After waiting for a whole night, he only caught a small meteor. He didn't have time to use any skills and it took a lot of effort. When Feng Yi went downstairs to have breakfast, he was listless and depressed.
Compared to him, Wen Zhiyu was very excited.
Feng Yi didn't sleep all night, but Wen Zhiyu slept soundly last night. He ran around outside during the day and had a rich meal at night. He fell asleep in bed without checking his phone for long, and slept until dawn.
Of course, Wen Zhiyu’s excitement was not due to a good sleep.
“I photographed a shooting star last night!”
Wen Zhiyu said excitedly to Feng Yi and Pan Weining.
The peak of the Perseid meteor shower has passed, and even at its peak, the flow rate this year is not large.
There are very few meteors that can be seen now, but Wen Zhiyu didn’t have much hope, so he was already satisfied to be able to capture one.
"I kept the camera pointed at it all night and I actually caught a picture! The first thing I did when I woke up in the morning was to check the camera and make a wish!"
Pan Weining was eating breakfast. When he heard him, he didn't even raise his head: "Make a wish to the video recorded by the camera?"
Wen Zhiyu didn't care: "It's a sense of ritual. It would be great if I could take pictures of shooting stars every night. I don't ask for much. As long as I can take pictures of one, I will make a wish every day!"
Feng Yi asked: "Make the same wish every day?"
Wen Zhiyu laughed: "Of course not! I have too many wishes. I can't make one shooting star."
Pan Weining did not ask Wen Zhiyu about his wishes. He noticed that Feng Yi was in low spirits and asked, "Didn't you sleep well last night?"
He was worried that Feng Yi might not be able to adapt to the new environment or might be used to his bed. Some people find it difficult to fall asleep in a new environment.
Feng Yi: "I have something to deal with."
After hearing this, Pan Weining did not ask any more questions. As long as it was not affected by the living environment, it was fine.
In fact, think about it, Feng Yi is a person who often goes on missions and stays in the wild for a month. He can even fall asleep in the wild. The living environment definitely has little impact on him.
For example, in the recent supernatural incident in Fanshan, a suburb of Beijing, Feng Yi fell asleep directly on the mountain. Most people don't have the courage to do this, and even if they do, they can't accept the open-air environment on the mountain.
"Then why don't you have breakfast and then go to sleep for a while?" Pan Weining said.
Feng Yi thought for a moment and asked, "Has the meteorite hunter your uncle mentioned come back?"
"I'm back. I came back last night. Uncle Du just sent me a message asking if we have any plans."
Uncle Wei’s meteorite hunter friend is older than Uncle Wei. His surname is Du and he experienced the most glorious period of Tuoga Town.
When Uncle Du was in a period of abnormal climate, his hometown encountered a natural disaster and he had to flee. That period happened to be the time of the meteorite craze, so he ran to Tuoga Town to look for opportunities. Fortunately, he made a small fortune and settled down in Tuoga Town.
Even though Tuojia Town lost its popularity, Uncle Du did not move there. However, he often traveled to other places for meteorite transactions.
Unlike Uncle Wei's short-term obsession, for Uncle Du, "meteorite hunter" has become his profession and he makes a living from it.
Upon learning that he had returned, Feng Yi said, "Let's go visit this meteorite hunter first. I have some questions to ask him."
Pan Weining nodded: "Okay."
Wen Zhiyu also said: "Then I'll go with you!"
After breakfast, the three of them went to Uncle Du's house.
This time Feng Yi did not let Xiao Jia drive. Xiao Yi had already brought his team here and was negotiating the deal for the meteorites with Uncle Wei's people. Feng Yi asked Xiao Jia to follow up on the matter.
Because several meteorites have been consumed by Feng Yi, Xiaojia needs to explain the details in this regard when the two teams are making records and detailed agreements.
Feng Yi and the other two drove to Uncle Du's house. Unlike the deserted living atmosphere at Uncle Wei's place, Uncle Du's entire family lived here.
After meeting Uncle Du's family, Uncle Du took the three of them to his work warehouse.
Because Uncle Du often runs outside, his skin is slightly tanned and his face has deep wrinkles, but he is not hunched over and looks energetic, giving people the impression of a swordsman who has been in the world for many years.
Uncle Du was very kind when facing Feng Yi and the other two, but when talking about things related to meteorites, he would occasionally reveal his sharp side.
Knowing that Feng Yi was interested in meteorites, Uncle Du took them to see his collection and patiently explained the origins of these meteorites and the star hunting stories behind them.
Uncle Du collects meteorites for trading, not for collecting purposes like Uncle Wei, so the meteorites placed here are not as many as those in Uncle Wei's warehouse.
"If you like any of them, please pick them up as soon as possible. In a few days, I will transfer the remaining batch of stones to two buyers. They are mainly engaged in craft products and want to buy a batch of meteorites for processing."
Feng Yi nodded. Uncle Du didn't have many meteorites, and there were no big ones. They were probably traded away long ago, but they were indeed genuine.
"Buy them all." Feng Yi said.
Uncle Du, who was about to show them his homemade handicraft, almost dropped the item in his hand when his hands trembled. He quickly came to his senses, with a sincere and warm smile on his face. He immediately invited Feng Yi to the tea room to discuss the matter and brewed some high-end tea that he had pried from someone else.
As for the price, although it would not be as discounted as Uncle Wei, it was still much lower than the market price. Moreover, seeing Feng Yi's generosity, Uncle Du thought that for the long-term, he could give in a little on the price.
Feng Yi left the bulk transactions to Xiao Yi and the others, and he only discussed a few key issues with Uncle Du.
One party sincerely wants to buy, and the other party is willing to sell, so the transaction is negotiated quickly.
After discussing the meteorite transaction, Uncle Du was in a good mood. Knowing that the young people were curious about meteorite hunting, Uncle Du said, "It actually depends on luck. Sometimes we go out for days and still can't find a real one. Meteorite hunting is very tiring. Some meteorites are not exposed on the ground, so you have to dig down. The detector can only detect those meteorites with high metal content and high density. It has no reaction to other meteorites and can only be used as an auxiliary tool."
Wen Zhiyu had also been looking for meteorites before, and knew how difficult it was. He couldn't help but sigh when he heard this: "It would be great if a large fireball landed here, so we could follow its trajectory to look for meteorites!"
Fireballs are larger and emit brighter light when they fall into the atmosphere, and may also cause airbursts.
If the meteor Feng Yi saw last night was a small shrimp or fish, then the fireball was a big fish.
Feng Yi also wanted to see the fireball, but that was not something he could see just because he wanted to.
Uncle Du listened to Wen Zhiyu's words and smiled: "Even if you see a fireball, it's not easy to find where it landed. Think about it, the speed of a meteor falling is so fast, more than ten kilometers per second, and the position will change greatly if it's off by one second. Unless there is a professional organization to measure and give the data, it's like looking for a needle in a haystack. Or it's very large, and the traces of falling are obvious, or it hits an area with people and there are witnesses. But these two are not good for residents."
Wen Zhiyu scratched his head: "Well, I don't ask for sure to find it, I just want to have this kind of experience."
Uncle Du said with a smile: "Then you have to hope that there is a fireball and it happens to pass over our area, so that the landing point is closer. If it is too far away, it will not work. I don't know how many provinces it will cross."
Feng Yi thought to himself: I am looking forward to it too.
I haven't perfected my skills yet!
Sweeping the warehouse, Feng Yi saw an open sack in the corner.
"Is that a fake meteorite?"
Wen Zhiyu looked in the direction Feng Yi pointed, walked closer, took out two pieces and looked at them closely, with a look of surprise on his face: "Uncle Du, are these fake? They look almost like real meteorites to me, even more real than the ones we saw in the Gobi Desert on the edge of town!"
Uncle Du also looked at Feng Yi with some surprise. He originally thought that Feng Yi was the type of person who was "stupid and rich". He didn't expect that Feng Yi could tell the authenticity of these stones at a glance from such a distance without the aid of any tools!
"Those are all fake meteorites. Some of them were obtained by me when others wanted to cheat me during the meteorite transaction. Some of them were identified by me, but others didn't want them, so I brought them back."
Wen Zhiyu exclaimed: "Is the meteorite forgery technology so amazing? These details are so much better than what I have seen before!"
Uncle Du sneered: "Then you may not have met an expert. When it comes to counterfeiting, if you don't have some real skills, the powerful counterfeiting gangs won't be willing to play with you! Don't underestimate the counterfeiting ability of the world!"
Wen Zhiyu: "So, if you want to buy meteorites, you still have to ask an expert to check them. There is a serious internal competition for counterfeiting!"
After talking about the meteorite, they left Uncle Du's house and Uncle Du went with them.
Uncle Wei had already told Uncle Du about Feng Yi's plan to buy land here. Having lived here for more than 30 years, Uncle Du was not completely familiar with the town, but he was pretty familiar with it.
Uncle Du gave Feng Yi some advice and also told Feng Yi the inside story of some plots of land.
Because he had just negotiated a deal with Feng Yi, Uncle Du was very active in providing information so that Feng Yi could have more reference.
Over the next week, Feng Yi and Xiao Yi led a professional team to investigate and analyze Tuoga Town, and finally identified a plot of land and purchased it directly.
In the future, this place will be built into another important settlement. This remote town is very suitable for Feng Yi to practice meteorite skills.
The transactions of the two meteorites have been completed and the land has been purchased. Xiao Yi's team does not need to stay here all the time, nor will they start construction immediately. The design drawings have not yet been released.
Xiao Yi took his people away, and Wen Zhiyu and Pan Weining also planned to return to Beijing.
For many days in a row, the fireball that Feng Yi was expecting did not appear.
Ordinary small meteors have been seen several times in the past few days, but they are all "small fish" level that quickly burn into ashes in the atmosphere. They are not of much use to Feng Yi in practicing his skills. At most, they can only train his aiming and positioning speed.
The probability of fireballs appearing in all parts of the planet is the same. If we look at the total number of occurrences, they are not very rare and may occur every day.
However, there are some places that you only encounter once in hundreds of years.
At least I haven't observed it in this area.
"Don't force it, you will always meet it."
The night before Feng Yi decided to leave with Pan Weining and the others, a "big fish" approached the atmosphere.