"Boss, why has Sixth Brother not come back for such a long time? Has anything happened to him?" Deep in the Shining Cave, a teenager who looked half-grown said worriedly while vigorously hitting the bumpy rock wall in front of him with a sledgehammer in his hand.

"Hmph, what could possibly happen? The elves in the cave are too scared to come out, and the people outside are too scared to come in. What kind of accident could happen to him? I think he must be having fun with those wild elves and forgetting the time."

Before the man called the boss spoke, a middle-aged man with glasses and a shifty face said with disdain.

"Okay, let's get to work. Glasses' method won't last long. If we continue at this pace, we won't make any money, and we'll lose a lot of money including the principal and interest!"

Seeing that the two men had slowed down their movements because of their conversation, the man called the boss immediately scolded them.

"Yes Yes..."

Seeing the man glaring at them, the man with glasses and the young boy immediately sped up their movements.

The man called the boss is named A Bao, a well-known bully and hooligan in Guxiang Town at the foot of the mountain. He loves drinking and gambling and has caused a lot of trouble in the town. He is a frequent visitor to the police station.

Yan Jing'er, the black-handed boy nicknamed Loach, and several other people were also from Guxiang Town. Although they often committed petty thefts, their crimes were nothing compared to what Ah Bao had committed. Therefore, they were very afraid of Ah Bao, who had been famous in the town for a long time.

Actually, the plan of the Shining Cave was originally planned by Yan Jing'er and his friends, but A Bao somehow found out about their actions and insisted on intervening. Out of fear of A Bao, they had no choice but to agree, but fortunately, A Bao himself was quite powerful, and after he joined, he quickly tamed the wild elves in the Shining Cave and saved everyone a lot of trouble.

Although they were angry that Abao had robbed them of 70% of the proceeds from this operation, due to his character and strength, the others dared not speak out. Moreover, compared to the petty thefts in the past, if this was successful, even if they only got a small amount of money, it would be enough for them to live comfortably for a long time, so no one came out to resist.

However, in the casinos in the town, A Bao was famous for his shitty luck. The people in the casinos were very friendly to him as if they saw their own money bags. There was an old saying that nine out of ten people lose in gambling, but this saying did not apply to A Bao. He had been in the casinos in Guxiang Town for more than ten years but had never won once. Every time he lost everything, he came out in disgrace.

However, since Abao has some strength and often goes out with others to do some "private work", his income is pretty good. But every time he earns money, he immediately throws it into the casino. If he didn't rely on extortion and intimidation to get some food and drink, his life might be worse than that of the homeless people in the town.

A few days ago, when Abao lost all his money in the casino again, he found out that his way of making money was cut off because of the alliance's actions. Just when he was worrying about how to get the next gambling money, he happened to hear about the plan of Yan Jing and his friends from a younger brother.

Naturally, he would not let go of such an opportunity that came right to his doorstep, so he immediately intervened and became the so-called "boss" of this operation.

However, his bad luck seemed to have been brought here from the casino. A group of people had been digging hard in the Shining Cave for three or four days, but the results were very limited.

The fossils in the Shining Cave are not evenly distributed, but randomly scattered in the rock layers. Therefore, digging for fossils in the Shining Cave is a job that tests your luck. Some trainers who come here for the reputation of the cave may find nothing after digging for a whole week, while others may find something after the first strike of the hammer.

A Bao and his group undoubtedly belong to the former. After four days, seven or eight of them only dug out two fossils. Not to mention making money at this efficiency, if they go out normally, they can still get a small gift from the Fossil Research Institute and an encouragement that they will definitely do it next time.

The longer the time drags on, the greater the possibility of their plan being exposed, so for the past two days, several people have been digging in the cave almost day and night. Even the miners in the black coal field are not as hard-working as them.

But it is obvious that sometimes hard work does not necessarily bring rewards. Every blow from the pickaxe not only breaks the rocks on the rock wall, but also their already fragile patience.

"Loach, where are your ghost elves? Why can't I see them?"

After another pickaxe strike, looking at the rock wall which remained unchanged, the impatience on Abao's face reached its peak. He threw the tool in his hand to the ground, glanced around and asked in confusion.

"I don't know. Maybe he went out to play?" Upon hearing this, Loach realized that his elf was not here.

"Idiot, what if they run away and are found by that guy from Langzhuang? Hurry up and get them back for me!"

“Yes, yes~!”

Hearing Abao's voice of suppressed anger, Loach's whole body trembled like a sieve, and he immediately agreed loudly and ran out in a panic.

After seeing the loach run away, A Bao simply sat on the ground and looked at everyone like a supervisor:

"What are you looking at? Hurry up and dig. If I see anyone slacking off, I'll smash his head with my pickaxe!"

Knowing Ah Bao's temper, everyone immediately turned around, raised the tools in their hands and waved them vigorously, fearing that they would be pulled out by him to vent their anger if they were slow.

After Abao stopped to rest, a magical thing happened. After three or four days of hard digging without any results, good news came one after another from under the pickaxes of the people. In just a few minutes, three more fossils were dug out.

Although these three pieces plus the previous two pieces only totaled five pieces, which was a drop in the bucket compared to their expectations, it undoubtedly gave a shot in the arm to the people who were already on the verge of despair, making them swing the pickaxes in their hands even harder.

Seeing that the fossils had been shipped, Abao looked happier than anyone else. He immediately walked forward and put all the fossils into his arms.

Seeing this, everyone was angry but dared not say anything, so they had to continue digging, hoping to dig more so that they could get a bigger share of the pie.

With the fossils in his arms, Abao glanced at the backs of everyone, his big round eyes rolling around in his sockets, as if he was calculating the value of the five fossils or some other bad ideas, his ferocious eyes flashing with a cunning light.

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