Forced to marry a disabled man in the countryside? I'll repay you tenfold!

Zhou Yanshen nodded. Although he didn't know why his wife insisted on going to the mine, he had to go with her.

He lowered his voice and said, "It's probably not safe over there. Stay behind me and be alert."

Su Wanqing smiled and agreed, then took a few rice balls from the supply truck next to her and handed them to Lei Dabiao: "Commander Lei, there's plenty of food. Please eat first before you get back to work."

Lei Dabiao's eyes reddened again, and he waved his hands repeatedly, "It's not that precious! I'll eat as we walk, let's go!"

He stuffed the rice ball into his pocket and strode forward.

His assistant, panting, chased after him carrying several safety helmets: "Commander, wait for me!"

Su Wanqing felt at ease entrusting her three children to Ding Xiaomei, leaving Zhang Qiang and another bodyguard at the shelter to protect them. Since they were armed, it wasn't a big deal for them. Su Wanqing then took Zhou Yanshen and the remaining three bodyguards and followed Lei Dabiao's group.

Several experienced miners followed, each a burly man with a muscular build, carrying their pickaxes on their shoulders and leading the way.

Vehicles couldn't get in; the landslide had destroyed the road with rubble and mud, so the group had to trudge forward on foot.

"Wanqing, shall I carry you? This road is full of mud and gravel..." Zhou Yanshen whispered in her ear.

He knew his wife loved cleanliness, and after walking this road, her new shoes, socks, and trouser legs would probably be covered in mud.

Su Wanqing really wanted him to carry her, and she wasn't afraid of what others would think of her—after all, she had never laughed at others since she was a child, and she didn't care if others laughed at her.

However, her spatial retrieval requires a medium connection, much like extracting underground minerals. As long as she stands firmly on the ground, she is essentially connected to the earth. No matter how deep the mineral deposit is buried, as long as this connection exists, she can directly retrieve everything from below.

Therefore, she could only reluctantly decline Zhou Yanshen's offer:

"It's alright, Yan Shen. Everyone's walking. If I were carried, people would think I'm too delicate... I don't want to cause trouble for everyone."

Zhou Yanshen stopped insisting and simply took her hand, gently squeezing her palm with his fingertips:

"Then stick close to me and follow in my footsteps."

What he was thinking was—his wife was so considerate of others; she clearly loved cleanliness, but she would rather get her feet covered in mud than seek special treatment.

Su Wanqing nodded obediently on the surface, but secretly chuckled to herself: It's just routine.

Soon, the group arrived at their destination.

Lei Dabiao walked along, munching on a rice ball the size of a washbasin. He didn't feel anything watching others eat, but the more he ate, the more alarmed he became.

This rice ball is incredibly precious. The fine rice, pork floss, and eggs inside are things we can't even gather for the Lunar New Year. If there are hundreds of thousands of tons of this kind of cooked food... then how much food must Comrade Su Wanqing have donated to the country?

With this in mind, he became even more respectful to Su Wanqing, even unconsciously lightening his steps as he walked.

"Comrade Su Wanqing, look, this is it. After we blasted the mine, we discovered a new vein under this old mine tunnel, but unfortunately, a collapse occurred at the time, and this area is now completely blocked. Fortunately, the exploration data and core samples are still sealed in the archives down below."

Your reminder was very timely—if left unchecked, this data would be completely ruined once the groundwater overflows.

Su Wanqing looked at the landslide area in front of her, which looked like ruins. There was no danger on the surface, only a few crooked wooden stakes sticking out from the pile of rocks. In the distance, a crack stretched from the mountain to her feet, wide enough to fit a fist.

She asked, "You mean, the mineral vein is hidden right below here?"

Old Zheng nodded excitedly: "Yes, after the blasting, we did magnetic exploration and core sampling, which roughly delineated the direction of the vein. The amount was frighteningly large. If it hadn't suddenly collapsed, we could have pinpointed the well location in three more days. The situation was urgent, so we had to evacuate first, but all our belongings were left inside."

Zheng Youniu and several burly men had already rolled up their sleeves and started clearing the debris from the cave entrance. He explained, "The situation was too urgent at the time, and we didn't bring out any crucial data or rock cores. If they had been soaked in water, we would have had to start all over again to re-explore the cave, which would have taken at least two or three more years."

Wei Guoliang stood aside, and although he still felt that the matter was not urgent, he did not dare to take his eyes off Su Wanqing and Zhou Yanshen for a moment. He always stood two or three steps in front of them, afraid that some danger might suddenly emerge from the pile of ruins.

He couldn't just stand by and watch his benefactor get hurt in the slightest.

While they were busy working on this, Su Wanqing wasn't idle either; instead, she silently recited in her mind:

"Eye of Insight, activated! Scan the entire underground landscape ahead and analyze the geological structure of the area. Assess the consequences of instantly cutting off the mineral vein below. Will direct cutting cause a collapse? Which section is the safest to cut? Mark the safest cutting plan for me."

When the space is upgraded to the Eye of Insight, it can only spend double the precious gold to search for the desired items.

However, after the space was upgraded again, Su Wanqing discovered that as long as she was willing to invest more precious resources, her Eye of Insight could analyze more complex material structures.

[Was it necessary to spend 92000 grams of precious metals on deep geological scanning and vein stability analysis?]

Su Wanqing secretly clicked her tongue—it's really expensive. But there's nothing she can do; knowledge is power, and now she can only spend money to get the "answers."

The next second, a faint light flashed in the space.

[Scan analysis complete.]

Immediately afterwards, an extremely detailed three-dimensional underground map appeared in Su Wanqing's mind.

The map shows a vein of mineral deposits, with astonishing reserves, winding through the rock strata several kilometers below her feet. Above and around the vein are numerous goafs and fault zones of varying sizes, some of which have already cracked in their roofs.

Below the map is a line of detailed assessment conclusions:

Directly cutting off the entire ore vein has a 90% probability of triggering a chain reaction of collapses in the overlying goaf, affecting the entire collapse area and potentially causing severe secondary disasters. Cutting off the vein from the southern transverse branch, if completed within the marked three seconds, offers an 85% safety probability.

After reading it, Su Wanqing pondered for a moment.

It seems we can't take the entire vein into our space at once, otherwise a large section of the ground might sink.

No problem, just take a section of the horizontal branch first. After a tenfold return, it's still a considerable gain. Anyway, it's free, so there's no loss.