Every day is one step closer to reality

After the results of the meteorite identification came out, Wen Zhiyu and Pan Weining came to find Feng Yi.

"Officially, the meteorite has great scientific research value. What should we do if we shovel away the sand? What if there are meteorite fragments in it?"

"Are we going to pick out the meteorite particles in the sand? Do we have to hand them in?"

"Wait! Look at this!"

Wen Zhiyu showed the two of them the page he found on his shopping software.

"The star wish bottles that have just been put on the shelves in these stores say that they contain star sand dug from the core area of ​​​​falling meteorites. This is actually the sand that was dug up by the meteorite hunters, right? They acted so fast! No one cares about this? "

Pan Weining also looked at the newly received information in his hand: "Uncle Du said that the government has management control over that area and has also sent people to patrol the desert. As for anything else, he didn't say anything else."

Wen Zhiyu's mind was racing at this time: "So, there is no explicit prohibition on the sale of this kind of sand!"

Pan Weining raised his eyebrows.

Both of them understood the meaning and stopped asking Feng Yi any more, planning to pack up and go.

They shoveled several bags of sand and had to put them into bottles. It’s better to give this kind of gift as soon as possible.

But it’s late today, so I’ll prepare it and pack it up tomorrow.

After the two left, Feng Yi looked at the information on the Internet and the trends in several expert groups.

Strange.

It is said that the meteorite has great scientific research value, but there is no explicit prohibition on the sale of this kind of sand that may contain meteorite particles.

With the way the Federal Security Bureau and the Ministry of Security operate, such a loophole will not be ignored.

All we can say is that they deliberately put this loophole in!

Feng Yi opened the shopping platform and searched for goods related to the Star Wishing Bottle and Star Sand.

On the displayed page, the merchant showed pictures of the items. They couldn't say they were exactly the same as the glass bottles and shoveled sand they bought at the stall in Tuojia Town. It could only be said that they came from the same place at first glance!

Some merchants also specially marked [Tuojia Town Specialties]!

And very considerately, the page guides buyers on how to identify authentic and fake [Star Sand].

If there are genuine goods, there must be fake ones.

Stores that sell genuine goods are very confident. Their prices are high, but the goods are genuine! Of course, buyers must know who is authentic!

Although some people clamored to buy it without paying and came here to dig sand.

But after calculating the cost, I gave up the idea.

The prices of round-trip air tickets, car rental fees, accommodation fees, and the money to buy various equipment have all increased significantly. The sand dug out may not be able to subsidize these costs.

Beyond that, the most important thing is life safety! You also have to prevent getting lost in the desert, worrying about bad weather, sandstorms, or various dangerous events.

There are too many people and it’s crowded, so it’s not very safe.

Those who had no experience, no channels and were unwilling to take risks retreated.

Not everyone can make this kind of money.

The next day, Feng Yi turned on his phone and looked at what was going on online.

The kind of sand dug in meteorite-rich areas is named [Star Sand] by merchants, and online sales are particularly popular.

Feng Yi also saw a video in which the self-media interviewed a meteorite hunter and asked questions about meteorites and the sand.

The meteorite hunter spoke plausibly:

"It is true that unlicensed meteorites are not allowed to be sold, but we are not selling meteorites, we are only selling sand!"

"I don't even know if there are meteorite particles in it! There are no local regulations prohibiting the sale of sand!"

Obviously, the boundaries are blurred, but there is indeed no explicit rule prohibiting the sale of sand.

The sand in the desert is different from the river sand used in construction projects. It has different alkali content and plasticity, etc., and does not meet the construction requirements. No one wanted to sell it in the past because it could not be sold at a high price.

It's different now.

After looking through the news, Feng Yi received a link sent to him by Wen Zhiyu, which was a live broadcast room on a certain live broadcast platform.

Click in, and the anchor inside is unpacking a package.

Nowadays, whenever there is something new on the Internet, or something suddenly becomes popular, these self-media bloggers are particularly keen and can always get it first through various methods.

The anchor has already opened the outer packaging of the express delivery and said in a complex emotional tone:

“I have told myself countless times that I need to be conscious of leeks, but every time I can’t control my hands and click to buy, I still feel a strangely depressed state of mind.”

"This time we bought two more bottles online, gifts from a desert town!"

As he spoke, he took out two ten-centimeter-high glass bottles from the express box.

"One is the [Wish Star Bottle] which has been very popular on the Internet these two days. I specially bought the star-shaped one."

"The other one is the one that just came out - the exploration version [Wish Star Bottle]!"

"Everyone knows that the Star Wish Bottle contains meteorite dregs. The authenticity is unknown. Anyway, it is quite expensive. If I buy a fake, I will probably be depressed for a longer time."

"Let's talk about the exploration version. It's just a pile of sand mixed with meteorite debris. The authenticity is unknown. This so-called exploration version is to let you experience a job similar to that of a gold digger. The difference is that you need to start from the beginning. Pick out meteorite particles as big as sesame seeds from the pile of sand, which may not even be as big as sesame seeds."

"I think this kind of 'exploration' thing can't be done by a grumpy person. Oh my god! My eyes are already getting tired before it even starts!"

The anchor showed the exploratory version of the Star Wish Bottle containing meteorite fragments to the audience in the live broadcast room, and then picked up the bottle.

"There is a description on this jar. It says that the sand contained in it was dug from the area where the bolide exploded. The sand was randomly packed. I don't know if meteorites can be picked out from it."

"This exploratory version of star sand... Oh! This stuff mixed with various impurities is called 'star sand'!"

Speaking of this, the anchor couldn't help but smile.

"Rumors, uh... rumors, I don't know if they are true. The origin of this 'Star Sand' is said to be a group of meteorite hunters who saw Feng Yi picking pebbles from the sand and realized it on the spot. A man was shoveling sand frantically with a big sack, and then he suddenly had an idea!"

"Then this, um... Tuojia Town souvenir appeared."

"Yes, you know that Feng Yi! The one who is very good at catching snakes... I don't know if he went to the desert to catch snakes... I really didn't mean to rub off on him, I just told him what I know."

The anchor talked about the origin of this bottle of sand and brought the glass bottle close to the camera:

"Everyone, please see clearly and bear witness to us. This is unopened!"

"Looking at the yellow sand full of impurities, I always feel like I've been cheated. Every time I pay the IQ tax, I have a similar feeling."

"However, this exploration version was sold out very quickly as soon as it was put on the shelves. It was only because our company's employees worked together to grab a bottle. We paid extra to have it shipped by air. I just got it."

"Let me explain again, from the moment we unpacked the bottle of sand we bought, everything was done under everyone's eyes!"

"First, pour the sand on this platform and spread it..."

The anchor picked around in the sand, and finally picked out a few small black dots, something like gravel, and counted them to ten.

He couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"I always feel that this thing is quite unreliable."

Come over with a magnifying glass and look at them one by one.

"After reading it, I feel even more unreliable."

Four more grains were sifted out.

There were only six black stones left in the small porcelain white plate.

"Okay, according to the identification tips I searched on the Internet, these are the similarities. The rest can only be left to the machine."

"I don't know how many of these six pills are real, or maybe none of them are real."

"We will send all six pills for testing. If they are true, they will not come back. The entire packaging process is under the camera. Everyone is supervising and not missing a single pill...the four pills that were screened out? I’ll go! Are you still afraid that I’ll keep it secretly? Okay, I’ll take photos and post them on social platforms!”

The assistant next to him added: "If it is ordinary meteorite debris, it can be brought back."

Anchor: "Oh, yes, if it is an ordinary meteorite, you can get it back, but if it turns out to be the one that was blown up by aliens... ahem, it has great scientific research value, and you have to hand it over."

Someone in the barrage asked about the testing fee.

Anchor: "Testing fee? Oh, it seems to say that if it is confirmed to be the debris of the bolide, the testing fee can be waived. Points will also be given. Points are good, and they can be used for buying a house, settling down, filing personal income tax, professional titles, etc. It can be used.”

After that, the anchor will seal the packaged items, put tape on them, then go out and drive directly to the nearest testing agency for testing.

The entire process was indeed under camera.

Bloggers have a strong desire to survive. They can use this to earn traffic, but the things they pick out that appear to be meteorites must be sent for testing.

Feng Yi looked at the number of views in his live broadcast room and couldn't believe it.

Is it so popular?

Compare the number of live broadcast views of this anchor in the past few days, and then look at today.

Are so many people really interested in picking rocks out of the sand?

Let’s take a look at the sold-out logo and sold quantity of the Discovery Edition Star Wishing Bottle on the shopping platform.

Is anyone really willing to spend that much money to buy sand?

Is it personal pleasure? Or do you have a gambler's mentality and want to pick out meteorites and sell them for money?

When Feng Yi was confused, he received another message from Feng Chi.

Feng Chi: [Brother! Are you still in Toga Town? ! 】

Feng Yi: [Well, what? 】

Feng Chi: [Please give me a star wish bottle filled with star sand! There are too many fakes online! Can’t buy it either! 】

Feng Yi: [...Okay, let me take a look. 】

After thinking about it, Feng Yi sent him another message: [Is this thing very popular? 】

Feng Chi: [It’s okay, the discussion is quite high. I formed a group with a few friends and we are competing to see who is lucky enough to get a real meteorite! 】

Feng Yi really didn't expect that these sands could be sold all over the country in this way. No, there seem to be people from abroad who are looking for purchasing agents!

Feng Yi didn't pretend much at that time. His main target was the meteorite fragments, while Xiao Jia dug them for the housekeeper.

If you want to pretend, you have to go to Wen Zhiyu and Pan Weining.

The two people there started busy early in the morning. To make it easier to pack and not dirty the room, the two carried the sandbags directly to the indoor greenhouse on the second floor.

This house has not been inhabited for a long time, so even if the greenhouse was built, no flowers were planted, and it remained empty.

The curtain was lowered to prevent anyone from peeking outside.

They saw a self-media team carrying a drone today. What if it was photographed?

This is not something that should be made public.

The two were unpacking when Feng Yi came over.

"Do you have a lot of sand here?"

Wen Zhiyu said: "How much do you want? Shovel it yourself."

Pan Weining pointed to the opened sandbags: "Put them all aside. Just shovel as much as you want."

Wen Zhiyu smiled sullenly: "Someone asked you for it?"

Feng Yi said: "A cousin."

"Then you'd better prepare a few more copies. One of my cousins ​​gave it to me, so the other brothers and sisters must not be in a mood...ah!"

Wen Zhiyu was slapped on the arm by Pan Weining with a shovel.

He suddenly came to his senses.

Oh, I seem to have heard that Feng Yi is not dealing with the Feng family in Yangcheng. As for siblings, they probably don't have a good relationship.

Look at my mouth!

Wen Zhiyu clapped his mouth, but forgot to hold the shovel in his hand. There was still sand on the shovel, so a shovel went into his mouth.

"Pooh!"

He quickly spit out the sand in his mouth into the trash can, wiped the sand on his mouth with a tissue, and then said to Feng Yi:

"Ahem! What's that? If you don't send it to relatives or friends, it will be fine to prepare a few more copies. Anyway, we dug a lot and it's enough."

Pan Weining also said: "Yes, we have enough. If you need it, just come over and shovel. The sandbags are placed here. We shoveled the sand with you, and you have a share in it."

Feng Yi was no longer polite: "Okay, I'll come over and shovel it if necessary."

After filling a bottle of sand, Feng Yi left first.

Only Wen Zhiyu and Pan Weining were left in the small greenhouse.

While dividing the sand, Wen Zhiyu lowered his voice and said: "Da Pan, what do you think the Yangcheng Feng family thinks? If our family has such a talent, we will have to support him and pile all kinds of resources on him!"

Pan Weining said: "Who knows. Anyway, you don't mention the Yangcheng Feng family in front of him."

Wen Zhiyu: "I know. How many bottles do you plan to fill with this sand?"

Pan Weining: "Ten large bottles and ten to twenty small bottles. No need to fill more. We will talk about it later."

Wen Zhiyu agreed: "I think so too. The situation is unclear now, and it is easy to get into trouble if you pretend too much."

There are no explicit regulations on it, and it doesn’t say what is not allowed, but there must be a limit. It’s okay if the quantity is not large, but if the quantity is large, it is easy to hit the line.

They are not meteorite hunters. They don't take this as a profession. Don't bring trouble to the family.

After filling the last bottle, Wen Zhiyu took out his mobile phone to check the news.

Seeing the latest push news, Wen Zhiyu said happily: "Wow, I just said it, isn't this coming!"

What this news said was that some criminals disguised meteorites as other ores and transported them out, but they were detained by the customs. In the end, they were traced to a small group of meteorite hunters here in Tuojia Town.

There were pictures in the news. In addition to the batch of meteorites disguised as ores, there were also photos of the stronghold of the small group of meteorite hunters in Tuojia Town.

Wen Zhiyu's eyes swept through the pictures and quickly found the highlight.

He enlarged the picture of the stronghold of the meteorite hunter group and pointed to the upper right corner to show it to Pan Weining:

"Da Pan, is this an offering table? Meteorite hunters still believe in God? What can they bless? A meteorite falling from the sky? I don't know who is on the offering table, but it's coded! Tsk!"

Pan Weining didn't pay much attention: "Maybe it's some kind of statue that can easily arouse public opinion."

Wen Zhiyu was curious: "I don't know which sect it is, whether it is serious or not."

On the other side, Feng Yi, who returned to the room, also saw the news just pushed on his phone.

Also notice the area in the corner of the picture for coding on the table.

"What sensitive elements are involved and do they need to be coded?"

But Feng Yi saw it and put it aside, not taking it seriously.

He thought about what Wen Zhiyu said just now, not that he was talking about relatives, but that Feng Yi was thinking about Xiao Wu and the Ancestor Factory.

He decided to wait for the Federal Bureau of Protection to return part of his sample and give them two pills.

This is certified by the Federal Security Bureau. There is no need to be secretive, everything can be revealed clearly.

After finishing packing the Tuojia Town specialties for Feng Chi, Feng Yi received a message from Team Leader Yuan.

Team leader Yuan asked him to go over and return the test sample part to him.

The address is not near the testing agency, but another temporary office location for the Joint Security Bureau and the Ministry of Security.

Half an hour later, Feng Yi arrived at the designated location.

Team leader Yuan had just finished answering a phone call and called Feng Yi over and handed him a small can.

Feng Yi opened it and took a look. It was the meteorite particles he had picked out, but the number returned was more than he expected.

Seeing Feng Yi's confusion, Team Leader Yuan said: "Testing agencies in various places have received meteorite samples one after another, ranging from particles as big as mung beans to dust-like particles."

Feng Yi understood as soon as he heard this.

Just like the anchor he saw today who was doing a live broadcast of picking rocks, many people bought the sand back and actually picked out the things and sent them for testing.

Even if only a part of them are sent for testing, the total number adds up to a lot.

Not to mention, the "Tuojia Town local specialties" are now on sale.

Since there are enough samples, there is no need to stick to the stones submitted by Feng Yi.

Team Leader Yuan handed him another certificate and an agreement.

Feng Yi had to sign it and promised that it would only be used for collection and not for trading.

It's all about process.

After Feng Yi signed, he thought he could leave, but unexpectedly Team Leader Yuan took out some photos.

"Today we are investigating a criminal gang and I have something to show you."

Feng Yi looked over, his expression gradually solidifying.

These photos were very familiar. He had seen them when he was browsing the news today and wondered why the altar table had a code on it.

Now, what is in front of me is the uncensored version.

The offering table, offerings, and Feng Yi's own photo were placed in the middle.

It was taken while picking stones in the desert.

At that time, he was only wearing a hat, no sunglasses or a mask, and he was holding a small transparent jar filled with black stones in his hand.

Feng Yi:......

My face is almost split!

This horse riding...

What the hell...

"I have nothing to do with them!" Feng Yi said.

Team leader Yuan nodded, said nothing, and handed out another stack of photos.

Different places, different styles of altar tables, different offerings, and the same picture in the photo frame occupying position C.

Feng Yi: "..."

I don’t know who took these photos, but the pictures in the frames are very clear. The offerings on the offering table and in front of the photo frame are also clearly photographed.

Some are filled with fruits and flowers, and some are filled with chicken, duck, and fish, some raw and some cooked. There are also pig heads, cow heads, and sheep heads.

Not to mention the fake snakes and snake skins.

The most embarrassing thing is that there are candles on both sides and an incense burner in the middle. The smoke is lingering, as if the person in the photo frame has already transcended this world.

Feng Yi: "..."

Cheating your father!

are you crazy!

Can these meteorite hunters be more careful?

I really don’t want this kind of core position!

Feng Yi wished he could slip into the photo and overturn all the altar tables!

Team Leader Yuan lowered his head slightly to hide the smile in his eyes, and when he raised it again, he returned to his usual seriousness.

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