Chapter 919: Death Valley (5)
"How can such a beautiful place be called Death Valley?" Yang Ruxin couldn’t help but shake her head, "I think it should be called Lover’s Valley instead, but..."
"What’s wrong?" Gu Qingheng could tell something was different the moment he saw Yang Ruxin’s expression.
Yang Ruxin grabbed a handful of soil and sniffed it, then ran to the riverbank to look at the water. She suddenly called Lin Xiwang over: "Do you know how the people who left from here died?"
Lin Xiwang thought for a while: "I think I overheard my dad mention that they had bloody diarrhea or something, and then died shortly after..."
Gu Qingheng also grabbed a handful of mud and studied it carefully. After a moment, a meaningful look flashed in his eyes.
But Yang Ruxin suddenly laughed: "Gu Qingheng, I think, we might be about to get rich again."
Gu Qingheng nodded: "However, this is a serious matter, we’d better keep it quiet."
Yang Ruxin nodded: "We also need to have someone survey the area properly, so let’s make a quick exit, and then, should we take our time to plan this out?" Iron poisoning causes symptoms like bloody diarrhea, and if the ground here is rich in iron ore, then the soil and water here would definitely exceed the normal iron content. If the mountain people who came here to forage drank water from this river, caught fish from here, hunted the animals, or dug up and ate the plants, they would surely suffer from iron poisoning and would not survive.
Lin Xiwang was confused by the explanation, but he didn’t dwell on it, since following his Sister Xin and Brother Gu, who were both capable people, was definitely the right choice.