Paniola Ranch.
The sun sank toward the horizon.
The day's lessons had ended.
Ash and the others returned with their spoils.
All Ash and Stoutland had dug up were gemstone fragments.
They weren't entirely useless, but they were better than nothing.
So Olivia gave them 20 points.
This left Kiawe thrilled, and he was already figuring out how to revive them.
Unfortunately, Olivia told him, "We'll need further testing to determine whether they can be revived."
Mallow and Stoutland mostly found fresh Berries and some rare ingredients.
The biggest surprise was a rare Berry that gave off an unusual fragrance-a Lansat Berry.
She earned 250 points in total.
Sophocles hadn't dug around blindly.
Instead, he took out his tablet and quickly calculated a trajectory using a map and soil composition data.
"According to my model, the meteorite fell back then...
Right here!"
Stoutland dug and, sure enough, found a meteorite fragment gleaming with a metallic sheen.
Olivia awarded the meteorite fragment 300 points.
But Sophocles barely had time to celebrate...
Lana's luck, meanwhile, was off the charts.
Just as the second round of searching was about to end,
her Stoutland carried back a rough-looking Z Crystal, with what seemed like energy flowing inside.
This was the core material used to make a Z-Ring.
As Lana lifted the red cloth covering it,
"Oh my goodness, it's a Z Crystal!"
Olivia stepped forward in surprise and carefully examined the uncut stone.
"Lana, you're incredibly lucky!"
"Stoutland deserves the credit."
"This stone is of exceptional quality. I'll polish it and set it into a Z-Ring just for you, then return it once it's finished."
By Olivia's estimate, polishing and finishing the Z-Ring would take about two days.
Holding Popplio, Lana hurried to thank her.
"Thank you, Miss Olivia!"
"Congratulations, Lana!"
"You're getting a