Alaska Gold Rush Diary

The incident happened suddenly that day. Before the two of them could finish digging out the remaining gold deposits, Zhou Xin was taken away for investigation.

These past few days, Edward has strictly followed Zhou Xin's instructions and stayed in the camp without going out, so there are still seven or eight sites that have not been excavated.

Looking at the points marked with small red flags, Zhang Jianing's face was full of curiosity.

"Is there gold down there?"

"That's right, Xin marked these out using the Golden Aura Observation Technique," Edward explained.

Zhou Xin had previously said that the matter of the Golden Qi Observation Technique did not need to be hidden from his teammates, and he also knew that it could not be hidden, so he just said it directly.

"Golden Qi Observation Technique?" Zhang Jianing frowned, struggling to translate this strange term into its corresponding Chinese in her mind.

"That's right, that's the secret to our abundant gold harvest!" Edward said smugly.

Zhang Jianing looked at Zhou Xin with a puzzled expression, clearly confused by Edward's words.

After all, she grew up in China and her understanding of China was far superior to Edward's.

Therefore, Zhou Xin knew that while the mysterious Eastern power might fool Edward, it certainly wouldn't fool Zhang Jianing.

But the "smell of gold" is his deepest and most important secret, and even though he gets along quite well with Zhang Jianing now, he will not easily tell her the secret.

He doesn't want to repeat the mistakes of "King of Gold" McDonald.

He then coughed twice and said in Chinese, "Please forgive me for not being able to explain this too clearly. Just consider it an intuition, an intuition about gold."

Zhang Jianing knew he wasn't telling the truth, but she didn't say anything more and just smiled and nodded.

However, a strange sense of loss welled up inside her...

Next, Edward volunteered to demonstrate to Zhang Jianing how to mine for gold.

As he operated the machine, he explained the details that Zhang Jianing needed to pay attention to.

Zhou Xin would occasionally add his own insights, hoping to help her grasp them as quickly as possible.

A dozen minutes later, accompanied by Zhang Jianing's joyful cheer, Edward proudly showed her the gold he had just dug up.

Unfortunately, this piece of gold wasn't very big, only about the size of a soybean.

"Wow, that's amazing! I didn't know you could actually dig gold directly out of the ground like that!"

Zhang Jianing's deep blue eyes widened, her face filled with barely suppressed excitement.

"Next, dig it yourself, just like Edward just demonstrated."

"Yes, yes, I'll practice harder!" She clenched her fist, her pretty face full of fighting spirit.

She squatted down next to the marked spot and began to dig.

Zhou Xin and Edward watched from the side, occasionally pointing out areas in her operation that might affect efficiency.

However, she dug for more than half an hour and still hadn't found any gold.

The detector kept emitting a heart-wrenching beeping sound, indicating that the gold was still deeper inside.

It wasn't that she was digging too slowly; it was because she had already dug a very deep hole.

"I'm sorry, I'm so stupid, I couldn't find it for so long."

Zhang Jianing was somewhat anxious and discouraged.

Zhou Xin and Edward exchanged a glance, both looking somewhat dazed.

After this period of excavation, they have been able to roughly determine the size of the underground gold by the pitch of the sound from the detector.

The almost ear-piercing beeping of the detector indicated that the gold below was definitely not small.

In particular, Zhou Xin also possesses a "smell for gold".

At this moment, an extremely rich, golden smell emanated from the pit that Zhang Jianing had dug.

He was absolutely certain that this was a super-sized item, possibly even larger than the nugget he had previously unearthed!

Although he can roughly estimate the size of underground gold from its smell, this is also affected by the burial depth and the surface covering.

He hadn't paid much attention to this spot earlier, assuming it was just a gold nugget at most the size of a fingernail.

As Zhang Jianing continued to uncover more, his judgment was constantly being updated.

"Keep digging, maybe there's a surprise waiting for you down there," Zhou Xin comforted Zhang Jianing, who was becoming increasingly discouraged.

Zhang Jianing nodded and continued digging.

Zhou Xin and Edward had no intention of helping, because they didn't want to deprive Zhang Jianing of her happiness.

The pleasure derived from watching others dig up gold is vastly different from the pleasure of finding gold yourself through digging.

Zhang Jianing dug for several more minutes, and suddenly, a piece of gold the size of a palm rolled out along with the soil as she dug.

Zhang Jianing was stunned, because this was completely beyond her comprehension.

If the gold hadn't been so large that the dust couldn't completely cover its surface color, she would have definitely thought it was a stone.

She turned to look at Zhou Xin, who smiled and nodded at her.

"I...I found it?"

With her right hand, clad in sun-protective gloves, trembling slightly, she picked up the gold and stood up.

"My God, my God, you actually dug up a gold nugget on your first try, and such a huge super gold nugget at that!" Edward wailed.

"Is...is this really a piece of gold?" Zhang Jianing was still somewhat dazed.

"That's right, this is a genuine piece of gold. It seems your luck is better than the two of us combined," Zhou Xin said with a smile.

Only then did Zhang Jianing realize that she had really struck gold, and the dazed look on her face was gradually replaced by excitement.

"Haha, I actually struck gold! This is like a dream!"

In contrast, Edward became somewhat frustrated, muttering to himself.

"She found a gold nugget on her first try, and Xin also found one, but I've never seen one yet..."

"Is this piece of gold very big? Why did Edward react like that?" Zhang Jianing asked in Chinese, seeing Edward's strange expression.

"It's not just big, it's extremely big. He must have suffered a blow or a shock, because the weight of this piece of gold is almost equal to his total harvest over this period of time."

Roughly estimated, this gold nugget is at least 15 ounces or more.

"Huh?" Zhang Jianing exclaimed in surprise.

"Often, luck is more important than hard work, and that's part of the fun of gold mining."

"I've definitely started to enjoy it; it's like opening blind boxes, no, it's much more addictive than that!"

She smiled broadly and handed over the gold in her hand.

"No need, you can keep it for now. I'll weigh it for you when we get back at noon," Zhou Xin said.

He hadn't figured out how to split the profits with Zhang Jianing yet; they hadn't even discussed it before.

So he decided to record Zhang Jianing's findings first, and then find a suitable opportunity to discuss it with her.

Zhang Jianing obediently put away the gold nugget and said, "I already know how to mine gold. Let me mine it myself from now on. If I don't understand anything, I'll come and ask you."

Zhou Xin nodded and pretended to kick Edward, who was still looking dejected.

"Don't be so discouraged, get back to work! Your results might be surpassed by Hathaway's soon!"

Edward's body jolted, and he picked up the detector and ran to the next location.

"No, I can't let her surpass me; she's a complete beginner!"

Poor Edward, don't you know about the newbie protection period?

Zhou Xin smiled slightly.