Hundreds more pearl oysters were gathered in the dock, and Jiang Ye carried the sacks, collecting them one by one and selling them in the trading bay.
Personal assets: 11,206,000 yuan.
He boarded the ship and entered the captain's cabin.
The intelligent voice chimed, "Good morning, Captain."
"Good," Jiang Ye nodded, clicked the screen, and started the fishing boat.
The sea was calm, and they sailed forward, quickly reaching Bird Guano Island.
Jiang Ye's physical condition had recovered, and he was full of energy. He disembarked with his sacks and shovel, waded ashore, and began to dig with all his might.
Sackful after sackful of guano stones filled the bags.
After digging for an hour, Jiang Ye had already excavated a pit several meters deep.
Finally, with one shovel, seawater gushed out.
Bird Guano Island had been dug through!
Jiang Ye scrambled up quickly, standing at the edge of the pit, watching the seawater rise to fill more than half of the mining pit.
He found it very strange. Since the island could be dug through, what lay beneath? Was it a floating island like a ship? If it was a floating island, why was it fixed here and not drifting away?
Jiang Ye cautiously retreated to the edge of the island and continued digging.
He dared not dig from the center anymore. If the ground collapsed, he might fall into the sea, which was quite dangerous.
He dug continuously until noon, carrying sack after sack of guano stones back to the ship for sale.
The entire Bird Guano Island, which had initially seemed vast, had been significantly reduced in area by his excavations over the past few days.
The efficiency over these few hours was decent, earning him 1.27 million yuan.
His account balance rose to 12,476,000 yuan.
Satisfied, Jiang Ye steered the fishing boat back.
As soon as he entered the dock and looked out the window, he was stunned.
A large area of buildings had already sprung up!
The largest building was particularly conspicuous, four stories high, a curved, iron-colored structure that, from a distance, resembled a giant bottle cap placed askew on the ground. The building shimmered with metallic luster, like an expensive art museum.
Jiang Ye had expected such a large building to take at least two to three months to complete, but it had risen from the ground in just one morning!
Near the main circular building, there were also some smaller houses, pillars, sheds, and over a dozen buildings that were clearly large warehouses.
The construction site was still bustling, with teams of people and robots moving back and forth, and large machinery rumbling.
Jiang Ye scanned the area but couldn't find Xu Yan.
Perhaps she had gone to another construction site, as she had a lot of projects on her hands.
Since the construction site was operating normally, Jiang Ye didn't go to disturb them. He returned to his base vehicle to make lunch for himself.
A hearty stew of vegetables, with pan-fried sausages.
After eating, he continued his work at sea.
Jiang Ye was particularly diligent in digging guano stones today because he knew he was short on money. He still had sixty million yuan in debt!
When he was young, he had never imagined he would owe such a large debt. In a way, being able to owe so much money was also a kind of skill.
During the third hour of excavation in the afternoon, the area of Bird Guano Island had shrunk further.
Jiang Ye finally understood the entire structure of Bird Guano Island.
It was very much like a mushroom.
A slender reef extended straight up from the seabed. This was akin to the mushroom stem.
The entire Bird Guano Island was perched on this reef, extending outwards, much like a mushroom cap.
Knowing the island's structure, his work progressed much faster. Jiang Ye vigorously struck the edges of Bird Guano Island, dislodging large chunks of guano stone each time. Two chunks could fill a sack, increasing his efficiency by dozens of times!
As dusk approached, Jiang Ye stood at the bow of the ship and looked down, realizing that four-fifths of Bird Guano Island had been dug out, with only a small corner remaining.
He decided to stay up late and finish digging the last bit before sailing home.