He forced me to sever ties with my family and sleep on a dilapidated boat, then turned around and be

Absolutely!

As Niu Bayi and He Zhenzhen stood there dumbfounded, people began to emerge from the mudflats.

They went back the way they came.

He kept sighing as he walked.

"These ark clams are hard to find. I came at six o'clock and worked for so long, but I only managed to dig up five, each weighing less than half an ounce. They won't even be enough to make a pot of soup!"

"You came at six o'clock, what's so special about that? I came at five, and I only managed to get half a pound of ark clams, and they were all small ones. If I take them to town to sell, I'll only get five cents at most!"

"You guys who arrived at five or six o'clock are nothing! I came at four and didn't even get a single ark shell. I might as well go collect junk!"

……

Everyone sighed and walked past Niu Bayi and He Zhenzhen.

He Zhenzhen listened, her face full of disappointment.

"My god, so many people can't even get an ark shell, what are we doing here? Digging in the mud? Shall we head home?"

She looked listless.

Niu Bayi said, "Since we're here, let's make the best of it! Maybe we'll get lucky; digging for ark shells is all about luck."

As he spoke, he strode confidently toward the mudflats.

Looking at his somewhat thin but imposing figure from behind, He Zhenzhen's eyes gradually lit up.

"Since we're here, might as well make the best of it? Oh my god, my future man is going to be all pedantic, acting like a cultured man."

She skipped over excitedly, shouting, "Okay, Bayi, let's just go for it! Maybe we'll get lucky and fill two baskets with clams, making everyone envious!"

The two carefully stepped into the mudflats, and with each step, their shoes slid in.

In some places, the water was even deeper than ankle-deep.

Fortunately, the water boots almost touched their knees, providing comprehensive and thorough protection for their feet.

He Zhenzhen saw someone she knew and immediately greeted them.

"Aunt Zhang, you're here digging for ark clams too? How many have you dug up?"

It was a woman in her fifties, who was bending over and using a small rake to rake back and forth.

Suddenly, she sensed something and excitedly picked up the rake.

A ark shell emerged.

The shell surface is brownish-brown with very obvious radial patterns, and the edges are covered with short hairs.

However, this ark shell is only about the size of a child's marble.

It's obvious at a glance that they are minors.

Aunt Zhang sighed. She wanted to throw it away, but she couldn't bear to, so she put it in her basket.

When she heard He Zhenzhen's question, she turned her head and responded.

"Zhenzhen, you're here too? You don't need to come anymore, go back, there's nothing left to dig! So many people, such a large mudflat, it's been turned upside down at least three times, it's been completely emptied out long ago."

"Look, I arrived around five o'clock and only got this little bit, not even a pound."

She shook the basket on her back, and there was a rustling sound inside.

This basket is quite large, which shows that Aunt Zhang came with great ambition.

But reality is so cruel.

The ark clams she dug up didn't even fill the bottom of her basket.

He Zhenzhen's face immediately turned ashen when she saw it.

Niu Bayi looked left and right, then quickly selected a mudflat and pointed in that direction.

"Zhenzhen, let's go over there and dig. Maybe we can find something good. Aunt Zhang, just because others can't find it doesn't mean we can't."

He waded across the mudflats and walked unsteadily toward that side.

Aunt Zhang also looked at the spot Niu Bayi had chosen and shook her head.

"Bayi, it's no use. There are indeed ark shells in that mudflat, but just because you can see them doesn't mean others can't. It's been dug up at least five times. Not to mention the big ark shells, even the ones the size of peanuts have been dug up."

He Zhenzhen followed Niu Bayi over to take a look.

Given the depth and location of this mudflat, there should indeed be quite a few ark shells hidden here, and they should be quite large.

But it had already been thoroughly searched and turned into a mess.

He Zhenzhen sighed softly.

"Ba Yi, Aunt Zhang is right. The ark shells here have probably been dug up so much that there are no descendants left. Let's find a place that not many people have dug up. Maybe a miracle will happen."

By the end, his tone had become somewhat pitiful.

Niu Bayi didn't say anything. He squatted down and pressed one hand into the mud until his entire palm sank into the sand.

He gently swayed, subtly emitting a wisp of spatial seawater, and then sensed the movement below.

Not long after, he said, "Let's try it first. If it doesn't work, we'll look around somewhere else."

Not far away, a few people were rummaging through ark shells.

Everyone laughed when they heard Niu Bayi's words.

An older woman said, "Young man, don't bother, you'll definitely get nothing in return! I just dug up your plot of land very carefully, and I didn't find a single ark shell."

"We've had this dug up so many times before, even a god couldn't figure it out!"

The people around her laughed, making He Zhenzhen feel a little embarrassed.

She glanced at Niu Bayi's serious expression, then looked up to support her man.

"You might not be able to find it, but Bayi might! He's really good at it; if he says it's here, there's an 80% chance it is!"

The group rolled their eyes, too lazy to bother with it.

Niu Bayi took out a small rake and, at the chosen spot, rakeed it several times, loosening the harder layer of mud underneath.

Then, he simply reached in and shoved his hand in forcefully.

This immediately made He Zhenzhen worried.

"Bayi, be careful. There are a lot of sharp shell fragments under this mudflat. If you get a cut, you're done for."

Niu Bayi said nonchalantly, "It's nothing!"

Niu Bayi, who drank the coconut water from the space, not only became incredibly strong, but also could make a certain part of his body become extremely hard and indestructible with just a thought!

At this moment, he focused his mind on his hands, which were planted in the ground.

This hand was practically transformed into several pieces of steel bars, relentlessly chiseling inwards.

Before long, almost his entire forearm was pierced.

He closed his eyes slightly, sensing the movement below.

The space seawater did not disappoint Niu Bayi; it did indeed play its role.

He sensed something wriggling deep within the mudflats.

Before long, Niu Bayi's lips curled up into a smile.

He spread his five fingers and grabbed hard.

Indeed, this is a good product!

He immediately pulled his hand away.

At this moment, the people around saw that Niu Bayi had almost plunged his entire arm into the hole, and they watched curiously.

With all that effort, is there really any reward?

Seeing that he had withdrawn his hand, they all burst into laughter.

Niu Bayi's hand was empty; there was nothing in it!

Aunt Zhang said with a laugh, "Bayi, are you kidding us? We thought you'd caught something, but there's nothing here!"

A young woman standing nearby curled her lip in disapproval.

"Who catches ark shells like that? Your reach is longer than my life! Even if the ark shells are hidden that deep, you wouldn't be able to find them! What's wrong, young man, do you have X-ray vision?"

"You can see ark shells underneath through such a thick layer of mud."

Another burst of laughter erupted from the crowd.

Niu Bayi ignored her completely and said to He Zhenzhen, "Come on, put your hand down where I just pulled my hand out. Put it all the way in, it's safe, you won't get scratched!"

He Zhenzhen nodded and asked again, "Why did you put your hand in?"

Niu Bayi said, "You'll know once you stick it in, hurry!"

He Zhenzhen was at her wit's end.

You have to listen to what a man says!

She put her hand inside.

Almost two-thirds of his arms were stuck in the mud and sand!

Then, her little face looked incredibly strange.