if one person did it alone, they likely wouldn't see any results even after a month or two, and most individuals couldn't carry enough supplies underground to last that long. If there were more people, however, it was hard to say